2019 UNIVERSAL
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
GROUP PROFILE
Publicis Groupe is a world leader in marketing and digital business transformation.
Publicis Groupe has a presence throughout the value chain, from strategy to implementation, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation, connected by data. Publicis Groupe positions itself as the preferred partner in its clients’ transformation, enabling them to create large-scale personalized experiences with consumers. The Group draws on ten different forms of expertise which are combined in four core activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. It offers its clients a unified and fluid organization that facilitates access to all its expertise in each of its markets. Satisfying client needs is an obsession that has always been the central focus of the business model.
126 COUNTRIES
Founded in Paris in 1926, the Group operates in 126 countries with over 83,000 employees across five continents.
The Universal Registration Document was filed on April 27, 2020 with the AMF (the French Financial Markets Authority) in its capacity as competent authority under (EU) Regulation 2017/1129, without prior approval, pursuant to article 9 of said regulation.
The Universal Registration Document can be used for an initial public offering of financial securities or for the admission of financial securities to trading on a regulated market if it is supplemented by a Transaction Note (or financial securities note) and, where applicable, a summary of, as well as all the amendments made to, the Universal Registration Document. The whole package is then approved by the AMF pursuant to (EU) Regulation 2017/1129.