Our unique go-to-market at Publicis made us a key partner in our clients' transformation, allowing us to gain significant new business market share and positioning us at the top of the industry rankings four times in the last five years.
Our platform organization enabled us to maintain the best financial ratios in the sector in 2022.
Finally, our platform organization enabled us to maintain the best financial ratios in the sector in 2022. Our operating margin rate was 18% and our Free Cash Flow reached euro 1.7 billion. These very solid results enable us to propose to our shareholders, at the General Share-holders' Meeting, a dividend of euro 2.90 per share, up by 21%, which will be paid entirely in cash.
lt is important to note that our financial performance has been achieved while maintaining a record high level bonus pool and rewarding all employees within the Groupe, including employees with no variable compensation and who have been with us for at least one year.
The Groupe has consolidated its status as an ESG leader in the industry.
To ensure that our growth continues to be sustainable, we have further strengthened our commitments in 2022 through concrete actions on the three pillars of our ESG strategy: continuing to put Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of the Groupe, ensuring responsible marketing for our clients, and progressing on the fight against climate change.
Our Marcel platform, named in honor of our founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, continued to deliver impactful solutions and pioneering employee experiences. lts high-quality training has been further enhanced and new experiences have been offered to employees including the Growth Dashboard, a personalized approach to the various content that employees can access based on their professional interests.
We approach this new year confident in our ability to continue to deliver profitable growth.
The Groupe has consolidated its status as an ESG leader in the industry, ranking number 1 in this area by most rating agencies. Our efforts have also enabled us to join two flagship ESG indices this year: the DJSI Europe and the DJSI World.
A lot remains to be done, which is why we are relentlessly pursuing our efforts in these areas, as illustrated by the launch of Working with Cancer at the beginning of this new year. This initiative is the first global coalition, well beyond the borders of the industry, which aims to eliminate the stigma and insecurity around Cancer in the workplace. Launched with the support of key partners, several hundred signatory companies have already joined us in this commitment, one which is particularly close to my heart.
While the uncertainties weighing on 2023 are high, we approach this new year confident in our ability to continue to deliver profitable growth, a unique revenue mix, go-to-market and platform organization. We expect to maintain the momentum we have seen since the pandemic, with organic growth of 3% to 5%, in line with the average rate of the last three years, while maintaining one of the highest operating margins in the sector.
I would like to thank the Supervisory Board for its trust, and in particular its Chairman, Maurice Lévy, whose experience and vision are valuable assets for the whole Groupe and myself in particular, as well as Élisabeth Badinter for her unwavering support. I would also like to thank all our employees for their work and efforts, as well as our clients and shareholders for their renewed or recently won trust.
You can count on our commitment, with the Management Board and the Directoire+, to continue to lead the Groupe by demonstrating ambition and agility, while remaining loyal to the values that have been at the heart of our company for nearly a century.
Arthur Sadoun
Chairman of the Management Board