Universal Registration Document 2024

8.1 INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY

8.1.1 Company name and trading name

Publicis Groupe SA (the “Company”) does business under the trade name Publicis.

8.1.2 Registration place and number, legal entity identifier (LEI)

542 080 601 RCS Paris; APE code – NAF 7010Z; LEI number: 2138004KW8BV57III342.

8.1.3 Date of incorporation and term

Incorporation date: October 4, 1938.

Term: May 28, 2123, unless extended.

The term of the Company initially set at 99 years from October 4, 1938 and expiring on October 3, 2037 was extended by decision of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 29, 2024 for a period of 99 years from the said Meeting.

8.1.4 Registered office, legal structure, applicable legislation, country of origin, address and telephone number of registered office, website

Publicis Groupe SA is a French limited liability company (société anonyme) with a Board of Directors, governed by articles L. 225-17 to L. 225-56 and L. 22-10-1 to L. 22-10-78 of the French Commercial Code.

The Company’s registered office is located at 133, avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France. Publicis Groupe’s registered office phone number is +33 (0) 1 44 43 70 00.

The Publicis Groupe SA website can be accessed at the following address: www.publicisgroupe.com. The information on this website does not form part of this Universal Registration Document, unless incorporated by reference.

8.1.5 Financial year

From January 1 to December 31 of each year.

8.1.6 Memorandum of Incorporation and Articles of Incorporation

A summary of the main provisions of the Articles of Incorporation in force is given below. The full text of the Articles of Incorporation is available on the Publicis Groupe website at the following address:

https://www.publicisgroupe.com/en/investors/investors-analysts/regulatory-information.

Corporate purpose (article 2 of the Articles of Incorporation)

The Company’s corporate purpose is to:

• commercialize and develop advertising of any kind in all its forms, in any way whatsoever;
• the development of digital services and tools from digital platforms, software or any electronic, computer or artificial intelligence media as well as the creation and operation of all services from databases or computer systems;
• organize any shows and radio and television broadcasts, design any radio, television and other types of programs, operate any movie theatres, recording and broadcasting studios, and any screening and viewing rooms, paper publishing of any nature and mechanical publishing of any music, sketches, screenplays and dramas; and
• generally speaking, all commercial, financial, real estate, industrial and movable transactions directly or indirectly related to the foregoing and likely to facilitate the development and growth of its corporate business.

The Company may act in all countries in its name and on behalf of third parties, either alone or in partnership, association or company, with any other companies or persons and implement under any form whatsoever, either directly or indirectly, the transactions falling within its corporate purpose.

It may also acquire, under any form, any interests and holdings in any French or foreign businesses and undertakings, whatever their purpose.