Universal Registration Document 2025

Board of directors

Information on acquisitions and disposals by the Company of its own shares

The liquidity contract with Exane has been in force since September 12, 2022.

Under the liquidity contract, the Company acquired 1,785,799 shares in 2025 at an average price of euro 88.63, and sold 1,809,899 shares at an average price of euro 89.03.

The trading fees and other expenses incurred by the Company during the 2025 financial year for transactions executed pursuant to the share buyback program, authorized by the 15th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 29, 2024, and then by the 17th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 27, 2025, amounted to euro 80,000.

/ Summary table of transactions by the Company in Publicis Groupe shares in 2025
Summary table of transactions by the Company in Publicis Groupe shares in 2025
  Share buybacks (excluding liquidity contract) Deliveries of free share plans Purchases (liquidity contract) Sales (liquidity contract)
As of 12/31/2025 Quantity (in shares) Average price (in euros) Quantity (in shares) Quantity (in shares) Average price (in euros) Quantity (in shares) Average price (in euros)
Under the 15th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 29, 2024

340,968

89.81

1,678,071

750,024

93.11

752,139

93.50
Under the 17th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 27, 2025

1,269,931

93.95

38,864

1,035,775

85.39

1,057,760

85.85
Total

1,610,899

93.08

1,716,935

1,785,799

88.63

1,809,899

89.03

As of December 31, 2025, Publicis Groupe SA owned 3,441,977 shares with a par value of euro 0.40, representing 1.35% of its own share capital, for an overall cost price of euro 321,244,330 and an average price per share of euro 93.33.

These shares are broken down into 23,900 shares held under the liquidity contract and 3,418,077 shares allocated to free share plans.

Allocation of 2025 net income and setting the dividend

The General Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the 2025 financial statements on May 27, 2026, will be asked to allocate distributable earnings, which consist of:

  • net income for the 2025 financial year: euro 1,045,843,188.06;
  • minus allocation to the statutory reserve(1) ;
  • plus earnings brought forward at December 31, 2025: euro 1,003,789,132.29;
  • total distributable earnings: euro 2,049,632,320.35.

I.e. a total of euro 953,669,475 distributed to shareholders (based on a dividend of euro 3.75 per share and 254,311,860 shares, including treasury shares, as of December 31, 2025).