Universal Registration Document 2025

Note 20 Cash and cash equivalents

6.6 Notes to the consolidated financial statements

Note 20 Cash and cash equivalents

Note 20 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents
(in millions of euros) December 31, 2025 December 31, 2024
Cash and bank balances

Cash and bank balances

December 31, 2025

1,406

Cash and bank balances

December 31, 2024

1,244

Short-term liquid investments

Short-term liquid investments

December 31, 2025

2,625

Short-term liquid investments

December 31, 2024

2,400

Total

Total

December 31, 2025

4,031

Total

December 31, 2024

3,644

Short-term liquid investments included UCITS (French Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) funds classified by the AMF as short-term money market funds, subject to a very low risk of a change in value, and short-term deposits.

Note 21 Shareholders

/ Share capital of the parent company
(in shares) December 31, 2025 December 31, 2024
Share capital at January 1

Share capital at January 1

December 31, 2025

254,311,860

Share capital at January 1

December 31, 2024

254,311,860

Capital increase

Capital increase

December 31, 2025-

Capital increase

December 31, 2024-
Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period

Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period

December 31, 2025

254,311,860

Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period

December 31, 2024

254,311,860

Treasury stock at the end of the period

Treasury stock at the end of the period

December 31, 2025

(3,441,977)

Treasury stock at the end of the period

December 31, 2024

(3,572,113)

Shares outstanding at the end of the period

Shares outstanding at the end of the period

December 31, 2025

250,869,883

Shares outstanding at the end of the period

December 31, 2024

250,739,747

The share capital of Publicis Groupe SA amounts to euro 101,724,744 at December 31, 2025, divided into 254,311,860 shares with a nominal value of euro 0.40 each.

Change in treasury shares

Treasury shares held at the end of the year, including those owned under the liquidity contract, are deducted from the share capital.

The portfolio of treasury shares changed as follows in 2025 and 2024:

  Number of shares Amount (in millions of euros) Cash flows (in millions of euros)
Treasury shares held on December 31, 2023 Treasury shares held on December 31, 2023Number of shares3,737,367 Treasury shares held on December 31, 2023

Amount

(in millions of euros)
265
Treasury shares held on December 31, 2023

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)
-
Disposals and vesting of free shares

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Number of shares

(1,673,636)

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Amount

(in millions of euros)

(113)

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)
-
Buybacks of treasury shares

Buybacks of treasury shares

Number of shares

1,481,711

Buybacks of treasury shares

Amount

(in millions of euros)

145

Buybacks of treasury shares

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)

(145)

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Number of shares

26,671

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Amount

(in millions of euros)

3

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)

(3)

Treasury shares held on December 31, 2024 (1) Treasury shares held on December 31, 2024 (1)Number of shares3,572,113 Treasury shares held on December 31, 2024 (1)

Amount

(in millions of euros)
300
Treasury shares held on December 31, 2024 (1)

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)
(148)
Disposals and vesting of free shares

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Number of shares

(1,716,935)

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Amount

(in millions of euros)

(126)

Disposals and vesting of free shares

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)
-
Buybacks of treasury shares

Buybacks of treasury shares

Number of shares

1,610,899

Buybacks of treasury shares

Amount

(in millions of euros)

150

Buybacks of treasury shares

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)

(150)

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Number of shares

(24,100)

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Amount

(in millions of euros)

(3)

Movements as part of the liquidity contract

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)

3

Treasury shares held on December 31, 2025 (1)

Treasury shares held on

December 31, 2025 (1)
Number of shares

3,441,977

Treasury shares held on

December 31, 2025 (1)

Amount

(in millions of euros)

321

Treasury shares held on

December 31, 2025 (1)

Cash flows

(in millions of euros)

(147)