Publicis Groupe SA is the parent company of Publicis Groupe.
It acts primarily as holding company by managing its investments, allowing it to have direct or indirect control of the Groupe’s companies, and also providing services to all Group companies.
Additionally, and to a lesser extent, the Company receives rental income from leasing the building it owns in Paris, at 133 avenue des Champs-Élysées.
It has opted for the tax consolidation regime, which includes the parent company as head of the tax consolidation group and its main French subsidiaries.
It also implements a large part of the Groupe’s external financing policy with the banking and capital markets in order to maintain a certain level of liquidity to meet its commitments and investment needs.
Note 1 Significant events of the financial year
On May 27, 2025, Publicis Groupe SA held its Combined General Shareholder’s Meeting. All the resolutions have been adopted, among which:
- the payment of a dividend of euro 3.60 per share, representing an increase of +5.9% compared to the dividend paid for the 2023 fiscal year. The ex-dividend date was July 1st, 2025 and the dividend has been paid on July 3, 2025 for euro 903 million;
- the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit as Statutory Auditor responsible for certifying the financial statements, replacing Ernst & Young et Autres;
- the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit and KPMG S.A. as Statutory Auditors responsible for certifying sustainability-related information, replacing Grant Thornton.;
- the remuneration of corporate officers paid during the 2024 fiscal year or awarded for the same fiscal year;
- the 2025 remuneration policies for the Chairman and CEO and for the Directors, as presented in the 2024 Universal Registration Document.
On April 25, 2025, Publicis Groupe launched a share buyback program that was finalized on June 30, 2005. As part of this program, Publicis Groupe SA repurchased 1,610,899 of its shares for euro 150 million including the financial transaction tax. The objective of this program is to meet the obligations related to the current free share plans for employees, without issuing new shares.
During the first half of 2025, the Company carried out several significant operations related to the management of its financial structure:
- In May 2025, extension of a syndicated credit line: the Groupe has a syndicated credit line of euro 2 billion, the initial maturity of which was set to July 2029, with two options for an additional one-year extension each. The first one-year extension option has been exercised, bringing the maturity date of the line to July 2030. As of December 31st, 2025, this line is not in use.
- Implementation of an EMTN program and bond issuance: Since May 16, 2025, the Groupe has a financing program (Euro Medium Term Notes) amounting to euro 1,500 million. Within the scope of this program, the company realized a two-tranches bond issuance on June 4, 2025, amounting euro 1,250 million :
- euro 600 million fixed-rate bonds, maturing in June 2029, bearing an annual coupon of 2.875 %;
- euro 650 million fixed-rated bonds, maturing in June 2032, bearing a annual coupon of 3.375 %.
During the financial year, the Company received dividends from its subsidiaries amounting to euro 1,106 million, including euro 1,100 million from Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V., the Groupe’s main sub-holding company.
