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Filed May 9, 2025 · 1y ago · Accession 0001213900-25-041552
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View original ↗UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 6, 2025
OMNICOM GROUP INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its
Charter)
New York
1-10551
13-1514814
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
280 Park Avenue , New York , NY
10017
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: ( 212 ) 415-3600
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b)
of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share
OMC
New York Stock Exchange
0.800% Senior Notes due 2027
OMC/27
New York Stock Exchange
1.400% Senior Notes due 2031
OMC/31
New York Stock Exchange
3.700% Senior Notes due 2032
OMC/32
New York Stock Exchange
2.250% Senior Notes due 2033
OMC/33
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)
Omnicom Group Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 6, 2025.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected 11 individuals to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”),
(ii) approved an advisory resolution to approve executive compensation, (iii) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s
independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and (iv) voted against a shareholder proposal regarding an independent
Board chairman. The proposals are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”).
(b) Proposal 1
The Company’s shareholders elected 11 individuals
to the Board as set forth below:
Name
Votes For
Votes
Against
Abstentions
Broker
Non-Votes
John D. Wren
154,859,470
10,733,487
587,893
13,287,195
Mary C. Choksi
154,605,518
11,442,755
132,577
13,287,195
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
143,083,686
22,969,352
127,812
13,287,195
Mark D. Gerstein
165,462,566
585,513
132,771
13,287,195
Ronnie S. Hawkins
162,931,835
3,121,025
127,990
13,287,195
Deborah J. Kissire
153,273,852
12,775,330
131,668
13,287,195
Gracia C. Martore
154,510,644
11,547,235
122,971
13,287,195
Patricia Salas Pineda
163,369,510
2,681,483
129,857
13,287,195
Linda Johnson Rice
147,115,973
18,938,475
126,402
13,287,195
Cassandra Santos
165,456,912
597,814
126,124
13,287,195
Valerie M. Williams
153,295,088
12,760,369
125,393
13,287,195
Proposal 2
The Company’s shareholders
approved an advisory resolution on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as reported in the Proxy Statement.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
148,901,265
17,079,468
200,117
13,287,195
Proposal 3
The Company’s shareholders
ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
166,894,902
12,411,279
161,864
Proposal 4
The Company’s shareholders
voted against the shareholder proposal regarding an independent Board chairman as described in the Proxy Statement.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
46,852,570
119,091,578
236,702
13,287,195
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Omnicom Group Inc.
Date: May 9, 2025
By:
/s/ Louis F. Januzzi
Name:
Louis F. Januzzi
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
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Filing details
- Company
- OMNICOM GROUP INC.
- Ticker
- OMC
- CIK
- 29989
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- May 9, 2025
- Report date
- May 6, 2025
- Document
- ea0241431-8k_omnicom.htm
- Size
- 279 KB