On November 26, 2025 (the ?Closing Date?), Omnicom Group Inc. (the ?Company? or ?Omnicom?), completed its Merger with The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc., a Delaware corporation (?IPG?). On the Closing Date, the Board of Directors (the ?Board?) of Omnicom increased the size of the Board from 11 directors to 14 directors and elected Philippe Krakowsky, Patrick Q. Moore and E. Lee Wyatt Jr. (collectively, the ?New Directors?
and each, a ?New Director?) as directors of Omnicom to fill the vacancies created by such increase, effective as of the Effective Time. Each of the New Directors will hold office as a director on the Board from the Closing Date until the Company?s next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or removal. On the Closing Date, the Board appointed Mr. Krakowsky as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective as of the Effective Time.
Philippe Krakowsky, 63, was the Chief Executive Officer (?CEO?) of IPG, a role he assumed from January 1, 2021 until the Effective Time. He was also a member of IPG?s Board of Directors. Prior to being named IPG?s CEO, Mr. Krakowsky served as IPG?s Chief Operating Officer (?COO?) beginning in September 2019, managing business operations across IPG, with direct oversight of IPG?s independent companies including Carmichael Lynch, Deutsch, Hill Holliday, Huge and R/GA, as well as IPG?s Media, Data and Technology offerings, including IPG Mediabrands, Acxiom, KINESSO and Matterkind.
During that time, Mr. Krakowsky was also Chairman of IPG Mediabrands, where he had previously served as CEO for a number of years. Over the course of his nearly two-decade tenure at IPG, Mr. Krakowsky also led the corporate strategy, talent, communications, and business development functions for the holding company. At the Effective Time, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, the sole director of Merger Sub, Louis F. Januzzi, became the sole director of the Surviving Corporation, and each of the officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time became the initial officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their successors are duly elected, designated or qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
