Pixelpark: Publicis Secures More Than 76% of the Shares in Pixelpark AG

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) -

Not for release in or into the United States of America. The
offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into, or by
use of mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,
without limitation, facsimile transmission, telex, telephone, e-mail
and other forms of electronic transmission) of interstate or foreign
commerce of, or any facility or a national securities exchange of,
the United States of America and the offer cannot be accepted by such
use, means or instrumentality from or within the United States of
America. No persons in the United States of America will be permitted
to accept the offer. Neither this announcement nor the offer document
may be distributed or sent in, into or from the United States of
America, and doing so may render invalid any purported acceptance.

Publicis Groupe S.A. announces that as of today it has secured
more than 76% of the shares in Pixelpark AG through its subsidiary
MMS Germany Holdings GmbH ("MMS").

MMS already holds 60.2% of the registered share capital and of
the voting rights in Pixelpark AG. In addition, 14.0% of Pixelpark AG
shareholders have agreed to tender their Pixelpark AG shares into the
public offer. Furthermore, 2.3% of the Pixelpark AG shareholders have
irrevocably committed to sell their shares to MMS.

Shareholders of Pixelpark AG should note that the acceptance
period for the public offer will expire on March 21, 2012 at 24:00
hrs CET, and that shareholders of outstanding shares can only accept
the public offer until that point in time. Shareholders who have not
yet accepted are therefore asked to accept prior to the expiration of
the acceptance period.

Important information:

This announcement contains forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that do not describe past
facts, but also such statements regarding assumptions and
expectations as well as the underlying assumptions. These statements
are based on the planning, estimates and forecasts currently
available to the management of Publicis Groupe S.A. Forward-looking
statements are thus only related to the date on which they are made.
No obligation will be assumed to revise such statements in light of
new information or future events. Forward-looking statements harbor
risks and uncertainties by nature. A number of important factors may
lead to the fact that actual results differ substantially from such
forward-looking statements.

This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a
solicitation to offer to sell shares in Pixelpark AG. The terms of
the offer and its acceptance will be based exclusively on the offer
document to be published on the Internet under
http://www.publicis-pixelpark.com. As the offer as well as all other
related documents will contain important information, holders of
shares in Pixelpark AG are strongly advised to read these documents
as soon as they will have been published.

As the shares in Pixelpark AG are exclusively listed on the Entry
Standard of the Open Market (Freiverkehr) of the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse), the provisions of the German
Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und
Übernahmegesetz: WpÜG) and the regulations issued in connection
therewith do not apply to the offer, the offer document and all
associated declarations, notices and legal acts.

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris FR0000130577, part of the CAC 40
index] is the third largest communications group in the world,
offering the full range of services and skills: digital and
traditional advertising, public affairs and events, media buying and
specialized communication. Its major networks are Leo Burnett,
MSLGROUP, PHCG (Publicis Healthcare Communications Group), Publicis
Worldwide, Rosetta and Saatchi & Saatchi. VivaKi, the Groupe's media
and digital accelerator, includes Digitas, Razorfish, Starcom
MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia. Present in 104 countries, the
Groupe employs 50,000 professionals.

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About Pixelpark

Pixelpark is Germany's largest independent interactive service
provider. With the brands Yellow Tomato, Elephant Seven and Pixelpark
we have developed creative and value-enhancing communication and
eBusiness solutions for about 20 years. About 370 employees in
Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Bielefeld, Barcelona and Zurich are proud
to be working for clients such as Adidas, Allianz, the
Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF), the Bundesministerium für
Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi), Boehringer Ingelheim, Coca-Cola,
Daimler AG, Deutsche Post DHL, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Energie
Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW), Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Mercedes-Benz,
Montblanc, Reifen Center GmbH, RTL, Sparkasse, WGZ BANK, Zweites
Deutsche Fernsehen (ZDF) and many more. http://www.pixelpark.com

Contacts
Publicis Groupe
Martine Hue, Investor Relations: + 33(0)1-44-43-65-00
Peggy Nahmany, Corporate Communication: + 33 (0)1-44-43-72-83

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