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Filed May 9, 2022 · 4y ago · Accession 0001213900-22-024862
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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 3, 2022
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 (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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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))
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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
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 3, 2022. At the
Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected ten 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, 2022, and (iv) did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding political
spending disclosure. 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 24, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”).
(b) Proposal 1
The Company’s shareholders elected ten individuals
to the Board as set forth below:
Name
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
John D. Wren
161,975,483
10,125,863
815,457
14,760,549
Mary C. Choksi
168,705,549
4,112,117
99,138
14,760,549
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
158,193,346
14,179,427
544,031
14,760,549
Mark D. Gerstein
172,567,345
240,920
108,539
14,760,549
Ronnie S. Hawkins
172,103,620
708,066
105,118
14,760,549
Deborah J. Kissire
169,625,725
3,191,293
99,785
14,760,549
Gracia C. Martore
172,274,050
544,048
98,706
14,760,549
Patricia Salas Pineda
172,434,872
385,356
96,576
14,760,549
Linda Johnson Rice
163,345,648
9,175,222
395,934
14,760,549
Valerie M. Williams
170,211,316
2,605,620
99,868
14,760,549
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
156,307,905
16,436,819
172,079
14,760,549
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, 2022.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
182,589,095
4,935,176
153,082
Proposal 4
The Company’s shareholders
did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding political spending disclosure as described in the Proxy Statement.
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
50,526,869
121,857,194
532,741
14,760,549
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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, 2022
By:
/s/ Michael J. O’Brien
Name:
Michael J. O’Brien
Title:
Executive 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, 2022
- Report date
- May 3, 2022
- Document
- ea159543-8k_omnicom.htm
- Size
- 266 KB