At the Great Wall Awards, BBDO scooped up three Silvers for Visa, Lay's and Mirinda, while DDB won a Silver and a Bronze for TIANTIAN Air Freshener, and two more Bronzes for Alteco and Gatorade. The Great Wall Awards, one of the most influential advertising awards presentations in China, recognize outstanding work published in different media.

BBDO also received a Gold at the China Automobile Advertising Awards for Mercedes Benz S-class and three Bronzes for Smart Launch, Smart Viral Park and Mercedes Benz SUV.

TBWA was recognized at the China Internet Advertising Awards with a Silver for McDonald's and two Bronzes for UNICEF and 42 Below.

TBWA's McDonald's campaign also won a Bronze at the China Media Marketing Innovation Awards.

The China International Advertising Festival, held annually in different locations in China, is the most authoritative and influential advertising industry event in China, attracting more than 30,000 participants.

Following is the list of awards won by Omnicom agencies at the 16th China International Advertising Festival:

    China Effies:
    -------------
    BBDO         Best of Show      GE                Ecomagination
    BBDO         Best Idea         GE                Ecomagination
    BBDO         Gold              Visa              2008 Beijing Olympics
    TBWA         Gold              McDonald's        "Let's Meet Up" Summer
                                                       Promotion
    DDB Guoan    Silver            Yili
    DDB          Bronze            Gatorade          Counting
    DDB          Bronze            Clean & Clear     One Day Challenge
    DDB          Bronze            McDonald's        World's 1st McDonald's
                                                      Online Store
    TBWA         Bronze            UNICEF            Blueprint

    Great Wall Awards:
    ------------------
    BBDO         Silver            Visa              Banquet
    BBDO         Silver            Lay's             Orchestra
    BBDO         Silver            Mirinda           Fruits
    DDB          Silver            TIANTIAN
                                    Air Freshener    Metro
    DDB          Bronze            TIANTIAN
                                    Air Freshener    Lift
    DDB          Bronze            Alteco            Steel Span Wire
    DDB          Bronze            Gatorade          Dream Field

    China Automobile Advertising Awards:
    ------------------------------------
    BBDO         Gold              Mercedes Benz     S-class Postcard
    BBDO         Bronze            Smart             Launch
    BBDO         Bronze            Smart             Viral Park
    BBDO         Bronze            Mercedes Benz     SUV Family

    China Internet Advertising Awards:
    ----------------------------------
    TBWA         Silver            McDonald's        "Let's Meet Up" Summer
                                                       Promotion
    TBWA         Bronze            UNICEF            Blueprint
    TBWA         Bronze            42Below           "Because We Can"

    China Media Marketing Innovation Awards:
    ----------------------------------------
    TBWA         Bronze            McDonald's        "Let's Meet Up" Summer
                                                       Promotion

About Omnicom Group Inc.

Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) is a leading global marketing and communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

For further information on Omnicom and its brands, please visit www.omnicomgroup.com .

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Omnicom's net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 22.7% to $563.5 million from $729.3 million in the same period in 2008. Omnicom's diluted net income per common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 21.1% to $1.80 per share in 2009 from $2.28 per share in the same period in 2008.

Worldwide revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 15.4% to $8,454.9 million from $9,988.5 million in the same period in 2008. Domestic revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 11.4% to $4,548.0 million from $5,130.5 million in the same period in 2008. International revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 decreased 19.6% to $3,906.9 million from $4,858.0 million in the same period in 2008.

Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

For a live webcast and/or a replay of our third quarter earnings conference call, go to www.omnicomgroup.com/InvestorRelations .

    Omnicom Group Inc.

    (Unaudited)
    (In Millions of Dollars, Except Per Share Data)

    Three Months Ended September 30,                2009           2008
    -------------------------------                 ----           ----

    Revenue                                    $ 2,837.6      $ 3,316.2

    Operating expenses                           2,542.8        2,942.8
                                                 -------        -------

    Operating profit                               294.8          373.4

    Net interest expense                            28.9           20.7
                                                    ----           ----

    Income before income taxes                     265.9          352.7

    Income tax expense                              90.5          118.2

    Income from equity method investments            7.3            6.8
                                                     ---            ---

    Net Income                                     182.7          241.3

    Less: Net income attributed to
     noncontrolling interests (a)                  (17.1)         (27.7)
                                                    -----         -----

    Net Income  -  Omnicom Group Inc. (a)        $ 165.6        $ 213.6
                                                   =====          =====

    Net Income per common share  -
     Omnicom Group Inc.(b)
        Basic                                      $0.53          $0.68
        Diluted                                    $0.53          $0.68

    Weighted average shares (in millions)(b)
        Basic                                      308.6          309.1
        Diluted                                    311.6          310.3

    Dividend declared per common share             $0.15          $0.15


    (a) On January 1, 2009, we retrospectively adopted revisions to ASC
        Topic 810 Consolidation - Noncontrolling Interest in a Subsidiary.
        In accordance with the presentation requirements of ASC Topic 810,
        we modified the format of our consolidated statement of income to
        conform to the disclosure requirements of the revised guidance.
    (b) On January 1, 2009, we adopted revisions to ASC Topic 260 Earnings
        per Share - Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method, which
        provides that all outstanding unvested share-based payments that
        contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends participate in the
        undistributed earnings with the common shareholders and are therefore
        participating securities.  Companies with participating securities
        are required to apply the two-class method in calculating basic and
        diluted earnings per share.  On adoption of the revised guidance, we
        retrospectively restated basic and diluted Net Income per Common Share
        - Omnicom Group Inc. for each period presented.  The adoption reduced
        Net Income, for the purposes of the basic and diluted net income per
        common share for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
        by $1.8 million and $3.1 million, respectively.

    Omnicom Group Inc.

    (Unaudited)
    (In Millions of Dollars, Except Per Share Data)

    Nine Months Ended September 30,                  2009         2008
    ------------------------------                   ----         ----

    Revenue                                      $8,454.9      $9,988.5

    Operating expenses                            7,479.6       8,747.5
                                                  -------       -------

    Operating profit                                975.3       1,241.0

    Net interest expense                             72.1          50.4
                                                     ----          ----

    Income before income taxes                      903.2       1,190.6

    Income tax expense                              308.9         400.6

    Income from equity method investments            20.5          26.0
                                                     ----          ----

    Net Income                                      614.8         816.0

    Less: Net income attributed to
     noncontrolling interests (a)                   (51.3)        (86.7)
                                                    -----         -----

    Net Income  -  Omnicom Group Inc. (a)          $563.5        $729.3
                                                    =====         =====


    Net Income per common share  -
     Omnicom Group Inc. (b)
        Basic                                       $1.81         $2.29
        Diluted                                     $1.80         $2.28


    Weighted average shares (in millions) (b)
        Basic                                       308.0         315.0
        Diluted                                     309.5         316.6

    Dividend declared per common share              $0.45         $0.45


    (a) On January 1, 2009, we retrospectively adopted revisions to ASC Topic
        810 Consolidation - Noncontrolling Interest in a Subsidiary.  In
        accordance with the presentation requirements of ASC Topic 810, we
        modified the format of our consolidated statement of income to conform
        to the disclosure requirements of the revised guidance.
    (b) On January 1, 2009, we adopted revisions to ASC Topic 260 Earnings
        per Share - Participating Securities and the Two-Class Method, which
        provides that all outstanding unvested share-based payments that
        contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends participate in the
        undistributed earnings with the common shareholders and are therefore
        participating securities.  Companies with participating securities are
        required to apply the two-class method in calculating basic and
        diluted earnings per share. On adoption of the revised guidance, we
        retrospectively restated basic and diluted Net Income per Common Share
        - Omnicom Group Inc. for each period presented.  The adoption reduced
        Net Income, for the purposes of the basic and diluted net income per
        common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
        by $6.6 million and $9.0 million, respectively.

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