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Proxy Report - 30/05/2018

En 2017, Arthur Sadoun est devenu Président du Directoire en succédant à Maurice Lévy, 75 ans, qui est aujourd’hui Président du Conseil de Surveillance en remplacement d'Elisabeth Badinter, principale actionnaire.

Pour les fonctions de Président du Conseil, la Société propose à Maurice Lévy une rémunération fixe de 2,8 M€, ce qui est inhabituellement élevé pour un Président non exécutif et 9,5 fois plus élevé que la rémunération perçue par Elisabeth Badinter en 2016 en tant que Présidente du Conseil.

De manière générale, les rémunérations des mandataires sociaux dirigeants de Publicis sont globalement très importantes : Arthur Sadoun pourrait se voir attribuer une rémunération de 8 M€ pour 2018, notamment en raison d’une attribution d’actions exceptionnelle valant à elle seule 6 M€.

Proxinvest salue l'amélioration du taux d'indépendance du conseil suite au départ de deux administrateurs indépendants selon la société mais non libres de conflits d'intérêts selon Proxinvest, et à l'arrivée de Cherie Nursalim, candidate livre d'intérêts.

Underlying
Publicis Groupe SA

Publicis is holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in marketing, communication and digital transformation. Co. designs a customized package of services to meet each client's particular needs through a holistic and global approach. In addition, Co. provides financial markets with information concerning the relative size of each of the different business sectors for the sole purpose of allowing sector comparisons. Co.'s principal activities comprise four main categories: Digital, Advertising, Specialized Agencies and Marketing Services (SAMS) and Media.

Provider
Proxinvest
Proxinvest

Founded in 1995, Proxinvest is an independent proxy firm supporting the engagement and proxy analysis processes of investors. Proxinvest mission is to analyse corporate governance practices and resolutions proposed at general meetings of listed firms.

Proxinvest main services are :

  • ​Proxy reports
  • Definition and monitoring of client customized voting guidelines
  • Corporate Governance Data and Rating
  • Thematic research
  • Engagement support

Proxinvest has been a pioneer and champion of good corporate governance and has grown into a recognised expert in the field.

Proxinvest is independently-owned and only works for investors : Proxinvest does not provide consulting services to the companies it covers, mitigating related risks to its clients and ensuring the independence of our analysis. As a result Proxinvest is able to take a robust, independent, engaged and unconflicted view of the companies in which our clients invest.

As Managing Partner of Expert Corprate Governance Service Ltd (ECGS), Proxinvest has built a large network of corporate governance experts to support clients in corporate governance analysis worldwide. 

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