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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): June 9, 2020

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.)

437 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

10022

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212415-3600

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):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange 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))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under 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

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 June 9, 2020. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (i) elected nine individuals to the Board of Directors (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, 2020, and (iv) did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding an amendment to the Company’s existing proxy access framework. 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 April 29, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”).

(b)        Proposal 1

The Company’s shareholders elected nine individuals to the Board as set forth below:

Name

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

John D. Wren

167,865,836

9,525,855

1,157,355

12,313,806

Mary C. Choksi

176,049,626

2,412,333

87,087

12,313,806

Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.

153,122,770

25,336,143

90,133

12,313,806

Susan S. Denison

168,705,052

9,757,412

86,582

12,313,806

Ronnie S. Hawkins

178,159,547

298,237

91,262

12,313,806

Deborah J. Kissire

178,238,766

223,668

86,612

12,313,806

Gracia C. Martore

177,797,753

662,643

88,650

12,313,806

Linda Johnson Rice

171,224,467

7,238,907

85,672

12,313,806

Valerie M. Williams

178,244,639

214,731

89,676

12,313,806

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

161,662,362

16,625,612

261,073

12,313,806

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, 2020.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

187,484,806

3,265,298

112,748

Proposal 4

The Company’s shareholders did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding an amendment to the Company’s existing proxy access framework.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

57,983,731

120,115,053

450,262

12,313,806


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: June 11, 2020

By:

/s/ Michael J. O’Brien

Name:

Michael J. O’Brien

Title:

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary