Publicis Groupe S.A. (PUBGY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Publicis Groupe S.A. (PUBGY) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 16, 2026 3:30 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsArthur Sadoun - Chairman & CEOLoris Nold - Chief...

Company Participants Arthur Sadoun - Chairman & CEO Loris Nold - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Adrien de Saint Hilaire - BofA Securities, Research Division Jérôme Bodin - ODDO BHF Corporate & Markets, Research Division Nicolas Langlet - BNP Paribas, Research Division Ciaran Donnelly - Citigroup Inc., Research Division Conor O'Shea - Kepler Cheuvreux, Research Division Anna Patrice - Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Research Division Julien Roch - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Christophe Cherblanc Presentation Operator Good morning. This is the conference operator.

Welcome, and thank you for joining the Publicis Group First Half 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [operator instructions] At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Arthur Sadoun, Chairman and CEO of Publicis Group.

Please go ahead, sir. Arthur Sadoun Chairman & CEO Thank you, Judith, Bonjour, and welcome to Publicis Group First Half 2026 Earnings Call. I am Arthur Sadoun, and I'm here in Paris with our CFO, Loris Nold.

Jean-Michel Bonamy is also here and will be available to take all of your questions offline after this call. I will start this presentation by sharing the main highlights of our Q2 and H1 performance showing an acceleration on all fronts. Loris will then walk you through the full details of our numbers.

And I will come back with our outlook and the reason for our confidence in raising our guidance and sustaining our strong momentum in H2 and beyond. As usual, we will take all of your questions together after the presentation. But before we start, please take the time to read the disclaimer, which is an important legal matter.

Let's dive into the presentation with actually 4 key highlights. In a nutshell, in the first half of the year, we have