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Date: June 24, 2014
Location: New York, NY

uu8 Worldwlde, parL of Cmnlcom Croup, Loday announced Chrls 8rown has been named resldenL
and Chlef LxecuLlve Cfflcer of uu8 new ?ork. Pe currenLly serves as Chlef LxecuLlve Cfflcer of uu8
Croup AusLralla, and wlll LranslLlon lnLo Lhe new role ln SepLember 2014.

AddlLlonally, a new group sLrucLure ln new ?ork has been creaLed and wlll encompass: uu8 new
?ork, uproar[uu8, uu8 8emedy, 1rlbal Worldwlde new ?ork, 8oberLs + Langer uu8 and Splke
uu8. eLer Pempel, currenL Chlef LxecuLlve Cfflcer of uu8 new ?ork, wlll assume Lhe new poslLlon
of Chalrman and CLC, uu8 Croup new ?ork, overseelng Lhe enLlre group Lo ensure Lhe agencles are
collaboraLlng and explorlng [olnL opporLunlLles.

8rown wlll reporL [olnLly Lo Pempel and Mark C'8rlen, resldenL of uu8 norLh Amerlca. Pempel wlll
conLlnue Lo reporL Lo C'8rlen.

C'8rlen sald, We need Lo make sure we are looklng across all of our resources ln new ?ork Lo brlng
even more LalenL lnLo Lhe organlzaLlon and provlde our cllenLs wlLh compleLe markeLlng soluLlons."

8rown brlngs Lo hls new poslLlon 17 years of experlence wlLh uu8 Worldwlde, boLh ln Lhe uk and
AusLralla. Pe was promoLed Lo Chlef LxecuLlve Cfflcer of uu8 Croup AusLralla ln 2012, afLer servlng
as Croup Managlng ulrecLor of uu8 Sydney from 2007 Lo 2012.

Chrls has a proven Lrack record of success and growLh and l'm Lhrllled for hlm Lo [oln us ln norLh
Amerlca," added C'8rlen. Cver Lhe years, l've waLched hlm become a sLrong, effecLlve leader who
ls admlred by Lhe lndusLry, hls cllenLs and hls sLaff. Pe Lruly embodles whaL makes uu8 speclal ln
LhaL he ls boLh LalenLed and nlce."

under hls leadershlp, 8rown creaLed a naLlonally lnLegraLed offerlng cenLered around creaLlvlLy,
daLa and Lechnology, effecLlvely merglng uu8 Sydney and uu8 Melbourne Lo form uu8 Croup
AusLralla. 1he Croup wenL on Lo wln accolades from Lhe lA8, lncludlng: Agency of Lhe ?ear, 8
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Agency of Lhe ?ear, LxperlenLlal Agency of Lhe ?ear, Ad of Lhe ?ear, Campalgn of Lhe ?ear and 8esL ln
Show. ln 2012 Lhe agency won Lhe presLlglous Splkes Agency of Lhe ?ear honor for Asla aclflc.

1hls new sLrucLure allows us Lo geL more from all Lhe LalenL LhaL we have wlLhln Lhe varlous groups
LhaL are parL of uu8 ln new ?ork," sald Pempel. AfLer 11 years aL uu8 new ?ork, l am looklng
forward Lo worklng wlLh Chrls Lo see whaL klnds of synergles can be creaLed across our operaLlons."

1he opporLunlLy Lo run uu8's new ?ork offlce wlLh Lhe amblLlon Lo be one of Lhe besL agencles ln
Lhe world ls an opporLunlLy l couldn'L refuse," sald 8rown. 1hese are exclLlng Llmes and l am
passlonaLe abouL conLlnually looklng aL how we evolve as a buslness Lo ensure we are dellverlng
ouLsLandlng creaLlve soluLlons for our cllenLs. 1he LalenL, culLure and cllenLs aL uu8 new ?ork lnsplre
me, and l look forward Lo worklng closely wlLh Lhe Leam."

8rown has worked wlLh a range of leadlng brands ln hls career, lncludlng Sony, 1elsLra, 1ourlsm
AusLralla, unllever, !&! and volkswagen. Pe was promoLed Lo Lhe 8oard of ManagemenL and
Managlng arLner of uu8 Sydney aL Lhe age of 30, and Croup Managlng ulrecLor of uu8 Sydney aL
Lhe age of 33, wlLh overall responslblllLy for uu8, 8A, Mango, uu8 8emedy and 1rlbal Worldwlde.
8rown has produced award-wlnnlng campalgns LhaL have been recognlzed aL Lhe Lop shows around
Lhe world such as Lhe Cannes Llons lesLlval of CreaLlvlLy, Cne Show, u&Au, lA and AlA
LffecLlveness awards. Pe was feaLured ln !"#$%& 40 under 40 ln 2008 and '()*(+,- !&+(/0(1+2+13&
40 under 40 ln 2013. 8rown currenLly slLs on Lhe naLlonal CommunlcaLlons Councll 8oard ln
AusLralla and ls one of Lhe parLlclpanLs ln Lhe Male Champlons of Change" lnlLlaLlve, commlLLed Lo
promoLlng gender equallLy wlLhln Lhe lndusLry.

WlLh Lhls new leadershlp sLrucLure ln new ?ork, we are geLLlng Lhe besL of all worlds," sald C'8rlen.
Chrls's ablllLy Lo grow and Lransform Lhe buslness and eLer's managemenL skllls ensure LhaL uu8
Croup new ?ork wlll be a force Lo be reckoned wlLh."

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uu8 Worldwlde (www.ddb.com) ls one of Lhe world's largesL and mosL awarded adverLlslng and
markeLlng neLworks. ln 2012 uu8 was named AdverLlslng neLwork of Lhe ?ear by '()*(+,-4 as well
as Agency of Lhe ?ear and ulglLal Agency of Lhe ?ear by 567(6$,8 magazlne. AL Lhe presLlglous 2013
Cannes lnLernaLlonal lesLlval of CreaLlvlLy, uu8 won 93 Llons, Lhe mosL ever for Lhe neLwork. ln
addlLlon, 9:$ ;<-- =$*>76 has llsLed uu8 as one of Lhe 1op 3 Clobal neLworks for Lhe lasL 12 years.
1he agency's cllenLs lnclude volkswagen, Mcuonald's, unllever, Mars, !ohnson & !ohnson, and Lxxon
Mobll, among oLhers.

lounded ln 1949, uu8 ls parL of Lhe Cmnlcom Croup (n?SL) and conslsLs of more Lhan 200 offlces ln
over 90 counLrles wlLh lLs flagshlp offlce ln new ?ork, n?.

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Cmnlcom Croup lnc. (n?SL-CMC) ls a leadlng global markeLlng and corporaLe communlcaLlons
company. Cmnlcom's branded neLworks and numerous speclalLy flrms provlde adverLlslng, sLraLeglc
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publlc relaLlons and oLher speclalLy communlcaLlons servlces Lo over 3,000 cllenLs ln more Lhan 100
counLrles.
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ChrlsLle Clera
ulrecLor of CorporaLe CommunlcaLlons and norLh Amerlcan ubllc 8elaLlons, uu8 Worldwlde
Lmall: ChrlsLle.glera[ddb.com
Cfflce: 212-413-2186