Ketchum Pleon and Its Clients Win Six EMEA SABRE Awards

BRUSSELS, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Ketchum Pleon, the leading European communications consultancy and part of Ketchum, received six awards on behalf of its client work at last night's Holmes Group EMEA SABRE Awards ceremony in Brussels. This comes on the heels of the firm's top honors at the Americas SABRE Awards held in New York in May, at which Ketchum and IBM took home the Platinum Award for the best public relations campaign of 2011 in addition to winning more client-work awards than any other firm.

"The SABRE Awards represent the most creative, effective campaigns executed across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and we are proud to stand alongside our clients as we receive these honors today," said David Gallagher, senior partner and CEO, Europe. "We take pride in the partnerships we've built with our clients and we look forward to collaborating with them on work that breaks new ground and delivers solid business results."

Ketchum and its clients won SABRE Awards in the following categories:

DIAMOND SABRE AWARDS

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION

"The Beauty of Proof"
Procter & Gamble's Olay Professional Range with Ketchum Pleon

GOLD SABRE AWARDS

DACH (GERMANY, AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND)

"Farting to Stardom"
Bayer Healthcare Germany with Ketchum Pleon

MULTI-COUNTRY PROGRAMME

"Wake Up the Town"
Philips with OneVoice*

GLOBAL PROGRAMME

"FedEx Delivers Panda-monium Across the Globe"
FedEx with Ketchum Pleon

COMMUNITY RELATIONS

"GE Healthimagination"
GE Healthcare with TBWA\Raad and Ketchum Raad Middle East

SILVER SABRE AWARDS

MEDIA PLACEMENT - BROADCAST

"FedEx Delivers Panda-monium Across the Globe"
FedEx with Ketchum Pleon

In addition, Ketchum Maslov, the Russian arm of Ketchum, was recognized as Eastern European Consultancy of the Year, with the Holmes Group praising it for its "reputation for integrity… its creative work and burgeoning digital capabilities."

Earlier in the year, Ketchum was named PR Agency of the Year by PRWeekand also won four PRWeek Awards for its work on behalf of its clients. The agency also recently was honored with the International Consultancy of the Year designation by PRWeek U.K. and was named Large Consultancy of the Year by PRmoment at the inaugural Golden Hedgehog Awards.

*Editor's Note

OneVoice is an alliance of Omnicom Group PR agencies led by Ketchum and Fleishman-Hillard, retained globally by Philips to work on its lighting, consumer lifestyle and healthcare business units.

About the SABRE Awards

SABRE awards are bestowed annually and are presented for Superior Achievement in Branding and Reputation. Diamond SABREs recognize the increased contribution public relations is making in the C-suite, Gold SABREs recognize the best programs in specific brand-building and reputation management categories, and Silver SABREs focus on superior content creation.The Holmes Group exists to provide competitive insight and intelligence to public relations professionals. Products include consulting services, customized research, industry white papers, a weekly newsletter, The Holmes Report, and a comprehensive website. The Holmes Report is created for public relations professionals and offers industry news articles on new developments in the field and the trends and issues facing public relations professionals today and tomorrow.

About Ketchum Pleon

Ketchum Pleon is one of the largest, most geographically diverse communications consultancies and the established European market leader. It is part of Ketchum, which has more than 2,400 employees in owned operations and operates in 70 countries with more than 120 owned and affiliated offices. Ketchum is a unit of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC; http://www.omnicomgroup.com). Additional information on Ketchum Pleon and its award-winning work can be found at http://www.ketchumpleon.com.

About Diversified Agency Services

Diversified Agency Services (DAS), a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) (http://www.omnicomgroup.com), manages Omnicom's holdings in a variety of marketing communications disciplines. DAS includes over 200 companies, which operate through a combination of networks and regional organizations, serving international and local clients through more than 700 offices in 71 countries.

About Omnicom Group Inc.

Omnicom Group Inc. (http://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.