Havas Unites MPG Media Agencies Under the Umbrella of Havas Media

    SURESNES, France, October 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Havas
 (NASDAQ:  HAVS) announced today that it is uniting MPG media agencies under
 the umbrella of Havas Media.
     Havas Media includes MPG (Havas Media's global network), Arena (Havas
 Media's network for tailor-made communications services), Media Contacts
 (Havas Media's online and digital network), Havas Sports (Havas Media's
 sports marketing specialists) and B6 Integrated Entertainment (Havas
 Media's branded entertainment network).
     After an intense period of growth for the MPG network now represented
 in 93 countries, this regrouping under the name of Havas Media has
 simplified the existing structure. Havas Media's objectives will include
 leveraging global synergies and cultivating specialist capabilities,
 providing effective and integrated communications solutions for clients.
     Alfonso Rodes Vila, CEO of Havas Media, comments: "This move
 demonstrates Havas's continued commitment and support to the media
 expertise within the Group. This umbrella brand is a proactive response to
 an intense decade of organic growth within MPG and its related companies.
 Ultimately, it's about adopting a simple yet dynamic structure that will
 allow us to relate to our clients with flexibility and speed so that we can
 leverage the revolution in the media environment."
     About Havas
     Havas (Euronext Paris: HAV.PA) is a global advertising and
 communications services group. Headquartered in Paris, Havas has three
 principal operating divisions: Euro RSCG Worldwide which is headquartered
 in New York, Arnold Worldwide Partners in Boston, and Media Planning Group
 in Barcelona. A multicultural and decentralized Group, Havas is present in
 more than 75 countries through its networks of agencies and contractual
 affiliations. The Group offers a broad range of communications services,
 including traditional advertising, direct marketing, media planning and
 buying, corporate communications, sales promotion, design, human resources,
 sports marketing, multimedia interactive communications and public
 relations. Havas employs approximately 14,400 people.
     Further information about Havas is available on the company's website:
 www.havas.com
 
     Contacts:
 
     Havas:                 Anne Marsan
                            Tel: +33-(0)1-58-47-90-33
                            anne.marsan@havas.com
 
                            Solenne Anthonioz
                            Tel: +33-(0)1-58-47-90-27
                            solenne.anthonioz@havas.com
 
     Havas Media:           Sally Domingo
                            Tel: +44-(0)-207-393-2548
                            +44-(0)-7932-605-967
                            sally.domingo@havasmedia.com
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