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Publicis Groupe Prices Offering of EUR500 Million Notes Due 2030

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Publicis Groupe (PUB.PA) priced its offering of 500 million-euro notes due September 2030 under its euro medium-term note program.

The notes carry a fixed coupon of 4.125% per annum and are being issued by the French public relations group's unit MMS USA Holdings, according to a Wednesday release.

Publicis Groupe will use the net proceeds to finance its purchase of US-based data collaboration network company LiveRamp.

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