FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date Location

December 2, 2011 London, New York

DDB Wins 3 Top Awards at Eurobest 2011 London, New York, December 2, 2011 -- DDB Worldwide was named Agency Network of the Year at the 2011 Eurobest Awards, marking the third consecutive year the network has been awarded the title. At Eurobest, held in Lisbon this week, Tribal DDB Amsterdam also picked up the much coveted title of Interactive Agency of the Year, which last year was awarded to DDB Stockholm. This year, DDB Stockholm took home the Outdoor Grand Prix for the Volkswagen campaign The Winter Adjusted Offer. Tribal DDB Amsterdam's Obsessed with Sound campaign for Philips took Gold in the Interactive category, Gold for Film and Bronze for Digital Design. The Philips Wake-up Light Wake up the Town campaign was also awarded a Bronze in the Interactive category. For the KLM Tile & Inspire campaign, DDB Amsterdam and Tribal DDB Amsterdam were recognized with a Silver award in the Media category and a Bronze award in the Interactive category. DDB Paris picked up no less than five Gold awards while other Gold awards were picked up by DDB offices in Belgium and Sweden. Other awarded work came from offices in Spain, Germany, Austria, Turkey and the UK. In total, the awards spanned 13 categories: Film, Print, Outdoor, Radio, Direct, Promotion & Activation, Interactive, Media, Design, Film Craft, Integrated, PR and Mobile. Pietro Tramontin, CEO DDB Europe, said: "In such a fast moving and competitive climate, it is fantastic to pick up the Network of the Year for a third time running and the Interactive Agency

of the Year title for a second consecutive year. I am very proud of all our European agencies who work very hard to create innovative campaigns across such a wide range of categories and disciplines for our clients, and especially of Jacco and his team in Amsterdam who fully deserve this prestigious title." Jacco ter Schegget, Managing Partner Tribal DDB Amsterdam, commented: "After our recent success at the Lovie Awards and the Forrester Groundswell awards, this is an amazing achievement which can be attributed to an innovative team as well as the clients and public who helped make these campaigns such a huge success." Amir Kassaei, Chief Creative Officer DDB Worldwide, said: We are very proud to be awarded Network of the Year for the third time in a row. To earn this recognition from the best of our peers is an honor.
About DDB DDB Worldwide Communications Group Inc (www.ddb.com) ranks among the top five consolidated advertising and marketing services global networks, according to Advertising Age. Consistently one of the most awarded networks globally for creative excellence, DDB was Campaigns 2009 Global Network of the Year, the 2010 Spikes Asia Network of the Year, 2010 Eurobest Network of the Year, 2010 Campaign Asia Pacific Creative Network of the Year, and captured both the Cyber Grand Prix and Film Craft Grand Prix at the 2010 International Advertising Festival in Cannes. With more than 200 offices in over 90 countries, DDB Group believes in the power of Social Creativity to grow the value and influence of brands around the world by creating ideas that people want to play with, participate in and pass along. DDB Worldwide is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (OMC). Contacts: Sara Cosgrove 44-207-258-4230 Pat Sloan +1-212-415-2109