Aegis Group plc : Scheme Effective

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

26 March 2013

Recommended cash offer

for

Aegis Group plc

by

Dentsu Inc.

SCHEME EFFECTIVE

Dentsu Inc. ("Dentsu") and Aegis Group plc ("Aegis") are pleased to announce that the scheme of arrangement to effect the recommended cash acquisition of Aegis by Dentsu under the scheme document issued by Aegis on 23 July 2012 (the "Scheme Document") has today become effective.

The consideration of 240 pence per Scheme Share to be paid to Scheme Shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Scheme is expected to be dispatched (in the case of certificated holders of Scheme Shares) or settled in CREST (in the case of uncertificated holders of Scheme Shares) by no later than 9 April 2013.

Defined terms used in thisannouncement have the same meanings as are given to them in the Scheme Document.

Enquiries:
Dentsu	[phone]
Tadashi Ishii, President & Chief Executive Officer Shoichi Nakamoto, Executive Vice President Tim Andree, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dentsu Network Yumiko Toyoda, Senior Manager, Investor Relations Group Shusaku Kannan, Senior Manager, Corporate Communications Division	[phone] [phone] [phone]
Morgan Stanley (Dentsu's Financial Adviser)	[phone]
Ian Hart Laurence Hopkins Hironobu Wakabayashi	[phone]
Aegis	[phone]
Jerry Buhlmann, Chief Executive Officer Nick Priday, Chief Financial Officer Rob Gurner, Head of Investor Relations Louise Evans, Group Director of Communications	[phone]
Greenhill	[phone]
(Aegis's Lead Financial Adviser)
Richard Hoyle Pieter-Jan Bouten
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
(Aegis's Corporate Broker & Financial Adviser)	[phone]
Tim Wise
Chris Wood	[phone]
Tulchan (Aegis's PR Adviser)	[phone]
Susanna Voyle James Macey White

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Morgan Stanley is acting exclusively for Dentsu and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Dentsu for providing the protections afforded to clients of Morgan Stanley or for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or any matter referred to herein.

Greenhill, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Aegis and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Aegis for providing the protections afforded to clients of Greenhill or for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or any matter referred to herein.

J.P. Morgan Limited, which conducts its UK investment banking business as J.P. Morgan Cazenove and is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Aegis and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and will not be responsible to anyone other than Aegis for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in connection with the Acquisition or any matter referred to herein.

You may request a hard copy of this announcement by contacting Aegis's registrar, Computershare Investor Services PLC on 0870 889 3174 (from inside the UK) or [phone] (from outside the UK). You may also request that all future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you in relation to the Acquisition should be in hard copy form.

Publication on Website

A copy of this announcement will be made available subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, free of charge, on www.aegisplc.com and on www.dentsu.com by no later than noon (London time) on 27 March 2013.

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