Dentsu : Wins Twenty-Eight Lions at theCannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2017

Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO: Toshihiro Yamamoto; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) announced today that Dentsu Group companies (Dentsu Inc., Dentsu Young & Rubicam (Tokyo), Drill (Tokyo), Dentsu Taiwan (Taipei), Taproot Dentsu (Mumbai), BWM Dentsu (Sydney, Melbourne), AC mcgarrybowen (Mexico City), Flock (Mexico City), NBS (Rio de Janeiro) and Dentsu Latin America (Sao Paulo)) were awarded a total of twenty-eight Lions (one Grand Prix, one Gold, seven Silver, nineteen Bronze) at the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity (June 17-24), Lions Health Festival (June 17-18), Lions Innovation Festival (June19-20) and Lions Entertainment Festival (June 21-22 held in Cannes, France. This year saw a total number of 41,170 entries received from around 90 countries across the four festivals.

The Dentsu Group Grand Prix and Gold Lion winner was "The Family Way" for Recruit Lifestyle Co., Ltd.

Cyber: One Silver

Design: Two Silver, five Bronze

Direct: One Silver

Film: One Bronze

Glass: One Bronze

Media: One Bronze

Mobile: One Grand Prix, one Gold, one Silver, one Bronze

Outdoor: One Bronze

PR: Two Silver, one Bronze

Promo & Activation: One Bronze

Radio: One Bronze

Health & Wellness: Two Bronze

Pharma: One Bronze

Entertainment: Three Bronze

Mobile Lions Grand Prix Awards Ceremony

In addition, Dentsu Group companies (Dentsu Inc., Dentsu Y&R (Tokyo), Carat (London, New York), Vizuem (Melbourne, Hamburg, Oslo, Paris, Cape Town), Dentsu Smart (Moscow), dentsu X (Sydney)) were credited as having a Media Placement role in a further twenty-six (one Grand Prix, five Gold, eight Silver and twelve Bronze) across the four festivals.

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Contact: Shusaku Kannan

Managing Director, Corporate Communications Division Telephone: (813) 6216-8042

E-mail: s.kannan@dentsu.co.jp