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Omnicom's 4 September 2026 release says CFO Phil Angelastro would present at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference "on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 8:10 a.m. Pacific Time"; the transcript of that session has him say 105,000 is "a pretty good estimate" for headcount "by the end of the year 2026", down from "about 120,000".
Trade report of the 120,000-to-105,000 reduction from the Goldman Sachs conference, tied to the $1.5bn IPG synergy target and PepsiCo's move of its global media account to Publicis.[1]
Transcript of Angelastro's session: about 120,000 staff at end-2025, about 105,000 expected by the end of 2026, driven by duplicative corporate and regional roles, outsourcing, offshoring and dispositions; comments on the Pepsi loss.[1]
Omnicom's own release fixes the session where the headcount target was given: CFO Phil Angelastro presenting in San Francisco on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at 8:10 a.m. Pacific.[1]
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