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JCDecaux and JOJ Media House sign an agreement to merge their OOH activities in Slovakia    

JCDecaux and JOJ Media House sign an agreement to merge their OOH activities in Slovakia

Paris, December 14th, 2023 – JCDecaux SE (Euronext Paris: DEC), the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, which began its OOH activities in Slovakia in 1990, announces that on December 14th it signed an agreement regarding the merger of its activity in Slovakia with Akzent Bigboard, the outdoor advertising subsidiary of JOJ Media House Group, the leading Media Group in Slovakia. The completion of the transaction is subject to standard regulatory conditions. Under this agreement, the newly formed joint-venture will be owned at 60% by ATSBG Holding GmbH, a JCDecaux subsidiary, and at 40% by JOJ Media House.

This merger will be a real growth driver for outdoor advertising in Slovakia, which currently represents around 5.5% of the total advertising market, lower than the market share global average, but continually increasing. The combined expertise of JCDecaux and Akzent Bigboard will open up new opportunities for advertisers including in digital outdoor advertising within a highly fragmented advertising market.

Key Figures for JCDecaux

• 2022 revenue: €3,317m(a) – 9M 2023 revenue: €2,440m (a)
• N°1 Out-of-Home Media company worldwide
• A daily audience of more than 850 million people in more than 80 countries
• 1,040,132 advertising panels worldwide
• Present in 3,573 cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants
• 11,200 employees
• JCDecaux is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris and is part of the Euronext 100 and Euronext Family Business indexes
• JCDecaux is recognised for its extra-financial performance in the FTSE4Good (3.4/5),CDP (A-), MSCI (AA) and has achieved Platinum Medal status from EcoVadis
• 1st Out-of-Home Media company to join the RE100
• Leader in self-service bike rental scheme: pioneer in eco-friendly mobility
• N°1 worldwide in street furniture (604,536 advertising panels)
• N°1 worldwide in transport advertising with 153 airports and 205 contracts in metros, buses, trains and tramways (333,620 advertising panels)
• N°1 in Europe for billboards (101,976 advertising panels worldwide)
• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Europe (654,957 advertising panels)
• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Asia-Pacific (170,973 advertising panels)
• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Latin America (129,305 advertising panels)
• N°1 in outdoor advertising in Africa (24,198 advertising panels)
• N°1 in outdoor advertising in the Middle East (19,371 advertising panels)

         (a) Adjusted revenue

For more information about JCDecaux, please visit jcdecaux.com.Join us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

For more information about JCDecaux, please visit jcdecaux.com.Join us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Communications Department: Albert Asséraf+33 (0) 1 30 79 79 10 – albert.asseraf@jcdecaux.com

Investor Relations: Rémi Grisard+33 (0) 1 30 79 79 93 – remi.grisard@jcdecaux.com

 

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• 12-14-2023 # Fusion JCDecaux et Bigboard_EN