Registered number: 09853918
COMPANY INFORMATION
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STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The Directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited (The “Company”), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dentsu International Limited (“the Group”) and is part of the Group’s global corporate operations.
The principal activity of the Company is to facilitate financing for the Group, and it will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. There have not been any significant changes in the Company’s principal activities in the year under review.
The Group manages its operations on a divisional basis. For this reason, the Company’s Directors believe that further key performance indicators for the Company are not necessary or appropriate for an understanding of the development, performance, or position of the business. The performance of the Group’s global operations, which includes the Company, is discussed in the Group’s Annual Report which does not form part of this Report.
The components of financial risk are interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk. Due to the nature of the Company's business and the assets and liabilities contained within the Company's balance sheet, the directors consider interest rate risk to be applicable due to changes in US Federal rate which have a direct impact on the Company’s profit. The other risks are not considered significant to the Company.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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DIRECTORS' REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025.
The directors who served during the year were:
The Directors adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details are set out in note 2.2 to the financial statements.
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the profit or loss of the Company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
∙select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
∙make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
∙state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
∙prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will continue in business.
Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited reported a profit for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 of £24k (2024 - £25k).
Dividends paid during the year amounted to £nil (2024 - £nil).
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DIRECTORS' REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, Menzies LLP will be deemed to have been reappointed as auditor 28 days after these financial statements were sent to members or 28 days after the latest date prescribed for filing the accounts with the registrar, whichever is earlier.
This report was approved by the board and signed on its behalf.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DENTSU INTERNATIONAL REGENTS PLACE FINANCE LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements of Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited (the 'Company') for the year ended 31 December 2025, which comprise the Statement of comprehensive income, the Balance sheet, the Statement of changes in equity and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the United Kingdom, including the Financial Reporting Council's Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report other than the financial statements and our Auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the Annual Report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DENTSU INTERNATIONAL REGENTS PLACE FINANCE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
∙the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
∙the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DENTSU INTERNATIONAL REGENTS PLACE FINANCE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an Auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
∙The Company is subject to laws and regulations that directly affect the financial statements including financial reporting legislation. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant including UK Companies Act, employment law, health and safety, pensions legislation and tax legislation.
∙We understood how the Company is complying with those legal and regulatory frameworks by making inquiries to management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We assessed the extent of compliance with these legal and compliance procedures as part of our procedures on the related financial statement items.
∙The engagement partner assessed whether the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognize non-compliance with laws and regulations. The assessment did not identify any issues in this area.
∙We assessed the susceptibility of the Company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. We identified the risk of override of controls as the area where the financial statements were most susceptible to material misstatement due to fraud. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
°Identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
°Understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process;
°Challenging assumptions and judgments made by management in its significant accounting estimates; and
°Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations.
∙As a result of the above procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the following areas:
°The application of inappropriate judgements or estimation to manipulate the Company’s financial position;
°Posting of unusual journals and complex transactions; and
°The use of management override of controls to manipulate results, or to cause the Company to enter into transactions not in its best interests.
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Auditor's report.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF DENTSU INTERNATIONAL REGENTS PLACE FINANCE LIMITED (CONTINUED)
This report is made solely to the Company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an Auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by:
The notes on pages 11 to 18 form part of these financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited (the “Company”) is a private company incorporated, domiciled and registered in England in the UK. The registered number is 09853918 and the registered address is 10 Triton Street, Regent’s Place, London, NW1 3BF.
The financial statements of Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025 were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (FRS101).
In preparing these financial statements, the Company applies the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements of UK-adopted international accounting standards ("Adopted IFRSs"), but makes amendments where necessary in order to comply with Companies Act 2006 and has set out below where advantage of the FRS 101 disclosure exemptions has been taken. The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of financial instruments.
The financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling (GBP) and are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds (£000).
The financial statements of Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025 were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101 ‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (FRS101).
In preparing these financial statements, the Company applies the recognition, measurement and disclosure requirements of UK-adopted international accounting standards ("Adopted IFRSs"), but makes amendments where necessary in order to comply with Companies Act 2006 and has set out below where advantage of the FRS 101 disclosure exemptions has been taken. The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of financial instruments.
The financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling (GBP) and are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds (£000).
2.Accounting policies
The Company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions under FRS 101:
∙the requirements of paragraphs 62, B64(d), B64(e), B64(g), B64(h), B64(j) to B64(m), B64(n)(ii), B64(o)(ii), B64(p), B64(q)(ii), B66 and B67 of IFRS 3 Business Combinations;
∙the requirements of IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures;
∙the requirements of paragraphs 91-99 of IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement;
∙the requirements of paragraphs 10(d), 10(f), 16, 38A, 38B, 38C, 38D, 40A, 40B, 40C, 40D, 111 and 134-136 of IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements;
∙the requirements of IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
∙the requirements of paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors;
∙the requirements of paragraph 17 and 18A of IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures;
∙the requirements in IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures to disclose related party transactions entered into between two or more members of a group, provided that any subsidiary which is a party to the transaction is wholly owned by such a member; and
∙the effects of new but not yet effective IFRSs.
In determining whether it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements for 2025, the Board has considered the following factors:
∙The Company’s balance sheet position;
∙The maturity profile of the Company’s borrowings, its plans for refinancing and the Company’s access to credit facilities; and
∙Funding and support provided by the Company’s parent company.
The Company has a net asset position of £619k as at 31 December 2025 and the Directors have reviewed the forecasts and projections used in the assessment of going concern. Consequently, the Board is confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
The Company’s functional currency and presentation currency is pounds sterling. Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded in the functional currency by applying the spot exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the functional currency rate of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. All differences are taken to the profit and loss account. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.
i.) Recognition and initial measurement
Trade receivables and debt securities issued are initially recognised when they are originated. All other financial assets and financial liabilities are initially recognised when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
A financial asset (unless it is a trade receivable without a significant financing component) or financial liability is initially measured at fair value plus, for an item not at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL), transaction costs that are directly attributable to its acquisition or issue. A trade receivable without a significant financing component is initially measured at the transaction price.
ii.) Financial assets
Classification and measurement of financial assets
Management determines the classification and subsequent measurement of the financial asset based on the contractual terms at the initial recognition date and is not subsequently reclassified unless the Company changes its business model for managing financial assets. The classifications and subsequent measurement include the following:
Classification as trade receivables
Trade receivables are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business. Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Current trade receivables do not carry any interest charge.
Financial assets at amortised cost
The Company classifies its financial assets as measured at amortised cost only if both of the following criteria are met:
Management determines the classification and subsequent measurement of the financial asset based on the contractual terms at the initial recognition date and is not subsequently reclassified unless the Company changes its business model for managing financial assets. The classifications and subsequent measurement include the following:
Classification as trade receivables
Trade receivables are amounts due from customers for services performed in the ordinary course of business. Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Current trade receivables do not carry any interest charge.
Financial assets at amortised cost
The Company classifies its financial assets as measured at amortised cost only if both of the following criteria are met:
∙the asset is held within a business model whose objective is to collect the contractual cash flows, and
∙the contractual terms give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest.
All receivables are categorised as amortised cost. The amortised cost is reduced by impairment losses. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognised in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is recognised in profit or loss.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
2.5 Financial instruments (continued)
ii.) Financial assets (continued)
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
ii.) Financial assets (continued)
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) are initially measured at fair value, and subsequently measured at fair value with movements in fair value recorded in other comprehensive income.
FVOCI comprise:
∙Equity securities which are not held for trading, and which the Group has irrevocably elected at initial recognition to recognise in this category. These are strategic investments, and the Group considers this classification to be more relevant. Dividends are recognised as income in profit or loss unless the dividend clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investment. Other net gains and losses are recognised in OCI and are never reclassified to comprehensive income.
∙Debt securities where the contractual cash flows are solely principal and interest on specified dates, and the objective of the Group’s business model is achieved both by collecting contractual cash flows and selling financial assets. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognised in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognised in OCI. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in OCI are reclassified to profit or loss.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
The Group classifies the following financial assets and derivative financial assets at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL):
∙debt investments that do not qualify for measurement at either amortised cost or FVOCI
∙equity investments that are held for trading, and
∙equity investments for which the entity has not elected to recognise fair value gains and losses through OCI.
Financial assets carried at FVPL are initially recorded at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend income, are recognised in profit or loss.
Impairment of financial assets
The Company considers evidence of impairment for these assets at both an individual asset and a collective level at each reporting date. All individually significant assets are individually assessed for impairment. Those found not to be impaired are then collectively assessed for any impairment that has been incurred but not yet individually identified.
The Company applies the simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance for all trade and other receivables. The Company uses the simplified provision matrix approach to calculate its expected credit losses taking into account various factors including the ageing of receivables, the credit rating of customers, market risk and any relevant credit enhancements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
2.5 Financial instruments (continued)
ii.) Financial assets (continued)
Offsetting of balances within financial assets
ii.) Financial assets (continued)
Offsetting of balances within financial assets
In line with IAS 32, the Company has a legally enforceable right, and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, through signed legal agreements, to offset cash deposits and overdrafts that are in cash-pool arrangements with relationship banks. The Company does not offset other financial assets and liabilities where there is no legally enforceable right to do so. The balances are included net in note 8 as part of “Amounts owed by group undertakings”.
iii.) Financial liabilities and equity
Classification and measurement
Management determines the classification of its financial liabilities as either debt or equity at initial recognition according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. All financial liabilities are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method or at FVPL. The classifications include the following:
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (FVPL) are either designated in this category; or they are held for trading, such as an obligation for securities borrowed in a short sale which are required to be returned in the future. Derivatives are also categorised as ‘held for trading’ unless they are designated as hedges. Subsequent to initial recognition, financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss measured at fair value and net gains and losses, including any interest expense, are recognised in profit or loss.
Other financial liabilities measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method
Other financial liabilities measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method are non-derivative financial liabilities which are not designated on initial recognition as liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. Any subsequent interest expense and foreign exchange gains and losses are recognised in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is also recognised in profit or loss.
iv.) Valuation techniques and assumptions applied for the purposes of measuring fair value
The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:
∙The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the balance sheet date. A market is regarded as active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry Company, pricing service, or regulatory agency, and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by the Company is the current bid price. These instruments comprise held-to-maturity investments and quoted available-for-sale investments.
∙The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, over-the-counter derivatives) is determined by using valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximise the use of observable market data where it is available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. The instruments comprise derivative instruments, which are calculated using quoted prices and yield curves derived from these quoted prices.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
2.Accounting policies (continued)
2.5 Financial instruments (continued)
iv.) Financial assets (continued)
Specific valuation techniques used to value financial instruments include:
iv.) Financial assets (continued)
Specific valuation techniques used to value financial instruments include:
∙Quoted market prices or dealer quotes for similar instruments;
∙The fair value of interest rate swaps is calculated as the present value of the estimated future cash flows based on observable yield curves;
∙The fair value of forward foreign exchange contracts is determined using forward exchange rates at the balance sheet date, with the resulting value discounted back to present value; and
∙Other techniques, such as discounted cash flow analysis, are used to determine fair value for the remaining financial instruments.
v.) Interest receivable and interest payable
Interest income and interest payable is recognised in profit or loss as it accrues, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument to that instrument’s net carrying amount.
Interest income and interest payable is recognised in profit or loss as it accrues, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument to that instrument’s net carrying amount.
Remuneration for directors of the Company is disclosed in note 7 of the financial statements of Dentsu International Ltd. It is paid by the Dentsu International Ltd, the parent entity. The amount that relates to Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited has not been disclosed on the basis that management are unable to make a reasonable apportionment of total remuneration that relates to qualifying services provided by the Directors to Dentsu International Regents Place Finance Limited.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
Share premium account
Profit and loss account
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025
The Company has entered into cross-guarantee arrangements with fellow subsidiary undertakings and granted
guarantees to National Westminster Bank in respect of the net overdrafts of Dentsu International Limited and Dentsu International Treasury Limited. The overdraft facilities are £20m and £10m respectively.
guarantees to National Westminster Bank in respect of the net overdrafts of Dentsu International Limited and Dentsu International Treasury Limited. The overdraft facilities are £20m and £10m respectively.
The Company is a subsidiary undertaking of Dentsu Group Inc. which is the ultimate parent company and controlling party.
The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Dentsu Group Inc., 1-8-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7001. No other group financial statements include the results of the Company. The consolidated financial statements of these groups are available to the public and may be obtained from: The Secretary, Dentsu Group Inc., 1-8-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7001.
The largest group in which the results of the Company are consolidated is that headed by Dentsu Group Inc., 1-8-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7001. No other group financial statements include the results of the Company. The consolidated financial statements of these groups are available to the public and may be obtained from: The Secretary, Dentsu Group Inc., 1-8-1 Higashi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-7001.
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