Win-win partnership: Edge joins worldwide network team, Publicis Consultants | Worldwide gains strong footprint in Korea      

For Immediate Release
April 9, 2009

(Seoul, Korea) Edge Communications Inc. in Korea and Publicis Consultants | Worldwide, part of Publicis Groupe, announce their strategic partnership.
The management team of Edge Communications, Inc. launched this strategic partnership with Paris-based Publicis Consultants | Worldwide on April 2, 2009 at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents' Club, with Pascal Beucler, VP, Brand Strategy & International Network of Publicis Consultants | Worldwide, hosting the ceremony.

The event was attended by over 90 people, including heads of companies, marketing professionals and local and international journalists, all of whom helped Edge celebrate this important achievement and usher in a new era of cooperation with the Publicis network.

Eric Giuily, CEO of Publicis Consultants | Worldwide, said, "The addition of EDGE | Publicis Consultants into our global network is part of the Publicis Groupe's ongoing efforts to develop its networks in strategic markets and sectors. We have successfully worked with Edge in the past year and we are quite delighted to make them a formal part of our team."

Founded in April 2008, the managing partners of Edge Communications, Jeffrey Bohn and Eric Thorpe, formulated a strategy that has led to significant growth over the last year, culminating in the strategic partnership with Publicis Consultants Worldwide.

Mr. Thorpe said, "Our success has been based on hiring very talented individuals who bring the best of Western and Korean practices to their work. We will continue to hire employees who are able to provide the best possible service to our clients as we expand."

"The first full year of business for Edge has been an enormous success, especially in terms of client and brand development. As EDGE | Publicis Consultants, we now have an increased capability to provide clients with in-bound and out-bound public relations services, providing a win-win situation as a team member of the global network," said Mr. Bohn.

About EDGE | Publicis Consultants

EDGE | Publicis Consultants, based in Seoul, South Korea is a leading communications agency servicing domestic and multinational clients. Publicis Consultants | Worldwide (www.publicis-consultants.com) is a fast-growing network of agencies that provide strategic communications and counsel to companies, brands and institutions. Between wholly-owned agencies, subsidiaries, and partners, Publicis Consultants | Worldwide offers a service network of 65 agencies in 35 countries. The network's 1,350 collaborators support their clients by defining their identity, developing their image & defending their reputation, and deepening their relationship with all their stakeholders in response to evolving communications needs and demands. Utilizing the benefits of local market knowledge together with the backing of an extended global network, Publicis Consultants | Worldwide offers clients state-of-the-art holistic communications services. Publicis Consultants | Worldwide is part of Publicis Groupe SA (Euronext Paris 13057), the world's third largest communications group For more information, please visit www.edgecomms.net

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Pascal Beucler
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