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Omnicon group to swallow AMV.(Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)

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| December 03, 1998 | Campbell, Lisa | COPYRIGHT 2003 Haymarket Business Publications Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Omnicom's announcement to the Stock Exchange last week that it plans to take control of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has implications beyond its directors becoming multi-millionaires. AMV is arguably the country's most successful advertising agency and counts the likes of BT, Sainsbury's and Volvo among its blue chip client list.

If the [pounds]350m bid is accepted - which observers expect before Christmas - Omnicom will control three of the UK's top ten advertising agencies with combined billings of [pounds]781m. This means that the group's agencies, TBWA GGT Simons Palmer, BMP DDB, plus AMV, would control 19% of ad campaigns produced by the top 30 agencies.

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