Omnicom said PR revenue rose six percent in the third quarter to $332.5M while net income across all OMC units for the quarter fell 3.9% to $196M.

Organically, PR revenues at units including Ketchum, Porter Novelli and Fleishman-Hillard were up 4.6% for the period and up 3.4% to $987M for the first three quarters of the year.

Overall, revenue for the quarter ticked up 2.5% over Q3 of 2012 to nearly $3.5B, including a 3.2% gain the U.S. to $1.8B and a 1.6% increase on the international front to around $1.7B.

"It has been an exciting 9 months for Omnicom, with solid financial results," said CEO John Wren. "Our goal now is a strong finish to the year and an on-schedule closing of our merger with Publicis next year."

The company started breaking out non-GAAP revenue figures this quarter to discounts costs associated with the Publicis deal. For Q3, merger costs totaled $28.1 million.

Advertising climbed 3% (4.8% organically) to top $1.6B for Q3.

OMC spent $106.4M on acquisitions and earn-outs this year, including marketing shop Bruce Clay Australia and HDI Youth Marketers (South Africa) in the third quarter. 

Total debt as of Q3 topped $4B while cash/investments was more than $1.5B.