Omnicom reported fourth quarter 2012 PR revenue jumped 10.5% to $347.9M. For the year, OMC's PR units, which include Ketchum, Porter Novelli and Fleishman-Hillard, among others, rose 4.9% to nearly $1.3B.

Organic PR growth was 8.4% for Q4 and 3.3% for the year.

OMC's overall net income jumped 12.9% to $307.1M in the fourth quarter as revenue inched up 2.4% to top $3.9B on the strength of its domestic business.

International revenue slipped 0.3% for the period, including an 8.8% decline (-3.7% organically) in Euro currency markets to $659.6M. The U.K. was up 4.5% (-0.7% organically) at $343.1M for the quarter.

Chief financial officer Randall Weisenburger said 2013 "feels a lot like 2012 from an economic backdrop standpoint," but added that there are no Olympic games and some spending and revenue are "likely not to be there [this] year."

Advertising rose 4.6% in Q4 ($1.9B), while CRM fell 2.3% ($1.4B) and speciality operations ticked up 2% ($293M). For the full year 2012, advertising was up 4.6% ($6.8B), CRM inched up 0.2% ($5.1B) and specialty services declined 2.1% ($1B).

For the full year, net income hit $998.3M, up from $952.6M in 2011, while revenue rose 2.5% to $14.2B.

Omnicom, which had 71,099 employees at the close of 2012, shelled out $197M in acquisition costs, including earn-outs, in 2012. Its Q4 acquisitions included Raleigh-based PR firm Capstrat, co-creation agency Promise, which operates in New York and London, for its Diversified Agency Services network, which includes PR, and London-based marketing translation and copywriting shop Moth Tongue.

OMC also acquired digital firm MAgnon Solutions (Mumbai, New Delhi) and Finland-based Toinen Helsinki.

Total debt rose from $3.2B to nearly $4.5B in 2012. OMC also has $2.7B in cash and short-term investments.

Omnicom's board said today it has increased its quarterly cash dividend by 33 percent, from 30 cents to 40 cents per share of common stock.

OMC shares were trading at $55.36 near a 52-week high of $55.84 before the market opened Feb. 12. Its Q4 and 2012 results beat analysts' expectations.