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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
_______________________
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
_______________________
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2011
 
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 Delaware
1-6686
13-1024020
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
   
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-704-1200

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

Item 8.01.          Other Events
 
On February 25, 2011, the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.(“IPG”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing that the IPG Board of Directors had (i) initiated a quarterly dividend on IPG common stock and declared a common stock cash dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on March 25, 2011 to holders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2011, and (ii) authorized a program to repurchase from time to time up to $300 million of IPG common stock.
 
Item 9.01            Financial Statements and Exhibitis.
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated February 25, 2011 (filed pursuant to Item 8.01)

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
  THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
Date: March 1, 2011      By:      /s/ Nicholas J. Camera                                          
    Nicholas J. Camera
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and
Secretary