UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 30, 2005     

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 
1-6686 
13-1024020 


(State or Other Jurisdiction  (Commission File  (IRS Employer  of Incorporation) 
Number) 
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:

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Item 8.01      Other Events.

        On March 30, 2005, The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release (the “Press Release”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, announcing further developments in its solicitation of consents to proposed amendments to certain indentures governing notes issued by the Company.

Item  9.01

(c) Exhibits 

                   Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated March 30, 2005 (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 30, 2005

By:     /s/ Nicholas J. Camera                                   

  Nicholas J. Camera

  Senior Vice President, General Counsel

  and Secretary