SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Mergenthaler Frank (Last) (First) (Middle) 909 THIRD AVE (Street) NEW YORK NY 10022 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. [ IPG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP & CFO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/29/2016
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/29/2016		A		28,995(1)	A	$21.555	340,536(2)	D
Common Stock	02/29/2016		A		34,794(3)	A	$21.555	375,330(2)	D
Common Stock	02/29/2016		A		86,260(4)	A	$21.555	461,590(2)	D
Common Stock	02/29/2016		A		38,230(5)	A	$21.56	499,820(2)	D
Common Stock	02/29/2016		F		18,356(6)	D	$21.56	481,464(2)	D
Common Stock	02/29/2016		F		44,728(6)	D	$21.555	436,736(2)	D
Common Stock	03/01/2016		M		115,540(7)	A	$8.655	552,276(2)	D
Common Stock	03/01/2016		S		115,540(7)	D	$21.5768(8)	436,736(2)	D
Common Stock	03/01/2016		S		61,406(9)	D	$21.5778(10)	375,690(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options	$8.655	03/01/2016		M			115,540	06/15/2010	06/15/2016	Common Stock	115,540	$8.655	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Restricted shares that will vest on February 28, 2019.

2. Includes restricted shares that are subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances.

3. Restricted shares that will vest on February 28, 2018.

4. Performance based shares, awarded to Mr. Mergenthaler on February 29, 2016 after achieving specific performance goals and vesting over the 2013-2016 period.

5. Performance based cash, paid in shares, awarded to Mr. Merganthaler on February 29, 2016 after achieving specific performance goals and vesting over the 2013-2016 period.

6. This is not an open market sale, rather it represents a surrender of shares to the company to satisfy withholding tax obligations.

7. Involves the exercise of 115,540 options which were set to expire on June 15, 2016 and subsequent sale of the underlying shares.

8. Reflects average price of multiple sales on March 1 2016 ranging from $21.15-$21.72. Mr. Mergenthaler undertakes to provide upon request by the Commission Staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

9. Open market sale.

10. Reflects average price of multiple sales on March 1, 2016 ranging from $21.37-$21.72. Mr. Mergenthaler undertakes to provide upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

	/s/Robert Dobson POA for Frank Mergenthaler	03/02/2016
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