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* ROTH MICHAEL ISOR (Last) (First) (Middle) THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. 909 THIRD (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) Chairman and CEO
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/27/2018
	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	02/27/2018		A		260,619(1)	A	$24.17	920,414(2)	D
Common Stock	02/27/2018		F		181,115(3)	D	$24.17	739,299(2)	D
Common Stock	02/28/2018		S		188,732(4)	D	$23.59(5)	550,567(2)	D
Common Stock	02/28/2018		M		78,231(6)	A	$9.9125	628,798(2)	D
Common Stock	02/28/2018		M		78,231(6)	D	$23.59(5)	550,567(2)	D
Common Stock	02/28/2018		A		148,054(7)	A	$23.64	698,621(2)	D
Common Stock	03/01/2018		M		421,769(6)	A	$9.9125	1,120,390(2)	D
Common Stock	03/01/2018		M		421,769(6)	D	$22.94(8)	698,621(2)	D
Common Stock								500,000(9)	I	Trust

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	$9.9125	02/28/2018		M			78,231	05/30/2008	05/30/2018	Common Stock	78,231	$9.9125	0	D
Stock Options	$9.9125	03/01/2018		M			421,769	05/30/2008	05/30/2018	Common Stock	421,769	$9.9125	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Performance based shares awarded to Mr. Roth on Feb 27 2018 after achieving specific performance goals and vesting over the 2015-2018 period.

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

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

4. Open market sale.

5. Reflects average price of multiple sales on Feb 28 2018 ranging from $23.40-$23.84. Mr. Roth 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.

6. Involves the exercise of a total of 500,000 options which were set to expire on May 30, 2018 and subsequent sale of underlying options.

7. Restricted shares that will vest on Feb 28 2021.

8. Reflects average price of multiple sales on March 1 2018 ranging from $22.72-$23.21. Mr. Roth 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. Shares are held in the Michael I Roth 2015 GRAT.

	/s/Robert Dobson POA Michael Roth	03/01/2018
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