Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Mergenthaler Frank
   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
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 19TH FLOOR		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/02/2015
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10036		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 03/02/2015   M   91,000 (1) A $ 12.39 508,453 (2) D  
Common Stock 03/02/2015   S   91,000 (1) D $ 22.475 (3) 417,453 (2) D  
Common Stock 03/03/2015   M   110,775 (1) A $ 12.39 528,228 (2) D  
Common Stock 03/03/2015   S   110,775 (1) D $ 22.407 (4) 417,453 (2) D  
Common Stock 03/03/2015   S   105,872 (5) D $ 22.407 (4) 311,581 (2) D  

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
Options $ 12.39 03/02/2015   M     91,000 08/01/2009 08/01/2015 Common Stock 91,000 $ 12.39 0 D  
Options $ 12.39 03/02/2015   M     110,775 08/01/2009 08/01/2015 Common Stock 110,775 $ 12.39 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Mergenthaler Frank
1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
19TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10036		       EVP & CFO  

Signatures

 /s/Robert Dobson POA for Frank Mergenthaler   03/04/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Involves the exercise of 201,775 options which were set to expire on August 1, 2015 and subsequent sale of the underlying shares. The options were exercised in 2 increments consisting of 91,000 on 3/2/2015 and 110,775 on 3/3/2015.
(2) Includes restricted shares which are subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances,
(3) Reflects average price of multiple sales on March 2, 2015 ranging from $22.42-$22.58. 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.
(4) Reflects average price of multiple sales on March 3, 2015 raning from $22.22-$22.48. Mr Mergenthaler undertakes to provide upon request by Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(5) Open market sale.

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