The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. authorizes a Buyback Plan.

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is a world leader in publicity and marketing services. The group designs and executes publicity campaigns and supplies consulting, media space purchasing, strategic planning, direct marketing, public relations, institutional communication, and other services. Net sales break down by activity network as follows: - integrated agency network (85.8%): Draftfcb, Lowe, McCann, Campbell-Ewald, Hill Holliday, etc.; - specialized agency network (14.2%): primarily Weber Shandwick, FutureBrand, DeVries, GolinHarris, Jack Morton and Octagon Worldwide. Net sales break down geographically as follows: the United States (64.6%), the United Kingdom (8.2%), Europe (8.5%), Asia-Pacific (8.8%), Latin America (4%) and other (5.9%).