Unassociated Document
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): December 1, 2011
 
The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 Delaware
1-6686
13-1024020
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(IRS Employer
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.

As a result of the cumulative effect of (1) the cash dividend on common stock declared by the Board of Directors of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (“IPG” or the “Company”) payable on December 15, 2011 to holders of record as of December 1, 2011, and (2) the common stock cash dividend paid on September 23, 2011, the number of shares of IPG common stock into which certain of the Company’s convertible securities may be converted has been adjusted in accordance with their terms.
 
The applicable conversion rates for IPG’s 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “4.25% Notes”) and 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 (the “4.75% Notes”) have been adjusted as follows:
 
 
 
Former Conversion Rate
 
New Conversion Rate
Former Total
Conversion Shares
New Total
Conversion Shares
4.25% Notes
81.3289
82.4612
32,531,560
32,984,480
4.75% Notes
81.3289
82.4612
16,265,780
16,492,240
 
The conversion rate with respect to the 4.25% Notes and the 4.75% Notes is the number of IPG common shares into which each $1,000 principal amount of notes may be converted, which as adjusted represents a conversion price of approximately $12.13 per conversion share.
 
The conversion rate with respect to the Company’s 51/4% Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock has not been adjusted since September 2011 because the applicable threshold before further adjustment is required has not been reached.
 

 
 

 

 
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: December 2,  2011
By:  
        /s/ Nicholas J. Camera                                          
         Nicholas J. Camera
     Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and
     Secretary