-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, A/HRbK1xc4luYCTtYP/Q9wYLuI7cheX8h/fEvU5MPM9FuEjMcPGf29pBSniZ3aSr /ZIaiaGRpLbRuQNj9oqPxQ== 0000903423-06-000382.txt : 20061012 0000903423-06-000382.hdr.sgml : 20061012 20060407152034 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000903423-06-000382 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060407 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000051644 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311] IRS NUMBER: 131024020 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS STREET 2: 19TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-704-1200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS STREET 2: 16TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MCCANN ERICKSON INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710715 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

  

STEVEN C. PLANCHARD

Vice President, Associate General Counsel

and Assistant Secretary

Tel. 212-704-1355

Fax 212-704-2236

splanchard@interpublic.com

April 7, 2006

VIA EDGAR AND FIRST CLASS MAIL

Mr. Terry French

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

Mailstop 3720-CF/AD 11

450 Fifth Street., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

Item 4.02 of Form 8-K

Filed on March 23, 2006

File No. 1-6686                 

Dear Mr. French:

We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 30, 2006 to Nicholas Camera of our company. As Mr. Dharia, SEC Staff Accountant, discussed with Nicolas Grabar, of our outside counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, I am writing to confirm the timing for our response. We expect to provide a response on or before Monday, April 17.

Please let me know if I can provide any further information.

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ Steven C. Planchard
Steven C. Planchard

 

cc:

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
Nicholas J. Camera, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Christopher Carroll, Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

 

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP

Nicolas Grabar
Christopher Fazekas
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