Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(7)

File No. 333-142198

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NO. 3

(TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 27, 2007)

 

525,000 Shares

THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

5¼% Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock

(Liquidation Preference $1,000 per Share)

and

Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock

This prospectus supplement supplements the prospectus dated September 27, 2007 relating to the resale by selling securityholders of our 5¼% Series B Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred Stock”) and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock.

You should read this prospectus supplement in conjunction with the prospectus. This prospectus supplement is not complete without, and may not be delivered or used except in conjunction with, the prospectus, including any amendments or supplements to it. This prospectus supplement is qualified by reference to the prospectus, except to the extent that the information provided by this prospectus supplement supersedes information contained in the prospectus.

Investing in our Series B Preferred Stock or shares of our common stock involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 6 of the prospectus. See also “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” on page iii of the prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

 

 

 

The date of this prospectus supplement is October 16, 2007.

 

 

 

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SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

The following information supplements the table of selling securityholders on pages 31 and 32 of the prospectus, as such table has been previously supplemented by previous prospectus supplements. Where the name of a selling securityholder identified in the table below also appears in the table in the prospectus or an earlier prospectus supplement, the information set forth in the table below regarding that selling securityholder supersedes and replaces the information regarding such selling securityholder in the prospectus or such earlier prospectus supplement.

We have prepared the table below based on information received from the selling securityholders listed below on or prior to October 12, 2007. However, any or all of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of common stock listed below may be offered for sale pursuant to the prospectus, as amended or supplemented, by the selling securityholders from time to time. Accordingly, no estimate can be given as to the numbers of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or shares of common stock that will be held by the selling securityholders upon consummation of any sales. In addition, the selling securityholders listed in the table below may have acquired, sold or transferred, in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, some or all of their shares of Series B Preferred Stock since the date as of which the information in the table is presented.

Information about the selling securityholders may change over time. Any changed information will be set forth in additional prospectus supplements to the prospectus. From time to time, additional information concerning ownership of shares of Series B Preferred Stock and shares of common stock may rest with holders of the Series B Preferred Stock not named in the table below and of whom we are unaware.

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* Less than one percent.