Prospectus Supplement filed under Rule 424(b)(3) Registration No. 333-84573 Prospectus Supplement Dated August 13, 1999 The Prospectus dated August 13, 1999 relating to the offer for resale of up to $361,000,000 aggregate principal amount of The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.'s 1.87% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006, and such shares of common stock as may be issued upon conversion of the notes, is hereby supplemented to include the following table under the heading "Selling Securityholders" on page 25: Principal Amount Selling Securityholders of Registered Notes ----------------------- ------------------- American Fidelity Assurance Company ............................ 170,000 American Public Entity Excess Pool ............................. 40,000 American Republic Insurance Company ............................ 380,000 Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited ........... 480,000 AXP Variable Portfolio--Bond Fund .............................. 250,000 AXP Variable Portfolio--Managed Fund ........................... 600,000 AXP Bond Fund, Inc ............................................. 1,400,000 Baltimore Life Insurance Company ............................... 130,000 Banque Nationale De Paris ...................................... 500,000 BS Debt Income Fund - Class A .................................. 10,000 CALAMOS(R)Convertible Fund-CALAMOS(R)Investment Trust .......... 2,277,000 CALAMOS(R)Convertible Portfolio-CALAMOS(R)Advisors Trust ....... 10,000 CALAMOS(R)Global Growth and Income Fund-CALAMOS(R) Investment Trust ............................................ 140,000 CALAMOS(R)Growth and Income Fund-CALAMOS(R)Investment Trust .... 425,000 CALAMOS(R)Market Neutral Fund-CALAMOS(R)Investment Trust ....... 20,000 Central States Life Insurance Company of Omaha ................. 250,000 Century National Insurance Company ............................. 700,000 City of Knoxville Pension System ............................... 616,000 Champion International Corporation Master Retirement Trust ..... 2,150,000 Chrysler Corporation Master Retirement Trust ................... 4,285,000 CIBC World Markets International Arbitrage Corp ................ 8,000,000 Convexity Partners ............................................. 300,000 CSA Fraternal Life Insurance Company ........................... 60,000 Delta Airlines Master Trust1 ................................... 5,785,000 Dorinco Reinsurance Company .................................... 1,500,000 Employee Benefit Convertible Securities Fund ................... 340,000 Equity & Convertible Fund ...................................... 1,720,000 Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Company .......................... 140,000 Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company ........................... 200,000 Frontier Insurance Company ..................................... 500,000 General Electric Mortgage Insurance Corporation ................ 4,500,000 Genesee County Employees' Retirement System .................... 575,000 Greek Catholic Union ........................................... 35,000 Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company ......................... 400,000 Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance ............................ 400,000 Integrity Mutual Insurance Company ............................. 290,000 ISBA Mutual Insurance Company .................................. 100,000 Jackson County Employees' Retirement System .................... 450,000 Julius Baer Securities ......................................... 1,125,000 Kettering Medical Center Funded Depreciation Account ........... 165,000 Knoxville Utilities Board Retirement System .................... 424,000 Lipper Convertibles, L.P. ...................................... 7,850,000 Lipper Offshore Convertibles, L.P. ............................. 18,930,000 Lipper Offshore Convertibles, L.P. #2 .......................... 1,300,000 Lipper Convertibles Series II, L.P. ............................ 1,050,000 Macomb County Employees' Retirement System ..................... 375,000 McMahan Securities Company, L.P. ............................... 100,000 Medmarc Insurance Company ...................................... 200,000 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. .................... 1,085,000 Michigan Mutual Insurance Company .............................. 440,000 Millville Mutual Insurance Company ............................. 100,000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter2 .................................... 5,000,000 Motion Picture Industry Health Plan--Active Member Fund ........ 520,000 Motion Picture Industry Health Plan--Retiree Member Fund ....... 260,000 MSC Life ....................................................... 20,000 National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh ................ 1,000,000 Nations Capital Income Fund .................................... 3,600,000 NCMIC .......................................................... 220,000 New Era Life Insurance Company ................................. 150,000 New York Life Insurance Company ................................ 11,200,000 New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation ................ 2,000,000 Oak Casualty Insurance Company ................................. 50,000 OCM Convertible Limited Partnership ............................ 110,000 OCM Convertible Trust .......................................... 2,345,000 Old Guard Insurance Company .................................... 200,000 Pacific Innovations Trust Capital Income Fund .................. 340,000 Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. ............................... 455,000 Physicians' Reciprocal Insurers Account #7 ..................... 3,250,000 Port Authority of Allegheny County Retirement and Disability Allowance Plan for the Employees Represented by Local 85 of the Amalgamated Transit Union ................. 2,000,000 Premera Blue Cross ............................................. 1,500,000 Premera Health Plus ............................................ 100,000 Quattro Offshore Fund Ltd. ..................................... 1,000,000 Raytheon Company Master Pension Trust .......................... 2,025,000 Secura Insurance, A Mutual Company ............................. 210,000 Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company .................... 1,400,000 SPT ............................................................ 1,900,000 State Employees' Retirement Fund of the State of Delaware ...... 1,495,000 Texas Builders Insurance Company ............................... 60,000 Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange .............................. 20,000 The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Retirement Plan ............ 3,725,000 The Fondren Foundation ......................................... 130,000 The TCW Group, Inc. ............................................ 25,725,000 The Travelers Indemnity Company ................................ 3,360,000 The Travelers Insurance Company ................................ 2,146,000 The Travelers Insurance Company Separate Account TLAC .......... 252,000 The Travelers Series Managed Assets Trust ...................... 121,000 The Travelers Series Trust Convertible Bond Portfolio .......... 121,000 Unifi, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust ...................... 230,000 United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1262 and Employers Pension Fund ....................................... 900,000 Vanguard Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. ..................... 3,145,000 Van Waters & Rogers, Inc. Retirement Plan (f.k.a. Univar Corporation) .......................................... 545,000 Westfield Life Insurance Company ............................... 700,000 Westward Life Insurance Company ................................ 130,000 Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company ............................. 90,000 Zazove Convertible Securities Fund, Inc. ....................... 1,200,000 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Total .......................................................... 158,222,000 =========== - ------------------------- 1 Calamos(R) Asset Management, Inc. manages $4,045,000 of the notes beneficially owned by Delta Airlines Master Trust, and Oaktree Capital Management, LLC manages $1,740,000 of the notes beneficially owned by Delta Airlines Master Trust. 2 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, was an initial purchaser of the 1.87% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006, when the notes were originally sold in a private placement. In addition, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated was also an initial purchaser of Interpublic's 1.80% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004 when those notes were originally sold in a private placement. As of August 9, 1999, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter held $1,383,000.00 of Interpublic's 1.80% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2004.