Global Reporting Initiative Reports

Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations

Please see link below for more information on IPG's defined benefit plans.

1. 2019-201-3Economic Performance

   Reporting Level: Partial

   Description

   Coverage of the organization’s defined benefit plan obligations

   Reference/Response

   Please see link below for more information on IPG’s defined benefit plans.

    

   1. Where the plan’s liabilities are met by the organization’s general resources, report the estimated value of those liabilities.

   Please see 2018 Form 10k, “a” on page 79

   https://investors.interpublic.com/sec-filings/financial-reports

    

   1. Where a separate fund exists to pay the plan’s pension liabilities, report:
      • The extent to which the scheme’s liabilities are estimated to be covered by the assets that have been set aside to meet them

   Please see 2018 Form 10k, “b” on page 79

   https://investors.interpublic.com/sec-filings/financial-reports

   • The basis on which that estimate has been arrived at

   Please see form “c” on page 35 of 2018 Form 10K

   https://investors.interpublic.com/sec-filings/financial-reports

   • When that estimate was made

   All estimates are as of 12/31/18

    

   1. Where a fund set up to pay the plan’s pension liabilities is not fully covered, explain the strategy, if any, adopted by the employer to work towards full coverage, and the timescale, if any, by which the employer hopes to achieve full coverage

   We do not disclose this information.

    

   1. Report the percentage of salary contributed by employee or employer.

    

   We do not disclose this information

    

   1. Report the level of participation in retirement plans (such as participation in mandatory or voluntary schemes, regional or country-based schemes, or those with financial impact).

   We do not disclose this information