IPG Confirms Delay of Q2 Results

NEW YORK Interpublic Group today confirmed that its results for the second quarter of 2005 are late, and that it hopes to file them with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Sept. 30.

In a 10-Q filing with the SEC, IPG attributed the delay to the “breadth of the additional internal work and analysis required due to the material weaknesses management has identified as part of its assessment of the company’s internal control over financial reporting and to the need to determine whether certain matters will require a restatement of financial statements for prior periods.”

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