SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT made as of March 1, 1999 
between THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware 
corporation (the "Corporation") and EUGENE P. BEARD 
("Executive").
	
W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Corporation and Executive are parties 
to an Employment Agreement made as of July 1, 1995 and 
Supplemental Agreements made as of March 12, 1997, September 
1, 1997, October 30, 1998 and January 21, 1999 (hereinafter 
collectively referred to as the "Employment Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Corporation and Executive desire to 
amend the Employment Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual 
promises herein and in the Employment Agreement set forth, 
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as 
follows: 
1.	Paragraph 3.02 of the Employment Agreement is 
hereby amended, effective March 1, 1999, to provide for 
payment of a salary at the rate of Eight Hundred Seventy 
Thousand Dollars ($870,000) per annum.
2.	Except as hereinabove amended, the Employment 
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
3.	This Supplemental Agreement shall be governed 
by the laws of the State of New York, applicable to 
contracts made and fully to be performed therein.

THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF 
COMPANIES, INC.


By:	C. KENT KROEBER
								C. KENT KROEBER


		EUGENE P. BEARD
		EUGENE P. BEARD