On December 8, 2024, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Omnicom Group Inc. ("Omnicom"), pursuant to which a merger subsidiary of Omnicom will merge with and into IPG, with IPG surviving the merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Omnicom. The forward-looking statements in this report, other than the statements regarding the proposed merger transaction with Omnicom, do not assume the consummation of the proposed transactions unless specifically stated otherwise.