Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (NYSE:IPG) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2025 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Philippe Krakowsky – Chief Executive Officer
Ellen Johnson – Chief Financial Officer
Jerry Leshne – Senior Vice President, Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

David Karnovsky – JP Morgan
Jason Bazinet – Citi
Cameron McVeigh – Morgan Stanley
Michael Nathanson – MoffettNathanson
Daniel Osley – Wells Fargo
Julien Roch – Barclays
Craig Huber – Huber Research Partners

Operator

Good morning and welcome to the Interpublic Group first quarter 2025 conference call.

All parties are in a listen-only mode until the question and answer portion. At that time, if you would like to ask a question, you may press star, one.

This conference is being recorded. If you have any objections, you may disconnect at this time.

I would now like to introduce Mr. Jerry Leshne, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, you may begin.

Jerry Leshne

Good morning. Thank you for joining us.

This morning, we are joined by our CEO, Philippe Krakowsky, and by Ellen Johnson, our CFO. We have posted our earnings release and our slide presentation on our website, interpublic.com.

We will begin with prepared remarks, to be followed by Q&A. We plan to conclude before market open at 9:30 Eastern time.

During this call, we will refer to forward-looking statements about our company. These are subject to the uncertainties and the cautionary statements that are included in our earnings release and the slide presentation. These are further detailed in our 10-Q and other filings with the SEC.

We will also refer to certain non-GAAP measures. We believe that these measures provide useful supplemental data that, while not a substitute for GAAP measures, allow for greater transparency in the review of our financial and operational performance.

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