Accounts Unsecured. Until distributed, all amounts credited to any Cash Accounts or represented by units credited to any Stock Unit Account shall be property of the Company, available for the Company’s use, and subject to the claims of general creditors of the Company. The rights of any Participant or beneficiary to distributions under this Plan are not subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, or encumbrance, and shall not be subject to the debts or liabilities of any Participant or beneficiary.

UNSECURED TRUST. Before a Change of Control, Interpublic shall contribute to an Unsecured Trust an amount equal to the value of the sum of all benefits that would become payable under the Plan if every Participant employed by Interpublic and/or any other Employer immediately before the Change of Control terminated employment involuntarily, and without Cause, immediately after the Change of Control. The amount

The amounts credited to each Eligible Director’s Account shall not be held by the Company in a trust, escrow or similar fiduciary capacity, and neither the Eligible Director, nor any legal representative, shall have any right against the Company with respect to any portion of the Account except as a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

Awards under the Plan are unsecured obligations of the Company.

UNSECURED OBLIGATION. Your Award is unfunded, and as a holder of a vested Award, you shall be considered an unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to the Company’s obligation, if any, to issue shares or other property pursuant to this Agreement. You shall not have voting or any other rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement until such shares are issued to you pursuant to [Section 6] of this Agreement. Upon such issuance, you will obtain full voting and other rights as a stockholder of the Company. Nothing contained in this Agreement, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between you and the Company or any other person.

Rights Unsecured. The right of any Participant to receive an Award under the Plan shall constitute an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company.

Rights Unsecured. The right of a Participant or his Beneficiary to receive a distribution hereunder shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of HP, and neither the Participant nor his Beneficiary shall have any preferred rights in or against any amount credited to any Account or any other assets of HP. The Plan at all times shall be considered entirely unfunded for tax purposes. Any funds set aside by HP for the purpose of meetings its obligations under the Plan, including any amounts held by a trustee, shall continue for all purposes to be part of the general assets of HP and shall be available to its general creditors in the event of HP's bankruptcy or insolvency. HP's obligation under this Plan shall be that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

Unsecured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Unsecured Leverage Ratio at any time during the term hereof and to be tested on the Test Date, to be greater than 0.60 to 1.00; provided that # such ratio may exceed 0.60 to 1.00 from time to time so long as such ratio does not exceed 0.65 to 1.00 and such ratio ceases to exceed 0.60 to 1.00 within the Surge Period, # the Parent shall be permitted to utilize the Surge Period holiday no more than two (2) times for the entirety of the term of the Facility, and # the Surge Period may only be utilized in conjunction with a Material Acquisition.

Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, claims, or interest in any specific property or assets of the Employer or the Trust (if any). No assets of the Employer or the Trust shall be held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of the Employer under this Plan. The Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Employer to pay money in the future, and the rights of the Participants and Beneficiaries shall be no greater than those of unsecured general creditors. If a Participant has deferred Compensation or Performance Share Awards earned for service with a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be primarily liable for all obligations under the Plan with respect thereto and the Company shall be secondarily liable thereafter. It is the intention of the Employer that this Plan be unfunded for purposes of the Code and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

Unsecured General Creditor. The Company shall neither reserve nor specifically set aside funds for the payment of its obligations under the Agreement, and such obligations shall be paid solely from the general assets of the Company. Notwithstanding that Employee may be entitled to receive payments under the terms and conditions of the Agreement, the assets from which such amounts may be paid shall at all times be subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors.