Stagwell Inc — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 13, 2012

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

| 1 (a) NAME
OF ISSUER (Please
type
or print) MDC Partners Inc. — 1
( d ) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET
CITY
STATE ZIP CODE | | (e) TELEPHONE NO. | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 745 Fifth Avenue New
York, NY 10151 | | AREA
CODE ( 646 ) | NUMBER 429-1800 |
| 2 (a) NAME
OF
PERSON
FOR
WHOSE
ACCOUNT
THE
SECURITIES
ARE
TO
BE
SOLD Michael
J.L. Kirby | (b) RELATIONSHIP
TO
ISSUER Director | (c) ADDRESS
STREET CITY STATE ZIP
CODE c/o MDC Partners Inc.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5R 2E3 | |

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

| 3 (a) | (b) | SEC
USE ONLY | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Title
of
the Class
of Securities To
Be Sold | Name
and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities
are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who
is Acquiring the Securities | Broker-Dealer File
Number | Number
of Shares or
Other Units To
Be Sold (See
instr. 3(c)) | Aggregate Market Value (See
instr. 3(d)) | Number
of Shares or
Other Units Outstanding (See
instr. 3(e)) | Approximate Date
of Sale (See
instr. 3(f)) (MO.
DAY YR.) | Name
of Each Securities Exchange (See
instr. 3(g)) |
| Class
A Subordinate Voting Shares | Roundell
Wealth Management
Group 350 Albert Street,
Suite 2100 Constitution Square Ottawa, ON
K1R 1A4 | | 5,000 | $52,263
* | 31,805,074
* | Nov.
9, 2012 | Toronto
Stock Exchange |
| | | | | *
As of 11/09/12 | *
As of 10/30/12 | | |
| INSTRUCTIONS: | | 3.
(a) Title of the class of securities to be sold | | | | | |
| 1.
(a) Name of issuer | | (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold | | | | | |
| (b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number | | (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount) | | | | | |
| (c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any | | (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of
this notice | | | | | |
| (d) Issuer’s address, including zip code | | (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding,
as | | | | | |
| (e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code | | shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer | | | | | |
| | | (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold | | | | | |
| 2.
(a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold | | (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold | | | | | |
| (b) Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate
family of any of the foregoing) | | | | | | | |
| (c) Such person’s address, including zip code | | | | | | | |

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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

| Title
of the Class | Date
you Acquired | Nature
of Acquisition Transaction | Name
of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired) | Amount
of Securities Acquired | Date
of Payment | Nature
of Payment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Class
A Subordinate Voting Shares | April
22, 2004 | Purchase | Open
market purchase | 5,000 | April
22,
2004 | Cash |

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

| Name
and Address of Seller |
| --- |
| (
None, other than securities specified above ) |

REMARKS: None.

| INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person
for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated
with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. | |
| --- | --- |
| 11/13/2012 | /s/
Michael Kirby |
| DATE
OF NOTICE | (SIGNATURE) |
| ________ DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1 | The
notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice
shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed o printed signatures. |

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

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