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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * DICKSON ROBERT E   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MDC PARTNERS INC [MDCA] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Managing Director (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MDC PARTNERS INC., 45 HAZELTON AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/14/2007 (Street) TORONTO, A6 M5R 2E3 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Shares               132,286 (1) (2) (3) D   Restricted Stock Units (4) 11/14/2007   A   20,795 A $ 0 153,081 (1) (2) (3) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Options (5)

$ 8.4 (6)

04/10/2002

04/10/2012

Class A Shares

57,150

57,150

D

Stock Appreciation Rights (7)

$ 8.95

04/28/2007

04/28/2016

Class A Shares

10,000

10,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
DICKSON ROBERT E C/O MDC PARTNERS INC. 45 HAZELTON AVENUE TORONTO, A6 M5R 2E3			Managing Director

Signatures

/s/ Robert Dickson		11/15/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Includes 22,500 Financial Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (Class A Shares) (hereinafter, "FPB RSU's") of the Issuer awarded on February 28, 2006, and 7,500 FPB RSU's of the Issuer awarded on April 28, 2006. These FPB RSU's may vest in 2008 and / or 2009 if the Issuer achieves specified financial performance targets in 2007 - 2008, and is dependent on continued employment.
(2)	Includes 35,000 Restricted Stock Units of the Issuer awarded April 28, 2006, all of which will vest on April 28, 2009, dependent on continued employment.
(3)	Includes 33,334 FPB RSU's of the Issuer awarded March 20, 2007 which may vest in each of 2008, 2009, or 2010 if the Issuer achieves specified financial performance targets in 2007, 2008, and 2009, and is dependent on continued employment.
(4)	The Restricted Stock Units of the Issuer granted to the Reporting Person on November 14, 2007 will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date (November 14, 2010), and may only be sold if the Reporting Person is in compliance with the Issuer's Stock Ownership Guidelines.
(5)	Stock Options (previously granted on April 10, 2002) vest 1/3 on the grant date, 1/3 on the following 2 anniversaries of the grant date, and expire 10 years from the grant date.
(6)	Canadian dollars.
(7)	SAR's granted April 28, 2006 vest 50% on the first anniversary of the grant date, and 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date, expiring ten (10) years from the grant date, and may be settled in cash or stock, at the discretion of the Issuer.

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