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Exhibit 4.4  

IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED  

 4.60% Senior Notes due 2008  

 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT  

 Dated as of January 15, 2003  

  

 
 

Table of Contents    
  

	 
	 	 
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	1.	 	AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES	 	1
	

2.	
 	

SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES	
 	

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3.	
 	

CLOSING	
 	

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4.	
 	

CONDITIONS TO CLOSING	
 	

2
	 	 	4.1.    Representations and Warranties	 	2
	 	 	4.2.    Performance; No Default	 	2
	 	 	4.3.    Compliance Certificates	 	2
	 	 	4.4.    Opinions of Counsel	 	3
	 	 	4.5.    Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc	 	3
	 	 	4.6.    Sale of Notes to Other Purchasers	 	3
	 	 	4.7.    Payment of Special Counsel Fees	 	3
	 	 	4.8.    Private Placement Number	 	3
	 	 	4.9.    Changes in Corporate Structure	 	4
	 	 	4.10.    Proceedings and Documents	 	4
	

5.	
 	

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY	
 	

4
	 	 	5.1.    Organization; Power and Authority	 	4
	 	 	5.2.    Authorization, etc	 	4
	 	 	5.3.    Disclosure	 	4
	 	 	5.4.    Organization and Ownership of Shares of Material Subsidiaries	 	5
	 	 	5.5.    Financial Statements	 	5
	 	 	5.6.    Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc.	 	6
	 	 	5.7.    Governmental Authorizations, etc.	 	6
	 	 	5.8.    Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders	 	6
	 	 	5.9.    Taxes	 	6
	 	 	5.10.    Title to Property; Leases	 	7
	 	 	5.11.    Licenses, Permits, etc	 	7
	 	 	5.12.    Compliance with ERISA	 	7
	 	 	5.13.    Private Offering by the Company	 	8
	 	 	5.14.    Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	 	8
	 	 	5.15.    Existing Indebtedness, etc.	 	9
	 	 	5.16.    Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.	 	9
	 	 	5.17.    Status under Certain Statutes	 	9
	 	 	5.18.    Environmental Matters	 	9
	

6.	
 	

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER	
 	

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	 	 	6.1.    Purchase for Investment	 	10
	 	 	6.2.    Source of Funds	 	10
	

7.	
 	

INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY	
 	

11
	 	 	7.1.    Financial and Business Information	 	11
	 	 	7.2.    Officer's Certificate	 	13
	 	 	7.3.    Inspection	 	14
	

8.	
 	

PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES	
 	

14
	 	 	8.1.    Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	 	15
	 	 	8.2.    Prepayment in Connection with a Change of Control	 	15
	 	 	8.3.    Notice of Optional Prepayment; Make-Whole Computation	 	16

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	 	 	8.4.    Allocation of Partial Prepayments	 	16
	 	 	8.5.    Maturity; Surrender; etc.	 	16
	 	 	8.6.    Purchase of Notes	 	16
	 	 	8.7.    Make-Whole Amount	 	17
	

9.	
 	

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	
 	

18
	 	 	9.1.    Compliance with Law	 	18
	 	 	9.2.    Insurance	 	18
	 	 	9.3.    Maintenance of Properties	 	19
	 	 	9.4.    Payment of Taxes	 	19
	 	 	9.5.    Corporate Existence, etc.	 	19
	

10.	
 	

NEGATIVE COVENANTS	
 	

19
	 	 	10.1.    Certain Financial Conditions	 	19
	 	 	10.2.    Subsidiary Indebtedness and Other Restrictions	 	20
	 	 	10.3.    Liens	 	20
	 	 	10.4.    Sale of Assets	 	21
	 	 	10.5.    Merger, Consolidation, etc.	 	22
	 	 	10.6.    Lines of Business	 	22
	 	 	10.7.    Transactions with Affiliates	 	22
	

11.	
 	

EVENTS OF DEFAULT	
 	

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12.	
 	

REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.	
 	

25
	 	 	12.1.    Acceleration	 	25
	 	 	12.2.    Other Remedies	 	25
	 	 	12.3.    Rescission	 	25
	 	 	12.4.    No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.	 	26
	

13.	
 	

REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES	
 	

26
	 	 	13.1.    Registration of Notes	 	26
	 	 	13.2.    Transfer and Exchange of Notes	 	26
	 	 	13.3.    Replacement of Notes	 	27
	

14.	
 	

PAYMENTS ON NOTES	
 	

27
	 	 	14.1.    Place of Payment	 	27
	 	 	14.2.    Home Office Payment	 	27
	

15.	
 	

EXPENSES, ETC	
 	

28
	 	 	15.1.    Transaction Expenses	 	28
	 	 	15.2.    Survival	 	29
	

16.	
 	

SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT	
 	

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17.	
 	

AMENDMENT AND WAIVER	
 	

29
	 	 	17.1.    Requirements	 	29
	 	 	17.2.    Solicitation of Holders of Notes	 	29
	 	 	17.3.    Binding Effect, etc.	 	30
	 	 	17.4.    Notes held by Company, etc.	 	30
	

18.	
 	

NOTICES	
 	

30
	

19.	
 	

REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS	
 	

31
	

20.	
 	

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION	
 	

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21.	
 	

SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER	
 	

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22.	
 	

MISCELLANEOUS	
 	

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	 	 	22.1.    Successors and Assigns	 	32
	 	 	22.2.    Construction	 	32
	 	 	22.3.    Jurisdiction and Process	 	33
	 	 	22.4.    Payments Due on Non-Business Days	 	33
	 	 	22.5.    Severability	 	34
	 	 	22.6.    Accounting Terms	 	34
	 	 	22.7.    Counterparts	 	34
	 	 	22.8.    Governing Law	 	34

	Schedule A	 	—	 	Names and Addresses of Purchasers	 	 
	Schedule B	 	—	 	Defined Terms	 	 
	

Exhibit 1	
 	

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Form of 4.60% Senior Notes due 2008	
 	

 
	Exhibit 4.4(a)	 	—	 	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company	 	 
	Exhibit 4.4(b)	 	—	 	Form of Opinion of General Counsel of the Company	 	 
	Exhibit 4.4(c)	 	—	 	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers	 	 
	Schedule 5.3	 	—	 	Disclosure Documents	 	 
	Schedule 5.4	 	—	 	Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock	 	 
	Schedule 5.5	 	—	 	Financial Statements	 	 
	Schedule 5.8	 	—	 	Litigation	 	 
	Schedule 5.11	 	—	 	Licenses, Permits, Etc.	 	 
	Schedule 5.15	 	—	 	Existing Indebtedness	 	 

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IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED
  1499 Post Road
  Fairfield, CT
  Telephone: 203-319-4700    
    
    4.60% Senior Notes due 2008    
  

                                        
                                          
                                          
    As of January 15, 2003
 

TO
THE PURCHASER WHOSE NAME

    APPEARS ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE

    OF THIS AGREEMENT: 

Ladies
and Gentlemen: 

        IMS
HEALTH INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), agrees with you as follows: 

1.    AUTHORIZATION OF NOTES.  

        The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.60% Senior Notes due 2008 (the
"Notes"), each such note to be in the form set out in Exhibit 1. As used herein, the term "Notes"
means all notes originally delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the Other Agreements referred to below and all notes delivered in substitution or exchange for any such note pursuant to this
Agreement and the Other Agreements and, where applicable, shall include the singular number as well as the plural. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Schedule B; references to a "Schedule" or an "Exhibit" are, unless otherwise specified, to a Schedule or an Exhibit attached to this Agreement. 

2.    SALE AND PURCHASE OF NOTES.  

        Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to you and you will purchase from the Company, at the Closing provided for
in Section 3, Notes in the aggregate principal amount specified opposite your name in Schedule A at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. Contemporaneously with
entering into this Agreement, the Company is entering into separate Note Purchase Agreements (the "Other Agreements") identical to this Agreement
(except for the principal amounts of Notes to be purchased) with each of the other purchasers named in Schedule A (the "Other Purchasers"),
providing for the sale at such Closing to each of the Other Purchasers of Notes in the principal amount specified opposite its name in Schedule A. Your obligation hereunder and the obligations
of the Other Purchasers under the Other Agreements are several and not joint obligations and you shall have no obligation under any Other Agreement and no liability to any Person for the performance
or non-performance by any Other Purchaser thereunder. 

3.    CLOSING.  

        The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by you and the Other Purchasers shall occur at the offices of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, 787 Seventh
Avenue, New York, NY 10019 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, at a closing (the "Closing") on January 15, 2003 or on such other Business Day
thereafter on or prior to January 22, 2003, as may be agreed upon by the Company and you. At the Closing the Company will deliver to you the Notes to be purchased by you in the form of a single
Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $500,000 as you may request prior to the Closing) dated the date of the Closing and registered in your name (or in the name of your
nominee), against delivery by you to the Company of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of immediately 

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available funds for the account of the Company to account number 323094651 at JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, New York, ABA 021000021, Account Name: IMS Health Incorporated. 

        If
at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to you as provided above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have
been fulfilled to your satisfaction, you shall, at your election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby waiving any rights you may have by reason of such failure
or such nonfulfillment. 

4.    CONDITIONS TO CLOSING.  

        Your obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to you at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to your satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing,
of the following conditions: 

4.1.    Representations and Warranties.  

        The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct when made and at the time of the Closing. 

4.2.    Performance; No Default.  

        The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it prior
to or at the Closing and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. 

4.3.    Compliance Certificates.  

        (a)  Officer's Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to you an Officer's Certificate, dated the date of the Closing,
certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled. 

        (b)  Secretary's Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to you a certificate certifying as to the resolutions attached
thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Notes. 

4.4.    Opinions of Counsel.  

        You shall have received opinions in form and substance satisfactory to you, dated the date of the Closing (a) from Sullivan & Cromwell, special
counsel for the Company, and from Robert H. Steinfeld, General Counsel of the Company, substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibits 4.4(a)(i) and
4.4(a)(ii) and covering such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated hereby as you or your counsel may reasonably request (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to
deliver such opinions to you), and (b) from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, your special counsel in connection with such transactions, substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as you may reasonably request. 

4.5.    Purchase Permitted By Applicable Law, etc.  

        On the date of the Closing your purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which you are subject, without
recourse to provisions (such as Section 1405(a)(8) of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of the particular
investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including without limitation Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and
(c) not subject you to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date 

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hereof. If requested by you, you shall have received an Officer's Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as you may reasonably specify to enable you to determine whether such purchase is
so permitted. 

4.6.    Sale of Notes to Other Purchasers.  

        The Company shall sell to the Other Purchasers and the Other Purchasers shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by them at the Closing as specified in
Schedule A. 

4.7.    Payment of Special Counsel Fees.  

        Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the date of the Closing the fees, charges and disbursements of
your special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing. 

4.8.    Private Placement Number.  

        A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor's CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with the Securities Valuation Office of the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners) shall have been obtained for the Notes. 

4.9.    Changes in Corporate Structure.  

        The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of
the liabilities of any other entity (whether or not the transaction would be permitted by Section 10.5) at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in
Schedule 5.5. 

4.10.    Proceedings and Documents.  

        All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all documents and instruments incident to such
transactions shall be satisfactory to you and your special counsel, and you and your special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents
as you or they may reasonably request. 

5.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.  

        The Company represents and warrants to you that: 

5.1.    Organization; Power and Authority.  

        The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good
standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate power and authority to own or hold under lease the
properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Notes and to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. 

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5.2.    Authorization, etc.  

        This Agreement and the Other Agreements and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and this Agreement
constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). 

5.3.    Disclosure.  

        The Company, through its agent, RBS Securities Corporation, has delivered to you a copy of a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated December 4,
2002 (the "Memorandum"), relating to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Memorandum fairly describes, in all material respects, the general nature
of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Memorandum, the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to you by or on behalf of the Company in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3 (together with the Memorandum, the "Disclosure Documents"),
as of their respective dates, and the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents or in the financial statements listed
in Schedule 5.5, since December 31, 2001 there has been no change in the financial condition, operations, business or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary except changes that
individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

5.4.    Organization and Ownership of Shares of Material Subsidiaries.  

        (a)  Schedule 5.4
contains a complete and correct list of the Company's Subsidiaries, showing, as to each such Subsidiary, the correct name thereof, the jurisdiction
of its organization and the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned by the Company and each other Subsidiary. 

        (b)  All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Material Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned by the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company or another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien (except as otherwise disclosed in
Schedule 5.4). 

        (c)  Each
Material Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to
which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate
or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact. 

5.5.    Financial Statements.  

        The Company has delivered to you copies of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries listed in Schedule 5.5. All of said financial
statements (including in each case the related schedules and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the respective
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results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as set
forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). 

5.6.    Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, etc.  

        The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will not (a) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a
default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement,
lease, corporate charter or by-laws, or any other Material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties may be bound or affected, (b) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order, judgment, decree, or ruling of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or (c) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable
to the Company or any Subsidiary, except as to any of the foregoing for matters affecting Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. 

5.7.    Governmental Authorizations, etc.  

        No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes, except for information filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act. 

5.8.    Litigation; Observance of Statutes and Orders.  

        (a)  Except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.8, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the
Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, if adversely determined,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

        (b)  Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or is in violation of
any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including without limitation Environmental Laws) of any Governmental Authority, which default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

5.9.    Taxes.  

        The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all income tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be
due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments payable by them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, except
for taxes and assessments (or filings in respect of taxes and assessments) (a) the amount of which is not individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability or
validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, has established adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP. The Federal income tax liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not been closed (whether as the result of determination by the Internal Revenue Service and payment,
the passage of time, or otherwise) for any fiscal year. 

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5.10.    Title to Property; Leases.  

        The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective Material properties, including all such properties reflected in the most
recent audited balance sheet referred to in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the
ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement, except for those defects in title and Liens that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a
Material Adverse Effect. All Material leases under which the Company or any Subsidiary is a lessee are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects. 

5.11.    Licenses, Permits, etc.  

        Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.11, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents,
copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others, except for those failures to own or
possess or those conflicts that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. 

5.12.    Compliance with ERISA.  

        (a)  The
Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have
not resulted in and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA
or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that
would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to such penalty or excise tax provisions or to section 401(a)(29) or 412 of the Code, other than such
liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material. 

        (b)  The
present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the end of such Plan's most recently
ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes in such Plan's most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets
of such Plan allocable to such
benefit liabilities. The term "benefit liabilities" has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms
"current value" and "present value" have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA. 

        (c)  The
Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities) under section 4201 or
4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans that individually or in the aggregate are Material. 

        (d)  The
expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company's most recently ended fiscal year in accordance with Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 106, without regard to liabilities attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not
Material. 

        (e)  The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that is subject to the prohibitions of
section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D) of the Code. The representation by the Company in the first sentence of this
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made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of your representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you. 

5.13.    Private Offering by the Company.  

        Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than you and the Other Purchasers. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take,
any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act. 

5.14.    Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations.  

        The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes to repay existing Indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds from the
sale of the Notes hereunder will be used, and no part of the proceeds of such Indebtedness was used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning
of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), except for shares of the Company acquired with a portion of the proceeds of such Indebtedness and held in
the treasury pursuant to systemic stock repurchase programs from time to time conducted by the Company, or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any securities under such circumstances
as to involve the Company in a violation of
Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 20% of
the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention that margin stock will constitute more than 25% of the value of such
assets. As used in this Section, the terms "margin stock" and "purpose of buying or carrying" shall have
the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation U. 

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   5.15.    Existing Indebtedness, etc.  

        Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2002,
since which date there has been no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary is in default in, and no waiver of default is currently in effect in respect of, the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness and no event or condition
exists with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $5,000,000 that would permit (or that with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time, or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment. 

        Neither
the Company nor any Wholly-Owned Material Subsidiary is a party to any agreement prohibiting or restricting the payment of dividends by any such Subsidiary. 

5.16.    Foreign Assets Control Regulations, etc.  

        Neither the sale of the Notes by the Company hereunder nor its use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the
foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto. Without
limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is or will become a blocked person described in Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49049 (2001)) or (ii) knowingly engages or will engage in any
dealings or transactions, or be otherwise associated, with any such person. 

5.17.    Status under Certain Statutes.  

        The Company is not an "investment Company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a "holding company" or "subsidiary company" of a "holding company",
or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company", or a "public utility", within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the ICC Termination Act of 1995 or the Federal Power Act, as amended. 

5.18.    Environmental Matters.  

        Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim, and no proceeding has been instituted raising any claim
against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or other assets, alleging any damage to the environment or
violation of any Environmental Laws, except such as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed to you in
writing, and except as to matters that individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, 

        (a)  neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of Environmental Laws or damage to
the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, 

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        (b)  neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them and has
not disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner contrary to any Environmental Laws, and 

        (c)  all
buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws. 

6.    REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASER. 

6.1.    Purchase for Investment  

        You represent that you are purchasing the Notes for your own account or for one or more separate accounts maintained by you or for the account of one or more
pension or trust funds for which you are the financial advisor or investment manager and not with a view to the distribution thereof (as such term is used under Section 2(11) of the Securities
Act), provided that the disposition of your or their property shall at all times be within your or their control. You understand that the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the
provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the
Company is not required to register the Notes. 

6.2.    Source of Funds.  

        You represent that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a
"Source") to be used by you to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by you hereunder: 

        (a)  the
Source is an "insurance company general account," as such term is defined in the Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption
("PTE") 95-60 (issued July 12, 1995), and there is no plan with respect to which the aggregate amount of such general account's
reserves and liabilities for the contracts held by or on behalf of such plan and all other plans maintained by the same employer (and affiliates thereof as defined in section V(a)(1) of PTE
95-60) or by the same employee organization (in each case determined in accordance with PTE 95-60) exceeds or will exceed 10% of the total of all reserves and liabilities of
such general account (determined in accordance with PTE 95-60, exclusive of separate account liabilities, plus any applicable surplus) as of the date of the Closing; or 

        (b)  the
Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 (issued January 29, 1990), or
(ii) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 (issued July 12, 1991) and, except as you have disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to
this paragraph (b), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled
separate account or collective investment fund; or 

        (c)  the
Source constitutes assets of an "investment fund" (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption) managed by a "qualified professional asset manager" or
"QPAM" (within the meaning of Part V of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plan's assets that are included in such investment fund, when
combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of section V(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of
such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, exceed 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM
Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM (applying the definition of "control" in section V(e) of the QPAM Exemption) owns a 5% or more
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QPAM and (ii) the names of all employee benefit plans whose assets are included in such investment fund have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (c); or 

        (d)  the
Source is a governmental plan; or 

        (e)  the
Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified
to the Company in writing pursuant to this paragraph (e); or 

        (f)    the
Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt or excluded from the coverage of ERISA. 

        As
used in this Section 6.2, the terms "employee benefit plan," "governmental plan"
and "separate account" shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA. 

7.    INFORMATION AS TO COMPANY.  

7.1.    Financial and Business Information.  

        The Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor, either physically or through electronic media (provided that the Company will
give prior notice to each such holder of such availability through electronic media and shall, notwithstanding such availability, make timely delivery to any such holder upon such holder's request
either generally or from time to time): 

        (a)  Quarterly Statements—within 45 days after the end of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year
of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal year), duplicate copies of 

        (i)    a
consolidated statement of financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and 

        (ii)  consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the
portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter, 

setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP applicable to quarterly
financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments, provided that delivery within the time period specified above of copies of the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements
of this Section 7.1(a); 

        (b)  Annual Statements—within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, duplicate copies of 

        (i)    a
consolidated statement of financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and 

        (ii)  consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year, 

setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an opinion thereon of
independent public accountants of recognized national standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in 

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conformity with GAAP, and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and that such
audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances, provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with the Company's annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act)
prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 7.1(b); 

        (c)  SEC and Other Reports—promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial
statement, report, notice or proxy statement or similar statement sent by the Company or any Material Subsidiary to public securities holders or its lending banks generally and (ii) each
regular or periodic report containing financial information, each registration statement that shall have become effective (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder) and each final
prospectus, in each case as filed by the Company or any Material Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any securities exchange; 

        (d)  Notice of Default or Event of Default—promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer
becomes aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default, a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with
respect thereto; and 

        (e)  ERISA Matters—promptly, and in any event within five days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any
of the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto: 

        (i)    with
respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(b) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which notice thereof has not been
waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof; or 

        (ii)  the
taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with
respect to such Multiemployer Plan; or 

        (iii)  any
event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or
the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities or Liens then existing, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and 

        (f)    Requested Information—with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business,
operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary or relating to the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes, as
from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such holder of Notes. 

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7.2.    Officer's Certificate.  

        Each set of financial statements delivered to a holder of Notes pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate
of a Senior Financial Officer setting forth: 

        (a)  Covenant Compliance—the information required in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance with
the requirements of Sections 10.1 to 10.5, inclusive, during the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such Section, where
applicable, the calculations of the maximum or minimum amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Sections, and the calculation in reasonable detail of the
amount, ratio or percentage then in existence); and 

        (b)  Event of Default—a statement that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and
has made, or caused to be made under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from the beginning of the quarterly or annual period
covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes
a Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company or any Subsidiary shall have
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto. 

7.3.    Inspection.  

        The Company shall permit the representatives of each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor: 

        (a)  No Default—if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable
prior notice to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the Company's officers, and,
with the consent of the Company (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld), to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as
often as may be reasonably requested in writing; and 

        (b)  Default—if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company to visit and inspect any
of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to
discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often as may be requested. 

8.    PREPAYMENT OF THE NOTES.  

        In addition to the payment of the entire unpaid principal amount of the Notes at the final maturity thereof, the Company may make optional prepayments in respect
of the Notes as hereinafter provided. 

8.1.    Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. 

        The
Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided in Section 8.2 and allocated as provided in Section 8.3, prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of,
the Notes (in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and otherwise in multiples of $1,000,000), at the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such
prepayment, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole Amount (if any) determined for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount. 

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8.2.    Prepayment in Connection with a Change of Control.  

        Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will give written notice thereof (a
"Change of Control Notice") to the holders of all outstanding Notes, which Change of Control Notice shall (a) refer specifically to this
Section 8.2,
(b) describe the Change of Control in reasonable detail and specify the Change of Control Prepayment Date and the Response Date (as respectively defined below) in respect thereof and
(c) offer to prepay all outstanding Notes at the price specified below on the date therein specified (the "Change of Control Prepayment Date"),
which shall be a Business Day not more than 90 days after the date of such Change of Control Notice. Each holder of a Note will notify the Company of such holder's acceptance or rejection of
such offer by giving written notice of such acceptance or rejection to the Company on or before the date for such notice specified in such Change of Control Notice (the
"Response Date"), which specified date shall be a Business Day not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such Change
of Control Notice. The Company shall prepay on the Change of Control Prepayment Date all of the outstanding Notes held by the holders as to which such offer has been so accepted (it being understood
that failure of any holder to accept such offer on or before the Response Date shall be deemed to constitute rejection by such holder), at the principal amount of each such Note, together with
interest accrued thereon to the Change of Control Prepayment Date, without premium. If any holder shall reject or be deemed to have rejected such offer on or before the Response Date, such holder
shall be deemed to have waived its rights under this Section 8.2 to require prepayment of all Notes held by such holder in respect of such Change of Control but not in respect of any subsequent
Change of Control. 

        For
purposes of this Section 8.2, any holder of more than one Note may act separately with respect to each Note so held (with the effect that a holder of more than one Note may
accept such offer with respect to one or more Notes so held and reject such offer with respect to one or more other Notes so held). 

        A
"Change of Control" shall be deemed to have occurred if at any time after the date of this Agreement one or more of the following events
shall occur: (a) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person
or "group" (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date hereof); (b) the acquisition of ownership, directly
or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or "group" (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date
hereof) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Company; (c) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company
by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the current board of directors nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated; or (d) a transaction permitted by Section 10.5 in
respect of which the Company is not the successor, surviving or acquiring corporation, as the case may be. 

8.3.    Notice of Optional Prepayment; Make-Whole Computation.  

        The Company will call Notes for prepayment pursuant to Section 8.1 by giving written notice thereof to each holder of a Note, which notice shall be given
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment (which shall be a Business Day) and shall specify the amount so to be prepaid and the date fixed for such
prepayment. Each such notice of prepayment shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount (if any) due in connection with such
prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the details of such computation. Notice of prepayment having been so given, the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes as specified in such notice, together with interest 

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accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole Amount (if any) for each such Note, shall become due and payable on the specified prepayment date. 

        Two
Business Days prior to the date fixed for any prepayment, the Company will furnish to each holder of Notes a certificate signed by a Senior Financial Officer setting forth in
reasonable detail the manner of calculation of the Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date. 

8.4.    Allocation of Partial Prepayments.  

        In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.1, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all
of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment. 

8.5.    Maturity; Surrender; etc.  

        In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable
on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless
the Company shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall
cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of
any Note. 

8.6.    Purchase of Notes.  

        The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes
except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an
Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information to enable it to make an
informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 20 Business Days. If the holders of more than 25% of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding
accept such offer, the Company shall promptly notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be extended by the number of
days necessary to give each such remaining holder at least ten Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any
Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes. 

8.7.    Make-Whole Amount.  

        The term "Make-Whole Amount" means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount
may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings: 

        "Called Principal" means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.1 or has
become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires. 

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        "Discounted Value" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled
Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice
and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on such Note is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. 

        "Reinvestment Yield" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% (50 basis points) over the yield to maturity implied
by (i) the yields reported, as of 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on (x) the
Bloomberg Financial Markets News screen PX1 or the equivalent screen provided by Bloomberg Financial Markets News, or (y) if such on-line market data is not at the time provided by
Bloomberg Financial Markets News, on the display designated as "Page 500" on the Telerate service (or such other display as may replace Page 500 on the Telerate service), in either case for actively
traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the remaining life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date, or (ii) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the
yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so
reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor
publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the remaining life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. Such implied yield will be
determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond-equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating
linearly between (1) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a maturity closest to and greater than the remaining life and (2) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with a
maturity closest to and less than the remaining life. 

        "Remaining Scheduled Payments" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest
thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such
Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the
amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.1 or 12.1. 

        "Settlement Date" means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid
pursuant to Section 8.1 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires. 

9.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.  

        The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 

9.1.    Compliance with Law.  

        The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is
subject, including without limitation Environmental Laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the
ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or
governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

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   9.2.    Insurance.  

        The Company will and will cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their
respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and
self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and
similarly situated. 

9.3.    Maintenance of Properties.  

        The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair,
working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not
prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company
has concluded that such discontinuance would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

9.4.    Payment of Taxes.  

        The Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to file all income tax or similar tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and
discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges, or levies payable by any of them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have
become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, provided that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need (a) pay any such tax or assessment if the amount, applicability or
validity thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings and the Company or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves
therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary or (b) file any such tax return or pay any such tax or assessment if the non-filing of such tax
returns and the nonpayment of all such taxes and assessments in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 

9.5.    Corporate Existence, etc.  

        Subject to Section 10.4, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate existence of
each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the
termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence of any Subsidiary or any such right or franchise would not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Materially Adverse Effect. 

10.    NEGATIVE COVENANTS.  

        The Company covenants that so long as any of the Notes are outstanding: 

10.1.    Certain Financial Conditions.  

        The Company will not permit: 

        (a)  Consolidated Total Debt to EBITDA—Consolidated Total Debt at any time to exceed 3.25 times EBITDA for the
four consecutive Fiscal Quarters then most recently ended; or 

        (b)  Fixed Charges Coverage—the ratio of EBITDA to Fixed Charges for any four consecutive Fiscal Quarters to be
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10.2.    Subsidiary Indebtedness and Other Restrictions.  

        (a)  The
Company will not at any time permit the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of all Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary) to exceed (i) 20% of
Consolidated Total Assets at any time when Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is a Subsidiary and (ii) 10% of Consolidated Total Assets at any time thereafter. 

        (b)  The
Company will not permit any Wholly-Owned Material Subsidiary to become a party to any agreement (other than any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary
becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary) prohibiting or restricting the payment of dividends. 

10.3.    Liens.  

        The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it,
except for the following: 

        (a)  Liens
existing on the date hereof which are disclosed on Schedule 5.15, and renewals, extensions and continuations thereof, provided that no such renewal,
extension or continuation shall (i) increase the Indebtedness secured thereby or (ii) extend the coverage thereof beyond the original coverage of such Lien; 

        (b)  Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; Liens in connection with
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations; Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, contracts, surety and appeal bonds; Liens to secure progress or
partial payments and other Liens of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business; mechanics', workmen's, materialmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in
respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith; and other Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and incidental to the conduct of the business of the
Company or such Subsidiary or to the ownership of its properties or assets, which were not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money and which do not materially detract from the value of the
properties or assets of the Company or materially affect the use thereof in the operation of its business; 

        (c)  Liens
in respect of judgments and awards to the extent that such judgments or awards are being contested in good faith and adequate insurance or appropriate reserves are
maintained with respect thereto on the books of the Company to the extent required by GAAP and so long as execution is not levied thereunder; 

        (d)  Liens
on any property acquired after the date hereof which Liens existed when such property was acquired, and extensions and renewals of such Liens; provided that no
such extension or renewal shall increase the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured thereby or add to the property subject to any such Lien; 

        (e)  any
Lien on any asset securing Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring or improving such asset; provided
that such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 120 days after the acquisition or completion of the improvement thereof; 

        (f)    other
Liens incurred by the Company in the ordinary course of its business, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured by all Liens permitted by this
clause (f) shall not exceed $20,000,000; 

        (g)  zoning
restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, provisions, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities of title
which do not in the 

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aggregate materially detract from the value of its property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operations, business or prospects of the Company or its Subsidiaries; and 

        (h)  Liens
on the property or assets of any Subsidiary in favor of the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. 

10.4.    Sale of Assets.  

        The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to convey, sell, assign, lease, transfer or dispose of (collectively a
"Sale") all or any portion of its assets (including accounts receivable and capital stock or other equity interests of Subsidiaries) to any Person in a
single transaction or in a series of transactions, except for 

        (a)  any
Sale in the ordinary course of business; and 

        (b)  so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, other Sales of assets in any Fiscal Year with an aggregate book value
not exceeding 15% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the previous Fiscal Year, provided that the following Sales shall not be taken into account for purposes of this clause (b): 

        (i)    any
Sale by any Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; 

        (ii)  any
Sale of the Company's interest in Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation or The TriZetto Group Inc.;and 

        (iii)  any
Sale otherwise permitted by Section 10.5. 

        For
purposes of this Section 10.4: Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of any Fiscal Year shall exclude any interest of the Company in either Cognizant Technology Solutions
Corporation or The TriZetto Group Inc.; and any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of a Subsidiary that are the subject of a Sale (including without limitation pursuant to an
issuance of shares by such Subsidiary) shall be valued at the aggregate net book value of the assets of such Subsidiary multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator is the aggregate number of
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of such Subsidiary issued or disposed of in such Sale and the denominator is the aggregate number of shares of capital stock or other equity interests
of such Subsidiary outstanding immediately prior to such Sale. 

10.5.    Merger, Consolidation, etc.  

        The Company will not consolidate or merge with any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets in a single transaction
or series of transactions to any Person unless: 

        (a)  the
successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of
the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be a solvent corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia),
and, if the Company is not such corporation, such corporation shall have executed and delivered to each holder of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each
covenant and condition of this Agreement, the Other Agreements and the Notes; 

        (b)  immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and 

        (c)  the
Company shall have complied with the requirements of Section 8.2, if applicable, in respect of such transaction. 

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No
such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company shall have the effect of releasing the Company or any successor corporation that shall theretofore have become
such in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.5 from its liability under this Agreement or the Notes. 

10.6.    Lines of Business.  

        The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general nature of the business in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole would then be engaged would be materially changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole are engaged as
described in the Memorandum. 

10.7.    Transactions with Affiliates.  

        The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any Material transaction or Material group of related transactions
(including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary),
except pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company's or such Subsidiary's business and upon terms that are no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in an
arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate. 

11.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT.  

        An "Event of Default" shall exist if any of the following conditions or events shall occur and be continuing: 

        (a)  the
Company defaults in the payment of any principal or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or
at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or 

        (b)  the
Company defaults in the payment of any interest on any Note for more than five Business Days after such payment becomes due and payable; or 

        (c)  the
Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Sections 10.1 to 10.5, inclusive; or 

        (d)  the
Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
this Section 11) and such default is not remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual knowledge of such default and (ii) the
Company receiving written notice of such default from any holder of a Note (any such written notice to be identified as a "notice of default" and to refer specifically to this paragraph (d) of
Section 11); or 

        (e)  any
representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or in any writing furnished in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or 

        (f)    (i) the
Company or any Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal of or premium or
make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $10,000,000 beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or
(ii) the Company or any Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least
$10,000,000 or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence of such 

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default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared due and payable before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment; or 

        (g)  the
Company or any Material Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, (ii) files, or
consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents to the appointment
of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be
liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or 

        (h)  a
court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any Material Subsidiary, a custodian, receiver,
trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or
reorganization or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction, or ordering the dissolution, winding-up
or liquidation of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, or any such petition shall be filed against the Company or any Material Subsidiary and such petition shall not be dismissed within
60 days; or 

        (i)    a
final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $10,000,000 are rendered against one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days after the expiration of such stay; or 

        (j)    if
(i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or
extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be
filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) the aggregate "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18)
of ERISA) under all Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, shall exceed $5,000,000, (iv) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to
incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws
from any Multiemployer Plan, or (vi) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner
that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, either individually or together
with any other such event or events, would reasonably be expected to have a Materially Adverse Effect. 

As
used in Section 11(j), the terms "employee benefit plan" and "employee welfare benefit plan"
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA. 

12.    REMEDIES ON DEFAULT, ETC.  

12.1.    Acceleration.  

        (a)  If
an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in paragraph (g) or (h) of Section 11 (other than an Event of Default described in
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clause (vi) of paragraph (g) by virtue of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of paragraph (g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall
automatically become immediately due and payable. 

        (b)  If
any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Majority Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare
all the Notes then outstanding to be immediately due and payable. 

        (c)  If
any Event of Default described in paragraph (a) or (b) of Section 11 has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the time
outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company, declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable. 

        Upon
any Notes becoming due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the entire unpaid principal amount
of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and (y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount (to the full extent permitted by
applicable law), shall all be immediately due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived. The Company acknowledges, and
the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the
provision for payment of a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default, is intended to provide
compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances. 

12.2.    Other Remedies.  

        If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become or have been declared immediately due and
payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate
proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note, or for an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or otherwise. 

12.3.    Rescission.  

        At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of Section 12.1, the Required Holders, by
written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and
Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and
Make-Whole Amount, if any, and (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) all Events of Default and Defaults,
other than the non-payment of
amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (c) no judgment or decree has been entered for the
payment of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any
right consequent thereon. 

12.4.    No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, etc.  

        No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise
prejudice such holder's rights, powers or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement or by any Note upon any holder 

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thereof shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations
of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in
any enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including without limitation reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses and disbursements. 

13.    REGISTRATION; EXCHANGE; SUBSTITUTION OF NOTES.  

13.1.    Registration of Notes.  

        The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers of Notes. The name and address of each
holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer, the Person in whose name any Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice
or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of
all registered holders of Notes. 

13.2.    Transfer and Exchange of Notes.  

        Upon surrender of any Note at the principal executive office of the Company for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for
registration of transfer, accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder's attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address for notices of each transferee of
such Note or part thereof), within five Business Days thereafter the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company's expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the
holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person as such holder
may request. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note if no interest
shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be
transferred in denominations of less than $100,000, provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes or a Note delivered at Closing, one
Note may be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation
set forth in Section 6.2. 

13.3.    Replacement of Notes.  

        Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which
evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation), and 

        (a)  in
the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is, or is a nominee for, an original
Purchaser or any other Institutional Investor, such Person's own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or 

        (b)  in
the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, 

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within
five Business Days thereafter the Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to which interest shall have been
paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon. 

14.    PAYMENTS ON NOTES.  

14.1.    Place of Payment.  

        Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable on the Notes shall be made in
New York, New York at the principal office of Citibank, N.A. in such jurisdiction. The Company may at any time thereafter, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes
so long as such place of payment shall be either a principal office of the Company in the United States or a principal office of a bank or trust company in the United States. 

14.2.    Home Office Payment.  

        So long as you or your nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the
Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest by the method and at the address specified for such purpose below your name in
Schedule A, or by such other method or at such other address as you shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of
such Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, you
shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by you or your nominee you will, at your election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid
thereon and the last date to which interest has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2. The Company will afford the
benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee of any Note purchased by you under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement
relating to such Note as you have made in this Section 14.2. 

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   15.    EXPENSES, ETC.  

15.1.    Transaction Expenses.  

        Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys'
fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required, local or other counsel) incurred by you and each Other Purchaser or holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection with
any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement or the Notes (whether or not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including without limitation:
(a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending (or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement or the Notes or in responding to any subpoena
or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information and all subsequent annual and interim filings of documents and financial information related to
this Agreement, with the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor organization succeeding to the authority thereof and (c) the costs
and expenses, including financial advisors' fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection with any work-out or
restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes. The Company will pay, and will save you and each other holder of a Note harmless from, all claims in respect of any fees, costs
or expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those retained by you). 

        In
furtherance of the foregoing, on the date of the Closing the Company will pay or cause to be paid the reasonable fees and disbursements and other charges (including estimated unposted
disbursements and other charges as of the date of the Closing) of your special counsel which are reflected in the statement of such special counsel submitted to the Company at least one Business Day
prior to the date of the Closing. The Company will also pay, promptly upon receipt of supplemental statements therefor, reasonable additional fees, if any, and disbursements and other charges of such
special counsel in connection with the transactions hereby contemplated (including disbursements and other charges unposted as of the date of the Closing to the extent such disbursements and other
charges exceed estimated amounts paid as aforesaid). 

15.2.    Survival.  

        The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or the Notes and the termination of this Agreement. 

16.    SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  

        All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer by you of
any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf
of you or any other holder of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed
representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between you and the
Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. 

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17.    AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  

17.1    Requirements.  

        This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with
(and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Majority Holders, except that (a) no amendment or waiver of any of the provisions of Section 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21, or any
defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective as to you unless consented to by you in writing, and (b) no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of the holder of
each Note at the time outstanding, (i) subject to the provisions of Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment of principal
of, or reduce the rate of interest or change the time of payment or method of computation of interest or of the Make-Whole Amount on, the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the
principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or waiver, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8, 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20. 

17.2.    Solicitation of Holders of Notes.  

        (a)  Solicitation. The Company will provide each holder of the Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it)
with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance of the date a decision is required, to enable such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect to any proposed amendment,
waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes. The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 17 to each holder of outstanding Notes promptly following the date on which it is executed and delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite
holders of Notes. 

        (b)  Payment. The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of
supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security, to any holder of Notes as consideration for or as an inducement to such holder's consideration of or entering into any
waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions hereof unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted, on the same terms, ratably to each holder of Notes
then outstanding even if such holder did not consent to such waiver or amendment. 

17.3.    Binding Effect, etc.  

        Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 applies equally to all holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future
holder of any Note and upon the Company without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend to or affect any obligation,
covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and the holder of any Note nor any
delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any holder of such Note. As used herein, the term "this
Agreement" and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. 

17.4.    Notes held by Company, etc.  

        Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or
consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under this Agreement or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in the Notes to be taken upon the direction of
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percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be outstanding. 

18.    NOTICES.  

        All notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of
such notice by a recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), or (c) by a recognized
overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid). Any such notice must be sent: 

        (i)    if
to you or your nominee, to you or it at the address specified for such communications in Schedule A, or at such other address as you or it shall have specified
to the Company in writing, 

        (ii)  if
to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing, or 

        (iii)  if
to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the Treasurer, or at such other address as the Company shall
have specified to the holder of each Note in writing. 

Notices
under this Section 18 will be deemed given only when actually received. 

19.    REPRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS.  

        This Agreement and all documents relating thereto, including, without limitation, (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed,
(b) documents received by you at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other information previously or hereafter furnished to you, may
be reproduced by you by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic or other similar process and you may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees
and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or
not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made by you in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction
shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the
Company or any other holder of Notes from contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate the inaccuracy of any such
reproduction. 

20.    CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  

        For the purposes of this Section 20, "Confidential Information" means information delivered to you by or on
behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled
or otherwise adequately identified when received by you as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was
publicly known or otherwise known to you prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by you or any person acting on your behalf,
(c) otherwise becomes known to you other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to you under Section 7.1 that
are otherwise publicly available. You will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by you in good faith to protect confidential information
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directors, officers, trustees, employees, agents, attorneys and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by your Notes),
(ii) your financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree or whose duties require them to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms
of this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which you sell or offer to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation
therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20), (v) any Person from which you offer
to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Section 20),
(vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over you, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, or any nationally
recognized rating agency that requires access to information about your investment portfolio or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate
(w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to you, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation
to which you are a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent you may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in
the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under your Notes and this Agreement. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by
and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note
of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter
into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this Section 20. 

21.    SUBSTITUTION OF PURCHASER.  

        You shall have the right to substitute any one of your Affiliates as the purchaser of the Notes that you have agreed to purchase hereunder, by written notice to
the Company, which notice shall be signed by both you and such Affiliate, shall contain such Affiliate's agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Affiliate of
the accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, wherever the word "you" is used in this Agreement (other than in this
Section 22), such word shall be deemed to refer to such Affiliate in lieu of you. In the event that such Affiliate is so substituted as a purchaser hereunder and such Affiliate thereafter
transfers to you all of the Notes then held by such Affiliate, upon receipt by the Company of notice of such transfer, wherever the word "you" is used in this Agreement, such word shall no longer be
deemed to refer to such Affiliate, but shall refer to you, and you shall have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement. 

22.    MISCELLANEOUS.  

22.1.    Successors and Assigns.  

        All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns (including without limitation any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not. 

22.2.    Construction.  

        Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent of each other covenant contained herein, so that
compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision) be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken
by any Person, or which such Person 

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is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such Person. 

22.3.    Jurisdiction and Process.  

        (a)  The
Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive in personam jurisdiction of any New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably waives and
agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the in personam jurisdiction of any such court,
any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. 

        (b)  The
Company irrevocably consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 22.3(a) by mailing a copy thereof
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Company at its address specified in Section 18, or at such other address of which you shall then have been
notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, such service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service
of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to the Company. Notices hereunder shall be
conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt furnished by the United States Postal Service or any reputable commercial delivery service. 

        (c)  Nothing
in this Section 23.3 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit any right that the holders
of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any
other jurisdiction. 

        (d)  THE
COMPANY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BROUGHT ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER AGREEMENTS, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT EXECUTED IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH OR THEREWITH. 

22.4.    Payments Due on Non-Business Days.  

        Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding (but without limiting the requirements in Section 8 that notices in respect of
prepayments specify a Business Day as the date fixed for such prepayment), any payment of principal of or Make-Whole Amount (if any) or interest on any Note that is due on a date other
than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day. 

22.5.    Severability.  

        Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 

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22.6.    Accounting Terms.  

        All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, all computations made pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP and all balance sheets and other financial statements with respect
thereto shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any consolidated financial statement or financial computation shall be done in accordance with
GAAP; and, if at the time that any such statement or computation is required to be made the Company shall not have any Subsidiary, such terms shall mean a financial statement or a financial
computation, as the case may be, with respect to the Company only. 

22.7.    Counterparts.  

        This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each
counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. 

22.8.    Governing Law.  

        This Agreement and the Notes shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the laws of the State of New
York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State. 

        If
you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the form of agreement in the space below provided on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon the
foregoing shall become a binding agreement between you and the Company. 

	 	 	Very truly yours,
	
 	
 	

IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED
	

 	
 	
By:	

/s/  JACK R. WALSH      
 Title: Treasurer
	

 	
 	

By:	

/s/  ROBERT H. STEINFELD      
 Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel

& Corporate Secretary

The
foregoing is hereby agreed to as of the date thereof. 

	

[NAME]	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

By	
 	

 Title:	
 	

 	
 	

 

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   SCHEDULE A  

        Schedule A shows the names and addresses of the purchasers under the foregoing Note Purchase Agreement and the Other Agreements referred to in
Section 2 thereof and the principal amounts of Notes to be purchased by each. 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	
 	

$27,500,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "IMS Health Incorporated 4.60% Senior Notes due
January            , 2008, PPN 449934 A* 9, premium or interest"), to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, New York

Account No. 002-2-410591

ABA #021000021

for credit to: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Investments, Private Placements

10 Park Avenue

PO Box 1902

Morristown, NJ 07962-1902

Attention: Director

Fax: 973-355-4250	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Chief Counsel—Securities Investments (PRIV)

Fax: 973-355-4338	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Tax Identification Number: 13-5581829	
 	

 

A-1

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

METLIFE INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY	
 	

$10,000,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds (identifying each payment as "IMS Health Incorporated 4.60% Senior Notes due
January            , 2008, PPN 449934 A* 9, premium or interest"), to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

New York, New York

Account No. 002-2-410591

ABA #021000021

for credit to: MetLife Investors Insurance Company	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

MetLife Investors Insurance Company

c/o Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Investments, Private Placements

10 Park Avenue

PO Box 1902

Morristown, NJ 07962-1902

Attention: Director

Fax: 973-355-4250	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Chief Counsel—Securities Investments (PRIV)

Fax: 973-355-4338	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Tax Identification Number: 43-1236042	
 	

 

A-2

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	
 	

$15,000,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the due date to	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JP Morgan Chase Bank

New York, New York 10019

ABA No. 021-000-021

for the account of New York Life Insurance Company, General Account No. 008-9-00687	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including issuer, interest rate, maturity, PPN 449934 A* 9 and whether payment is of principal, premium or interest) to identify the source and application of such funds.	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payments:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance Company

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Financial Management and Operations Group,

Securities Operations, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4160	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Address for all other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance Company

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Securities Investment Group

Private Finance, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4122	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy of any notice of Default or Event of Default to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance Company

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Office of the General Counsel,

Investment Section, Room 1104

Telecopy: (212) 576-8340	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification Number: 13-5582869	
 	

 

A-3

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION	
 	

$22,000,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the due date to	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JP Morgan Chase Bank

New York, New York 10019

ABA No. 021-000-021

for the account of New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, General Account No. 323-8-47382	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including issuer, interest rate, maturity, PPN 449934 A* 9 and whether payment is of principal, premium or interest) to identify the source and application of such funds.	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payments:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Financial Management and Operations Group,

Securities Operations, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4160	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Address for all other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Securities Investment Group

Private Finance, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4122	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy of any notice of Default or Event of Default to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Office of the General Counsel,

Investment Section, Room 1104

Telecopy: (212) 576-8340	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification Number: 13-3044743	
 	

 

A-4

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY CORPORATION INSTITUTIONALLY OWNED LIFE INSURANCE SEPARATE ACCOUNT	
 	

$500,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire or intrabank transfer of immediately available funds prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the due date to	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JP Morgan Chase Bank

New York, New York 10019

ABA No. 021-000-021

Credit: NYLIAC SEPARATE BOLI 3 BROAD FIXED

General Account No. 323-8-39002	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including issuer, interest rate, maturity, PPN 449934 A* 9 and whether payment is of principal, premium or interest) to identify the source and application of such funds.	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payments:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Financial Management and Operations Group,

Securities Operations, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4160	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Address for all other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account

c/o New York Life Investment Management LLC

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Securities Investment Group

Private Finance, 2nd Floor

Telecopy: (212) 447-4122	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy of any notice of Default or Event of Default to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation

Institutionally Owned Life Insurance Separate Account

51 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10010-1603

Attn: Office of the General Counsel,

Investment Section, Room 1104

Telecopy: (212) 576-8340	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification Number: 13-3044743	
 	

 

A-5

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(I/N/O OKGBD & CO.)	
 	

$22,500,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments by wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

ABA #021-001-033

Bankers Trust Company

New York, NY

Re: SunAmerica Life Insurance Company

A/C: 99-911-145

FFC: A/C 099530

OBI=PPN # and Prin: $                  Int:
$                  	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including the PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Deutsche Bank

Attn: James Germain

648 Grassmere Business Park, MS 7204

Nashville, TN 37211

Phone: 615-835-2465

Fax: 615-835-2493	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Duplicate payment notices and all other correspondences (including financial reports) to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Attn: Private Placement Dept, A36-04

PO Box 3247

Houston, TX 77253-3247	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Legal Department-Investment Management

2929 Allen Parkway, Suite A36-01

Houston, TX 77019-2155

Fax: 713-831-2328	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 13-3020293

Tax Identification No. for SunAmerica Life Insurance Company: 52-0502540	
 	

 

A-6

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

FIRST SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

(I/N/O OKGBD & CO.)	
 	

$10,000,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments by wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

ABA #021-001-033

Bankers Trust Company

New York, NY

Re: First SunAmerica Life Insurance Company

A/C: 99-911-145

FFC: A/C 099537

OBI=PPN # and Prin: $                  Int:
$                  	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including the PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Deutsche Bank

Attn: James Germain

648 Grassmere Business Park, MS 7204

Nashville, TN 37211

Phone: 615-835-2465

Fax: 615-835-2493	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Duplicate payment notices and all other correspondences (including financial reports) to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Attn: Private Placement Dept, A36-04

PO Box 3247

Houston, TX 77253-3247	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Legal Department-Investment Management

2929 Allen Parkway, Suite A36-01

Houston, TX 77019-2155

Fax: 713-831-2328	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 13-3020293

Tax Identification No. for First SunAmerica Life Insurance Company: 06-0992729	
 	

 

A-7

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

AIG SUNAMERICA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY NON-UNITIZED

(I/N/O OKGBD & CO.)	
 	

$5,000,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments by wire transfer of Federal or other immediately available funds to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

ABA #021-001-033

Bankers Trust Company

New York, NY

Re: AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Company Non-Unitized

A/C: 99-911-145

FFC: A/C 099529

OBI=PPN # and Prin: $                  Int:
$                  	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information to identify the source and application of such funds, including the PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

Address for all notices in respect of payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Deutsche Bank

Attn: James Germain

648 Grassmere Business Park, MS 7204

Nashville, TN 37211

Phone: 615-835-2465

Fax: 615-835-2493	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

Duplicate payment notices and all other correspondences (including financial reports) to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Attn: Private Placement Dept, A36-04

PO Box 3247

Houston, TX 77253-3247	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with a copy to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

AIG Global Investment Corporation

Legal Department-Investment Management

2929 Allen Parkway, Suite A36-01

Houston, TX 77019-2155

Fax: 713-831-2328	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 13-3020293

Tax Identification No. for AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Company Non-Unitized: 86-0198983	
 	

 

A-8

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY

(I/N/O TRAL & CO.)	
 	

$25,700,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of federal or other immediately available funds, to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA No. 021000021

for credit to Account No. 910-2-587434	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including interest rate and maturity) to identify the issue to which the payment relates and the source and application of such funds, including the amount of principal, interest and premium and the
PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

All notices with respect to payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

The Travelers Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Cashier

fax: 860-277-7941	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

All other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

The Travelers Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Private Placements

fax: 860-277-5243	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 06-0566090	
 	

 

A-9

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

THE TRAVELERS LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

(I/N/O TRAL & CO.)	
 	

$9,600,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of federal or other immediately available funds, to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA No. 021000021	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

for credit to Account No. 910-2-587434	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including interest rate and maturity) to identify the issue to which the payment relates and the source and application of such funds, including the amount of principal, interest and premium and the
PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

All notices with respect to payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

The Travelers Life and Annuity Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Cashier

fax: 860-277-7941	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

All other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

The Travelers Life and Annuity Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Private Placements

fax: 860-277-5243	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 06-0904249	
 	

 

A-10

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	

PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	
 	

$1,900,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of federal or other immediately available funds, to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA No. 021000021	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

for credit to Account No. 910-2-587434	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including interest rate and maturity) to identify the issue to which the payment relates and the source and application of such funds, including the amount of principal, interest and premium and the
PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

All notices with respect to payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Primerica Life Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Cashier

fax: 860-277-7941	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

All other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Primerica Life Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Private Placements

fax: 860-277-5243	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 04-1590590	
 	

 

A-11

 

	Name and Address of Purchaser
 
	 	Principal Amount
 

	NATIONAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	 	$300,000
	

(1)	
 	

All payments on account of the Notes shall be made by wire transfer of federal or other immediately available funds, to:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

JPMorgan Chase Bank

ABA No. 021000021	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

for credit to Account No. 910-2-587434	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

with sufficient information (including interest rate and maturity) to identify the issue to which the payment relates and the source and application of such funds, including the amount of principal, interest and premium and the
PPN 449934 A* 9	
 	

 
	

(2)	
 	

All notices with respect to payment:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

National Benefit Life Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Cashier

fax: 860-277-7941	
 	

 
	

(3)	
 	

All other communications:	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

National Benefit Life Insurance Company

242 Trumbull Street

Hartford, CT 06115-0449

Attn: Investment Group—Private Placements

fax: 860-277-5243	
 	

 
	

(4)	
 	

Tax Identification No.: 23-1618791	
 	

 

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SCHEDULE B  

 
 

DEFINED TERMS    
  

        As used herein, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term: 

        "Affiliate" means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person. As used in this definition, "Control" means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to an "Affiliate" is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company. 

        "Business Day" means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed. 

        "Closing" is defined in Section 3. 

        "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from
time to time. 

        "Company" is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement. 

        "Confidential Information" is defined in Section 20. 

        "Consolidated Total Assets" means as of any particular time all assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, all as consolidated and
determined in accordance with GAAP. 

        "Consolidated Total Debt" means as of any particular time and after eliminating inter-company items, all Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries, all as consolidated and determined in accordance with GAAP, but shall not include Hedging Agreements. 

        "Default" means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
become an Event of Default. 

        "Default Rate" means that rate per annum of interest that is the greater of (i) 5.60% and (ii) 1% above the rate of interest
publicly announced by Citibank, N.A. from time to time at its principal office in New York City as its base or prime rate. 

        "Disclosure Documents" is defined in Section 5.3. 

        "EBITDA" means for any period the Company and its Subsidiaries' income before income taxes  plus (a) Interest Expense, (b) depreciation and amortization expense,
 (c) income (or minus loss) from discontinued operations and
(d) charges for the in-process, research and development related to an acquisition, all as the same are or would be set forth in a consolidated statement of the income of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP. 

        "Environmental Laws" means any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials
into the environment, including but not limited to those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems. 

B-1

 

        "ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder from time to time in effect. 

        "ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company
under section 414 of the Code. 

        "Event of Default" is defined in Section 11. 

        "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

        "Fiscal Quarter" means any quarter of a Fiscal Year. 

        "Fiscal Year" means any period of twelve consecutive calendar months ending on December 31. 

        "Fixed Charges" means for any period with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the
sum for such period of (a) Interest Expense plus (b) scheduled principal payments made on Indebtedness classified as "long-term" plus (c) capital expenditures plus
(d) additions to computer software; and for such purpose capital expenditures and additions to computer software are items that would appear on a consolidated statement of cash flows for such
period. 

        "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America. 

        "Governmental Authority" means 

	(a)
	the
government of

	(i)
	the
United States of America or any State or other political subdivision thereof, or

	(ii)
	any
jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of
the Company or any Subsidiary, or 

	(b)
	any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such government. 

        "Guaranty" means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including without limitation obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, by such Person: 

	(a)
	to
purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;

	(b)
	to
advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working capital or other balance sheet condition
or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;

	(c)
	to
lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of any other Person to make
payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or

	(d)
	otherwise
to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof. 

        In
any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be
assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor. 

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        "Hazardous Material" means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or any other substances that might pose a hazard to health or
safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage, handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release,
discharge, spillage, seepage, or filtration of which is or shall be restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law (including without limitation asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation
and polycholorinated biphenyls). 

        "Hedging Agreements" means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap
agreements, currency future or option contracts, commodity agreements and other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or
commodity values. 

        "holder" means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company
pursuant to Section 13.1. 

        "Indebtedness" means, as to any Person, at a particular time without duplication, 

	(a)
	all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or on account of advances made to such Person or for the deferred purchase price of property (excluding accounts payable to trade
creditors for goods and services which are incurred in the ordinary course of business and on customary trade terms), in respect of which such Person is liable or evidenced by any bond, debenture,
note or other instrument;

	(b)
	indebtedness
arising under acceptance facilities and the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn
thereunder;

	(c)
	all
liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though it has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof;

	(d)
	obligations
under leases which have been, or under GAAP are required to be, capitalized;

	(e)
	all
indebtedness of others with respect to which such Person has provided a Guaranty or otherwise has agreed to become directly or indirectly liable; and

	(f)
	all
obligations under Hedging Agreements. 

        "Institutional Investor" means (a) any original purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding more than 1% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and (c) any bank, trust company, savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company,
any mutual fund, any insurance company, any broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form. 

        "Interest Expense" means for any period the total interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined, as the same would be
set forth in a consolidated statement of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP. 

        "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financial
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction in
respect of any of the foregoing). 

        "Majority Holders" means, at any time, the holders of at least a majority of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates). 

        "Make-Whole Amount" is defined in Section 8.7. 

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        "Material" means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 

        "Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets or
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes or (c) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes. 

        "Material Subsidiary" means, at any time during a Fiscal Quarter, any Subsidiary that is a member of the Material Subsidiary Group; and
"Material Subsidiary Group" means one or more Subsidiaries that, in the aggregate with the Company, 

	(g)
	accounted
for at least 85% of consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter ending immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination
is made, and

	(h)
	have
assets which represent at least 85% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending immediately preceding the date as of which any such determination
is made, 

all
of which, with respect to clauses (a) and (b) shall be as reflected on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such preceding Fiscal Quarter, or
as of the last day of such Fiscal Quarter, in respect of such Fiscal Quarter, provided that the Material Subsidiary Group shall in any event include each Subsidiary that accounted for at least 5% of
consolidated revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries or at least 5% of Consolidated Total Assets, in each case determined as aforesaid. The determination of the Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
comprising the Material Subsidiary Group as of any date shall be made on the basis of a group consisting of the smallest number of Subsidiaries necessary to comprise the Material Subsidiary Group. 

        "Memorandum" is defined in Section 5.3. 

        "Multiemployer Plan" means any Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA). 

        "Notes" is defined in Section 1. 

        "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities
extend to the subject matter of such certificate. 

        "Other Agreements" is defined in Section 2. 

        "Other Purchasers" is defined in Section 2. 

        "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any successor thereto. 

        "Person" or "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof. 

        "Plan" means an "employee benefit plan" (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that is or, within the preceding five years, has been
established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability. 

        "Preferred Stock" means any class of capital stock of a corporation that is preferred over any other class of capital stock of such
corporation as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of such corporation. 

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        "property" or "properties" means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal
property of any kind, tangible or intangible, inchoate or otherwise. 

        "QPAM Exemption" means Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 issued by the United States Department of Labor. 

        "Required Holders" means, at any time, the holders of at least 662/3% in principal amount of the Notes at the time
outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates). 

        "Responsible Officer" means any Senior Financial Officer and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration
of the subject matter of the relevant portion of this Agreement. 

        "Sale" means any sale, transfer, assignment, lease, conveyance, exchange, swap or other disposition. 

        "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. 

        "Senior Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company. 

        "Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in which such Person or one or more of its
Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, to elect a
majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such
Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of
such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a "Subsidiary" is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company. 

        "Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" or "Wholly-Owned Material Subsidiary" means, at any time, any
Subsidiary or Material Subsidiary all of the equity interests (except directors' qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company's other
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time. 

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Exhibit 10.44  

  

Employment Agreement for David M. Thomas

As Amended and Restated at December 3, 2002 

  

 
 

IMS HEALTH, INC.    
    
    Employment Agreement for David M. Thomas    
    
    As Amended and Restated at December 3, 2002    
    

	 
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	1. Employment	 	1
	

2. Term	
 	

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3. Offices and Duties	
 	

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(a) Generally	
 	

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	 	(b) Place of Employment	 	2
	 	(c) Rank of Executive Within Company	 	2
	

4. Salary and Annual Incentive Compensation.	
 	

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(a) Base Salary	
 	

2
	 	(b) Annual Incentive Compensation	 	2
	

5. Long-Term Compensation, Including Restricted Stock, Stock Options, and Benefits,

    Deferred Compensation, and Expense Reimbursement	
 	

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(a) Executive Compensation Plans	
 	

3
	 	(b) Employee and Executive Benefit Plans	 	3
	 	(c) Acceleration of Awards Upon a Change in Control	 	4
	 	(d) Deferral of Compensation	 	4
	 	(e) Reimbursement of Expenses	 	5
	 	(f) Corporate Aircraft	 	5
	 	(g) Company Registration Obligations	 	5
	

6. Termination Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability	
 	

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(a) Retirement	
 	

5
	 	(b) Death	 	6
	 	(c) Disability	 	6
	 	(d) Other Terms of Payment Following Retirement, Death, or Disability	 	8
	

7. Termination of Employment For Reasons Other Than Retirement, Death, or Disability	
 	

8
	 	(a) Termination by the Company for Cause	 	8
	 	(b) Termination by Executive Other Than For Good Reason	 	8
	 	(c) Termination by the Company Without Cause Prior to a Change in Control	 	8
	 	(d) Termination by Executive for Good Reason Prior to a Change in Control	 	10
	 	(e) Termination by the Company Without Cause After a Change in Control	 	12
	 	(f) Termination by Executive for Good Reason After a Change in Control	 	15
	 	(g) Other Terms Relating to Certain Terminations of Employment	 	16

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8. Definitions Relating to Termination Events	
 	

16
	 	(a) "Cause"	 	16
	 	(b) "Change in Control"	 	17
	 	(c) "Compensation Accrued at Termination"	 	18
	 	(d) "Disability"	 	18
	 	(e) "Good Reason"	 	18
	 	(f) "Potential Change in Control"	 	19
	 	(g) "Special SERP Benefit".	 	19
	

9. Rabbi Trust Obligation Upon Potential Change in Control; Excise Tax-Related

    Provisions	
 	

19
	 	(a) Rabbi Trust Funded Upon Potential Change in Control	 	19
	 	(b) Gross-up If Excise Tax Would Apply	 	20
	

10. Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure; Executive Cooperation; Non-Disparagement	
 	

21
	 	(a) Non-Competition	 	21
	 	(b) Non-Disclosure; Ownership of Work	 	22
	 	(c) Cooperation With Regard to Litigation	 	22
	 	(d) Non-Disparagement	 	22
	 	(e) Release of Employment Claims	 	22
	 	(f) Forfeiture of Outstanding Options	 	22
	 	(g) Survival	 	23
	

11. Governing Law; Disputes; Arbitration	
 	

23
	 	(a) Governing Law	 	23
	 	(b) Reimbursement of Expenses in Enforcing Rights	 	23
	 	(c) Arbitration	 	23
	 	(d) Interest on Unpaid Amounts	 	23
	

12. Miscellaneous	
 	

23
	 	(a) Integration	 	23
	 	(b) Successors; Transferability	 	24
	 	(c) Beneficiaries	 	24
	 	(d) Notices	 	24
	 	(e) Reformation	 	25
	 	(f) Headings	 	25
	 	(g) No General Waivers	 	25
	 	(h) No Obligation To Mitigate	 	25
	 	(i) Offsets; Withholding	 	25
	 	(j) Successors and Assigns	 	25
	 	(k) Counterparts	 	25
	 	(l) Due Authority and Execution	 	25
	 	(m) Representations of Executive	 	25
	

13. Indemnification	
 	

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IMS HEALTH, INC.    
  

Employment
Agreement for David M. Thomas

As Amended and Restated at December 3, 2002

        THIS
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between IMS HEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and David M. Thomas ("Executive") shall become effective as of
November 14, 2000 (the "Effective Date"). The amendment and restatement of this Employment Agreement (the "Agreement") shall become effective as of December 3, 2002. 

 
 

W I T N E S S E T H    
  

        WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ Executive as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Executive desires to accept such
employment on the terms and conditions herein set forth. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which the Company and
Executive each hereby acknowledge, the Company and Executive hereby agree as follows: 

        1.    Employment.

        The
Company hereby agrees to employ Executive as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Executive hereby agrees to accept such employment and serve in such
capacities, during the Term as defined in Section 2 (subject to Section 7(c) and 7(e)) and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Prior to October 7, 2002,
Executive served as President of the Company, which office and title he relinquished with his consent. 

        2.    Term.

        The
term of employment of Executive under this Agreement (the "Term") shall be the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on December 31, 2003 and any period of
extension thereof in accordance with this Section 2, except that the Term will end at a date, prior to the end of such period or extension thereof, specified in Section 6 or 7 in the
event of termination of Executive's employment. The Term, if not previously ended, shall be extended automatically without further action by either party by one additional year (added to the end of
the Term) first on December 31, 2003 (extending the Term to December 31, 2004) and on each succeeding December 31 thereafter, unless either party shall have served written notice
in accordance with Section 12(d) upon the other party on or within 90 days before the December 31 extension date electing not to extend the Term further as of that
December 31 extension date, in which case employment shall terminate on that December 31 and the Term shall end at that date, subject to earlier termination of employment and earlier
termination of the Term in accordance with Section 6 or 7. The foregoing notwithstanding, in the event there occurs a Potential Change in Control during the period of 180 days prior to
the December 31 on which the Term will terminate as a result of notice given by Executive hereunder, the Term shall be extended automatically at that December 31 by an additional period
such that the Term will extend until the 180th day following such Potential Change in Control. 

        3.    Offices and Duties.

        The
provisions of this Section 3 will apply during the Term, except as otherwise provided in Section 7(c) and 7(e): 

        (a)    Generally.    Executive shall serve as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and
shall be nominated and, if elected, shall serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and, for so long as he is serving on the Board, Executive agrees to serve as a member
of any Board committee if the Board shall elect Executive to such committee. In any and all such capacities, Executive shall report only to the Board of Directors of the Company. Executive shall have
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customary for the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of a publicly held corporation of the size, type, and nature of the Company as they may exist from time to time and consistent with
such position and status, but in no event shall such duties, responsibilities, and authorities be reduced from those of Executive or his predecessor at the Effective Date. Executive shall devote his
full business time and attention, and his best efforts, abilities, experience, and talent, to the positions of Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer and for the businesses of the Company without commitment to other business endeavors, except that Executive (i) may make personal investments which are not
in conflict with his duties to the Company and manage personal and family financial and legal affairs, (ii) may serve as a member of the board of directors of Fortune Brands, Inc., The
MONY Group, Inc., Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, The TriZetto Group, Inc. and EZGOV.com.Inc., (iii) undertake public speaking engagements, and (iv) serve as a
director of (or similar position with) any other business or an educational, charitable, community, civic, religious, or similar type of organization with the approval of the Board of Directors of the
Company, so long as such activities (i.e., those listed in clauses (i) through (iv)) do not preclude or render unlawful Executive's employment or service to the Company or otherwise materially
inhibit the performance of Executive's duties under this Agreement or impair the business of the Company or its subsidiaries. 

        (b)    Place of Employment.    Executive's principal place of employment shall be at the Company's principal executive
offices in Fairfield, Connecticut; Executive has consented to the move of the Company's principal executive offices to that location from Westport, Connecticut. 

        (c)    Rank of Executive Within Company.    As Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
Executive shall be the highest-ranking executive of the Company. 

        4.    Salary and Annual Incentive Compensation.

        As
partial compensation for the services to be rendered hereunder by Executive, the Company agrees to pay to Executive during the Term the compensation set forth in this
Section 4. 

        (a)    Base Salary.    The Company will pay to Executive during the Term a base salary the annual rate of which in
2000 and 2001 shall be $750,000, payable commencing at the beginning of the Term in accordance with the Company's usual payroll practices with respect to senior executives (except to the extent
deferred under Section 5(d)). Executive's annual base salary shall be reviewed by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of the Board (the "Committee") on January 1 of each year of the
Term, beginning on January 1, 2002, and may be increased above, but may not be reduced below, the then-current rate of such base salary. For purposes of this Agreement, "Base
Salary" means Executive's then-current base salary. 

        (b)    Annual Incentive Compensation.    The Company will pay to Executive during the Term annual incentive
compensation which shall offer to Executive an opportunity to earn additional compensation based upon performance in amounts determined by the Committee in accordance with the applicable plan and
consistent with past practices of the Company; provided, however, that the annual target incentive opportunity shall be 100% of Base Salary for achievement of target level performance, with the nature
of the performance and the levels of performance triggering payments of such annual target incentive compensation for each year to be established after consultation with Executive and communicated to
Executive during the first quarter of such year by the Committee provided that Executive shall receive an annual incentive payment of no less than $750,000 for 2001 (with a matching award of
Restricted
Stock Units ("PERS") under the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Program. In addition, the Committee (or the Board) may determine, in its discretion, to increase Executive's annual target incentive
opportunity or provide an additional annual incentive opportunity, in excess of the annual target incentive opportunity, payable for performance in excess of or in addition to the performance required
for payment of the annual target incentive amount. Any annual incentive compensation payable to Executive shall be paid in accordance with the Company's usual practices with 

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respect to payment of incentive compensation to senior executives (except to the extent deferred under Section 5(d)). 

        5.    Long-Term Compensation, Including Restricted Stock, Stock Options, and Benefits, Deferred Compensation, and Expense
Reimbursement.

        (a)    Executive Compensation Plans.    Executive shall be entitled during the Term to participate, without
discrimination or duplication, in all executive compensation plans and programs intended for general participation by senior executives of the Company, as presently in effect or as they may be
modified or added to by the Company from time to time, subject to the eligibility and other requirements of such plans and programs (provided that for purposes of eligibility and benefit participation
levels under these programs that are not tax-qualified or otherwise subject to nondiscrimination requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Executive shall be given
full service credit for service with IBM Corporation ("Past Service Credit") and, with respect to any other plans and/or programs, Past Service Credit so long as the tax qualified and/or
non-discriminatory status is not jeopardized), including without limitation any stock option plans, plans under which restricted stock/restricted stock units, PERS or
performance-accelerated restricted stock/restricted stock units may be awarded, other annual and long-term cash and/or equity incentive plans, and deferred compensation plans. 

        In
furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing: 

	(i)
	The
Company shall grant Executive as of the Effective Date 100,000 Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Company's
Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, effective July 20, 1999, as amended from time to time ("1998 Plan") (the "Initial RSU Grant"). The Initial RSU Grant shall vest on the first
anniversary of the date of grant (or the earlier termination of Executive without Cause or for Good Reason)

	(ii)
	The
Company shall grant to Executive stock options (the "Initial Options") to acquire 1,000,000 common shares of the Company, par value $.01 per share
(the "Company Common Stock"). The Initial Options shall be granted as of the Effective Date under the 1998 Plan, shall have an exercise price per share equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in
the 1998 Plan) of the Company Common Stock on the date of grant, shall vest and become fully exercisable on the first anniversary of the date of grant (or the earlier termination of Executive without
Cause or for Good Reason) and shall provide for an exercise period equal to (x) the remaining option term of ten years from date of grant for so long as
Executive remains employed or (y) upon Executive's termination of employment without Cause or for Good Reason, the shorter of the remaining option term or three years from date of termination.

	(iii)
	The
Initial RSU Grant and Initial Options shall satisfy any stock ownership guidelines applicable to Executive through December 31, 2003.

	(iv)
	The
Company shall grant Executive as of the first anniversary of the Effective Date an additional 100,000 RSUs pursuant to and subject to the terms of
the 1998 Plan or such other plan as may be designated by the Committee (the "2001 RSU Grant"). The 2001 RSU Grant shall vest as to one-third of the RSUs on each of the first, second and
third anniversary date of grant (or the earlier termination of Executive without Cause or for Good Reason). 

        (b)    Employee and Executive Benefit Plans.    Executive shall be entitled during the Term to participate, without
discrimination or duplication, in all employee and executive benefit plans and programs of the Company, as presently in effect or as they may be modified or added to by the Company from time to time,
to the extent such plans are available to other senior executives or employees of the Company, subject to the eligibility and other requirements of such plans and programs, including without
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and other retirement benefits, medical insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and accidental death or dismemberment insurance, as well as savings, profit-sharing, and stock ownership plans,
provided that such benefit plans and programs, in the aggregate, shall provide Executive with benefits and compensation substantially no less favorable than those provided by the Company to Executive
under such plans and programs as in effect on the Effective Date. Additionally, Executive shall be eligible to participate in and receive benefits under the Company's Employee Protection Plan ("EPP"). 

        In
furtherance of and not in limitation of the foregoing, during the Term: 

	(i)
	Executive
will participate as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer in all executive and employee vacation and time-off
programs; provided that Executive shall be entitled to a minimum of 25 vacation days annually;

	(ii)
	Executive
will be entitled to retirement benefits substantially no less favorable than those under the defined benefit pension plans and programs of the
Company, including the IMS Health Incorporated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"), as in effect on the Effective Date (subject to such enhancement to benefits as are provided
hereunder, including Sections 7(e) and (f)); provided, however, that, the provisions of the SERP notwithstanding, (A) for vesting purposes under the SERP, Executive shall be credited with
28 years of "Service," based on his prior employment with IBM Corporation and (B) Executive shall be entitled to the greater of (x) the "Retirement Benefit" as
determined under the SERP without modification by this Agreement (other than clause (A) above) and (y) the "Special SERP Benefit" as defined in Section 8(g). 

        Any
provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement notwithstanding, unless Executive is terminated by the Company for "Cause" (as defined in Section 8(a)) or Executive
terminates voluntarily and not for "Good Reason" (as defined in Section 8(e)), Executive may elect continued participation after termination of employment in the Company's health and medical
coverage for himself and his spouse and dependent children after such coverage would otherwise end for his lifetime (under rules in effect at the Effective Date hereof); provided, however, that in the
event of such election, Executive shall pay the Company each year an amount equal to (i), during the first 18 months after termination (or other applicable period under COBRA), the
then-current annual COBRA premium being paid (or payable) by any other former employee of the Company, and (ii), thereafter, the annual amount payable in accordance with standard payment
rates applicable to employees who have retired at the date of Executive's termination of employment, except in each case as may be otherwise provided under Section 6 or 7. If Executive's age
and years of service do not qualify him for full benefits under the Company's retiree health benefits plan, Executive and his spouse and qualifying dependents shall be entitled to the same benefits as
would have been provided if Executive's age and years of service had qualified for full benefits under such plan. 

        (c)    Acceleration of Awards Upon a Change in Control.    In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in
Section 8(b)), or as otherwise provided for hereunder, all outstanding stock options, restricted stock, RSUs and other equity-based awards then held by Executive shall become vested and
exercisable. 

        (d)    Deferral of Compensation.    If the Company has in effect or adopts any deferral program or arrangement
permitting executives to elect to defer any compensation, Executive will be eligible to participate in such program on terms no less favorable than the terms of participation of any other senior
executive officer of the Company. Any plan or program of the Company which provides benefits based on the level of salary, annual incentive, or other compensation of Executive shall, in determining
Executive's benefits, take into account the amount of salary, annual incentive, or other compensation prior to any reduction for voluntary contributions made by Executive under any deferral or similar
contributory plan or program of the Company, but shall not treat any payout or settlement under such a deferral or similar contributory plan or program to be additional salary, annual incentive, or
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compensation for purposes of determining such benefits, unless otherwise expressly provided under such plan or program. 

        (e)    Reimbursement of Expenses.    The Company will promptly reimburse Executive for all reasonable business
expenses and disbursements incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive's duties during the Term in accordance with the Company's reimbursement policies as in effect from time to time. 

        (f)    Corporate Aircraft.    Executive and his immediate family shall be entitled to use Company aircraft for all
business and reasonable personal travel, except that Executive shall use commercial aircraft (first class for international flights and domestic flights in excess of 2 hours; business class for
all other flights) where use of Company aircraft is not practical. Executive shall be responsible for the payment of taxes on imputed income attributable to personal use of Company aircraft, except
that, whenever Executive uses Company aircraft for business purposes and is accompanied by an immediate family member whose use of Company aircraft results in the imputation of income to Executive,
the Company shall pay Executive additional cash compensation in an amount sufficient to allow Executive to pay taxes on (i) such additional compensation, plus (ii) the income imputed to
Executive because of such family member's use of Company aircraft. 

        (g)    Company Registration Obligations.    The Company will use its best efforts to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and thereafter maintain the effectiveness of one or more registration statements registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the offer and sale of
shares by the Company to Executive pursuant to stock options or other equity-based awards granted to Executive under Company plans or otherwise or, if shares are acquired by Executive in a transaction
not involving an offer or sale to Executive but resulting in the acquired shares being "restricted securities" for purposes of the 1933 Act, registering the reoffer and resale of such shares by
Executive. 

        6.    Termination Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability.

        (a)    Retirement.    Executive may elect to terminate employment hereunder by retirement at or after age 60 or at
such earlier age as may be approved by the Board (in either case, "Retirement"). At the time Executive's employment terminates due to Retirement, the Term will terminate, all obligations of the
Company and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease except for obligations which expressly continue after termination of employment due to Retirement, and the
Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination (as defined in Section 8(c));

	(ii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
annual incentive compensation that would have become payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for that year if his employment
had not terminated, based on performance actually achieved in that year (determined by the Committee following completion of the performance year), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the year of termination;

	(iii)
	The
vesting and exercisability of stock options held by Executive at termination and all other terms of such options shall be governed by the plans and
programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted (subject to Section 10(f) hereof); and

	(iv)
	All
restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, all other long-term incentive awards, and all deferral
arrangements under Section 5(d), shall be 

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governed
by the plans and programs under which the awards were granted or governing the deferral, and all rights under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified
by this Agreement. 

        (b)    Death.    In the event of Executive's death which results in the termination of Executive's employment, the
Term will terminate, all obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease except for obligations which expressly continue after death, and
the Company will pay Executive's beneficiary or estate, and Executive's beneficiary or estate will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's death occurred, an amount equal to the annual
incentive compensation that would have become payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for that year if his employment had not
terminated, based on performance actually achieved in that year (determined by the Committee following completion of the performance year), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days Executive was employed in the year of his death and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the year of death;

	(iii)
	The
vesting and exercisability of stock options held by Executive at death and all other terms of such options shall be governed by the plans and
programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted; and

	(iv)
	All
restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, all other long-term incentive awards, and all deferral
arrangements under Section 5(d), shall be governed by the plans and programs under which the awards were granted or governing the deferral, and all rights under the SERP and any other benefit
plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement. 

        (c)    Disability.    The Company may terminate the employment of Executive hereunder due to the Disability (as
defined in Section 8(d)) of Executive. Such employment shall terminate at the expiration of the 30-day period referred to in the definition of Disability set forth in
Section 8(d), unless Executive has returned to service and presented to the Company a certificate of good health prior to such termination as specified in Section 8(d). Upon termination
of employment, the Term will terminate, all
obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease except for obligations which expressly continue after termination of employment due to
Disability, and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
annual incentive compensation that would have become payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for that year if his employment
had not terminated, based on performance actually achieved in that year (determined by the Committee following completion of the performance year), multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the year of termination;

	(iii)
	The
vesting and exercisability of stock options held by Executive at termination and all other terms of such options shall be governed by the plans and
programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted, as modified by this Agreement; 

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	(iv)
	Any
performance objectives upon which the earning of performance-based restricted stock and deferred stock awards and other long-term
incentive awards is conditioned shall be deemed to have been met at target level at the date of termination, and restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and
other long-term incentive awards (to the extent then or previously earned, in the case of performance-based awards) shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable at the date of
such termination, and, in other respects, such awards shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such awards were granted;

	(v)
	Disability
benefits shall be payable in accordance with the Company's plans, programs and policies (including the SERP) as modified by this Agreement,
and all deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral, provided that, if the Company's payment obligation (determined
on a monthly basis) pursuant to Section 7(c)(ii) hereof (the "Section 7(c)(ii) Payments") would have been greater than the monthly payments if Executive's termination of
employment had been treated as a termination by the Company without Cause, Executive shall be entitled to an additional monthly payment equal to the difference between the
Section 7(c)(ii) Payments and the monthly payments due Executive pursuant to this Section 6(c)(v), to the extent of such excess; and

	(vi)
	For
the period extending from the date of termination due to Disability until the date Executive reaches age 65, Executive shall continue to participate
in those employee and executive benefit plans and programs under Section 5(b) to the extent such plans and programs provide medical insurance, disability insurance and life insurance benefits
(but not other benefits, such as pension and retirement benefits, provided under Section 5(b)) in which Executive was participating immediately prior to termination, the terms of which allow
Executive's continued participation, as if Executive had continued in employment with the Company during such period or, if the terms of such plans or programs do not allow Executive's continued
participation, Executive shall be paid a cash payment equivalent on an after-tax basis to the value of the additional benefits (of the type described in this Section 6(c)(vi))
Executive would have received under such plans or programs had Executive continued to be employed during such period following Executive's termination until age 65, with such benefits provided by the
Company at the same times and in the same manner as such benefits would have been provided to Executive under such plans and programs (it being understood that the value of any insurance-provided
benefits will be based on the premium cost to Executive, which shall not exceed the highest risk premium charged by a carrier having an investment grade or better credit rating); provided, however,
that Executive must continue to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 10 in order to continue receiving the benefits provided under this Section 6(c)(vi). 

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        (d)    Other Terms of Payment Following Retirement, Death, or Disability.    Nothing in this Section 6 shall
limit the benefits payable or provided in the event Executive's employment terminates due to Retirement, death, or Disability under the terms of plans or programs of the Company more favorable to
Executive (or his beneficiaries) than the benefits payable or provided under this Section 6 (except in the case of annual incentives in lieu of which amounts are paid hereunder), including
plans and programs adopted after the date of this Agreement. Amounts payable under this Section 6 following Executive's termination of employment, other than those expressly payable following
determination of performance for the year of termination for purposes of annual incentive compensation or otherwise expressly payable on a deferred basis, will be paid as promptly as practicable after
such termination of employment. 

        7.    Termination of Employment For Reasons Other Than Retirement, Death, or Disability.    

        (a)    Termination by the Company for Cause.    The Company may terminate the employment of Executive hereunder for
Cause (as defined in Section 8(a)) at any time. At the time Executive's employment is terminated for Cause, the Term will terminate, all obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections
1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease, and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination (as defined in Section 8(c));

	(ii)
	All
stock options, restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and all other long-term incentive awards
will be governed by the terms of the plans and programs under which the awards were granted, as modified by this Agreement; and

	(iii)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral, and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement. 

        (b)    Termination by Executive Other Than For Good Reason.    Executive may terminate his employment hereunder
voluntarily for reasons other than Good Reason (as defined in Section 8(e)) at any time. An election by Executive not to extend the Term pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall be deemed to
be a
termination of employment by Executive for reasons other than Good Reason at the date of expiration of the Term, unless a Change in Control (as defined in Section 8(b)) occurs prior to, and
there exists Good Reason at, such date of expiration. At the time Executive's employment is terminated by Executive other than for Good Reason the Term will terminate, all obligations of the Company
and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease, and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	All
stock options, restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and all other long-term incentive awards
will be governed by the terms of the plans and programs under which the awards were granted; and

	(iii)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral, and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement. 

        (c)    Termination by the Company Without Cause Prior to a Change in Control.    The Company may terminate the
employment of Executive hereunder without Cause, if at the date of termination no Change in Control or a Potential Change in Control has occurred, upon at least 90 days' written notice to
Executive. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company may elect, by written notice to Executive, to terminate Executive's positions specified in Sections 1 and 3 and all other obligations of Executive
and the Company under Section 3 at a date earlier than the expiration of such 90-day period, if so specified by the Company in the written notice, provided that Executive shall be
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Company (without any assigned duties) for all other purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of Sections 4 and 5, from such specified date until the expiration of such 90-day
period. An election by the Company not to extend the Term pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall be deemed to be a termination of Executive's employment by the Company without Cause at the date of
expiration of the Term and shall be subject to this Section 7(c) if at the date of such termination no Change in Control or a Potential Change in Control has occurred;  provided, however, that, if Executive has attained age 65 at such date of termination, such termination
shall be deemed a Retirement of Executive. At the time Executive's employment is terminated by the Company (i.e., at the expiration of such notice period), the Term will terminate, all remaining
obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease (except as expressly provided below), and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive
will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	Cash
in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (1) two times the sum of (A) Executive's Base Salary under Section 4(a) immediately
prior to termination plus (B) an amount equal to the greater of (x) the portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e.,
excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year of termination or (y) the portion of Executive's annual incentive compensation that became payable in
cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the latest year preceding the year of termination based on performance actually achieved in
that latest year (the sum of (A) and (B) being herein referred to as the "Cash Compensation") and (2), if the remainder of the Term would have exceeded two years at the date of
termination, an amount equal to the Cash Compensation multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the remaining Term in excess of 730 and the denominator of which is 365.
The amount determined to be payable under this Section 7(c)(ii) shall be payable in monthly installments over the 24 months following termination, without interest, except the
Company may elect to accelerate payment of the remaining balance of such amount and to pay it as a lump sum, without discount;

	(iii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year
of termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the
year of termination;

	(iv)
	Stock
options held by Executive at termination, if not then vested and exercisable, will become fully vested and exercisable at the date of such
termination, and, in other respects (including the period following termination during which such options may be exercised), such options shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements
and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted;

	(v)
	Any
performance objectives upon which the earning of performance-based restricted stock and deferred stock awards and other long-term
incentive awards is conditioned shall be deemed to have been met at target level at the date of termination, and restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and
other long-term incentive awards (to the extent then or previously earned, in the case of performance-based awards) shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable at the date of
such termination, and, in other respects, such awards shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such awards were granted; 

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	(vi)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement; and

	(vii)
	For
a period of two years after such termination (but not after Executive attains age 65), Executive shall continue to participate in those employee
and executive benefit plans and programs under Section 5(b) to the extent such plans and programs provide medical insurance, disability insurance and life insurance benefits (but not other
benefits, such as pension and retirement benefits, provided under Section 5(b)) in which Executive was participating immediately prior to termination, the terms of which allow Executive's
continued participation, as if Executive had continued in employment with the Company during such period; provided,  however, that such participation shall
terminate, or the benefits under such plans and programs shall be reduced, if and to the extent Executive becomes
covered (or is eligible to become covered) by plans of a subsequent employer or other entity to which Executive provides services during such period providing comparable benefits. If the terms of the
Company plans and programs referred to in this Section 7(c)(vii) do not allow Executive's continued participation, Executive shall be paid a cash payment equivalent on an
after-tax basis to the value of the additional benefits described in this Section 7(c)(vii) Executive would have received under such plans or programs had Executive continued
to be employed during such period, with such benefits provided by the Company at the same times and in the same manner as such benefits would have been provided to Executive under such plans and
programs (it being understood that the value of any insurance-provided benefits will be based on the premium cost to Executive, which shall not exceed the highest risk premium charged by a carrier
having an investment grade or better credit rating); provided, however, that Executive must continue to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 10 in order to continue receiving the benefits provided under this Section 7(c)(vii). Executive agrees to promptly notify the Company of any
employment or other arrangement by which Executive provides services during the benefits-continuation period and of the nature and extent of benefits for which Executive becomes eligible during such
period which would reduce or terminate benefits under this Section 7(c)(vii); and the Company be entitled to recover from Executive any payments and the fair market value of benefits previously
made or provided to Executive hereunder which would not have been paid under this Section 7(c)(vii) if the Company had received adequate prior notice as required by this sentence. 

        (d)    Termination by Executive for Good Reason Prior to a Change in Control.    Executive may terminate his
employment hereunder for Good Reason, prior to a Change in Control, upon 90 days' written notice to the Company; provided,  however, that, if the
Company has corrected the basis for such Good Reason within 30 days after receipt of such notice, Executive may not
terminate his employment for Good Reason with respect to the matters addressed in the written notice, and therefore Executive's notice of termination will automatically become null and void. At the
time Executive's employment is terminated by Executive for Good Reason (i.e., at the expiration of such notice period), the Term will terminate, all obligations of the Company and Executive under
Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease (except as expressly provided below), and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	Cash
in an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (1) two times the sum of (A) Executive's Base Salary under Section 4(a) immediately
prior to termination plus (B) an amount equal to the greater of (x) the portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e.,
excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year of termination or (y) the portion of Executive's annual incentive compensation that became payable in
cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in 

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PERS
or in other non-cash awards) for the latest year preceding the year of termination based on performance actually achieved in that latest year (the sum of (A) and
(B) being herein referred to as the "Cash Compensation") and (2), if the remainder of the Term would have exceeded two years at the date of termination, an amount equal to the Cash Compensation
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days in the remaining Term in excess of 730 and the denominator of which is 365. The amount determined to be payable under this
Section 7(d)(ii) shall be payable in monthly installments over the 24 months following termination, without interest, except the Company may elect to accelerate payment of the
remaining balance of such amount and to pay it as a lump sum, without discount; 

	(iii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year
of termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the
year of termination;

	(iv)
	Stock
options held by Executive at termination, if not then vested and exercisable, will become fully vested and exercisable at the date of such
termination, and, in other respects (including the period following termination during which such options may be exercised), such options shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements
and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted;

	(v)
	Any
performance objectives upon which the earning of performance-based restricted stock and deferred stock awards and other long-term
incentive awards is conditioned shall be deemed to have been met at target level at the date of termination, and restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and
other long-term incentive awards (to the extent then or previously earned, in the case of performance-based awards) shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable at the date of
such termination, and, in other respects, such awards shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such awards were granted;

	(vi)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement; and

	(vii)
	For
a period of two years after such termination (but not after Executive attains age 65), Executive shall continue to participate in those employee
and executive benefit plans and programs under Section 5(b) to the extent such plans and programs provide medical insurance, disability insurance and life insurance benefits (but not other
benefits, such as pension and retirement benefits, provided under Section 5(b)) in which Executive was participating immediately prior to termination, the terms of which
allow Executive's continued participation, as if Executive had continued in employment with the Company during such period; provided,  however, that such
participation shall terminate, or the benefits under such plans and programs shall be reduced, if and to the extent Executive becomes
covered (or is eligible to become covered) by plans of a subsequent employer or other entity to which Executive provides services during such period providing comparable benefits. If the terms of the
Company plans and programs referred to in this Section 7(d)(vii) do not allow Executive's continued participation, Executive shall be paid a cash payment equivalent on an
after-tax basis to the value of the additional benefits described in this Section 7(d)(vii) Executive would have received under such plans or programs had Executive continued
to be employed during such period, with such benefits provided by the Company at the same times and in the same 

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manner
as such benefits would have been provided to Executive under such plans and programs (it being understood that the value of any insurance-provided benefits will be based on the premium cost to
Executive, which shall not exceed the highest risk premium charged by a carrier having an investment grade or better credit rating); provided,  however,
that Executive must continue to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 10 in order to continue receiving the benefits provided
under this Section 7(d)(vii). Executive agrees to promptly notify the Company of any employment or other arrangement by which Executive provides services during the benefits-continuation period
and of the nature and extent of benefits for which Executive becomes eligible during such period which would reduce or terminate benefits under this Section 7(d)(vii); and the Company shall be
entitled to recover from Executive any payments and the fair market value of benefits previously made or provided to Executive hereunder which would not have been paid under this
Section 7(d)(vii) if the Company had received adequate prior notice as required by this sentence. 

        If
any payment or benefit under this Section 7(d) is based on Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefits at the time of Executive's termination and if a reduction in
such Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefit was the basis for Executive's termination for Good Reason, then the Base Salary or other level of compensation in effect before such
reduction shall be used to calculate payments or benefits under this Section 7(d). 

        (e)    Termination by the Company Without Cause After a Change in Control.    The Company may terminate the employment
of Executive hereunder without Cause, simultaneously with or within 24 months following a Change in Control, upon at least 90 days' written notice to Executive. The foregoing
notwithstanding, the Company may elect, by written notice to Executive, to terminate Executive's positions specified in Sections 1 and 3 and all other obligations of Executive and the Company under
Section 3 at a date earlier than the expiration of such 90-day notice period, if so specified by the Company in the written notice, provided that Executive shall be treated as an
employee of the Company (without any assigned duties) for all other purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of Sections 4 and 5, from such specified date until the expiration of such
90-day period. An election by the Company not to extend the Term pursuant to Section 2 hereof shall be deemed to be a termination of Executive's employment by the Company without
Cause at the date of expiration of the Term and shall be subject to this Section 7(e) if the date of such termination coincides with or is after a Change in Control or Potential Change in
Control; provided, however, that, if Executive has attained age 65 at such date of termination, such
termination shall be deemed a Retirement of Executive. At the time Executive's employment is terminated by the Company (i.e., at the expiration of such notice period), the Term will terminate, all
remaining obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections 1
through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease (except as expressly provided below), and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	Cash
in an aggregate amount equal to three times the sum of (A) Executive's Base Salary under Section 4(a) immediately prior to
termination plus (B) an amount equal to the greater of (x) the portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the
portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year of termination or (y) the portion of Executive's annual incentive compensation that became payable in cash to
Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the latest year preceding the year of termination based on performance actually achieved in that
latest year. The amount determined to be payable under this Section 7(e)(ii) shall be paid by the Company not later than 15 days after Executive's termination; 

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	(iii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year
of termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the
year of termination;

	(iv)
	Stock
options held by Executive at termination, if not then vested and exercisable, will become fully vested and exercisable at the date of such
termination, and any such options granted on or after the date hereof shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the stated expiration date of the Option as though Executive's employment did not
terminate, and, in other respects, such options shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted;

	(v)
	Any
performance objectives upon which the earning of performance-based restricted stock and deferred stock awards including and other
long-term incentive awards is conditioned shall be deemed to have been met at target level at the date of termination, and restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding
PERS awards, and other long-term incentive awards (to the extent then or previously earned, in the case of performance-based awards) shall become fully vested and
non-forfeitable at the date of such termination, and, in other respects, such awards shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which
such awards were granted;

	(vi)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement;

	(vii)
	For
purposes of the SERP, Executive will be credited with additional years of age and/or years of Service (as defined in the SERP) if and to the extent
required so that Executive's termination will qualify as a "Retirement" within the meaning of the SERP and so that Executive will be entitled the maximum "Retirement Benefit" in accordance with
Section 3.1 of the SERP. In addition, the provisions of the SERP notwithstanding, the term "Average Final Compensation" as used in the SERP shall mean the greatest of (A) Average Final
Compensation as defined in the SERP, (B) the sum of (x) Executive's Base Salary plus (y) Executive's annual target incentive opportunity for the year in which the Change in
Control occurred (if not yet determined, then such opportunity shall be deemed to equal the greater of the minimum annual target incentive opportunity that would be required by this Agreement or the
actual annual incentive earned for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurred), or (C) $2,000,000; and

	(viii)
	For
a period of three years after such termination (but not after Executive attains age 65), Executive shall continue to participate in those employee
and executive benefit plans and programs under Section 5(b) to the extent such plans and programs provide medical insurance, disability insurance and life insurance benefits (but not other
benefits, such as pension and retirement benefits, provided under Section 5(b)) in which Executive was participating immediately prior to termination, the terms of which allow Executive's
continued participation, as if Executive had continued in employment with the Company during such period, and on terms no less favorable than the terms applicable to Executive before the Change in
Control; provided, however, that such participation shall terminate, or the benefits under such plans
and programs shall be reduced, if and to the extent Executive becomes covered (or is eligible to become covered) by plans of a subsequent employer or other entity to which Executive provides services
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terms
of the Company plans and programs referred to in this Section 7(e)(viii) do not allow Executive's continued participation, Executive shall be paid a cash payment equivalent on an
after-tax basis to the value of the additional benefits described in this Section 7(e)(viii) Executive would have received under such plans or programs had Executive
continued to be employed during such period, with such benefits provided by the Company at the same times and in the same manner as such benefits would have been provided to Executive under such plans
and programs (it being understood that the value of any insurance-provided benefits will be based on the premium cost to Executive, which shall not exceed the highest risk premium charged by a carrier
having an investment grade or better credit rating); provided, however, that Executive must continue to
satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 10 in order to continue receiving the benefits provided under this Section 7(e)(viii). Executive agrees to promptly notify the Company of any
employment or other arrangement by which Executive provides services during the benefits-continuation period and of the nature and extent of benefits for which Executive becomes eligible during such
period which would reduce or terminate benefits under this Section 7(e)(viii); and the Company shall be entitled to recover from Executive any payments and the fair market value of benefits
previously made or provided to Executive hereunder which would not have been paid under this Section 7(e)(viii) if the Company had received adequate prior notice as required by this
sentence. 

        If
any payment or benefit under this Section 7(e) is based on Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefits at the time of Executive's termination and if the Company has
purported to reduce Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefits prior to such termination in a manner that would constitute Good Reason, then the Base Salary or other level of compensation
in effect before such reduction shall be used to calculate payments or benefits under this Section 7(e). 

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        (f)    Termination by Executive for Good Reason After a Change in Control.    Executive may terminate his
employment
hereunder for Good Reason, simultaneously with or within 24 months following a Change in Control, upon 90 days' written notice to the Company; provided, however, that, if the Company has
corrected the basis for such Good Reason within 30 days after receipt of such notice, Executive may not terminate his employment for Good Reason, and therefore Executive's notice of termination
will automatically become null and void. At the time Executive's employment is terminated by Executive for Good Reason (i.e., at the expiration of such notice period), the Term will terminate, all
obligations of the Company and Executive under Sections 1 through 5 of this Agreement will immediately cease (except as expressly provided below), and the Company will pay Executive, and Executive
will be entitled to receive, the following: 

	(i)
	Executive's
Compensation Accrued at Termination;

	(ii)
	Cash
in an aggregate amount equal to three times the sum of (A) Executive's Base Salary under Section 4(a) immediately prior to
termination plus (B) an amount equal to the greater of (x) the portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the
portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year of termination or (y) the portion of Executive's annual incentive compensation that became payable in cash to
Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the latest year preceding the year of termination based on performance actually achieved in that
latest year. The amount determined to be payable under this Section 7(f)(ii) shall be paid by the Company not later than 15 days after Executive's termination;

	(iii)
	In
lieu of any annual incentive compensation under Section 4(b) for the year in which Executive's employment terminated, an amount equal to the
portion of Executive's annual target incentive compensation potentially payable in cash to Executive (i.e., excluding the portion payable in PERS or in other non-cash awards) for the year
of termination, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days Executive was employed in the year of termination and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the
year of termination;

	(iv)
	Stock
options held by Executive at termination, if not then vested and exercisable, will become fully vested and exercisable at the date of such
termination, and any such options granted on or after the date hereof shall remain outstanding and exercisable until the stated expiration date of the Option as though Executive's employment did not
terminate, and, in other respects, such options shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such options were granted;

	(v)
	Any
performance objectives upon which the earning of performance-based restricted stock and deferred stock awards and other long-term
incentive awards is conditioned shall be deemed to have been met at target level at the date of termination, and restricted stock and deferred stock awards, including outstanding PERS awards, and
other long-term incentive awards (to the extent then or previously earned, in the case of performance-based awards) shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable at the date of
such termination, and, in other respects, such awards shall be governed by the plans and programs and the agreements and other documents pursuant to which such awards were granted;

	(vi)
	All
deferral arrangements under Section 5(d) will be settled in accordance with the plans and programs governing the deferral and all rights
under the SERP and any other benefit plan shall be governed by such plan, as modified by this Agreement;

	(vii)
	For
purposes of the SERP, Executive will be credited with additional years of age and/or years of Service (as defined in the SERP) if and to the extent
required so that Executive's termination will qualify as a "Retirement" within the meaning of the SERP and so that Executive will be entitled the maximum "Retirement Benefit" in accordance with
Section 3.1 of the SERP. In addition, the provisions of the SERP notwithstanding, the term "Average Final Compensation" as used in the SERP shall mean the greatest of (A) Average Final
Compensation as defined in the SERP, (B) the sum of (x) Executive's Base Salary plus (y) Executive's annual target incentive opportunity for the year in which the Change in
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required
by this Agreement or the actual annual incentive earned for the year immediately preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurred), or (C) $2,000,000; and 

	(viii)
	For
a period of three years after such termination (but not after Executive attains age 65), Executive shall continue to participate in those employee
and executive benefit plans and programs under Section 5(b) to the extent such plans and programs provide medical insurance, disability insurance and life insurance benefits (but not other
benefits, such as pension and retirement benefits, provided under Section 5(b)) in which Executive was participating immediately prior to termination, the terms of which allow Executive's
continued participation, as if Executive had continued in employment with the Company during such period, and on terms no less favorable than the terms applicable to Executive before the Change in
Control; provided, however, that such participation shall terminate, or the benefits under such plans and programs shall be reduced, if and to the extent Executive becomes covered (or is eligible to
become covered) by plans of a subsequent employer or other entity to which Executive provides services during such period providing comparable benefits. If the terms of the Company plans and programs
referred to in this Section 7(f)(viii) do not allow Executive's continued participation, Executive shall be paid a cash payment equivalent on an after-tax basis to the value
of the additional benefits described in this Section 7(f)(viii) Executive would have received under such plans or programs had Executive continued to be employed during such period, with
such benefits provided by the Company at the same times and in the same manner as such benefits would have been provided to Executive under such plans and programs (it being understood that the value
of any insurance-provided benefits will be based on the premium cost to Executive, which shall not exceed the highest risk premium charged by a carrier having an investment grade or better credit
rating); provided, however, that Executive must continue to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 10 in order to continue receiving the benefits provided under this
Section 7(f)(viii). Executive agrees to promptly notify the Company of any employment or other arrangement by which Executive provides services during the benefits-continuation period and of
the nature and extent of benefits for which Executive becomes eligible during such period which would reduce or terminate benefits under this Section 7(f)(viii); and the Company shall be
entitled to recover from Executive any payments and the fair market value of benefits previously made or provided to Executive hereunder which would not have been paid under this
Section 7(f)(viii) if the Company had received adequate prior notice as required by this sentence. 

        If
any payment or benefit under this Section 7(f) is based on Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefits at the time of Executive's termination and if a reduction in
such Base Salary or other level of compensation or benefits was the basis for Executive's termination for Good Reason or would otherwise constitute Good Reason, then the Base Salary or other level of
compensation in effect before such reduction shall be used to calculate payments or benefits under this Section 7(f). 

        (g)  Other Terms Relating to Certain Terminations of Employment.    Whether a termination is deemed to be at or
following a Change in Control or Potential Change in Control for purposes of Sections 7(c), (d), (e), or (f) is determined at the date of termination, regardless of whether the Change in
Control had occurred at the time a notice of termination was given. In the event Executive's employment terminates for any reason set forth in Section 7(b) through (f), Executive will be
entitled to the benefit of any terms of plans or agreements applicable to Executive which are more favorable than those specified in this Section 7 (except in the case of annual incentives in
lieu of which amounts are paid hereunder). Amounts payable under this Section 7 following Executive's termination of employment, other than those expressly payable on a deferred basis, will be
paid as promptly as practicable after such a termination of employment, and such amounts payable under Section 7(e) or 7(f) will be paid in no event later than 15 days after Executive's
termination of employment unless not determinable within such period. 

        8.    Definitions Relating to Termination Events.

        (a)    "Cause". For purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean Executive's 

	(i)
	willful
and continued failure to substantially perform his duties hereunder (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or
mental illness or disability or any failure after the issuance of a notice of termination by Executive for Good Reason) which failure is demonstrably and materially damaging to the financial condition
or reputation of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, and which failure continues more than 48 hours after a written demand for 

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substantial
performance is delivered to Executive by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that Executive has not substantially performed his duties
hereunder and the demonstrable and material damage caused thereby; or 

	(ii)
	the
willful engaging by Executive in misconduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise. 

        No
act, or failure to act, on the part of Executive shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by Executive not in good faith and without reasonable belief that his
action or omission was in the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been
delivered to Executive a copy of the resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the
Board (after reasonable notice to Executive and an opportunity for Executive, together with Executive's counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board,
Executive was guilty of conduct set forth above in this definition and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. 

        (b)    "Change in Control".    For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred
if, during the term of this Agreement: 

	(i)
	any
"Person," as such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
(other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the
Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), becomes the "Beneficial Owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then-outstanding securities;

	(ii)
	during
any period of twenty-four months (not including any period prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement), individuals who at the
beginning of such period constitute the Board, and any new director (other than (A) a director nominated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction
described in Sections (8)(b)(i), (iii) or (iv) hereof, (B) a director nominated by any Person (including the Company) who publicly announces an intention to take or to consider
taking actions (including, but not limited to, an actual or threatened proxy contest) which if consummated would constitute a Change in Control or (C) a director nominated by any Person who is
the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's securities) whose election by the Board or nomination
for election by the Company's stockholders was approved in advance by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at
the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;

	(iii)
	the
stockholders of the Company approve any transaction or series of transactions under which the Company is merged or consolidated with any other
company, other than a merger or consolidation (A) which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 662/3% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving
entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and (B) after which no Person holds 20% or more of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding securities of
the Company or such surviving entity;

	(iv)
	the
stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all
or substantially all of the Company's assets; or

	(v)
	the
Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Change in Control has occurred. 

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        (c)    "Compensation Accrued at Termination".    For purposes of this Agreement, "Compensation Accrued at Termination"
means the following: 

	(i)
	The
unpaid portion of annual base salary at the rate payable, in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, at the date of Executive's termination of
employment, pro rated through such date of termination, payable in accordance with the Company's regular pay schedule;

	(ii)
	All
earned and unpaid and/or vested, nonforfeitable amounts owing or accrued at the date of Executive's termination of employment under any compensation
and benefit plans, programs, and arrangements set forth or referred to in Sections 4(b) and 5(a) and 5(b) hereof (including the guaranteed 2001 bonus and any earned and vested annual incentive
compensation and long-term incentive award) in which Executive theretofore participated, payable in accordance with the terms and conditions of the plans, programs, and arrangements (and
agreements and documents thereunder) pursuant to which such compensation and benefits were granted or accrued; and

	(iii)
	Reasonable
business expenses and disbursements incurred by Executive prior to Executive's termination of employment, to be reimbursed to Executive, as
authorized under Section 5(e), in accordance the Company's reimbursement policies as in effect at the date of such termination. 

        (d)    "Disability".    For purposes of this Agreement, "Disability" means Executive's absence from the
full-time performance of Executive's duties hereunder for six consecutive months as a result of his incapacity due to physical or mental illness or disability, and, within 30 days
after written notice of termination is thereafter given by the Company, Executive shall have not returned to the full-time performance of such duties. 

        (e)    "Good Reason".    For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, without Executive's express written
consent, the occurrence of any of the following circumstances unless, in the case of subsections (i), (iv), (vi) or (viii) hereof, such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the
date of termination specified in the notice of termination given in respect thereof: 

	(i)
	the
assignment to Executive of duties inconsistent with Executive's position and status hereunder, or an alteration, adverse to Executive, in the nature
of Executive's duties, responsibilities, and authorities, Executive's positions or the conditions of Executive's employment from those specified in Section 3 or otherwise hereunder (including
the appointment of a President without Executive's consent) (other than inadvertent actions which are promptly remedied); for this purpose, it shall constitute "Good Reason" under this subsection
(e)(i) if (A) Executive shall be required to report to and take direction from any person or body other than the Board of Directors of the Company; and (B) if Executive shall be
removed from the Board, from the office of Chairman of the Board, or from any Board committee on which Executive has served during the Term, or there occurs any failure of Executive to be nominated,
elected, reappointed or reelected as a member of the Board, as Chairman of the Board, or as a member of any Board committee on which he has served during the Term, including a failure of the Board or
stockholders to take such actions (notwithstanding their legal right to do so), except the foregoing shall not constitute Good Reason if occurring in connection with the termination of Executive's
employment for Cause, Disability, Retirement, as a result of Executive's death, or as a result of action by or with the consent of Executive; for purposes of this Section 8(e)(i), references to
the Company (and the Board and stockholders of the Company) refer to the ultimate parent company (and its board and stockholders) succeeding the Company following an acquisition in which the corporate
existence of the Company continues, in accordance with Section 12(b);

	(ii)
	(A)
a reduction by the Company in Executive's Base Salary, (B) the setting of Executive's annual target incentive opportunity or payment of
earned annual incentive in amounts less than specified under or otherwise not in conformity with Section 4 hereof, (C) a change in compensation or benefits not in conformity with
Section 5, or (D) a reduction, after a Change in Control, in perquisites from the level of such perquisites as in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control or as the same may
have been increased from time to time after the Change in Control except for across-the-board perquisite reductions similarly affecting all senior executives of the Company and
all senior executives of any Person in control of the Company;

	(iii)
	the
relocation of the principal place of Executive's employment not in conformity with Section 3(b) hereof; for this purpose, required travel on
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so
long as the extent of such travel is substantially consistent with Executive's customary business travel obligations in periods prior to the Effective Date; 

	(iv)
	the
failure by the Company to pay to Executive any portion of Executive's compensation or to pay to Executive any portion of an installment of deferred
compensation under any deferred compensation program of the Company within seven days of the date such compensation is due;

	(v)
	the
failure by the Company to continue in effect any material compensation or benefit plan in which Executive participated immediately prior to a Change
in Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or the failure by the Company to continue Executive's
participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amounts of compensation or benefits provided and the level of
Executive's participation relative to other participants, as existed at the time of the Change in Control;

	(vi)
	the
failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement from any successor to the Company to fully assume the Company's obligations and to perform
under this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 12(b) hereof, in a form reasonably acceptable to Executive;

	(vii)
	any
election by the Company not to extend the Term of this Agreement at the next possible extension date under Section 2 hereof, unless
Executive will have attained age 65 at or before such extension date; or

	(viii)
	any
other failure by the Company to perform any material obligation under, or breach by the Company of any material provision of, this Agreement. 

        (f)    "Potential Change in Control".    For purposes of this Agreement, a "Potential Change in Control" shall be
deemed to have occurred if, during the term of this Agreement: 

	(i)
	the
Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control;

	(ii)
	any
Person (including the Company) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a Change
in Control; or

	(iii)
	the
Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a Potential Change in Control has occurred. 

        (g)    "Special SERP Benefit".    For purposes of this Agreement, "Special SERP Benefit" means: 

	(i)
	if
Executive's employment terminates after the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Effective Date, a "Retirement Benefit" as determined under the SERP but
determined by counting as "Service" for purposes of the SERP Executive's service with IBM Corporation (aggregating 28 years of service) and by offsetting the Retirement Benefit so determined
under the SERP by Executive's vested retirement benefits paid or payable to Executive under any qualified or non-qualified defined benefit pension plan maintained by IBM Corporation as
though such benefits were a "Basic Plan Benefit" for purposes of the SERP (and calculated in the form of an annual life annuity as provided for in Section (3) of the SERP); or

	(ii)
	if
Executive's employment terminates prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of this Agreement pursuant to any of Sections 7(c), (d), (e) or
(f) or Section 6(b) or (c) or the non-renewal of this Agreement on or after December 31, 2003, a "Retirement Benefit" as determined pursuant to
paragraph (i) above calculated with the following additional modifications: first, Executive's "Average Final Compensation" as determined under the SERP shall be determined using Executive's
"Compensation" (as defined in the SERP) with IBM Corporation; second, the resulting Retirement Benefit shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of completed calendar
months of Executive's employment with the Company from the Effective Date to the date of termination and the denominator of which is sixty (60).

	9.
	Rabbi Trust Obligation Upon Potential Change in Control; Excise Tax-Related Provisions.

        (a)    Rabbi Trust Funded Upon Potential Change in Control.    In the event of a Potential Change in Control or Change
in Control, the Company shall, not later than 15 days thereafter, have established one or more rabbi trusts and shall deposit therein cash in an amount sufficient to provide for full payment of
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potential obligations of the Company that would arise assuming consummation of a Change in Control, or has arisen in the case of an actual Change in Control, and a subsequent termination of
Executive's employment under Section 7(e) or 7(f). Such rabbi trust(s) shall be irrevocable and shall provide that the Company may not, directly or indirectly, use or recover any assets of the
trust(s) until such time as all obligations which potentially could arise hereunder have been settled and paid in full, subject only to the claims of creditors of the Company in the event of
insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company; provided, however, that if no Change in Control has occurred within two years after such Potential Change in Control, such rabbi trust(s) shall at the end of
such two-year period become revocable and may thereafter be revoked by the Company. 

        (b)    Gross-up If Excise Tax Would Apply.    In the event Executive becomes entitled to any amounts or
benefits payable in connection with a Change in Control or other change in control (whether or not such amounts are payable pursuant to this Agreement) (the "Severance Payments"), if any of such
Severance Payments are subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any similar federal, state or local tax that may hereafter be imposed), the Company shall
pay to Executive at the time specified in Section 9(b)(iii) hereof an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount retained by Executive, after
deduction of any Excise Tax on the Total Payments (as hereinafter defined) and any federal, state and local income tax and Excise Tax upon the payment provided for by Section 9(b)(i), shall be
equal to the Total Payments. 

	(i)
	For
purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax:

	(A)
	any
other payments or benefits received or to be received by Executive in connection with a Change in Control or Executive's termination of employment (whether pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with the Company, any Person whose actions result in a Change in Control or any Person affiliated with the Company or such Person) (which,
together with the Severance Payments, constitute the "Total Payments") shall be treated as "parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all "excess parachute
payments" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of nationally-recognized tax counsel selected by Executive
such other payments or benefits (in whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services
actually rendered within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to
the Excise Tax;

	(B)
	the
amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (x) the total amount of the Total Payments and
(y) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying Section 9(b)(i)(A) hereof); and

	(C)
	the
value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payments or benefit shall be determined by a nationally-recognized accounting firm selected by Executive in accordance
with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. 

	(ii)
	For
purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest
marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the
state and locality of Executive's residence on the Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. In
the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of termination of Executive's employment, Executive shall repay to the
Company within ten days after the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the
portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal and state and local income tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by Executive if such
repayment results in a reduction in Excise Tax and/or federal and state and local income tax deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate provided in
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amount taken into account hereunder at the time of the termination of Executive's employment (including by reason of any payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of
the Gross-Up Payment), the Company shall make an additional gross-up payment in respect of such excess within ten days after the time that the amount of such excess is finally
determined. 

	(iii)
	The
payments provided for in this Section 9(b) shall be made not later than the fifteenth day following the date of Executive's termination of
employment; provided, however, that if the amount of such payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall pay to Executive on such day an estimate, as determined in good
faith by the Company, of the minimum amount of such payments and shall pay the remainder of such payments (together with interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code) as
soon as the amount thereof can be determined but in no event later than the thirtieth day after the date of Executive's termination of employment. In the event that the amount of the estimated
payments exceeds the amount subsequently determined to have been due, such excess shall constitute a loan by the Company to Executive, payable on the fifteenth day after the demand by the Company
(together with interest at the rate provided in Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code).

	(iv)
	All
determinations under this Section 9(b) shall be made at the expense of the Company by a nationally recognized public accounting firm selected
by Executive, and such determination shall be binding upon Executive and the Company.

	10.
	Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure; Executive Cooperation; Non-Disparagement.

        (a)    Non-Competition.    Without the consent in writing of the Board, Executive will not, at any time
during the Term and for a period of two years following termination of Executive's employment for any reason, acting alone or in conjunction with others, directly or indirectly (i) engage
(either as owner, investor, partner, stockholder, employer, employee, consultant, advisor, or director) in any business in which he has been directly engaged on behalf of the Company or any affiliate,
or has supervised as an executive thereof, during the last two years prior to such termination, or which was engaged in or planned by the Company or an affiliate at the time of such termination, in
any geographic area in which such business was conducted or planned to be conducted; (ii) induce any customers of the Company or any of its affiliates with whom Executive has had contacts or
relationships, directly or indirectly, during and within the scope of his employment with the Company or any of its affiliates, to curtail or cancel their business with the Company or any such
affiliate; (iii) induce, or attempt to influence, any employee of the Company or any of its affiliates to terminate employment; or (iv) solicit, hire or retain as an employee or
independent contractor, or assist any third party in the solicitation, hire, or retention as an employee or independent contractor, any person who during the previous 12 months was an employee
of the Company or any affiliate; provided, however, that the limitation contained in clause (i) above shall not apply if Executive's employment is terminated as a result of a termination by the
Company without Cause following a Change in Control or is terminated by Executive for Good Reason following a Change in Control; and provided further, that activities engaged in by or on behalf of the
Company are not restricted by this covenant. The provisions of subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above are separate and distinct commitments independent of each of the other
subparagraphs. It is agreed that the ownership of not more than one percent of the equity securities of any company having securities listed on an exchange or regularly traded in the
over-the-counter market shall not, of itself, be deemed inconsistent with clause (i) of this Section 10(a). 

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        (b)    Non-Disclosure; Ownership of Work.    Executive shall not, at any time during the Term and
thereafter (including following Executive's termination of employment for any reason), disclose, use, transfer, or sell, except in the course of employment with or other service to the Company, any
proprietary information, secrets, organizational or employee information, or other confidential information belonging or relating to the Company and its affiliates and customers so long as such
information has not otherwise been disclosed or is not otherwise in the public domain, except as required by law or pursuant to legal process. In addition, upon termination of employment for any
reason, Executive will return to the Company or its affiliates all documents and other media containing information belonging or relating to the Company or its affiliates. Executive will promptly
disclose in writing to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements and innovations (collectively referred to as "Inventions") that Executive has conceived or made during the
Term; provided, however, that in this context "Inventions" are limited to those which (i) relate in any manner to the existing or contemplated business or research activities of the Company and
its affiliates; (ii) are suggested by or result from Executive's work at the Company; or (iii) result from the use of the time, materials or facilities of the Company and its affiliates.
All Inventions will be the Company's property rather than Executive's. Should the Company request it, Executive agrees to sign any document that the Company may reasonably require to establish
ownership in any Invention. 

        (c)    Cooperation With Regard to Litigation.    Executive agrees to cooperate with the Company, during the Term and
thereafter (including following Executive's termination of employment for any reason), by making himself available to testify on behalf of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, in
any action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and to assist the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company, in any such action, suit, or
proceeding, by providing information and meeting and consulting with the Board or its representatives or counsel, or representatives or counsel to the Company, or any subsidiary or affiliate of the
Company, as may be reasonably requested and after taking into account Executive's post-termination responsibilities and obligations. The Company agrees to reimburse Executive, on an
after-tax basis, for all expenses actually incurred in connection with his provision of testimony or assistance. 

        (d)    Non-Disparagement.    Executive shall not, at any time during the Term and thereafter make
statements or representations, or otherwise communicate, directly or indirectly, in writing, orally, or otherwise, or take any action which may, directly or indirectly, disparage or be damaging to the
Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors, businesses or reputations, nor shall Executive's successor in office make any such statements or
representations regarding Executive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Executive or his successor from making truthful statements that are required by applicable
law, regulation or legal process. 

        (e)    Release of Employment Claims.    Executive agrees, as a condition to receipt of any termination payments and
benefits provided for in Sections 6 and 7 herein (other than Compensation Accrued at Termination) (the
"Termination Benefits"), that he will execute a general release in the standard form employed by the Company, releasing any and all claims arising out of Executive's employment (other than enforcement
of this Agreement and other than with respect to vested rights or rights provided for under any benefit plan or arrangement of the Company). 

        (f)    Forfeiture of Outstanding Options.    The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 notwithstanding, if Executive
willfully and materially fails to substantially comply with any restrictive covenant under this Section 10, all options to purchase Common Stock granted by the Company and then held by
Executive or a transferee of Executive shall be immediately forfeited and thereupon such options shall be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not forfeit any option unless and
until there shall have been delivered to him, within six months after the Board (i) had knowledge of conduct or an event allegedly constituting grounds for such forfeiture and (ii) had
reason to believe that such conduct or event could be grounds for such forfeiture, a copy of a resolution duly adopted by a majority affirmative vote of the membership of the Board (excluding
Executive) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after giving Executive reasonable notice specifying the nature of the grounds for such forfeiture and not less than
30 days to correct the acts or omissions complained of, if correctable, and affording Executive the opportunity, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in the
good faith opinion of the Board, Executive has engaged and continues to engage in conduct set forth in this Section 10(f) which constitutes grounds for forfeiture of Executive's options;  provided,
however, that if any option is exercised after delivery of such notice and the Board
subsequently makes the determination described in this sentence, Executive shall be required to pay to the Company an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate 

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value of the shares acquired upon such exercise at the date of the Board determination and the aggregate exercise price paid by Executive. Any such forfeiture shall apply to such options
notwithstanding any term or provision of any option agreement. In addition, options granted to Executive on or after the Effective Date, and gains resulting from the exercise of such options, shall be
subject to forfeiture in accordance with the Company's standard policies relating to such forfeitures and clawbacks, as such policies are in effect at the time of grant of such options. 

        (g)    Survival.    The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the termination of the Term and any
termination or expiration of this Agreement. 

        11.    Governing Law; Disputes; Arbitration.    

        (a)    Governing Law.    This Agreement is governed by and is to be construed, administered, and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of law principles. If under the governing law, any portion of this Agreement is at any time deemed to be in conflict with
any applicable statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or other principle of law, such portion shall be deemed to be modified or altered to the extent necessary to conform thereto or, if that is not
possible, to be omitted from this Agreement. The invalidity of any such portion shall not affect the force, effect, and validity of the remaining portion hereof. If any court determines that any
provision of Section 10 is unenforceable because of the duration or geographic scope of such provision, it is the parties' intent that such court shall have the power to modify the duration or
geographic scope of such provision, as the case may be, to the extent necessary to render the provision enforceable and, in its modified form, such provision shall be enforced. 

        (b)    Reimbursement of Expenses in Enforcing Rights.    All reasonable costs and expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by Executive in negotiating this Agreement (up to a maximum of $15,000) and thereafter seeking to interpret this Agreement or enforce rights pursuant to this
Agreement
shall be paid on behalf of or reimbursed to Executive promptly by the Company, whether or not Executive is successful in asserting such rights;  provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made of such expenses relating to any unsuccessful
assertion of rights if and to the extent that Executive's assertion of such rights was in bad faith or frivolous, as determined by arbitrators in accordance with Section 11(c) or a court having
jurisdiction over the matter. 

        (c)    Arbitration.    Any dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall be settled
exclusively by arbitration in Fairfield CT by three arbitrators in accordance with the National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes of the American Arbitration Association in effect at the
time of submission to arbitration. Judgment may be entered on the arbitrators' award in any court having jurisdiction. For purposes of entering any judgment upon an award rendered by the arbitrators,
the Company and Executive hereby consent to the jurisdiction of any or all of the following courts: (i) the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, (ii) any of the
courts of the State of Connecticut, or (iii) any other court having jurisdiction. The Company and Executive further agree that any service of process or notice requirements in any such
proceeding shall be satisfied if the rules of such court relating thereto have been substantially satisfied. The Company and Executive hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any objection which it may now or hereafter have to such jurisdiction and any defense of inconvenient forum. The Company and Executive hereby agree that a judgment upon an award rendered by the
arbitrators may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Subject to Section 11(b), the Company shall bear all costs and expenses
arising in connection with any arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section 11. Notwithstanding any provision in this Section 11, Executive shall be paid during the pendency of any
dispute or controversy arising under or in connection with this Agreement. 

        (d)    Interest on Unpaid Amounts.    Any amount which has become payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or
any decision by arbitrators or judgment by a court of law pursuant to this Section 11 but which has not been timely paid shall bear interest at the prime rate in effect at the time such amount
first becomes payable, as quoted by the Company's principal bank. 

        12.    Miscellaneous.    

        (a)    Integration.    This Agreement cancels and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings between
the parties hereto with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company, any parent or predecessor company, and the Company's subsidiaries during the Term, except for contracts relating to
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subsidiaries. The foregoing notwithstanding, Executive shall not participate in the Company's Employee Protection Plan unless the aggregate benefits provided under such plan would exceed the
aggregate benefits provided to Executive under this Agreement upon termination of employment. Executive shall remain entitled to any right or benefit under a Change-in-Control
Agreement executed by the Company, for so long as such Change-in-Control Agreement remains in effect, if and to the extent that such right or benefit is more favorable than a
corresponding provision of this Agreement, but no payment or benefit under the Change-in-Control Agreement shall be made or extended which duplicates any payment or benefit
hereunder. If and to the extent that this Agreement may provide enhanced benefits to Executive under the SERP which benefits are not explicitly provided for under the SERP, the SERP shall be deemed
amended by this Agreement (but only insofar as it pertains to Executive). This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters herein provided, and no
modification or waiver of any provision hereof shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the parties hereto. Executive shall not be entitled to any payment or benefit under this Agreement
which duplicates a payment or benefit received or receivable by Executive under such prior agreements and understandings or under any benefit or compensation plan of the Company. 

        (b)    Successors; Transferability.    The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, and whether or not the corporate existence of the Company continues) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly
assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement,
"Company" shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or
otherwise and, in the case of an acquisition of the Company in which the corporate existence of the Company continues, the ultimate parent company following such acquisition. Subject to the foregoing,
the Company may transfer and assign this Agreement and the Company's rights and obligations hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor the rights or obligations hereunder of the parties hereto shall be
transferable or assignable by Executive, except in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution or as specified in Section 12(c). 

        (c)    Beneficiaries.    Executive shall be entitled to designate (and change, to the extent permitted under
applicable law) a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any compensation or benefits provided hereunder following Executive's death. 

        (d)    Notices.    Whenever under this Agreement it becomes necessary to give notice, such notice shall be in writing,
signed by the party or parties giving or making the same, and shall be served on the person or persons for whom it is intended or who should be advised or notified, by Federal Express or other similar
overnight service or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed 

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to such party at the address set forth below or at such other address as may be designated by such party by like notice: 

	 	 	If to the Company:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	IMS HEALTH, INC.

1499 Post Road

Fairfield, CT 06824

Attention: General Counsel	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	If to Executive:	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	David M. Thomas

1499 Post Road

Fairfield, CT 06824	 	 

        If the parties by mutual agreement supply each other with telecopier numbers for the purposes of providing notice by facsimile, such notice shall also be proper
notice under this Agreement. In the case of Federal Express or other similar overnight service, such notice or advice shall be effective when sent, and, in the cases of certified or registered mail,
shall be effective two days after deposit into the mails by delivery to the U.S. Post Office. 

        (e)    Reformation.    The invalidity of any portion of this Agreement shall not deemed to render the remainder of
this Agreement invalid. 

        (f)    Headings.    The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not constitute a part
hereof. 

        (g)    No General Waivers.    The failure of any party at any time to require performance by any other party of any
provision hereof or to resort to any remedy provided herein or at law or in equity shall in no way affect the right of such party to require such performance or to resort to such remedy at any time
thereafter, nor shall the waiver by any party of a breach of any of the provisions hereof be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of such provisions. No such waiver shall be effective unless
in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced. 

        (h)    No Obligation To Mitigate.    Executive shall not be required to seek other employment or otherwise to mitigate
Executive's damages upon any termination of employment; provided, however, that, to the extent Executive
receives from a subsequent employer health or other insurance benefits that are substantially similar to the benefits referred to in Section 5(b) hereof, any such benefits to be provided by the
Company to Executive following the Term shall be correspondingly reduced. 

        (i)    Offsets; Withholding.    The amounts required to be paid by the Company to Executive pursuant to this Agreement
shall not be subject to offset other than with respect to any amounts that are owed to the Company by Executive due to his receipt of funds as a result of his fraudulent activity. The foregoing and
other provisions of this Agreement notwithstanding, all payments to be made to Executive under this Agreement, including under Sections 6 and 7, or otherwise by the Company, will be subject to
withholding to satisfy required withholding taxes and other required deductions. 

        (j)    Successors and Assigns.    This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Executive,
his heirs, executors, administrators and beneficiaries, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns. 

        (k)    Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument. 

        (l)    Due Authority and Execution.    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly
authorized by the Company and this Agreement represents the valid, legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company according to its terms. 

        (m)    Representations of Executive.    Executive represents and warrants to the Company that he has the legal right
to enter into this Agreement and to perform all of the obligations on his part to be performed hereunder in accordance with its terms and that he is not a party to any agreement or understanding,
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or oral, which prevents him from entering into this Agreement or performing all of his obligations hereunder. In the event of a breach of such representation or warranty on Executive's part or if
there is any other legal impediment which prevents him from entering into this Agreement or performing all of his obligations hereunder, the Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
forthwith in accordance with the same notice and hearing procedures specified above in respect of a termination by the Company for Cause pursuant to Section 7(a) and shall have no further
obligations to Executive hereunder. Notwithstanding a termination by the Company under this Section 12(m), Executive's obligations under Section 10 of this Agreement shall survive such
termination. 

        13.    Indemnification.    

        All
rights to indemnification by the Company now existing in favor of Executive as provided in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or pursuant to other
agreements in effect on or immediately prior to the Effective Date shall continue in full force and effect from the Effective Date (including all periods after the expiration of the Term), and the
Company shall also advance expenses for which indemnification may be ultimately claimed as such expenses are incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, subject to any requirement
that Executive provide an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that Executive is not entitled to indemnification; provided,  however, that any determination required to be made with respect to whether Executive's conduct complies with the standards required to be met as a
condition of indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws, or other agreement shall be made by independent
counsel mutually acceptable to Executive and the Company (except to the extent otherwise required by law). After the date hereof, the Company shall not amend its Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws or any agreement in any manner which adversely affects the rights of Executive to indemnification thereunder. Any provision contained herein notwithstanding, this Agreement shall
not limit or reduce any rights of Executive to indemnification pursuant to applicable law. In addition, the Company will maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance in effect and covering
acts and omissions of Executive during the Term and for a period of six years thereafter on terms substantially no less favorable than those in effect on the Effective Date. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive has hereunto set his hand and the Company has caused this amended and restated Employment Agreement to be duly executed as of the effective date hereof
specified in the first paragraph hereof. 

	 	 	IMS HEALTH, INC.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

/s/  M. BERNARD PUCKETT      
 Name: M. Bernard Puckett

Title: Chairman, Compensation and Benefits Committee
	

 	
 	

EXECUTIVE
	

 	
 	

/s/  DAVID M. THOMAS      
 David M. Thomas

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