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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                          1998 IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED
                         EMPLOYEES' STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
              (As amended and restated effective October 16, 2001)

1.    PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

            The purpose of the Plan is to aid the Company and its Subsidiaries
in securing and retaining employees of outstanding ability and to motivate such
employees to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its
Subsidiaries by providing incentives through the granting of Awards. The Company
expects that it will benefit from the added interest which such employees will
have in the welfare of the Company as a result of their proprietary interest in
the Company's success.

2.    DEFINITIONS

            The following capitalized terms used in the Plan have the respective
meanings set forth in this Section:

            (a)   ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
                  successor thereto.

            (b)   ANNUAL LIMIT: The limitation on the amount of certain Awards
                  intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" that
                  may be granted to a given Participant each year.

            (c)   AWARD: An Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Other
                  Stock-Based Award granted pursuant to the Plan.

            (d)   BENEFICIAL OWNER: As such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under
                  the Act (or any successor rule thereto).

            (e)   BOARD: The Board of Directors of the Company.

            (f)   CHANGE IN CONTROL: The occurrence of any of the following
                  events after Effective Date:

                  (i)   any Person (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,
                        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 Effective Date), 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 2(f) (i), (iii) or (iv) of the

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                        Plan, (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 66 2/3% 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 determines that a Change in Control shall be
                        deemed to have occurred for purposes of the Plan,
                        provided that the Board may impose limitations on the
                        effects of a Change in Control on any Award or otherwise
                        if the Change in Control has occurred under this Section
                        2(f)(v) and not under other subsections of this Section
                        2(f).

            (g)   CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
                  successor thereto.

            (h)   COGNIZANT: Cognizant Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

            (i)   COMMITTEE: The Compensation and Benefits Committee of the
                  Board.

            (j)   COMPANY: IMS Health Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.

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            (k)   DISABILITY: Inability of a Participant to perform the services
                  for the Company and its Subsidiaries required by his or her
                  employment with the Company due to any medically determinable
                  physical and/or mental incapacity or disability which is
                  permanent. The determination whether a Participant has
                  suffered a Disability shall be made by the Committee based
                  upon such evidence as it deems necessary and appropriate. A
                  Participant shall not be considered disabled unless he or she
                  furnishes such medical or other evidence of the existence of
                  the Disability as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may
                  require.

            (l)   EFFECTIVE DATE: The date on which the Plan takes effect, as
                  defined pursuant to Section 17 of the Plan.

            (m)   FAIR MARKET VALUE: With respect to Shares, unless otherwise
                  determined by the Committee, on a given date, the arithmetic
                  mean of the high and low prices of the Shares as reported on
                  such date on the Composite Tape of the principal national
                  securities exchange on which such Shares are listed or
                  admitted to trading, or, if no Composite Tape exists for such
                  national securities exchange on such date, then on the
                  principal national securities exchange on which such Shares
                  are listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Shares are not
                  listed or admitted on a national securities exchange, the
                  arithmetic mean of the per Share closing bid price and per
                  Share closing asked price on such date as quoted on the Nasdaq
                  System (or such market in which such prices are regularly
                  quoted), or, if there is no market on which the Shares are
                  regularly quoted, the Fair Market Value shall be the value
                  established by the Committee in good faith. If no sale of
                  Shares shall have been reported on such Composite Tape or such
                  national securities exchange on such date or quoted on the
                  Nasdaq System on such date, then the immediately preceding
                  date on which sales of the Shares have been so reported or
                  quoted shall be used.

            (n)   LSAR: A limited stock appreciation right granted pursuant to
                  Section 8(d) of the Plan.

            (o)   OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS: Awards granted pursuant to Section 9
                  of the Plan.

            (p)   OPTION: A stock option granted pursuant to Section 7 of the
                  Plan.

            (q)   OPTION PRICE: The purchase price per Share of an Option, as
                  determined pursuant to Section 7(a) of the Plan.

            (r)   PARTICIPANT: An individual who is selected by the Committee to
                  participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

            (s)   PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS: Certain Other Stock-Based Awards
                  granted pursuant to Section 9(b) of the Plan.

            (t)   PERSON: As such term is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or
                  14(d) of the Act (or any successor section thereto).

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            (u)   PLAN: The 1998 IMS Health Incorporated Employees' Stock
                  Incentive Plan.

            (v)   RETIREMENT: Termination of employment with the Company or a
                  Subsidiary after such Participant has attained age 65 or age
                  55 and five years of service with the Company. The foregoing
                  notwithstanding, the term "Retirement" shall mean any
                  termination of employment with the prior written consent of
                  the Committee that the termination be treated as a Retirement.

            (w)   SHARES: Shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per Share, of
                  the Company.

            (x)   SPINOFF DATE: The date on which the Shares that are owned by
                  Cognizant are distributed to the holders of record of shares
                  of Cognizant.

            (y)   STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT: A stock appreciation right granted
                  pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.

            (z)   SUBSIDIARY: A subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section
                  424(f) of the Code (or any successor section thereto).

3.    SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

            (a) AGGREGATE SHARE LIMITATIONS. Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 10(a), the total number of Shares which may be issued and/or
delivered under the Plan is 29,783,765 plus the number of Shares reserved for
awards under the IMS Health Incorporated Replacement Plan for Certain Employees
Holding Cognizant Corporation Equity-Based Awards (the "Replacement Plan") that
are not in fact issued or delivered in connection with such awards; provided
however, that in no event may more than 1,000,000 shares be issued as restricted
stock or similar Awards. The Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares. Shares subject to an Award
under the Plan that is canceled, expired, forfeited, settled in cash, or
otherwise terminated without a delivery of Shares to the Participant (or a
Beneficiary), including the number of Shares withheld or surrendered in payment
of any exercise or purchase price of an Award or taxes relating to an Award,
will become available for Awards under the Plan, and Shares shall be counted as
issued or delivered under the Replacement Plan in a manner consistent with the
counting of Shares under this Section 3. In addition, in the case of any Award
granted in substitution for awards of a company or business acquired by the
Company or a Subsidiary, Shares issued or issuable in connection with such
substitute Award shall not be counted against the number of Shares reserved
under the Plan, but shall be deemed to be available under the Plan by virtue of
the Company's assumption of the plan or arrangement of the acquired company or
business.

            (b) ANNUAL PER-PERSON LIMITATIONS. In each calendar year during any
part of which the Plan is in effect, a Participant may be granted Awards under
each of Section 7, Section 8, and Section 9(b) relating to up to the
Participant's Annual Limit (such Annual Limit to apply separately to each
Section). A Participant's Annual Limit, in any year during any part of which the
Participant is then eligible under the Plan, shall equal 1,000,000 shares plus
the amount of the Participant's unused Annual Limit as of the close of the
previous year, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10(a).

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4.    ADMINISTRATION

            (a) The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which may
delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to any subcommittee thereof
consisting solely of at least two individuals who are each "non-employee
directors" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Act (or any successor rule
thereto) and "outside directors" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the
Code (or any successor section thereto). The Committee is authorized to
interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations
relating to the Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems
necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee may
correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the
Plan in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable.
Any decision of the Committee in the interpretation and administration of the
Plan, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and
shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but
not limited to, Participants and their beneficiaries or successors). The
Committee shall require payment of any amount it may determine to be necessary
to withhold for minimum statutory withholding requirements for federal, state,
local or other taxes as a result of the exercise or settlement of an Award.
Unless the Committee specifies otherwise, the Participant may elect to pay a
portion or all of such withholding taxes by (a) delivery in shares or (b) having
shares withheld by the Company from any shares that would have otherwise been
received by the Participant. No authority to withhold shares is conferred under
the Plan to the extent that, solely due to such authority, an Award would be
accounted for as a "variable" award under APB 25. The Committee may, in its
discretion, grant Awards either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in
substitution or exchange for, any other Award or any award granted under another
plan of the Company, any subsidiary, or any business entity to be acquired by
the Company or a subsidiary, or any other right of a Participant to receive
payment from the Company or any subsidiary. The Committee may delegate to
officers of the Company, or committees thereof, the authority to grant awards to
the fullest extent permitted by Section 157 and other applicable provisions of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, subject to such rules as the Committee may
specify. In furtherance of this delegation of authority, if the chief executive
officer of the Company is a member of the Board, the chief executive officer
shall have the authority to grant Awards of up to an aggregate of 50,000 Shares
(or such other amount as may be specified by the Committee) in each calendar
year to each Participant who is not subject to the rules promulgated under
Section 16 of the Act (or any successor section thereto); PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such chief executive officer shall notify the Committee of any such grants
made pursuant to delegated authority under this Section 4(a).

            (b) Without the prior approval of the Company's stockholders,
Options granted under the Plan will not be repriced, replaced or regranted
through cancellation, or by lowering the Option exercise price of a previously
granted Option.

5.    ELIGIBILITY

            Employees (but not members of the Committee or any person who serves
only as a director) of the Company and its Subsidiaries are eligible to be
granted Awards. In addition, any person who has been offered employment by the
Company or a Subsidiary is eligible to be granted Awards, provided that no such
person may receive any payment or exercise any right relating to an Award until
such person has commenced such employment. Participants shall be selected from
time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, from among those
eligible, and the Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the number
of Shares to be covered by the Awards granted to each Participant.

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6.    LIMITATIONS

            (a) In addition to any per-Participant limitation on the number of
shares to be subject to awards that may be applicable under the 1998 ESIP or
2000 SIP or may otherwise be specified by this Committee, the maximum number of
options or other awards that may be granted by all officers to whom authority
has been delegated shall be 1 million shares in any one fiscal year under each
such Plan plus the number of shares specifically approved for awards to be
granted under delegated authority in that year, as specified in separate
resolutions from time to time adopted by this Committee.

            (b) Only employees of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the
Corporation may be granted awards pursuant to delegated authority, and other
limitations on the persons to whom awards may be granted shall apply as
specified by the Plan or the Committee. For this purpose, however, a person who,
at the time of commencement of employment will become a director or executive
officer of the Corporation and who will be granted awards at that time shall not
be deemed to be subject to Section 16 for purposes of the delegation of
authority under Section 4(a) of the 1998 ESIP.

            (c) Subject to the limitations specified in the Plans and any
resolutions of the Committee, the officers to whom authority to grant awards
under the Plans is delegated may determine the persons to receive the awards,
the type of awards, the number of awards, and the date of grant of the awards.
Such officers shall exercise no discretion over other terms of the awards. The
exercise price of any option granted pursuant to delegated authority shall be
100% of Fair Market Value of the underlying shares at the date of grant, unless
otherwise determined by this Committee. No cash consideration shall be payable
for the grant or exercise of any restricted stock units or similar awards,
except to the extent required by law or as otherwise determined by this
Committee. Vesting terms, forfeiture terms, expiration dates, and other terms
and conditions of any option or award granted pursuant to delegated authority
shall be as specified in the applicable Plan and the form of option or award
agreement in current use under the applicable Plan for an employee of the same
employment or compensation level, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

            (d) No grant of restricted stock may be made pursuant to delegated
authority (restricted stock units may be granted, however).

            (e) No officer to whom authority has been delegated may participate
in the grant of an option or award to himself or herself.

            (f) All other applicable limitations on delegated authority under
Section 157(c) and other provisions of the DGCL shall apply to officers acting
pursuant to delegated authority under the Plans.

            (g) No Award may be granted under the Plan after the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date, but Awards theretofore granted may extend
beyond that date.

7.    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS

            Options granted under the Plan shall be, as determined by the
Committee, non-qualified, incentive or other stock options for federal income
tax purposes, as evidenced by the related Award agreements, and shall be subject
to the foregoing and the following

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terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions, not inconsistent
therewith, as the Committee shall determine:

            (a) OPTION PRICE. The Option Price per Share shall be determined by
the Committee, but shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the
Shares on the date an Option is granted. The Committee may require the
Participant to pay a portion of the Option Price at the time of grant of the
option, with the remainder of the Option Price payable upon exercise of the
Option. Such prepayment of the Option Price shall be non-refundable except to
the extent set forth in a Participant's original option agreement.

            (b) EXERCISABILITY. Options granted under the Plan shall be
exercisable at such time and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined
by the Committee, but in no event shall an Option be exercisable more than ten
years after the date it is granted.

            (c) EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or
in an Award agreement, an Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time
any part, of the Shares for which it is then exercisable. For purposes of
Section 7 of the Plan, the exercise date of an Option shall be the later of the
date a notice of exercise is received by the Company and, if applicable, (A) the
date payment is received by the Company pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii)
in the following sentence, or (B) the date of sale by a broker of all or a
portion of the Shares being purchased pursuant to clause (iv) in the following
sentence. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Option Price for the
Shares as to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company in full
not later than the time of exercise at the election of the Participant (i) in
cash, (ii) in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate unpaid
Option Price for the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other
requirements as may be imposed by the Committee, (iii) partly in cash and partly
in such Shares, or (iv) through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a
broker to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate
Option Price for the Shares being purchased. The Award agreement shall, unless
otherwise provided by the Committee, permit the Participant to elect, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, to have the number
of Shares deliverable to the Participant as a result of the exercise reduced by
a number sufficient to pay the amount the Company determines to be necessary to
withhold for federal, state, local or other taxes as a result of the exercise of
the Option. No Participant shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of
a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to an Option until the Participant
has given written notice of exercise of the Option, paid in full for such Shares
and, if applicable, has satisfied any other conditions imposed by the Committee
pursuant to the Plan.

            (d) RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES ISSUED UPON EXERCISE; OTHER CONDITIONS.
If and to the extent so determined by the Committee, Shares issued upon exercise
of an Option may be subject to limitations on transferability, risks of
forfeiture, deferral of delivery, or such other terms and conditions as the
Committee may impose, subject to Section 14(b). Such terms and conditions may
include required forfeiture of Options or gains realized upon exercise thereof,
for a specified period after exercise, in the event the Participant fails to
comply with conditions relating to non-competition, non-disclosure,
non-solicitation or non-interference with employees, suppliers, or customers,
and non-disparagement and other conditions specified by the Committee.

            (e) EXERCISABILITY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY DEATH OR
DISABILITY. If a Participant's employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries
terminates by reason by death or Disability after the date of grant of an
Option, (i) the unexercised portion of such Option shall immediately vest in
full (i.e., become non-forfeitable) and (ii) such portion may

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thereafter be exercised during the shorter of (A) the remaining stated term of
the Option or (B) five years after the date of death or Disability.

            (f) EXERCISABILITY UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT BY RETIREMENT. If
a Participant's employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates by
reason of Retirement after the date of grant of an Option, the Participant's
unexercised Option may thereafter be exercised only during the period ending at
the earlier of five years after such Retirement or the stated expiration date of
such Option (the "Post-Retirement Exercise Period"), provided that such Option
shall be exercisable during such Post-Retirement Exercise Period only to the
extent such Option was exercisable at the time of such Retirement. The foregoing
notwithstanding, (i) the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the
vesting of the unvested portion of such Option held by a Participant upon such
Participant's Retirement, in which case such Option shall not be forfeited as
provided herein but thereafter shall become exercisable to the extent and at
such times as such portion of the Option would have become both vested and
exercisable during the Post-Retirement Exercise Period had the Participant's
employment not been terminated, unless the Committee specifies otherwise; and
(ii), if a Participant dies within a period of five years after such Retirement,
the Participant's unexercised Option (to the extent not previously forfeited)
may thereafter be exercised during the shorter of (i) the remaining stated term
of the Option or (ii) the period that is the longer of (A) five years after the
date of such termination of employment or (B) one year after the date of death.

            (g) EFFECT OF OTHER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. If a Participant's
employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason other
than death, Disability or Retirement after the date of grant of an Option as
described above, the Participant's unexercised Option may thereafter be
exercised during the period ending 90 days after the date of such termination of
employment, but only to the extent such Option was exercisable at the time of
such termination of employment, and in no event may such Option be exercised
after its stated expiration date. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Committee
may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the vesting of unvested Options held by
a Participant or specify post-termination exercise periods longer than 90 days,
but not extending past the Option's stated expriation date, provided that this
authority shall not apply if such Participant is terminated from employment for
"cause" (as such term is defined by the Committee in its sole discretion) by the
Company.

8.    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

            (a) GRANTS. The Committee also may grant (i) a Stock Appreciation
Right independent of an Option or (ii) a Stock Appreciation Right in connection
with an Option, or a portion thereof. A Stock Appreciation Right granted
pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence (A) may be granted at the time
the related Option is granted or at any time prior to the exercise or
cancellation of the related Option, (B) shall cover the same Shares covered by
an Option (or such lesser number of Shares as the Committee may determine) and
(C) shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as such Option except for
such additional limitations as are contemplated by this Section 8 (or such
additional limitations as may be included in an Award agreement).

            (b) TERMS. The exercise price per Share of a Stock Appreciation
Right shall be an amount determined by the Committee but in no event shall such
amount be less than the greater of (i) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the
date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted or, in the case of a Stock
Appreciation Right granted in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof,
the Option Price of the related Option and (ii) an amount

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permitted by applicable laws, rules, by-laws or policies of regulatory
authorities or stock exchanges. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted
independent of an Option shall entitle a Participant upon exercise to an amount
equal to (i) the excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one
Share over (B) the exercise price per Share, times (ii) the number of Shares
covered by the Stock Appreciation Right. Each Stock Appreciation Right granted
in conjunction with an Option, or a portion thereof, shall entitle a Participant
to surrender to the Company the unexercised Option, or any portion thereof, and
to receive from the Company in exchange therefor an amount equal to (i) the
excess of (A) the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one Share over (B)
the Option Price per Share, times (ii) the number of Shares covered by the
Option, or portion thereof, which is surrendered. The date a notice of exercise
is received by the Company shall be the exercise date. Payment shall be made in
Shares or in cash, or partly in Shares and partly in cash, valued at such Fair
Market Value, all as shall be determined by the Committee. Stock Appreciation
Rights may be exercised from time to time upon actual receipt by the Company of
written notice of exercise stating the number of Shares subject to an
exercisable Option with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being
exercised. No fractional Shares will be issued in payment for Stock Appreciation
Rights, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee should
so determine, the number of Shares will be rounded downward to the next whole
Share.

            (c) LIMITATIONS. The Committee may impose, in its discretion, such
conditions upon the exercisability or transferability of Stock Appreciation
Rights as it may deem fit.

            (d) LIMITED STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Committee may grant LSARs
that are exercisable upon the occurrence of specified contingent events. Such
LSARs may provide for a different method of determining appreciation, may
specify that payment will be made only in cash and may provide that any related
Awards are not exercisable while such LSARs are exercisable. Unless the context
otherwise requires, whenever the term "Stock Appreciation Right" is used in the
Plan, such term shall include LSARs.

9.    OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS

            (a) GENERALLY. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant
Awards of Shares, Awards of restricted Shares and Awards that are valued in
whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market
Value of, Shares ("Other Stock-Based Awards"). Such Other Stock-Based Awards
shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee shall
determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive one or more
Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) as an outright bonus or
upon the completion of a specified period of service, the occurrence of an event
and/or the attainment of performance objectives. Other Stock-Based Awards may be
granted alone or in addition to any other Awards granted under the Plan. Subject
to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when
Other Stock-Based Awards will be made, the number of Shares to be awarded under
(or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards; whether such Other
Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and
Shares; and all other terms and conditions of such Awards (including, without
limitation, the vesting provisions thereof). Cash awards, as an element of or
supplement to any other Award under the Plan, may also be granted pursuant to
this Section 9(a). In addition, the Committee is authorized to grant dividend
equivalents to a Participant, entitling the Participant to receive cash, Shares,
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Awards, or other property equal in value to dividends paid with respect to a
specified number of Shares, or other periodic payments. Dividend equivalents may
be awarded on a free-standing basis or in connection with another Award. The
Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be paid or distributed
when accrued or shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares,
Awards, or other investment vehicles, subject to such restrictions on
transferability and risks of forfeiture as the Committee may specify.

            (b) PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, certain Other Stock-Based Awards granted under this Section 9
may be granted in a manner which is deductible by the Company without limitation
under Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section thereto)
("Performance-Based Awards"). A Participant's Performance-Based Award shall be
determined based on the attainment of written performance goals approved by the
Committee for a performance period established by the Committee (i) while the
outcome for that performance period is substantially uncertain and (ii) no more
than 90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the
performance goal relates or, if less, the number of days which is equal to 25
percent of the relevant performance period. The performance goals, which must be
objective, shall be based upon one or more of the following criteria: (i)
consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization); (ii) net income; (iii) operating income;
(iv) earnings per share; (v) book value per share; (vi) return on stockholders'
equity; (vii) expense management; (viii) return on investment; (ix) improvements
in capital structure; (x) profitability of an identifiable business unit or
product; (xi) maintenance or improvement of profit margins; (xii) stock price;
(xiii) market share; (xiv) revenues or sales; (xv) costs; (xvi) cash flow;
(xvii) working capital; (xviii) economic value added; (xix) return on assets;
(xx) total stockholder return (stock price appreciation plus dividends and
distributions); (xxi) operating management goals; (xxii) and execution of
pre-approved corporate strategy. The foregoing criteria may relate to the
Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or one or more of its divisions or
units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute
basis and/or be relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any
combination thereof, all as the Committee shall determine. In addition, to the
degree consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor section
thereto), the performance goals may be calculated without regard to
extraordinary items. In the case of a Performance-Based Award which is not
valued in a way in which the limitation set forth in the final sentence of
Section 3 would operate as an effective limitation satisfying Treasury
Regulation 1.162-27(e)(4), the maximum amount of a Performance-Based Award to
any Participant with respect to performance in a single fiscal year of the
Company shall be $5,000,000. The Committee shall determine whether, with respect
to a performance period, the applicable performance goals have been met with
respect to a given Participant and, if they have, to so certify and ascertain
the amount of the applicable Performance-Based Award. No Performance-Based
Awards will be paid for such performance period until such certification is made
by the Committee. The amount of the Performance-Based Award actually paid to a
given Participant may be less than the amount determined by the applicable
performance goal formula, at the discretion of the Committee. The amount of the
Performance-Based Award determined by the Committee for a performance period
shall be paid to the Participant at such time as determined by the Committee in
its sole discretion after the end of such performance period; provided, HOWEVER,
that a Participant may, if and to the extent permitted by the Committee and
consistent with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Code, elect to defer
payment of a Performance-Based Award.

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10.   ADJUSTMENTS UPON CERTAIN EVENTS

            Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Plan to the contrary,
the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted under the Plan:

            (a) GENERALLY. In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares
after the Effective Date by reason of any Share dividend or split,
reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination
or exchange of Shares of other corporate exchange, or any large, special, and
non-recurring distribution to Stockholders, the Committee in its sole discretion
and without liability to any person may make such substitution or adjustment, if
any, as it deems to be equitable, as to (i) the number or kind of Shares or
other securities issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan or
pursuant to outstanding Awards, (ii) the Option Price, (iii) the number and kind
of Shares by which annual per-person Award limitations are measured under
Section 3 hereof and/or (iv) any other affected terms of such Awards (including
making provision for the payment of cash, other Awards or other property in
respect of any outstanding Award). In addition, the Committee is authorized to
make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in,
Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without
limitation, events described in the preceding sentence, as well as acquisitions
and dispositions of businesses and assets) affecting the Company, any subsidiary
or any business unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any
subsidiary, or in response to changes in applicable laws, regulations,
accounting principles, tax rates and regulations or business conditions or in
view of the Committee's assessment of the business strategy of the Company, any
subsidiary or business unit thereof, performance of comparable organizations,
economic and business conditions, personal performance of a Participant, and any
other circumstances deemed relevant; provided that no such adjustment shall be
authorized to be made if and to the extent that such authority or the making of
such adjustment would cause Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, or Performance
Awards granted under Section 9(b) hereof intended to qualify as
"performance-based compensation" under Code Section 162(m) and regulations
thereunder to otherwise fail to so qualify.

            (b) CHANGE IN CONTROL. Except as otherwise provided in an Award
agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee in its sole
discretion and without liability to any person may take such actions, if any, as
it deems necessary or desirable with respect to any Award (including, without
limitation, (i) the acceleration of an Award, (ii) the payment of a cash amount
in exchange for the cancellation of an Award and/or (iii) the requiring of the
issuance of substitute Awards that will substantially preserve the value, rights
and benefits of any affected Awards previously granted hereunder) as of the date
of the consummation of the Change in Control.

11.   NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT

            The granting of an Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation
on the Company or any Subsidiary to continue the employment of a Participant and
shall not lessen or affect the Company's or Subsidiary's right to terminate the
employment of such Participant.

12.   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

            The Plan shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the
Company and a Participant, including without limitation, the estate of such
Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such estate, or any
receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the Participant's
creditors.

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13.   NONTRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS

            An Award shall not be transferable or assignable by the Participant
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. During the
lifetime of a Participant, an Award shall be exercisable only by such
Participant. An Award exercisable after the death of a Participant may be
exercised by the legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the
Participant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Committee, in
its sole discretion, shall have the authority to waive this Section 13 (or any
part thereof) to the extent that this Section 13 (or any part thereof) is not
required under the rules promulgated under any law, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company.

14.   AMENDMENTS OR TERMINATION

            (a) CHANGES TO THE PLAN. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue
the Plan, except that (i) any amendment or alteration shall be subject to the
approval of the Company's stockholders at or before the next annual meeting of
stockholders for which the record date is after the date of such Board action if
(x) such stockholder approval is required by any federal or state law or
regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on
which the Shares may then be listed or quoted, and the Board may otherwise, in
its discretion, determine to submit amendments or alterations to stockholders
for approval or (y) such amendment or alteration would materially increase the
number of shares reserved for the purposes of the Plan, materially broaden the
employees or class of employees eligible to receive Awards under the Plan or
materially increase benefits accruing to employees participating in the Plan;
(ii) without the consent of a Participant, no amendment or alteration shall
materially impair any of the Participant's rights under an Award theretofore
granted to such Participant; and (iii) the Committee may amend or alter the Plan
in such manner as it deems necessary to permit the granting of Awards meeting
requirements of the Code or other applicable laws. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary herein, the Board may not amend, alter or discontinue the
provisions relating to Section 10(b) of the Plan after the occurrence of a
Change in Control.

            (b) CHANGES TO OUTSTANDING AWARDS. The Committee may waive any
conditions or rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate
any Award theretofore granted and any Award agreement relating thereto, except
as otherwise provided in the Plan and except that the Committee may not amend or
alter an Award theretofore granted if such action would result in an Award
having terms that would not have been authorized or permitted for a new grant or
Award under the Plan; provided that, without the consent of an affected
Participant, no such Committee action may materially and adversely affect the
rights of such Participant under such Award. Other provisions of the Plan
notwithstanding, if any right under this Plan would cause a transaction to be
ineligible for pooling of interest accounting that would, but for the right
hereunder, be eligible for such accounting treatment, the Committee may modify
or adjust the right so that pooling of interest accounting shall be available,
including the substitution of Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the
cash otherwise payable hereunder for the right which caused the transaction to
be ineligible for pooling of interest accounting.

15.   INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

            With respect to Participants who reside or work outside the United
States of America and either who are not (and who are not expected to be)
"covered employees" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code or who are
granted Awards not intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" under
Section 162(m), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the terms of
the Plan or Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such
terms with local laws, regulations, or customs or

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otherwise to meet the objectives of the Plan, and may, where appropriate,
establish one or more sub-plans to reflect such amended provisions.

16.   NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN

            Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board nor any submission of
the Plan, specific Plan terms, or amendments thereto to a vote of stockholders
of the Company shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of
the Board to adopt such other compensatory arrangements as it may deem
desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of awards otherwise than
under the Plan, and such other arrangements may be either applicable generally
or only in specific cases.

17.   CHOICE OF LAW

            The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York.

18.   EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PLAN

            The Plan shall be effective as of the Spinoff Date.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                            [IMS HEALTH LETTERHEAD]

                                     TIER-2
                           CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT
                             FOR CERTAIN EXECUTIVES
                           OF IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

                                                                            Date

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

[First_Name][Last_Name]
[Job_Title]
[Company]

Dear [First_Name][Last_Name]:

      IMS Health Incorporated (the "Company") considers it essential to the best
interests of its stockholders to foster the continued employment of key
management personnel. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Company
(the "Board") recognizes that the possibility of a change in ownership or
control of the Company may result in the departure or distraction of such
personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders. As you are a
skilled and dedicated executive with important management responsibilities and
talents, the Company believes that its best interests will be served if you are
encouraged to remain with the Company.

      The Company has determined that your ability to perform your
responsibilities and utilize your talents for the benefit of the Company, and
the Company's ability to retain you as an employee, will be significantly
enhanced if you are provided with fair and reasonable protection from the risks
of a change in ownership or control of the Company. Accordingly, in order to
induce you to remain in the employ of the Company, you and the Company agree as
follows:

      1. TERM OF AGREEMENT.

            (a) GENERALLY. Except as provided in Section 1(b) hereof, (i) this
Agreement shall be effective as of__________ and shall continue in effect
through December 31, 2003, and (ii) commencing on January 1, 2004, and each
January 1 thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically extended for one
additional year unless, not later than September 30th of the preceding year,
either party to this Agreement gives notice to the other that the Agreement
shall not be extended under this Section 1(a); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
notice by the Company shall be effective if a Change in Control or Potential
Change in Control (both as defined herein) shall have occurred prior to the date
of such notice.

            (b) UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. If a Change in Control shall have
occurred at any time during the period in which this Agreement is effective,
this Agreement shall continue in effect for (i) the remainder of the month in
which the Change in Control occurred and (ii) a term of 24 months beyond the
month in which such Change in Control occurred (such entire period hereinafter
referred to as the "Protected Period").

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      2. CHANGE IN CONTROL; POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL.

            (a) 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 (2)(a)(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 66 2/3% 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.

            (b) A "Potential Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred
if:

                  (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.

            (c) EMPLOYEE COVENANTS. You agree that, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control, you
will remain in the employ of the

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Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is 180 days from the occurrence
of such Potential Change in Control, (ii) the termination of your employment by
reason of Disability (as defined herein) or (iii) the date on which you first
become entitled under this Agreement to receive the benefits provided in Section
3(b) hereof.

            (d) COMPANY COVENANT REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the
event of a Potential 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 all
potential obligations of the Company that would arise assuming consummation of a
Change in Control and a subsequent termination of your employment under Section
3(b). 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.

      3. TERMINATION.

            (a) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE, BY YOU WITHOUT GOOD
REASON, OR BY REASON OF DEATH OR DISABILITY. If during the Protected Period your
employment by the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause, by you without
Good Reason, or because of your death or Disability, the Company shall be
relieved of its obligation to make any payments to you other than (i) its
payment of amounts otherwise accrued and owing but not yet paid and (ii) any
amounts payable under then-existing employee benefit programs at the time such
amounts are due.

            (b) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT CAUSE OR BY YOU FOR GOOD
REASON. If during the Protected Period your employment by the Company is
terminated by the Company without cause or by you for Good Reason, you shall be
entitled to the compensation and benefits described in this Section 3(b). If
your employment by the Company is terminated prior to a Change in Control at the
request of a Person engaging in a transaction or series of transactions that
would result in a Change in Control, the Protected Period shall commence upon
the subsequent occurrence of a Change in Control, your actual termination shall
be deemed a termination occurring during the Protected Period and covered by
this Section 3(b), your Date of Termination shall be deemed to have occurred
immediately following the Change in Control, and Notice of Termination shall be
deemed to have been given by the Company immediately prior to your actual
termination. Your continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a
waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstances constituting Good Reason
hereunder. The compensation and benefits provided under this Section 3(b) are as
follows:

                  (i) The Company shall pay you your full base salary through
the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination
is given, no later than the fifth day following the Date of Termination, and you
shall receive all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation
or benefit plan of the Company, at the time such payments are due.

                  (ii) At the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, the Company
shall pay you, in lieu of any further salary, bonus or severance payments for
periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, a lump sum amount in cash equal
to three times the sum of:

            (A) the greater of (I) your annual base salary in effect immediately
prior to the Change in Control of the Company or (II) your annual base salary in
effect at the time Notice of Termination is given; and

            (B) the greater of (I) your annual target bonus for the year in
which the Change in Control occurs or, (II) if no such target bonus has yet been
determined for such year, your annual target bonus actually earned by you in the
year immediately preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurs.

                  (iii) At the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, the
Company shall pay to you, in lieu of amounts which may otherwise be payable to
you under any bonus plan (a "Bonus

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Plan"), an amount in cash equal to (A) your annual target bonus for the year in
which the Change in Control occurs, multiplied by a fraction, (I) the numerator
of which equals the number of full or partial days in such annual performance
period during which you were employed by the Company and (II) the denominator of
which is 365, and (B) the entire target bonus opportunity with respect to each
performance period in progress under all other Bonus Plans in effect at the time
of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3(b)(iii) shall not
apply with respect to any amounts which may otherwise be payable to you under
the Company's Senior Executive Incentive Plan or any other Bonus Plan of the
Company that applies primarily to "covered employees" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code.

                  (iv) The Company shall provide you with a cash allowance, at
the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, for outplacement and job search
activities (including, but not limited to, office and secretarial expenses) in
the amount of 20% of your annual base salary and annual target bonus taken into
account under Section 3(b)(ii) hereof, PROVIDED THAT (A) such cash allowance
shall not exceed $100,000 and (B) such cash allowance shall apply only to those
costs or obligations that are incurred by you during the 36-month period
following your termination of employment.

                  (v) For a 36-month period following your termination of
employment, the Company shall arrange to provide you with life and health
insurance benefits no less favorable than those which you were receiving
immediately prior to the Notice of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any benefit described in the preceding sentence shall constitute secondary
coverage with respect to any life and health insurance benefits actually
received by you in connection with any subsequent employment (or
self-employment) during the 36-month period following your termination.

                  (vi) Starting at age 55, you shall receive retiree medical and
life benefits from the Company. Such benefits shall be no less favorable than
the benefits that you would have received had you, at the time Notice of
Termination is given, both (A) attained age 55 and (B) retired from the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any benefit described in the preceding sentence
shall constitute secondary coverage with respect to retiree medical and life
benefits actually received by you in connection with any subsequent employment
(or self-employment) following your termination.

            (c) EXCISE TAX. In the event you become entitled to any amounts
payable in connection with a 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 you at the time specified in Section 3(d)
hereof an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount
retained by you, 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 this Section 3(c), shall be equal to the Total
Payments. For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will
be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax: (i) any other
payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a
Change in Control or your 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 you 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;
(ii) the amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the
Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Total
Payments and (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying

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Section 3(c)(i) hereof); and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any
deferred payments or benefit shall be determined by a nationally-recognized
accounting firm selected by you in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the
Gross-Up Payment, you 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 your 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 your employment, you 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 you 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
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is
determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of the
termination of your 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.

            (d) TIME OF PAYMENT. The payments provided for in Sections 3(b)(ii),
3(b)(iii) and 3(c) hereof shall be made not later than the fifteenth day
following the Date of Termination; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the amount of such
payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall
pay to you 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 Termination. 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 you,
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). The
payments provided in Section 3(b)(iv) hereof shall be made not later than the
fifteenth day following the submission of each receipt to the Company evidencing
costs or obligations incurred by you in connection with outplacement counseling
and job search activities.

            (e) NOTICE. During the Protected Period, any purported termination
of your employment by the Company or by you shall be communicated by written
Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.

            (f) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise indicated in this
Agreement, all definitions in this Section 3(f) shall be applicable during the
Protected Period only.

                  (i) DISABILITY. "Disability" shall mean your absence from the
full-time performance of your duties with the Company for six consecutive months
as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or disability,
and within 30 days after written Notice of Termination is thereafter given you
shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

                  (ii) CAUSE. "Cause" shall mean termination on account of (A)
the willful and continued failure by you to substantially perform your duties
with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from your incapacity due
to physical or mental illness or disability or any failure after the issuance of
a Notice of Termination by you 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 substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board,
which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that
you have not substantially performed your duties or (B) the willful engaging by
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Company, monetarily or otherwise. No act, or failure to act, on your part
shall be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in
good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in
the best interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall
not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall
have been delivered to you a copy of the resolution duly adopted by the
affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) off the entire
membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board (after reasonable notice to
you and an opportunity for you, together with your counsel, to be heard
before the Board) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, you
were guilty of conduct set forth above in this Section 3(f)(ii) and
specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

                  (iii) GOOD REASON. "Good Reason" shall mean, without your
express written consent, the occurrence upon or after a Change in Control of any
of the following circumstances unless, in the case of Sections 3(f)(iii)(A),
(E), (F) or (G) hereof, such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date
of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof:

            (A) the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent with the
position in the Company that you held immediately prior to the Change in
Control, or an adverse alteration in the nature or status of your
responsibilities or the conditions of your employment from those in effect
immediately prior to such Change in Control;

            (B) a reduction by the Company in your annual base salary, any
target bonus or perquisites as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control or as the same may be increased from time to time 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;

            (C) the relocation of the principle place of your employment to a
location more than 50 miles from the location of such place of employment on the
date of this Agreement; except for required travel on the Company's business to
an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations prior
to the Change in Control;

            (D) the failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your
compensation or to pay to you 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;

            (E) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any material
compensation or benefit plan in which you participated immediately prior to the
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 your participation therein (or in such
substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both
in terms of the amounts of benefits provided and the level of your participation
relative to other participants, as existed at the time of the Change in Control;

            (F) the failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement
from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as
contemplated in Section 6 hereof; or

            (G) any purported termination of your employment that is not
effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of
Section 3(f)(iv) hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section
3(f)(ii) hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for
purposes of this Agreement.

                  (iv) NOTICE OF TERMINATION. "Notice of Termination" shall mean
notice indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed
to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so
indicated.

                  (v) DATE OF TERMINATION. "Date of Termination" shall mean (A)
if your employment is terminated for Disability, 30 days after Notice of
Termination is given (provided that

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you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during
such 30-day period) or (B) if your employment is terminated for any other
reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a
termination for Cause, shall not be less than 30 days from the date such Notice
of Termination is given and, in the case of a termination for Good Reason, shall
not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days from the date such Notice of
Termination is given).

      4. MITIGATION. Except as provided in Section 3(b)(v) and (vi) hereof, you
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of payment provided for under this
Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of
payment or benefit provided for under this Agreement be reduced by any
compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, by
retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by you to
the Company, or otherwise.

      5. COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS. The Company shall pay all costs and expenses,
including all attorneys' fees and disbursements, of the Company and, at least
monthly, you in connection with any legal proceedings, whether or not instituted
by the Company or you, relating to the interpretation or enforcement of any
provision of this Agreement; PROVIDED THAT if you instituted the proceeding and
a finding (no longer subject to appeal) is entered that you instituted the
proceeding in bad faith, you shall pay all of your costs and expenses, including
attorneys' fees and disbursements. The Company shall pay prejudgment interest on
any money judgment obtained by you as a result of such proceeding, calculated at
the prime rate of The Chase Manhattan Bank as in effect from time to time from
the date that payment should have been made to you under this Agreement.

      6. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT.

            (a) The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) 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.

            (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by you and your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of your
death, all amounts otherwise payable to you hereunder shall, unless otherwise
provided herein, be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your
devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your
estate.

      7. NOTICE. Notices and all other communications provided for in this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
(a) personally delivered or (b) mailed by United States certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective
addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement; PROVIDED THAT all
notice to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with a
copy to the General Counsel of the Company, or to such other address as either
party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except
that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

      8. MISCELLANEOUS. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived
or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by you and such officer as may be designated by the Board. No
waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party
hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to
be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or
dissimilar provisions or conditions at the time or at any prior or subsequent
time. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard
to its conflicts of law principles. All references to sections of the Exchange
Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to
such

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sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any
applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law. The
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall survive the expiration of
this Agreement to the extent necessary to give effect to this Agreement.

      9. VALIDITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

      10. 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.

      11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of
the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and during
the term of this Agreement supersedes the provisions of all prior agreements,
promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or
warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative
of any party hereof with respect to the subject matter contained herein. No
agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with
respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are
not expressly set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the procedural provisions of this Agreement shall
apply to all benefits payable as a result of a Change in Control (or other
change in control) under any employee benefit plan, agreement, program, policy
or arrangement of the Company.

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If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly
sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then
constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                    IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

                                    By: _______________________________________
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Agreed to this ____________________ day

of ____________________________, 2001.

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[First_Name][Last_Name]

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                             [IMS HEALTH LETTERHEAD]

                                     TIER 3
                           CHANGE-IN-CONTROL AGREEMENT
                             FOR CERTAIN EXECUTIVES
                           OF IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

                                                                            Date

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

[First_Name][Last_Name]
[Job_Title]
[Company]

Dear [First_Name][Last_Name]:

      IMS Health Incorporated (the "Company") considers it essential to the best
interests of its stockholders to foster the continued employment of key
management personnel. In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Company
(the "Board") recognizes that the possibility of a change in ownership or
control of the Company may result in the departure or distraction of such
personnel to the detriment of the Company and its stockholders. As you are a
skilled and dedicated executive with important management responsibilities and
talents, the Company believes that its best interests will be served if you are
encouraged to remain with the Company.

      The Company has determined that your ability to perform your
responsibilities and utilize your talents for the benefit of the Company, and
the Company's ability to retain you as an employee, will be significantly
enhanced if you are provided with fair and reasonable protection from the risks
of a change in ownership or control of the Company. Accordingly, in order to
induce you to remain in the employ of the Company, you and the Company agree as
follows:

      1. TERM OF AGREEMENT.

            (a) GENERALLY. Except as provided in Section 1(b) hereof, (i) this
Agreement shall be effective as of__________ and shall continue in effect
through December 31, 2003, and (ii) commencing on January 1, 2004, and each
January 1 thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically extended for one
additional year unless, not later than September 30th of the preceding year,
either party to this Agreement gives notice to the other that the Agreement
shall not be extended under this Section 1(a); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such
notice by the Company shall be effective if a Change in Control or Potential
Change in Control (both as defined herein) shall have occurred prior to the date
of such notice.

            (b) UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. If a Change in Control shall have
occurred at any time during the period in which this Agreement is effective,
this Agreement shall continue in effect for (i) the remainder of the month in
which the Change in Control occurred and (ii) a term of 24 months beyond the
month in which such Change in Control occurred (such entire period hereinafter
referred to as the "Protected Period").

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      2. CHANGE IN CONTROL; POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL.

            (a) 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 (2)(a)(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 66 2/3% 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.

            (b) A "Potential Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred
if:

                  (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.

            (c) EMPLOYEE COVENANTS. You agree that, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, in the event of a Potential Change in Control, you
will remain in the employ of the

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Company until the earliest of (i) a date which is 180 days from the occurrence
of such Potential Change in Control, (ii) the termination of your employment by
reason of Disability (as defined herein) or (iii) the date on which you first
become entitled under this Agreement to receive the benefits provided in Section
3(b) hereof.

            (d) COMPANY COVENANT REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGE IN CONTROL. In the
event of a Potential 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 all
potential obligations of the Company that would arise assuming consummation of a
Change in Control and a subsequent termination of your employment under Section
3(b). 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.

      3. TERMINATION.

            (a) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY FOR CAUSE, BY YOU WITHOUT GOOD
REASON, OR BY REASON OF DEATH OR DISABILITY. If during the Protected Period your
employment by the Company is terminated by the Company for Cause, by you without
Good Reason, or because of your death or Disability, the Company shall be
relieved of its obligation to make any payments to you other than (i) its
payment of amounts otherwise accrued and owing but not yet paid and (ii) any
amounts payable under then-existing employee benefit programs at the time such
amounts are due.

            (b) TERMINATION BY THE COMPANY WITHOUT CAUSE OR BY YOU FOR GOOD
REASON. If during the Protected Period your employment by the Company is
terminated by the Company without cause or by you for Good Reason, you shall be
entitled to the compensation and benefits described in this Section 3(b). If
your employment by the Company is terminated prior to a Change in Control at the
request of a Person engaging in a transaction or series of transactions that
would result in a Change in Control, the Protected Period shall commence upon
the subsequent occurrence of a Change in Control, your actual termination shall
be deemed a termination occurring during the Protected Period and covered by
this Section 3(b), your Date of Termination shall be deemed to have occurred
immediately following the Change in Control, and Notice of Termination shall be
deemed to have been given by the Company immediately prior to your actual
termination. Your continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a
waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstances constituting Good Reason
hereunder. The compensation and benefits provided under this Section 3(b) are as
follows:

                  (i) The Company shall pay you your full base salary through
the Date of Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination
is given, no later than the fifth day following the Date of Termination, and you
shall receive all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation
or benefit plan of the Company, at the time such payments are due.

                  (ii) At the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, the Company
shall pay you, in lieu of any further salary, bonus or severance payments for
periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, a lump sum amount in cash equal
to two times the sum of:

            (A) the greater of (I) your annual base salary in effect immediately
prior to the Change in Control of the Company or (II) your annual base salary in
effect at the time Notice of Termination is given; and

            (B) the greater of (I) your annual target bonus for the year in
which the Change in Control occurs or, (II) if no such target bonus has yet been
determined for such year, your annual target bonus actually earned by you in the
year immediately preceding the year in which the Change in Control occurs.

                  (iii) At the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, the
Company shall pay to you, in lieu of amounts which may otherwise be payable to
you under any bonus plan (a "Bonus

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Plan"), an amount in cash equal to (A) your annual target bonus for the year in
which the Change in Control occurs, multiplied by a fraction, (I) the numerator
of which equals the number of full or partial days in such annual performance
period during which you were employed by the Company and (II) the denominator of
which is 365, and (B) the entire target bonus opportunity with respect to each
performance period in progress under all other Bonus Plans in effect at the time
of termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 3(b)(iii) shall not
apply with respect to any amounts which may otherwise be payable to you under
the Company's Senior Executive Incentive Plan or any other Bonus Plan of the
Company that applies primarily to "covered employees" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code.

                  (iv) The Company shall provide you with a cash allowance, at
the time specified in Section 3(d) hereof, for outplacement and job search
activities (including, but not limited to, office and secretarial expenses) in
the amount of 20% of your annual base salary and annual target bonus taken into
account under Section 3(b)(ii) hereof, PROVIDED THAT (A) such cash allowance
shall not exceed $100,000 and (B) such cash allowance shall apply only to those
costs or obligations that are incurred by you during the 36-month period
following your termination of employment.

                  (v) For a 24-month period following your termination of
employment, the Company shall arrange to provide you with life and health
insurance benefits no less favorable than those which you were receiving
immediately prior to the Notice of Termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any benefit described in the preceding sentence shall constitute secondary
coverage with respect to any life and health insurance benefits actually
received by you in connection with any subsequent employment (or
self-employment) during the 24-month period following your termination.

                  (vi) Starting at age 55, you shall receive retiree medical and
life benefits from the Company. Such benefits shall be no less favorable than
the benefits that you would have received had you, at the time Notice of
Termination is given, both (A) attained age 55 and (B) retired from the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any benefit described in the preceding sentence
shall constitute secondary coverage with respect to retiree medical and life
benefits actually received by you in connection with any subsequent employment
(or self-employment) following your termination.

            (c) EXCISE TAX. In the event you become entitled to any amounts
payable in connection with a 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 you at the time specified in Section 3(d)
hereof an additional amount (the "Gross-Up Payment") such that the net amount
retained by you, 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 this Section 3(c), shall be equal to the Total
Payments. For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will
be subject to the Excise Tax and the amount of such Excise Tax: (i) any other
payments or benefits received or to be received by you in connection with a
Change in Control or your 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 you 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;
(ii) the amount of the Total Payments which shall be treated as subject to the
Excise Tax shall be equal to the lesser of (A) the total amount of the Total
Payments and (B) the amount of excess parachute payments within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code (after applying

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Section 3(c)(i) hereof); and (iii) the value of any non-cash benefits or any
deferred payments or benefit shall be determined by a nationally-recognized
accounting firm selected by you in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. For purposes of determining the amount of the
Gross-Up Payment, you 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 your 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 your employment, you 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 you 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
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code. In the event that the Excise Tax is
determined to exceed the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of the
termination of your 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.

            (d) TIME OF PAYMENT. The payments provided for in Sections 3(b)(ii),
3(b)(iii) and 3(c) hereof shall be made not later than the fifteenth day
following the Date of Termination; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the amount of such
payments cannot be finally determined on or before such day, the Company shall
pay to you 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 Termination. 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 you,
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). The
payments provided in Section 3(b)(iv) hereof shall be made not later than the
fifteenth day following the submission of each receipt to the Company evidencing
costs or obligations incurred by you in connection with outplacement counseling
and job search activities.

            (e) NOTICE. During the Protected Period, any purported termination
of your employment by the Company or by you shall be communicated by written
Notice of Termination to the other party hereto.

            (f) CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise indicated in this
Agreement, all definitions in this Section 3(f) shall be applicable during the
Protected Period only.

                  (i) DISABILITY. "Disability" shall mean your absence from the
full-time performance of your duties with the Company for six consecutive months
as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or disability,
and within 30 days after written Notice of Termination is thereafter given you
shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties.

                  (ii) CAUSE. "Cause" shall mean termination on account of (A)
the willful and continued failure by you to substantially perform your duties
with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from your incapacity due
to physical or mental illness or disability or any failure after the issuance of
a Notice of Termination by you 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 substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board,
which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that
you have not substantially performed your duties or (B) the willful engaging by
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Company, monetarily or otherwise. No act, or failure to act, on your part shall
be deemed "willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith
and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best
interest of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed
to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been
delivered to you a copy of the resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote
of not less than three-quarters (3/4) off the entire membership of the Board at
a meeting of the Board (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for
you, together with your counsel, to be heard before the Board) finding that, in
the good faith opinion of the Board, you were guilty of conduct set forth above
in this Section 3(f)(ii) and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.

                  (iii) GOOD REASON. "Good Reason" shall mean, without your
express written consent, the occurrence upon or after a Change in Control of any
of the following circumstances unless, in the case of Sections 3(f)(iii)(A),
(E), (F) or (G) hereof, such circumstances are fully corrected prior to the Date
of Termination specified in the Notice of Termination given in respect thereof:

            (A) the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent with the
position in the Company that you held immediately prior to the Change in
Control, or an adverse alteration in the nature or status of your
responsibilities or the conditions of your employment from those in effect
immediately prior to such Change in Control;

            (B) a reduction by the Company in your annual base salary, any
target bonus or perquisites as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control or as the same may be increased from time to time 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;

            (C) the relocation of the principle place of your employment to a
location more than 50 miles from the location of such place of employment on the
date of this Agreement; except for required travel on the Company's business to
an extent substantially consistent with your business travel obligations prior
to the Change in Control;

            (D) the failure by the Company to pay to you any portion of your
compensation or to pay to you 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;

            (E) the failure by the Company to continue in effect any material
compensation or benefit plan in which you participated immediately prior to the
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 your participation therein (or in such
substitute or alternative plan) on a basis not materially less favorable, both
in terms of the amounts of benefits provided and the level of your participation
relative to other participants, as existed at the time of the Change in Control;

            (F) the failure of the Company to obtain a satisfactory agreement
from any successor to assume and agree to perform this Agreement, as
contemplated in Section 6 hereof; or

            (G) any purported termination of your employment that is not
effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the requirements of
Section 3(f)(iv) hereof (and, if applicable, the requirements of Section
3(f)(ii) hereof), which purported termination shall not be effective for
purposes of this Agreement.

                  (iv) NOTICE OF TERMINATION. "Notice of Termination" shall mean
notice indicating the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed
to provide a basis for termination of your employment under the provision so
indicated.

                  (v) DATE OF TERMINATION. "Date of Termination" shall mean (A)
if your employment is terminated for Disability, 30 days after Notice of
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you shall not have returned to the full-time performance of your duties during
such 30-day period) or (B) if your employment is terminated for any other
reason, the date specified in the Notice of Termination (which, in the case of a
termination for Cause, shall not be less than 30 days from the date such Notice
of Termination is given and, in the case of a termination for Good Reason, shall
not be less than 15 nor more than 60 days from the date such Notice of
Termination is given).

      4. MITIGATION. Except as provided in Section 3(b)(v) and (vi) hereof, you
shall not be required to mitigate the amount of payment provided for under this
Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of
payment or benefit provided for under this Agreement be reduced by any
compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer, by
retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by you to
the Company, or otherwise.

      5. COSTS OF PROCEEDINGS. The Company shall pay all costs and expenses,
including all attorneys' fees and disbursements, of the Company and, at least
monthly, you in connection with any legal proceedings, whether or not instituted
by the Company or you, relating to the interpretation or enforcement of any
provision of this Agreement; PROVIDED THAT if you instituted the proceeding and
a finding (no longer subject to appeal) is entered that you instituted the
proceeding in bad faith, you shall pay all of your costs and expenses, including
attorneys' fees and disbursements. The Company shall pay prejudgment interest on
any money judgment obtained by you as a result of such proceeding, calculated at
the prime rate of The Chase Manhattan Bank as in effect from time to time from
the date that payment should have been made to you under this Agreement.

      6. SUCCESSORS; BINDING AGREEMENT.

            (a) The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) 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.

            (b) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable
by you and your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators,
successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of your
death, all amounts otherwise payable to you hereunder shall, unless otherwise
provided herein, be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your
devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your
estate.

      7. NOTICE. Notices and all other communications provided for in this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
(a) personally delivered or (b) mailed by United States certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective
addresses set forth on the first page of this Agreement; PROVIDED THAT all
notice to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with a
copy to the General Counsel of the Company, or to such other address as either
party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except
that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

      8. MISCELLANEOUS. No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived
or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in
writing and signed by you and such officer as may be designated by the Board. No
waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party
hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to
be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or
dissimilar provisions or conditions at the time or at any prior or subsequent
time. The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard
to its conflicts of law principles. All references to sections of the Exchange
Act or the Code shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to
such

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sections. Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any
applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law. The
obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall survive the expiration of
this Agreement to the extent necessary to give effect to this Agreement.

      9. VALIDITY. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

      10. 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.

      11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement of
the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and during
the term of this Agreement supersedes the provisions of all prior agreements,
promises, covenants, arrangements, communications, representations or
warranties, whether oral or written, by any officer, employee or representative
of any party hereof with respect to the subject matter contained herein. No
agreements or representations, oral or otherwise, express or implied, with
respect to the subject matter hereof have been made by either party which are
not expressly set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, the procedural provisions of this Agreement shall
apply to all benefits payable as a result of a Change in Control (or other
change in control) under any employee benefit plan, agreement, program, policy
or arrangement of the Company.

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If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly
sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter, which will then
constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                    IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

                                    By: _____________________________________
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Agreed to this ____________________ day

of ____________________________, 2001.

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[First_Name][Last_Name]

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