-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Qu6xHdEwfIHj4o93sI9+LnjapDmHSk6WDxqqrzZoF8RzCZ2XJ4lypPqtb+kkPeQt CxlU5CdpUbnw4Kn7h9STYA== 0001104659-06-033770.txt : 20060511 0001104659-06-033770.hdr.sgml : 20060511 20060511150129 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-033770 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060505 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060511 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060511 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: IMS HEALTH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001058083 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374] IRS NUMBER: 061506026 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14049 FILM NUMBER: 06829702 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1499 POST ROAD CITY: FAIRFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06824 BUSINESS PHONE: 2033194700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1499 POST ROAD CITY: FAIRFIELD STATE: CT ZIP: 06824 8-K 1 a06-11728_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 5, 2006

IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

No. 001-14049
(Commission
File Number)

 

No. 06-1506026
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

1499 Post Road
Fairfield, Connecticut
(Address of Principal Executive offices)

06824
(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 319-4700

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On May 5, 2006, the shareholders of IMS Health Incorporated (the “Company”) approved the amendment and restatement of the 1998 IMS Health Incorporated Employees’ Stock Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”). This amendment and restatement (i) increased the number of shares reserved for issuance in connection with awards under the Incentive Plan by 6.7 million, (ii) provided that shares can be used for all types of awards authorized under the Incentive Plan and otherwise simplified the share counting provisions of the Incentive Plan, (iii) extended the termination date of the Incentive Plan from 2013 to 2015, and (iv) conformed the Incentive Plan to new Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code regulating deferrals of compensation.

A copy of the Incentive Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

10.1

 

1998 IMS Health Incorporated Employees’ Stock Incentive Plan (As amended and restated effective May 5, 2006) (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the IMS Health Incorporated Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 001-14049).

 



 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

IMS HEALTH INCORPORATED

 

 

 (Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert H. Steinfeld

 

 

Name:

Robert H. Steinfeld

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

Date: May 11, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX

10.1

 

1998 IMS Health Incorporated Employees’ Stock Incentive Plan (As amended and restated effective May 5, 2006)(incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the IMS Health Incorporated Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, File No. 001-14049).

 

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