POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION

                       RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
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     Award Agreement, dated as of August 11, 1998 (the "Date of Grant")
between POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a South Carolina corporation
(the "Company"), and  (the "Participant").  This Award Agreement is pursuant
to the terms of the Company's Restricted Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan").
The applicable terms of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference,
including the definition of terms contained in the Plan.

          Section 1.     Restricted Stock Award.  The Company grants to the
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Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, a Restricted
Stock award with respect to 306 SHARES of the Common Stock of the Company (the
"Restricted Stock").

          Section 2.     Vesting of Restricted Stock.  Subject to Sections 3
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and 4 hereof, the Restricted Stock shall become vested and nonforfeitable in
five equal annual installments based on the continued service of the
Participant on the Board in accordance with the following vesting schedule:

                    Vesting Date     Number of Shares
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                  1. January 1, 1999       61
                  2. January 1, 2000       61
                  3. January 1, 2001       61
                  4. January 1, 2002       61
                  5. January 1, 2003       62

          Section  3.     Termination of Service. If the Participant's service
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on  the  Board is terminated by reason of Retirement, Disability or Death, all
unvested  shares  of  Restricted  Stock  shall  become  immediately vested and
nonforfeitable.    If  the Participant's service on the Board is terminated by
the  Company  without  Cause  prior to any applicable vesting date, two-thirds
(2/3)  of  the  remaining  unvested  shares  of  Restricted Stock shall become
immediately  vested  and  nonforfeitable, and one-third (1/3) of the remaining
unvested shares shall be forfeited to the Company (in each case rounded upward
or downward to the nearest whole share, as applicable).  If the Participant is
nominated but is not reelected as a member of the Board by the shareholders of
the  Company,  the  restrictions  imposed  on  any  unvested  portion  of  the
Restricted stock shall immediately lapse.  If the Participant's service on the
Board  is  terminated  for  any  reason  other  than as provided above in this
Section  3  (including,  without  limitation,  voluntary  termination  by  the
Participant  or  termination by the Company for Cause) prior to any applicable
vesting  date,  the  Participant  shall  forfeit his interest in all shares of
Restricted  Stock  that  have not become vested as of the date of termination.
Any shares of Restricted Stock that are forfeited by the Participant hereunder
shall  be  returned  and  transferred  to  the  Company  or the Plan Trust, as
determined by the Company, and the Participant shall cease for all purposes to
be  a  shareholder  of  such  shares as of the date of termination of service.

          Section  4.       Change of Control.  All shares of Restricted Stock
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shall  become  fully  and  immediately  vested  and  nonforfeitable  upon  the
occurrence  of  a  Change  of  Control  of  the Company prior to any scheduled
vesting  date  as  provided in Section 2 hereof, provided that the Participant
remains  an  Independent  Director of the Company on the date of the Change in
Control.

          Section  5.       Rights as a Shareholder.  Subject to the otherwise
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applicable  provisions  of  the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Participant
will  have  all  rights  of a shareholder with respect to shares of Restricted
Stock  granted  to  the Participant hereunder, including the right to vote the
shares  and  receive  all  dividends and other distributions paid or made with
respect  thereto.

          Section 6.     Restrictions on Transfer.  Neither this Award nor any
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shares  of  the  Restricted  Stock  covered  hereby  may  be  sold,  assigned,
transferred, encumbered, hypothecated or pledged by the Participant, otherwise
than  to  the  Company,  unless  as  of the date of any such sale, assignment,
transfer,  encumbrance,  hypothecation  or  pledge,  such shares of Restricted
Stock  to be thus disposed of have become vested in accordance with this Award
Agreement.    The  certificate  or  certificates representing shares delivered
pursuant  to the Award shall bear a legend referring to the nontransferability
or  assignability of such shares pursuant to this Section, and a stop-transfer
order  against  such certificate or certificates will be placed by the Company
with  its transfer agents and registrars.  At the discretion of the Committee,
in  lieu of issuing a stock certificate to the Participant, the Company or its
designated  agent may hold the shares of Restricted Stock in escrow during the
period  such  shares  remain  subject  to  the  vesting restrictions and other
restrictions  provided  hereunder.

          Section 7.     Award Subject to Plan.  This Award and the Restricted
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Stock  acquired hereunder are subject to the Plan, the terms and provisions of
which,  as it may be amended from time to time, are hereby incorporated herein
by  reference.    In  the  event  of  a conflict between any term or provision
contained  herein and a term or provision of the Plan will govern and prevail.

          Section  8.          Section  83(b) Election.  The Participant shall
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promptly (and not later than 30 days of the date hereof) notify the Company if
the  Participant makes an election under section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue
Code.

          Section  9.          Investment Representation.  Upon acquisition of
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Restricted  Stock  under  the  Plan  at  a  time when there is not in effect a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the shares
of Common Stock, the Participant hereby represents and warrants, and by virtue
of  such  acquisition shall be deemed to represent and warrant, to the Company
that  the  shares of Restricted Stock shall be acquired for investment and not
with a view to the distribution thereof, and not with any present intention of
distributing the same, and the Participant shall provide the Company with such
further  representations and warranties as the Company may require in order to
ensure  compliance  with applicable federal and state securities, blue sky and
other  laws.  No shares of Restricted Stock shall be acquired unless and until
the  Company  and/or  the  Participant shall have complied with all applicable
federal  or  state registration, listing and/or qualification requirements and
all  other  requirements  of  law  or  of  any  regulatory  agencies  having
jurisdiction,  unless  the  Committee has received evidence satisfactory to it
that  the  Participant  may  acquire such shares pursuant to an exemption from
registration  under the applicable securities laws.  Any determination in this
connection  by  the  Committee  shall  be final, binding, and conclusive.  The
Company  reserves

the  right  to legend any certificate for shares of Common Stock, conditioning
sales  of  such  shares  upon  compliance  with  applicable  federal and state
securities  laws  and  regulations.

          Section  10.          Changes  in  Common  Stock.   Any right of the
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Participant  or  the  Company  hereunder  with respect to the Restricted Stock
shall  also  apply  to  any  other  shares  of stock of the Company which such
Restricted Stock has been exchanged or converted into, or which were issued in
respect  thereof,  pursuant to any recapitalization or other event referred to
in  Section 3.2 of the Plan, as determined by the Committee in accordance with
the  Plan.

          Section  11.          No  Right  of  Service.  Nothing in this Award
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Agreement  shall  confer  upon  the  Participant  any  right to continue as an
Independent  Director of the Company or to interfere in any way with the right
of  the  Company  or  the  shareholders  of  the  Company  to  terminate  the
Participant's  service  on  the  Board  at  any  time.

          Section  12.       Notices.  Any notice hereunder by the Participant
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shall  be given to the Company in writing and such notice shall be deemed duly
given  only  upon  receipt thereof at the Company's office at One PMSC Center,
Blythewood, South Carolina, 29016, or at such other address as the Company may
designate  by  notice  to  the  President  and  General  Counsel.   Any notice
hereunder by the Company shall be given to the Participant in writing and such
notice shall be deemed duly given only upon receipt thereof at such address as
the  Participant  may  have  on  file  with  the  Company.

          Section  13.          Construction.    The  Committee shall have the
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discretionary  authority for the interpretation and construction of this Award
Agreement,  as  and  in  the  manner  set  forth  in  Section 4.2 of the Plan.

          Section  14.          Governing  Law.  This Award Agreement shall be
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construed  and  enforced  in  accordance  with  the laws of the State of South
Carolina,  without  giving  effect  to  the  choice of law principles thereof.

                             

                              POLICY  MANAGEMENT  SYSTEMS  CORPORATION



                              By:      ____________________
                              Name:    Stephen G. Morrison
                              Title:   Executive Vice President, Secretary &
                                       General Counsel


                              PARTICIPANT


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