POLICY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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                        RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
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     Award Agreement, dated as of February 8, 1999 (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 Participant,
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on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, a Restricted Stock Award with
respect  to  ______  SHARES  of the Common Stock of the Company (the "Restricted
Stock").

     Section  2.  Vesting  of  Restricted  Stock.  Subject  to  Sections 3 and 4
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hereof,  the Restricted Stock Award will vest and become payable over a five (5)
year  period in 20 percent increments, with the vesting dates being January 1 of
each  of  the five calendar years following the year in which the Award is made,
provided that the Participant remains as an Employee of the Company on each such
date.

     Section  3.  Termination of Employment.  If the Participant's employment is
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terminated  by reason of Retirement, Disability or Death, all unvested shares of
Restricted  Stock  shall  become immediately vested and payable.  In the event a
Participant voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company prior to full
vesting  of  any  outstanding Award under the Plan, any unvested portion of such
Award  will  be  immediately  forfeited.  If  the employment of a Participant is
terminated  by  the  Company  for Cause prior to full vesting of any outstanding
Award, any unvested portion of such Award will be immediately forfeited.  If the
employment  of  a  Participant is terminated by the Company other than for Cause
prior  to  full  vesting of any outstanding Award: (I) any unvested portion of a
Stock  Uplift included in such Award will be immediately forfeited (applying the
shares covered by the Stock Uplift on a pro-rata basis over the vesting period);
and (ii) any unvested portion of the remainder of the Award shall be immediately
vested  and  payable.

     Section 4.  Change of Control.  All shares of Restricted Stock shall become
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fully  and  immediately  vested  and  payable 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 Employee of the
Company  on  the  date  of  the  Change  in  Control.

     Section  5.  Rights  as a Shareholder.  Subject to the otherwise applicable
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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 shares of
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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.

     Section  7.  Award  Subject  to Plan.  This Award  and the Restricted Stock
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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, the Plan will govern and prevail.

     Section  8.  Tax Withholding.  The Company's obligation to make payments in
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respect  of  Restricted  Stock  is  subject  to  the making of provision for the
payment or withholding of any taxes from the participant required to be withheld
pursuant  to any applicable law in respect of the receipt or lapse of forfeiture
restrictions  with  respect to such shares.  Section 12.4 of the Plan sets forth
provisions  relating  to  tax withholding for Participants subject to Rule 16b-3
promulgated  by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Act  of  1934.

     Section  9.   Section  83(b) Election.  The participant shall promptly (and
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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  10.  Changes  in  Common Stock.  Any right hereunder in respect of
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the Company's Common Stock to which the Restricted Stock shall apply in the same
respect to any other shares of stock of the Company  into which the Common 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 Employment.  Nothing in this Award Agreement shall
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confer  upon the Participant any right to continue as an Employee 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  employment  at  any  time.

     Section  12.  Notices.  Any  notice  hereunder  by the Participant shall be
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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 Participant.  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 discretionary
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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 construed and
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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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                             SCHEDULE OF PARTICULARS
                          FOR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                      RE: RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT


NAMED EXECUTIVE                NUMBER
OFFICER                       GRANTED


Stephen  G.  Morrison         4,236
Michael  W.  Risley           1,938
Timothy  V.  Williams         3,184
G. Larry  Wilson              6,731