Exhibit 10.13
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Notice of Grant of Stock Options                IMS Health Incorporated
and Option Agreement
                                                ID: 06-1506026
                                                200 Nyala Farms
                                                Westport, CT  06880

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                                                        Plan:          IH98
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Effective  ____________,  you have been granted a non-qualified  stock option to
buy ______ shares of IMS Health  Incorporated  (the Company) stock at $_________
per share.

Shares will vest in accordance with the following schedule:

          Percent Vesting          Vest Date             Expiration Date
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             one-third
             one-third
             one-third

If your employment terminates for any reason, other than death or Disability (as
defined  in the  Plan)  after the date of grant of the  above  options,  you may
exercise any options that were vested on the date of termination for a period of
90 days after such date. All unvested options on the date of such termination of
employment shall terminate.

If your employment terminates by reason of death or Disability after the date of
grant of the above  options (i) any  unexercised  options  will vest in full and
(ii) such options may then be exercised  during the shorter of (A) the remaining
stated  term of such  options  or (B)  five  years  after  the  date of death or
Disability.

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By the Company's signature below, and your acceptance of the stock option grant,
you and the  Company  agree that these  options  are  governed  by the terms and
conditions  of the  Company's  Employees'  Stock  Incentive  Plan  and the  Plan
Prospectus, all of which are attached and made part of this document.

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/s/ Kenneth S. Siegel





Kenneth S. Siegel
SVP, General Counsel and Secretary
IMS Health Incorporated