Exhibit 10.9

                          INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION


                        2001 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


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                                 2001 AMENDMENT

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     Interactive Data Corporation (the "Company") hereby amends the Data
Broadcasting Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") as set
forth below.

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     1. TITLE. The name of the Plan shall be changed, effective June 15, 2001,
from "Data Broadcasting Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan" to
"Interactive Data Corporation 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan."

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     2. FURTHER AMENDMENTS. Except as hereinabove specifically amended, all
provisions of the Plan shall continue in full force and effect; provided,
however, that the Company hereby reserves the power from time to time to further
amend the Plan.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this 2001 Amendment to be
executed in its name and on its behalf this 8th day of March, 2002.


                                    INTERACTIVE DATA CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Andrea H. Loew
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                                       Name: Andrea H. Loew
                                       Title: Vice President and General Counsel