Sec Form 4 Filing - Pike Thomas @ Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. - 2016-09-30

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Pike Thomas 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. [ Q] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Chair, Pres R&D Solutions (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O QUINTILES IMS HOLDINGS, INC., 4820 EMPEROR BLVD. 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 09/30/2016 (Street) DURHAM, NC27703 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock ( 1 ) 09/30/2016 A 86,356 A $ 0 124,936 ( 2 ) D Common Stock ( 3 ) 10/03/2016 A 18,000 A $ 0 142,936 ( 4 ) D Common Stock ( 5 ) 10/03/2016 A 42,524 A $ 0 185,460 ( 6 ) D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Pike Thomas C/O QUINTILES IMS HOLDINGS, INC. 4820 EMPEROR BLVD. DURHAM, NC27703 X Vice Chair, Pres R&D Solutions Signatures /s/ James Erlinger III, Attorney-in-Fact for Thomas H. Pike 10/04/2016 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Grant to the reporting person of restricted stock under the Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (f/k/a the Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan) (the "Plan"). The restricted stock will vest in three equal installments on June 30, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017. ( 2 )This amount includes 86,356 shares of restricted stock granted on September 30, 2016. ( 3 )Issuance to the reporting person of restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Plan upon the conversion, at the effective time of the merger between Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. and IMS Health Holdings, Inc. (the "Merger"), of performance units ("PUs") originally issued to the reporting person on March 4, 2015. The PUs converted into RSUs at 187% of target, and the resulting RSUs will vest in full on December 31, 2017, the end of the original performance period of the PUs that were converted. ( 4 )This amount includes 86,356 shares of restricted stock granted on September 30, 2016 and 18,000 RSUs converted on October 3, 2016 from PUs originally issued to the reporting person on March 4, 2015. ( 5 )Issuance to the reporting person of RSUs under the Plan upon the conversion, at the effective time of the Merger, of PUs originally issued to the reporting person on March 3, 2016. The PUs converted into RSUs at 100% of target, and the resulting RSUs will vest in full on December 31, 2018, the end of the original performance period of the PUs that were converted. ( 6 )This amount includes 86,356 shares of restricted stock granted on September 30, 2016, 18,000 RSUs converted on October 3, 2016 from PUs originally issued to the reporting person on March 4, 2015 and 42,524 RSUs converted on October 3, 2016 from PUs originally issued to the reporting person on March 3, 2016.

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