Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc. announced that the combined company expects to maintain dual headquarters in Danbury, CT, and Research Triangle Park, NC. Ari Bousbib, chairman and chief executive officer of IMS Health, will become chairman and chief executive officer of the merged organization. Tom Pike, chief executive officer of Quintiles, will become vice chairman.

The company's board of directors will be comprised of six directors appointed by the Quintiles board of directors and six directors appointed by the IMS Health board of directors. The lead director will be Dennis Gillings, CBE, Ph.D. IMS Health's legal advisor is Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP and its financial advisor is Goldman, Sachs and Co. In addition, Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell LLP served as legal advisor to the independent committee of the IMS Health board of directors.

Quintiles' legal advisors are Bryan Cave LLP and Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell and Jernigan, LLP, and its financial advisor is Barclays. Simpson Thacher and Bartlett LLP served as legal advisor to Quintiles' independent directors.