IMS Health Will Hold Shareholder Meeting May 1

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — IMS Health Inc., a health care market research firm, said Friday it will hold its annual shareholder meeting on May 1 in Greenwich, Conn.

At the meeting, shareholders will vote on two directors and consider a rule that would make it easier to amend IMS' charter. The directors up for election are H. Eugene Lockhart, who has been on the board since 1998, and Bradley Sheares, who was named to the board Tuesday.

The company said director John Imlay Jr. is retiring, and said Sheares, 52, will take his place April 21. If Sheares and Lockhart are elected, they will serve one-year terms. ...