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| <schemaVersion> X0206 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 3 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2016-05-03 </periodOfReport> |
| <noSecuritiesOwned> 0 </noSecuritiesOwned> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0001595262 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> IMS Health Holdings, Inc. </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> IMS </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001478242 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> 4820 EMPEROR BLVD. </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> DURHAM, </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> NC </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 27703 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 0 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 0 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 1 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 0 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| <footnoteId id="F2"/> |
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| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> I </value> |
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| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> See Footnotes </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
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| | | </nonDerivativeHolding> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Securities beneficially owned as a result of Quintiles Transnational Holdings ("Quintiles") entering into Voting Agreements (the "Voting Agreements"), dated as of May 3, 2016, with affiliates of TPG Global, LLC (the "TPG-I Funds"), CPP Investment Board Private Holdings Inc. ("CPPIB") and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P ("LGP" and each of the foregoing, a "Stockholder"), who own approximately 33.7%, 14.2% and 5.8% of Issuer common stock, respectively. Concurrently with the execution of the Voting Agreements, Quintiles and the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which the Issuer will be merged with and into the Quintiles (the "Merger"), with Quintiles surviving the Merger. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Quintiles is filing this statement solely because, as a result of certain proxy and voting provisions contained in the Voting Agreements, Quintiles may be deemed to share beneficial ownership for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 176,278,996 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") covered by the Voting Agreements (which represent 53.5% of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Issuer based on shares outstanding as of April 27, 2016) with the Stockholders for the purposes of determining Quintiles' status as a ten percent holder thereof. Quintiles expressly disclaims any beneficial ownership of the shares reported herein, and Quintiles does not have any pecuniary interest (as defined in Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) in any of the shares subject to the Voting Agreements. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> (Continued form footnote 2) Quintiles declares that the filing of this Form 3 shall not be construed as an admission by Quintiles that it is the beneficial owner of any of the shares subject to the Voting Agreements for purposes of Section 13(d), 13(g) or 16 of the Exchange Act, or for any other purposes, and such beneficial ownership is hereby expressly disclaimed. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> In addition, pursuant to the Voting Agreements, the Stockholders agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Issuer stock in favor of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, granted Quintiles an irrevocable proxy to vote their Issuer stock in accordance with the terms of the Voting Agreements and agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer such shares, other than in accordance with the Voting Agreements. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ James H. Erlinger III </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2016-05-13 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |