SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/08/2013	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. [ Q ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Shares	26,481,658	I	See Explanation of Responses(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TPG Advisors III, Inc. (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BONDERMAN DAVID (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* COULTER JAMES G (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O TPG GLOBAL, LLC 301 COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 3300 (Street) FORT WORTH TX 76102 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. David Bonderman and James G. Coulter are officers and sole shareholders of each of TPG Advisors III, Inc. ("Advisors III") and TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. ("Group Advisors" and, together with Advisors III and Messrs. Bonderman and Coulter, the "Reporting Persons").

2. Advisors III is the general partner of TPG GenPar III, L.P., which is the general partner of TPG Partners III, L.P., which is the managing member of TPG Quintiles Holdco LLC ("Holdco I"), which directly holds 8,264,038 shares of Common Stock ("Shares") of Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. (the "Issuer").

3. Group Advisors is the general partner of TPG Group Holdings (SBS), L.P., which is the sole member of TPG Holdings I-A, LLC, which is the general partner of TPG Holdings I, L.P., which is the sole member of each of (i) TPG GenPar V Advisors, LLC, which is the general partner of TPG GenPar V, L.P., which is the general partner of TPG Partners V, L.P., which is the managing member of each of TPG Quintiles Holdco II LLC ("Holdco II"), which directly holds 17,301,294 Shares, and TPG Quintiles Holdco IV LLC ("Holdco IV"), which directly holds 100,000 Shares, and (ii) TPG Biotechnology GenPar II Advisors, LLC, which is the general partner of TPG Biotechnology GenPar II, L.P., which is the general partner of TPG Biotechnology Partners II, L.P., which is the sole member of TPG Quintiles Holdco III LLC ("Holdco III" and, together with Holdco I, Holdco II and Holdco IV, the "TPG Funds"), which directly holds 816,326 Shares.

4. Because of the relationship between the Reporting Persons and the TPG Funds, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own the securities reported herein to the extent of the greater of their respective direct or indirect pecuniary interests in the profits or capital accounts of the TPG Funds. Each Reporting Person and each TPG Fund disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's or TPG Fund's pecuniary interest therein, if any.

5. The TPG Funds have entered into a Shareholders Agreement, dated as of January 22, 2008 (as supplemented and amended, the "Shareholders Agreement"), with certain other holders (the "Holders") of Shares. Because of the relationship between the TPG Funds and the Holders as a result of the Shareholders Agreement, the Reporting Persons may be deemed, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), to beneficially own the 70,460,403 Shares held in the aggregate by the Holders. Each Reporting Person and each TPG Fund disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares held by the Holders.

6. Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Exchange Act, this filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owners of any equity securities in excess of their respective pecuniary interests.

Remarks:

(7) The Reporting Persons are jointly filing this Form 3 pursuant to Rule 16a-3(j) under the Exchange Act. (8) Ronald Cami is signing on behalf of both Messrs. Bonderman and Coulter pursuant to the authorization and designation letters dated July 1, 2010, which were previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

	/s/ Ronald Cami, Vice President, TPG Group Holdings (SBS) Advisors, Inc. (7)	05/08/2013
	/s/ Ronald Cami, Vice President, TPG Advisors III, Inc. (7)	05/08/2013
	/s/ Ronald Cami on behalf of David Bonderman (7)(8)	05/08/2013
	/s/ Ronald Cami on behalf of James G. Coulter (7)(8)	05/08/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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