FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Nov 12, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC (FDS)
CIK: 0001013237
Period of Report: 2010-11-08

Reporting Person: Nicolelli Maurizio (Principal Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-11-08	FactSet Common Stock	A	1185	—	Acquired	2458	Direct
2010-11-08	FactSet Common Stock	A	897	—	Acquired	3355	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-11-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$65.67	J	7657	Disposed		FactSet Common Stock (7657)	Direct
2010-11-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$88.40	A	6845	Acquired	2017-11-08	FactSet Common Stock (6845)	Direct
2010-11-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$88.40	A	8664	Acquired	2017-11-08	FactSet Common Stock (8664)	Direct
2010-11-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$88.40	A	11765	Acquired	2017-11-08	FactSet Common Stock (11765)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents a Restricted Stock Award which shall vest over 5 years at a rate of 60% on November 8, 2013 and the remaining 40% on November 8, 2015, subject to continued employment.

F2: Represents a Restricted Stock Unit Award which shall become exercisable over 6 years based on the achievement by the issuer of certain financial performance criteria and continued employment. RSUs that do not vest at the end of the performance period will be forfeited.

F3: These options shall become exercisable based on the achievement by the issuer of certain financial performance criteria. Options that do not vest at the end of a two-year performance period will be forfeited. Options that become exercisable vest 41.67% after the two-year performance period with the remainder vesting at 1.67% per month thereafter.

F4: These options shall become exercisable over 6 years based on the achievement by the issuer of certain financial performance criteria. Options that do not vest at the end of the performance period will be forfeited.

F5: These options shall become exercisable over 4.5 years based on the achievement by the issuer of certain financial performance criteria. Options that do not vest by June 1, 2015 will be forfeited.

F6: This performance-based employee stock option grant was forfeited as the issuer did not achieve certain financial performance criteria during the two-year performance period ending August 31, 2010.

F7: Column 8 has been intentionally left blank.