Frederick Philip Snow - Nov 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC (FDS)

Role: Chief Executive Officer, Director
Signature: /s/ RACHEL R. STERN, Attorney in Fact for Frederick Philip Snow
Stock symbol: FDS
Transactions as of: Nov 1, 2022
Transactions value $: -$2,200,625
Form type: 4
Date filed: 11/3/2022, 06:57 PM
Previous filing: Oct 4, 2022
Next filing: Dec 1, 2022

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	FDS	Common Stock	Award	$0	+7.81K	+192.49%	$0.00	11.9K	Nov 1, 2022	Direct	F1
transaction	FDS	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$1.54M	-3.62K	-30.5%	$426.25	8.25K	Nov 1, 2022	Direct	F2
transaction	FDS	Common Stock	Options Exercise	$412K	+2.5K	+30.31%	$164.90	10.7K	Nov 1, 2022	Direct
transaction	FDS	Common Stock	Sale	-$1.07M	-2.5K	-23.26%	$427.94	8.25K	Nov 1, 2022	Direct	F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	FDS	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	Award	$0	+19.9K		$0.00	19.9K	Nov 1, 2022	Common Stock	19.9K	$426.25	Direct	F4
transaction	FDS	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	Options Exercise	$0	-2.5K	-3.85%	$0.00	62.5K	Nov 1, 2022	Common Stock	2.5K	$164.90	Direct	F5

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents common stock received upon the vesting on November 1, 2022, of performance share units ("PSUs") granted on November 1, 2019. Each PSU converted into 1.279 shares of common stock upon vesting based on the Company's performance during the three-fiscal year period beginning September 1, 2019 and ending August 31, 2022 (the "Performance Period") measured against performance goals established for the Performance Period based 50% on the Company's adjusted cumulative operating earnings and 50% on the Company's adjusted cumulative revenues during the Performance Period.
F2	Represents the number of shares withheld to cover the cost of taxes upon vesting on November 1, 2022, of PSUs granted on November 1, 2019.
F3	This Transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan adopted by Mr. Snow on September 29, 2021, with an effective date of January 1, 2022, in order to facilitate his exercise of non-qualified stock options. Accordingly, Mr. Snow had no discretion with regard to the timing of the transaction.
F4	Options vest 20% annually on the anniversary date of the grant and are fully vested after five years.
F5	Options were granted on July 1, 2015, and vest over a nine year period with 11.11% exercisable on each of the first nine anniversaries of the date of grant.