Frederick Philip Snow - Jan 2, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC (FDS)

Signature
/s/ RACHEL R. STERN, Attorney in Fact for Frederick Philip Snow
Stock symbol
FDS
Transactions as of
Jan 2, 2024
Transactions value $
-$856,800
Form type
4
Date filed
1/3/2024, 04:04 PM
Previous filing
Dec 4, 2023
Next filing
Feb 1, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction FDS Common Stock Options Exercise $495K +3K +23.23% $164.90 15.9K Jan 2, 2024 Direct
transaction FDS Common Stock Sale -$1.35M -3K -18.85% $450.50 12.9K Jan 2, 2024 Direct F1

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) Options Exercise $0 -3K -8.33% $0.00 33K Jan 2, 2024 Common Stock 3K $164.90 Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This Transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Plan adopted by Mr. Snow on September 27, 2023, with an effective date of January 2, 2024, 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.
F2 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.