SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership Filed pursuant to section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1) Name and Address of Reporting Person: DiChristina, Michael F. FactSet Research Systems Inc. One Greenwich Plaza Greenwich, CT 06830 2) Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol: FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS) 3) IRS Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4) Statement for Month/Year: March 2000 5) If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year): 02/00 6) Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: ( ) Director (X) Officer (give title below*) ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Other (specify below) *President 7) Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by one reporting person ( ) Form filed by more then one reporting personTABLE I -NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED 1. Title of Security 2. Transaction Date 3. Transaction Code 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) ------------------------- ----------------------------------------- Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price - -------------------- ------------------- ------------------------- ----------------------------------------- 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month 299,062 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) D 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership N/A
TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. Conversion of 3. Transaction 4. Transaction 5. Number of Derivative Derivative Exercise Price Date Code Securities Acquired (A) Security of Derivative or Disposed (D) Security - ------------- ----------------- -------------- ---------------- ------------------------- Code V (A) (D) ---------------- ------------------------- Stock Option $34.625 November 10, 1999 A 70,000* 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 20% of option grant (ie. 14,000 options) exercisable on November 19, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004; Expiration Date: November 10, 2009 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities N/A 8. Price of Derivative Security N/A 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month 112,500 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) D 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership N/A Explanation of Responses: * Number of stock options has been adjusted to reflect two-for-one stock split that occurred on February 4, 2000. Signature of Reporting Person Dated: April 10, 2000 /s/ Michael F. DiChristina --------------------------------------- Michael F. DiChristina