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: January 2001 5) If Amendment, Date of Original ( Month/Year): N/A 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 - ----------------------------- ------------------- --------- ------- -------- ------------ ------- FactSet Research Systems Inc. December 21, 2000 A N/A 1,256 A N/A Common Stock 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month 299,982 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) ------ ----- ----------- ------------ Nonqualified Stock Option $34.25 November 13, 2000 A N/A 50,000 (Right to Buy) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 20% of option grant is exercisable on November 13, 2001. The remaining options vest 1.67% monthly thereafter for the next four years. 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities FactSet Research Systems Inc. - 50,000 shares 8. Price of Derivative Security N/A 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month 162,500 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) D 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership N/A Explanation of Responses: Signature of Reporting Person Dated: February 9, 2001 /s/ Michael F. DiChristina --------------------------------------- Michael F. DiChristina