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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 5

ANNUAL 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 Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

        [_]  Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

        [_]  Form 3 Holdings Reported

        [_]  Form 4 Transactions Reported


  1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:

           Laird Jr., Joseph E.
           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 Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

            N/A

  4. Statement for Month/Date/Year

            08/31/01

  5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

            N/A

  6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

           [X]  Director                                  [_]  10% Owner

           [_]  Officer (give title below)        [_]  Other (specify below)

  7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

           [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person

           [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person


TABLE  I   -  NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
      4. 5.    
      Securities Acquired (A) Amount of 6.  
      or Disposed of (D) Securities Ownership 7.
      (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: Nature of
1. 2. 3. ––––––––––––––– Owned at End Direct (D) Indirect
Title of Transaction Transaction                   (A) of Issuer's or Beneficial
Security Date Code                    or Fiscal Year Indirect (I) Ownership
(Instr.3) mm/dd/yy (Instr. 8) Amount    (D)     Price (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
             
             

*  If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4 (b) (v).



TABLE  II   -  DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
                9. 10.  
                Number Owner-  
            7.   of ship  
        5.   Title and   Deriv- of  
  2.     Number of   Amount   ative Deriv- 11.
  Conver-     Derivative 6. of Underlying   Secur- ative Nature
  sion     Securities Date Securities   ities Secur- of
  or     Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Bene- ity: In-
  Exercise     or Disposed Expiration Date ––––––––––––– Price ficially Direct direct
1. Price   4. of (D) (mm/dd/yy)           Amount of Owned (D) or Bene-
Title of of 3. Trans- (Instr. 3, 4 ––––––––––––––                    or Deriv- at End In- ficial
Derivative Deriv- Trans- action and 5) Date      Expira-           Number ative of direct Owner-
Security ative action Code –––––––––––– Excer-        tion                    of Security Year (I) ship
(Instr. 3) Security mm/dd/yy (Instr. 8)   (A)       (D) cisable       Date Title       Share (Instr. 5) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
FactSet Research               40,000    D    N/A
Systems Inc.                  
Stock Options                  

Explanation of Responses:


 
Signature of Reporting Person
       
       
Date: November 19, 2001 /s/ Joseph E. Laird, Jr.
Joseph E. Laird, Jr.



**  Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
       See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).