Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-3362547
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
One Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 863-1500
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
The FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Ernest S. Wong
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
One Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(Name and address of agent for service)
(203) 863-1500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Amount to be Proposed maximum Proposed maximum Amount of
securities to registered offering price aggregate offering registration
be registered per share (1) price(1) fee
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Common Stock,
par value
$.01 per share 500,000(1) 29.32(2) 14,660,000 3,665
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416c under the securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement covers an indeterminate number of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the FactSet Research Systems
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h). The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices for the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2001.
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Refer to Exhibit 4.5 on page 3.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not required to be filed with the Commission.
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by FactSet Research Systems
Inc. (the "Company") are incorporated herein by reference as of their respective
dates:
(a) FactSet Research Systems Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended August 31, 2000 (and the documents incorporated by reference therein).
(b) FactSet Research Systems Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended November 30, 2000 (and the documents incorporated by reference therein).
(c) FactSet Research Systems Inc. Proxy Statement on Form 14A filed with the
Commission on November 22, 2000 (and the documents incorporated by reference
therein).
(d) FactSet Research Systems Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-04238), filed with the Commission on June 26, 1996, containing a description
of the Common Stock.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date hereof
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference and to be part
hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
The Company will provide without charge to each person to whom a copy of this
Registration Statement is delivered, upon the written or oral request of such
person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated by reference (except
for exhibits thereto unless specifically incorporated by reference therein).
Requests for such copies should be directed to the Chief Financial Officer,
FactSet Research Systems Inc., One Greenwich Plaza, Greenwich, Connecticut
06830,(203)863-1500.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The class of securities to be offered, pursuant to this registration statement,
have been registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. See Item 3 -
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon by White &
Case LLP. See Exhibit 5.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Information relating to indemnification of directors and officers is
incorporated by reference herein from Item 14 of the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-04238).
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-04238)
filed with the Commission on June 5, 1996).*
4.2 By-laws(filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal year 1999).*
4.3 Description of the Company's Common Stock incorporated by reference
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-04238) filed with the Commission on June 26, 1996.*
4.4 Form of Security Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-04238) filed with
the Commission on June 26, 1996).*
4.5 FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(filed as Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement on Form 14A
filed with the Commission on November 22, 2000).*
5 Opinion of White & Case LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page).
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*Incorporated by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore,unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on the Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,thereunto duly
authorized in the City of Greenwich, State of Connecticut, on this th day of
March, 2001.
FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC.
by /s/ Ernest S. Wong
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Ernest S. Wong
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Ernest S. Wong, as his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and anything appropriate or
necessary to be done, as fully and for all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
Chairman of the Board of March 29, 2001
/s/ Philip A. Hadley Directors and Chief
------------------------ Executive Officer
Philip A. Hadley
/s/ Charles J. Snyder Vice Chairman of the Board March 29, 2001
------------------------ of Directors
Charles J. Snyder
/s/ Michael F. DiChristina President Chief Operating March 29, 2001
------------------------ Officer and Director
Michael F. DiChristina
/s/ Ernest S. Wong Senior Vice President, Chief March 29, 2001
------------------------ Financial Officer and Secretary
Ernest S. Wong
/s/ Scott A. Billeadeau Director March 29, 2001
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Scott A. Billeadeau
/s/John D. Connolly Director March 29, 2001
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John D. Connolly
/s/ Joseph E. Laird, Jr. Director March 29, 2001
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Joseph E. Laird, Jr.
/s/ John C. Mickle Director March 29, 2001
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John C. Mickle
/s/ Walter F. Siebecker Director March 29, 2001
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Walter F. Siebecker
/s/ Howard E. Wille Director March 29, 2001
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Howard E. Wille
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number Description
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No.333-04238) filed with the Commission on June 5, 1996).*
4.2 By-laws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly report
on Form 10-Q for the first quarter fiscal year 1999).*
4.3 Description of the Company's Common Stock incorporated by
reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-04238)filed with the Commission on June 26, 1996.*
4.4 Form of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-04238)filed
with the Commission on June 26, 1996).*
4.5 FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (filed as Appendix B to the Company's Proxy Statement on
Form 14A filed with the Commission on November 22, 2000).*
5 Opinion of White & Case LLP.
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page).
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* Incorporated by reference.
EXHIBIT 5
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WHITE & CASE LLP
March 27, 2001
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
One Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
Re: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
500,000 shares of Common Stock
Dear Sirs:
We are familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by
FactSet Research Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in
connection with the registration, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 500,000 shares of its Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), that
may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Company's 2001 Employees Stock
Plan (the "Plan").
We have examined such documents, certificates, records, authorizations
and proceedings and have made such investigations as we have deemed necessary or
appropriate in order to give the opinion expressed herein. In such examination
we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have relied, to the extent
we deem such reliance proper, upon such certificates of officers of the Company
with respect to the accuracy of material factual matters contained therein which
were not independently established.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that the 500,000 shares of
Common Stock referred to above have been duly authorized by the Company and,
when issued and paid for as described in the Plan, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock of the Company.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
above-referenced Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ White & Case LLP
FactSet Research Systems Inc.
One Greenwich Plaza
Greenwich, CT 06830
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 11, 2000 relating to the
financial statements, which appears on page 40 of the 2000 Annual Report to
Shareholders of FactSet Research Systems Inc., which is incorporated by
reference in FactSet Research Systems Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended August 31, 2000.
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
New York, New York
March 27, 2001