fds20190125_8k.htm

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 8, 2019

 

FactSet Research Systems Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

  

1-11869

  

13-3362547

(State or other jurisdiction of

  

(Commission

  

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation)

  

File Number)

  

Identification No.)

 

601 Merritt 7

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(203) 810-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Departure of Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer

 

On February 8, 2019, Matthew J. McNulty resigned from FactSet Research Systems Inc. (the “Company” or “FactSet”) and ceased to serve in the role of Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer.

 

Appointment of Interim Senior Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer

 

Effective February 8, 2019, Brian G. Daly, Senior Vice President, Finance will assume the role as the Company’s interim Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Daly will continue to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance while performing the principal accounting officer responsibilities until a successor has been appointed. With regard to his interim role, Mr. Daly will continue to report directly to Helen L. Shan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

 

Mr. Daly, age 48, joined FactSet in 2017 as Vice President, Finance. Concurrent with his appointment as FactSet’s interim Principal Accounting Officer, Mr. Daly will continue to serve as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance. Prior to joining FactSet, Mr. Daly worked at Terex Corporation from 2005 to 2017 serving as the Group Vice President of Finance from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Daly received a B.S. in Accounting from Fairfield University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

The Company has no formal employment agreement with Mr. Daly.

 

Mr. Daly does not have any family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers and is not a party to any transactions listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

   

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC.

(Registrant)
     

Date: February 8, 2019

By:

/s/ Helen L. Shan
   

Helen L. Shan
   

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

(Principal Financial Officer)