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This excerpt taken from the FDS 8-K filed Dec 15, 2009.

Operational Highlights

 

   

Professionals using FactSet increased to 37,400, up 100 users.

 

   

Client count was 2,044 at November 30, a net decrease of 1 client during the quarter.

 

   

Annual client retention rate was greater than 95% of ASV and 87% of clients.

 

   

Portfolio Analytics (“PA”) 2.0 was deployed by 647 clients representing 5,670 users. PA users increased by 30 during the quarter, while the number of PA clients remained the same as the previous quarter.

 

   

Employee count at November 30, 2009 was 3,269, up 300 employees during the quarter. Over 90% of the increase in headcount during the quarter was driven by the expansion of FactSet’s proprietary content operation.

 

   

Capital expenditures were $6.5 million, net of landlord contributions for construction of $0.2 million. Approximately 80% of capital expenditures were for computer equipment and the remainder covered office space expansion.

 

   

On September 14, 2009, FactSet announced the release of the Company’s newest financial software platform. The new FactSet consolidates data and analytics, previously spread across multiple applications, onto one comprehensive, intuitive interface.

This excerpt taken from the FDS 8-K filed Jun 16, 2009.

Operational Highlights

   

ASV from FactSet’s U.S. operations was $419 million, and $196 million related to international operations.

   

U.S. revenues were $105 million, up 3% from the year ago quarter.

   

Non-U.S. revenues increased 8% to $49 million.

   

Client count was 2,033 at May 31, 2009, a net aggregate decrease of 34 clients during the quarter.

   

Annual client retention rate was greater than 95% of ASV and 88% of clients.

   

PA 2.0 was deployed by 647 clients representing 5,600 users. PA users decreased by 180 during the quarter, while the number of PA clients decreased by five.

   

Employee count at May 31, 2009 was 2,550, up 400 employees during the quarter. The increase in headcount was driven by expansion of FactSet’s proprietary content operation including the FactSet Fundamentals collection team.

   

Capital expenditures were $1.2 million, net of landlord contributions for construction of $1.9 million. Approximately 70% of capital expenditures were for computer equipment and the remainder covered office space expansion.

   

The quarterly dividend increased 11% from $0.18 to $0.20 per share.

   

Common shares outstanding at May 31, 2009 were 47.1 million. The Company repurchased 200,000 shares during the quarter and $134 million remains authorized for future repurchases.

   

FactSet Europe was named one of UK’s 50 best places to work.

   

Wall Street Journal partnered with FactSet to calculate its annual ranking of the best equity analysts.

This excerpt taken from the FDS 8-K filed Mar 17, 2009.

Operational Highlights

 

   

Users were 38,700 at quarter end, a decline of 1,500 professionals over the past three months.

 

   

Client count was 2,067 at February 28, 2009, a net decrease of 12 clients.

 

   

Annual client retention rate was greater than 95% of ASV and 90% of clients.

 

   

PA 2.0 was deployed by 652 clients and 5,773 users at quarter end. Users decreased by 94 during the quarter, while the number of clients increased by three.

 

   

Employee count at February 28, 2009 was 2,150, up 96 employees during the quarter. Excluding FactSet Fundamentals, the increase in employees was 58 or 3% since August 31, 2008.

 

   

Capital expenditures were $6.4 million, net of landlord contributions for construction. Expenditures for office space expansion were $4.9 million and the remainder covered computer equipment.

 

   

Common shares outstanding at February 28, 2009 were 46.9 million.

This excerpt taken from the FDS 8-K filed Dec 16, 2008.

Operational Highlights

 

   

Client retention rate remained above 95%.

 

   

Users rose to 40,200 at quarter end, up 100 professionals over the past three months.

 

   

Client count was 2,079 at November 30, a net decrease of 6 clients. The number of gross client additions during the quarter was 43% lower than the average over the last four quarters.

 

   

PA 2.0 was deployed by 649 clients and 5,867 users at quarter end, a user increase of 16% over the prior year.

 

   

Employee count at November 30, 2008 was 2,054, up 120 employees during the quarter. Excluding FactSet Fundamentals, the quarterly increase in employees was 40 or 2%.

 

   

Capital expenditures were $8.7 million, net of landlord contributions for construction. Expenditures for computer equipment were $5.4 million and the remainder covered office space expansion.

 

   

The Company repurchased 976,881 shares for $42.3 million. At November 30, 2008, $62.7 million remains authorized for future repurchases. Common shares outstanding at November 30, 2008 were 47.1 million.

This excerpt taken from the FDS 8-K filed Mar 18, 2008.

Operational Highlights

 

   

Users rose to 39,100, up 1,300 during the second quarter.

 

   

Client count was 2,021 as of February 29, a net increase of 28 clients.

 

   

595 clients, consisting of 5,248 users, subscribed to the PA 2.0 application at quarter-end.

 

   

Employee count at February 29, 2008 was 1,828. Excluding the acquired DealMaven employees, headcount is up 22% from a year ago and 10% over the past six months.

 

   

Client retention rate remained above 95%.

 

   

In January 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an expansion of the existing share repurchase program by an additional $125 million.

 

   

During the quarter, 683,066 shares were repurchased for $35.7 million. At February 29, there was $117.1 million authorized for future share repurchases.

 

   

Common shares outstanding at February 29, 2008 were 47.9 million.

 

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