Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

(a)	Market Information, Holders and Dividends

Market Information - FactSet common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol FDS. The following table sets forth, for each fiscal period indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of the Company’s common stock as reported on the NYSE:

	First		Second		Third		Fourth
2016
High	$	177.28	$	173.77	$	160.34	$	179.73
Low	$	153.00	$	135.95	$	143.08	$	149.39
2015
High	$	138.26	$	158.29	$	168.62	$	174.03
Low	$	110.77	$	134.01	$	149.68	$	140.00

Holders of Record – As of October 25, 2016, there were approximately 142,883 holders of record of FactSet common stock. However, because many of FactSet’s shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, FactSet is unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders. The closing price of FactSet’s common stock on October 25, 2016, was $153.04 per share as reported on the NYSE.

Dividends - In fiscal 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors declared the following dividends:

Declaration Date	Dividends Per Share of Common Stock		Type	Record Date	Total Amount (in thousands)		Payment Date
August 5, 2016	$	0.50	Regular (cash)	August 31, 2016	$	20,019	September 20, 2016
May 6, 2016(1)	$	0.50	Regular (cash)	May 31, 2016	$	20,171	June 21, 2016
February 5, 2016	$	0.44	Regular (cash)	February 29, 2016	$	18,044	March 15, 2016
November 6, 2015	$	0.44	Regular (cash)	November 30, 2015	$	18,208	December 15, 2015

	(1)	On May 6, 2016, FactSet’s Board of Directors approved a 13.6% increase in the regular quarterly dividend beginning with the dividend payment in June 2016 which was $0.50 per share, or $2.00 per share per an__num.

All of the above cash dividends were paid from existing cash resources. Future dividend payments will depend on the Company’s earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by FactSet, and is subject to final determination by the Company’s Board of Directors.

(b)	Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

There were no sales of unregistered equity securities in fiscal 2016.

(c)	Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides a month-to-month summary of the share repurchase activity under the current stock repurchase program during the three months ended August 31, 2016 (in thousands, except per share data):

Period		Average price paid per share			Maximum number of shares (or approximate dollar value) that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (1)
June 2016	35,000	$	157.43	35,000	$	354,205
July 2016(2)	163,000	$	164.81	163,000	$	207,342
August 2016	60,000	$	173.09	60,000	$	196,956
	258,000			258,000

(1)	Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market and privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions. No minimum number of shares to be repurchased has been fixed. There is no timeframe to complete the repurchase program and it is expected that share repurchases will be paid using existing and future cash generated by operations.

(2)

In addition to purchases made under the Company’s existing repurchase program, on July 1, 2016 FactSet entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “ASR Agreement”) to repurchase $120.0 million of FactSet’s common stock. The Company received 595,607 shares of its common stock on that date which was approximately 80% of the total number of shares of common stock expected to be repurchased under the ASR Agreement. The final settlement of the ASR Agreement occur__red in the first quarter of fiscal 2017 with FactSet receiving an additional 102,916 shares of its common stock.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans – Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference from the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on October 31, 2016, for its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Stock Performance Graph

The annual changes for the five-year period shown in the graph below are based on the assumption that $100 had been invested in FactSet common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the NYSE Composite Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index on August 31, 2011, and that all quarterly dividends were reinvested at the average of the closing stock prices at the beginning and end of the quarter. The total cumulative dollar returns shown on the graph represent the value that such investments would have had on August 31, 2016. Stockholder returns over the indicated period are based on historical data and should not be considered indicative of future stockholder returns.


	2016		2015		2014		2013		2012		2011
FactSet Research Systems Inc.	$	203	$	180	$	145	$	116	$	104	$	100
S&P 500 Index	$	178	$	162	$	164	$	134	$	115	$	100
NYSE Composite Index	$	143	$	135	$	147	$	123	$	106	$	100
Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Index	$	191	$	190	$	182	$	153	$	113	$	100

The information contained in the above graph shall not been deemed to be soliciting material or filed or incorporated by reference in future filings with the SEC, or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that FactSet specifically incorporates it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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