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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20070816151638
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000898430-07-002868
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070814
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070816
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070816

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013237
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, DATA PROCESSING, ETC. [7370]
		IRS NUMBER:				133362547
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 MERRITT 7
		CITY:			NORWALK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06851
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2038101000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		601 MERRITT 7
		CITY:			NORWALK
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06851

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			THOMAS TOWNSEND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001164874

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11869
		FILM NUMBER:		071062353

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
		STREET 2:		ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
		CITY:			GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06830
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2038631500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FACTSET RESEARCH SYHSTEMS INC
		STREET 2:		ONE GREENWICH PLAZA
		CITY:			GREENWICH
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06830
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>8.14.07 THOMAS OPTION GRANT
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001013237</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>FDS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>THOMAS TOWNSEND</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>NORWALK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Content Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>FactSet Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <value>59.36</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-08-14</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>8933</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2008-08-14</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-08-14</value>
            </expirationDate>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                    <value>160833</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <value>FactSet Common Stock</value>
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                <value>59.36</value>
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                <value>2007-08-14</value>
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            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>13713</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2009-08-14</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-08-14</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Twenty percent of this option grant is exercisable one year after the grant date, with the remainder vesting at a rate of 1.67% per month thereafter.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This option shall become exercisable based on the achievement by the issuer of certain financial performance criteria. Options that do not vest at the end of a two-year performance period will be forfeited. Options that become exercisable vest 41.67% after the two-year performance period with the remainder vesting at 1.67% per month thereafter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Townsend Thomas</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-08-16</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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