Note 2 - Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

FactSet conducts business globally and is managed on a geographic basis. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes of FactSet and its wholly owned subsidiaries included in this Quarterly Report on Form

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-Q are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). All intercompany activity and balances have been eliminated from the consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments, transactions or events discretely impacting the interim periods considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations, equity and cash flows. The information in this Quarterly Report on Form

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-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

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-K for the fiscal year ended

August 31, 2018,

filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on

October 30, 2018.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date that the financial statements were issued.