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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES



Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

  1. Name and Address of Reporting Person:

           Frankenfield, Michael D.
           FactSet Research Systems Inc.
           One Greenwich Plaza
           Greenwich, CT 06830


  2. Date of Event Requiring State (Month/Day/Year)

           09/01/01


  3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (voluntary)

           N/A


  4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

            FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS)


  5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)

           [_]  Director                                    [_]  10% Owner

           [X]  Officer (* give title below)        [_]  Other (specify below)

    * Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing


  6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

           N/A


  7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

           [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person

           [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person

 

 

 

TABLE  I   -  NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED


1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of Indirect
  (Instr. 4)   Beneficially   Direct (D) or   Beneficial
      Owned   Indirect (I)   Ownership
      (Instr. 4)   (Instr. 5)   (Instr. 5)




FactSet Research Systems   121,428   D   N/A
Inc.            
Common Stock            


Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.



TABLE  II   -  DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)


1. Title of 2. Date Exercisable and 3. Title and Amount 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
     Derivative      Expiration Date      of Securities      or      Form of      Indirect
     Security      (Month/Day/Year)      Underlying      Exercise      Derivative      Beneficial
               Derivative      Price of      Security:      Owner-
               Security      Derivative      Direct (D)      ship
                    Security      or      (Instr. 5)
                         Indirect (I)     
                         (Instr. 5)     






     Date Expira- Title Amount or               
     Exercisable tion   Number of               
       Date   Shares               
 



     
Stock Option 02/21/02 (6,000) 02/01/07 Common 6,000         6.25 D  
(Right to Buy)     Stock        
      .01 par        
      value per        
      share        
               
Stock Option 02/09/02 (4,500) 02/09/08 Common 9,000       10.00 D  
(Right to Buy) 02/09/03 (4,500)   Stock,        
      .01 par        
      value per        
      share        
               
Stock Option 03/29/00 (4,000) 03/29/09 Common 20,000       19.4063 D  
(Right to Buy) 03/29/01 (4,000)   Stock,        
  03/29/02 (4,000)   .01 par        
  03/29/03 (4,000)   value per        
  03/29/04 (4,000)   share        
               
Stock Option 03/13/01 (3,000) 03/13/10 Common 15,000       33.125 D  
(Right to Buy) 03/13/02 (3,000)   Stock,        
  03/13/03 (3,000)   .01 par        
  03/13/04 (3,000)   value per        
  03/13/05 (3,000)   share        
               
Stock Option 11/13/01 (5,000) 11/13/10 Common 25,000       34.25 D  
(Right to Buy) 11/13/02 (5,000)   Stock,        
  11/13/03 (5,000)   .01 par        
  11/13/04 (5,000)   value per        
  11/13/05 (5,000)   share        
               


Explanation of Response:

These options were granted under the 1994 and 1996 FactSet Research Systems Inc. Stock Option Plans. Each stock option grant vests at a rate of 20% per year, beginning one year after the grant date of the options.

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).


 
Signature of Reporting Person
       
Date: November 9, 2001 /s/  Michael D. Frankenfield
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Michael D. Frankenfield