MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
−Removed: (a) Market Information, Holders and Dividends
−Removed: Market Information – Our common stock is listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ under the symbol FDS.
+Added: Market Information
+Added: Our common stock is listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ under the symbol FDS.
The following table sets forth, for each fiscal period indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock as reported on the NYSE:
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+Added: First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter
High $ 469.43 $ 488.85 $ 444.57 $ 454.23
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Low $ 303.11 $ 294.21 $ 302.92 $ 319.65
−Removed: Holders of Record – As of October 15, 2021, we had approximately 2,346 holders of record of our common stock.
+Added: Holders of Record – As of October 10, 2022, we had approximate ly 1,822 ho lders of record of our common stock.
However, because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of stockholders represented by these record holders.
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Fourth Quarter $ 0.89 August 31, 2022 33,860 September 15, 2022
+Added: Total Dividends $ 129,693
First Quarter $ 0.77 November 30, 2020 $ 29,266 December 17, 2020
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Fourth Quarter $ 0.82 August 31, 2021 30,845 September 16, 2021
+Added: Total Dividends $ 120,224
Future dividend payments will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by us, and is subject to final determination by our Board of Directors.
−Removed: (b) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
+Added: Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during fiscal 2022.
−Removed: (c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: The following table provides a month-to-month summary of the share repurchase activity under our current share repurchase program during the three months ended August 31, 2021:
−Removed: (in thousands, except per share data)
+Added: Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
+Added: The following table provides a month-to-month summary of the share repurchase activity during the three months ended August 31, 2022:
Period Total number
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publicly announced plans or programs (2)
−Removed: Maximum number of shares
−Removed: (or approximate dollar value) that may yet be
+Added: Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be
purchased under the plans or programs (2)
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August 2022 2,730 $ 445.38 — $ 181,254
−Removed: 270,989 265,526
−Removed: (1) Includes 265,526 shares purchased under the existing share repurchase program, as well as 5,463 shares repurchased from employees to cover their cost of taxes due upon the vesting or exercise of stock-based awards.
+Added: (1) Relates to shares repurchased to satisfy withholding tax obligations due upon the vesting or exercise of stock-based awards.
+Added: (2) As of August 31, 2022, a total of $181.3 million remained available for future share repurchases under our existing share repurchase program.
Repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market and privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions.
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There is no timeframe to complete the share repurchase program and it is expected that share repurchases will be paid using existing and future cash generated by operations.
−Removed: (3) On March 23, 2021, the Board of Directors of FactSet approved a $205.6 million increase to the existing share repurchase program.
−Removed: As of August 31, 2021, a total of $199.9 million remained available for future share repurchases under the program.
−Removed: Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans – refer to Item 12.
+Added: Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2022, we suspended our share repurchase program until at least the second half of fiscal 2023, with the exception of potential minor repurchases to offset dilution from grants of equity awards or repurchases to satisfy withholding tax obligations due upon the vesting of stock-based awards.
+Added: The suspension of our share repurchase program allows us to prioritize the repayment of debt under the 2022 Credit Facilities.
+Added: Refer to Note 12 , Debt for more information on the 2022 Credit Facilities.
+Added: Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
+Added: Refer to Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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The annual changes for the five-year period shown in the graph below assume $100 had been invested in our common stock, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, the Dow Jones U.S.
−Removed: Financial Services Index, and the S&P 500 Financial Exchange and Data Index on August 31, 2016, or the origination date of each respective index.
+Added: Financial Services Index and the S&P 500 Financial Exchange and Data Index on August 31, 2017.
The total cumulative dollar returns shown on the graph represent the value that such investments would have had on August 31, 2022.
−Removed: Stockholder returns over the indicated period are based on historical data and should not be considered indicative of future stockholder returns.
+Added: Stockholder returns over the indicated period are based on historical data and should not be considered indicative of
+Added: future stockholder returns.
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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The information contained in the above graph shall not be 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 we specifically incorporate it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
−Removed: SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
−Removed: The information required by Item 301 and Item 302 of Regulation S-K has been omitted as we have adopted the changes to Item 301 and Item 302 of Regulation S-K contained in SEC Release No.
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