---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001013237-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FDS"
cik: "0001013237"
company_name: "FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T16:49:26.762453+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FactSet amends charter to declassify board and adopt forum selection provisions

## Summary
- Board declassified; all directors now subject to annual election.
- Removed business combination restrictions from the charter.
- Added Delaware and federal forum selection provisions for stockholder litigation.
- Stockholders granted the ability to call special meetings subject to requirements.
- Bylaws updated for universal proxy rules, modernized technology language.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013237-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FDS
- cik: 0001013237
- company_name: FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013237/000101323723000009/0001013237-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013237/000101323723000009/fds-20230110.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC: Amended and restated Bylaws to conform to the amended charter, add stockholder special meeting right, and make miscellaneous revisions (effective 2023-01-10).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-10
  source text: Upon the effectiveness of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and as previously unanimously approved by the Board, the Company's Bylaws (the "Bylaws") were also amended and restated.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013237/000101323723000009/0001013237-23-000009-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC: Filed Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the Board, remove business combination restrictions, add forum selection provisions, remove creditor compromise provision, and clarify/streamline document (effective 2023-01-10).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-10
  source text: On January 10, 2023, we filed the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013237/000101323723000009/0001013237-23-000009-index.htm

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