Every material Form 8-K FactSet filed with the SEC in 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
At its annual meeting on December 18, 2025, FactSet stockholders elected all ten directors to one-year terms, approved the 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and approved a Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The charter change lowers the vote needed to amend the written-consent provision from supermajority to majority and took effect on December 22, 2025. The filing reports vote tallies but no new financial results.
Stockholders approved the 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan with 28,798,109 votes for and 2,818,974 against.
The charter amendment changes the vote needed to amend the written-consent provision from supermajority to majority; it was filed in Delaware and became effective December 22, 2025.
Stockholders ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2026, with 33,534,347 votes for.
Non-binding say-on-pay vote on fiscal 2025 executive compensation passed with 30,209,781 for and 1,396,936 against.
FactSet reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026, ended November 30, 2025, with GAAP revenue up 6.9% and GAAP diluted EPS up 4.4% from a year earlier. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 outlook and its board raised the share repurchase authorization from $400 million to $1 billion, which matters to shareholders because it expands the capital available for buybacks while margins declined year over year.
GAAP revenues were $607.6 million, up 6.9% from $568.7 million; organic revenues grew 6.0% to $600.0 million.
GAAP diluted EPS was $4.06 versus $3.89; adjusted diluted EPS was $4.51, up 3.2%.
GAAP operating margin fell to 31.6% from 33.6%, and adjusted operating margin fell to 36.2% from 37.6%.
The board increased the repurchase authorization from $400 million to $1 billion; FactSet repurchased $139.9 million of stock in the quarter.
FactSet reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 GAAP revenue of $596.9 million, up 6.2%, and adjusted diluted EPS of $4.05, up 8.3%, while adjusted operating margin fell 200 basis points to 33.8%. The company guided fiscal 2026 GAAP diluted EPS to $14.55 to $15.25, below the $15.55 reported for fiscal 2025, and also disclosed a director resignation and bylaw changes.
Q4 GAAP revenue $596.9 million, up 6.2% from $562.2 million; organic revenue up 4.5%
Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $4.03, up 73.7%, aided by a gain on a business divestiture; adjusted diluted EPS $4.05, up 8.3%
Fiscal 2026 guidance: GAAP revenue $2,423 million to $2,448 million; GAAP diluted EPS $14.55 to $15.25; adjusted diluted EPS $16.90 to $17.60
Director James J. McGonigle, on the Board since 2002, resigned effective December 1, 2025; bylaws amended September 16, 2025
FactSet reported fiscal third-quarter 2025 results for the three months ended May 31, 2025, with GAAP revenue up 5.9% to $585.5 million while GAAP diluted EPS fell 5.4% to $3.87 on higher operating expenses. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2025 guidance and announced that CEO Phil Snow will retire in early September 2025, succeeded by Sanoke Viswanathan, most recently CEO of International Consumer and Wealth at JPMorgan Chase.
GAAP revenue rose $32.8 million to $585.5 million; organic revenue grew 4.4% to $577.2 million.
GAAP operating margin fell to 33.2% from 36.6%; adjusted diluted EPS fell 2.3% to $4.27.
Fiscal 2025 guidance reaffirmed, including GAAP diluted EPS of $14.80 to $15.40.
Sanoke Viswanathan becomes CEO effective early September 2025; Snow remains a senior advisor through the end of the calendar year.
FactSet's board appointed Sanoke Viswanathan, a 15-year JPMorgan Chase veteran who is currently CEO of its International Consumer and Wealth business, as chief executive effective September 1, 2025 or another mutually agreed date. He will also join the board on that date, succeeding F. Philip Snow, who is retiring as CEO and director. The filing sets out a compensation package for Viswanathan that includes a $22,000,000 performance option award and a $13,000,000 make-whole cash payment, which shareholders will weigh alongside the leadership transition.
Viswanathan, age 50, has been CEO of JPMorgan's International Consumer and Wealth since June 2024; Snow notified the company of his retirement on May 28, 2025.
Snow stays on as a special advisor to the board and Viswanathan through November 15, 2025, or a later mutually agreed date, and his departure is not tied to any disagreement with the company.
Viswanathan's pay includes a $1,000,000 base salary, a 200% target cash bonus, and a $22,000,000 performance-vesting stock option award for fiscal 2026 and 2027 granted in fall 2025.
On April 8, 2025, FactSet entered a new credit agreement with PNC Bank as administrative agent, providing a $500 million senior unsecured term loan and a $1 billion senior unsecured revolving facility. The company borrowed the full $500 million term loan that day and used it primarily to repay the 2022 credit agreement, which it then terminated. The filing shows a refinancing of existing debt with longer maturities, and it sets a leverage covenant of no greater than 3.75 to 1.00.
Term facility of $500 million matures April 8, 2028; revolving facility of $1 billion matures April 8, 2030
Company borrowed $500 million under the term facility on April 8, 2025, mainly to repay the 2022 credit agreement
Loans priced at a margin of 0.875% to 1.625% over Term SOFR, SONIA or EURIBOR, depending on rating or leverage
Financial covenant requires a leverage ratio of no greater than 3.75 to 1.00 at each fiscal quarter end
FactSet reported results for the three months ended February 28, 2025, with GAAP revenue up 4.5% to $570.7 million and GAAP diluted EPS up 3.0% to $3.76, while GAAP operating margin fell to 32.5% from 33.3%. The company raised its fiscal 2025 GAAP revenue guidance but lowered its GAAP diluted EPS guidance, and left its adjusted diluted EPS guidance unchanged at $16.80 to $17.40, so the outlook is mixed for shareholders.
GAAP revenue of $570.7 million, up 4.5%; organic revenue of $568.0 million, up 4.0%
GAAP diluted EPS of $3.76, up 3.0%; adjusted diluted EPS of $4.28, up 1.4%
Fiscal 2025 GAAP revenue guidance raised to $2,305 million to $2,325 million from $2,285 million to $2,305 million
Fiscal 2025 GAAP diluted EPS guidance lowered to $14.80 to $15.40 from $15.10 to $15.70
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