Second Amendment to Three-Year Credit Agreement, dated 11/30/2004



 EXHIBIT 10.3 
  
 SECOND AMENDMENT TO THREE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This Second Amendment to Three Year Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), dated as of November 30, 2004, is between
(i) FactSet Research Systems, Inc. (the “Borrower”), and (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank (the “Bank”). 
  
 WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Bank are parties to a Three Year Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 1998, as
amended (the “Credit Agreement”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Bank and the Borrower desire to amend the Credit Agreement to revise the Applicable Rate and extend the Maturity Date. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows: 
  
 Section 1.
Definitions. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 Section 2. Amendment. 
  
 A. Any and all references in the Credit Agreement to “The Chase Manhattan Bank”, “Bank”, or similar terms of reference shall mean
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a banking association organized under the laws of the United States. 
  
 B. The definition of the term Applicable Rate, in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement, is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 

 
 “Applicable Rate” means, for any day,
with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, as the
case may be: 
  

				
	 Eurodollar Spread

	  	Commitment Fee Rate

	 
	 0.25%
	  	0.15	%

  
 C. The definition of
the term Maturity Date, in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement, is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 “Maturity Date” means March 31, 2008. 
  
 Section 3. Representations. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank that: (i) the representations and warranties set forth
in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as if made on the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date; (ii) before and after giving
effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing; and (iii) the making and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action. 
  
 Section 4. Conditions. The amendment set forth in Section 2
above shall become effective on the date first above written provided that the Bank shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment duly executed and delivered by the Borrower. 
  
 Section 5. Miscellaneous. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect in accordance with the provisions thereof as in existence on the date hereof. After the date hereof, any reference to “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar terms referring to the Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. This Amendment (i) shall become effective as of the date first above written, (ii) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
and (iii) may be executed in counterpart (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which when taken together shall constitute a single 

  









 
contract. Should any terms or provisions of the Credit Agreement conflict with the terms and provisions contained in this Amendment, the terms and provisions
of this Amendment shall prevail. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS, INC.	 	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
					
	By:	 	/s/     ERNEST S. WONG        	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    T. DAVID SHORT        
	 Its:
	 	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	 	 	 	 Its:
	 	VICE PRESIDENT

  

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