NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) ("MSCI"), a leading provider of indexes and
portfolio construction and risk management tools and services for global
investors, announced today that it has successfully completed its
private offering of $500.0 million aggregate amount of its 5.375% senior
notes (the "notes") due 2027 (the "Offering"). The notes will mature on
May 15, 2027.
MSCI intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general
corporate purposes, including, without limitation, buybacks of its
common stock and potential acquisitions.
MSCI also announced that it entered into Amendment No. 2 (the
"Amendment") to its Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20,
2014 (as amended, the "Revolving Credit Facility"), to, among other
things, (i) increase aggregate commitments available to be borrowed by
$30.0 million, to an aggregate of $250.0 million of availability
thereunder, (ii) extend the term to May 2023 and (iii) decrease the
applicable rate and applicable fee rate for loans and commitments under
the Revolving Credit Facility.
On an adjusted basis, after giving effect to the Offering and the
Amendment, MSCI expects interest expense, including the amortization of
financing fees, to be approximately $133.0 million for the year ending
December 31, 2018 and approximately $143.5 million on an annualized
basis thereafter (assuming no additional debt is incurred, including
borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, and no adjustment to the
applicable rate under the Revolving Credit Facility).
The notes were offered only to (i) persons reasonably believed to be
qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and (ii)
certain non-U.S. persons outside the United States pursuant to
Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and
therefore may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall it constitute an
offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About MSCI
For more than 45 years, MSCI's research-based indexes and analytics have
helped the world's leading investors build and manage better portfolios.
Clients rely on our offerings for deeper insights into the drivers of
performance and risk in their portfolios, broad asset class coverage and
innovative research.
Our line of products and services includes indexes, analytical models,
data, real estate benchmarks and ESG research.
MSCI serves 99 of the top 100 largest money managers, according to the
most recent P&I ranking.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including without limitation, our interest expense guidance. These
forward-looking statements relate to future events or to future
financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these statements. In some cases, you can identify
forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "may," "could,"
"expect," "intend," "plan," "seek," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate,"
"predict," "potential" or "continue," or the negative of these terms or
other comparable terminology. You should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond our
control and that could materially affect our actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements.
Other factors that could materially affect actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements can be found in MSCI's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 26, 2018
and in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K
filed or furnished with the SEC. If any of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect,
actual results may vary significantly from what MSCI projected. Any
forward-looking statement in this press release reflects MSCI's current
views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other
risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to MSCI's operations,
results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. MSCI assumes no
obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements
for any reason, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise, except as required by law.
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MSCI Inc.
Investors
Andrew Wiechmann, + 1 212
804 3986
andrew.wiechmann@msci.com
or
Media
Samuel
Wang, + 1 212 804 5244
samuel.wang@msci.com
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