SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Corrado Christopher F

(Last) (First) (Middle)
7 WORLD TRADE CENTER
250 GREENWICH STREET, 49TH FLOOR

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10007

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/21/2014
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MSCI Inc. [ MSCI ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Information Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 7,342(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Options to purchase common stock (2) 09/30/2023 Common Stock 104,272 40.23 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 7,342 restricted stock units (each, an "RSU") vesting and converting to shares of MSCI Inc. common stock as follows: 2,448 on January 28, 2014 and 2,447 on each of January 28, 2016 and 2017. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of MSCI Inc. common stock.
2. Option to purchase MSCI Inc. common stock; vesting over a five-year period, with 20% vesting on each of September 30, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Remarks:
/s/ Cecilia Aza 02/28/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick Bogdan, Robert Gutowski, Cecilia Aza and Vernon Archibald, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


 
1.
prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of MSCI Inc. (the "Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

 
2.
prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the  undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 
3.
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 or 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 
4.
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated under such Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 28th day of February, 2014.


 
/s/ Christopher F. Corrado
 
    Christopher F. Corrado