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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2021

 

MSCI Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delaware

 

001-33812

 

13-4038723

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 49th Floor, New York, NY 10007

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 804-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

MSCI

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

MSCI Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on April 27, 2021 (the “Annual Meeting”) as a virtual meeting. The issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting consisted of 82,751,461 shares, each share being entitled to one vote. The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to the stockholders:

 

(a)

Proposal 1 - Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors

 

Director

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

Henry A. Fernandez

 

 

68,503,400

 

 

 

3,293,940

 

 

 

279,547

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Robert G. Ashe

 

 

71,276,782

 

 

 

583,252

 

 

 

216,853

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Wayne Edmunds

 

 

70,613,650

 

 

 

1,246,370

 

 

 

216,867

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Catherine R. Kinney

 

 

68,157,066

 

 

 

3,720,537

 

 

 

199,284

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Jacques P. Perold

 

 

71,269,168

 

 

 

606,400

 

 

 

201,319

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Sandy C. Rattray

 

 

71,248,255

 

 

 

611,986

 

 

 

216,646

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Linda H. Riefler

 

 

68,418,515

 

 

 

3,457,671

 

 

 

200,701

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Marcus L. Smith

 

 

71,582,283

 

 

 

277,628

 

 

 

216,976

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

Paula Volent

 

 

71,526,283

 

 

 

351,525

 

 

 

199,079

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

 

With respect to the foregoing Proposal 1, each director was elected and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast “for” or “against” him or her at the Annual Meeting.

 

(b)

Proposal 2 – Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation.

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

Broker Non-Vote

 

 

69,535,210

 

 

 

2,334,840

 

 

 

206,837

 

 

 

3,079,894

 

 

The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.

 

(c)

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2021.

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

73,202,590

 

 

 

1,754,082

 

 

 

200,109

 

 

The foregoing Proposal 3 was ratified.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

MSCI Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: April 28, 2021

By:

/s/ Henry A. Fernandez

 

Name:

Henry A. Fernandez

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer