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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 26, 2022

 

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 26, 2022 (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 81,267,909 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

 

 

67,579,248

 

 

 

3,047,977

 

 

 

217,110

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Robert G. Ashe

 

 

70,549,161

 

 

 

107,764

 

 

 

187,410

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Wayne Edmunds

 

 

70,468,100

 

 

 

182,814

 

 

 

193,421

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Catherine R. Kinney

 

 

69,333,011

 

 

 

1,333,337

 

 

 

177,987

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Jacques P. Perold

 

 

67,508,034

 

 

 

2,220,059

 

 

 

1,116,242

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Sandy C. Rattray

 

 

70,549,428

 

 

 

108,721

 

 

 

186,186

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Linda H. Riefler

 

 

68,230,711

 

 

 

2,432,888

 

 

 

180,736

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Marcus L. Smith

 

 

70,544,674

 

 

 

111,777

 

 

 

187,884

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Rajat Taneja

 

 

70,606,931

 

 

 

50,588

 

 

 

186,816

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

Paula Volent

 

 

69,974,351

 

 

 

690,494

 

 

 

179,490

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

 

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

 

 

69,266,095

 

 

 

1,390,346

 

 

 

187,894

 

 

 

3,597,141

 

 

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 2022.

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

 

 

73,845,128

 

 

 

422,793

 

 

 

173,555

 

 

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 27, 2022

By:

/s/ Henry A. Fernandez

 

Name:

Henry A. Fernandez

 

Title:

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer