NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support
tools worldwide, announced today that it received 0.6 million shares of
its common stock on May 5, 2014 in connection with the settlement of the
$100.0 million accelerated share repurchase agreement ("ASR") it entered
into on February 6, 2014. MSCI repurchased a total of 2.3 million shares
as part of the February 2014 ASR. The settlement of the February 2014
ASR marked the completion of the $300.0 million share repurchase
authorization approved by the Company's Board of Directors in December
2012. As part of that authorization, MSCI repurchased a total of 7.7
million shares of its common stock.
On February 4, 2014, the Board of Directors authorized management to
repurchase shares of the Company's common stock with an aggregate value
of up to $300.0 million. This authorization will be available for use
from time to time at management's discretion. No shares have been
repurchased under this authorization to date.
About MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to
investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge funds and
pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio
risk and performance analytics, and governance tools.
For equity investors, MSCI's flagship performance and risk tools
include: the MSCI indexes with approximately $8 trillion estimated to be
benchmarked to them on a worldwide basis1; Barra factor
models, portfolio risk and performance analytics; and ESG
(environmental, social and governance) Research screening, analysis and
ratings. MSCI is also a leading provider of multi-asset class risk
management tools including RiskMetrics multi-asset class market and
credit risk analytics; Barra multi-asset class factor models, portfolio
risk and performance analytics. MSCI also provides IPD real estate
information, indexes and analytics for investors in and managers of
commercial real estate. MSCI also offers FEA valuation models and risk
management software for the energy and commodities markets. MSCI is
headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around
the world. MSCI#IR
1As of September 30, 2013, as reported on January
31, 2014 by eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg
For further information on MSCI, please visit our website at www.msci.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
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
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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 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, 2013 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 28,
2014, and in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form
8-K filed 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 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.
MSCI, New York
W. Edings Thibault, + 1-212-804-5273
or
Media
Inquiries:
MSCI, London
Jo Morgan, + 44-20-7618-2224
or
MSCI,
New York
Kristin Meza, + 1-212-804-5330
or
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Communications, London
Sally Todd | Christian Pickel, +
44-20-3128-8100
Source: MSCI Inc.
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