NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) announced today that it is proposing to issue $400
million aggregate amount of senior notes due 2026 in a private offering
that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The proposed offering is
subject to market and other conditions. If the offering is successfully
placed, 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. The notes are being offered
only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under
the Securities Act and outside the United States only to non-U.S.
investors pursuant to Regulation S. The notes have not been registered
under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. 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 40 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 97 of the top 100 largest money managers, according to the most
recent P&I ranking.
Forward-Looking Statements
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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 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, 2015 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 26, 2016
and in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K
filed or furnished with the SEC, and may also include the risks and
uncertainties associated with a failure to consummate or a delay in the
consummation of the proposed transaction, including as a result of a
failure to satisfy the conditions to closing in a timely manner or at
all. 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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