MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

MSCI Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May10, 2018 (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 89,876,918 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 BrokerNon-Vote

Henry A. Fernandez

 74,319,232 1,588,814 212,835 3,881,727

Robert G. Ashe

 74,810,970 1,240,703 69,208 3,881,727

Benjamin F. duPont

 75,387,679 663,626 69,576 3,881,727

Wayne Edmunds

 73,982,250 2,069,129 69,502 3,881,727

Alice W. Handy

 74,847,806 1,204,125 68,950 3,881,727

Catherine R. Kinney

 76,005,721 46,253 68,907 3,881,727

Wendy E. Lane

 75,996,709 54,878 69,294 3,881,727

Jacques P. Perold

 75,252,282 799,324 69,275 3,881,727

Linda H. Riefler

 74,948,212 1,103,763 68,906 3,881,727

George W. Siguler

 75,408,964 642,318 69,599 3,881,727

Marcus L. Smith

 75,834,280 217,102 69,499 3,881,727

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

BrokerNon-Vote

75,224,536

 829,642 66,703 3,881,727

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 2018.

For

Against

Abstain

77,220,559

 2,600,760 181,289

The foregoing Proposal 3 was ratified.


About MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI)

MSCI Inc. (MSCI), together with its subsidiaries, offers content, applications and services to support the needs of institutional investors throughout their investment processes. The Company’s operating segment includes Index, Analytics and All Other segment. All Other segment comprises ESG and Real Estate segments. The Index operating segment is a provider of investment decision support tools, including equity indexes and equity index benchmarks. The Analytics operating segment consists of products and services used for portfolio construction, risk management and reporting. The ESG operating segment offers products institutional investors use for assessing risks and opportunities arising from environmental, social and governance issues. ESG tools are used to evaluate both individual securities and investment portfolios. The Real Estate operating segment is a provider of real estate performance analysis for funds, investors, managers, lenders and occupiers.