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MSCI US EQUITY INDICES FEBRUARY 2007 QUARTERLY INDEX REVIEWNew York - February 13, 2007 - MSCI Barra, a leading provider of benchmark indices and risk management
analytics products, announced today changes to the MSCI US Equity Indices that will be effective as of the close ofFebruary 28, 2007. These changes result from the February 2007 Quarterly Index Review. The full list of additions
to and deletions from the MSCI US Equity Indices as well as an updated methodology book have been posted on
MSCI Barra’s web site at http://www.mscibarra.com/products/indices/us/review/jsp.

One security, Public Storage, will be migrating to the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index from the MSCI US Mid
Cap 450 Index. Public Storage will also be added to the MSCI US Large Cap Growth Index and the MSCI US
Large Cap Value Index. There will be no deletions from the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.
There will be no additions to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index and the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index.
There will be no additions to or deletions from the MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
In addition, there will be changes for certain constituents resulting from significant changes in free float
estimates and updates in number of shares. These changes will also be effective as of the close of February
28, 2007.
Changes in the updated methodology book are effective immediately.
The results of the February 2007 Quarterly Index Review for the MSCI Standard Index Series, the MSCI
Small Cap Index Series, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Index Series, the MSCI Pan-Euro and EuroIndex Series, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI Japan KOKUNAI Indices, the MSCI China A Index Series
and the MSCI China A Value and Growth Indices have also been posted on MSCI Barra’s web site atwww.mscibarra.com.
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MSCI Barra is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around the world. Morgan
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