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MSCI Equity Indices February 2010 Index Review
Geneva – February 10, 2010 – MSCI Inc (NYSE: MXB), a leading provider of investment decision support tools
worldwide, including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics, announced today changes to the MSCI
Equity Indices – including the MSCI Global Standard and MSCI Global Small Cap Indices as well as the MSCI
Global Value and Growth Indices, the MSCI Frontier Markets Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic Indices, the MSCIUS Equity Indices, the MSCI US REIT Index and MSCI China A Indices – that will be made as of the close ofFebruary 26, 2010. These changes result from the February 2010 Quarterly Index Review and have been posted
on MSCI’s web site at http://www.mscibarra.com.
MSCI Global Standard Indices: Eight securities will be added to and two securities1 will be deleted from theMSCI Global Standard Indices. The three largest additions to the MSCI World Index are Cree Inc (US), Groupe
Eurotunnel (GET) (France) and Kinnevik Investment B (Sweden). The three largest additions to the MSCIEmerging Market Index are SMIC (China), Skyworth Digital Holdings (China) and Brookfield Incorporacoes(Brazil).
MSCI Global Small Cap Indices: There will be one addition1 to and twenty-five deletions from the MSCI Global
Small Cap Indices.
MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices: As part of the Quarterly Index Reviews, securities added to or deleted
from the MSCI Global Standard Indices are added to or deleted from the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices.
For the MSCI Global Value Indices, the additions will be Kinnevik Investment B (Sweden), SMIC (China) andRatos B (Sweden). For the MSCI Global Growth Indices, the three largest additions will be Cree Inc (US), GroupeEurotunnel (GET) (France) and Kinnevik Investment B (Sweden).
MSCI Frontier Markets Indices: There will be one addition to and no deletions from the MSCI Frontier MarketsIndices. The only addition is Albaraka Banking Group (Bahrain).
As a reminder, MSCI introduced new stand-alone country indices for Botswana, Ghana and Jamaica at theNovember 2008 Semi-Annually Index Review and for Bangladesh at the November 2009 Semi-Annual Index
Review. MSCI announced today its decision to add the MSCI Bangladesh Index to the MSCI Frontier Markets
Indices coinciding with the May 2010 Semi-Annual Index Review, provided that at the time of the review thecountry still has the minimum required number of eligible securities for the MSCI Frontier Markets Indices. Basedon current data, Botswana, Ghana and Jamaica would not meet the liquidity requirements for the MSCI FrontierMarkets Indices and will therefore continue to be maintained as stand-alone indices.
MSCI Global Islamic Indices: 60 securities will be added to and 32 will be deleted from the MSCI All Country
World Islamic Index (ACWI Islamic Index). The three largest additions to the MSCI ACWI Islamic Index are
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg (Taiwan), United Parcel Service B (US), and Colgate-Palmolive (US). There will also
be three additions to and one deletion from the MSCI Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries Domestic
Islamic Index.
MSCI US Equity Indices: There will be no additions to and no deletions from the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.

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As the index review price cutoff date was January 20, 2010, Japan Airlines Corp is included as a migration from the MSCI Global Standard Indices to the MSCI Global Small CapIndices. On January 21 2010, Japan Airlines Corp was deleted from the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices due to its bankruptcy, as part of the standard corporate event process.

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Two securities, Human Genome Sciences and Assured Guaranty, will be added to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450Index. No securities will be deleted from the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index.
There will be no additions to the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index. Two securities will be deleted from the MSCIUS Small Cap 1750 Index.
There will be no additions to or deletions from the MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
For the MSCI US Investable Market Value Index, there will be no additions or upward changes in Value Inclusion
Factors (VIFs), and one deletion or downward changes in VIFs. For the MSCI US Investable Market GrowthIndex, there will be one addition or upward changes in Growth Inclusion Factors (GIFs), and no deletions or
downward changes in GIFs.
MSCI US REIT Index: There will be no additions to and no deletions from the MSCI US REIT Index.
MSCI China A Indices: There will be nine additions to and no deletions from the MSCI China A Index. The threelargest additions to the MSCI China A Index are Guangxi Wuzhou Zhongheng A, Tianjin Guangyu Development
A and Jiangsu Kanion Pharmaceutical A.
There will be no additions to and 15 deletions from the MSCI China A Small Cap Index.
The results of the February 2010 Quarterly Index Review of the MSCI High Dividend Yield Indices, the MSCI PanEuro and MSCI Euro Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indices as well as the MSCI Asia APEX 50 Index
have also been posted on MSCI’s web site at www.mscibarra.com.
######About MSCI Inc.
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investment institutions worldwide. MSCI Inc.
products include indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics for use in managing equity, fixed income andmulti-asset class portfolios.
The company’s flagship products are the MSCI International Equity Indices, which include over 120,000 indicescalculated daily across more than 70 countries, and the Barra risk models and portfolio analytics, which cover 59
equity and 48 fixed income markets. MSCI Inc. is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices
around the world.
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