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MSCI US EQUITY INDICES NOVEMBER 2007 SEMI-ANNUAL INDEX REVIEWNew York – November 5, 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 made as of the close of
November 30, 2007. These changes result from the November 2007 Semi-Annual Index Review. The full list ofadditions to and deletions from the MSCI US Equity Indices has been posted on MSCI Barra’s web site at
http://www.mscibarra.com/products/indices/us/review/jsp.
Five securities will be added to the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index. The additions are Time Warner Cable-A,
Mosaic Co (The), Nvidia, Ameriprise Financial and Seagate Technology. Four securities will be deleted from theMSCI US Large Cap 300 Index.
Twenty-eight securities will be added to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index. The five largest additions to the MSCI US
Mid Cap 450 Index are Pitney Bowes, Metropcs Communications, Comerica, Unionbancal Corp and Linear
Technology Corp. There will be 17 securities deleted from the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index.
There will be 134 securities added to the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index. The five largest additions to the MSCIUS Small Cap 1750 Index are Continental Resources, Clearwire Corp A, Pogo Producing Co, Erie Indemnity Co Aand Watson Pharmaceuticals. There will be 46 securities deleted from the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index.
There will be 73 securities added to the MSCI US Micro Cap Index. The five largest additions to the MSCI US Micro
Cap Index are Pros Holdings, Ixys Corp, Authentec, Ariad Pharmaceuticals and Astronics Corp. There will be 84
securities deleted from the MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
For the MSCI US Investable Market Value Index, there will be 249 additions or upward changes in Value Inclusion
Factors (VIFs), and 125 deletions or downward changes in VIFs. For the MSCI US Investable Market Growth Index,
there will be 215 additions or upward changes in Growth Inclusion Factors (GIFs), and 226 deletions or downwardchanges in GIFs. The VIFs and the GIFs represent the proportion of a security’s free float-adjusted market
capitalization that is allocated to the value and/or growth indices.
The largest weight increases to the value indices are Johnson & Johnson (Large Cap), L-3 Communications Hldgs(Mid Cap), and Pogo Producing Co (Small Cap). The largest weight increases to the growth indices are Occidental
Petroleum (Large Cap), Linear Technology (Mid Cap), and Zebra Technologies A (Small Cap).
In addition, significant changes in free float estimates and corresponding changes in Domestic Inclusion Factors(DIFs) are reviewed and reflected in the indices. Number of shares for constituent and non-constituent securities
were also reviewed. These changes will also be made as of the close of November 30, 2007.
The results of the November 2007 Semi-Annual Index Review for the MSCI Global Investable Market Indices, theMSCI Global Standard Indices, the MSCI Global Small Cap Indices, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices,
the MSCI Pan-Euro and Euro Indices, the MSCI US Equity Indices, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI Japan
KOKUNAI Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic Indices and the MSCI High Dividend Yield Indices have also beenposted on MSCI Barra’s web site at www.mscibarra.com.
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