Press Release

MSCI Equity Indices August 2012 Index Review
Geneva – August 15, 2012 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support
tools worldwide, including indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics and corporate governanceservices, announced today the results of the August 2012 Quarterly Index Review for the MSCI Equity
Indices – including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indices, as wellas the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices, the MSCI Frontier Markets and MSCI Frontier Markets
Small Cap Indices, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indices, the MSCI Pan-Euroand MSCI Euro Indices, the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Indices, the MSCI US Equity Indices, theMSCI US REIT Index, as well as the MSCI China A Indices. All changes will be implemented as of the closeof August 31, 2012. These changes have been posted on MSCI’s web site at
http://www.msci.com/products/indices/size/standard/index_review.html.
MSCI Global Standard Indices: Five securities will be added to and eight securities will be deleted fromthe MSCI ACWI Index. The three largest additions to the MSCI World Index measured by full company
market capitalization are Camden Property Trust (US), Realty Income Corp (US), and Mellanox
Technologies (Israel). The two additions to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index measured by full company
market capitalization are Amoreg (Korea) and Marcopolo PN (Brazil).
MSCI Global Small Cap Indices: There will be seven additions to and 26 deletions from the MSCI ACWI
Small Cap Index.
MSCI Global Investable Market Indices: There will be no additions to and 22 deletions from the MSCIACWI IMI.
MSCI Global All Cap Indices: There will be no additions to and 22 deletions from the MSCI All Cap Index.
MSCI Global Value and Growth Indices: As part of the Quarterly Index Reviews, securities added to ordeleted from the MSCI Global Standard Indices are added to or deleted from the MSCI Global Value andGrowth Indices. At the August 2012 Index Review, Camden Property Trust (US) will be added to both theMSCI Global Value Index and MSCI Global Growth Index with a Value Inclusion Factor (VIF) of 0.35 and aGrowth Inclusion Factor (GIF) of 0.65, respectively. Further, Realty Income Corp (US) will be added to theMSCI Global Value Index and Mellanox Technologies (Israel), Marcopolo PN (Brazil) and Amoreg (Korea)
will be added to the MSCI Global Growth Index.
MSCI Frontier Markets Indices: There will be one addition to and no deletions from the MSCI FrontierMarkets Index. The security added to the MSCI Frontier Markets Index is Petrovietnam Gas (Vietnam).
There will be no additions to and one deletion from the MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Index.
MSCI Global Islamic Indices: Fifty one securities will be added to and 22 will be deleted from the MSCIACWI Islamic Index. The three largest additions to the MSCI ACWI Islamic Index are Phillips 66 (US),Intuitive Surgical (US) and Alexion Pharmaceuticals (US). There are two additions to and no deletions
from the MSCI Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries ex Saudi Arabia IMI Islamic Index.

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MSCI US Equity Indices: There will be no additions to and one security will be deleted from the MSCI US
Large Cap 300 Index.
Three securities will be added to and eight securities will be deleted from the MSCI US Mid Cap 450
Index. The additions to the MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index are Peabody Energy Corp, Onyx Pharmaceuticals
and Biomarin Pharmaceutical.
Eight securities will be added to and two will be deleted from the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index. The
three largest additions to the MSCI US Small Cap 1750 Index are Navistar International, Rovi, and AlphaNat Resources. There will be no additions to and no deletions from the MSCI US Micro Cap Index.
For the MSCI US Investable Market Value Index, there will be two additions or upward changes in VIF,
and no deletions or downward changes in VIF. For the MSCI US Investable Market Growth Index, therewill be no additions or upward changes in GIF, and two deletions or downward changes in GIF.
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 two additions to and one deletion from the MSCI China A Index. The
two additions to the MSCI China A Index are Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology A and Beijing
Kangde Xin Composite Material A. There will be no additions to and one deletion from the MSCI China ASmall Cap Index.
The results of the August 2012 Quarterly Index Review of the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indices aswell as the MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indices have also been posted on MSCI’s web site atwww.msci.com.

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About MSCIMSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks,
hedge funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics, andgovernance tools.
The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices with approximately USD 7 trillion estimated to be benchmarked
to them on a worldwide basis1; Barra multi-asset class factor models, portfolio risk and performance analytics; RiskMetrics
multi-asset class market and credit risk analytics; MSCI ESG (environmental, social and governance) Research screening, analysisand ratings; ISS governance research and outsourced proxy voting and reporting services; FEA valuation models and risk
management software for the energy and commodities markets; and CFRA forensic accounting risk research, legal/regulatory
risk assessment, and due-diligence. MSCI is headquartered in New York, with research and commercial offices around theworld.
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As of June 30, 2011, based on eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg data.

For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site at www.msci.com

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