SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2020-04-29

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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">MSCI Inc. (&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">MSCI</font>,&#8221; together with its subsidiaries, the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Company</font>&#8221;) hereby grants to you Restricted Stock Units (&#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">RSUs</font>&#8221;) as described below.&nbsp;&nbsp;The awards are being granted under the MSCI Inc. 2016 Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the &#8220;<font style="font-weight:bold;">Plan</font>&#8221;).</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:38.89%;text-indent:-38.89%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Provided you continue to provide services to the Company through the Vesting Date, the RSUs will vest and convert as provided above and as further described in <font style="text-decoration:underlin