SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2025-04-22

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ib32252e90a5a440eb5f060a49717aa2b_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:1pt;padding-right:0.05pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:13.65pt">Exhibit 10.2 </font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:0.52pt;padding-right:0.52pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:13.65pt">MSCI INC.</font></div><div style="padding-left:0.5pt;padding-right:0.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:13.65pt">NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS DEFERRAL PLAN</font></div><div style="margin-top:11.9pt;padding-left:5.95pt;padding-right:7.7pt;text-indent:38pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Section 1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Purpose</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">. The purpose of the MSCI Inc. Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan (as may be amended from time to time, the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;) is to attract and retain the services of experienced non-employee directors for MSCI Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;) by providing them with opportunities to defer the payment or settlement of certain compensation and to encourage them to acquire additional shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock. This Plan is established pursuant to the MSCI Inc. 2025 Omnibus Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time, and including any successor plan thereto, the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Omnibus Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;), and is hereby amended and restated effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in the Omnibus Plan). Any deferral election made pursuant to the Plan in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Date shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.</font></div><div style="margin-top:11.85pt;padding-left:5.95pt;padding-right:16.3pt;text-indent:38pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Section 2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Definitions</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">. Unless otherwise defined in the Plan, capitalized terms used in the Plan shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Omnibus Plan.</font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;padding-left:5.95pt;padding-right:17.35pt;text-indent:38pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Section 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Eligibility</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">. Each non-employee Director shall be entitled to participate in the Plan. Each such non-employee Director who makes a deferral under the Plan is referred to herein as a &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Participant</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;.</font></div><div style="margin-top:11.95pt;padding-left:5.95pt;padding-right:8.5pt;text-indent:38pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Section 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">Administration</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">. The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation, Talent and Culture Committee of the Board (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:114%">Committee</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:114%">&#8221;). Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to&#58; (i) designate non-employee Directors for participation&#59; (ii) determine the terms and conditions of any deferral made under the Plan&#59; (iii)