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Item 1. Business

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We are a leading provider of critical decision support tools and solutions for the global investment community.

Our mission-critical offerings help investors address the challenges of a transforming investment landscape and power better investment decisions.

Leveraging our knowledge of the global investment process and our expertise in research, data and technology, we enable our clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and confidently and efficiently build more effective portfolios.

Our mission-critical offerings help investors navigate the complexities of a dynamic and evolving investment landscape.

Leveraging our deep knowledge of the global investment process and our expertise in research, data and technology, we enable our clients to understand and analyze key drivers of risk and return and build portfolios more effectively.

Investors all over the world use our research-driven and technology-enabled tools and solutions to gain insights and improve transparency throughout their investment processes.

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measure and manage portfolio performance and risk;

implement sustainable, climate-focused and other investment strategies;

implement sustainability and climate-focused investment strategies;

conduct performance attribution;

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portfolio construction and risk management tools;

environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) and climate solutions;

and private asset data and analysis.

We are increasingly focused on open and flexible technology, and our content and capabilities can be accessed by our clients through multiple channels and platforms.

We aim to anticipate the needs of the investment industry with our client-centric focus and our deep understanding of our clients’ needs, challenges and goals.

We are focused on product innovation and data collection to address the evolving needs of an increasingly complex industry.

In order to most effectively serve our clients, we are committed to advancing an integrated approach to our offerings, achieving service excellence, enhancing our differentiated research and content, and delivering our solutions via flexible, cutting-edge technology.

sustainability and climate solutions;

and private asset data and analytics.

We are focused on leveraging advanced technologies, including using artificial intelligence (“AI”) to enhance our products and services.

Our client-centric focus and deep understanding of client needs, challenges and goals help us anticipate and respond to industry trends.

In order to most effectively serve our clients, we are committed to advancing an integrated approach to our offerings, delivering service excellence, providing innovative research and content, and making our solutions available through flexible, cutting-edge technology.

Our clients comprise a wide spectrum of the global investment industry and include the following key client types:

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• Wealth managers, including large wealth management organizations, robo-advisors and self-directed brokerages

• Real Estate Professionals (including real estate brokers, agents, developers, lenders and appraisers)

• Real Estate Professionals, including brokers, agents, developers, lenders and appraisers

• Corporates, including public and private companies and their advisors

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Industry Trends and Competitive Advantages

We believe we are uniquely positioned to benefit from emerging trends and to help our clients adapt to a large and rapidly expanding and evolving investment industry.

Investing has grown in complexity, with more choices across asset classes, security types and geographies, and more consideration of a wider array of risks and opportunities, including those related to sustainable investing.

In addition, the construction and management of investment portfolios are becoming increasingly outcome-oriented, rules-based and

We believe we are strongly positioned to benefit from emerging trends and to help our clients adapt to a rapidly evolving investment industry.

Investing has grown in complexity, with more choices across asset classes, security types and geographies, and a wider array of risks and opportunities.

In addition, the construction and management of investment portfolios are becoming increasingly outcome-oriented, rules-based and technology-driven.

As a result, the investment process is transforming, which is reflected in several key trends:

• Changing client strategies and operating models, influenced by fee compression, changing demographics, the regulatory environment and shifting economic outlooks;

1 Reflects the aggregation of all related client entities under their respective parent client entity.

At acquisition, we align an acquired company’s client count to our methodology.

As of December 31, 2023, recent acquisitions brought approximately 1,000 clients of which approximately 600 clients were not previous clients of MSCI.

technology-driven.

As a result, the investment process is transforming, which is reflected in several trends we have observed, including:

• Changing client operating models and business strategies, driven in part by fee compression, changing demographics, the regulatory environment and shifting economic outlooks;

• Use of global, multi-asset-class and other complex investment strategies, including strategies incorporating private asset investments and factor objectives, as investors seek specific and unique outcomes;

• The need for high-quality data, insightful models and timely research during times of volatility and high uncertainty;

• Integration of ESG and climate considerations into investment processes, reporting and products, as investors focus on companies with strong sustainability practices as an indicator of long-term resilience;

• Growth of indexed investing through indexed investment products such as ETFs, mutual/UCITS funds and annuities, as well as indexed derivatives such as futures, options, structured products and over-the-counter swaps, and other vehicles that seek to track an index, as investors seek lower-cost investment strategies or seek to incorporate complex investment strategies across geographies, sectors, factors, trends and other considerations;

• Allocation of capital to private assets and desire for greater transparency into the performance of private assets;

• Interest in high-quality data and greater disclosure, leading to increased demand for streamlined reporting solutions;

• Demand for data and tools that clients can integrate to support customized portfolio construction and highly specialized preferences and objectives;

• Use of advanced technologies to enhance investment analytics, collect and evaluate data, improve client experiences, streamline operations, create efficiencies and gain competitive advantages.

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• Use of global, multi-asset-class and other complex strategies, including incorporating private asset and factor exposure objectives, as investors seek specific and unique outcomes;

• The need for high-quality data, insightful models and timely research, particularly during times of volatility and uncertainty;

• Integration of sustainability and climate considerations into investment processes, reporting and products;

• Growth of indexed investing through products such as ETFs, mutual funds, annuities and Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (“UCITS funds”), as well as indexed derivatives such as futures, options, structured products and over-the-counter swaps;

• Allocation of capital to private assets and desire for greater transparency into the drivers of private asset performance;

• Growing disclosure requirements that necessitate high-quality data and streamlined reporting solutions;

• Demand for data and tools that support customized portfolio construction and specialized preferences and objectives;

• Use of advanced technologies, including AI, to enhance products, improve analytics, collect and evaluate data, improve client experiences, streamline operations and gain competitive advantages.

We believe the following competitive advantages position us well to meet client demands in light of these trends:

• Differentiated research-enhanced content provides our clients with insights to better understand and adapt to a complex and fast-changing marketplace.

We are continually developing a wide range of differentiated content and have amassed an extensive database of historical global market data;

proprietary equity index data;

ESG and climate data and metrics;

• Differentiated research-enhanced content provides our clients with insights to better navigate a complex, fast-changing investment landscape.

We are continually developing a wide range of differentiated content and have amassed an extensive database of global market data;

proprietary index data;

sustainability and climate data and metrics;

factor models;

private asset performance, transaction and benchmark data, including fund-and asset-level data;

and risk algorithms, all of which can be critical components of our clients’ investment processes.

This content is grounded in our deep knowledge of the global investment process and fueled by experienced research and product development and data management teams.

• Client-centricity allows us to build strong client relationships globally and better understand and service our clients’ needs in the markets in which they operate.

Our client coverage team develops and maintains strong and trusted relationships with senior executives and investment professionals, and we regularly consult with clients and other market participants to discuss their needs, investment trends and implications for our research, product development and client servicing goals.

• Strong product innovation, supported by flexible, scalable, cutting-edge technology developed by our global team of sophisticated technology and data professionals, enables clients to use MSCI, third-party and their own content efficiently and cost-effectively.

Our commitment to open and flexible technology allows us to process data more efficiently for distribution and deliver advanced platform flexibility for easy integration into our clients’ workflows.

We are also partnering with global technology companies to accelerate the development of generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) solutions for the investment industry to help clients build better portfolios with deeper, data-driven insights.

We provide critical tools and solutions that enable investors to manage the transformations taking place in the investment industry, better understand the drivers of performance and risk, and build portfolios more effectively and efficiently to achieve their investment objectives.

and risk algorithms, all of which can be critical to our clients’ investment processes.

• Client-centricity allows us to build strong client relationships globally and better understand and service our clients’ needs.

Our client coverage team develops and maintains strong and trusted relationships with senior executives and investment professionals.

We regularly consult with clients and other market participants to discuss their needs, investment trends and implications for our research, product development and client servicing goals.

• Strong product innovation, supported by flexible and scalable technology developed by our global team of sophisticated technology and data professionals, enables clients to use MSCI, third-party and their own content efficiently and cost-effectively.

Our commitment to open and flexible technology allows us to process data more efficiently and deliver advanced platform flexibility, integrating easily into our clients’ workflows.

We also partner with global technology companies to accelerate the development of generative AI solutions to help our clients build better portfolios with data-driven insights.

We provide critical tools and solutions that enable investors to navigate the complexities of the investment industry, better understand drivers of performance and risk, and build portfolios more effectively and efficiently to achieve their investment objectives.

We are focused on the following key initiatives to deliver actionable and integrated client solutions:

• Extend leadership in research-enhanced content across asset classes.

We continue to develop and deliver innovative solutions that incorporate proprietary and highly differentiated content based on rich insights from our research and product development teams.

In addition to enhancing our position as a leading provider of tools and solutions for equity investors globally, our strategic priorities also include enhancing our content relating to other asset classes

and strategies, including ESG and climate, thematics, factors, fixed income, liquidity and private assets, all of which we believe represent significant growth opportunities.

• Lead the enablement of ESG and climate investment integration by delivering the data, information and applications necessary to identify, assess and incorporate material ESG and climate risks and opportunities.

MSCI’s research, tools and solutions will aim to provide the transparency our clients need to better integrate ESG and climate risks and opportunities into their investment processes.

Our ESG ratings and climate data and research are also utilized in our index, analytics and private asset tools and solutions – from ESG and climate indexes to incorporation of ESG and climate data in risk analysis to climate and emissions assessments specific to real estate assets and private equity portfolios.

We are focused on being an influential thought leader on these considerations for the investment industry.

We aim to develop innovative solutions that incorporate proprietary and differentiated content.

In addition to enhancing our position as a leading provider of tools and solutions for equity investors globally, we also prioritize enhancing our content for other asset classes and strategies, including private assets, sustainability and climate, thematics, factors, fixed income and liquidity, all of which we believe represent significant growth opportunities.

• Lead the enablement of sustainability and climate investment integration by delivering data, insights and applications that help clients identify, assess and manage financially material sustainability risks and opportunities.

MSCI’s research, tools and solutions aim to provide the transparency our clients need to integrate sustainability and climate risks and opportunities into their investment processes.

We also utilize our sustainability and climate data and research in our index, analytics and private asset offerings.

• Enhance distribution and content-enabling technology.

We are deploying and developing advanced technology to drive integration and efficiencies, accelerate the pace of innovation and enhance distribution and the client experience.

We increasingly utilize proprietary and third-party technologies, including AI, to enhance our ability to gather and analyze data, create content and automate and enhance the efficiency of many of our data processes.

Our open-architecture Investment Solutions as a Service (“ISaaS”) offerings include MSCI ONE, an integrated platform that provides access to investment content across a number of our products and solutions.

These offerings help us deliver MSCI content and solutions to our clients at scale.

We are developing advanced technology to drive efficiency, accelerate innovation and enhance client experiences.

Our open-architecture Investment Solutions as a Service (“ISaaS”) offerings include MSCI ONE, an integrated platform that provides access to investment content across a number of

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our products and solutions.

These types of offerings help us deliver MSCI content and solutions to our clients at scale.

• Expand solutions that empower client customization .

We aim to further enhance how we support our clients’ investment objectives by embedding our highly differentiated research, data and methodologies into solutions that allow clients to incorporate their custom preferences.

For example, we will leverage existing capabilities and applications to deliver solutions that will allow clients to reflect their unique risk and return, ESG and climate and thematic preferences, as well as tax optimization strategies in a scalable way.

In addition, we aim to meet client demand for flexible tools and data needed to construct and manage portfolios.

• Strengthen client relationships and grow into strategic partnerships with clients.

We aim to further enhance how we support our clients’ investment objectives by offering solutions that allow clients to reflect their customized preferences.

We are expanding solutions that enable clients to tailor their unique risk and return preferences, sustainability goals and investment strategies across asset classes, geographies and themes, to meet their diverse and evolving needs.

• Strengthen client relationships and expand our presence in key geographic areas.

We aim to be a strategic partner to members of the investment community by anticipating their needs, promoting the full breadth of our tools, data and solutions, and building a seamless experience across our offerings.

The depth of knowledge of our client coverage team, including dedicated account managers, ensures that we are engaging with our clients in a holistic and integrated manner.

In particular, we are leveraging our existing offerings to serve new and developing client use cases.

Through innovation, we aim to enhance the effectiveness and ease of use of our products as we further demonstrate the value of our content, applications and services.

• Execute strategic relationships and acquisitions with complementary data, content and technology companies.

We regularly evaluate and selectively pursue strategic relationships with, and acquisitions of, providers of unique and differentiated data, content, products and technologies that we believe have the potential to complement, enhance or expand our offerings and client base.

In order to drive value, we target acquisitions and strategic relationships that can be efficiently integrated into our existing operational structure and global sales network.

For example, we recently completed the acquisition of The Burgiss Group, LLC (“Burgiss”), a global provider of investment decision support tools relating to private capital.

The acquisition provides us with comprehensive data and deep expertise in private assets, enabling investors to evaluate fundamental information, measure and compare performance, understand exposures, manage risk and conduct robust analytics.

Our client coverage team, including dedicated account managers, ensures that we are engaging with our clients in a holistic and integrated manner.

We are expanding into new geographies, tailoring products to meet local market needs and unlocking opportunities with both emerging and established client segments.

• Execute strategic partnerships and acquisitions with complementary data, content and technology companies.

We regularly evaluate and selectively pursue strategic partnerships with, and acquisitions of, providers of unique and differentiated data, content, products and technologies that we believe can enhance or expand our offerings and client base.

We target acquisitions and strategic relationships that can be efficiently integrated.

Recent acquisitions include Fabric, a wealth technology platform for portfolio design and analytics, and Foxberry, a provider of index technology, which strengthen our wealth management and index customization capabilities, respectively.

In 2024, we also entered into a strategic partnership with Moody’s Corporation to leverage our sustainability data and gain access to Moody’s private company database to extend our private company sustainability coverage.

Financial Model

We have an attractive financial model due to our recurring revenue and strong cash generation.

Clients purchase our products and services primarily through recurring fixed and variable fee arrangements, a business model which has historically delivered stable revenue and predictable cash flows.

Finally, our disciplined capital-allocation policy provides us with flexibility to balance internal resources and investment needs, acquisitions and shareholder returns through dividends and opportunistic share repurchases.

Clients purchase our products and services primarily through recurring fixed and variable fee arrangements, which historically have delivered stable revenue and predictable cash flows.

Our disciplined capital-allocation policy provides us with flexibility to balance internal resources and investment needs, acquisitions and shareholder returns through dividends and opportunistic share repurchases.

See Part II, Item 7.

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For the year ended December 31, 2024, we had the following five operating segments:

Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions, which are presented as the following four reportable segments:

Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, and All Other – Private Assets .

For reporting purposes, the Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions operating segments are

combined and presented as All Other – Private Assets, as they did not meet the thresholds for separate presentation.

On October 2, 2023, the Company acquired the remaining 66.4% interest in Burgiss.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, we renamed the Burgiss operating segment to Private Capital Solutions.

Prior to the acquisition, the Private Capital Solutions operating segment represented the Company’s 33.6% equity method investment in Burgiss.

Following the acquisition, Burgiss’ consolidated results are included in the Private Capital Solutions operating segment.

See Note 5, “Acquisitions,” and Note 13, “Segment Information” of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for additional information on the acquisition of Burgiss.

Index, Analytics, ESG and Climate, Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions, which are presented as the following three reportable segments:

Index, Analytics, and ESG and Climate.

For reporting purposes, the Real Assets and Private Capital Solutions operating segments are combined and presented as All Other – Private Assets, as they did not meet the required thresholds for separate reportable segment disclosure.

Clients use our indexes in many areas of the investment process, including for developing indexed financial products ( e.g.

, ETFs, mutual funds, annuities, futures, options, structured products, over-the-counter derivatives), performance benchmarking, portfolio construction and rebalancing, and asset allocation.

We currently calculate more than 290,000 2 end-of-day indexes daily and more than 16,000 indexes in real time.

Clients access our index data directly from MSCI or from third-party vendors worldwide.

They can access our index data directly from MSCI or through third-party vendors worldwide.

Our index product offerings include:

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• ESG and Climate Indexes.

ESG and Climate Indexes are constructed from an underlying index by applying data from our ESG and Climate segment to additional screening or other criteria.

ESG and Climate Indexes are constructed from underlying MSCI indexes by applying additional data from our ESG and Climate segment to the eligibility, weighting or other index construction criteria.

• Factor Indexes.

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In addition to single factor indexes, we offer multiple-factor indexes for investors with diversified multi-factor strategies.

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• Thematic Indexes.

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Client-Designed Indexes are calculated by applying additional criteria supplied by a client – such as stock exclusion lists, currency hedging rules, tax rates or special weighting – to an MSCI index.

Investors with unique index requirements can build an index to meet their specific needs and better update index design over time to support their evolving investment strategies.

Investors with unique index requirements can design an index to meet their specific needs and update the index design over time to support their evolving investment strategies.

• Fixed Income Indexes .

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Real Assets Indexes provide transparency and insight into real asset strategies, including performance of portfolios across private real estate investments, REITs and others.

Our Private Real Assets Index products are reported under our All Other – Private Assets reportable segment.

In 2023, we launched a number of new indexes and data products, including the following:

• MSCI Float Data Product.

The MSCI Float Data Product is a new offering created to provide additional transparency related to free float market capitalization at a security level.

The MSCI Float Data Product offers greater visibility into a security’s investability metrics.

This extensive data set includes all securities within the MSCI equity universe and is updated on a monthly basis.

• MSCI Biotech Advance Indexes.

Part of our suite of MSCI Life Sciences Indexes, the MSCI Biotech Advance Indexes aim to measure the performance of a set of companies that are associated with research, development and commercialization of products for treating a broad range of diseases and disorders.

• MSCI MarketAxess Tradable Corporate Bond Indexes.

The MSCI MarketAxess Tradable Corporate Bond Indexes incorporate MarketAxess liquidity data and make use of the MarketAxess Relative Liquidity Score to capture more liquid fixed income securities.

2 The number of indexes includes different return versions (e.g., price, net and gross returns) but does not include different currency versions.

• MSCI Global Thematic Rotation Index.

The MSCI Global Thematic Rotation Index aims to represent the performance of the highest-ranked thematic megatrends, selected from a larger subset and rotated regularly based on media sentiment tied to MediaStats Megatrend Scores.

• MSCI Climate Action Corporate Bond Indexes .

The MSCI Climate Action Corporate Bond Indexes are designed to measure the performance of the fixed-income securities of companies that have been assessed to have favorable characteristics relating to climate transition actions relative to sector peers.

Our Index segment also includes revenues from licenses of GICS and GICS Direct , the global industry classification standard jointly developed and maintained by MSCI and S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global Inc.

This classification system was developed in response to investors’ need for a comprehensive and consistent framework for classifying companies into industries.

Our Real Assets Index products are reported under All Other – Private Assets.

• Private Capital Indexes .

Private Capital Indexes encompass the full spectrum of private asset classes, including private equity, private credit, private real estate, private infrastructure and private natural resources and aim to meet investor needs in private markets, with high quality data and consistent performance measurement of private capital funds.

Our Private Capital Index products are reported under All Other – Private Assets.

Our Index segment also includes revenues from licenses of GICS Direct , the global industry classification standard jointly developed and maintained by MSCI and S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of S&P Global Inc.

GICS is widely accepted as an industry analysis framework for investment research, portfolio management and asset allocation.

GICS Direct is a dataset comprised of active companies and securities classified by sector, industry group, industry and sub-industry in accordance with the proprietary GICS methodology.

GICS Direct is a dataset comprised of companies and securities classified by sector, industry group, industry and sub-industry in accordance with the proprietary GICS methodology.

The MSCI Sector Indexes are comprised of GICS sector, industry group, and industry indexes across countries and regions in Developed, Emerging and select Frontier markets.

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We continue to develop new and improved tools and capabilities in response to the evolving needs of our clients.

In addition, our analytics capabilities are helping to fuel growth in key areas across our business, such as our factor indexes and many of our climate risk and reporting offerings.

Our clients access our Analytics tools and content through our proprietary applications and application programming interfaces (“APIs”), third-party applications or directly through their own platforms.

In addition, our analytics capabilities are helping fuel growth in key areas across our business, such as our factor indexes and climate risk reporting solutions.

Our clients can access our Analytics tools and content through our proprietary applications and APIs, third-party applications or directly through their own platforms.

Our Analytics solutions provide clients with tools to construct and manage portfolios, including integrated market data from multiple third parties as well as content from MSCI’s other segments, which significantly reduces the operational burden on clients to independently source this information and populate it in our Analytics products.

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and regulatory risk reporting.

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RiskMetrics CreditManager is a portfolio credit risk management system used primarily by banks to quantify portfolio credit risk by capturing market exposure, rating changes and default risk.

• Climate Lab Enterprise .

Powered by MSCI’s climate data integrated with MSCI’s enterprise analytics infrastructure, Climate Lab Enterprise enables our clients to measure, manage and monitor net-zero commitments and climate exposure and risks.

Climate Lab Enterprise is able to aggregate climate data across multiple portfolios and asset classes, providing clients the ability to understand alignment with their climate goals from the enterprise level down through portfolios to individual positions and issuers.

Our Insights offering calculates, stores and delivers a broad range of risk, performance, climate and sustainability measures to help investors identify trends and respond to rapid changes in markets.

Insights automates many tasks to allow investors to more quickly and effectively understand the overall level of risk in their portfolios, how that risk has changed and what factors may have caused the changes.

• AI Portfolio Insights .

Our AI Portfolio Insights offering calculates, stores, and delivers a broad range of risk, performance, climate, and sustainability measures to help investors identify trends and respond to market changes.

The tool features a generative AI-powered chatbot to deliver risk and performance insights and is designed to enhance speed, efficiency and collaboration.

• MSCI Wealth Manager .

MSCI Wealth Manager, formerly known as Fabric, offers a technology platform for wealth managers for portfolio design, customization and analytics, integrated with MSCI’s indexes, sustainability data and private asset insights.

Our Analytics segment also provides various managed services to help clients operate more efficiently, including consolidation of client portfolio data from various sources, review and reconciliation of input data and results, and customized reporting, including ESG and climate reporting.

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The ESG and Climate segment 2 offers products and services that help institutional investors understand how sustainability considerations can impact the long-term risk and return of their portfolio and individual security-level investments.

We provide data, ratings, research and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation, meet new client demands and better integrate ESG and climate elements into their investment processes.

In recent years, sustainability related issues have become key business priorities across industries.

At MSCI, we believe our ESG and Climate solutions support ESG integration by strengthening transparency around ESG and climate metrics and helping to analyze and quantify ESG and climate risks.

Investors commonly use our ESG and Climate solutions, including MSCI ESG Ratings, to help assess ESG-related financial risks in their investment processes and to help inform their investment decisions.

Our ESG and Climate solutions are also used by some clients to help them identify investments that may generate a social or environmental impact or that may otherwise align with an investor’s ethical values.

We provide data, ratings, research and tools to help investors navigate increasing regulation, meet new client demands and better integrate sustainability and climate considerations into their investment processes.

Investors commonly use our ESG and Climate solutions, including MSCI ESG Ratings, to help assess sustainability-related financial risks in their investment processes and to help inform their investment decisions.

Our ESG and Climate research team analyzes over 10,000 3 entities worldwide, and we will continue to expand and deepen our coverage to help investors and others in their asset allocation, portfolio construction and risk management processes.

Clients include global asset managers, leading asset owners, consultants, advisers, corporates and academics.

Clients include global asset managers, leading asset owners, wealth managers, banks, insurers, consultants, advisers, regulators, central banks and corporates.

Our ESG and Climate offerings include:

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MSCI ESG Ratings include ratings of equity issuers and fixed income securities.

The MSCI ESG Industry Materiality Map is a public tool that explores the key ESG issues by GICS sub-industry or sector and their contribution to companies’ overall ESG ratings.

In assigning an MSCI ESG Rating, we collect the most relevant, publicly available data and assess the most significant ESG risks a company faces.

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• MSCI ESG Business Involvement Screening Research .

MSCI ESG Business Involvement Screening Research is a screening service that enables institutional investors to manage ESG standards and restrictions reliably and efficiently.

Asset managers, investment advisers and asset owners can access screening research through the online MSCI ESG Manager platform or a data feed to support alignment with their investment guidelines, implement client mandates or manage potential ESG portfolio risks.

• MSCI Climate Solutions .

With MSCI Climate Solutions, investors and issuers utilize our climate data and tools to support their investment decision making.

These activities can include measuring and reporting on climate risk exposure, implementing low-carbon or fossil-fuel-free strategies, factoring climate change research into risk

MSCI ESG Business Involvement Screening Research is a screening service that enables institutional investors to manage ESG standards and restrictions reliably and

2 Products and services in our ESG and Climate segment are provided by MSCI ESG Research LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSCI Inc.

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3 Does not include subsidiary-level companies.

management processes and engaging companies and external stakeholders.

For example, in 2023, we launched MSCI Corporate Sustainability Insights, a solution that gives clients the ability to track, measure and compare their ESG and climate data versus peers, while also identifying potential disclosure gaps, through intuitive charts, graphs and maps.

In 2023, we also completed the acquisition of Trove Research Ltd (“Trove”), a carbon markets intelligence provider, which will accelerate our ability to provide data and analysis on voluntary carbon markets.

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• MSCI Climate Solutions .

With MSCI Climate Solutions, investors and issuers utilize our climate data and tools to support their investment decision making.

These activities can include measuring and reporting on climate risk exposure, implementing low-carbon or fossil-fuel-free strategies, factoring climate change research into risk management processes and engaging companies and external stakeholders.

• MSCI Sustainability and Climate Regulatory Solutions .

MSCI Sustainability and Climate Regulatory Solutions help investors and other capital-markets participants stay informed of sustainability and climate regulatory requirements and simplify reporting, with tools to support mandatory and voluntary disclosures.

MSCI ESG ratings and certain other ESG and climate data provided to our clients are also made available to, and used in, our other operating segments, such as in the construction of our MSCI ESG and Climate equity and fixed income indexes.

These Index products are designed to help institutional investors more effectively benchmark ESG investment performance, issue indexed investment products, as well as manage, measure and report on ESG mandates.

For a description of regulation applicable to MSCI ESG Research LLC, see “—Government Regulation” below.

For a description of regulation applicable to MSCI ESG Research LLC, see “—Regulation” below.

For the year ende d December 31, 2024, 11.4% of our revenues were attributable to our ESG and Climate segment.

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Our private assets offerings also enable investors to compare performance and risk across both private and public asset classes, and enhance our multi-asset class and total portfolio capabilities.

In 2023, we acquired the remaining 66.4% interest in Burgiss, which provides a suite of tools to help private assets investors across mission-critical workflows, such as evaluating operating performance of underlying portfolio companies, managing risk and other activities supporting private capital investing .

This acquisition built on our existing capabilities across real assets, including from our 2021 acquisition of Real Capital Analytics (“RCA”).

We also integrate our private assets data and analytics in other MSCI products offered by our other operating segments, including indexes, climate risk models, MAC models and other MSCI solutions.

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• Property Intel .

Our Property Intel offering provides web-based services for the analysis of commercial real estate and offers extensive information on real estate, rental levels, property holdings, transactions, ownership, occupiers, footfall, lease data and the ability to simulate market values.

Our Property Intel offering provides web-based services for the analysis of commercial real estate in the Nordics and offers extensive information on rental levels, property holdings, transactions, ownership, occupiers, footfall, lease data and the ability to simulate market values.

Our Private Capital Solutions offerings include:

• Private Capital Portfolio Management Platform .

The Private Capital Portfolio Management Platform (formerly known as the Private i Platform) merges analytical tools and powerful reporting to help investment, risk and operations teams consistently and accurately monitor, measure and report on their private asset portfolios and associated investment activity.

• Caissa Total Plan Platform .

The Caissa Total Plan Platform is an industry-leading, multi-asset class investment analytics platform.

• Private i Platform .

The Private i Platform merges analytical tools and powerful reporting to help investment, risk and operations teams consistently and accurately monitor, measure and report on their private asset portfolios and associated investment activity.

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• Total Plan Platform .

The Total Plan Platform is an industry-leading, multi-asset class investment analytics platform.

It provides a comprehensive view of the drivers of performance and risk in both public and private investments in total portfolios.

• Carbon Footprinting of Private Equity and Debt Funds .

Carbon Footprinting of Private Equity and Debt Funds offers extensive data and analytics for estimating and monitoring greenhouse gas emissions within private equity and debt portfolios.

• Transparency Data .

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• Universe Analytics .

The Universe Analytics offering provides private capital performance data used by asset allocators as a source of official institutional benchmarks and as a basis for asset allocation, research, due diligence and compensation decisions.

The Universe Analytics offering provides private capital performance data that is used by asset allocators as a source of official institutional benchmarks and as a basis for asset allocation, research, due diligence and compensation decisions.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, 9.0% of our revenues were attributable to our private assets offerings.

Research and Product Development

Research and Development

We apply an integrated team approach to developing content across our operating segments.

Our product management, research and product development, data operations and technology, and application development departments are at the center of this process.

Our content is developed by a research and product development team comprised of mathematicians, economists, statisticians, financial engineers and industry experts.

Our research and development, product management, data operations and technology, and application development teams are at the center of this process.

Our content is developed by a research and development team comprised of mathematicians, economists, statisticians, financial engineers, investment professionals and industry experts.

Content created in one segment can often be used for the creation of products in another segment.

For example, the MAC models created in our Analytics segment offer a view of risk across market and asset classes, including private assets, by incorporating content generated in our private assets offerings.

In addition, our MSCI ESG indexes and our Climate Lab Enterprise analytics product are constructed using data from our ESG and Climate operating segment.

In addition, our MSCI ESG and Climate indexes and our climate reporting analytics product are constructed using data from our ESG and Climate operating segment.

Through our relationships with the world’s largest investment institutions, we monitor investment trends and their drivers globally and support instrument valuation, risk modeling, portfolio construction, portfolio attribution, asset allocation and value-at-risk simulation.

Our Advisory Council typically meets three times during the year to discuss current and emerging investment industry trends and is comprised of senior investment professionals from around the world and senior members of our research and product development team.

An important way we monitor global investment trends and their implications for our business is through direct public consultations and client advisory panels and through the forum provided by our Advisory Council, which discusses current and emerging investment industry trends and is comprised of senior investment professionals from around the world and senior members of our research and development team.

Technology plays a pivotal role in our operations and our ability to innovate and launch products and services.

Current areas of focus include:

• Improving the client experience by enhancing the way clients access, interact with and use our data, applications and other tools, including by developing and launching our open-architecture ISaaS services, many of which are available via modern, web-based platforms, such as our MSCI ONE offering, or integrate with our clients’ existing ecosystems via APIs.

• Enhancing data processing by utilizing data science and machine learning in our data collection processes to more efficiently build scale and facilitate faster product enhancements and releases while also maintaining high standards.

We also leverage AI to enhance our content and continue evolving our data-processing and quality-control procedures.

• Improving the client experience by enhancing the way clients access, interact with and use our data, applications and other tools.

We continue to develop and launch open-architecture offerings and improve integration with clients’ ecosystems via APIs.

• Advancing data processing through data science, machine learning and AI.

These technologies enable more efficient data collection, enhance content and support quality-control processes, allowing us to scale operations and enhance our products.

AI is also central to developing new solutions like AI Portfolio Insights and GeoSpatial Asset Intelligence, which provide innovative ways for clients to analyze portfolios and assess risks.

• Enhancing information security by further strengthening our technology infrastructure and software security processes.

We implement changes and upgrades to technology regularly and maintain processes designed to minimize risk on an ongoing basis, and we seek to improve employee awareness of cyber and information security issues through training.

We implement upgrades and maintain processes designed to reduce cyber risk and improve employee awareness of cyber and information security issues through training.

• Modernizing our workplace to better support a remote and hybrid workforce that can collaborate and productively work from anywhere.

• Migrating products, data and services onto cloud platforms to accelerate the delivery of new capabilities that will help investors more swiftly and efficiently manage data and understand the drivers of risk and performance, drive automation across our corporate processes and minimize data center risks.

• Migrating products, data and services onto cloud platforms to reduce data center risks and accelerate the delivery of new capabilities that help clients more efficiently manage data and understand drivers of risk and performance.

Many industry participants compete with us by offering one or more indexes in similar categories.

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Among our Index competitors are S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (a joint venture

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FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group plc;

Solactive AG;

and Bloomberg Finance L.P.

Bloomberg Finance L.P.

(“Bloomberg”);

Competition also exists from industry participants, including asset managers and investment banks, that create their own indexes, often in cooperation with index providers, which may, among other things, provide some form of calculation agent service.

and Solactive AG.

Competition also exists from industry participants, including asset managers and investment banks, that create their own indexes, often in cooperation with index providers who provide some form of calculation agent service.

Some asset managers also manage funds, including ETFs, based on their proprietary indexes, and some investment banks launch structured products or create over-the-counter derivatives based on their proprietary indexes.

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ESG and Climate.

Our ESG and Climate offerings compete with a growing number of companies that issue ESG data, ratings or research.

Our ESG and Climate offerings compete with a growing number of companies that issue ESG and climate data, ratings or research.

For example, our ESG and Climate offerings compete with those from a range of competitors, including Sustainalytics Holding B.V.

(a part of Morningstar, Inc.), Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.

(majority owned by Deutsche Börse AG), Trucost (an S&P Global Inc.

business), Refinitiv (a London Stock Exchange Group business), Bloomberg and Moody’s Corporation.

(majority owned by Deutsche Börse AG), S&P Global Inc., Refinitiv (a London Stock Exchange Group business) and Bloomberg.

All Other – Private Assets.

We have a variety of competitors for our offerings that provide data, market intelligence, indexes, and performance and risk attribution services relating to private assets.

Our private assets data and analytics products, including those from our acquisition of Burgiss, also compete with a variety of products and tools that provide transaction-, fund- and asset-level data for private assets and across asset classes.

Our private assets data and analytics products also compete with a variety of products and tools that provide transaction-, fund- and asset-level data for private assets and across asset classes.

Intellectual Property, Other Proprietary Rights and Sources of Data

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We will continue to evaluate the registration of additional trademarks and service marks as appropriate.

From time to time, we have also filed patent applications to protect our proprietary rights.

We have also at times filed patent applications to seek to protect our proprietary rights.

Additionally, many of our offerings, processes and services require the use of intellectual property that we license for use from third parties.

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Corporate Responsibility

As a leader in providing ESG and climate solutions to investors, we also aim to demonstrate leading corporate responsibility practices and policies that are meaningful to our various stakeholders, including our clients, employees and shareholders.

The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of our Board of Directors (“Board”) provides oversight of our corporate responsibility strategy and activities and receives regular updates and reports from MSCI management, including our Chief Responsibility and Diversity Officer.

We are committed to continuing to develop and enhance our sustainability strategy and to regularly reporting on our efforts.

As part of our corporate responsibility efforts, we have published reports aligned with a number of international frameworks, including CDP, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board (SASB).

Additional information on our corporate responsibility approach, including our net-zero commitment and science-based targets, can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility.

As a leader in providing sustainability and climate solutions to investors, we aim to demonstrate leading corporate responsibility practices that benefit our business and align with practices meaningful to our stakeholders, including our clients, employees and shareholders.

The Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of our Board of Directors (“Board”) oversees our corporate responsibility strategy and activities and receives regular updates from MSCI management.

We are committed to reporting on our corporate responsibility efforts.

We have published reports aligned with a number of international frameworks, including the “Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP),” the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standard Board (SASB).

Additional information on our corporate responsibility efforts can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility.

Information contained on our website is not deemed part of or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other report filed with the SEC.

Human Capital Management

MSCI is committed to creating a performance culture with a high degree of employee engagement.

Our talent and leadership development programs are designed to ensure we have the right people with the necessary skills to deliver on MSCI’s strategy, including a workplace that values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion (“DE&I”).

The Compensation, Talent and Culture Committee of our Board has oversight over talent management matters, including efforts relating to succession/progression planning, career progression and retention strategies, and learning and leadership development programs.

In addition, this Committee oversees our efforts relating to our corporate culture, such as our DE&I strategy and our employee engagement.

Our Chief Human Resources Officer, our Chief Responsibility and Diversity Officer and our Head of Talent report to our Board regularly on DE&I initiatives, our work towards enhancing corporate culture and our talent management strategies.

We also engage with our shareholders around these aspects of our human capital management strategies.

MSCI is committed to creating a performance culture and meritocracy with a high degree of employee engagement.

Our talent and leadership development programs are designed to ensure we have the best people with the necessary skills to deliver on MSCI’s strategy, facilitated by a culture of inclusion where all employees are able to perform their best.

In addition, this Committee oversees efforts relating to our corporate culture, such as our employee engagement and

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inclusion strategies.

Our management reports to our Board regularly on our work towards enhancing corporate culture and our talent management strategies.

We also regularly engage with our shareholders on these aspects of our human capital management strategies.

The Board regularly reviews our executive talent, including our current leadership bench and succession/progression planning efforts relating to our entire executive team.

Our Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief Operating Officer also meet regularly with the heads of our functions to review talent plans, with an aim of identifying top talent with the most immediate or near-term potential to progress to the senior-most roles at MSCI.

MSCI is a global company with a highly diverse footprint.

Our Chief Executive Officer and our President and Chief Operating Officer also meet regularly with the heads of our functions to review talent plans and identify top talent with the most immediate or near-term potential to progress to the senior-most roles at MSCI.

MSCI is a global company with an extensive footprint around the world.

As of December 31, 2024, we employed 6,132 people, of which 50.0% of MSCI employees were located in the Asia Pacific region, 24.9% in Europe, Middle East and Africa, 17.0% in the U.S.

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For the one-year period ended December 31, 2024, voluntary turnover was 7.5% and involuntary turnover was 3.6%.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Diversity, equity and inclusion are core values of MSCI.

We strive to empower our people to maximize their potential in an environment where all individuals are respected and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work.

MSCI’s culture embraces diverse experiences and perspectives, which we believe foster creativity and innovation.

As a leading provider of tools and solutions to the global investment community, it is critical that DE&I principles are central to how we manage our business and global workforce.

We firmly believe that a diverse team is a stronger team and that cultivating diverse, highly engaged talent is an important part of our success.

Inclusion and Belonging

Fostering inclusivity is a core value of MSCI.

We strive to empower our people to maximize their potential in an inclusive environment.

Our performance culture and meritocracy are supported by the belief that all of our people will perform their best when they feel included and valued.

As of December 31, 2024, individuals who self-identify as female represented 37.2% of our global employees and 27.0% of our global employees in management roles 4 , and individuals who self-identify as male represented 59.6% of our global employees.

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represents 16.2% of our global workforce.

Our most recent EEO-1 consolidated reports can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.

Information contained on our website is not deemed part of or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other report filed with the SEC.

Our Chief Responsibility and Diversity Officer is responsible for operating across MSCI to align our DE&I goals with business outcomes.

We have operationalized our DE&I strategy and alignment through our Executive DE&I Council (“EDC”) and our Inclusion and Belonging Council (“IBC”).

The EDC consists of senior leaders and subject matter experts who develop and execute our DE&I efforts across three strategic pillars relating to talent, senior leader engagement and accountability, and stakeholder engagement.

The IBC proactively works with local leaders to adapt MSCI’s global DE&I strategy to local circumstances and requirements.

The roughly 30 members on the IBC represent most geographies, functions and levels, including members of our employee resource groups (the Women’s Leadership Forum, Women in Tech, Pride & Allies, the Black Leadership Network, Asian Support Network, All Abilities Network and Hola!

Our employee resource groups are supported by senior leaders who serve as executive sponsors.

Additional information on our DE&I efforts and programs can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/diversity-equity-and-inclusion.

Our most recent EEO-1 consolidated reports and additional information can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility/sustainability-reports-policies.

Information contained on our website is not deemed part of or incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K or any other report filed with the SEC.

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We offer a broad range of highly competitive compensation and benefits programs to our employees and their families, including same-sex domestic partners.

These programs include health and welfare benefits, including an employee assistance program;

enhanced caregiver leave policies, including a global minimum standard applicable to all offices worldwide;

These programs include health and welfare benefits;

caregiver leave policies;

contributions to defined contribution and defined benefit pensions plans globally and health savings accounts in the U.S.;

life insurance;

a global wellness initiative that can help employees improve their health and well-being;

presentations on well-being topics, including retirement

5 For this purpose, “management roles” refers to employees in Managing Director, Executive Director or Vice President roles.

planning, parenting, meditation, stress management and nutrition;

a global wellness initiative;

presentations on well-being topics;

ergonomic equipment and desk assessments;

and wellness rooms in all MSCI office locations.

Compensation at MSCI supports a culture of high performance and accountability.

Our goal is to provide competitive compensation in the markets where we compete for talent.

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We differentiate cash bonus payouts based on actual results against goals and for managers, how effectively they demonstrate behaviors consistent with our values and culture.

Senior employees and select other employees are eligible to participate in the MSCI Long-Term Incentive Program with awards of MSCI common stock that vest over a multi-year period.

The goal of the Long-Term Incentive Program is to:

(i) align the interests of eligible employees with those of our shareholders, (ii) enhance our “owner-operator” culture, (iii) recognize and reward potential long-term strategic contributions, and (iv) retain key leaders and top performers.

Senior employees and select other employees are eligible to participate in the MSCI Long-Term Incentive Program (“LTIP”) with awards of MSCI common stock that vest over a multi-year period.

The LTIP is designed to align the interests of eligible employees with those of shareholders, enhance an “owner-operator” philosophy and retain key talent.

Since January 2022, we have been operating according to a hybrid-work initiative called the Future of Work at MSCI.

For most of our employees, the Future of Work introduced a hybrid work environment allowing employees to work at times at the office and other times remotely, depending on the requirements of a specific role and the needs of our clients.

Our Future of Work model has helped to attract and retain talent and has achieved high employee satisfaction.

As we continue to adapt and iterate how we work, employee feedback will remain central to these initiatives.

For most of our employees, the Future of Work allows employees to work at times at the office and other times remotely, depending on the requirements of a specific role and the needs of our clients.

Our Future of Work model has helped to attract and retain talent and has contributed to employee engagement and satisfaction.

Cultivating Talent and Employee Engagement

MSCI is committed to investing in employee learning and development.

Throughout the year, we offer tools and workshops to help employees better understand how their work aligns with MSCI’s overall strategy, seek and receive real-time and transparent feedback and coaching, successfully deliver on their goals, and more effectively plan and develop their careers.

MSCI also provides learning tools covering a wide range of topics, with numerous options for employees to pursue self-paced and longer-term career development opportunities.

We offer tools and workshops to help employees grow their skills, receive feedback and coaching, deliver on their goals, and plan their careers.

Our learning tools cover a wide range of topics, with options for self-paced and longer-term career development opportunities.

4 For this purpose, “management roles” refers to employees in Managing Director, Executive Director or Vice President roles.

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MSCI conducts an employee engagement survey at least annually that measures whether our approaches to performance, growth and career development are driving employee engagement.

Managers receive anonymous feedback and are accountable for improving and enhancing the work environment to drive higher engagement.

In our December 2023 employee engagement survey, we achieved a 82% response rate, and the percentage of respondents characterized as fully engaged was 75%, the highest since we implemented the engagement survey .

Managers receive anonymous feedback and are accountable for improving the work environment.

In our December 2024 employee engagement survey, we achieved a 85% response rate, and the percentage of respondents characterized as fully engaged was 76%, among the highest since we implemented the engagement survey .

Additional information on our training programs and engagement metrics can be found on our website at https://www.msci.com/who-we-are/corporate-responsibility/social-practices.

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We have extensive safety policies, standards and procedures that all employees are required to follow.

Recently, we have taken numerous steps to support our employees, including transitioning to a hybrid work environment for most employees, enhancing our sick leave policies, engaging with external health and ergonomics consultants and increasing the use of technology to allow our employees to remain fully engaged, productive and well.

Government Regulation

We have taken numerous steps to support our employees, including supporting a hybrid work environment for most employees, enhancing our sick leave policies, engaging with external health and ergonomics consultants and increasing the use of technology to allow our employees to remain fully engaged, productive and well.

We are subject to existing and evolving laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where we operate, which may increase costs or legal risks, or affect our operations, products and services.

The Company is subject to reporting, disclosure and recordkeeping obligations pursuant to SEC requirements applicable to U.S.

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (“UK FCA”) authorized MSCI Limited (a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.) to be the benchmark administrator for applicable MSCI indexes.

In addition, MSCI Deutschland GmbH (a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.) is authorized by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority as an EU benchmark administrator for applicable MSCI indexes.

In addition, MSCI Deutschland GmbH (a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.) is authorized by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) as an EU benchmark administrator for applicable MSCI indexes.

Information about index regulation is periodically updated on our website at https://www.msci.com/index-regulation.

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It is possible that in addition to MSCI ESG Research LLC, other entities in our corporate family could become required to register as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act or comply with similar laws or requirements in states or foreign jurisdictions.

MSCI ESG Ratings and Research Pvt.

Ltd (a subsidiary of MSCI Inc.) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as an ESG Ratings Provider.

A subsidiary of the Company is registered with the State Council Information Office of the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in China as a foreign institution supplying financial information services in China.

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Wiechmann 45 Chief Financial Officer

Gutowski 56 General Counsel

Gutowski 57 General Counsel and Head of Corporate Affairs

Crum 68 Chief Human Resources Officer

There are no family relationships between any of our executive officers and any director or other executive officer of the Company.

Fernandez has served as Chairman since October 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer and a director since 1998.

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Fernandez has served as Chairman of the Company’s Board since October 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer and a director since 1998.

He served as head of the MSCI business from 1996 to 1998 and as President from 1998 to October 2017.

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Before leading MSCI, he was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he worked from 1983 to 1991 and from 1994 to 2007, in emerging markets business strategy, equity derivatives sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate and mortgage finance.

Fernandez also serves on boards of directors/trustees at Royalty Pharma plc, Stanford University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and its affiliate, KIMC, the Hoover Institution, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Foreign Policy Association, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York.

Fernandez also serves on boards of directors/trustees at Royalty Pharma plc, Stanford University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and its affiliate, KIMC, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Foreign Policy Association.

Fernandez previously served on the boards of trustees at Georgetown University, the Trinity School, The Browning School and MexDer (Mexican Derivatives Exchange) and was the Chair of the Advisory Council at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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As President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr.

Pettit oversees the Company's business functions, including client coverage, marketing, product management, research and product development, technology and operations.

Pettit oversees the Company's business functions, including client coverage, marketing, product management, research and development, technology and operations.

He previously served as Chief Operating Officer from 2015 to 2017, Head of the Product Group from February 2015 to September 2015, Head of Index Products from 2011 to 2015, Head of Marketing from 2005 to 2012 and Head of Client Coverage from 2001 to 2012.

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Wiechmann holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Physics and Economics from Hamilton College.

Gutowski has served as the Company’s General Counsel since January 2020.

Gutowski has served as the Company’s General Counsel since January 2020 and the Company’s Head of Corporate Affairs since July 2024.

In this capacity he oversees the firm’s legal;

corporate affairs;

government and regulatory affairs;

corporate responsibility;

and internal audit functions.

Gutowski previously served as the Company’s Deputy General Counsel and the Head of Compliance from 2010 to 2019 and the Head of Internal Audit from 2012 to 2019.

He joined MSCI in 2002.

Prior to joining MSCI, he was an attorney in private practice at Rogers & Wells LLP and Clifford Chance LLP.

Prior to joining MSCI, he was an attorney in private practice at Rogers & Wells LLP and Clifford Chance LLP, focused on financial services, corporate and intellectual property matters.

He received his B.A.

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Crum holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in industrial relations from Southern Methodist University.

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Available Information

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To access these, click on the “SEC Filings” link under the “Financial Information” tab found on our investor relations homepage (http://ir.msci.com).

We also use our Investor Relations homepage and Corporate Responsibility homepage as channels of distribution of Company information.

We also use our investor relations website ir.msci.com and our social media outlets, such as LinkedIn or X (@MSCI_Inc), as channels of distribution of Company information.

The information we post through these channels may be deemed material.

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In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other information about us when you enroll your email address by visiting the “Email Alerts” on our investor relations homepage at https://ir.msci.com/email-alerts.

The contents of our website, including our Investor Relations homepage and Corporate Responsibility homepage, and our social media channels are not, however, a part of or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The contents of our website, including our investor relations website, and our social media channels are not, however, a part of or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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