---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408198-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSCI"
cik: "0001408198"
company_name: "MSCI Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T08:43:11.693489+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSCI annual meeting results: all directors elected, say-on-pay approved, auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with majority support; Henry Fernandez received 67.5M for, 2.4M against.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved with 68.96M for (98.3% of votes cast); 1.23M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation frequency set to every 1 year (69.8M votes for 1-year).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for 2023 passed with 73.23M for, 0.37M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408198-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSCI
- cik: 0001408198
- company_name: MSCI Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/0001408198-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/msci-20230425.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001408198-23-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Henry A. Fernandez 67,458,859 2,383,296 565,654 3,405,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/0001408198-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 4 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2023. For Against Abstain 73,234,762 369,119 208,947
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/0001408198-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Recommendation, by non-binding vote, on the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company’s executive compensation at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 3 – Recommendation, by non-binding vote, on the frequency of advisory votes to approve the Company’s executive compensation. 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote 69,827,553 6,595 454,678 118,983 3,405,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/0001408198-23-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Proposal 2 – Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 68,958,260 1,230,704 218,845 3,405,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819823000035/0001408198-23-000035-index.htm

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