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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001408198-24-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSCI"
cik: "0001408198"
company_name: "MSCI Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:28:19.144349+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSCI shareholders reelect all 12 directors, reject proposal on Chinese military indices

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected, with Linda H. Riefler receiving 62.6M for (5.0M against).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 65.7M for, 1.8M against.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers ratified as FY2024 auditor: 71.1M for, 0.5M against.
- Shareholder proposal to report on Chinese military-industry companies in indices defeated: 300k for, 66.6M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001408198-24-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSCI
- cik: 0001408198
- company_name: MSCI Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/0001408198-24-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/msci-20240423.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 2 – Approval, by non-binding vote, of the Company’s executive compensation. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 65,745,530 1,828,172 295,984 3,813,520
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/0001408198-24-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of members of the Company’s Board of Directors Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Henry A. Fernandez 64,059,045 3,305,379 505,262 3,813,520 Robert G. Ashe 64,505,432 3,201,251 163,003 3,813,520 Chirantan “CJ” Desai 67,631,031 76,547 162,108 3,813,520 Wayne Edmunds 67,628,181 78,767 162,738 3,813,520 Robin Matlock 65,677,457 2,030,446 161,783 3,813,520 Jacques P. Perold 67,144,157 562,720 162,809 3,813,520 C.D. Baer Pettit 67,117,183 590,446 162,057 3,813,520 Sandy C. Rattray 64,862,778 2,845,050 161,858 3,813,520 Linda H. Riefler 62,630,785 5,029,294 209,607 3,813,520 Marcus L. Smith 67,229,849 477,044 162,793 3,813,520 Rajat Taneja 67,564,050 141,138 164,498 3,813,520 Paula Volent 67,665,251 42,733 161,702 3,813,520
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/0001408198-24-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for fiscal year 2024. For Against Abstain 71,059,058 462,637 161,511
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/0001408198-24-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSCI Inc. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to report on “Chinese Military-Industry Companies” in Company indices at the 2024-04-23 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-23
  source text: Proposal 4 – Shareholder proposal to report on “Chinese Military-Industry Companies” in Company indices. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 300,200 66,608,218 961,268 3,813,520
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000140819824000077/0001408198-24-000077-index.htm

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