secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK:        0001408198
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001564590-22-003036
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSCI revises executive long-term equity incentives; increases target LTIP for top executives
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- New PSOs based on cumulative revenue and adjusted EPS over 3-year performance period (0-200% vesting).
- CEO Fernandez and President Pettit: 50% PSOs, 50% 3-year PSUs for 2022 annual grant.
- Other executive committee members: 35% PSOs, 35% 3-year PSUs, 30% cliff-vest RSUs.
- CEO Fernandez annual target LTIP increased from $7.5M to $10M; Pettit from $4M to $5.5M.
- Stock ownership guidelines raised: CEO/President to 12x salary; others to 8x; 25% net share retention.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000156459022003036/0001564590-22-003036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1408198/000156459022003036/msci-8k_20220125.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-22-003036

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