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MSCI Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-33812		13-4038723
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

88 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005		10005
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

 

(212) 804-3900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02(d). Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective December 14, 2009, the Board of Directors of MSCI Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Alice W. Handy and George W. Siguler as members of the Company’s Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors determined that each of Ms. Handy and Mr. Siguler is independent in accordance with the director independence standards established under the Company’s Corporate Governance Policies.

As a member of the Board of Directors, each of Ms. Handy and Mr. Siguler will receive (i) a cash retainer under the Board's cash compensation policy (which he or she may, pursuant to the Company’s policies, elect to receive in the form of MSCI common stock under the MSCI Independent Directors’ Equity Compensation Plan (the “Directors’ Plan”) and (ii) equity based compensation in the form of MSCI restricted stock units pursuant to the Directors’ Plan.  All directors are reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board of directors.