MSCI Completes February 2014 ASR Agreement
12 Maio 2014 - 5:49PM
Business Wire
MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision
support tools worldwide, announced today that it received 0.6
million shares of its common stock on May 5, 2014 in
connection with the settlement of the $100.0 million accelerated
share repurchase agreement (“ASR”) it entered into on February 6,
2014. MSCI repurchased a total of 2.3 million shares as part of the
February 2014 ASR. The settlement of the February 2014 ASR marked
the completion of the $300.0 million share repurchase authorization
approved by the Company’s Board of Directors in December 2012. As
part of that authorization, MSCI repurchased a total of 7.7 million
shares of its common stock.
On February 4, 2014, the Board of Directors authorized
management to repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock with
an aggregate value of up to $300.0 million. This authorization will
be available for use from time to time at management’s discretion.
No shares have been repurchased under this authorization to
date.
About MSCI
MSCI Inc. is a leading provider of investment decision support
tools to investors globally, including asset managers, banks, hedge
funds and pension funds. MSCI products and services include
indices, portfolio risk and performance analytics, and governance
tools.
For equity investors, MSCI’s flagship performance and risk tools
include: the MSCI indexes with approximately $8 trillion estimated
to be benchmarked to them on a worldwide basis1; Barra factor
models, portfolio risk and performance analytics; and ESG
(environmental, social and governance) Research screening, analysis
and ratings. MSCI is also a leading provider of multi-asset class
risk management tools including RiskMetrics multi-asset class
market and credit risk analytics; Barra multi-asset class factor
models, portfolio risk and performance analytics. MSCI also
provides IPD real estate information, indexes and analytics for
investors in and managers of commercial real estate. MSCI also
offers FEA valuation models and risk management software for the
energy and commodities markets. MSCI is headquartered in New York,
with research and commercial offices around the world. MSCI#IR
1As of September 30, 2013, as reported on January 31, 2014 by
eVestment, Lipper and Bloomberg
For further information on MSCI, please visit our website
at www.msci.com
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Other factors that could materially affect actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements can be found in
MSCI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") on February 28, 2014, and in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC. If any of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying
assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary
significantly from what MSCI projected. Any forward-looking
statement in this release reflects MSCI's current views with
respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks,
uncertainties and assumptions relating to MSCI's operations,
results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. MSCI assumes
no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking
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future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.
MSCI, New YorkW. Edings Thibault, + 1-212-804-5273orMedia
Inquiries:MSCI, LondonJo Morgan, + 44-20-7618-2224orMSCI, New
YorkKristin Meza, + 1-212-804-5330orMHP Communications, LondonSally
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