MSCI in $595 Million Secondary Offering of Common Stock

Cleary Gottlieb represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, in a $595 million registered secondary public offering of 27,708,653 shares of MSCI Inc.’s class A common stock. The shares were sold by Morgan Stanley and consisted all of Morgan Stanley’s remaining interest in MSCI. The deal priced on May 19 and closed on May 22.

Cleary Gottlieb previously represented the underwriters in the November 2007 initial public offering of MSCI and in 2008 in two secondary follow-on offerings.

MSCI is a leading global provider of investment decision support tools, including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics for use by institutions in managing equity, fixed income and multi-asset class portfolios. Its flagship products are its international equity indices marketed under the MSCI brand and its equity portfolio analytics marketed under the Barra brand. MSCI has more than 3,100 clients across 61 countries.