Catherine R. Kinney - Feb 29, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for MSCI Inc. (MSCI)

Role: Director
Signature: /s/ Cecilia Aza, attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol: MSCI
Transactions as of: Feb 29, 2024
Transactions value $: $0
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/4/2024, 04:04 PM
Previous filing: Jan 4, 2024
Next filing: Mar 18, 2024

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	MSCI	Common Stock	Award	$0	+58	+0.3%	$0.00	19.3K	Feb 29, 2024	Direct	F1, F2
holding	MSCI	Common Stock						2.48K	Feb 29, 2024	By Catherine R. Kinney 2021 GRAT No. 2	F2
holding	MSCI	Common Stock						2.28K	Feb 29, 2024	By Catherine R. Kinney 2022 GRAT	F2

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Shares acquired by the Reporting Person in connection with MSCI Inc.'s payment of a dividend. Pursuant to the MSCI Inc. Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, the Reporting Person has elected to defer receipt of the shares until the 60th day after such Reporting Person's "separation from service" as a director.
F2	The balance shown reflects the transfer of 4,114 shares previously indirectly held by the Catherine R. Kinney 2021 GRAT No. 2 (the "2021 GRAT"), a grantor retained annuity trust established by the Reporting Person, and the transfer of 1,685 shares previously held by the Catherine R. Kinney 2022 GRAT (the "2022 GRAT"), to direct holdings by the Reporting Person following scheduled annuity payments from the 2021 GRAT and the 2022 GRAT.

Content

Shares acquired by the Reporting Person in connection with MSCI Inc.'s payment of a dividend. Pursuant to the MSCI Inc. Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, the Reporting Person has elected to defer receipt of the shares until the 60th day after such Reporting Person's "separation from service" as a director.

The balance shown reflects the transfer of 4,114 shares previously indirectly held by the Catherine R. Kinney 2021 GRAT No. 2 (the "2021 GRAT"), a grantor retained annuity trust established by the Reporting Person, and the transfer of 1,685 shares previously held by the Catherine R. Kinney 2022 GRAT (the "2022 GRAT"), to direct holdings by the Reporting Person following scheduled annuity payments from the 2021 GRAT and the 2022 GRAT.