MXB Msci Class A Common Stock

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MXB), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced on June 8, 2010 that it will release the results of the 2010 Market Classification Review on June 21, 2010. An announcement will be posted, shortly after 11:00 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST), on MSCI’s website www.msci.com.

The announcement will be made available shortly thereafter on Bloomberg page MSCN, and Reuters public pages MSCIA. MSCI will also distribute the announcement to clients through Client Options beginning immediately after the announcement appears on Bloomberg and/or Reuters.

MSCI will be holding a Press Conference Call following the announcement to answer questions from the media:

Date: Monday June 21, 2010 Time: 5.45pm EDT/10.45pm BST/11.45pm CEST International Dial-In: +1-210-795-1098 Pass Code: Market Classification   Toll Free Numbers:   US: 866-803-2143 Hong Kong: 800-900-592 UK: 0800-279-3953 Japan: 00531-12-1857  

Please note that this press conference call is restricted to journalists. Replays of this call will not be available.

Clients and other interested parties should contact MSCI Global Client Service with any enquiries

About MSCI Inc.

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.

The company’s flagship product offerings are: the MSCI indices which include over 120,000 daily indices covering more than 70 countries; Barra portfolio risk and performance analytics covering global equity and fixed income markets; RiskMetrics market and credit risk analytics; ISS out-sourced proxy research, voting and vote reporting services; CFRA forensic accounting risk research, legal/regulatory risk assessment, and due-diligence; and 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.

For further information on MSCI, please visit our web site at www.msci.com.

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