Announcement for March 18, 2022 at 08:15 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

MSCI SEEKS FEEDBACK ON THE INVESTABILITY OF COMPANIES WITH SIGNIFICANT LINKAGES TO RUSSIA

In the context of ongoing Russia/Ukraine developments, MSCI continues to closely monitor changes in market conditions that may impact the investability and replicability of the MSCI Indexes.

As a result, MSCI seeks feedback from market participants on the investability of securities included in the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes issued by companies that are not classified by MSCI in Russia and that have significant linkages to Russia. This includes, among others, Petropavlovsk (MSCI Security Code: 29175.01 / POG.L) which is currently included in the MSCI UK Small Cap Index.

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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