Announcement for August 20, 2026 at 03:57 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

UPDATE TO THE MSCI CHINA USA BIOTECH 65/35 INDEX METHODOLOGY BOOK

MSCI announced today that the MSCI China USA Biotech 65/35 Index Methodology Book has been updated to reflect the change in the security capping constraint for the index from 15% to 12%. In addition, the security capping constraint will now also be applied semi-annually on the third business day before the end of March and September.

The updated methodology book is available at https://www.msci.com/index-methodology

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

                                     End of announcement.
                                     Further announcements may occur as needed.