Announcement for April 26, 2021 at 08:32 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

FURTHER UPDATE REGARDING CHANGES TO MSCI INDEXES RELATING TO US EXECUTIVE ORDER 13959

On January 27, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published General License 1A (GL-1A) authorizing transactions in securities whose names closely match the entities covered by U.S. Executive Order 13959 (Order) but that have not been listed on the OFAC's Non-SDN List through 9.30AM Eastern Time, May 27, 2021.

OFAC has not provided guidance with respect to how to identify securities whose names closely match the entities covered by the Order. In the absence of OFAC guidance published by 12.00 pm Eastern Time on May 17, 2021, MSCI will delete the securities listed below from the MSCI ACWI Indexes and from relevant non-market capitalization weighted indexes and custom indexes as of the close of May 20, 2021. MSCI will send a further announcement on May 17, 2021 to confirm the changes.

The four securities below that will be deleted represent 0.005% of the MSCI ACWI IMI and 0.038% of the MSCI EM IMI (based on data as of April 23, 2021).

List of securities:
Security Name - (MSCI Security Code/RIC Code)
* Cgn Power Co H - (77334.01 / 1816.HK)
* China Natl Chem A (Hk-C) - (63712.02 / 601117.SH)
* China Shipb Ind A (Hk-C) - (63563.02 / 601989.SH)
* Inspur International - (60241.01 / 0596.HK)

This list of securities was identified based on the rules that were published earlier this year by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) to capture subsidiaries with names that closely match the companies covered by the Order. More information is available on the Q&A document at: https://www.msci.com/index-consultations.

MSCI also has updated the list of standard indexes that contain revisions related to the Order, available at: https://www.msci.com/index-consultations.

MSCI reminds users of its indexes for any purpose, including both indexed and active management, that they are responsible for ensuring compliance with all applicable sanctions and any other rules, regulations, prohibitions, laws and other restrictions applicable to their portfolios, trading and other investment activity.

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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