Announcement for December 21, 2021 at 09:29 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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

Under the US Executive Order (EO) 13959, as amended by EO 14032, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published on December 16, 2021 an updated Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List). MSCI will delete the securities included in OFAC's NS-CMIC List from the MSCI China All Shares Indexes and from relevant non-market capitalization weighted indexes and custom indexes as of the close of February 9, 2022.

The 3 securities that will be deleted represent 0.052% of the MSCI China All Shares IMI (based on data as of December 20, 2021).

List of securities:
Security Name - (MSCI Security Code/RIC Code)
* DAWNING INFORMATION A - (77520.01 / 603019.SS)
* LEON TECHNOLOGY CO A - (97724.01 / 300603.SZ)
* XIAMEN MEIYA PICO INFO A - (97257.01 / 300188.SZ)

The changes will be reflected in the MSCI Advance Corporate Events (ACE) files starting December 22, 2021.

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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