Announcement for July 08, 2021 at 08:08 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

Following the amendment of US Executive Order 13959 (Order) on June 3, 2021, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published the Non-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies List (NS-CMIC List) and related security tickers. MSCI will delete the securities included in OFAC's NS-CMIC List from the MSCI ACWI Indexes and from relevant non-market capitalization weighted indexes and custom indexes as of the close of July 26, 2021.

The seven securities that will be deleted represent 0.005% of the MSCI ACWI IMI and 0.042% of the MSCI EM IMI (based on data as of July 7, 2021).

List of securities:
Security Name - (MSCI Security Code/RIC Code)
* CHINA SHIPB IND A (HK-C) - (63563.02 / 601989.SH)
* AVIC SHENYANG A (HK-C) - (62140.02 / 600760.SH)
* AVIC JONHON OPTR A(HK-C) - (61854.02 / 002179.ZK)
* AVIC XI AN A (HK-C) - (30206.02 / 000768.ZK)
* AVIC AVIATION HI A(HK-C) - (62650.02 / 600862.SH)
* CHINA AVIONICS A (HK-C) - (62339.02 / 600372.SH)
* AEROSPACE TIMES A (HK-C) - (28680.02 / 600879.SH)

In addition, the below four securities that were previously deleted from the MSCI ACWI Indexes are not included in the NS-CMIC List. These securities will become eligible for potential inclusion in the MSCI ACWI Indexes and relevant non-market capitalization weighted indexes and custom indexes starting from the August 2021 Quarterly Index Review.

List of securities:
Security Name - (MSCI Security Code/RIC Code)
* CHINA UTD NETWK A (Hk-C) - (28348.02 / 600050.SH)
* CRRC CORP A (Hk-C) - (61687.03 / 601766.SH)
* CRRC CORP H - (61687.02 / 1766.HK)
* DAWNING INFO A (Hk-C) - (77520.02 / 603019.SH)

Addition of such securities to the MSCI ACWI Indexes as part of the August 2021 Quarterly Index Review will be subject to the securities meeting all necessary requirements for new companies, as described in section 3.2.2 of the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes Methodology.

The changes will be reflected in the MSCI Advance Corporate Events (ACE) files starting July 9, 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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