Announcement for December 13, 2023 at 09:15 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

CONSULTATION ON CHANGES TO THE LIST OF ELIGIBLE MARKETS FOR THE MSCI FRONTIER MARKETS 100 AND MSCI FRONTIER MARKETS 15% COUNTRY CAPPED INDEXES

MSCI announced today the launch of a consultation on changes to the list of eligible markets for the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 and MSCI Frontier Markets 15% Country Capped Indexes starting from the May 2024 Index Review. Specifically, MSCI proposes to:

1) Add Latvia as an eligible market, following its inclusion in the MSCI Frontier Markets Indexes at the August 2023 Index Review,
2) Add the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) as an eligible market following initial exclusion at the November 2016 Semi-Annual Index Review,
3) Permanently align the list of eligible markets for the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 and MSCI Frontier Markets 15% Country Capped Indexes with their respective parent MSCI Frontier Market Indexes, consequently removing the requirement to consult separately on future changes to these eligible markets lists.

Details on the proposal are available at: https://www.msci.com/index-consultations.

MSCI welcomes feedback from the investment community on this topic until January 26, 2024. MSCI will announce the results of this consultation as part of the February 2024 Index Review.

As a reminder, as per the current respective methodologies for the MSCI Frontier Markets 100 and the MSCI Frontier Markets 15% Country Capped Indexes, Frontier Markets may become eligible for these indexes as part of a May Index Review, subject to prior public consultation.

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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