STANDARD ANNOUNCEMENTS - September 03, 2019 at 08:18 PM GMT
Announcement for September 03, 2019 at 08:18 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

MSCI TO DISCONTINUE PROVISIONAL INDEXES RELATED TO THE INCLUSION OF ARGENTINA
AND SAUDI ARABIA IN THE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEXES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2, 2019

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of research-based indexes and
analytics, will discontinue the MSCI Provisional Indexes aimed to assist
investors in
managing the implementation of the inclusion of Argentinian and Saudi Arabian
securities in their portfolios, effective October 2, 2019.

As a reminder, the second and final step of the inclusion of the MSCI Saudi
Arabia Indexes to the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes was completed as part of the
August 2019 Quarterly Index Review (QIR), effective on August 28, 2019. The MSCI
Argentina Indexes were added to the MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes in one step as
part of the May 2019 Semi-Annual Index Review (SAIR).

The list of provisional indexes that will be discontinued includes:

- MSCI Provisional ACWI with SA and AR Index
- MSCI Provisional ACWI IMI with SA and AR
- MSCI Provisional EM with SA and AR Index
- MSCI Provisional EM IMI with SA and AR
- MSCI Provisional EM EMEA with SA Index
- MSCI Provisional EM EMEA IMI with SA
- MSCI Provisional EM Islamic M Series with SA and AR
- MSCI Provisional Argentina Index
- MSCI Provisional Argentina IMI
- MSCI Provisional EM Latin America with AR Index
- MSCI Provisional EM Latin America IMI with AR
- MSCI Provisional FM (Frontier Markets) ex AR Index
- MSCI Provisional FM (Frontier Markets) IMI ex AR

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THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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