Announcement for February 11, 2020 at 09:24 PM GMT

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

UPDATE TO THE METHODOLOGY BOOK

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) announced today that the MSCI USA ESG Universal Top -
Bottom 150/50 Return Spread Index methodology book has been updated to reflect
the Gross Total Return variant of the component Indexes.

The updated methodology book is available on MSCI's website at:
https://www.msci.com/index-methodology

For further information on MSCI indexes or MSCI data, please visit our web site
at www.msci.com, or contact:

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Asia Pacific Client Service: + 852.2844.9333

THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES

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