SEC Form 4 · accession 0000950103-15-000724

MSCI Inc. · MSCI

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Head of Port Mgmt Analytics

Period of report

Jan 27, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Jan 29, 2015 · 9:17 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001408198

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1	Jan 27, 2015	A	5,980	$0.00	A	38,700	D
Common Stock^F2,F3	Jan 27, 2015	A	24,746	$0.00	A	63,446	D

No Table II lines on this filing.

F1Restricted stock units (RSUs) vesting and converting to shares at a rate of 16.7%, 66.7% and 16.6% on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of MSCI common stock.
F2Performance stock units (PSUs) representing the minimum payout related to the grant of 27,497 PSUs subject to time- and performance-vesting. The PSUs vest in three equal tranches within a range of 90% to 110% on the last day of each of the performance periods based on the achievement of certain cumulative performance metrics for the three-year period comprised of fiscal years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (first tranche), the four-year period comprised of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (second tranche) and the five-year period comprised of fiscal years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (third tranche). The first tranche of PSUs generally converts to shares no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 15, 2018, the second tranche of PSUs generally converts to shares no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 15, 2019 and the third tranche of PSUs generally converts to shares no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 15, 2020.
F3Each PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of MSCI common stock.