X0303 4 2010-12-14 0001408198 MSCI Inc. MSCI 0001120741 OBSTLER DAVID M MSCI INC. 88 PINE STREET NEW YORK NY 10005 0 1 0 0 Chief Financial Officer Class A Common Stock 2010-12-14 4 A 0 12442 0 A 26962 D Includes (i) 9,803 restricted stock units (RSUs) vesting at a rate of 33 1/3% on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date and (ii) 2,639 performance stock units (PSUs) representing the minimum payout related to the grant of 5,278 PSUs subject to time-vesting and performance-vesting. The PSUs time-vest at a rate of 50% on each of December 31, 2012 and 2013 and performance-vest (within a range of 50% and 150%) based on the achievement of certain cumulative performance metrics for the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years. The two tranches of PSUs convert no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 15 of 2013 and 2014, respectively. Each RSU and PSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of MSCI class A common stock. /s/ David Obstler 2010-12-16