Exhibit 99.2

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Morgan Stanley to Sell up to 28 Million Shares of MSCI Class A Common Stock

New York – April 9, 2008 – MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MXB) announced today that it intends to file shortly a Registration Statement on Form S-1 for the sale by Morgan Stanley of up to 28 million shares of MSCI class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share.  The proposed offering is consistent with Morgan Stanley’s previous indication that it might sell a portion of its ownership interest in MSCI and that it may ultimately divest its entire interest in MSCI.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of class A common stock.  Any offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement.

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