MSCI Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 14, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MSCI Inc. (MSCI)
CIK: 0001408198
Period of Report: 2012-03-13

Reporting Person: OBSTLER DAVID M (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-13	Class A Common Stock	M	15000	$6.62	Acquired	48695	Direct
2012-03-13	Class A Common Stock	S	15000	$37.00	Disposed	33695	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-13	Option to purchase Class A Common Stock	$6.62	M	15000	Disposed	2015-01-28	Class A Common Stock (15000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This transaction was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on December 9, 2011.

F2: The options vested in four approximately equal installments on January 28, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

F3: Following the transaction reported on this Form 4, the Reporting Person holds 268,887 vested options and 5,445 unvested options to acquire MSCI class A common stock. Please see the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on June 3, 2010 and the ownership amounts reported therein, as amended by subsequent Form 4 filings, for additional information on all classes of derivative securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Person.