MSCI Director June Yang Receives 2 Shares as Dividend Award

What Happened

• June Yang, a non-employee director of MSCI Inc. (MSCI), was granted/acquired 2 shares on 2026-08-28 as a dividend-related award (transaction code A). The reported acquisition price was $0.00, so no cash was paid for these shares.
• Of the 2 shares, 1 share is attributable to Yang's unvested RSUs and remains subject to the same vesting conditions as the underlying RSUs. Under MSCI’s Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan, Yang elected to defer receipt of 1 share until the 60th day after separation from service and the other share until the earlier of June 1, 2031 and the 60th day after separation.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: 2026-08-28; 2 shares @ $0.00 (award/dividend-related).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not disclosed in this Form 4.
• Footnotes: 1 share tied to unvested RSUs (remains subject to vesting); both shares are subject to elected deferral timing under the Non-Employee Directors Deferral Plan.
• Timeliness: Form 4 was filed 2026-09-01, which is within the standard 2-business-day reporting window for director transactions (timely).

Context

• This was an award/dividend-share issuance and not an open-market purchase or sale. Such dividend or award credits and deferrals are common for directors and reflect compensation logistics rather than a direct buy/sell signal about the insider’s market view.