MSCI Barra (NYSE: MXB), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, including indices and portfolio risk and performance analytics, will announce on December 16, 2008, shortly after 11:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET), on its website www.mscibarra.com, its preliminary assessments from the consultation discussions with the investment community on several market reclassification proposals.
The announcement will be made available shortly thereafter on Bloomberg page MSCN, and Reuters public pages MSCIA and following. MSCI Barra will also distribute the announcement to clients through Client Options beginning immediately after the announcement appears on Bloomberg and/or Reuters.
