Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell
View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Jan 26, 2026
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Jan 28, 2026
CEOGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001416750-26-000003
Filed / recorded
Jan 28, 2026, 9:02 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser
form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
MSCI Inc.
Issuer CIK
1408198
Ticker
MSCI
Reporting person
Henry A Fernandez
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
Chairman and CEO
Security
Option to purchase common stock
Table
Derivative (Table II)
Transaction date
Jan 26, 2026
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
42,193
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
42,193
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Represents the number of performance stock options ("PSOs") to purchase common stock earned by the reporting person following the certification by the Compensation, Talent and Culture Committee on January 26, 2026 of the achievement of the performance condition applicable to the PSOs. The PSOs were granted on February 2, 2023 and vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to continuous service through such date and satisfaction of the performance condition for the performance period from January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2025. The performance condition for the PSOs was met with respect to 42,193 shares of common stock, and the PSOs are scheduled to vest on February 2, 2026.
A board member of MSCI spent $2M of their very own money to buy MSCI shares. 1 other person at MSCI bought some too, in the same month. Their pile of MSCI shares grew by 20%.
