UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

 
 
FORM 8-K

 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 8, 2008
 
 
MSCI Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 

 
         
Delaware
 
001-33812
 
13-4038723
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
     
88 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005
 
10005
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(212) 804-3900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 
 
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     (b) On September 8, 2008, MSCI Inc. (“the Company”) announced that David H. Sidwell, a Director of the Company, has resigned from the Company effective immediately and therefore will no longer serve on the Board of Directors or as a member of the Audit Committee or the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  The resignation was not the result of a disagreement with the Company.



 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

   
MSCI Inc.
 
       
       
Date: September 8, 2008
 
By:
/s/ Henry A. Fernandez   
   
Name:
Henry A. Fernandez
 
   
Title:
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman