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Exhibit
10.26
AMENDED AND RESTATED
SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT
by and between
MORGAN STANLEY
and
MSCI INC.
Dated as of July
, 2008
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D EFINITIONS |
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Definitions |
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Internal References |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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O PTION |
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Class
B Common Stock Option |
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| Section 2.02
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Notice |
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| Section 2.03
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Option
Exercise And Payment |
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Termination Of Option |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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R EGISTRATION R
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Demand
Registration - Registrable Securities |
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| Section 3.02
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Piggyback Registration |
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Expenses |
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Registration And Qualification |
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| Section 3.05
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Conversion Of Other Securities, Etc |
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| Section 3.06
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Underwriting; Due Diligence |
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Indemnification And Contribution |
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Rule
144 And Form S-3 |
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Transfer Of Registration Rights |
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Holdback Agreement |
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Agency
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ARTICLE 4 |
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C ERTAIN C OVENANTS A
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No
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Additional Undertakings |
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Composition Of The Board |
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ARTICLE 5 |
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M ISCELLANEOUS |
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Indemnification |
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Subsidiaries |
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Amendments |
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Term |
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Severability |
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Notices |
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Further Assurances |
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Counterparts |
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Governing Law |
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Jurisdiction |
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Entire
Agreement |
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Successors |
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Specific Performance |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT
THIS SHAREHOLDER
AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as
of July , 2008 by and between MSCI
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ MSCI ”), and
Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation (“ Morgan
Stanley ”) and amends and restates the Shareholders
Agreement dated as of November 20, 2007 between the
parties.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Morgan Stanley
beneficially owns all of the issued and outstanding MSCI Class B
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Class B Common
Stock ”), and Morgan Stanley holds a majority of the
total voting power of the outstanding common stock of MSCI;
and
WHEREAS, the parties desire
to enter into this Agreement to set forth their agreement regarding
(i) Morgan Stanley’s rights to purchase additional
shares of Class B Common Stock upon any issuance of capital stock
of MSCI to any person in order to allow Morgan Stanley to prevent a
Morgan Stanley Vote Ownership Reduction, (ii) Morgan
Stanley’s right to designate representatives to the Board of
Directors of MSCI, (iii) certain registration rights with
respect to Class B Common Stock (and any other securities issued in
respect thereof or in exchange therefor) and (iv) certain
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements applicable to
MSCI so long as it is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, Morgan Stanley and MSCI, for themselves, their
successors and assigns, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
D
EFINITIONS
Section 1.01 .
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
will have the following meanings, applicable both to the singular
and the plural forms of the terms described:
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote
a majority of the securities having voting power for the election
of directors (or other Persons acting in
similar capacities) of such Person or
otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereto, as
such agreement may be amended and supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“ Applicable
Stock ” means at any time the MSCI Stock owned by the
Morgan Stanley Entities.
“ Blackout
Period ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.01(a)(iv).
“ Class A Common
Stock ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals
to this Agreement.
“ Class B Common
Stock ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals
to this Agreement.
“ Class B Common
Stock Option ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.01(a).
“ Class B Common
Stock Issuance Notice ” has the meaning ascribed thereto
in Section 2.02.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Damages
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.07.
“ Demand Holder
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.01(a).
“ Demand
Piggyback ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.02(c).
“ Demand
Registration ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.01(a).
“ e-mail ”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.06.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
any successor statute.
“ Holder ”
means Morgan Stanley and any Transferee.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.07(c).
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“ Indemnifying
Party ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.07(c).
“ Issuance Event
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.02.
“ Issuance Event
Date ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.02.
“ Issuance
Notice ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.02.
“ Market Price
” of any shares of Class A Common Stock on any date
means (i) the average of the last sale price of such shares on
each of the five trading days immediately preceding such date on
the New York Stock Exchange or, if such shares are not quoted
thereon, on the principal national securities exchange on which
such shares are traded or (ii) if such sale prices are
unavailable or such shares are not so traded, the value of such
shares on such date determined in accordance with agreed-upon
procedures reasonably satisfactory to MSCI and Morgan
Stanley.
“ Maximum Offering
Size ” means the largest number of shares that can be
sold in an offering of Registrable Securities without having an
adverse effect on such offering, including the price at which such
Registrable Securities can be sold, as determined by a nationally
recognized investment banking firm selected, in the case of a
Demand Registration, by a Demand Holder and reasonably acceptable
to MSCI and, in the case of a Piggyback Registration, selected by
MSCI. In the case of an underwritten offering, such investment
banking firm shall also serve as the lead underwriter or managing
underwriter.
“ Morgan Stanley
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble
hereto.
“ Morgan Stanley
Entities ” means Morgan Stanley and its Subsidiaries
(excluding MSCI Entities) and “ Morgan Stanley Entity
” means any of the Morgan Stanley Entities.
“ Morgan Stanley
Vote Ownership Reduction ” means any decrease at any time
in the Vote Ownership Percentage of Morgan Stanley to less than
50.1%.
“ MSCI ”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble hereto.
“ MSCI Entities
” means MSCI and its Subsidiaries and “ MSCI
Entity ” shall mean any of the MSCI Entities.
“ MSCI Piggyback
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.02(b).
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“ MSCI Stock
” means the Class A Common Stock, the Class B Common
Stock and any other security of MSCI treated as stock for purposes
of Sections 355 and 1504 of the Code.
“ Other Holders
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.02(b).
“ Other
Securities ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.02.
“ Person ”
means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization,
government (and any department or agency thereof) or other
entity.
“ Piggyback
Registration ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.02.
“ Registrable
Securities ” means Class B Common Stock and any stock or
other securities into which or for which such Class B Common Stock
may hereafter be changed, converted or exchanged and any other
shares or securities issued to Holders of such Class B Common Stock
(or such shares or other securities into which or for which such
shares are so changed, converted or exchanged) upon any
reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, share
dividend, share exchange, merger, consolidation or similar
transaction or event. As to any particular Registrable Securities,
such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable
Securities when (i) a registration statement with respect to
the sale by the Holder thereof shall have been declared effective
under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been
disposed of in accordance with such registration statement,
(ii) they shall have been sold to the public in accordance
with Rule 144, (iii) they shall have been otherwise
transferred, new certificates for them not bearing a legend
restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by MSCI and
subsequent disposition of them shall not require registration or
qualification of them under the Securities Act or any state
securities or blue sky law then in effect or (iv) they shall
have ceased to be outstanding.
“ Registration
Expenses ” means any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance with any registration of securities
pursuant to Article 3, including, without limitation, (i) the
fees, disbursements and expenses of MSCI’s counsel and
accountants and the reasonable fees and expenses of one counsel
selected by the Holders; (ii) all expenses, including filing
fees, in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of
the registration statement, any preliminary prospectus or final
prospectus, any other offering document and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies
thereof to any underwriters and dealers; (iii) the cost of
printing or producing any agreements among underwriters,
underwriting agreements, and blue sky or legal investment
memoranda, any selling agreements and any other documents in
connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the securities to
be disposed of;
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(iv) all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the securities to be disposed of for offering and
sale under state securities laws, including the fees and
disbursements of counsel for the underwriters or the Holders of
securities in connection with such qualification and in connection
with any blue sky and legal investment services; (v) the
filing fees incident to securing any required review by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of
the sale of the securities to be disposed of; (vi) transfer
agents’ and registrars’ fees and expenses and the fees
and expenses of any other agent or trustee appointed in connection
with such offering; (vii) all security engraving and security
printing expenses; (viii) all fees and expenses payable in
connection with the listing of the securities on any securities
exchange or automated interdealer quotation system or the rating of
such securities; (ix) any other fees and disbursements of
underwriters customarily paid by the issuers of securities, but
excluding underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer
taxes, if any; and (x) other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
of Holders other than legal fees and expenses referred to in clause
(i) above; provided , that , the internal
administrative costs of each Holder and MSCI shall not be
considered “Registration Expenses”.
“ Rule 144
” means Rule 144 (or any successor rule to similar effect)
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Rule 415
Offering ” means an offering on a delayed or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any successor rule to similar
effect) promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ SEC ”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor statute.
“ Selling Holder
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.04(e).
“ Subsidiary
” means, as to any Person, any corporation, association,
partnership, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the voting capital stock or other voting ownership
interests is owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such
Person or by one or more of the Subsidiaries of such Person or by a
combination thereof.
“ Tax ”
means any tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge
of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, withholding
on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any interest,
penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by any
governmental authority responsible for the imposition of any such
tax (domestic or foreign), and any liability for any of the
foregoing as transferee.
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“ Transferee
” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 3.09.
“ Vote Ownership
Percentage ” means, at any time, the fraction, expressed
as a percentage and rounded to the next lowest thousandth of a
percent, whose numerator is the aggregate voting power (as
determined under Section 355 of the Code) of the Applicable
Stock and whose denominator is the aggregate voting power (as
determined under Section 355 of the Code) of the then
outstanding shares of MSCI Stock.
Section 1.02 .
Internal References. Unless the context indicates otherwise,
references to Articles, Sections and paragraphs shall refer to the
corresponding articles, sections and paragraphs in this Agreement,
and references to the parties shall mean the parties to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
O
PTION
Section 2.01 . Class
B Common Stock Option. MSCI hereby grants to Morgan Stanley, on
the terms and conditions set forth herein, a continuing right (the
“ Class B Common Stock Option ”) to purchase
from MSCI, at the times set forth herein, such number of shares of
Class B Common Stock as is necessary to allow Morgan Stanley
Entities to prevent a Morgan Stanley Vote Ownership Reduction. The
Class B Common Stock Option shall be assignable, in whole or in
part and from time to time, by Morgan Stanley to any Morgan Stanley
Entity. The exercise price for the shares of Class B Common Stock
purchased pursuant to the Class B Common Stock Option shall be the
Market Price of the Class A Common Stock as of the date of
first delivery of notice of exercise of the Class B Common Stock
Option by Morgan Stanley (or its permitted assignee hereunder) to
MSCI.
Section 2.02 .
Notice. At least 20 business days prior to (i) any
issuance of any shares of MSCI Stock and (ii) each date on
which an event could occur that, in the absence of an exercise of
the Class B Common Stock Option, would result in a reduction in the
Vote Ownership Percentage, MSCI will notify Morgan Stanley in
writing (an “ Issuance Notice ”) of any plans it
has to issue such shares or the date on which such event could
first occur. Each Issuance Notice must specify the date on which
MSCI intends to issue such additional shares or on which such event
could first occur (such issuance or event being referred to herein
as an “ Issuance Event ” and the date of such
issuance or event as an “ Issuance Event Date
”), the number of shares MSCI intends to issue or may issue
and the other terms and conditions of such Issuance
Event.
Section 2.03 . Option
Exercise And Payment. The Class B Common Stock Option may be
exercised by Morgan Stanley (or any Morgan Stanley Entity
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which all or any part of the Class B
Common Stock Option has been assigned) only for such number of
shares as are necessary to prevent a Morgan Stanley Vote Ownership
Reduction. The Class B Common Stock Option may be exercised (to the
extent then exercisable in accordance with its terms) at any time
after receipt of an applicable Issuance Notice and prior to the
applicable Issuance Event Date by the delivery to MSCI of a written
notice to such effect specifying (i) the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock to be purchased by Morgan Stanley, or any
Morgan Stanley Entity, and (ii) a calculation of the exercise
price for such shares. Upon any such exercise of the Class B Common
Stock Option, MSCI will, immediately prior to the issuance or event
in connection with an Issuance Event, deliver to Morgan Stanley (or
any Morgan Stanley Entity designated by Morgan Stanley), against
payment therefor, certificates (issued in the name of Morgan
Stanley or its permitted assignee hereunder, or as directed by
Morgan Stanley) representing the shares of Class B Common Stock (as
the case may be) being purchased upon such exercise. Payment for
such shares shall be made by wire transfer or intrabank transfer to
such account as shall be specified by MSCI, for the full purchase
price for such shares.
Section 2.04 .
Termination Of Option. The Class B Common Stock Option shall
terminate upon the occurrence of a Morgan Stanley Vote Ownership
Reduction, other than a Morgan Stanley Vote Ownership Reduction
resulting from any Issuance Event in violation of this Agreement.
Such Option, or any portion thereof assigned to any Morgan Stanley
Entity other than Morgan Stanley, also shall terminate in the event
that the Person to whom such Option, or such portion thereof has
been transferred, ceases to be a Morgan Stanley Entity for any
reason whatsoever.
ARTICLE 3
R EGISTRATION
R IGHTS
Section 3.01 . Demand
Registration - Registrable Securities. (a) Upon written
notice provided at any time from any Holder of Registrable
Securities requesting that MSCI effect the registration under the
Securities Act of any or all of the Registrable Securities held by
such Holder (a “ Demand Holder ”), which notice
shall specify the intended method or methods of disposition of such
Registrable Securities, MSCI shall use its reasonable best efforts
to effect the registration under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws of such Registrable Securities for
disposition in accordance with the intended method or methods of
disposition stated in such request (including in a Rule 415
Offering, if MSCI is then eligible to register such Registrable
Securities on Form S-3 (or a successor form) for such offering) (a
“ Demand Registration ”); provided, that
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(i) the Holders of
Registrable Securities may collectively exercise their rights to a
Demand Registration on not more than five occasions;
(ii) the Holders of
Registrable Securities shall not, without MSCI’s consent,
exercise their rights to a Demand Registration within the six-month
period following any registration and sale of Registrable
Securities effected pursuant to a prior exercise of rights to a
Demand Registration; provided that this clause
(ii) shall not be applicable to any Demand Registration
requested by Morgan Stanley within six-months of the date
hereof;
(iii) the rights to effect a
Demand Registration shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the
date of this Agreement; and
(iv) if the board of
directors of MSCI determines in good faith that a Demand
Registration (A) would materially impede, delay, interfere
with or otherwise materially adversely affect any pending
financing, registration of securities by MSCI in a primary offering
for its own account, acquisition, corporate reorganization or other
significant transaction involving MSCI or (B) would require
disclosure of non-public material information that MSCI has a
bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential,
MSCI shall be entitled to defer the filing or effectiveness of a
registration statement, or to suspend the use of an effective
registration statement, for the shortest period of time reasonably
required (each such period, a “ Blackout Period
”); provided, that, MSCI shall not be entitled to
invoke Blackout Periods for more than an aggregate of sixty
(60) days in any 12-month period. MSCI shall notify each
Holder of the expiration or earlier termination of a Blackout
Period and, as soon as reasonably practicable after such expiration
or termination, shall amend or supplement any effective
registration statement to the extent necessary to permit the
Holders to resume the use thereof in connection with the offer and
sale of their Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable
law.
(b) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, a Demand Registration
shall not be deemed to have been effected if no Registrable
Securities are sold under the registration statement (and,
therefore, not requested for purposes of paragraph
(a) above).
(c) In the event that a
Demand Registration shall involve, in whole or in part, an
underwritten offering, the Demand Holder shall have the right to
designate an underwriter or underwriters as the lead or managing
underwriters of such underwritten offering reasonably acceptable to
MSCI (and MSCI hereby acknowledges that Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated is reasonably acceptable) and, in connection with
each Demand Registration, the Demand Holder may select one counsel
to represent all Holders participating in such offering.
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(d) MSCI shall have the right
to cause the registration of additional equity securities for sale
for the account of any Person (including, without limitation, MSCI
and any existing or former directors, officers or employees of the
MSCI Entities) in any Demand Registration; provided, that ,
if the Demand Holder is advised in writing (with a copy to MSCI)
that the inclusion of such additional equity securities in such
registration would be likely to exceed the Maximum Offering Size,
the registration of such additional equity securities or part
thereof shall not be permitted.
(e) The Demand Holder may
require that any such additional equity securities described in
Section 3.01(d) be included on the same conditions as the
Registrable Securities of the Demand Holder to be included
therein.
(f) If the Demand Holder
believes that the aggregate number of Registrable Securities
requested to be included in a Demand Registration would be likely
to exceed the Maximum Offering Size, the Demand Holder may request
a determination of the Maximum Offering Size. In the event that the
Maximum Offering Size is determined to be less than the aggregate
number of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
offering, the number of Registrable Securities to be included in
the registration statement shall be reduced to the Maximum Offering
Size and the number of Registrable Securities in excess of the
amount requested by the Demand Holder, if any, shall be allocated
pro rata among the other Holders requesting to be included
in such offering on the basis of the relative number of Registrable
Securities then held by each such Holder; provided, that ,
any number in excess of a Holder’s request may be reallocated
among the remaining requesting Holders in a like manner.
Section 3.02 .
Piggyback Registration. In the event that MSCI at any time
proposes to register any of its Common Stock, any other of its
equity securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable
for its equity securities (collectively, including Common Stock,
“ Other Securities ”) under the Securities Act,
whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner that would
permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale for cash to
the public under the Securities Act, it shall at each such time
give, at least 30 days prior to the anticipated filing date of the
registration statement relating to such registration, written
notice to each Holder of Registrable Securities of its intention to
do so and of the rights of such Holder under this
Section 3.02. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such
notice shall offer each such Holder the opportunity to include in
such registration statement such number of Registrable Securities
as such Holder may request (a “ Piggyback Registration
”). Upon the written request of any such Holder made within
15 days after the receipt of MSCI’s notice (which request
shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be
disposed of and the intended
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method of disposition thereof), MSCI
shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect, in connection with
the registration of the Other Securities, the registration under
the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which MSCI has
been so requested to register, to the extent required to permit the
Piggyback Registration; provided, that :
(a) if, at any time after
giving such written notice of its intention to register any Other
Securities and prior to the effective date of the registration
statement filed in connection with such registration, MSCI shall
determine for any reason not to register the Other Securities, MSCI
may, at its election, give written notice of such determination to
such Holders and thereupon MSCI shall be relieved of its obligation
to register such Registrable Securities in connection with the
registration of such Other Securities; provided, that , such
determination by MSCI shall not prejudice the rights of the Holders
of Registrable Securities to immediately request a Demand
Registration in accordance with Section 3.01;
(b) if the registration
referred to in the first sentence of this Section 3.02 is to
be an underwritten registration on behalf of MSCI (an “
MSCI Piggyback ”) and MSCI is advised in writing that
the inclusion of all or a part of such Registrable Securities in
such registration would be likely to exceed the Maximum Offering
Size, MSCI shall include in such registration: (i)
first , all Other Securities MSCI proposes to sell for its
own account and (ii) second , the number of securities
(including Registrable Securities) that such underwriters advise
can be so sold without adversely affecting such offering, allocated
pro rata among the holders, other than MSCI, of Other
Securities (the “ Other Holders ”) and the
Holders of Registrable Securities on the basis of the number of
securities requested in accordance with this Section 3.02 to
be included therein by each Other Holder and each Holder of
Registrable Securities; provided, that , in the event that
the Maximum Offering Size is less than all of such Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such offering, any Morgan
Stanley Entity may withdraw its request for a Piggyback
Registration and 90 days subsequent to the effective date of the
registration statement for the registration of such Other
Securities request a Demand Registration in accordance with
Section 3.01;
(c) if the registration
referred to in the first sentence of this Section 3.02 is to
be an underwritten secondary registr
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