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): October 31, 2014
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.) |
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 49th Floor, New York, NY 10007
(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 7.01. | Regulation FD. |
On October 31, 2014, management of MSCI Inc. (the “Company”) will meet with and provide to investors certain information in connection with the Company’s proposed issuance of approximately $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2024 (the “notes”) in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The Company expects this information will include:
| (i) | Adjusted EBITDA (which is defined as net income before income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes, provision for income taxes, other expense (income), net, depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and leasehold improvements, amortization of intangible assets, the lease exit charge and restructuring costs) for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 prepared on a pro forma basis to give effect to the sale of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”) and the Center for Financial Research and Analysis (“CFRA”) product line, which together made up the Company’s former Governance segment, as if it had occurred on December 31, 2010. This pro forma information does not purport to represent what the Company’s results of operations would have been if the sale of ISS and the CFRA product line had occurred as of the date indicated or what those results will be for future periods; |
| (ii) | Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30, 2014; and |
| (iii) | Cash EBITDA (which is defined as Adjusted EBITDA before recurring stock-based compensation) for the twelve months ended September 30, 2014. |
Adjusted EBITDA and Cash EBITDA are both financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Management of MSCI believes that these non-GAAP financial measures supplement the Company’s GAAP data by providing investors with additional information that enhances their overall understanding of the Company’s financial performance and the comparability of our operating results from period to period. However, these non-GAAP financial measures have important limitations as analytical tools, and are not meant to be considered in isolation or as substitutes for measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, use of these non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
The following table provides a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Cash EBITDA to Net Income for the periods indicated:
| For the Years Ended | For the Twelve Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2011 | December 31, 2012 (a) | December 31, 2013 (b) | September 30, 2014 | |||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | Pro Forma | Pro Forma | Pro Forma | Actual | ||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 158,936 | $ | 164,791 | $ | 199,910 | $ | 287,030 | ||||||||
Less: Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes | — | — | — | (90,482 | ) | |||||||||||
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Income from continuing operations | 158,936 | 164,791 | 199,910 | 196,548 | ||||||||||||
Plus: Provision for income taxes | 78,634 | 96,010 | 112,918 | 118,056 | ||||||||||||
Plus: Other expense (income), net | 59,592 | 57,434 | 27,503 | 21,115 | ||||||||||||
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Operating income | 297,162 | 318,235 | 340,331 | 335,719 | ||||||||||||
Plus: Non-recurring stock-based compensation | 7,009 | 1,551 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Plus: Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and leasehold improvements | 17,357 | 16,584 | 20,384 | 23,661 | ||||||||||||
Plus: Amortization of intangible assets | 52,414 | 50,017 | 44,798 | 45,503 | ||||||||||||
Plus: Lease exit charge (c) | — | 3,463 | (365 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Plus: Restructuring costs (d) | 2,105 | (33 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||
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Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 376,047 | $ | 389,817 | $ | 405,148 | $ | 404,883 | ||||||||
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Recurring stock-based compensation | 23,603 | |||||||||||||||
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Cash EBITDA | $ | 428,486 | ||||||||||||||
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| (a) | Includes the results of IPD Group Limited from the November 30, 2012 acquisition date. |
| (b) | Includes the results of Investor Force Holdings, Inc. from the January 29, 2013 acquisition date. |
| (c) | Relates to the lease exit charge associated with vacating our former 88 Pine Street office space in New York. |
| (d) | Relates to the restructuring of the Company’s operations due to its acquisition of RiskMetrics Group, LLC. |
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The notes referred to herein are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This report does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
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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: October 31, 2014 | By: | /s/ Robert Qutub | ||
| Name: | Robert Qutub | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
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