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MSCI May Index Review Announcement Scheduled for May 11, 2023

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, will announce the results of the May 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.

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  • MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, will announce the results of the May 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.
  • Clients can access the subscriber section of each index at: www.msci.com/index-review-subscribers
    For the MSCI US Equity Indexes and the MSCI US REIT Index, a summary of the announcement will be made available at www.msci.com .
  • Accordingly, constituents in MSCI equity indexes may include MSCI Inc., clients of MSCI or suppliers to MSCI.
  • MSCI ESG and climate ratings, research and data are produced by MSCI ESG Research LLC, a subsidiary of MSCI Inc. MSCI ESG Indexes, Analytics and Real Estate are products of MSCI Inc. that utilize information from MSCI ESG Research LLC.

Xtrackers by DWS Launches New ETF for Investors Seeking Exposure to Companies Leading the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

DWS, one of the world’s leading asset managers, announced today the listing of Xtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF (NYSE: USCA) (the “Fund”).

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  • DWS, one of the world’s leading asset managers, announced today the listing of Xtrackers MSCI USA Climate Action Equity ETF (NYSE: USCA) (the “Fund”).
  • The Fund is designed for investors seeking exposure to large and mid-cap companies in the United States that are leading their sector peers in taking actions relating to climate transition.
  • DWS Americas CEO Dirk Goergen commented on the launch, saying: “DWS is pleased to partner with Ilmarinen to establish this new Xtrackers fund in the U.S. to help drive the transition to a low carbon economy.
  • Globally, Xtrackers by DWS is a large and established provider of high-quality exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded commodities (ETCs).

The SHE Mark Announces Leading Gender Equitable S&P 1200 Companies in the SHEgoverns™ Awards: 2023 Women on Boards Report

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The SHE Mark, the most inclusive of gender equality certification marks in the world, today released the results of the SHEgoverns™ Awards: 2023 Women on Boards Report. The report reviewed gender representation on voting governance boards across the S&P Global 1200. The analysis of the current gender equity of the 1200 companies looks at whether a company’s board of directors or supervisory board has half or greater representation of women and/or gender diverse people in voting positions. The full report can be found by accessing the link here.

Key Points: 
  • PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The SHE Mark, the most inclusive of gender equality certification marks in the world, today released the results of the SHEgoverns™ Awards: 2023 Women on Boards Report.
  • The report reviewed gender representation on voting governance boards across the S&P Global 1200.
  • Key highlights from the report show that only 8.8% of companies on the global list have women equitably represented on boards.
  • The report shows that 18% of companies across the S&P Global are just one board seat away from a gender equitable board.

Corporate Verdicts Go Thermonuclear: New Report Reveals Supersized Verdicts Against Companies Ballooned After Pandemic

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

NEW YORK, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Marathon Strategies found that the median nuclear verdict against corporate defendants jumped from $21.5 million in 2020 to $41.1 million in 2022 – a 95% increase – while the number of verdicts doubled. Nuclear verdicts are jury awards that surpass $10 million.

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  • "This report should alert companies that no industry is immune to nuclear verdicts, which are becoming so large that many now require a 'thermonuclear' label."
  • The growing number and size of corporate nuclear verdicts come at a major cost to shareholder value.
  • Corporate Verdicts Go Thermonuclear analyzes nearly 900 verdicts totaling $169 billion since the Great Recession, from 2009 to 2022.
  • More than 1,300 nuclear verdicts were analyzed using the National Law Journal's VerdictSearch and LexisNexis' Jury Verdicts & Settlements database.

180 Degree Capital Corp. Issues Public Letter to Employees and Common Stockholders of Comscore, Inc.

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Monday, March 6, 2023

Shift Board compensation for employees of Preferred Stockholders and/or reduce the size of SCOR’s Board.

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  • Shift Board compensation for employees of Preferred Stockholders and/or reduce the size of SCOR’s Board.
  • We’ve focused our discussion above on steps we believe SCOR’s Board can take for the benefit of employees and common stockholders.
  • It is up to our company’s Board to take the right steps to benefit you, SCOR’s hardworking employees and long-suffering common stockholders.
  • We encourage other common stockholders and employees to voice their opinions and desire for change, as staying silent enables SCOR’s Board and Preferred Stockholders to maintain the status quo to the detriment of common stockholders and employees.

MSCI Equity Indexes February 2023 Index Review

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced the results of the February 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.

Key Points: 
  • MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced the results of the February 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.
  • As previously announced, the MSCI Global Investable Market Indexes will transition to a Quarterly Comprehensive Index Review (QCIR) schedule starting from the February 2023 Index Review.
  • In light of currently observed market accessibility issues, MSCI will not implement changes as part of this Index Review for any securities classified in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria, or Sri Lanka for the MSCI Bangladesh, MSCI Kenya, MSCI Nigeria, and MSCI Sri Lanka Indexes or impacted composite indexes.
  • Accordingly, constituents in MSCI equity indexes may include MSCI Inc., clients of MSCI or suppliers to MSCI.

MSCI February Index Review Announcement Scheduled for February 09, 2023

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, will announce the results of the February 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.

Key Points: 
  • MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, will announce the results of the February 2023 Index Review for the MSCI Equity Indexes - including the MSCI Global Standard, MSCI Global Small Cap and MSCI Micro Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Value and Growth Indexes, the MSCI Frontier Markets, and MSCI Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Global Islamic and MSCI Global Islamic Small Cap Indexes, the MSCI Pan-Euro and MSCI Euro Indexes, the MSCI US Equity Indexes, the MSCI US REIT Index, the MSCI China A Onshore indexes and the MSCI China All Shares Indexes.
  • MSCI will post the list of additions to and deletions from the indexes for the February 2023 Index Review on its web site, www.msci.com , shortly after 11:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET) on February 09, 2023.
  • Clients can access the subscriber section of each index at: www.msci.com/index-review-subscribers
    For the MSCI US Equity Indexes and the MSCI US REIT Index, a summary of the announcement will be made available at www.msci.com .
  • Accordingly, constituents in MSCI equity indexes may include MSCI Inc., clients of MSCI or suppliers to MSCI.

F.N.B. Corporation Recognized Nationally for Workplace Diversity

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Monday, December 19, 2022

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced that it was recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The inaugural list highlights the top 1,000 companies throughout the U.S. that respect and value different kinds of people.

Key Points: 
  • Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced that it was recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • "We are proud of our employees and the culture that they promote within our Company and throughout the communities we serve."
  • FNB's differentiated commitment is further evidenced by comments about America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity that were provided by Nancy Cooper, Global Editor in Chief for Newsweek.
  • Corporation (NYSE: FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company operating in seven states and the District of Columbia.

F.N.B. Corporation's Banking Subsidiary Recognized as a Baltimore Top Workplace

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

BALTIMORE, Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First National Bank, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB), announced it has been named a Baltimore Top Workplace. Based solely on employee feedback, the annual list celebrates the region's top companies.

Key Points: 
  • Corporation (NYSE: FNB), announced it has been named a Baltimore Top Workplace.
  • The Baltimore Top Workplace award reflects FNB's commitment to its local team and strong presence in the market.
  • The Top Workplaces awards are compiled by Energage, a leading research firm that specializes in organizational health and workplace improvement.
  • Commercial banking solutions include corporate banking, small business banking, investment real estate financing, government banking, business credit, capital markets and lease financing.

F.N.B. Corporation Continues to Expand Delivery Channel in North Carolina and South Carolina

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced the continued expansion of its physical delivery channel with the addition of nearly 300 new ATM locations in North Carolina and South Carolina. Upon completion, FNB's overall ATM network will grow by more than 30 percent, with over 1,200 ATMs available throughout the Bank's multi-state footprint.

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  • Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced the continued expansion of its physical delivery channel with the addition of nearly 300 new ATM locations in North Carolina and South Carolina.
  • The newest ATMs in FNB's network are featured in high-traffic locations, including Harris Teeter, Spinx convenience stores and other prominent retailers.
  • Nearly 100 new machines in South Carolina and 150 additional locations in North Carolina significantly expand FNB's geographic coverage while improving its delivery channel throughout the region.
  • The Company has total assets of nearly $43 billion and approximately 340 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Virginia.