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Emerging Markets External Debt Portfolio
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The first paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. For shareholders of Class P and Class H shares, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if the cumulative net asset value ("NAV") of Class P or Class H shares of the Portfolio purchased in a single transaction, together with the NAV of all Class P or Class H shares of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") or of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust held in related accounts, amounts to $25,000 or more with respect to Class P and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial adviser and in the "Shareholder Information—How To Purchase Class P and Class H Shares" section on page 12 of this Prospectus.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';"> </p>
The following replaces the "Shareholder Fees" table and related footnote thereto with respect to Class P and Class H shares only in section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses:"
Other expenses have been estimated for the current fiscal year.
The following replaces the "Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses" table and related footnotes thereto with respect to Class L shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses—Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses:"
The following table replaces the "Example" table with respect to Class P, Class H and Class L shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Example::
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Total Emerging Markets Portfolio
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For shareholders of Class P and Class H shares, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if the cumulative net asset value ("NAV") of Class P or Class H shares of the Portfolio purchased in a single transaction, together with the NAV of all Class P or Class H shares of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") or of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust held in related accounts, amounts to $25,000 or more with respect to Class P and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H.
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The first paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. For shareholders of Class P and Class H shares, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if the cumulative net asset value ("NAV") of Class P or Class H shares of the Portfolio purchased in a single transaction, together with the NAV of all Class P or Class H shares of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") or of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust held in related accounts, amounts to $25,000 or more with respect to Class P and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial adviser and in the "Shareholder Information—How To Purchase Class P and Class H Shares" section on page 16 of this Prospectus.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';"> </p>
The following table replaces the "Shareholder Fees" table with respect to Class P shares only in section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses:"
The following table replaces the "Example" table with respect to Class P shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Example:"
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Multi-Asset Portfolio
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><font style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prospectus Supplement</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:21.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace: none"><b><font style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>January 14, 2013</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:21.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace: none"><font style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:8.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><font style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Supplement dated January 14, 2013 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Prospectus dated May 23, 2012 of:</font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';margin-top:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace: none"><b><font style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Multi-Asset Portfolio<br /> (the "Portfolio")</font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:'calibri','sans-serif';"> </p>
For shareholders of Class P and Class H shares, you may qualify for sales charge discounts if the cumulative net asset value ("NAV") of Class P or Class H shares of the Portfolio purchased in a single transaction, together with the NAV of all Class P or Class H shares of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") or of a portfolio of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust held in related accounts, amounts to $25,000 or more with respect to Class P and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H.
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The first paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
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The following table replaces the "Shareholder Fees" table with respect to Class P shares only in section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses:"
The following table replaces the "Example" table with respect to Class P shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Example:"
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The Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan reducing the distribution and shareholder services (12b-1) fee for the Portfolio’s Class L shares from 0.75% to 0.50% of the average daily net assets of such Class, effective February 25, 2013. The Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees shown in the table above have been restated to reflect such change.
Other expenses have been estimated for the current fiscal year.
The Portfolio’s "Adviser," Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., has agreed to reduce its advisory fee and/or reimburse the Portfolio so that Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses, excluding certain investment related expenses, will not exceed 0.85% for Class I, 1.10% for Class P, 1.10% for Class H and 1.35% for Class L. The fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements will continue for at least one year or until such time as the Fund’s Board of Directors acts to discontinue all or a portion of such waivers and/or reimbursements when it deems such action is appropriate.