MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
VIA EDGAR
January 22, 2013
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.
File Nos. 33-23166; 811-05624
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. (Registrant), we hereby submit for filing pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information for the Registrant. These exhibits contain the risk/return summary information in the prospectus for the Registrant dated September 17, 2012. The purpose of this filing is to submit the XBRL information from the 497(e) filing dated January 14, 2013 for the Registrant.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 212.296.6983 (tel.) or 646.452.4799 (fax).
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Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Tara Farrelly |
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Tara Farrelly |
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Assistant Secretary |
Enclosures
cc: Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.
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Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio (Prospectus Summary): | Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio | ||||||
Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio | ||||||
Prospectus Supplement January 14, 2013 Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Supplement dated January 14, 2013 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Prospectus dated September 17, 2012 of: Frontier Emerging Markets 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: | ||||||
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 shares and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H shares. 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 15 of this Prospectus.
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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:" | ||||||
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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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Please retain this supplement for future reference.
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Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Document Type | dei_DocumentType | Other |
Document Period End Date | dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate | Jan. 14, 2013 |
Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND INC |
Central Index Key | dei_EntityCentralIndexKey | 0000836487 |
Amendment Flag | dei_AmendmentFlag | false |
Document Creation Date | dei_DocumentCreationDate | Jan. 14, 2013 |
Document Effective Date | dei_DocumentEffectiveDate | Jan. 14, 2013 |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 17, 2012 |
Label | Element | Value |
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Sep. 17, 2012 |
Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio (Prospectus Summary): | Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Risk/Return, Heading | rr_RiskReturnHeading | Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio |
Supplement Text | ck0000836487_SupplementTextBlock | Prospectus Supplement January 14, 2013 Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Supplement dated January 14, 2013 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Prospectus dated September 17, 2012 of: Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio
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Expense Breakpoint, Discounts | rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts | 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 shares and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H shares. |
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required Amount | rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount | 50,000 |
Expense, Heading | rr_ExpenseHeading | The first paragraph in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Fees and Expenses" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following: |
Expense, Narrative | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | 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 shares and $50,000 or more with respect to the Class H shares. 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 15 of this Prospectus.
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Shareholder Fees, Caption | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | 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:" |
Expense Example, Heading | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | The following table replaces the "Example" table with respect to Class P shares only in the section of the Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Summary—Example:" |
Supplement Closing | ck0000836487_SupplementClosingTextBlock | Please retain this supplement for future reference.
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Frontier Emerging Markets Portfolio | Class P
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Risk/Return: | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price) | rr_MaximumCumulativeSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice | 5.25% |
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of the amount redeemed on redemptions made within 30 days of purchase) | rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption | (2.00%) |
Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | 727 |
Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 1,148 |