485BPOS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2009
	Registration No. 2-67087 811-3031

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 36	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 37	x
Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust
(a Massachusetts business trust)
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 296-6970
Stefanie V. Chang Yu, Esq.
522 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10036
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:

Carl Frischling, Esq.
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036 Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.
Clifford Chance US LLP
31 West 52^nd Street
New York, New York 10019

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

As soon as practicable after this Post-Effective Amendment becomes effective.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

o Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x On April 30, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b)

o	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
o	On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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	Amending the Prospectus and Updating Financial Statements If appropriate, check the following box:
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INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily
Income Trust

A mutual fund that seeks to provide a high level of current income
exempt from federal income tax, consistent with the preservation of capital

Prospectus

April 30, 2009

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securi-
ties or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary
is a criminal offense.

Contents
The Fund
	Investment Objective	1
	Principal Investment Strategies	1
	Principal Risks	2
	Past Performance	3
	Fees and Expenses	4
	Portfolio Holdings	5
	Fund Management	5
Shareholder Information
	Pricing Fund Shares	6
	How to Buy Shares	6
	How to Exchange Shares	8
	How to Sell Shares	9
	Distributions	12
	Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares	13
	Tax Consequences	13
	Additional Information	14
Financial Highlights		15
Morgan Stanley Funds		Inside Back Cover
This Prospectus contains important information about the Fund. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

The Fund

Investment Objective

Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust is a money market fund that seeks to provide as high a level of daily income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.

Principal Investment Strategies

The Fund will invest in high quality, short-term securities that are normally municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from federal income taxes. The Fund’s “Investment Adviser,” Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., seeks to maintain the Fund’s share price at $1.00. The share price remaining stable at $1.00 means that the Fund would preserve the principal value of your investment.

Municipal obligations are securities issued by state and local governments, and their agencies. These securities typically are “general obligation” or “revenue” bonds, notes or commercial paper. General obligation securities are secured by the issuer’s faith and credit, as well as its taxing power for payment of principal and interest. Revenue bonds, however, are generally payable from a specific revenue source. They are issued for a wide variety of projects such as financing public utilities, hospitals, housing, airports, highways and educational facilities. Included within the revenue bonds category are participations in lease obligations and installment purchase contracts of municipalities. The Fund’s investments in municipal obligations may also include tender option bonds and custodial receipts. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable money market securities or in securities that pay interest income subject to the federal “alternative minimum tax,” and some taxpayers may have to pay tax on a Fund distribution of this income. See the “Tax Consequences” section of this Prospectus for more details.

The Fund has a fundamental policy of investing at least 80% of its assets in securities the interest on which is exempt from federal income tax, and which are not subject to the federal “alternative minimum tax.” This fundamental policy may not be changed without shareholder approval.

The Fund may invest in investment companies, including money market funds and may invest all or some of its short-term cash investments in any money market fund advised or managed by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates.

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, the Investment Adviser has considerable leeway in deciding which investments it buys, holds or sells on a day-to-day basis and which trading

Money Market

A mutual fund having the goal to select securities to provide current income while seeking to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.

Yield

The Fund’s yield reflects the actual income the Fund pays to you expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s share price. Because the Fund’s income from its portfolio securities will fluctuate, the income it in turn distributes to you and the Fund’s yield will vary.

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strategies it uses. For example, the Investment Adviser in its discretion may determine to use some permitted trading strategies while not using others.

Principal Risks

 There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, if it is unable to do so, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Credit and Interest Rate Risks. The principal risks of investing in the Fund are associated with its municipal investments. Municipal obligations, as with all debt securities, are subject to two types of risks: credit risk and interest rate risk.

Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable to make interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt. In the case of revenue bonds, notes or commercial paper, for example, the credit risk is the possibility that the user fees from a project or other specified revenue sources are insufficient to meet interest and/or principal payment obligations. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a fixed-income security resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most fixed-income securities go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most fixed-income securities go up.

The Investment Adviser, however, actively manages the Fund’s assets to reduce the risk of losing any principal investment as a result of credit or interest rate risks. The Fund’s assets are reviewed to maintain or improve creditworthiness. In addition, federal regulations require money market funds, such as the Fund, to invest only in debt obligations of high quality and short maturities.

Tender Option Bonds and Custodial Receipts. Tender option bonds and custodial receipts are instruments similar to variable rate demand obligations. Tender option bonds are municipal obligations held pursuant to a custodial arrangement and issued pursuant to an agreement with a third party such as a bank or financial institution to provide the holder with the option of tendering the bond at periodic intervals. The holder of the tender option bond effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at prevailing short-term rates. Custodial receipts represent interests in future interest and/or principal payments on U.S. government securities or municipal obligations and provide the holder with the option of tendering the receipt back to the custodian or trustee. The risks of tender option bonds and custodial receipts include the risk that the owner of such instruments may not be considered the owner for federal income tax purposes and thus will not be entitled to treat such interest as exempt from federal income tax. Additionally, the occurrence of certain defaults or a credit rating downgrade on the underlying security may impair the ability to tender the bond or receipt back to the third party provider of the demand option, thus causing the bond or receipt to become illiquid.

Investment Companies. An investment in an investment company is subject to the underlying risks of that investment company’s portfolio securities. In addition to the Fund’s fees and expenses, the Fund generally would bear its share of the investment company’s fees and expenses.

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Shares of the Fund are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.

Past Performance

The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. For the Fund’s most recent 7-day annualized yield, you may call toll-free (800) 869-NEWS. The Fund’s past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Annual Total Returns — Calendar Years

During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a calendar quarter was 0.90% (quarter ended December 31. 2000) and the lowest return for a calendar quarter was 0.05% (quarter ended September 30, 2003).

Average Annual Total Returns (as of December 31, 2008)

	Past 1 Year	Past 5 Years	Past 10 Years
Tax-Free Daily Income Trust	1.67%	2.03%	1.93%

Annual Total Returns

This chart shows how the performance of the Fund’s shares has varied from year to year over the past 10 calendar years.

Average Annual
Total Returns

This table shows the Fund’s average annual total returns.

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Fees and Expenses

The table below briefly describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. The Fund is a no-load fund. The Fund does not impose any sales charges and does not charge account or exchange fees.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

These expenses are deducted from the Fund’s assets and are based on expenses paid for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

Advisory fee(1)	0.45%
Shareholder servicing fees(2)	0.10%
Other expenses(1)	0.17%
Total annual Fund operating expenses(1)(3)	0.72%

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund, your investment has a 5% return each year and the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, the table below shows your costs at the end of each period based on these assumptions.

Expenses Over Time
1 Year	3 Years	5 Years	10 Years
$74	$230	$401	$894

(1)	The Investment Adviser has voluntarily agreed to cap the Fund’s operating expenses by assuming the Fund’s “other expenses” and/or waiving the Fund’s investment advisory fees, and Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc., the Fund’s administrator, has agreed to waive the Fund’s administrative fees, to the extent such operating expenses exceed 0.60% of the average daily net assets of the Fund on an annualized basis (excluding fees paid in connection with the U.S. Treasury’s Temporary Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds). The expenses and fees disclosed above do not reflect the assumption of any expenses or the waiver of any compensation by the Investment Adviser or administrator. Taking the waiver/assumption of expenses into account, the total operating expenses were 0.61%, which includes fees paid in connection with the U.S. Treasury Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds that had an effect of 0.01%. Such voluntary waivers may be terminated at any time without notice.
(2)	The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan pursuant to which it may pay the Distributor for expenses related to the provision of services to shareholders a service fee of up to 0.15% of the average daily net assets of the Fund on an annualized basis.
(3)	The total annual Fund operating expenses listed above are based on the average net assets of the Fund as of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. To the extent that the Fund’s average net assets decrease over the Fund’s next fiscal year, such expenses can be expected to increase, potentially significantly, because certain fixed costs will be spread over a smaller amount of assets.

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Portfolio Holdings

A description of the Fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the Fund’s portfolio securities is available in the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).

Fund Management

The Fund has retained the Investment Adviser — Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. — to provide investment advisory services. The Investment Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, a preeminent global financial services firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, as well as providing investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services. The Investment Adviser’s address is 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036.

The Fund pays the Investment Adviser a monthly advisory fee as full compensation for the services and facilities furnished to the Fund, and for Fund expenses assumed by the Investment Adviser. The fee is based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund accrued total compensation to the Investment Adviser amounting to 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. However, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Investment Adviser voluntarily waived a portion of its advisory fee, resulting in a net advisory fee of 0.34%.

A discussion regarding the Board of Trustees’ approval of the investment advisory agreement is available in the Fund’s semiannual report to shareholders for the period ended June 30, 2008.

Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.

The Investment Adviser, together with its affiliated asset management companies, had approximately $351 billion in assets under management or supervision as of March 31, 2009.

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Shareholder Information

Pricing Fund Shares

The price of Fund shares, called “net asset value,” is based on the amortized cost of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The amortized cost valuation method involves valuing a debt obligation in reference to its cost, rather than market forces.

The net asset value per share of the Fund is determined once daily at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open (or, on days when the NYSE closes prior to 4:00 p.m., at such earlier time). Shares will not be priced on days that the NYSE is closed.

To the extent the Fund invests in open-end management companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”), the Fund’s net asset value is calculated based upon the net asset value of such funds. The prospectuses for such funds explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and its effects.

How to Buy Shares

Contacting a Financial Advisor

If you are new to the Morgan Stanley Funds and would like to contact a Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor, call toll-free 1-866-MORGAN8 for the telephone number of the Morgan Stanley office nearest you. You may also access our office locator on our Internet site at: www.morganstanley.com/im

You may open a new account to buy Fund shares or buy additional Fund shares for an existing account by contacting your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or other authorized financial representative. Your Financial Advisor will assist you, step-by-step, with the procedures to invest in the Fund. The Fund’s transfer agent, Morgan Stanley Trust (“Transfer Agent”), in its sole discretion, may allow you to purchase shares directly by calling and requesting an application.

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. What this means to you: when you open an account, we will ask your name, address, date of birth and other information that will allow us to identify you. If we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to restrict additional transactions and/or liquidate your account at the next calculated net asset value after your account is closed (less any applicable sales/account charges and/or tax penalties) or take any other action required by law. In accordance with federal law requirements, the Fund has implemented an anti-money laundering compliance program, which includes the designation of an anti-money laundering compliance officer.

When you buy Fund shares, the shares are purchased at the next share price calculated after we receive your purchase order in proper form and accompanied by federal or other immediately

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available funds. You begin earning dividends the business day after the shares are purchased. We reserve the right to reject any order for the purchase of Fund shares for any reason.

Minimum Investment Amounts

	Minimum Investment
Investment Options	Initial	Additional
Regular Account	$5,000	$100
EasyInvest®
(Automatically from your checking or savings account or Money Market Fund)	not available	$100

There is no minimum investment amount if you purchase Fund shares through: (1) the Investment Adviser’s mutual fund asset allocation program; (2) a program, approved by the Fund’s distributor, in which you pay an asset-based fee for advisory, administrative and/or brokerage services; (3) certain investment programs approved by the Fund’s distributor that do not charge an asset-based fee; (4) employer-sponsored employee benefit plan accounts; (5) certain deferred compensation programs established by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates for their employees or the Fund’s Trustees; or (6) the reinvestment of dividends in additional Fund shares.

Subsequent Investments Sent Directly to the Fund. In addition to buying additional Fund shares for an existing account by contacting your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor, you may send a check directly to the Fund. To buy additional shares in this manner:

■ Write a “letter of instruction” to the Fund specifying the name(s) on the account, the account number, the social security or tax identification number and the investment amount. The letter must be signed by the account owner(s).

■ Make out a check for the total amount payable to: Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust.

■ Mail the letter and check to Morgan Stanley Trust at P.O. Box 219885, Kansas City, MO 64121-9885.

Additional Purchase Information. If you are a customer of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (“Morgan Stanley & Co.”) or another authorized dealer of Fund shares, you may upon request: (a) have the proceeds from the sale of listed securities invested in Fund shares the day after you receive the proceeds; and (b) pay for the purchase of certain listed securities by automatic sale of Fund shares that you own. If you are a customer of Morgan Stanley & Co. or another authorized dealer of the Fund’s shares, you may have cash balances in your securities account of $1,000 or more automatically invested in shares of the Fund on the next business day after the balance is accrued in your account. Cash balances of less than $1,000 may be automatically invested in Fund shares on a weekly basis.

Shareholder Services Plan. The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan. The Plan allows the Fund to pay shareholder servicing fees at an annual rate of up to 0.15% of its average daily net assets.

EasyInvest^®

A purchase plan that allows you to transfer money automatically from your checking or savings account or from a Money Market Fund on a semi-monthly, monthly or quarterly basis. Contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor for further information about this service.

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How to Exchange Shares

Permissible Fund Exchanges. You may only exchange shares of the Fund for shares of other continuously offered Morgan Stanley Funds if the Fund shares were acquired in an exchange of shares initially purchased in a Multi-Class Fund. In that case, the Fund shares may be subsequently re-exchanged for shares of the same Class of any Multi-Class Fund as the initially purchased shares or for shares of another Money Market Fund or the Limited Duration U.S. Government Trust, without the imposition of an exchange fee. Of course, if an exchange is not permitted, you may sell shares of the Fund and buy another fund’s shares with the proceeds.

See the inside back cover of this Prospectus for each Morgan Stanley Fund’s designation as a Multi-Class Fund or Money Market Fund. If a Morgan Stanley Fund is not listed, consult the inside back cover of that fund’s current prospectus for its designation.

The current prospectus for each Morgan Stanley Fund describes its investment objective(s), policies and investment minimums and should be read before investment. Since exchanges are available only into continuously offered Morgan Stanley Funds, exchanges are not available into Morgan Stanley Funds that are not currently being offered for purchase.

Exchange Procedures. You can process an exchange by contacting your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or other authorized financial representative. You may also write the Transfer Agent or call toll-free (800)869-NEWS, our automated telephone system (which is generally accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week), to place an exchange order. You automatically have the telephone exchange privilege unless you indicate otherwise by checking the applicable box on the new account application form. If you hold share certificates, no exchanges may be processed until we have received all applicable share certificates.

Exchange requests received on a business day prior to the time shares of the funds involved in the request are priced will be processed on the date of receipt. “Processing” a request means that shares of the fund which you are exchanging will be redeemed at the net asset value per share next determined on the date of receipt. Shares of the fund that you are purchasing will also normally be purchased at the net asset value per share, plus any applicable sales charge, next determined on the date of receipt. Exchange requests received on a business day after the time that shares of the funds involved in the request are priced will be processed on the next business day in the manner described herein.

The Fund may terminate or revise the exchange privilege upon required notice or in certain cases without notice. See “Limitations on Exchanges.” The check writing privilege is not available for Money Market Fund shares you acquire in an exchange.

Telephone Exchanges. Morgan Stanley and its subsidiaries, including the Transfer Agent, and the Fund employ procedures considered by them to be reasonable to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. Such procedures may include requiring certain personal identification information prior to acting upon telephone instructions, tape-recording telephone communications and providing written confirmation of instructions communicated by telephone. If reasonable procedures are employed, none of Morgan Stanley, the Transfer Agent or the Fund will be liable for following telephone instructions which it reasonably believes to be genuine. Telephone exchanges may not be

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available if you cannot reach the Transfer Agent by telephone, whether because all telephone lines are busy or for any other reason; in such case, a shareholder would have to use the Fund’s other exchange procedures described in this section.

Telephone instructions will be accepted if received by the Transfer Agent between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on any day the NYSE is open for business. During periods of drastic economic or market changes, it is possible that the telephone exchange procedures may be difficult to implement, although this has not been the case with the Fund in the past.

Margin Accounts. If you have pledged your Fund shares in a margin account, contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or other authorized financial representative regarding restrictions on the exchange of such shares.

Limitations on Exchanges. Certain patterns of past exchanges and/or purchase or sale transactions involving the Fund or other Morgan Stanley Funds may result in the Fund rejecting, limiting or prohibiting, at its sole discretion, and without prior notice, additional purchases and/or exchanges and may result in a shareholder’s account being closed. Determinations in this regard may be made based on the frequency or dollar amount of the previous exchanges or purchase or sale transactions. The Fund reserves the right to reject an exchange request for any reason.

Exchanging Shares of Another Fund Subject to a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”). There are special considerations when you exchange shares subject to a CDSC of another Morgan Stanley Fund for shares of the Fund. When determining the length of time you held the shares and the corresponding CDSC rate, any period (starting at the end of the month) during which you held shares of the Fund will not be counted. Thus, in effect the “holding period” for purposes of calculating the CDSC is frozen upon exchanging into the Fund. Nevertheless, if shares subject to a CDSC were exchanged for shares of the Fund prior to August 1, 2007, you will receive a credit when you sell the shares equal to the distribution (12b-1) fees, if any, you paid on those shares while in the Fund up to the amount of any applicable CDSC. See the prospectus of the fund that charges the CDSC for more details.

For further information regarding exchange privileges, you should contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or call toll-free (800) 869-NEWS.

How to Sell Shares

You can sell some or all of your Fund shares at any time. Your shares will be sold at the next price calculated after we receive your order to sell as described below.

Options	Procedures
Contact Your Financial Advisor	To sell your shares, simply call your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or other authorized financial representative. Payment will be sent to the address to which the account is registered or deposited in your brokerage account.
Check-writing Option	You may order a supply of blank checks by contacting your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or calling toll-free (800) 869-NEWS.

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Options	Procedures
Check-writing Option (continued)	Checks may be written in any amount not less than $500. You must sign checks exactly as your shares are registered. If the account is a joint account, the check may contain one signature unless the joint owners have specified on an investment application that all owners are required to sign checks. Only accounts in which no share certificates have been issued are eligible for the check-writing privilege.
	Payment of check proceeds normally will be made on the next business day after we receive your check in proper form. Shares purchased by check (including a certified or bank cashier’s check) are not normally available to cover redemption checks until 15 days after the Transfer Agent receives the check used for investment. A check will not be honored in an amount exceeding the value of the account at the time the check is presented for payment.
By Letter	You may also sell your shares by writing a “letter of instruction” that includes:
	■	your account number;
	■	the name of the Fund;
	■	the dollar amount or the number of shares you wish to sell; and
	■	the signature of each owner as it appears on the account.
	If you are requesting payment to anyone other than the registered owner(s) or that payment be sent to any address other than the address of the registered owner(s) or pre-designated bank account, you will need a signature guarantee. You can obtain a signature guarantee from an eligible guarantor acceptable to the Transfer Agent. (You should contact the Transfer Agent toll- free at (800) 869-NEWS for a determination as to whether a particular institution is an eligible guarantor.) A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee. Additional documentation may be required for shares held by a corporation, partnership, trustee or executor.
	Mail the letter to Morgan Stanley Trust at P.O. Box 219886, Kansas City, MO 64121-9886. If you hold share certificates, you must return the certificates, along with the letter and any required additional documentation.
	A check will be mailed to the name(s) and address in which the account is registered, or otherwise according to your instructions.
Systematic Withdrawal Plan	If your investment in all of the Morgan Stanley Funds has a total market value of at least $10,000, you may elect to withdraw amounts of $25 or more, or in any whole percentage of a fund’s balance (provided the amount is at least $25), on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis, from any fund with a balance of at least $1,000. Each time you add a fund to the plan, you must meet the plan requirements.
	To sign up for the systematic withdrawal plan, contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or call toll-free (800) 869-NEWS. You may terminate or suspend your plan at any time. Please remember that withdrawals from the plan are sales of shares, not Fund “distributions,” and ultimately may exhaust your account balance. The Fund may terminate or revise the plan at any time.

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Options	Procedures
Systematic Withdrawal Plan (continued)	When you sell Fund shares through the systematic withdrawal plan, the shares may be subject to a CDSC if they were obtained in exchange for shares subject to a CDSC of another Morgan Stanley Fund. The CDSC, however, will be waived in an amount up to 12% annually of the Fund’s value, although Fund shares with no CDSC will be sold first, followed by those with the lowest CDSC. As such, the waiver benefit will be reduced by the amount of your shares that are not subject to a CDSC. See the prospectus of the fund that charges the CDSC for more details.
By Telephone or Wire	To sell shares by telephone or wire, first complete a telephone redemption application designating a bank account. Redemptions for more than $1,000 will be wired to your bank account (your bank may charge a fee for this service. For redemptions for less than $1,000, a check will be mailed to your bank account. For more information or to request a telephone redemption application, call the Transfer Agent toll-free at (800) 869-NEWS.

Payment for Sold Shares. After we receive your complete instructions to sell as described above, a check will be mailed to you within seven days, although we will attempt to make payment within one business day. Payment may also be sent to your brokerage account.

Payment may be postponed or the right to sell your shares suspended under unusual circumstances. If you request to sell shares that were recently purchased by check, the proceeds of the sale may not be sent to you until it has been verified that the check has cleared, which may take up to 15 calendar days from the date of purchase.

Payments-in-Kind. If we determine that it is in the best interest of the Fund not to pay redemption proceeds in cash, we may pay you partly or entirely by distributing to you securities held by the Fund. Such in-kind securities may be illiquid and difficult or impossible for a shareholder to sell at a time and at a price that a shareholder would like. Redemptions paid in such securities generally will give rise to income, gain or loss for income tax purposes in the same manner as redemptions paid in cash. You may incur brokerage costs and a further gain or loss for income tax purposes when you ultimately sell the securities.

Involuntary Sales. The Fund reserves the right, on 60 days’ notice, to sell the shares of any shareholder whose shares, due to sales by the shareholder, have a value below $1,000. However, before the Fund sells your shares in this manner, we will notify you and allow you 60 days to make an additional investment in an amount that will increase the value of your account to at least the required amount before the sale is processed.

Money Market Fund Automatic Sale Procedures. If you maintain a brokerage account with Morgan Stanley & Co. or another authorized dealer of Fund shares, you may elect to have your Fund shares automatically sold from your account to satisfy amounts you owe as a result of purchasing securities or other transactions in your brokerage account.

If you elect to participate by notifying Morgan Stanley & Co. or another authorized dealer of Fund shares, your brokerage account will be scanned each business day prior to the close of business (4:00 p.m. Eastern time). After any cash balances in the account are applied, a sufficient number of Fund shares may be sold to satisfy any amounts you are obligated to pay to Morgan Stanley & Co. or another authorized dealer of Fund shares. Sales will be

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effected on the business day before the date you are obligated to make payment, and Morgan Stanley & Co. or another authorized dealer of Fund shares will receive the sale proceeds on the following day.

EasyInvest^®. You may invest in shares of certain other Morgan Stanley Funds by subscribing to EasyInvest^®, an automatic purchase plan that provides for the automatic investment of any amount from $100 to $5,000 in shares of the specified fund. Under EasyInvest^®, you may direct that a sufficient number of shares of the Fund be automatically sold and the proceeds transferred to the Transfer Agent, on a semi-monthly, monthly or quarterly basis, for investment in shares of the specified fund. Sales of your Fund shares will be made on the business day preceding the investment date and the Transfer Agent will receive the proceeds for investment on the day following the sale date.

Margin Accounts. If you have pledged your Fund shares in a margin account, contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or other authorized financial representative regarding restrictions on the sale of such shares.

Targeted Dividends^SM

You may select to have your Fund distributions automatically invested in another Morgan Stanley Fund that you own. Contact your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor for further information about this service.

Distributions

The Fund passes substantially all of its earnings along to its investors as “distributions.” The Fund earns interest from fixed-income investments. These amounts are passed along to Fund shareholders as “income dividend distributions.” The Fund may realize capital gains whenever it sells securities for a higher price than it paid for them. These amounts may be passed along as “capital gain distributions.” The Investment Adviser does not anticipate that there will be significant capital gain distributions.

The Fund declares and reinvests income dividend amounts on each day the NYSE is open for business to shareholders of record as of the close of business the preceding day. These distributions are paid (or credited to your account) no later than the last business day of each month. Capital gains, if any, are distributed periodically.

Distributions are reinvested automatically in additional shares of the Fund (rounded to the last 1/100 of a share) and automatically credited to your account unless you request in writing that all distributions be paid in cash. If you elect the cash option, the Fund will mail a check to you no later than seven business days after the end of the month. No interest will accrue on uncashed checks. If you wish to change how your distributions are paid, your request should be received by the Transfer Agent at least five business days prior to the record date of the distributions.

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Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Because, as a money market fund, the Fund’s principal investment strategy is to maintain a stable share price, frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Fund shareholders generally do not present risks for other shareholders of the Fund. Therefore, the policies and procedures regulating frequent purchases and redemptions adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees applicable to other Morgan Stanley Funds are not applicable with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares. However, frequent trading by Fund shareholders can disrupt management of the Fund and raise its expenses. Therefore, we may not accept any request for a purchase when we believe that it is being used as a tool for market-timing and we may bar shareholders who trade excessively from making further purchases for an indefinite period.

Tax Consequences

As with any investment, you should consider how your Fund investment will be taxed. The tax information in this Prospectus is provided as general information. You should consult your own tax professional about the tax consequences of an investment in the Fund.

Your income dividend distributions are normally exempt from federal income tax — to the extent they are derived from municipal obligations. Income derived from other portfolio securities may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes.

Income derived from some municipal securities is subject to the federal “alternative minimum tax.” Certain tax-exempt securities whose proceeds are used to finance private, for-profit organizations are subject to this special tax system that ensures that individuals pay at least some federal taxes. Although interest on these securities is generally exempt from federal income tax, some taxpayers who have many tax deductions or exemptions nevertheless may have to pay tax on the income. However, the alternative minimum tax consequences discussed in this paragraph do not apply with respect to interest paid on bonds issued after December 31, 2008 and before January 1, 2011 (including refunding bonds issued during that period to refund bonds originally issued after December 31, 2003 and before January 1, 2009).

If you borrow money to purchase shares of the Fund, the interest on the borrowed money is generally not deductible for income tax purposes.

The Fund may derive gains in part from municipal obligations that the Fund purchased below their principal or face values. All or a portion of these gains may be taxable to you as ordinary income rather than capital gains.

If the Fund makes any capital gain distributions, those distributions will normally be subject to federal and state income tax when they are paid, whether you take them in cash or reinvest them in Fund shares. Any short-term capital gain distributions are taxable to you as ordinary income. Any long-term capital gain distributions are taxable to you as long-term capital gains, no matter how long you have owned shares in the Fund. The Fund does not anticipate that it will make significant distributions eligible for the reduced rate of taxation applicable to qualified dividend income.

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Every January, you will be sent statements (Forms 1099-DIV) showing the distributions paid to you in the previous year. The statements provide information on your dividends, interest and capital gains for tax purposes.

When you open your Fund account, you should provide your social security or tax identification number on your investment application. By providing this information, you will avoid being subject to federal backup withholding tax on taxable distributions and redemption proceeds (as of the date of this Prospectus this rate is 28%). Any withheld amount would be sent to the IRS as an advance payment of your taxes due on your income.

Additional Information

The Investment Adviser and/or distributor may pay compensation (out of their own funds and not as an expense of the Fund) to certain affiliated or unaffiliated brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries or service providers in connection with the sale, distribution, marketing or retention of Fund shares and/or shareholder servicing. Such compensation may be significant in amount and the prospect of receiving any such additional compensation may provide such affiliated or unaffiliated entities with an incentive to favor sales of shares of the Fund over other investment options. Any such payments will not change the net asset value or the price of the Fund’s shares. For more information, please see the Fund’s SAI.

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Financial Highlights

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the Fund’s financial performance for the periods indicated. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share throughout each year. The total returns in the table represent the rate an investor would have earned or lost on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all dividends and distributions).

This information has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund’s financial statements, are incorporated by reference in the SAI from the Fund’s annual report, which is available upon request.

For the Year Ended December 31,	2008				2007			2006			2005			2004
Selected Per Share Data:
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	1,00		$	1.00		$	1.00		$	1.00		$	1.00
Net income from investment operations			0.017			0.031			0.029			0.018			0.006
Less dividends from net investment income			(0.017	)(1)		(0.031	)		(0.029	)		(0.018	)		(0.006	)
Net asset value, end of period		$	1.00		$	1.00		$	1.00		$	1.00		$	1.00
Total Return			1.67	%		3.16	%		2.90	%		1.86	%		0.60	%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
Total expenses (before expense offset)			0.61	%(2)(3)(5)		0.61	%(4)(5)		0.61	%(4)(5)		0.61	%(4)(5)		0.64	%(4)(5)
Net investment income			1.64	%(2)(3)(5)		3.10	%(4)(5)		2.85	%(4)(5)		1.82	%(4)(5)		0.58	%(4)(5)
Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period, in thousands		$	451,476		$	428,174		$	397,788		$	380,423		$	440,271

(1)	Includes capital gain distribution of less than $0.001.
(2)	Reflects rebate of certain Fund expenses in connection with the investments in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds – Government Portfolio –Institutional Class during the period. The rebate had an effect of less than 0.005%.
(3)	Reflects fees paid in connection with the U.S. Treasury Guarantee Program for Money Market Funds. This fee had an effect of 0.01%.
(4)	Does not reflect the effect of expense offset of 0.01%.
(5)	If the Fund had borne all of its expenses that were reimbursed or waived by the Investment Adviser and Administrator, the annualized expense and net investment income ratios, before expense offset, would have been as follows:

Period Ended	Expense Ratio		Net Investment Income Ratio
December 31, 2008	0.72	%	1.53	%
December 31, 2007	0.73	%	2.98	%
December 31, 2006	0.72	%	2.74	%
December 31, 2005	0.71	%	1.72	%
December 31, 2004	0.71	%	0.51	%

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Notes

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Morgan Stanley Funds

EQUITY

BLEND/CORE

Alternative Opportunities Fund

Dividend Growth Securities

DOMESTIC HYBRID

Balanced Fund

Strategist Fund

GLOBAL/INTERNATIONAL

European Equity Fund

Global Advantage Fund

Global Dividend Growth Securities

International Fund

International Value Equity Fund

Pacific Growth Fund

GROWTH

Capital Opportunities Trust

Focus Growth Fund

Mid Cap Growth Fund

Special Growth Fund

INDEX

Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund

S&P 500 Index Fund

MULTI-CAP

U.S. Multi-Cap Alpha Fund

SPECIALTY

Commodities Alpha Fund

Convertible Securities Trust

FX Alpha Plus Strategy Portfolio

FX Alpha Strategy Portfolio

Global Infrastructure Fund

Health Sciences Trust

Natural Resource Development Securities

Real Estate Fund

Technology Fund

VALUE

Fundamental Value Fund

Mid-Cap Value Fund

Small-Mid Special Value Fund

Special Value Fund

Value Fund

FIXED INCOME

TAXABLE SHORT TERM

Limited Duration U.S. Government Trust*

TAXABLE INTERMEDIATE TERM

Flexible Income Trust

High Yield Securities

Mortgage Securities Trust

U.S. Government Securities Trust

TAX-FREE

California Tax-Free Income Fund

New York Tax-Free Income Fund

Tax-Exempt Securities Trust

MONEY MARKET*

TAXABLE

Liquid Asset Fund

U.S. Government Money Market Trust

TAX-FREE

California Tax-Free Daily Income Trust

New York Municipal Money Market Trust

Tax-Free Daily Income Trust

There may be funds created or terminated after this Prospectus was published. Please consult the inside back cover of a new fund’s prospectus for its designations, e.g., Multi-Class Fund or Money Market Fund.
Unless otherwise noted, each listed Morgan Stanley Fund is a Multi-Class Fund. A Multi-Class Fund is a mutual fund offering multiple classes of shares.
*	Single-Class Fund(s)

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Additional information about the Fund’s investments is available in the Fund’s Annual and Semiannual Reports to Shareholders.

The Fund’s SAI also provides additional information about the Fund. The SAI is incorporated herein by reference (legally is part of this Prospectus). For a free copy of any of these documents, to request other information about the Fund or to make shareholder inquiries, please call toll-free (800) 869-NEWS. Free copies of these documents are also available from our Internet site at: www.morganstanley.com/im.

You also may obtain information about the Fund by calling your Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor or by visiting our Internet site.

Information about the Fund (including the SAI) can be viewed and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information about the Reference Room’s operations may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090. Reports and other information about the Fund are available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at: www.sec.gov, and copies of this information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following E-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing the Public Reference Section of the SEC, Washington, DC 20549-0102.

Ticker Symbol:

DSTXX

(THE FUND’S INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NO. IS 811-3031)

Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc., member FINRA.

© 2009 Morgan Stanley

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Morgan Stanley
Tax-Free Daily
Income Trust

Prospectus


April 30, 2009

DSTPRO

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Morgan Stanley Tax-Free
	Daily Income Trust
April 30, 2009

          This Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) is not a prospectus. The Prospectus (dated April 30, 2009) for Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust may be obtained without charge from the Fund at its address or telephone number listed below or from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated at any of its branch offices.

          The Fund’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, including notes thereto, and the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, are herein incorporated by reference from the Fund’s annual report. A copy of the Fund’s Annual Report to Shareholders must accompany the delivery of this SAI.

Morgan Stanley

Tax-Free Daily Income Trust

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(800) 869-NEWS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.	Fund History			4
II.	Description of the Fund and Its Investments and Risks			4
		A.	Classification	4
		B.	Investment Strategies and Risks	4
		C.	Fund Policies/Investment Restrictions	8
		D.	Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings	10
III.	Management of the Fund			14
		A.	Board of Trustees	14
		B.	Management Information	14
		C.	Compensation	22
IV.	Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities			24
V.	Investment Advisory and Other Services			24
		A.	Investment Adviser and Administrator	24
		B.	Principal Underwriter	25
		C.	Services Provided by the Investment Adviser and Administrator	25
		D.	Shareholder Services Plan	26
		E.	Other Service Providers	26
		F.	Codes of Ethics	27
		G.	Proxy Voting Policy and Proxy Voting Record	27
		H.	Revenue Sharing	27
VI.	Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices			28
		A.	Brokerage Transactions	28
		B.	Commissions	28
		C.	Brokerage Selection	29
		D.	Directed Brokerage	30
		E.	Regular Broker-Dealers	30
VII.	Capital Stock and Other Securities			30
VIII.	Purchase, Redemption and Pricing of Shares			30
		A.	Purchase/Redemption of Shares	30
		B.	Offering Price	31
IX.	Taxation of the Fund and Shareholders			33
X.	Underwriters			36
XI.	Performance Data			36
XII.	Financial Statements			36
XIII.	Fund Counsel			36
Appendix A.			Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures	A-1

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Glossary of Selected Defined Terms

          The terms defined in this glossary are frequently used in this SAI (other terms used occasionally are defined in the text of the document).

          “Administrator” or “Morgan Stanley Services” — Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc., a wholly-owned fund services subsidiary of the Investment Adviser.

          “Custodian” — State Street Bank and Trust Company.

          “Distributor” — Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc., a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

          “Financial Advisors” — Morgan Stanley authorized financial services representatives.

          “Fund” — Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust, a registered no-load, open-end investment company.

          “Independent Trustees” —Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”)) of the Fund.

          “Investment Adviser” — Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., a wholly-owned investment adviser subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

          “Morgan Stanley & Co.” — Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

          “Morgan Stanley Funds” — Registered investment companies for which the Investment Adviser serves as the investment adviser and that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for investment and investor services.

          “Transfer Agent” — Morgan Stanley Trust, a wholly-owned transfer agent subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

          “Trustees” — The Board of Trustees of the Fund.

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I. FUND HISTORY

          The Fund was incorporated in the state of Maryland on March 24, 1980 under the name InterCapital Reserve Cash Management Inc. Effective October 13, 1980, the Fund’s name was changed to lnterCapital Tax-Free Daily Income Fund Inc. Effective March 21, 1983, the Fund’s name was changed to Dean Witter/Sears Tax-Free Daily Income Fund Inc. Effective April 30, 1987, the Fund reorganized as a Massachusetts business trust with the name Dean Witter/Sears Tax-Free Daily Income Trust. Effective February 19, 1993, the Fund’s name was changed to Dean Witter Tax-Free Daily Income Trust. Effective June 22, 1998, the Fund’s name was changed to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Tax-Free Daily Income Trust. Effective June 18, 2001, the Fund’s name was changed to Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust.

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND AND ITS INVESTMENTS AND RISKS

A. Classification

          The Fund is an open-end, diversified management investment company whose investment objective is to provide as high a level of daily income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.

B. Investment Strategies and Risks

          The following discussion of the Fund’s investment strategies and risks should be read with the sections of the Fund’s Prospectus titled “Principal Investment Strategies” and “Principal Risks.”

          Lease Obligations. Included within the revenue bonds category in which the Fund may invest are participations in lease obligations or installment purchase contracts (collectively called “lease obligations”) of municipalities. State and local governments issue lease obligations to acquire equipment and facilities.

          Lease obligations may have risks not normally associated with general obligation or other revenue bonds. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale contracts (which may provide for title to the leased asset to pass eventually to the issuer) have developed as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and equipment without the necessity of complying with the constitutional and statutory requirements generally applicable for the issuance of debt. Certain lease obligations contain “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for such purpose by the appropriate legislative body on an annual or other periodic basis. Consequently, continued lease payments on those lease obligations containing “non-appropriation” clauses are dependent on future legislative actions. If such legislative actions do not occur, the holders of the lease obligation may experience difficulty in exercising their rights, including disposition of the property.

          Taxable Securities. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in taxable money market instruments. Investments in taxable money market instruments would generally be made under any one of the following circumstances: (a) pending investment proceeds of sale of Fund shares or of portfolio securities; (b) pending settlement of purchases of portfolio securities; and (c) to maintain liquidity for the purpose of meeting anticipated redemptions.

          The types of taxable money market instruments in which the Fund may invest are limited to the following short-term fixed-income securities (maturing in one year or less from the time of purchase): (i) obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies, instrumentalities or authorities; (ii) commercial paper rated P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or A-1 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”); (iii) certificates of deposit of domestic banks with assets of $1 billion or more; and (iv) repurchase agreements with respect to portfolio securities. In addition to these securities, the Fund may also invest in taxable money market mutual funds.

          Variable Rate and Floating Rate Obligations. The Fund may invest in Municipal Bonds and Municipal Notes (“Municipal Obligations”) of the type called variable rate and floating rate obligations. The interest rate payable on a variable rate obligation is adjusted either at predesignated periodic intervals and, on a floating rate obligation, whenever there is a change in the market rate of interest on

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which the interest rate payable is based. Other features may include the right whereby the Fund may demand prepayment of the principal amount of the obligation prior to its stated maturity (a “demand feature”) and the right of the issuer to prepay the principal amount prior to maturity. The principal benefit of a variable rate obligation is that the interest rate adjustment minimizes changes in the market value of the obligation. As a result, the purchase of variable rate and floating rate obligations should enhance the ability of the Fund to maintain a stable net asset value per share and to sell obligations prior to maturity at a price that is approximately the full principal amount of the obligations. The principal benefit to the Fund of purchasing obligations with a demand feature is that liquidity, and the ability of the Fund to obtain repayment of the full principal amount of an obligation prior to maturity, is enhanced. The payment of principal and interest by issuers of certain obligations purchased by the Fund may be guaranteed by letters of credit or other credit facilities offered by banks or other financial institutions. Such guarantees will be considered in determining whether an obligation meets the Fund’s investment quality requirements.

          Industrial Development and Pollution Control Bonds. The Fund may invest more than 25% of its total assets in industrial development and pollution control bonds (two kinds of tax-exempt municipal bonds) whether or not the users of the facilities financed by such bonds are in the same industry. In cases where such users are in the same industry, there may be additional risk to the Fund in the event of an economic downturn in such industry, which may result generally in a lowered need for such facilities and a lowered ability of such users to pay for the use of such facilities.

          Put Options. The Fund may purchase securities together with the right to resell them to the seller at an agreed upon price or yield within a specified period prior to the maturity date of such securities. Such a right to resell is commonly known as a “put,” and the aggregate price which the Fund pays for securities with puts may be higher than the price which otherwise would be paid for the securities. The primary purpose of this practice is to permit the Fund to be fully invested in securities, the interest on which is exempt from Federal income tax, while preserving the necessary flexibility and liquidity to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, to meet unusually large redemptions and to purchase at a later date securities other than those subject to the put. The Fund’s policy is, generally, to exercise the puts on their expiration date, when the exercise price is higher than the current market price for the related securities. Puts may be exercised prior to the expiration date in order to fund obligations to purchase other securities or to meet redemption requests. These obligations may arise during periods in which proceeds from sales of Fund shares and from recent sales of portfolio securities are insufficient to meet such obligations or when the funds available are otherwise allocated for investment. In addition, puts may be exercised prior to their expiration date in the event the Investment Adviser revises its evaluation of the creditworthiness of the issuer of the underlying security. In determining whether to exercise puts prior to their expiration date and in selecting which puts to exercise in such circumstances, the Investment Adviser considers, among other things, the amount of cash available to the Fund, the expiration dates of the available puts, any future commitments for securities purchases, the yield, quality and maturity dates of the underlying securities, alternative investment opportunities and the desirability of retaining the underlying securities in the Fund’s portfolio.

          The Fund values securities which are subject to puts at their amortized cost and values the put, apart from the security, at zero. Thus, the cost of the put will be carried on the Fund’s books as an unrealized loss from the date of acquisition and will be reflected in realized gain or loss when the put is exercised or expires. Since the value of the put is dependent on the ability of the put writer to meet its obligation to repurchase, the Fund’s policy is to enter into put transactions only with municipal securities dealers who are approved by the Fund’s Trustees. Each dealer will be approved on its own merits and it is the Fund’s general policy to enter into put transactions only with those dealers which are determined to present minimal credit risks. In connection with such determination, the Board of Trustees will review, among other things, the ratings, if available, of equity and debt securities of such municipal securities dealers, their reputations in the municipal securities markets, the net worth of such dealers and their efficiency in consummating transactions. Bank dealers normally will be members of the Federal Reserve System, and other dealers will be members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or members of a national securities exchange. The Trustees have directed the Investment Adviser not to enter into put transactions with, and to exercise outstanding puts of, any municipal securities dealer

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which, in the judgment of the Investment Adviser, ceases at any time to present a minimal credit risk. In the event that a dealer should default on its obligation to repurchase an underlying security, the Fund is unable to predict whether all or any portion of any loss sustained could be subsequently recovered from such dealer.

          In Revenue Ruling 82-144, the Internal Revenue Service stated that, under certain circumstances, a purchaser of tax-exempt obligations which are subject to puts will be considered the owner of the obligations for Federal income tax purposes.

          Custodial Receipts. The Fund may invest in custodial receipts representing interests in U.S. government securities, municipal obligations or other debt instruments held by a custodian or trustee. Custodial receipts evidence ownership of future interest payments, principal payments or both on notes or bonds issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the U.S. government, its agencies, instrumentalities, political subdivisions or authorities, or by a state or local governmental body or authority, or by other types of issuers. For certain securities law purposes, custodial receipts are not considered obligations of the underlying issuers. In addition, if for tax purposes the Fund is not considered to be the owner of the underlying securities held in the custodial account, the Fund may suffer adverse tax consequences. As a holder of custodial receipts, the Fund will bear its proportionate share of the fees and expenses charged to the custodial account.

          Tender Option Bonds. A tender option bond is a municipal obligation (generally held pursuant to a custodial arrangement) having a relatively long maturity and bearing interest at a fixed rate substantially higher than prevailing short-term tax-exempt rates. The bond is typically issued in conjunction with the agreement of a third party, such as a bank, broker-dealer or other financial institution, pursuant to which the institution grants the security holder the option, at periodic intervals, to tender its securities to the institution. As consideration for providing the option, the financial institution receives periodic fees equal to the difference between the bond’s fixed-rate coupon and the rate, as determined by a remarketing or similar agent, that would cause the securities, coupled with the tender option, to trade at par on the date of such determination. Thus, after payment of this fee, the security holder effectively holds a demand obligation that bears interest at the prevailing short-term, tax-exempt rate. An institution will normally not be obligated to accept tendered bonds in the event of certain defaults or significant downgrading in the credit rating assigned to the issuer of the bond. The tender option will be taken into account in determining the maturity of the tender option bonds and the Fund’s average portfolio maturity. There is a risk that the Fund may not be considered the owner of a tender option bond for federal income tax purposes, and thus will not be entitled to treat such interests as exempt from federal income tax. Certain tender option bonds may be illiquid or may become illiquid as a result of a credit rating downgrade, a payment default or a disqualification from tax-exempt status.

          Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements. When cash may be available for only a few days, it may be invested by the Fund in repurchase agreements until such time as it may otherwise be invested or used for payments of obligations of the Fund. These agreements, which may be viewed as a type of secured lending by the Fund, typically involve the acquisition by the Fund of debt securities from a selling financial institution such as a bank, savings and loan association or broker-dealer. The agreement provides that the Fund will sell back to the institution, and that the institution will repurchase, the underlying security serving as collateral at a specified price and at a fixed time in the future, usually not more than seven days from the date of purchase. The collateral will be marked-to-market daily to determine that the value of the collateral, as specified in the agreement, does not decrease below the purchase price plus accrued interest. If such decrease occurs, additional collateral will be requested and, when received, added to the account to maintain full collateralization. The Fund will accrue interest from the institution until the time when the repurchase is to occur. Although this date is deemed by the Fund to be the maturity date of a repurchase agreement, the maturities of securities subject to repurchase agreements are not subject to any limits.

          While repurchase agreements involve certain risks not associated with direct investments in debt securities, the Fund follows procedures approved by the Trustees that are designed to minimize such risks. These procedures include effecting repurchase transactions only with large, well-capitalized and well-established financial institutions whose financial condition will be continually monitored by the Investment Adviser. In addition, as described above, the value of the collateral underlying the repurchase agreement

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will be at least equal to the repurchase price which consists of the acquisition price paid to the seller of the securities plus the accrued resale premium which is defined as the amount specified in the repurchase agreement or the daily amortization of the difference between the acquisition price and the resale price specified in the repurchase agreement. Such collateral will consist entirely of securities that are direct obligations of, or that are fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States or any agency thereof, and/or certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances which are eligible for acceptance by a Federal Reserve Bank, and, if the seller is a bank, mortgage related securities (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), that, at the time the repurchase agreement is entered into, are rated in the highest rating category by the Requisite Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSROs”) (as defined under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“Investment Company Act”)). Additionally, upon an Event of Insolvency (as defined under Rule 2a-7) with respect to the seller, the collateral must qualify the repurchase agreement for preferential treatment under a provision of applicable insolvency law providing an exclusion from any automatic stay of creditors’ rights against the seller. In the event of a default or bankruptcy by a selling financial institution, the Fund will seek to liquidate such collateral. However, the exercising of the Fund’s right to liquidate such collateral could involve certain costs or delays and, to the extent that proceeds from any sale upon a default of the obligation to repurchase were less than the repurchase price, the Fund could suffer a loss. It is the current policy of the Fund not to invest in repurchase agreements that do not mature within seven days if any such investment, together with any other illiquid assets held by the Fund, amount to more than 10% of its total assets. The Fund’s investments in repurchase agreements may at times be substantial when, in the view of the Fund’s Investment Adviser, liquidity or other considerations warrant.

          When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Securities. From time to time, the Fund may purchase tax-exempt securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. When these transactions are negotiated, the price is fixed at the time of the commitment, but delivery and payment can take place a month or more after the date of commitment. While the Fund will only purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis with the intention of acquiring the securities, the Fund may sell the securities before the settlement date, if it is deemed advisable. The securities so purchased or sold are subject to market fluctuation and no interest or dividends accrue to the purchaser prior to the settlement date.

          At the time the Fund makes the commitment to purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, it will record the transaction and thereafter reflect the value, each day, of such security purchased, or if a sale, the proceeds to be received, in determining its net asset value. At the time of delivery of the securities, their value may be more or less than the purchase or sale price. An increase in the percentage of the Fund’s assets committed to the purchase of securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis may increase the volatility of its net asset value. The Fund will also establish a segregated account on the Fund’s books in which it will continually maintain cash, cash equivalents or other liquid portfolio securities equal in value to commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

          Borrowing. The Fund has an operating policy, which may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, not to borrow except from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes in amounts not exceeding 5% (taken at the lower of cost or current value) of its total assets (not including the amount borrowed). Should the Board of Trustees remove this operating policy, the Fund would be permitted to borrow money from banks in accordance with the Investment Company Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) thereunder. Currently, the Investment Company Act permits a fund to borrow money from banks in an amount up to 33¹/₃% of its total assets (including the amount borrowed) less its liabilities (not including any borrowings but including the fair market value at the time of computation of any other senior securities then outstanding). The Fund may also borrow an additional 5% of its total assets without regard to the foregoing limitation for temporary purposes such as clearance of portfolio transactions. The Fund will only borrow when the Investment Adviser believes that such borrowings will benefit the Fund after taking into account considerations such as interest income and possible gains or losses upon liquidation. The Fund will maintain asset coverage in accordance with the Investment Company Act.

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          Borrowing by the Fund creates an opportunity for increased net income but, at the same time, creates special risks. For example, leveraging may exaggerate changes in and increase the volatility of the net asset value of Fund shares. This is because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s portfolio securities. The use of leverage also may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or to maintain asset coverage.

          In general, the Fund may not issue any class of senior security, except that the Fund may borrow from banks, provided that immediately following any such borrowing there is an asset coverage of at least 300% for all Fund borrowings and in the event such asset coverage falls below 300% the Fund will within three days or such longer period as the SEC may prescribe by rules and regulations, reduce the amount of its borrowings to an extent that the asset coverage of such borrowings shall be at least 300%.

          Investment Company Securities. Investment company securities are securities of other open-end, closed-end and unregistered investment companies, including foreign investment companies and exchange-traded funds. The Fund may invest in investment company securities as may be permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time; (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time; or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time. The Investment Company Act generally prohibits an investment company from acquiring more than 3% of the outstanding voting shares of an investment company and limits such investments to no more than 5% of a portfolio’s total assets in any one investment company, and no more than 10% in any combination of investment companies. The Fund may invest in investment company securities of investment companies managed by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates to the extent permitted under the Investment Company Act or as otherwise authorized by the SEC. To the extent the Fund invests a portion of its assets in investment company securities, those assets will be subject to the risks of the purchased investment company’s portfolio securities, and a shareholder in the Fund will bear not only his proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund, but also, indirectly the expenses of the purchased investment company.

          To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Fund may invest all or some of its short term cash investments in any money market fund advised or managed by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates. In connection with any such investments, the Fund, to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act, will pay its share of all expenses (other than advisory and administrative fees) of a money market fund in which it invests which may result in the Fund bearing some additional expenses.

          Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”). The Fund may invest in shares of various ETFs, including exchange-traded index and bond funds. Exchange-traded index funds seek to track the performance of various securities indices. Shares of ETFs have many of the same risks as direct investments in common stocks or bonds. In addition, their market value is expected to rise and fall as the value of the underlying index or bond rises and falls. The market value of their shares may differ from the net asset value of the particular fund. As a shareholder in an ETF (as with other investment companies), the Fund would bear its ratable share of that entity’s expenses. At the same time, the Fund would continue to pay its own investment management fees and other expenses. As a result, the Fund and its shareholders, in effect, will be absorbing duplicate levels of fees with respect to investments in ETFs.

C. Fund Policies/Investment Restrictions

          The investment objective, policies and restrictions listed below have been adopted by the Fund as fundamental policies. Under the Investment Company Act, a fundamental policy may not be changed without the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. The Investment Company Act defines a majority as the lesser of (a) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting of shareholders, if the holders of 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present or represented by proxy; or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. For purposes of the following restrictions: (i) all percentage limitations apply immediately after a purchase or initial investment, except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities; and (ii) any subsequent change in any applicable percentage resulting from market fluctuations or other changes in total or net assets does not

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require elimination of any security from the portfolio, except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities.

          In addition, for purposes of the following restrictions: (a) an “issuer” of a security is the entity whose assets and revenues are committed to the payment of interest and principal on that particular security, provided that the guarantee of a security will be considered a separate security and provided further that a guarantee of a security shall not be deemed a security issued by the guarantor if the value of all securities guaranteed by the guarantor and owned by the Fund does not exceed 10% of the value of the total assets of the Fund; (b) a “taxable security” is any security the interest on which is subject to federal income tax; and (c) all percentage limitations apply immediately after a purchase or initial investment, and any subsequent change in any applicable percentage resulting from market fluctuations or other changes in total or net assets does not require elimination of any security from the portfolio, except in the case of borrowing and investments in illiquid securities.

          The Fund will:

1. Seek to provide as high a level of daily income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with stability of principal and liquidity.

          The Fund will not:

1.	Invest in a manner inconsistent with its classification as a “diversified company” as provided by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time.
2.	Borrow money, except the Fund may borrow money to the extent permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time.
3.	Make loans of money or property to any person, except (a) to the extent that securities or interests in which the Fund may invest are considered to be loans, (b) through the loan of portfolio securities, (c) by engaging in repurchase agreements or (d) as may otherwise be permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time.
4.	Purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments; provided that this restriction shall not prohibit the Fund from purchasing or selling options, futures contracts and related options thereon, forward contracts, swaps, caps, floors, collars and any other financial instruments or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities or as otherwise permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time.
5.	Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in taxable securities of issuers in any one industry (industrial development and pollution control bonds are grouped into industries based upon the business in which the issuers of such obligations are engaged). This restriction does not apply to obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities or to cash equivalents.
6.	Purchase or sell real estate or interests therein, although the Fund may purchase securities secured by real estate or interests therein.

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7.

Issue senior securities, except the Fund may issue senior securities to the extent permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time, or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, as amended from time to time.

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Engage in the underwriting of securities, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act in disposing of a portfolio security.

          In addition, as non-fundamental policies, which can be changed with Board approval and without shareholder vote, the Fund will not:

1.	Make short sales of securities, except short sales against the box.
2.	Invest its assets in the securities of any investment company except as may be permitted by (i) the Investment Company Act as amended from time to time; (ii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Investment Company Act as amended from time to time; or (iii) an exemption or other relief applicable to the Fund from the provisions of the Investment Company Act as amended from time to time.
3.	Write, purchase puts, calls or combinations thereof except that it may acquire rights to resell municipal obligations at an agreed upon price and at or within an agreed upon time.

          The Fund has an operating policy, which may be changed by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, not to borrow except from a bank for temporary or emergency purposes in amounts not exceeding 5% (taken at the lower of cost or current value) of its total assets (not including the amount borrowed).

          Notwithstanding any other investment policy or restriction, the Fund may seek to achieve its investment objective by investing all or substantially all of its assets in another investment company having substantially the same investment objective and policies as the Fund.

D. Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings

          The Fund’s Board of Trustees and the Investment Adviser have adopted policies and procedures regarding disclosure of portfolio holdings (the “Policy”). Pursuant to the Policy, the Investment Adviser may disclose information concerning Fund portfolio holdings only if such disclosure is consistent with the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws and the Fund’s and the Investment Adviser’s fiduciary duties to Fund shareholders. The Investment Adviser may not receive compensation or any other consideration in connection with the disclosure of information about the portfolio securities of the Fund. Consideration includes any agreement to maintain assets in the Fund or in other investment companies or accounts managed by the Investment Adviser or by any affiliated person of the Investment Adviser. Non-public information concerning portfolio holdings may be divulged to third parties only when the Fund has a legitimate business purpose for doing so and the recipients of the information are subject to a duty of confidentiality. Under no circumstances shall current or prospective Fund shareholders receive non-public portfolio holdings information, except as described below.

          The Fund makes available on its public website complete portfolio holdings information as of the end of each month and the 15^th day of each month, in each case at least seven calendar days after the period to which the information relates.

          The Fund provides a complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the second and fourth fiscal quarters in its semiannual and annual reports, and for the first and third fiscal quarters in its filings with the SEC on Form N-Q.

          All other portfolio holdings information that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally as described above is non-public information for purposes of the Policy.

          The Fund may make selective disclosure of non-public portfolio holdings. Third parties eligible to receive such disclosures currently include fund rating agencies, information exchange subscribers, consultants and analysts, portfolio analytics providers and service providers, provided that the third party expressly agrees to maintain the disclosed information in confidence and not to trade portfolio securities

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based on the non-public information. Non-public portfolio holdings information may not be disclosed to a third party unless and until the arrangement has been reviewed and approved pursuant to the requirements set forth in the Policy. Subject to the terms and conditions of any agreement between the Investment Adviser or the Fund and the third party recipient, if these conditions for disclosure are satisfied, there shall be no restriction on the frequency with which Fund non-public portfolio holdings information is released, and no lag period shall apply (unless otherwise indicated below).

          The Investment Adviser may provide interest lists to broker-dealers who execute securities transactions for the Fund without entering into a non-disclosure agreement with the broker-dealers, provided that the interest list satisfies all of the following criteria: (1) the interest list must contain only the CUSIP numbers and/or ticker symbols of securities held in all registered management investment companies advised by the Investment Adviser or any affiliate of the Investment Adviser (the “MSIM Funds”) on an aggregate, rather than a fund-by-fund basis; (2) the interest list must not contain information about the number or value of shares owned by a specified MSIM Fund; (3) the interest list may identify the investment strategy, but not the particular MSIM Funds, to which the list relates; and (4) the interest list may not identify the portfolio manager or team members responsible for managing the MSIM Funds.

          Fund shareholders may elect in some circumstances to redeem their shares of the Fund in exchange for their pro rata share of the securities held by the Fund. Under such circumstances, Fund shareholders may receive a complete listing of the holdings of the Fund up to seven calendar days prior to making the redemption request provided that they represent orally or in writing that they agree not to disclose or trade on the basis of the portfolio holdings information.

          The Fund may discuss or otherwise disclose performance attribution analyses (i.e., mention the effects of having a particular security in the portfolio(s)) where such discussion is not contemporaneously made public, provided that the particular holding has been disclosed publicly. Additionally, any discussion of the analyses may not be more current than the date the holding was disclosed publicly.

          The Fund may disclose portfolio holdings to transition managers, provided that the Fund has entered into a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement with the party requesting that the information be provided to the transition manager and the party to the non-disclosure agreement has, in turn, entered into a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement with the transition manager.

          The Investment Adviser and/or the Fund have entered into ongoing arrangements to make available public and/or non-public information about the Fund’s portfolio securities. Provided that the recipient of the information falls into one or more of the categories listed below, and the recipient has entered into a non-disclosure agreement with the Fund, or owes a duty of trust or confidence to the Investment Adviser or the Fund, the recipient may receive portfolio holdings information pursuant to such agreement without obtaining pre-approval from either the Portfolio Holdings Review Committee (“PHRC”) or the Fund’s Board of Trustees. In all such instances, however, the PHRC will be responsible for reporting to the Fund’s Board of Trustees, or designated committee thereof, material information concerning the ongoing arrangements at each Board’s next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Categories of parties eligible to receive information pursuant to such ongoing arrangements include fund rating agencies, information exchange subscribers, consultants and analysts, portfolio analytics providers and service providers.

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          The Investment Adviser and/or the Fund currently have entered into ongoing arrangements with the following parties:

Name	Information Disclosed	Frequency(1)	Lag Time
Service Providers
RiskMetrics Group (proxy voting agent)(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	Daily basis	(2)
Morgan Stanley Trust(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	As needed	(2)
State Street Bank and Trust Company(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	As needed	(2)
Fund Rating Agencies
Lipper(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 15 days after quarter end and approximately 30 days after quarter end
Morningstar(**)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 15 days after quarter end and approximately 30 days after quarter end
Standard & Poor’s(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 15 day lag
Investment Company Institute(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 15 days after quarter end
Consultants and Analysts
Americh Massena & Associates, Inc.(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end
Bloomberg(**)	Complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 30 days after quarter end
Callan Associates(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis, respectively(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after month/quarter end
Cambridge Associates(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end
Citigroup(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis(5)	At least one day after quarter end
Credit Suisse First Boston(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis, respectively	Approximately 10-12 days after month/quarter end
CTC Consulting, Incorporated(**)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis	Approximately 15 days after quarter end and approximately 30 days after quarter end, respectively
Evaluation Associates(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis, respectively(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after month/quarter end
Fund Evaluation Group(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings(3)	Quarterly basis	At least 15 days after quarter end
Jeffrey Slocum & Associates(*)	Complete portfolio holdings(4)	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end
Hammond Associates(**)	Complete portfolio holdings(4)	Quarterly basis	At least 30 days after quarter end
Hartland & Co.(**)	Complete portfolio holdings(4)	Quarterly basis	At least 30 days after quarter end
Hewitt Associates(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis, respectively(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after month/quarter end
Merrill Lynch(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis, respectively(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after month/quarter end
Mobius(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings(3)	Monthly basis	At least 15 days after month end
Nelsons(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings(3)	Quarterly basis	At least 15 days after quarter end
Prime, Buchholz & Associates, Inc.(**)	Complete portfolio holdings(4)	Quarterly basis	At least 30 days after quarter end
PSN(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings(3)	Quarterly basis	At least 15 days after quarter end
PFM Asset Management LLC(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end

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Name	Information Disclosed	Frequency(1)	Lag Time
Russell Investment Group/Russell/Mellon Analytical Services, Inc.(**)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Monthly and quarterly basis	At least 15 days after month end and at least 30 days after quarter end, respectively
Stratford Advisory Group, Inc.(*)	Top ten portfolio holdings(6)	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end
Thompson Financial(**)	Complete portfolio holdings(4)	Quarterly basis	At least 30 days after quarter end
Watershed Investment Consultants, Inc.(*)	Top ten and complete portfolio holdings	Quarterly basis(5)	Approximately 10-12 days after quarter end
Yanni Partners(**)	Top ten portfolio holdings(3)	Quarterly basis	At least 15 days after quarter end
Portfolio Analytics Providers
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.(*)	Complete portfolio holdings	Daily basis	One day

(*)	This entity has agreed to maintain Fund non-public portfolio holdings information in confidence and not to trade portfolio securities based on the non-public portfolio holdings information.
(**)	The Fund does not currently have a non-disclosure agreement in place with this entity and therefore the entity can only receive publicly available information.
(1)	Dissemination of portfolio holdings information to entities listed above may occur less frequently than indicated (or not at all).
(2)	Information will typically be provided on a real time basis or as soon thereafter as possible.
(3)	Complete portfolio holdings will also be provided upon request from time to time on a quarterly basis, with at least a 30 day lag.
(4)	Top ten portfolio holdings will also be provided upon request from time to time, with at least a 15 day lag.
(5)	This information will also be provided upon request from time to time.
(6)	Complete portfolio holdings will also be provided upon request from time to time.

          In addition, persons who owe a duty of trust or confidence to the Investment Adviser or the Fund may receive non-public portfolio holdings information without entering into a non-disclosure agreement. Currently, these persons include (i) the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm (as of the Fund’s fiscal year end and on an as needed basis), (ii) counsel to the Fund (on an as needed basis), (iii) counsel to the Independent Trustees (on an as needed basis) and (iv) members of the Board of Trustees (on an as needed basis).

          All selective disclosures of non-public portfolio holdings information made to third parties pursuant to the exemptions set forth in the Policy must be pre-approved by both the PHRC and the Fund’s Board of Trustees (or designated committee thereof), except for (i) disclosures made to third parties pursuant to ongoing arrangements (discussed above); (ii) disclosures made to third parties pursuant to Special Meetings of the PHRC; (iii) broker-dealer interest lists; (iv) shareholder in-kind distributions; (v) attribution analyses; or (vi) in connection with transition managers. The Investment Adviser shall report quarterly to the Board of Trustees (or a designated committee thereof) information concerning all parties receiving non-public portfolio holdings information pursuant to an exemption. Procedures to monitor the use of such non-public portfolio holdings information may include requiring annual certifications that the recipients have utilized such information only pursuant to the terms of the agreement between the recipient and the Investment Adviser and, for those recipients receiving information electronically, acceptance of the information will constitute reaffirmation that the third party expressly agrees to maintain the disclosed information in confidence and not to trade portfolio securities based on the non-public information.

          In no instance may the Investment Adviser or the Fund receive any compensation or consideration in exchange for the portfolio holdings information.

          The PHRC is responsible for creating and implementing the Policy and, in this regard, has expressly adopted it. The following are some of the functions and responsibilities of the PHRC:

          (a) The PHRC, which will consist of executive officers of the Fund and the Investment Adviser or their designees, is responsible for establishing portfolio holdings disclosure policies and guidelines and determining how portfolio holdings information will be disclosed on an ongoing basis.

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          (b) The PHRC will periodically review and have the authority to amend as necessary the Fund’s portfolio holdings disclosure policies and guidelines (as expressed by the Policy).

          (c) The PHRC will meet at least quarterly to (among other matters): (1) address any outstanding issues relating to the Policy, including matters relating to (i) disclosures made to third parties pursuant to ongoing arrangements (described above); (ii) broker-dealer interest lists; (iii) shareholder in-kind distributions; (iv) attribution analyses; or (v) in connection with transition managers; (2) review non-disclosure agreements that have been executed with third parties and determine whether the third parties will receive portfolio holdings information; and (3) generally review the procedures that the Investment Adviser employs to ensure that disclosure of information about portfolio securities is in the best interests of Fund shareholders, including procedures to address conflicts between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Investment Adviser, the Distributor or any affiliated person of the Fund, the Investment Adviser or the Distributor, on the other.

          (d) Any member of the PHRC may call a Special Meeting of the PHRC to consider whether a third-party that is not listed in (c) above may receive non-public portfolio holdings information pursuant to a validly executed non-disclosure agreement. At least three members of the PHRC, or their designees, and one member of the Fund’s Audit Committee, or his or her designee, shall be present at the Special Meeting in order to constitute a quorum. At any Special Meeting at which a quorum is present, the decision of a majority of the PHRC members present and voting shall be determinative as to any matter submitted to a vote; provided, however, that the Audit Committee member, or his or her designee, must concur in the determination in order for it to become effective.

          (e) The PHRC, or its designee(s), will document in writing all of their decisions and actions, which documentation will be maintained by the PHRC, or its designee(s) for a period of at least six years. The PHRC, or its designee(s), will report their decisions to the Board of Trustees at each Board’s next regularly scheduled Board meeting. The report will contain information concerning decisions made by the PHRC during the most recently ended calendar quarter immediately preceding the Board meeting.

III.	MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
A.	Board of Trustees

          The Board of Trustees of the Fund oversees the management of the Fund, but does not itself manage the Fund. The Trustees review various services provided by or under the direction of the Investment Adviser to ensure that the Fund’s general investment policies and programs are properly carried out. The Trustees also conduct their review to ensure that administrative services are provided to the Fund in a satisfactory manner.

          Under state law, the duties of the Trustees are generally characterized as a duty of loyalty and a duty of care. The duty of loyalty requires a Trustee to exercise his or her powers in the interest of the Fund and not the Trustee’s own interest or the interest of another person or organization. A Trustee satisfies his or her duty of care by acting in good faith with the care of an ordinarily prudent person and in a manner the Trustee reasonably believes to be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

B. Management Information

          Trustees and Officers. The Board of the Fund consists of 10 Trustees. These same individuals also serve as directors or trustees for certain of the funds advised by the Investment Adviser (the “Retail Funds”) and certain of the funds advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP (the “Institutional Funds”). Nine Trustees have no affiliation or business connection with the Investment Adviser or any of its affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Investment Adviser’s parent company, Morgan Stanley. These are the “non-interested” or “Independent” Trustees. The other Trustee (the “Interested Trustee”) is affiliated with the Investment Adviser.

          Independent Trustees. The Independent Trustees of the Fund, their age, address, term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex (defined below) overseen by each Independent Trustee (as of December 31, 2008) and other directorships, if any, held by the Trustees, are shown below. The Fund Complex

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includes all open-end and closed-end funds (including all of their portfolios) advised by the Investment Adviser and any funds that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Investment Adviser (including, but not limited to, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.).

Independent Trustees:

Name, Age and Address of Independent Trustee	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Independent Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Independent Trustee
Frank L. Bowman (64) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036	Trustee	Since August 2006	President, Strategic Decisions, LLC (consulting) (since February 2009); Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); Chairperson of the Insurance Sub-Committee of the Compliance and Insurance Committee (since February 2007); served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Energy Institute (policy organization) through November 2008); retired as Admiral, U.S. Navy in January 2005 after serving over 8 years as Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and Deputy Administrator—Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy (1996-2004), Knighted as Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; Awarded the Officer de l’Orde National du Mérite by the French Government.	168	Director of Armed Services YMCA of the USA; member, BP America External Advisory Council (energy); member, National Academy of Engineers.
Michael Bozic (68) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036	Trustee	Since April 1994	Private investor; Chairperson of the Compliance and Insurance Committee (since October 2006); Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since April 1994) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly, Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (July 2006-September 2006); Vice Chairman of Kmart Corporation (December 1998- October 2000), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Levitz Furniture Corporation (November 1995-November 1998) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Hills Department Stores (May 1991-July 1995); variously Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer (1987-1991) of the Sears Merchandise Group of Sears, Roebuck & Co.	170	Director of various business organizations.

* This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

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Name, Age and Address of Independent Trustee	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Independent Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Independent Trustee
Kathleen A. Dennis (55) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036	Trustee	Since August 2006	President, Cedarwood Associates (mutual fund and investment management consulting) (since July 2006); Chairperson of the Money Market and Alternatives Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, Senior Managing Director of Victory Capital Management (1993-2006).	168	Director of various non-profit organizations.
Dr. Manuel H. Johnson (60) c/o Johnson Smick Group, Inc. 888 16th Street, N.W. Suite 740 Washington, D.C. 20006	Trustee	Since July 1991	Senior Partner, Johnson Smick International, Inc. (consulting firm); Chairperson of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Co-Chairman and a founder of the Group of Seven Council (G7C) (international economic commission); formerly, Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 1991-September 2006), Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.	170	Director of NVR, Inc. (home construction); Director of Evergreen Energy.
Joseph J. Kearns (66) c/o Kearns & Associates LLC PMB754 23852 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA 90265	Trustee	Since August 1994	President, Kearns & Associates LLC (investment consulting); Chairperson of the Audit Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since August 1994); formerly, Deputy Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 2003-September 2006) and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Institutional Funds (October 2001-July 2003); CFO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.	171	Director of Electro Rent Corporation (equipment leasing) and The Ford Family Foundation.

* This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

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Name, Age and Address of Independent Trustee	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Independent Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Independent Trustee
Michael F. Klein (50) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036	Trustee	Since August 2006	Managing Director, Aetos Capital, LLC (since March 2000) and Co-President, Aetos Alternatives Management, LLC (since January 2004). Chairperson of the Fixed Income Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management, President, Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds (June 1998-March 2000) and Principal, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management (August 1997-December 1999).	168	Director of certain investment funds managed or sponsored by Aetos Capital, LLC; Director of Sanitized AG and Sanitized Marketing AG (specialty chemicals).
Michael E. Nugent (72) c/o Triumph Capital, L.P. 445 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022	Chairperson of the Board and Trustee	Chairperson of the Boards since July 2006 and Trustee since July 1991	General Partner, Triumph Capital, L.P. (private investment partnership); Chairperson of the Boards of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since July 2006), Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and Institutional Funds (since July 2001); formerly, Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (until July 2006).	170	None.
W. Allen Reed (62) c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Counsel to the Independent Trustees 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036	Trustee	Since August 2006	Chairperson of the Equity Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, President and CEO of General Motors Asset Management; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the GM Trust Bank and Corporate Vice President of General Motors Corporation (August 1994-December 2005).	168	Director of Temple-Inland Industries (packaging and forest products); Director of Legg Mason, Inc. and Director of the Auburn University Foundation.
Fergus Reid (76) c/o Lumelite Plastics Corporation 85 Charles Colman Blvd. Pawling, NY 12564	Trustee	Since June 1992	Chairman of Lumelite Plastics Corporation; Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since June 1992).	171	Trustee and Director of certain investment companies in the JPMorgan Funds complex managed by JP Morgan Investment Management Inc.

* This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

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          The Trustee who is affiliated with the Investment Adviser or affiliates of the Investment Adviser (as set forth below) and executive officers of the Fund, their age, address, term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Interested Trustee (as of December 31, 2008) and the other directorships, if any, held by the Interested Trustee, are shown below.

Interested Trustee:

Name, Age and Address of Interested Trustee	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Interested Trustee	Other Directorships Held by Interested Trustee
James F. Higgins (61) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center Plaza Two Jersey City, NJ 07311	Trustee	Since June 2000	Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since June 2000) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley (since August 2000).	169	Director of AXA Financial, Inc. and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (financial services).

* This is the earliest date the Trustee began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

Executive Officers:

Name, Age and Address of Executive Officer	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Randy Takian (34) 522 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10036	President and Principal Executive Officer	President and Principal Executive Officer (since September 2008)	President and Principal Executive Officer (since September 2008) of funds in the Fund Complex; President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (since September 2008). President of the Investment Adviser (since July 2008). Head of the Retail and Intermediary business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since July 2008). Head of Liquidity and Bank Trust business (since July 2008) and the Latin American franchise (since July 2008) at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Managing Director, Director and/or Officer of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser. Formerly Head of Strategy and Product Development for the Alternatives Group and Senior Loan Investment Management. Formerly with Bank of America (July 1996-March 2006), most recently as Head of the Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions team for Global Wealth and Investment Management.
Kevin Klingert (46) 522 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10036	Vice President	Since June 2008	Global Head, Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Investment officer of the Global Fixed Income Group of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and the Investment Adviser (since April 2008). Head of Global Liquidity Portfolio Management and co-Head of Liquidity Credit Research of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since December 2007). Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and the Investment Adviser (since December 2007). Previously, Managing Director on the Management Committee and head of Municipal Portfolio Management and Liquidity at BlackRock (October 1991 to January 2007).

* This is the earliest date the Officer began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

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Name, Age and Address of Executive Officer	Position(s) Held with Registrant	Length of Time Served*	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Carsten Otto (45) 522 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10036	Chief Compliance Officer	Since October 2004	Managing Director and Global Head of Compliance for Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since April 2007) and Chief Compliance Officer of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since October 2004). Formerly, U.S. Director of Compliance (October 2004-April 2007) and Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Retail Funds.
Stefanie V. Chang Yu (42) 522 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10036	Vice President	Since December 1997	Managing Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Vice President of the Retail Funds (since July 2002) and Institutional Funds (since December 1997); Secretary of various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser.
Francis J. Smith (43) c/o Morgan Stanley Trust Harborside Financial Center Plaza Two Jersey City, NJ 07311	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer	Treasurer since July 2003 and Chief Financial Officer since September 2002	Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Retail Funds (since July 2003).
Mary E. Mullin (42) 522 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10036	Secretary	Since June 1999	Executive Director of the Investment Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Investment Adviser; Secretary of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since June 1999).

* This is the earliest date the Officer began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his or her successor is elected.

          In addition, the following individuals who are officers of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates serve as assistant secretaries of the Fund: Joanne Antico, Joseph C. Benedetti, Daniel E. Burton, Tara A. Farrelly, Eric C. Griffith, Lou Anne D. McInnis, Edward J. Meehan, Elisa Mitchell, Elizabeth Nelson, Debra Rubano, Sheri L. Schreck and Julien H. Yoo.

          For each Trustee, the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee in the Fund and in the Family of Investment Companies (Family of Investment Companies includes all of the registered investment companies advised by the Investment Adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2008, is set forth in the table below.

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Name of Trustee	Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Fund (As of December 31, 2008)	Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Registered Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Family of Investment Companies (As of December 31, 2008)
Independent:
Frank L. Bowman(1)	None	over $100,000
Michael Bozic	None	over $100,000
Kathleen A. Dennis	None	over $100,000
Manuel H. Johnson	None	over $100,000
Joseph J. Kearns(1)	None	over $100,000
Michael E. Klein	None	over $100,000
Michael E. Nugent	None	over $100,000
W. Allen Reed(1)	None	over $100,000
Fergus Reid(1)	None	over $100,000
Interested:
James F. Higgins	None	over $100,000

(1) Includes the total amount of compensation deferred by the Trustee at his election pursuant to a deferred compensation plan. Such deferred compensation is placed in a deferral account and deemed to be invested in one or more of the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds (or portfolio thereof) that are offered as investment options under the plan.

          As to each Independent Trustee and his immediate family members, no person owned beneficially or of record securities in an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund, or a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with an investment adviser or principal underwriter of the Fund.

          Independent Trustees and the Committees. Law and regulation establish both general guidelines and specific duties for the Independent Trustees. The Retail Funds seek as Independent Trustees individuals of distinction and experience in business and finance, government service or academia; these are people whose advice and counsel are in demand by others and for whom there is often competition. To accept a position on the Retail Funds’ Boards, such individuals may reject other attractive assignments because the Retail Funds make substantial demands on their time. The Board has four committees: (1) Audit Committee, (2) Governance Committee, (3) Compliance and Insurance Committee and (4) Investment Committee. Three of the Independent Trustees serve as members of the Audit Committee, three Independent Trustees serve as members of the Governance Committee, four Trustees, including three Independent Trustees, serve as members of the Compliance and Insurance Committee, and all of the Trustees serve as members of the Investment Committee.

          The Independent Trustees are charged with recommending to the full Board approval of management, advisory and administration contracts, Rule 12b-1 plans and distribution and underwriting agreements; continually reviewing fund performance; checking on the pricing of portfolio securities, brokerage commissions, transfer agent costs and performance and trading among funds in the same complex; and approving fidelity bond and related insurance coverage and allocations, as well as other matters that arise from time to time. The Independent Trustees are required to select and nominate individuals to fill any Independent Trustee vacancy on the board of any fund that has a Rule 12b-1 plan of distribution. Most of the Retail Funds have a Rule 12b-1 plan.

          The Board of Trustees has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee is charged with recommending to the full Board the engagement or discharge of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm; directing investigations into matters within the scope of the independent registered public accounting firm’s duties, including the power to retain outside specialists; reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm the audit plan and results of the auditing engagement; approving professional services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm and other accounting firms prior to the performance of the services; reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm; considering the range of audit and non-audit fees; reviewing the adequacy of the Fund’s system of internal controls; reviewing the valuation process; and preparing and submitting committee meeting minutes to the full Board. The Fund has adopted a formal, written Audit Committee Charter.

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          The members of the Audit Committee of the Fund are Joseph J. Kearns, Michael E. Nugent and W. Allen Reed. None of the members of the Fund’s Audit Committee is an “interested person,” as defined under the Investment Company Act, of the Fund (with such disinterested Trustees being “Independent Trustees” or individually, “Independent Trustee”). Each Independent Trustee is also “independent” from the Fund under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (“NYSE”). The Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Fund is Joseph J. Kearns.

          The Board of Trustees of the Fund also has a Governance Committee. The Governance Committee identifies individuals qualified to serve as Independent Trustees on the Fund’s Board and on committees of such Board and recommends such qualified individuals for nomination by the Fund’s Independent Trustees as candidates for election as Independent Trustees, advises the Fund’s Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees, develops and recommends to the Fund’s Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Fund, monitors and makes recommendations on corporate governance matters and policies and procedures of the Fund’s Board of Trustees and any Board committees and oversees periodic evaluations of the Fund’s Board and its committees. The members of the Governance Committee of the Fund are Kathleen A. Dennis, Michael F. Klein and Fergus Reid, each of whom is an Independent Trustee. The Chairperson of the Governance Committee is Fergus Reid.

          The Fund does not have a separate nominating committee. While the Fund’s Governance Committee recommends qualified candidates for nominations as Independent Trustees, the Board of Trustees of the Fund believes that the task of nominating prospective Independent Trustees is important enough to require the participation of all current Independent Trustees, rather than a separate committee consisting of only certain Independent Trustees. Accordingly, each Independent Trustee (Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Kathleen A. Dennis, Manuel H. Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael F. Klein, Michael E. Nugent, W. Allen Reed and Fergus Reid) participates in the election and nomination of candidates for election as Independent Trustees for the Fund. Persons recommended by the Fund’s Governance Committee as candidates for nomination as Independent Trustees shall possess such knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity so as to enhance the Board’s ability to manage and direct the affairs and business of the Fund, including, when applicable, to enhance the ability of committees of the Board to fulfill their duties and/or to satisfy any independence requirements imposed by law, regulation or any listing requirements of the NYSE. While the Independent Trustees of the Fund expect to be able to continue to identify from their own resources an ample number of qualified candidates for the Fund’s Board as they deem appropriate, they will consider nominations from shareholders to the Board. Nominations from shareholders should be in writing and sent to the Independent Trustees as described below under the caption “Shareholder Communications.”

          The Board formed the Compliance and Insurance Committee to address insurance coverage and oversee the compliance function for the Fund and the Board. The Compliance and Insurance Committee consists of Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Manuel H. Johnson and James F. Higgins. Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic and Manuel H. Johnson are Independent Trustees. The Chairperson of the Compliance and Insurance Committee is Michael Bozic. The Compliance and Insurance Committee has an Insurance Sub-Committee to review and monitor the insurance coverage maintained by the Fund. The Chairperson of the Insurance Sub-Committee is Frank L. Bowman.

          The Investment Committee oversees the portfolio investment process for and reviews the performance of the Fund. The Investment Committee also recommends to the Board to approve or renew the Fund’s Investment Advisory and Administration Agreements. The members of the Investment Committee are Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Kathleen A. Dennis, James F. Higgins, Manuel H. Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael F. Klein, Michael E. Nugent, W. Allen Reed and Fergus Reid. The Chairperson of the Investment Committee is Manuel H. Johnson.

          The Investment Committee has three Sub-Committees, each with its own Chairperson. Each Sub-Committee focuses on the funds’ primary areas of investment, namely equities, fixed income and alternatives. The Sub-Committees and their members are as follows:

(1)	Equity – W. Allen Reed (Chairperson), Frank L. Bowman and Michael E. Nugent.
(2)	Fixed Income – Michael F. Klein (Chairperson), Michael Bozic and Fergus Reid.

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(3) Money Market and Alternatives – Kathleen A. Dennis (Chairperson), James F. Higgins and Joseph J. Kearns.

          During the Fund’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 the Board of Trustees held the following meetings:

Board of Trustees	8
Committee/Sub-Committee:	Number of meetings:
Audit Committee	4
Governance Committee	4
Compliance and Insurance Committee	4
Insurance Sub-Committee	2
Investment Committee	5
Equity Sub-Committee	6
Fixed Income Sub-Committee	7
Money Market and Alternatives Sub-Committee	5

          Advantages of Having Same Individuals as Trustees for the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds. The Independent Trustees and the Fund’s management believe that having the same Independent Trustees for each of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds avoids the duplication of effort that would arise from having different groups of individuals serving as Independent Trustees for each of the funds or even of sub-groups of funds. They believe that having the same individuals serve as Independent Trustees of all the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds tends to increase their knowledge and expertise regarding matters which affect the Fund Complex generally and enhances their ability to negotiate on behalf of each fund with the fund’s service providers. This arrangement also precludes the possibility of separate groups of Independent Trustees arriving at conflicting decisions regarding operations and management of the funds and avoids the cost and confusion that would likely ensue. Finally, having the same Independent Trustees serve on all fund boards enhances the ability of each fund to obtain, at modest cost to each separate fund, the services of Independent Trustees of the caliber, experience and business acumen of the individuals who serve as Independent Trustees of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds.

          Trustee and Officer Indemnification. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that no Trustee, Officer, employee or agent of the Fund is liable to the Fund or to a shareholder, nor is any Trustee, Officer, employee or agent liable to any third persons in connection with the affairs of the Fund, except as such liability may arise from his/her or its own bad faith, willful misfeasance, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his/her or its duties. It also provides that all third persons shall look solely to Fund property for satisfaction of claims arising in connection with the affairs of the Fund. With the exceptions stated, the Declaration of Trust provides that a Trustee, Officer, employee or agent is entitled to be indemnified against all liability in connection with the affairs of the Fund.

          Shareholder Communications. Shareholders may send communications to the Fund’s Board of Trustees. Shareholders should send communications intended for the Fund’s Board by addressing the communications directly to that Board (or individual Board members) and/or otherwise clearly indicating in the salutation that the communication is for the Board (or individual Board members) and by sending the communication to either the Fund’s office or directly to such Board member(s) at the address specified for each Trustee previously noted. Other shareholder communications received by the Fund not directly addressed and sent to the Board will be reviewed and generally responded to by management, and will be forwarded to the Board only at management’s discretion based on the matters contained therein.

C.      Compensation

          Each Trustee (except for the Chairperson of the Boards) receives an annual retainer fee of $200,000 for serving the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds. The Chairperson of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual retainer fee of $75,000 and the Investment Committee Chairperson receives an additional annual retainer fee of $60,000. Other Committee Chairpersons receive an additional annual retainer fee of $30,000 and the Sub-Committee Chairpersons receive an additional annual retainer fee of $15,000. The aggregate compensation paid to each Trustee is paid by the Retail

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Funds and the Institutional Funds, and is allocated on a pro rata basis among each of the operational funds/portfolios of the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds based on the relative net assets of each of the funds/portfolios. Michael E. Nugent receives a total annual retainer fee of $400,000 for his services as Chairperson of the Boards of the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds and for administrative services provided to each Board.

          The Fund also reimburses such Trustees for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with attending such meetings. Trustees of the Fund who are employed by the Investment Adviser receive no compensation or expense reimbursement from the Fund for their services as Trustee.

          Effective April 1, 2004, the Fund began a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows each Trustee to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she receives for serving on the Board of Trustees throughout the year. Each eligible Trustee generally may elect to have the deferred amounts credited with a return equal to the total return on one or more of the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds (or portfolios thereof) that are offered as investment options under the DC Plan. At the Trustee’s election, distributions are either in one lump sum payment, or in the form of equal annual installments over a period of five years. The rights of an eligible Trustee and the beneficiaries to the amounts held under the DC Plan are unsecured and such amounts are subject to the claims of the creditors of the Fund.

          Prior to April 1, 2004, the Institutional Funds maintained a similar Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Prior DC Plan”), which also allowed each Independent Trustee to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she received for serving on the Board of Trustees throughout the year. Generally, the DC Plan amends and supersedes the Prior DC Plan and all amounts payable under the Prior DC Plan are now subject to the terms of the DC Plan (except for amounts paid during the calendar year 2004, which remain subject to the terms of the Prior DC Plan).

          The following table shows aggregate compensation payable to each of the Fund’s Trustees from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and the aggregate compensation payable to each of the funds’ Trustees by the Fund Complex (which includes all of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2008.

Compensation⁽¹⁾

Name of Independent Trustee:	Aggregate Compensation from the Fund(2)			Total Compensation from Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Trustee(3)
Frank L. Bowman(2)		$	579	$	215,000
Michael Bozic			611		230,000
Kathleen A. Dennis			579		215,000
Manuel H. Johnson			691		260,000
Joseph J. Kearns(2)			731		286,250
Michael F. Klein			579		215,000
Michael E. Nugent			1,063		400,000
W. Allen Reed(2)			579		215,000
Fergus Reid			611		241,250
Name of Interested Trustee:
James F. Higgins			532		200,000

(1)	Includes all amounts paid for serving as director/trustee of the funds, as well as serving as Chairperson of the Boards or a Chairperson of a Committee or Sub-Committee.
(2)	The amounts shown in this column represent the aggregate compensation before deferral with respect to the Fund’s fiscal year. The following Trustees deferred compensation from the Fund during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008: Mr. Bowman, $579; Mr. Kearns, $365; Mr. Reed, $579.
(3)	The amounts shown in this column represent the aggregate compensation paid by all of the funds in the Fund Complex as of December 31, 2008 before deferral by the Trustees under the DC Plan. As of December 31, 2008, the value (including interest) of the deferral accounts across the Fund Complex for Messrs. Bowman, Kearns, Reed and Reid pursuant to the deferred compensation plan was $397,110, $761,543, $332,876 and $474,242, respectively. Because the funds in the Fund Complex have different fiscal year ends, the amounts shown in this column are presented on a calendar year basis.

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          Prior to December 31, 2003, 49 of the Retail Funds (the “Adopting Funds”), including the Fund, had adopted a retirement program under which an Independent Trustee who retired after serving for at least five years as an Independent Trustee of any such fund (an “Eligible Trustee”) would have been entitled to retirement payments, based on factors such as length of service, upon reaching the eligible retirement age. On December 31, 2003, the amount of accrued retirement benefits for each Eligible Trustee was frozen, and will be payable, together with a return of 8% per annum, at or following each such Eligible Trustee’s retirement as shown in the table below.

          The following table illustrates the retirement benefits accrued to the Fund’s Independent Trustees by the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and by the Adopting Funds for the calendar year ended December 31, 2008, and the estimated retirement benefits for the Independent Trustees, from the Fund as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and from the Adopting Funds for each calendar year following retirement. Only the Trustees listed below participated in the retirement program.

	Retirement benefits accrued as fund expenses				Estimated annual benefits upon retirement(1)
Name of Independent Trustee:	By the Fund		By All Adopting Funds		From the Fund		From All Adopting Funds
Michael Bozic	$	404	$	17,198	$	967	$	45,874
Manuel H. Johnson		399		18,179		1,420		67,179
Michael E. Nugent		86		3,512		1,269		60,077

(1) Total compensation accrued under the retirement plan, together with a return of 8% per annum, will be paid annually commencing upon retirement and continuing for the remainder of the Trustee’s life.

IV. CONTROL PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

          The following owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund as of April 1, 2009: Morgan Stanley & Co., Harborside Financial Center, Plaza II, Jersey City, NJ 07311 -96.77%. The percentage ownership of shares of the Fund changes from time to time depending on purchases and redemptions by shareholders and the total number of shares outstanding.

          As of the date of this SAI, the aggregate number of shares of beneficial interest of the Fund owned by the Fund’s officers and Trustees as a group was less than 1% of the Fund’s shares of beneficial interest outstanding.

V.	INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND OTHER SERVICES
A.	Investment Adviser and Administrator

          The Investment Adviser to the Fund is Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., a Delaware corporation, whose address is 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036. The Investment Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation. Morgan Stanley is a preeminent global financial services firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities, as well as providing investment banking, research and analysis, financing and financial advisory services.

          Pursuant to an Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser, the Fund has retained the Investment Adviser to manage the investment of the Fund’s assets, including the placing of orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. The Fund pays the Investment Adviser monthly compensation calculated daily by applying the following annual rates to the average daily net assets of the Fund determined as of the close of each business day: 0.45% of the portion of the daily net assets not exceeding $500 million; 0.375% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $500 million but not exceeding $750 million; 0.325% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $750 million but not exceeding $1 billion; 0.30% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $1 billion but not exceeding $1.5 billion; 0.275% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $1.5 billion but not exceeding $2 billion; 0.25% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $2 billion but not exceeding $2.5 billion; 0.225% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $2.5 billion

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but not exceeding $3 billion; 0.20% of the portion of daily net assets exceeding $3 billion but not exceeding $15 billion; and 0.199% of the portion of the daily net assets exceeding $15 billion.

          Administration services are provided to the Fund by Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (“Administrator”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Adviser, pursuant to a separate administration agreement (“Administration Agreement”) entered into by the Fund with the Administrator. The Fund pays the Administrator monthly compensation at the annual rate of 0.05% of daily net assets.

          For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 the Fund accrued total compensation under the Investment Advisory Agreement in the amounts of $1,624,371, $1,904,635 and $2,154,611 respectively. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, advisory fees paid were reduced by $0, $0 and $14,437, respectively, relating to the Funds’ short-term cash investments in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds—Government Portfolio—Institutional Class. However, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Investment Adviser had agreed to voluntarily assume a portion of its investment advisory fee. Taking into account this waiver/rebate, the total compensation paid under the Investment Advisory agreement during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008 were $1,207,401, $1,399,098 and $1,655,140, respectively.

          For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund accrued compensation under the Administration Agreement in the amounts of $180,486, $211,626 and $240,174, respectively.

B. Principal Underwriter

          The Fund’s principal underwriter is the Distributor (which has the same address as the Investment Adviser). In this capacity, the Fund’s shares are distributed by the Distributor. The Distributor has entered into a selected dealer agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co., which through its own sales organization sells shares of the Fund. In addition, the Distributor may enter into similar agreements with other selected broker-dealers. The Distributor, a Delaware corporation, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.

          The Distributor bears all expenses it may incur in providing services under the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor also pays certain expenses in connection with the distribution of the Fund’s shares, including the costs of preparing, printing and distributing advertising or promotional materials, and the costs of printing and distributing prospectuses and supplements thereto used in connection with the offering and sale of the Fund’s shares. The Fund bears the costs of initial typesetting, printing and distribution of prospectuses and supplements thereto to shareholders. The Fund also bears the costs of registering the Fund and its shares under federal and state securities laws and pays filing fees in accordance with state securities laws.

          The Fund and the Distributor have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Under the Distribution Agreement, the Distributor uses its best efforts in rendering services to the Fund, but in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations, the Distributor is not liable to the Fund or any of its shareholders for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any act or omission or for any losses sustained by the Fund or its shareholders.

C. Services Provided by the Investment Adviser and Administrator

          The Investment Adviser manages the investment of the Fund’s assets, including the placing of orders for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities. The Investment Adviser obtains and evaluates the information and advice relating to the economy, securities markets and specific securities as it considers necessary or useful to continuously manage the assets of the Fund in a manner consistent with its investment objective.

          Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator maintains certain of the Fund’s books and records and furnishes, at its own expense, the office space, facilities, equipment, clerical help and bookkeeping as the Fund may reasonably require in the conduct of its business. The Administrator also assists in the preparation of prospectuses, proxy statements and reports required to be filed with federal and state securities commissions (except insofar as the participation or assistance of the independent registered public accounting firm and attorneys is, in the opinion of the Administrator, necessary or desirable). The Administrator also bears the cost of telephone service, heat, light, power and other utilities provided to the Fund.

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          Expenses not expressly assumed by the Investment Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement or by the Administrator under the Administration Agreement or by the Distributor will be paid by the Fund. These expenses include, but are not limited to: expenses of the Shareholder Services Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1; charges and expenses of any registrar, custodian, stock transfer and dividend disbursing agent; brokerage commissions; taxes; engraving and printing share certificates; registration costs of the Fund and its shares under federal and state securities laws; the cost and expense of printing, including typesetting, and distributing prospectuses of the Fund and supplements thereto to the Fund’s shareholders; all expenses of shareholders’ and Trustees’ meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing of proxy statements and reports to shareholders; fees and travel expenses of Trustees or members of any advisory board or committee who are not employees of the Investment Adviser or any corporate affiliate of the Investment Adviser; all expenses incident to any dividend, withdrawal or redemption options; charges and expenses of any outside service used for pricing of the Fund’s shares; fees and expenses of legal counsel, including counsel to the Trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund or of the Investment Adviser (not including compensation or expenses of attorneys who are employees of the Investment Adviser); fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm; membership dues of industry associations; interest on Fund borrowings; postage; insurance premiums on property or personnel (including officers and Trustees) of the Fund which inure to its benefit; extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification relating thereto); and all other costs of the Fund’s operation.

          The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations thereunder, the Investment Adviser is not liable to the Fund or any of its investors for any act or omission by the Investment Adviser or for any losses sustained by the Fund or its investors.

          The Investment Advisory Agreement will remain in effect from year to year, provided continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement is approved at least annually by the vote of the holders of a majority, as defined in the Investment Company Act, of the outstanding shares of the Fund, or by the Trustees; provided that in either event such continuance is approved annually by the vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees.

          The Administration Agreement provides that in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of its obligations thereunder, the Administrator is not liable to the Fund or any of its investors for any act or omission by the Administrator or for any losses sustained by the Fund or its investors. The Administration Agreement will continue unless terminated by either party by written notice delivered to the other party within 30 days.

D. Shareholder Services Plan

          Effective August 1, 2007, the Fund adopted a Shareholder Services Plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund may pay the Distributor as compensation for the provision of services to shareholders a service fee up to the rate of 0.15% on an annualized basis of the average daily net assets of the Fund. The fee is calculated and accrued daily and paid monthly. The service fee is for providing “personal service and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts” as provided for in Section 2830(b)(9) of the FINRA Conduct Rules, including (i) expenditures for overhead and other expenses of the Distributor, Morgan Stanley & Co. and other affiliated broker-dealers, (ii) telephone and other communications expenses relating to the provision of shareholder services and (iii) compensation to and expenses of financial advisors and other employees of the Distributor, Morgan Stanley & Co. and other affiliated broker-dealers for the provision of shareholder services. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund accrued payments under the Plan in the amount of $477,057.

E. Other Service Providers

(1) Transfer Agent/Dividend Disbursing Agent

          Morgan Stanley Trust is the Transfer Agent for the Fund’s shares and the Dividend Disbursing Agent for payment of dividends and distributions on Fund shares and Agent for shareholders under various

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investment plans. The principal business address of the Transfer Agent is Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, 2nd Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07311.

          (2) Custodian and Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

          State Street Bank and Trust Company, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111, is the Custodian of the Fund’s assets. Any of the Fund’s cash balances with the Custodian in excess of $250,000 (a temporary increase from $100,000, which is due to expire on December 31, 2009) are unprotected by federal deposit insurance. These balances may, at times, be substantial.

          Deloitte & Touche LLP, Two World Financial Center, New York, NY 10281, is the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund. The Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing the annual financial statements.

          (3) Affiliated Persons

          The Transfer Agent is an affiliate of the Investment Adviser and the Distributor. As Transfer Agent and Dividend Disbursing Agent, the Transfer Agent’s responsibilities include maintaining shareholder accounts, disbursing cash dividends and reinvesting dividends, processing account registration changes, handling purchase and redemption transactions, mailing prospectuses and reports, mailing and tabulating proxies, processing share certificate transactions and maintaining shareholder records and lists. Pursuant to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement, as consideration for the services it provides, the Transfer Agent receives certain fees from the Fund, which are approved by the Trustees, generally based on the number of shareholder accounts and is reimbursed for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with such services. The Fund and the Transfer Agent may enter into agreements with unaffiliated third party intermediaries, pursuant to which such intermediaries agree to provide recordkeeping and other administrative services for their clients who invest in the Fund. In such instances, the Fund will pay certain fees to the intermediaries for the services they provide that otherwise would have been performed by the Transfer Agent.

F. Codes of Ethics

          The Fund, the Investment Adviser and the Distributor have each adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act. The Codes of Ethics are designed to detect and prevent improper personal trading. The Codes of Ethics permit personnel subject to the Codes to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased, sold or held by the Fund, subject to a number of restrictions and controls, including prohibitions against purchases of securities in an initial public offering and a preclearance requirement with respect to personal securities transactions.

G. Proxy Voting Policy and Proxy Voting Record

          The Board of Trustees believes that the voting of proxies on securities held by the Fund is an important element of the overall investment process. As such, the Trustees have delegated the responsibility to vote such proxies to Morgan Stanley Investment Management and its advisory affiliates (“MSIM”).

          A copy of MSIM’s Proxy Voting Policy (“Proxy Policy”), is attached hereto as Appendix A. In addition, a copy of the Proxy Policy, as well as the Fund’s most recent proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, filed with the SEC, are available without charge on our web site at www.morganstanley.com/im. The Fund’s proxy voting record is also available without charge on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

H. Revenue Sharing

          The Investment Adviser and/or Distributor may pay compensation, out of their own funds and not as an expense of the Fund, to Morgan Stanley & Co. in connection with the sale, distribution, marketing and retention of Fund shares and/or shareholder servicing. For example, the Investment Adviser or the Distributor may pay additional compensation to Morgan Stanley & Co. for, among other things, promoting the sale and distribution of Fund shares, providing access to various programs, mutual fund platforms or preferred or recommended mutual fund lists offered by Morgan Stanley & Co., granting the Distributor

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access to Morgan Stanley & Co.’s financial advisors and consultants, providing assistance in the ongoing education and training of Morgan Stanley & Co.’s financial personnel, furnishing marketing support, maintaining share balances and/or for sub-accounting, recordkeeping, administrative, shareholder or transaction processing services. Such payments are in addition to any distribution fees, shareholder service fees and/or transfer agency fees that may be payable by the Fund. The additional payments may be based on various factors, including level of sales (based on gross or net sales or some specified minimum sales or some other similar criteria related to sales of the Fund and/or some or all other Morgan Stanley Funds), amount of assets invested by Morgan Stanley & Co.’s customers (which could include current or aged assets of the Fund and/or some or all other Morgan Stanley Funds), the Fund’s advisory fees, some other agreed upon amount, or other measures as determined from time to time by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor.

          These payments currently include the following amounts, which are paid in accordance with the applicable compensation structure:

(1)	On shares held directly in Morgan Stanley & Co.’s traditional brokerage accounts or held in non-Morgan Stanley & Co. accounts where Morgan Stanley & Co. is designated by purchasers as broker-dealer of record, an ongoing annual fee in an amount up to 0.18% annually of the total average monthly net asset value of such shares; and
(2)	On shares held in an account through certain 401(k) platforms in Morgan Stanley Corporate Retirement Solutions, an ongoing annual fee in an amount up to 0.20% of the total average monthly net asset value of such shares.

          The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of, additional compensation, as described above, by Morgan Stanley & Co. may provide Morgan Stanley & Co., and/or its financial advisors or other salespersons, with an incentive to favor sales of shares of the Fund over other investment options with respect to which Morgan Stanley & Co. does not receive additional compensation (or receives lower levels of additional compensation). These payment arrangements, however, will not change the price that an investor pays for shares of the Fund or the amount that the Fund receives to invest on behalf of an investor. Investors may wish to take such payment arrangements into account when considering and evaluating any recommendations relating to Fund shares and should review carefully any disclosure provided by Morgan Stanley & Co. as to its compensation.

VI. BROKERAGE ALLOCATION AND OTHER PRACTICES

A.     Brokerage Transactions

          Subject to the general supervision of the Trustees, the Investment Adviser is responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Fund, the selection of brokers and dealers to effect the transactions, and the negotiation of brokerage commissions, if any. The Fund expects that the primary market for the securities in which it intends to invest will generally be the over-the-counter market. Securities are generally traded in the OTC market on a “net” basis with dealers acting as principal for their own accounts without a stated commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to the dealer. The Fund also expects that securities will be purchased at times in underwritten offerings where the price includes a fixed amount of compensation, generally referred to as the underwriter’s concession or discount. On occasion the Fund may also purchase certain money market instruments directly from an issuer, in which case no commissions or discounts are paid.

          During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions or concessions.

B.      Commissions

          Pursuant to an order issued by the SEC, the Fund is permitted to engage in principal transactions involving money market instruments, subject to certain conditions, with Morgan Stanley & Co., a broker-dealer affiliated with the Fund’s Investment Adviser.

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          During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund did not effect any principal transactions with Morgan Stanley & Co.

          Brokerage transactions in securities listed on exchanges or admitted to unlisted trading privileges may be effected through Morgan Stanley & Co. and other affiliated brokers and dealers. In order for an affiliated broker or dealer to effect any portfolio transactions on an exchange for the Fund, the commissions, fees or other remuneration received by the affiliated broker or dealer must be reasonable and fair compared to the commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to other brokers in connection with comparable transactions involving similar securities being purchased or sold on an exchange during a comparable period of time. This standard would allow the affiliated broker or dealer to receive no more than the remuneration which would be expected to be received by an unaffiliated broker in a commensurate arm’s-length transaction. Furthermore, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, have adopted procedures which are reasonably designed to provide that any commissions, fees or other remuneration paid to an affiliated broker or dealer are consistent with the foregoing standard. The Fund does not reduce the management fee it pays to the Investment Adviser by any amount of the brokerage commissions it may pay to an affiliated broker or dealer.

          During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions to an affiliated broker or dealer.

C.       Brokerage Selection

          The policy of the Fund regarding purchases and sales of securities for its portfolio is that primary consideration will be given to obtaining the most favorable prices and efficient executions of transactions. The Investment Adviser is prohibited from directing brokerage transactions on the basis of the referral of clients or the sale of shares of investment companies for which it acts as investment adviser.

          In seeking to implement the Fund’s policies, the Investment Adviser effects transactions with those broker-dealers that the Investment Adviser believes provide prompt execution of orders in an effective manner at the most favorable prices. The Investment Adviser may place portfolio transactions with those broker-dealers that also furnish research and other services to the Fund or the Investment Adviser. Services provided may include (a) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and the availability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (b) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (c) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto (such as clearance, settlement and custody). Where a particular item (such as proxy services) has both research and non-research related uses, the Investment Adviser will make a reasonable allocation of the cost of the item between research and non-research uses and may pay for the portion of the cost allocated to research uses with commissions. In certain instances, the Investment Adviser may instruct certain brokers to pay for research provided by executing brokers or third-party research providers, which are selected independently by the Investment Adviser. The information and services received by the Investment Adviser from brokers-dealers may be utilized by the Investment Adviser and any of its asset management affiliates in the management of accounts of some of its other clients and may not in all cases benefit the Fund directly or at all. To the extent that the Investment Adviser receives these services from broker-dealers, it will not have to pay for these services itself.

          The Investment Adviser and certain of its affiliates currently serve as an investment adviser to a number of clients, including other investment companies, and may in the future act as investment adviser to others. It is the practice of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates to cause purchase and sale transactions to be allocated among clients whose assets they manage (including the Fund) in such manner as they deem equitable. In making such allocations among the Fund and other client accounts, various factors may be considered, including the respective investment objectives, the relative size of portfolio holdings of the same or comparable securities, the availability of cash for investment, the size of investment commitments generally held and the opinions of the persons responsible for managing the portfolios of the Fund and other client accounts. The Investment Adviser and its affiliates may operate one or more order placement facilities and each facility will implement order allocation in accordance with the procedures described above. From time to time, each facility may transact in a security at the same time as other facilities are trading in that security.

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D.      Directed Brokerage

          During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund did not pay any brokerage commissions to brokers because of research services provided.

E.      Regular Broker-Dealers

          During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, the Fund did not purchase securities issued by brokers or dealers that were among the ten brokers or the ten dealers which executed transactions for or with the Fund in the largest dollar amounts during the year.

VII.   CAPITAL STOCK AND OTHER SECURITIES

          The shareholders of the Fund are entitled to a full vote for each full share of beneficial interest held. The Fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest. All shares of beneficial interest of the Fund are of $0.01 par value and are equal as to earnings, assets and voting privileges.

          The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to authorize the creation of additional series of shares (the proceeds of which would be invested in separate, independently managed portfolios) and additional Classes of shares within any series. The Trustees have not presently authorized any such additional series or Classes of shares other than as set forth in the Prospectus.

          The Fund is not required to hold annual meetings of shareholders and in ordinary circumstances the Fund does not intend to hold such meetings. The Trustees may call special meetings of shareholders for action by shareholder vote as may be required by the Investment Company Act or the Declaration of Trust. Under certain circumstances, the Trustees may be removed by the actions of the Trustees. In addition, under certain circumstances, the shareholders may call a meeting to remove the Trustees and the Fund is required to provide assistance in communicating with shareholders about such a meeting. The voting rights of shareholders are not cumulative, so that holders of more than 50% of the shares voting can, if they choose, elect all Trustees being selected, while the holders of the remaining shares would be unable to elect any Trustees.

          Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a business trust may, under certain limited circumstances, be held personally liable as partners for the obligations of the Fund. However, the Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Fund, requires that notice of such Fund obligations include such disclaimer, and provides for indemnification out of the Fund’s property for any shareholder held personally liable for the obligations of the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances in which the Fund itself would be unable to meet its obligations. Given the above limitations on shareholder personal liability, and the nature of the Fund’s assets and operations, the possibility of the Fund being unable to meet its obligations is remote and thus, in the opinion of Massachusetts counsel to the Fund, the risk to Fund shareholders of personal liability is remote.

          The Trustees themselves have the power to alter the number and the terms of office of the Trustees (as provided for in the Declaration of Trust), and they may at any time lengthen or shorten their own terms or make their terms of unlimited duration and appoint their own successors, provided that always at least a majority of the Trustees has been elected by the shareholders of the Fund.

VIII.  PURCHASE, REDEMPTION AND PRICING OF SHARES

A.      Purchase/Redemption of Shares

          Information concerning how Fund shares are offered to the public (and how they are redeemed and exchanged) is provided in the Fund’s Prospectus.

          Transfer Agent as Agent. With respect to the redemption or repurchase of Fund shares, the application of proceeds to the purchase of new shares in the Fund or any other Morgan Stanley Funds and the general administration of the exchange privilege, the Transfer Agent acts as agent for the Distributor and for the shareholder’s authorized broker-dealer, if any, in the performance of such

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functions. With respect to exchanges, redemptions or repurchases, the Transfer Agent is liable for its own negligence and not for the default or negligence of its correspondents or for losses in transit. The Fund is not liable for any default or negligence of the Transfer Agent, the Distributor or any authorized broker-dealer.

          The Distributor and any authorized broker-dealer have appointed the Transfer Agent to act as their agent in connection with the application of proceeds of any redemption of Fund shares to the purchase of shares of any other Morgan Stanley Fund and the general administration of the exchange privilege. No commission or discounts will be paid to the Distributor or any authorized broker-dealer for any transaction pursuant to the exchange privilege.

          Redemptions. A check drawn by a shareholder against his or her account in the Fund constitutes a request or redemption of a number of shares sufficient to provide proceeds equal to the amount of the check. Payment of the proceeds will normally be made on the next business day after receipt by the Transfer Agent of the check in proper form. If a check is presented for payment to the Transfer Agent by a shareholder or payee in person, the Transfer Agent will make payment by means of a check drawn on the Fund’s account or, in the case of a shareholder payee, to the shareholder’s predesignated bank account, but will not make payment in cash.

          Suspension of Redemptions. Redemptions are not made on days during which the NYSE is closed. The right of redemption may be suspended and the payment therefore may be postponed for more than seven days during any period when (a) the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekends or holidays; (b) the SEC determines trading on the NYSE is restricted; (c) the SEC determines an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable or it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund to fairly determine the value of its net assets; or (d) the SEC, by order, so permits.

          Outside Brokerage Accounts/Limited Portability. Most Fund shareholders hold their shares with Morgan Stanley & Co. Please note that your ability to transfer your Fund shares to a brokerage account at another securities dealer may be limited. Fund shares may only be transferred to accounts held at securities dealers or financial intermediaries that have entered into agreements with the Distributor. After a transfer, you may purchase additional shares of the Morgan Stanley Fund(s) you owned before the transfer and, in most instances, you will also be able to purchase shares of most other Morgan Stanley Funds. After a transfer, you will not, however, be able to exchange shares of this Fund (or any other Morgan Stanley Fund that is not a Multi-Class Fund) for any other Morgan Stanley Fund.

          If you wish to transfer Fund shares to a securities dealer or other financial intermediary that has not entered into an agreement with the Distributor, you may request that the securities dealer or financial intermediary maintain the shares in an account at the Transfer Agent registered in the name of such securities dealer or financial intermediary for your benefit. You may also hold your Fund shares in your own name directly with the Transfer Agent. In either case, you will continue to have the ability to purchase additional Morgan Stanley Funds and will have full exchange privileges. Other options may also be available; please check with the respective securities dealer or financial intermediary. If you choose not to hold your shares with the Transfer Agent, either directly or through a securities dealer or other financial intermediary, you must redeem your shares and pay any applicable contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSCs”).

B.      Offering Price

          The Fund’s shares are offered at net asset value per share. Net asset value is based on the amortized cost of the Fund’s portfolio securities.

          The Fund utilizes the amortized cost method in valuing its portfolio securities for purposes of determining the net asset value of its shares. The Fund utilizes the amortized cost method in valuing its portfolio securities even though the portfolio securities may increase or decrease in market value, generally in connection with changes in interest rates. The amortized cost method of valuation involves valuing a security at its cost at the time of purchase adjusted by a constant amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the instrument. While this method provides certainty in valuation, it may result in periods during which value,

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as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price the Fund would receive if it sold the investment. During such periods, the yield to investors in the Fund may differ somewhat from that obtained in a similar company which uses market-to-market values for all of its portfolio securities. For example, if the use of amortized cost resulted in a lower (higher) aggregate portfolio value on a particular day, a prospective investor in the Fund would be able to obtain a somewhat higher (lower) yield than would result from investment in such a similar company and existing investors would receive less (more) investment income. The purpose of this method of calculation is to facilitate the maintenance of a constant net asset value per share of $1.00.

          The use of the amortized cost method to value the portfolio securities of the Fund and the maintenance of the per share net asset value of $1.00 is permitted pursuant to Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act (the “Rule”) and is conditioned on its compliance with various conditions contained in the Rule including: (a) the Trustees are obligated, as a particular responsibility within the overall duty of care owed to the Fund’s shareholders, to establish procedures reasonably designed, taking into account current market conditions and the Fund’s investment objectives, to stabilize the net asset value per share as computed for the purpose of distribution and redemption at $1.00 per share; (b) the procedures include (i) calculation, at such intervals as the Trustees determine are appropriate and as are reasonable in light of current market conditions, of the deviation, if any, between net asset value per share using amortized cost to value portfolio securities and net asset value per share based upon available market quotations with respect to such portfolio securities; (ii) periodic review by the Trustees of the amount of deviation as well as methods used to calculate it; and (iii) maintenance of written records of the procedures, and the Trustees’ considerations made pursuant to them and any actions taken upon such consideration; (c) the Trustees should consider what steps should be taken, if any, in the event of a difference of more than ½ of 1% between the two methods of valuation; and (d) the Trustees should take such action as they deem appropriate (such as shortening the average portfolio maturity, realizing gains or losses, withholding dividends or, as provided by the Declaration of Trust, reducing the number of outstanding shares of the Fund) to eliminate or reduce to the extent reasonably practicable material dilution or other unfair results to investors or existing shareholders which might arise from differences between the two methods of valuation.

          Generally, for purposes of the procedures adopted under the Rule, the maturity of a portfolio security is deemed to be the period remaining (calculated from the trade date or such other date on which the Fund’s interest in the instrument is subject to market action) until the date on which in accordance with the terms of the security the principal amount must unconditionally be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment must be made.

          A variable rate security that is subject to a demand feature is deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the principal amount can be recovered through demand. A floating rate security that is subject to a demand feature is deemed to have a maturity equal to the period remaining until the principal amount can be recovered through demand.

          An “NRSRO” is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. The term “Requisite NRSROs” means (i) any two NRSROs that have issued a rating with respect to a security or class of debt obligations of an issuer, or (ii) if only one NRSRO has issued a rating with respect to such security or issuer at the time a fund purchases or rolls over the security, that NRSRO.

          An Eligible Security is generally defined in the Rule to mean (i) a rated security with a remaining maturity of 397 calendar days or less that has received a rating from the Requisite NRSROs in one of the two highest short-term rating categories (within which there may be sub-categories or gradations indicating relative standing); or (ii) An Unrated Security that is of comparable quality to a security meeting the requirements of (1) above, as determined by the Trustees; (iii) In addition, in the case of a security that is subject to a Demand Feature or Guarantee: (A) The Guarantee has received a rating from an NRSRO or the Guarantee is issued by a guarantor that has received a rating from an NRSRO with respect to a class of debt obligations (or any debt obligation within that class) that is comparable in priority and security to the Guarantee; unless: (1) the Guarantee is issued by a person that directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under a common control with the issuer of the security subject to the Guarantee (other than a sponsor or a Special Purpose Entity with respect to an Asset Backed

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Security; (2) the security subject to the Guarantee is a repurchase agreement that is Collateralized Fully, or (3) the Guarantee itself is a government security and (B) the issuer of the Demand Feature, or another institution, has undertaken promptly to notify the holder of the security in the event the Demand Feature or Guarantee is substituted with another Demand Feature or Guarantee (if such substitution is permissible under the terms of the Demand Feature or Guarantee). The Fund will limit its investments to securities that meet the requirements for Eligible Securities.

          The Rule further requires that the Fund limit its investments to U.S. dollar-denominated instruments which the Trustees determine present minimal credit risks and which are Eligible Securities. As permitted by the Rule, the Trustees have delegated to the Investment Adviser the authority to determine which securities present minimal credit risks and which unrated securities are comparable in quality to rated securities.

          Also, as required by the Rule, the Fund will limit its investments in securities, other than government securities, so that, at the time of purchase: (a) except as further limited in (b) below with regard to certain securities, with respect to 75% of its total assets no more than 5% of its total assets will be invested in the securities of any one issuer; and (b) no more than 5% of the Fund’s assets may be invested in the Eligible Securities of any one issuer that have received a rating in less than the highest category by any one of the NRSROs whose ratings are used to qualify the security as an Eligible Security, or that have been determined to be of comparable quality.

          The presence of a line of credit or other credit facility offered by a bank or other financial institution which guarantees the payment obligation of the issuer, in the event of a default in the payment of principal or interest of an obligation, may be taken into account in determining whether an investment is an Eligible Security, provided that the guarantee itself is an Eligible Security.

          The Rule also requires the Fund to maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity (not more than 90 days) appropriate to its objective of maintaining a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share and precludes the purchase of any instrument with a remaining maturity of more than 397 days. Should the disposition of a portfolio security result in a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of more than 90 days, the Fund will invest its available cash in such a manner as to reduce such maturity to 90 days or less a soon as is reasonably practicable.

          If the Trustees determine that it is no longer in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders to maintain a stable price of $1.00 per share or if the Trustees believe that maintaining such price no longer reflects a market-based net asset value per share, the Trustees have the right to change from an amortized cost basis of valuation to valuation based on market quotations. The Fund will notify shareholders of the Fund of any such change.

IX.   TAXATION OF THE FUND AND SHAREHOLDERS

          The Fund generally will make three basic types of distributions: tax-exempt dividends, ordinary dividends and long-term capital gain distributions. These types of distributions are reported differently on a shareholder’s income tax return. The tax treatment of the investment activities of the Fund will affect the amount, timing and character of the distributions made by the Fund. The following discussion is only a summary of certain tax considerations generally affecting the Fund and shareholders of the Fund and is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax professionals regarding specific questions as to federal, state or local taxes.

          Investment Company Taxation. The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax on its net investment income and capital gains, if any, to the extent that it timely distributes such income and capital gains to its shareholders. If the Fund fails to qualify for any taxable year as a regulated investment company, all of its taxable income will be subject to tax at regular corporate income tax rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders, and such distributions generally will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary dividends to the extent of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits.

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          The Fund generally intends to distribute sufficient income and gains so that the Fund will not pay corporate income tax on its earnings. The Fund also generally intends to distribute to its shareholders in each calendar year a sufficient amount of ordinary income and capital gains to avoid the imposition of a 4% excise tax. However, the Fund may instead determine to retain all or part of any income or net long-term capital gains in any year for reinvestment. In such event, the Fund will pay federal income tax (and possibly excise tax) on such retained income or gains.

          Gains or losses on sales of securities by the Fund will generally be long-term capital gains or losses if the securities have a tax holding period of more than one year at the time of such sale. Gains or losses on the sale of securities with a tax holding period of one year or less will be short-term capital gains or losses.

          In computing net investment income, the Fund will amortize any premiums and original issue discounts on securities owned, if applicable. Capital gains or losses realized upon sale or maturity of such securities will be based on their amortized cost.

          All or a portion of any of the Fund’s gain from tax-exempt obligations purchased at a market discount (where bonds are purchased below their principal or face value) may be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain.

          From time to time, proposals have been introduced before Congress for the purpose of restricting or eliminating the federal income tax exemption for interest on municipal securities. Similar proposals may be introduced in the future. If such a proposal were enacted, the availability of municipal securities for investment by the Fund could be affected. In that event, the Fund would re-evaluate its investment objective and policies.

          Taxation of Dividends and Distributions. The Fund intends to qualify to pay “exempt-interest dividends” to its shareholders by maintaining, as of the close of each of its taxable years, at least 50% of the value of its assets in tax-exempt securities. An obligation will be considered a tax-exempt security only if, in the opinion of bond counsel, the interest payable is exempt from federal income tax. An exempt-interest dividend is that part of the dividend distributions made by the Fund which consists of interest received by the Fund on tax-exempt securities upon which the shareholder incurs no federal income taxes. Exempt-interest dividends are included, however, in determining what portion, if any, of a person’s Social Security benefits are subject to federal income tax.

          The Fund intends to invest a portion of its assets in certain “private activity bonds.” As a result, a portion of the exempt-interest dividends paid by the Fund will be an item of tax preference to shareholders subject to the alternative minimum tax. Certain corporations which are subject to the alternative minimum tax may also have to include exempt-interest dividends in calculating their alternative minimum taxable income in situations where the “adjusted current earnings” of the corporation exceeds its alternative minimum taxable income. However, the alternative minimum tax consequences discussed in this paragraph do not apply with respect to interest paid on bonds issued after December 31, 2008 and before January 1, 2011 (including refunding bonds issued during that period to refund bonds originally issued after December 31, 2003 and before January 1, 2009).

          Shareholders will be subject to federal income tax on dividends paid from interest income derived from taxable securities and on distributions of net short-term capital gains. Such dividends and distributions are taxable to the shareholder as ordinary dividend income regardless of whether the shareholder receives such distributions in additional shares or in cash. Certain ordinary income dividends received by a shareholder may be taxed at the same rate as long-term capital gains; however, the Fund does not anticipate making significant distributions that are eligible for this treatment. Furthermore, even if income received in the form of ordinary income dividends is taxed at the same rates as long-term capital gains, such income will not be considered long-term capital gains for other federal income tax purposes. For example, you generally will not be permitted to offset ordinary income dividends with capital losses. Short-term capital gain distributions are taxed at ordinary income rates.

          Distributions of net long-term capital gains, if any, are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long the shareholder has held the Fund shares and regardless of whether the distribution is received in additional shares or in cash. Under current law, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital

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gains available to non-corporate shareholders generally is 15%. Without future congressional action, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains will return to 20% in 2011, and all dividends will be taxed at ordinary income rates. Since the Fund’s income is expected to be derived entirely from interest rather than dividends, it is anticipated that no portion of such dividend distributions will be eligible for the federal dividends received deduction available to corporations.

          Shareholders are generally taxed on any income dividend or capital gain distributions from the Fund in the year they are actually distributed. However, if any such dividends or distributions are declared in October, November or December and paid to shareholders of record of such month in January then such amounts will be treated for tax purposes as received by the shareholders on December 31.

          Individuals are often exempt from state and local personal income taxes on distributions of tax-exempt dividends derived from assets located in the state in which they reside, but are usually subject to state and local taxes on distributions of tax-exempt dividends derived from assets located in other states. Shareholders should consult their tax advisers as to any other state and local taxes that apply to the dividends and distributions received from the Fund.

          Shareholders who are not citizens or residents of the United States and certain foreign entities may be subject to withholding of U.S. tax on distributions made by the Fund of any taxable interest income and short-term capital gains. For distributions with respect to taxable years of regulated investment companies beginning before January 1, 2010 the Fund is not required to withhold any amounts with respect to distributions to foreign shareholders that are properly designated by the Fund as “interest-related dividends” or “short-term capital gain dividends,” provided that the income would not be subject to federal income tax if earned directly by the foreign shareholder. However, the Fund will withhold these amounts regardless of the fact that it is not required to do so. Any amounts withheld from payments made to a shareholder may be refunded or credited against the shareholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the specific tax consequences discussed above.

          After the end of each calendar year, shareholders will be sent full information on their dividends and capital gain distributions for tax purposes, including the portion taxable as ordinary income, the portion taxable as long-term capital gains, and the percentage of any distributions which constitute an item of tax preference for purposes of the alternative minimum tax.

          Purchases and Redemptions and Exchanges of Fund Shares. Any dividend or capital gains distribution received by a shareholder from the Fund will have the effect of reducing the net asset value of the shareholder’s stock in the Fund by the exact amount of the dividend or capital gains distribution. Furthermore, capital gains distributions and some portion of the dividends may be subject to federal income taxes. If the net asset value of the shares should be reduced below a shareholder’s cost as a result of the payment of dividends or the distribution of realized long-term capital gains, such payment or distribution would be in part a return of the shareholder’s investment but nonetheless would be taxable to the shareholder. Therefore, an investor should consider the tax implications of purchasing shares of the Fund immediately prior to a distribution record date.

          Shareholders normally will be subject to federal income taxes, and state and/or local income taxes, on the sale or disposition of Fund shares. In general, a sale of shares results in capital gain or loss, and for individual shareholders, is taxable at a federal rate dependent upon the length of time the shares were held. A redemption of a shareholder’s shares is normally treated as a sale for tax purposes. Shares of the Fund held for a period of one year or less at the time of such sale or redemption will, for tax purposes, generally result in short-term capital gains or losses and those held for more than one year will result in long-term capital gains or losses. Under current law, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains realized by non-corporate shareholders generally is 15%. Without future congressional action, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains will return to 20% in 2011. Any loss realized by shareholders upon a sale or redemption of shares within six months of the date of their purchase will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any distributions of net long-term capital gains with respect to such shares during the six-month period.

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          If a Shareholder of the Fund receives exempt interest dividends with respect to any share and such share is held by the shareholder for six months or less then any loss on the sale or redemption of such exempt interest dividends, may be disallowed.

          Gain or loss on the sale or redemption of shares in the Fund is measured by the difference between the amount of cash received (or the fair market value of any property received) and the adjusted tax basis of the shares. Shareholders should keep records of investments made (including shares acquired through reinvestment of dividends and distributions) so they can compute the tax basis of their shares. Under certain circumstances, a shareholder may compute and use an average cost basis in determining the gain or loss on the sale or redemption of shares.

          Exchanges of Fund shares for shares of another fund, including shares of other Morgan Stanley Funds, are also subject to similar tax treatment. Such an exchange is treated for tax purposes as a sale of the original shares in the Fund, followed by the purchase of shares in the other fund.

          The ability to deduct capital losses may be limited. In addition, if a shareholder realizes a loss on the redemption or exchange of a fund’s shares and receives securities that are considered substantially identical for that fund’s shares or reinvests in that fund’s shares or substantially identical shares within 30 days before or after the redemption or exchange, the transactions may be subject to the “wash sale” rules, resulting in a postponement of the recognition of such loss for tax purposes.

          Other Considerations. Interest on indebtedness incurred by shareholders to purchase or carry shares of the Fund is not deductible. Furthermore, entities or persons who are “substantial users” (or related persons) of facilities financed by industrial development bonds should consult their tax advisers before purchasing shares of the Fund. “Substantial user” is defined generally by Treasury Regulation Section 1.103 -11(b) as including a “non-exempt person” who regularly uses in a trade or business a part of a facility financed from the proceeds of industrial development bonds.

X.     UNDERWRITERS

          The Fund’s shares are offered to the public on a continuous basis. The Distributor, as the principal underwriter of the shares, has certain obligations under the Distribution Agreement concerning the distribution of the shares. These obligations and the compensation the Distributor receives are described above in the sections titled “Principal Underwriter” and “Shareholder Services Plan.”

XI.   PERFORMANCE DATA

          The Fund’s current yield for the seven days ending December 31, 2008 was 0.72%. The seven-day effective yield on December 31, 2008 was 0.73% assuming daily compounding.

          Based upon a federal personal income tax bracket of 35.00%, the Fund’s tax-equivalent yield for the seven days ending December 31, 2008 was 1.11%.

XII.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

          The Fund’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, including notes thereto, and the report of Deloitte & Touche LLP, are herein incorporated by reference from the Fund’s annual report. A copy of the Fund’s Annual Report to Shareholders must accompany the delivery of this SAI.

XIII.   FUND COUNSEL

          Clifford Chance US LLP, located at 31 West 52^nd Street, New York, NY 10019, acts as the Fund’s legal counsel.

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          This SAI and the Prospectus do not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement the Fund has filed with the SEC. The complete Registration Statement may be obtained from the SEC.

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APPENDIX A

MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES

I. POLICY STATEMENT

          Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s (“MSIM”) policy and procedures for voting proxies (“Policy”) with respect to securities held in the accounts of clients applies to those MSIM entities that provide discretionary investment management services and for which an MSIM entity has authority to vote proxies. This Policy is reviewed and updated as necessary to address new and evolving proxy voting issues and standards.

          The MSIM entities covered by this Policy currently include the following: Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company, Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited, Van Kampen Asset Management, and Van Kampen Advisors Inc. (each an “MSIM Affiliate” and collectively referred to as the “MSIM Affiliates” or as “we” below).

          Each MSIM Affiliate will use its best efforts to vote proxies as part of its authority to manage, acquire and dispose of account assets. With respect to the MSIM registered management investment companies (Van Kampen, Institutional and Advisor Funds—collectively referred to herein as the “MSIM Funds”), each MSIM Affiliate will vote proxies under this Policy pursuant to authority granted under its applicable investment advisory agreement or, in the absence of such authority, as authorized by the Board of Directors/Trustees of the MSIM Funds. An MSIM Affiliate will not vote proxies if the “named fiduciary” for an ERISA account has reserved the authority for itself, or in the case of an account not governed by ERISA, the investment management or investment advisory agreement does not authorize the MSIM Affiliate to vote proxies. MSIM Affiliates will vote proxies in a prudent and diligent manner and in the best interests of clients, including beneficiaries of and participants in a client’s benefit plan(s) for which the MSIM Affiliates manage assets, consistent with the objective of maximizing long-term investment returns (“Client Proxy Standard”). In certain situations, a client or its fiduciary may provide an MSIM Affiliate with a proxy voting policy. In these situations, the MSIM Affiliate will comply with the client’s policy.

          Proxy Research Services — RiskMetrics Group ISS Governance Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis (together with other proxy research providers as we may retain from time to time, the “Research Providers”) are independent advisers that specialize in providing a variety of fiduciary-level proxy-related services to institutional investment managers, plan sponsors, custodians, consultants, and other institutional investors. The services provided include in-depth research, global issuer analysis, and voting recommendations. While we may review and utilize the recommendations of the Research Providers in making proxy voting decisions, we are in no way obligated to follow such recommendations. In addition to research, ISS provides vote execution, reporting, and recordkeeping services.

          Voting Proxies for Certain Non-U.S. Companies — Voting proxies of companies located in some jurisdictions, particularly emerging markets, may involve several problems that can restrict or prevent the ability to vote such proxies or entail significant costs. These problems include, but are not limited to: (i) proxy statements and ballots being written in a language other than English; (ii) untimely and/or inadequate notice of shareholder meetings; (iii) restrictions on the ability of holders outside the issuer’s jurisdiction of organization to exercise votes; (iv) requirements to vote proxies in person; (v) the imposition of restrictions on the sale of the securities for a period of time in proximity to the shareholder meeting; and (vi) requirements to provide local agents with power of attorney to facilitate our voting instructions. As a result, we vote clients’ non-U.S. proxies on a best efforts basis only, after weighing the costs and benefits of voting such proxies, consistent with the Client Proxy Standard. ISS has been retained to provide assistance in connection with voting non-U.S. proxies.

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II. GENERAL PROXY VOTING GUIDELINES

          To promote consistency in voting proxies on behalf of its clients, we follow this Policy (subject to any exception set forth herein). The Policy addresses a broad range of issues, and provides general voting parameters on proposals that arise most frequently. However, details of specific proposals vary, and those details affect particular voting decisions, as do factors specific to a given company. Pursuant to the procedures set forth herein, we may vote in a manner that is not in accordance with the following general guidelines, provided the vote is approved by the Proxy Review Committee (see Section III for description) and is consistent with the Client Proxy Standard. Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP will follow the procedures as described in Appendix A.

          We endeavor to integrate governance and proxy voting policy with investment goals, using the vote to encourage portfolio companies to enhance long-term shareholder value and to provide a high standard of transparency such that equity markets can value corporate assets appropriately.

          We seek to follow the Client Proxy Standard for each client. At times, this may result in split votes, for example when different clients have varying economic interests in the outcome of a particular voting matter (such as a case in which varied ownership interests in two companies involved in a merger result in different stakes in the outcome). We also may split votes at times based on differing views of portfolio managers.

          We may abstain on matters for which disclosure is inadequate.

A. Routine Matters.

          We generally support routine management proposals. The following are examples of routine management proposals:

• Approval of financial statements and auditor reports if delivered with an unqualified auditor’s opinion.

• General updating/corrective amendments to the charter, articles of association or bylaws, unless we believe that such amendments would diminish shareholder rights.

• Most proposals related to the conduct of the annual meeting, with the following exceptions. We generally oppose proposals that relate to “the transaction of such other business which may come before the meeting,” and open-ended requests for adjournment. However, where management specifically states the reason for requesting an adjournment and the requested adjournment would facilitate passage of a proposal that would otherwise be supported under this Policy (i.e. an uncontested corporate transaction), the adjournment request will be supported.

          We generally support shareholder proposals advocating confidential voting procedures and independent tabulation of voting results.

B.	Board of Directors.
1.	Election of directors: Votes on board nominees can involve balancing a variety of considerations. In balancing various factors in uncontested elections, we may take into consideration whether the company has a majority voting policy in place that we believe makes the director vote more meaningful. In the absence of a proxy contest, we generally support the board’s nominees for director except as follows:
	a.	We consider withholding support from or voting against interested directors if the company’s board does not meet market standards for director independence, or if otherwise we believe board independence is insufficient. We refer to prevalent market standards as promulgated by a stock exchange or other authority within a given market (e.g., New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq rules for most U.S. companies, and The Combined Code on Corporate Governance in the United Kingdom). Thus, for an NYSE company with no controlling

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		shareholder, we would expect that at a minimum a majority of directors should be independent as defined by NYSE. Where we view market standards as inadequate, we may withhold votes based on stronger independence standards. Market standards notwithstanding, we generally do not view long board tenure alone as a basis to classify a director as non-independent, although lack of board turnover and fresh perspective can be a negative factor in voting on directors.
		i.	At a company with a shareholder or group that controls the company by virtue of a majority economic interest in the company, we have a reduced expectation for board independence, although we believe the presence of independent directors can be helpful, particularly in staffing the audit committee, and at times we may withhold support from or vote against a nominee on the view the board or its committees are not sufficiently independent.
		ii.	We consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee if he or she is affiliated with a major shareholder that has representation on a board disproportionate to its economic interest.
	b.	Depending on market standards, we consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee who is interested and who is standing for election as a member of the company’s compensation, nominating or audit committee.
	c.	We consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee if we believe a direct conflict exists between the interests of the nominee and the public shareholders, including failure to meet fiduciary standards of care and/or loyalty. We may oppose directors where we conclude that actions of directors are unlawful, unethical or negligent. We consider opposing individual board members or an entire slate if we believe the board is entrenched and/or dealing inadequately with performance problems, and/or acting with insufficient independence between the board and management.
	d.	We consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee standing for election if the board has not taken action to implement generally accepted governance practices for which there is a “bright line” test. For example, in the context of the U.S. market, failure to eliminate a dead hand or slow hand poison pill would be seen as a basis for opposing one or more incumbent nominees.
	e.	In markets that encourage designated audit committee financial experts, we consider voting against members of an audit committee if no members are designated as such. We also may not support the audit committee members if the company has faced financial reporting issues and/or does not put the auditor up for ratification by shareholders.
	f.	We believe investors should have the ability to vote on individual nominees, and may abstain or vote against a slate of nominees where we are not given the opportunity to vote on individual nominees.
	g.	We consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee who has failed to attend at least 75% of the nominee’s board and board committee meetings within a given year without a reasonable excuse. We also consider opposing nominees if the company does not meet market standards for disclosure on attendance.
	h.	We consider withholding support from or voting against a nominee who appears overcommitted, particularly through service on an excessive number of boards. Market expectations are incorporated into this analysis; for U.S. boards, we generally oppose election of a nominee who serves on more than six public company boards (excluding investment companies).
2.	Discharge of directors’ duties: In markets where an annual discharge of directors’ responsibility is a routine agenda item, we generally support such discharge. However, we may vote against discharge or abstain from voting where there are serious findings of fraud or other unethical behavior for which the individual bears responsibility. The annual discharge of responsibility

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	represents shareholder approval of actions taken by the board during the year and may make future shareholder action against the board difficult to pursue.
3.	Board independence: We generally support U.S. shareholder proposals requiring that a certain percentage (up to 66 2/3%) of the company’s board members be independent directors, and promoting all-independent audit, compensation and nominating/governance committees.
4.	Board diversity: We consider on a case-by-case basis shareholder proposals urging diversity of board membership with respect to social, religious or ethnic group.
5.	Majority voting: We generally support proposals requesting or requiring majority voting policies in election of directors, so long as there is a carve-out for plurality voting in the case of contested elections.
6.	Proxy access: We consider on a case-by-case basis shareholder proposals to provide procedures for inclusion of shareholder nominees in company proxy statements.
7.	Proposals to elect all directors annually: We generally support proposals to elect all directors annually at public companies (to “declassify” the Board of Directors) where such action is supported by the board, and otherwise consider the issue on a case-by-case basis based in part on overall takeover defenses at a company.
8.	Cumulative voting: We generally support proposals to eliminate cumulative voting in the U.S. market context. (Cumulative voting provides that shareholders may concentrate their votes for one or a handful of candidates, a system that can enable a minority bloc to place representation on a board.) U.S. proposals to establish cumulative voting in the election of directors generally will not be supported.
9.	Separation of Chairman and CEO positions: We vote on shareholder proposals to separate the Chairman and CEO positions and/or to appoint a non-executive Chairman based in part on prevailing practice in particular markets, since the context for such a practice varies. In many non-U.S. markets, we view separation of the roles as a market standard practice, and support division of the roles in that context.
10.	Director retirement age and term limits: Proposals recommending set director retirement ages or director term limits are voted on a case-by-case basis.
11.	Proposals to limit directors’ liability and/or broaden indemnification of officers and directors. Generally, we will support such proposals provided that an individual is eligible only if he or she has not acted in bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their duties.
C.	Statutory Auditor Boards.

          The statutory auditor board, which is separate from the main board of directors, plays a role in corporate governance in several markets. These boards are elected by shareholders to provide assurance on compliance with legal and accounting standards and the company’s articles of association. We generally vote for statutory auditor nominees if they meet independence standards. In markets that require disclosure on attendance by internal statutory auditors, however, we consider voting against nominees for these positions who failed to attend at least 75% of meetings in the previous year. We also consider opposing nominees if the company does not meet market standards for disclosure on attendance.

D. Corporate Transactions and Proxy Fights.

          We examine proposals relating to mergers, acquisitions and other special corporate transactions (i.e., takeovers, spin-offs, sales of assets, reorganizations, restructurings and recapitalizations) on a case-by-case basis in the interests of each fund or other account. Proposals for mergers or other significant transactions that are friendly and approved by the Research Providers usually are supported if there is no portfolio manager objection. We also analyze proxy contests on a case-by-case basis.

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E.	Changes in Capital Structure.
1.	We generally support the following:
	•	Management and shareholder proposals aimed at eliminating unequal voting rights, assuming fair economic treatment of classes of shares we hold.
	•	Management proposals to increase the authorization of existing classes of common stock (or securities convertible into common stock) if: (i) a clear business purpose is stated that we can support and the number of shares requested is reasonable in relation to the purpose for which authorization is requested; and/or (ii) the authorization does not exceed 100% of shares currently authorized and at least 30% of the total new authorization will be outstanding. (We consider proposals that do not meet these criteria on a case-by-case basis.)
	•	Management proposals to create a new class of preferred stock or for issuances of preferred stock up to 50% of issued capital, unless we have concerns about use of the authority for anti-takeover purposes.
	•	Management proposals to authorize share repurchase plans, except in some cases in which we believe there are insufficient protections against use of an authorization for anti-takeover purposes.
	•	Management proposals to reduce the number of authorized shares of common or preferred stock, or to eliminate classes of preferred stock.
	•	Management proposals to effect stock splits.
	•	Management proposals to effect reverse stock splits if management proportionately reduces the authorized share amount set forth in the corporate charter. Reverse stock splits that do not adjust proportionately to the authorized share amount generally will be approved if the resulting increase in authorized shares coincides with the proxy guidelines set forth above for common stock increases.
	•	Management dividend payout proposals, except where we perceive company payouts to shareholders as inadequate.
2.	We generally oppose the following (notwithstanding management support):
	•	Proposals to add classes of stock that would substantially dilute the voting interests of existing shareholders.
	•	Proposals to increase the authorized or issued number of shares of existing classes of stock that are unreasonably dilutive, particularly if there are no preemptive rights for existing shareholders. However, depending on market practices, we consider voting for proposals giving general authorization for issuance of shares not subject to pre-emptive rights if the authority is limited.
	•	Proposals that authorize share issuance at a discount to market rates, except where authority for such issuance is de minimis, or if there is a special situation that we believe justifies such authorization (as may be the case, for example, at a company under severe stress and risk of bankruptcy).
	•	Proposals relating to changes in capitalization by 100% or more.

          We consider on a case-by-case basis shareholder proposals to increase dividend payout ratios, in light of market practice and perceived market weaknesses, as well as individual company payout history and current circumstances. For example, currently we perceive low payouts to shareholders as a concern at some Japanese companies, but may deem a low payout ratio as appropriate for a growth company making good use of its cash, notwithstanding the broader market concern.

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F.	Takeover Defenses and Shareholder Rights.
1.	Shareholder rights plans: We generally support proposals to require shareholder approval or ratification of shareholder rights plans (poison pills). In voting on rights plans or similar takeover defenses, we consider on a case-by-case basis whether the company has demonstrated a need for the defense in the context of promoting long-term share value; whether provisions of the defense are in line with generally accepted governance principles in the market (and specifically the presence of an adequate qualified offer provision that would exempt offers meeting certain conditions from the pill); and the specific context if the proposal is made in the midst of a takeover bid or contest for control.
2.	Supermajority voting requirements: We generally oppose requirements for supermajority votes to amend the charter or bylaws, unless the provisions protect minority shareholders where there is a large shareholder. In line with this view, in the absence of a large shareholder we support reasonable shareholder proposals to limit such supermajority voting requirements.
3.	Shareholder rights to call meetings: We consider proposals to enhance shareholder rights to call meetings on a case-by-case basis.
4.	Reincorporation: We consider management and shareholder proposals to reincorporate to a different jurisdiction on a case-by-case basis. We oppose such proposals if we believe the main purpose is to take advantage of laws or judicial precedents that reduce shareholder rights.
5.	Anti-greenmail provisions: Proposals relating to the adoption of anti-greenmail provisions will be supported, provided that the proposal: (i) defines greenmail; (ii) prohibits buyback offers to large block holders (holders of at least 1% of the outstanding shares and in certain cases, a greater amount, as determined by the Proxy Review Committee) not made to all shareholders or not approved by disinterested shareholders; and (iii) contains no anti-takeover measures or other provisions restricting the rights of shareholders.
6.	Bundled proposals: We may consider opposing or abstaining on proposals if disparate issues are “bundled” and presented for a single vote.
G.	Auditors.

          We generally support management proposals for selection or ratification of independent auditors. However, we may consider opposing such proposals with reference to incumbent audit firms if the company has suffered from serious accounting irregularities and we believe rotation of the audit firm is appropriate, or if fees paid to the auditor for non-audit-related services are excessive. Generally, to determine if non-audit fees are excessive, a 50% test will be applied (i.e., non-audit-related fees should be less than 50% of the total fees paid to the auditor). We generally vote against proposals to indemnify auditors.

H.	Executive and Director Remuneration.
1.	We generally support the following:
	•	Proposals for employee equity compensation plans and other employee ownership plans, provided that our research does not indicate that approval of the plan would be against shareholder interest. Such approval may be against shareholder interest if it authorizes excessive dilution and shareholder cost, particularly in the context of high usage (“run rate”) of equity compensation in the recent past; or if there are objectionable plan design and provisions.
	•	Proposals relating to fees to outside directors, provided the amounts are not excessive relative to other companies in the country or industry, and provided that the structure is appropriate within the market context. While stock-based compensation to outside directors is positive if moderate and appropriately structured, we are wary of significant stock option awards or other performance-based awards for outside directors, as well as provisions that

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		could result in significant forfeiture of value on a director’s decision to resign from a board (such forfeiture can undercut director independence).
	•	Proposals for employee stock purchase plans that permit discounts up to 15%, but only for grants that are part of a broad-based employee plan, including all non-executive employees.
	•	Proposals for the establishment of employee retirement and severance plans, provided that our research does not indicate that approval of the plan would be against shareholder interest.
2.	We generally oppose retirement plans and bonuses for non-executive directors and independent statutory auditors.
3.	Shareholder proposals requiring shareholder approval of all severance agreements will not be supported, but proposals that require shareholder approval for agreements in excess of three times the annual compensation (salary and bonus) generally will be supported. We generally oppose shareholder proposals that would establish arbitrary caps on pay. We consider on a case-by-case basis shareholder proposals that seek to limit Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs), but support such proposals where we consider SERPs to be excessive.
4.	Shareholder proposals advocating stronger and/or particular pay-for-performance models will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, with consideration of the merits of the individual proposal within the context of the particular company and its labor markets, and the company’s current and past practices. While we generally support emphasis on long-term components of senior executive pay and strong linkage of pay to performance, we consider whether a proposal may be overly prescriptive, and the impact of the proposal, if implemented as written, on recruitment and retention.
5.	We consider shareholder proposals for U.K.-style advisory votes on pay on a case-by-case basis.
6.	We generally support proposals advocating reasonable senior executive and director stock ownership guidelines and holding requirements for shares gained in executive equity compensation programs.
7.	We generally support shareholder proposals for reasonable “claw-back” provisions that provide for company recovery of senior executive bonuses to the extent they were based on achieving financial benchmarks that were not actually met in light of subsequent restatements.
8.	Management proposals effectively to re-price stock options are considered on a case-by-case basis. Considerations include the company’s reasons and justifications for a re-pricing, the company’s competitive position, whether senior executives and outside directors are excluded, potential cost to shareholders, whether the re-pricing or share exchange is on a value-for-value basis, and whether vesting requirements are extended.
I.	Social, Political and Environmental Issues.

          We consider proposals relating to social, political and environmental issues on a case-by-case basis to determine likely financial impacts on shareholder value, balancing concerns on reputational and other risks that may be raised in a proposal against costs of implementation. We may abstain from voting on proposals that do not have a readily determinable financial impact on shareholder value. While we support proposals that we believe will enhance useful disclosure, we generally vote against proposals requesting reports that we believe are duplicative, related to matters not material to the business, or that would impose unnecessary or excessive costs. We believe that certain social and environmental shareholder proposals may intrude excessively on management prerogatives, which can lead us to oppose them.

J. Fund of Funds.

          Certain Funds advised by an MSIM Affiliate invest only in other MSIM Funds. If an underlying fund has a shareholder meeting, in order to avoid any potential conflict of interest, such proposals will be

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voted in the same proportion as the votes of the other shareholders of the underlying fund, unless otherwise determined by the Proxy Review Committee.

III. ADMINISTRATION OF POLICY

          The MSIM Proxy Review Committee (the “Committee”) has overall responsibility for the Policy. The Committee, which is appointed by MSIM’s Chief Investment Officer of Global Equities (“CIO”) or senior officer, consists of senior investment professionals who represent the different investment disciplines and geographic locations of the firm, and is chaired by the director of the Corporate Governance Team (“CGT”). Because proxy voting is an investment responsibility and impacts shareholder value, and because of their knowledge of companies and markets, portfolio managers and other members of investment staff play a key role in proxy voting, although the Committee has final authority over proxy votes.

          The CGT Director is responsible for identifying issues that require Committee deliberation or ratification. The CGT, working with advice of investment teams and the Committee, is responsible for voting on routine items and on matters that can be addressed in line with these Policy guidelines. The CGT has responsibility for voting case-by-case where guidelines and precedent provide adequate guidance.

          The Committee will periodically review and have the authority to amend, as necessary, the Policy and establish and direct voting positions consistent with the Client Proxy Standard.

          CGT and members of the Committee may take into account Research Providers’ recommendations and research as well as any other relevant information they may request or receive, including portfolio manager and/or analyst comments and research, as applicable. Generally, proxies related to securities held in accounts that are managed pursuant to quantitative, index or index-like strategies (“Index Strategies”) will be voted in the same manner as those held in actively managed accounts, unless economic interests of the accounts differ. Because accounts managed using Index Strategies are passively managed accounts, research from portfolio managers and/or analysts related to securities held in these accounts may not be available. If the affected securities are held only in accounts that are managed pursuant to Index Strategies, and the proxy relates to a matter that is not described in this Policy, the CGT will consider all available information from the Research Providers, and to the extent that the holdings are significant, from the portfolio managers and/or analysts.

A. Committee Procedures

          The Committee meets at least annually to review and consider changes to the Policy. The Committee will appoint a subcommittee (the “Subcommittee”) to meet as needed between Committee meetings to address any outstanding issues relating to the Policy or its implementation.

          The Subcommittee will meet on an ad hoc basis to (among other functions): (1) monitor and ratify “split voting” (i.e., allowing certain shares of the same issuer that are the subject of the same proxy solicitation and held by one or more MSIM portfolios to be voted differently than other shares) and/or “override voting” (i.e., voting all MSIM portfolio shares in a manner contrary to the Policy); (2) review and approve upcoming votes, as appropriate, for matters as requested by CGT.

          The Committee reserves the right to review voting decisions at any time and to make voting decisions as necessary to ensure the independence and integrity of the votes. The Committee or the Subcommittee are provided with reports on at least a monthly basis detailing specific key votes cast by CGT.

B. Material Conflicts of Interest

          In addition to the procedures discussed above, if the CGT Director determines that an issue raises a material conflict of interest, the CGT Director will request a special committee to review, and recommend a course of action with respect to, the conflict(s) in question (“Special Committee”).

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A potential material conflict of interest could exist in the following situations, among others:
1.	The issuer soliciting the vote is a client of MSIM or an affiliate of MSIM and the vote is on a matter that materially affects the issuer.
2.	The proxy relates to Morgan Stanley common stock or any other security issued by Morgan Stanley or its affiliates except if echo voting is used, as with MSIM Funds, as described herein.
3.	Morgan Stanley has a material pecuniary interest in the matter submitted for a vote (e.g., acting as a financial advisor to a party to a merger or acquisition for which Morgan Stanley will be paid a success fee if completed).

          If the CGT Director determines that an issue raises a potential material conflict of interest, depending on the facts and circumstances, the issue will be addressed as follows:

1.	If the matter relates to a topic that is discussed in this Policy, the proposal will be voted as per the Policy.
2.	If the matter is not discussed in this Policy or the Policy indicates that the issue is to be decided case-by-case, the proposal will be voted in a manner consistent with the Research Providers, provided that all the Research Providers have the same recommendation, no portfolio manager objects to that vote, and the vote is consistent with MSIM’s Client Proxy Standard.
3.	If the Research Providers’ recommendations differ, the CGT Director will refer the matter to the Subcommittee or a Special Committee to vote on the proposal, as appropriate.

          The Special Committee shall be comprised of the CGT Director, the Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee, a senior portfolio manager (if practicable, one who is a member of the Proxy Review Committee) designated by the Proxy Review Committee, and MSIM’s relevant Chief Investment Officer or his/her designee, and any other persons deemed necessary by the CGT Director. The CGT Director may request non-voting participation by MSIM’s General Counsel or his/her designee. In addition to the research provided by Research Providers, the Special Committee may request analysis from MSIM Affiliate investment professionals and outside sources to the extent it deems appropriate.

C. Proxy Voting Reporting

          The CGT will document in writing all Committee, Subcommittee and Special Committee decisions and actions, which documentation will be maintained by the CGT for a period of at least six years. To the extent these decisions relate to a security held by an MSIM Fund, the CGT will report the decisions to each applicable Board of Trustees/Directors of those Funds at each Board’s next regularly scheduled Board meeting. The report will contain information concerning decisions made during the most recently ended calendar quarter immediately preceding the Board meeting.

          MSIM will promptly provide a copy of this Policy to any client requesting it. MSIM will also, upon client request, promptly provide a report indicating how each proxy was voted with respect to securities held in that client’s account.

          MSIM’s Legal Department is responsible for filing an annual Form N-PX on behalf of each MSIM Fund for which such filing is required, indicating how all proxies were voted with respect to such Fund’s holdings.

          [APPENDIX A and APPENDIX B of the Proxy Voting Policy intentionally omitted.]

          Revised February 25, 2009

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                       MORGAN STANLEY TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST

                                          PART C

                                    OTHER INFORMATION





Item 23.          Exhibits
- --------          --------

(a)(1).           Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated April 6, 1987, is incorporated
                  herein by reference to Exhibit 1(a) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
                  Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on February 26, 1996.

 (2).             Amendment to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated February 19,
                  1993, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1(b) of Post-Effective
                  Amendment No. 20 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on February
                  26, 1996.

 (3).             Amendment to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated June 22, 1998, is
                  incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Post-Effective Amendment No. 23
                  to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on February 10, 1999.

 (4).             Amendment to the Declaration of Trust of the Registrant, dated June 18, 2001, is
                  incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1(d) of Post-Effective Amendment No.
                  27 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on February 26, 2002.

(b).              Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, dated February 27, 2008, is
                  incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) of Post-Effective Amendment No.
                  35 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 25, 2008.

(c).              Not Applicable.

(d).              Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated November 1, 2004 and
                  supplemented as of April 24, 2008, is incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit (d)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the Registration Statement
                  on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Select Dimensions Investment Series, filed on
                  April 8, 2009.

(e)(1).           Amended Distribution Agreement between the Registrant and Morgan Stanley
                  Distributors Inc., dated November 1, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit (e)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No.26 to the Registration Statement on
                  Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Income Trust, filed on December 18, 2007.

 (2).             Selected Dealer Agreement between Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc. and Morgan
                  Stanley DW Inc. is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(2) of Post-
                  Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of
                  Morgan Stanley Fundamental Value Fund, filed on January 25, 2006.

 (3).             Addendum No. 1 to Selected Dealer Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit (e)(3) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on
                  Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund, filed on September 26, 2007.

 (4).             Form of Dealer Agreement is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (e)(3) of
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Morgan
                  Stanley Aggressive Equity Fund, filed on November 22, 2006.

(f).              Second Amended and Restated Retirement Plan for Non-Interested Directors or
                  Trustees, dated May 8, 1997, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 24 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
                  filed on April 9, 1999.

(g)(1).           Custodian Contract between the Registrant and State Street Bank and Trust
                  Company, dated March 7, 2008, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
                  (g)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No 18 to the Registration Statement on Form
                  N-1A of Morgan Stanley Balanced Fund, filed on May 28, 2008.

 (2).             Data Access Services Agreement between the Registrant and State Street Bank and
                  Trust Company is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (g)(2) of
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of
                  Morgan Stanley Balanced Fund, filed on May 28, 2008.














(h)(1).           Amended and Restated Transfer Agency and Service Agreement between the
                  Registrant and Morgan Stanley Trust, dated June 26, 2008, is incorporated herein
                  by reference to Exhibit (h)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 to the
                  Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Special Value Fund, filed
                  on November 24, 2008.

 (2).             Administration Agreement, dated November 1, 2004 and supplemented as of April 24,
                  2008, between Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. and the Registrant, is incorporated
                  herein by reference to Exhibit h(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 to the
                  Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Select Dimensions Investment
                  Series, filed on April 8, 2009.

(i)(1).           Opinion of Clifford Chance US LLP, is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit i(1)
                  of Post-Effective Amendment No. 31 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed
                  on April 28, 2005.

 (2).             Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP, filed herein.

 (3).             Opinion of Dechert LLP, Massachusetts Counsel, is incorporated herein by reference
                  to Exhibit i(2) of of Post-Effective Amendment to No. 31 to the Registration
                  Statement on form N-1A, filed on April 28, 2005.

(j).              Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed herein.

(k).              Not Applicable.

(l).              Not Applicable.

(m).              Shareholder Services Plan, dated October 31, 2006, between the Registrant and
                  Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc., is incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit (m)(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration Statement
                  on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Limited Duration U.S. Government Trust, filed
                  on September 26, 2008.

(n).              Not Applicable.

(o).              Not Applicable.

(p)(1).           Code of Ethics of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, dated May 12, 2008, is
                  incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (p)(1) of Post-Effective Amendment
                  No. 18 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Balanced
                  Fund, filed on May 28, 2008.

 (2).             Code of Ethics of the Morgan Stanley Funds, is incorporated herein by reference to
                  Exhibit p(2) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to the Registration Statement on
                  Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Growth Fund, filed on May 27, 2005.

(q).              Power of Attorneys of Trustees, dated February 24, 2009, is incorporated herein by
                  reference to Exhibit (q) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration
                  Statement on Form N-1A of Morgan Stanley Capital Opportunities Trust, filed on
                  March 25, 2009.




ITEM 24.          PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE FUND.

                  None







    Set forth below is the name and principal business address of each company
for which directors or officers of Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors serve as
directors, officers or employees.

Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.
Van Kampen Advisors Inc.
Van Kampen Asset Management
Van Kampen Investments Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036


Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.
100 Front Street, Suite 400, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428-2899


Van Kampen Investor Services Inc.
2800 Post Oak Blvd., Houston, Texas 77056

Morgan Stanley Trust Company
Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311








Listed below are the officers and Directors of Morgan Stanley Investment
Advisors:





      NAME AND POSITION WITH
MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT ADVISORS             OTHER SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS, PROFESSION, OR VOCATION
- ---------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------------
Randy Takian                             President and Principal Executive Officer of the Morgan Stanley Retail
Managing Director, Director and          and Institutional Funds; President and Chief Executive Officer of
President                                Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.; Managing Director of Morgan
                                         Stanley Investment Management Inc.; Director of Morgan Stanley
                                         Distributors Inc. and Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.


Stuart Bohart                            President; Managing Director and Director of Morgan Stanley
Managing Director                        Investment Management Inc.; Managing Director of Van Kampen
and Director                             Advisors Inc. and Van Kampen Asset Management; President of
                                         Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.

Stefanie V. Chang Yu                     Managing Director and Secretary of various entities affiliated
Managing Director and                    with Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Secretary

Kevin Klingert                           Managing Director, Global Head, Chief Operating Officer and acting
Managing Director, Global Head,          Chief Investment Officer of the Global Fixed Income Group of Morgan
Chief Operating Officer and acting       Stanley Investment Management Inc. Head of Global Liquidity Portfolio
Chief Investment Officer of the          Management and Co-Head of Liquidity Credit Research of Morgan Stanley
Global Fixed Income Group                Investment Management. Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment
                                         Management Inc.

Carsten Otto                             Managing Director and Global Head of Compliance for Morgan Stanley
Managing Director                        Investment Management and Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley
                                         Retail Funds and Institutional Funds.

Mary Ann Picciotto                       Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Managment Inc.,
Executive Director and                   Van Kampen Asset Management, Van Kampen Investments Inc., Van Kampen
Chief Compliance Officer                 Investor Services Inc. and Van Kampen Advisors Inc.

Jeffrey Gelfand                          Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Morgan
Managing Director,                       Stanley Investment Management
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer






     For information as to the business, profession, vocation or employment of a
substantial nature of additonal officers of the Investment Adviser, reference is
made to the Investment Adviser's current Form ADV (File No. 801-42061) filed
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, incorporated herein by reference.







ITEM 27. PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS



(a)      Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the
principal underwriter of the Registrant. Morgan Stanley Distributors is also the
principal underwriter of the following investment companies:

(1)  Active Assets California Tax-Free Trust
(2)  Active Assets Government Securities Trust
(3)  Active Assets Institutional Government Securities Trust
(4)  Active Assets Institutional Money Trust
(5)  Active Assets Money Trust
(6)  Active Assets Tax-Free Trust
(7)  Morgan Stanley Balanced Fund
(8)  Morgan Stanley California Tax-Free Daily Income Trust
(9)  Morgan Stanley California Tax-Free Income Fund
(10) Morgan Stanley Capital Opportunities Trust
(11) Morgan Stanley Convertible Securities Trust
(12) Morgan Stanley Dividend Growth Securities Inc.
(13) Morgan Stanley Equally-Weighted S&P 500 Fund
(14) Morgan Stanley European Equity Fund Inc.
(15) Morgan Stanley Flexible Income Trust
(16) Morgan Stanley Focus Growth Fund
(17) Morgan Stanley Fundamental Value Fund
(18) Morgan Stanley FX Series Funds
(19) Morgan Stanley Global Advantage Fund
(20) Morgan Stanley Global Dividend Growth Securities
(21) Morgan Stanley Global Infrastructure Fund










(22) Morgan Stanley Health Sciences Trust
(23) Morgan Stanley High Yield Securities Inc.
(24) Morgan Stanley International Fund
(25) Morgan Stanley International Value Equity Fund
(26) Morgan Stanley Limited Duration U.S. Government Trust
(27) Morgan Stanley Liquid Asset Fund Inc.
(28) Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Fund
(29) Morgan Stanley Mid-Cap Value Fund
(30) Morgan Stanley Mortgage Securities Trust
(31) Morgan Stanley Natural Resource Development Securities Inc.
(32) Morgan Stanley New York Municipal Money Market Trust
(33) Morgan Stanley New York Tax-Free Income Fund
(34) Morgan Stanley Pacific Growth Fund Inc.
(35) Morgan Stanley Prime Income Trust
(36) Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund
(37) Morgan Stanley S&P 500 Index Fund
(38) Morgan Stanley Select Dimensions Investment Series
(39) Morgan Stanley Series Funds
(40) Morgan Stanley Small-Mid Special Value Fund
(41) Morgan Stanley Special Growth Fund
(42) Morgan Stanley Special Value Fund
(43) Morgan Stanley Strategist Fund
(44) Morgan Stanley Tax-Exempt Securities Trust
(45) Morgan Stanley Tax-Free Daily Income Trust














(46) Morgan Stanley Technology Fund
(47) Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Money Market Trust
(48) Morgan Stanley U.S. Government Securities Trust
(49) Morgan Stanley Value Fund
(50) Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series















(b)      The following information is given regarding directors and officers of
Morgan Stanley Distributors. The principal address of Morgan Stanley Distributors
is 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036.





NAME AND PRINCIPAL BUSINESS   POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH            POSITIONS AND OFFICES WITH
        ADDRESS                       UNDERWRITER                           REGISTRANT
- ---------------------------   --------------------------            --------------------------
Douglas Mangini               President                              None
Randy Takian                  Director                               President and Principal Executive
                                                                     Officer
Jeffrey Gelfand               Director, Chief Financial Officer      None
                              and Treasurer
Stefanie V. Chang Yu          Secretary                              Vice President
Evan Gordon                   Chief Compliance Officer               None
Gina Gallagher                Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer    None
Joseph D'Auria                Financial and Operations Principal     None




(c)      Not applicable.



ITEM 28. LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

     Books or other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a)[15 U.S.C. 80a-30(a)]
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules promulgated thereunder, are
maintained as follows:

        State Street Bank and Trust Company
        One Lincoln Street
        Boston, Massachusetts 02111
        (records relating to its function as custodian)

        Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
        522 Fifth Avenue
        New York, New York 10036
        (records relating to its function as investment adviser)

        Morgan Stanley Trust
        Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two
        2nd Floor
        Jersey City, New Jersey 07311
        (records relating to its function as transfer agent and
        dividend disbursing agent)

        Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc.
        Harborside Financial Center, Plaza Two
        7th Floor
        Jersey City, New Jersey 07311
        (records relating to its function as administrator)


ITEM 29. MANAGEMENT SERVICES

     Registrant is not a party to any such management-related service contract.

ITEM 30. UNDERTAKINGS

     Not Applicable.







                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New
York on the 28th day of April 2009.
 

                             MORGAN STANLEY TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST



                             By /s/ RANDY TAKIAN
                                ---------------------------------------
                                    Randy Takian
                                    President and Principal Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 36 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.






         Signatures                                  Title                              Date
         ----------                                  -----                              ----

(1) Principal Executive Officer             President and Principal Executive
By  /s/  RANDY TAKIAN                       Officer                                 April 28, 2009
    ---------------------------
         Randy Takian

(2) Principal Financial Officer             Chief Financial Officer


By  /s/  FRANCIS J. SMITH                                                           April 28, 2009
    -----------------------
         Francis J. Smith

(3) Majority of the Trustees

    James F. Higgins

By  /s/  STEFANIE V. CHANG YU                                                       April 28, 2009
   ---------------------------------
         Stefanie V. Chang Yu
         Attorney-in-Fact

     Frank L. Bowman       Michael F. Klein
     Michael Bozic         Michael E. Nugent (Chairman)
     Kathleen A. Dennis    W. Allen Reed
     Manuel H. Johnson     Fergus Reid
     Joseph J. Kearns



By  /s/  CARL FRISCHLING                                                            April 28, 2009
    -----------------------
         Carl Frischling
         Attorney-in-Fact









                   MORGAN STANLEY TAX-FREE DAILY INCOME TRUST



                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



(i)(2).   Consent of Clifford Chance US LLP

(j).      Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

EX-99.I(2)

                        CONSENT OF CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP

We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Fund Counsel"
in the Statement of Additional Information comprising a part of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 36 to the Form N-1A Registration Statement of Morgan Stanley
Tax-Free Daily Income Trust, File No. 2-67087. We do not thereby admit that we
are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of
the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.


/s/ Clifford Chance US LLP

New York, New York
April 28, 2009

EX-99.J

                                                                        EX-99(j)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 36 to  Registration  Statement No.  2-67087 on Form N-1A of our report dated
February 25, 2009, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights
of Morgan  Stanley  Tax-Free  Daily Income  Trust (the "Fund")  appearing in the
Annual  Report on Form N-CSR of the Fund for the year ended  December  31, 2008,
and to the  references  to us on the cover page of the  Statement of  Additional
Information and under the captions "Financial  Highlights" in the Prospectus and
"Custodian and Independent  Registered  Public  Accounting  Firm" and "Financial
Statements" in the Statement of Additional  Information,  which are part of such
Registration Statement.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
April 28, 2009