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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of Securities Offered
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2022
$1,750,000,000
$202,825.00
Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2027
$2,969,970,000
$344,219.53
Fixed Rate Senior Notes due 2047
$2,234,745,000
$259,006.95
 
PROSPECTUS Dated February 16, 2016
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT Dated January 11, 2017
Pricing Supplement No. 1,278 to
Registration Statement No. 333-200365
Dated January 17, 2017
Rule 424(b)(2)


GLOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES I
Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2022
Fixed Rate Senior Notes Due 2027
Fixed Rate Senior Notes Due 2047

 
We, Morgan Stanley, are offering the notes described below on a global basis.  We may redeem the Global Medium-Term Notes, Series I, Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2022 (the “floating rate notes due 2022”), in whole but not in part, on January 20, 2021, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date, in accordance with the provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Description of Debt Securities—Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities—Notice of Redemption,” as supplemented by the provisions below under the heading “Optional Redemption of Floating Rate Notes Due 2022.”  We may redeem some or all of the Global Medium‑Term Notes, Series I, Fixed Rate Senior Notes Due 2027 (the “fixed rate notes due 2027”) at any time on or after July 20, 2017 in accordance with the provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Description of Debt Securities—Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities—Optional Make-whole Redemption of Debt Securities,” as supplemented by the provisions below.  We may redeem some or all of the Global Medium‑Term Notes, Series I, Fixed Rate Senior Notes Due 2047 (the “fixed rate notes due 2047” and, together with the floating rate notes due 2022 and the fixed rate notes due 2027, the “notes”) at any time on or after July 22, 2017 in accordance with the provisions described in the accompanying prospectus under the heading “Description of Debt Securities—Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities—Optional Make-whole Redemption of Debt Securities,” as supplemented by the provisions below.
 
We will issue the notes only in registered form, which form is further described under “Description of Notes—Forms of Notes” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
 
We describe the basic features of the notes in the section of the accompanying prospectus supplement called “Description of Notes.” In addition, we describe the basic features of the floating rate notes due 2022 in the section of the accompanying prospectus called “Description of Debt Securities—Floating Rate Debt Securities” and we describe the basic features of the fixed rate notes due 2027 and the fixed rate notes due 2047 in the section of the accompanying prospectus called “Description of Debt Securities—Fixed Rate Debt Securities,” in each case subject to and as modified by the provisions described below.
 
With respect to the floating rate notes due 2022, we describe how interest is calculated, accrued and paid, including the adjustment of scheduled interest payment dates for business days (except at maturity), under “Description of Debt Securities—Floating Rate Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus.  With respect to the fixed rate notes due 2027 and the fixed rate notes due 2047, we describe how interest is calculated, accrued and paid, including where a scheduled interest payment date is not a business day (the following unadjusted business day convention), under “Description of Debt Securities—Fixed Rate Debt Securities” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
Terms not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus, as applicable.
 

Investing in the notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page PS-3.
 

Floating Rate Notes Due 2022
 
Fixed Rate Notes Due 2027
Principal Amount:
$1,750,000,000
 
Principal Amount:
$3,000,000,000
Maturity Date: 
January 20, 2022
 
Maturity Date:
January 20, 2027
Settlement Date
 
 
Settlement Date
 
(Original Issue Date):  
January 20, 2017 (T+3)
 
(Original Issue Date): 
January 20, 2017 (T+3)
Interest Accrual Date:  
January 20, 2017
 
Interest Accrual Date: 
January 20, 2017
Issue Price:
100.00%
 
Issue Price:   
98.999%
Specified Currency: 
U.S. dollars
 
Specified Currency:    
U.S. dollars
Redemption Percentage
 
 
Redemption Percentage
 
at Maturity: 
100%
 
at Maturity:
100%
Base Rate:   
LIBOR
 
Interest Rate: 
3.625% per annum (calculated
Spread (Plus or Minus):
Plus 1.18%
 
 
on a 30/360 day count basis)
Index Maturity:  
Three months
 
Interest Payment Period:   
Semi-annual
Index Currency:
U.S. dollars
 
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The notes are not deposits or savings accounts and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency or instrumentality, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
 
The Securities and Exchange Commission and state securities regulators have not approved or disapproved these securities, or determined if this pricing supplement or the accompanying prospectus supplement or prospectus is truthful or complete.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
MORGAN STANLEY
MUFG

 

Floating Rate Notes Due 2022 (continued)
 
Fixed Rate Notes Due 2027 (continued)
Initial Interest Rate: 
The Base Rate plus 1.18% (to
 
Interest Payment Dates:  
Each January 20 and July 20,
 
be determined by the
 
 
commencing July 20, 2017
 
Calculation Agent on the
 
Business Day:
New York
 
second London banking day
 
Business Day Convention:   
Following unadjusted
 
prior to the Original Issue
 
Minimum Denominations: 
$1,000 and integral multiples of
 
Date)
 
 
$1,000 in excess thereof
Interest Payment Period:  
Quarterly
 
CUSIP:
61746B EF9
Interest Payment Dates:
Each January 20, April 20,
 
ISIN:
US61746BEF94
 
July 20 and October 20,
 
Other Provisions: 
Optional make-whole
 
commencing April 20, 2017
 
 
redemption on or after July 20,
Interest Reset Period:
Quarterly
 
 
2017 (spread over treasury rate:
Interest Reset Dates:
Each Interest Payment Date
 
 
plus 25 basis points)
Interest Determination
 
 
 
 
Dates:
The second London banking
 
 
 
  day prior to each Interest      
  Reset Date      
Reporting Service: Reuters (Page LIBOR01)      
Business Day:  New York      
Calculation Agent:  The Bank of New York      
  Mellon (as successor to      
  JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      
  (formerly known as      
  JPMorgan Chase Bank))      
Minimum Denominations: $1,000 and integral multiples      
  of $1,000 in excess thereof      
CUSIP: 61746B EE2      
ISIN: US61746BEE20      
Other Provisions: See “Optional Redemption of      
  Floating Rate Notes Due      
  2022” below.      
 
Fixed Rate Notes Due 2047
Principal Amount:
$2,250,000,000
 
Interest Payment Period:
Semi-annual
Maturity Date:
January 22, 2047
 
Interest Payment Dates:
Each January 22 and July 22,
Settlement Date
 
 
 
commencing July 22, 2017
(Original Issue Date): 
January 20, 2017 (T+3)
 
Business Day: 
New York
Interest Accrual Date: 
January 20, 2017
 
Business Day Convention:
Following unadjusted
Issue Price:
99.322%
 
Minimum Denominations:
$1,000 and integral multiples of
Specified Currency:
U.S. dollars
 
 
$1,000 in excess thereof
Redemption Percentage
 
 
CUSIP:
61746B EG7
at Maturity: 
100%
 
ISIN:
US61746BEG77
Interest Rate: 
4.375% per annum
 
Other Provisions:
Optional make-whole
 
(calculated on a 30/360 day
 
 
redemption on or after July 22,
 
count basis)
 
 
2017 (spread over treasury rate:
 
 
 
 
plus 25 basis points)
 
 
 
 
 
 
PS-2

Risk Factors
 
For a discussion of the risk factors affecting Morgan Stanley and its business, including market risk, credit risk, operational risk, liquidity and funding risk, legal, regulatory and compliance risk, risk management, competitive environment, international risk and acquisition, divestiture and joint venture risk, among others, see “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 and our current and periodic reports filed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (file number 001-11758) that are incorporated by reference into this pricing supplement and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus.
 
This section describes certain selected risk factors relating to the floating rate notes due 2022.  Please see “Risk Factors” in the accompanying prospectus for a complete list of risk factors relating to the notes.
 
The floating rate notes due 2022 have early redemption risk. We retain the option to redeem the floating rate notes due 2022, in whole but not in part, on January 20, 2021, on at least 15 but not more than 60 days’ prior notice.  It is more likely that we will redeem the floating rate notes due 2022 prior to their stated maturity date to the extent that the interest payable on the floating rate notes due 2022 is greater than the interest that would be payable on other instruments of ours of a comparable maturity, of comparable terms and of a comparable credit rating trading in the market.  If the floating rate notes due 2022 are redeemed prior to their stated maturity date, you may have to re-invest the proceeds in a lower interest rate environment.
 
Optional Redemption of Floating Rate Notes Due 2022
 
We may, at our option, redeem the floating rate notes due 2022, in whole but not in part, on January 20, 2021, on at least 15 but not more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the floating rate notes due 2022 to but excluding the redemption date.
 
 On or before the redemption date, we will deposit with the trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on the floating rate notes due 2022 to be redeemed on that date.  If such money is so deposited, on and after the redemption date interest will cease to accrue on the floating rate notes due 2022 (unless we default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest) and such notes will cease to be outstanding.
 
For information regarding notices of redemption, see “Description of Debt Securities—Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities—Notice of Redemption” in the accompanying prospectus.
 
The notes do not contain any provisions affording the holders the right to require us to purchase the notes after the occurrence of any change in control event affecting us.
 
Supplemental Information Concerning Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest
 
On January 17, 2017, we agreed to sell to the managers listed below, and they severally agreed to purchase, the principal amounts of notes set forth opposite their respective names below at a net price of 99.65%, plus accrued interest, if any, for the floating rate notes due 2022, at a net price of 98.549%, plus accrued interest, if any, for the fixed rate notes due 2027 and at a net price of 98.447%, plus accrued interest, if any, for the fixed rate notes due 2047, each of which we refer to as the “purchase price” for the respective notes.  The purchase price for the floating rate notes due 2022 equals the stated issue price of 100.00%, plus accrued interest, if any, less a combined management and underwriting commission of 0.35% of the principal amount of the floating rate notes due 2022, the purchase price for the fixed rate notes due 2027 equals the stated issue price of 98.999%, plus accrued interest, if any, less a combined management and underwriting commission of 0.450% of the principal amount of the fixed rate notes due 2027 and the purchase price for the fixed rate notes due 2047 equals the stated issue price of 99.322%, plus accrued interest, if any, less a combined management and underwriting commission of 0.875% of the principal amount of the fixed rate notes due 2047.
 
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Name
 
Principal Amount of Floating Rate Notes Due 2022
   
Principal Amount of Fixed Rate Notes Due 2027
   
Principal Amount of Fixed Rate Notes Due 2047
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC  
 
 
$1,260,000,000
   
 
$2,160,000,000
   
 
$1,620,000,000
 
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.  
   
175,000,000
     
300,000,000
     
225,000,000
 
ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Academy Securities, Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
ANZ Securities, Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Barclays Capital Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
BBVA Securities Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
BMO Capital Markets Corp.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Capital One Securities, Inc.  
   
     
30,000,000
     
22,500,000
 
CastleOak Securities, L.P.  
   
17,500,000
     
     
 
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Drexel Hamilton, LLC  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
ING Financial Markets LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
     
22,500,000
 
Lloyds Securities Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Mischler Financial Group, Inc.  
   
     
30,000,000
     
 
nabSecurities, LLC  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
PNC Capital Markets LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
     
22,500,000
 
Rabo Securities USA, Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc.  
   
     
30,000,000
     
 
RBC Capital Markets, LLC  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
RBS Securities Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Regions Securities LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Santander Investment Securities Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
SG Americas Securities LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
Standard Chartered Bank  
   
     
     
22,500,000
 
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
TD Securities (USA) LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
UniCredit Capital Markets LLC  
   
17,500,000
     
30,000,000
     
 
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.  
   
     
30,000,000
     
22,500,000
 
The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
   
17,500,000
     
     
 
Total  
 
 
$1,750,000,000
   
 
$3,000,000,000
   
 
$2,250,000,000
 
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is our wholly-owned subsidiary. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., the ultimate parent of MUFG Securities Americas Inc. (one of the managers), holds an approximately 22% interest in Morgan Stanley.  This offering will be conducted in compliance with the requirements of Rule 5121 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., which is commonly referred to as FINRA, regarding a FINRA member firm’s distribution of the securities of an affiliate and related conflicts of interest.  In accordance with Rule 5121 of FINRA, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. may not make sales in this offering to any discretionary accounts without the prior written approval of the customer.
 
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) and Standard Chartered Bank are not U.S. registered broker-dealers and, therefore, to the extent that they intend to effect any sales of the notes in the United States, they will do so through one or more U.S. registered broker-dealers as permitted by FINRA regulations.
 
Validity of the Notes
 
In the opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, as special counsel to Morgan Stanley, when the notes offered by this pricing supplement have been executed and issued by Morgan Stanley, authenticated by the trustee pursuant to the Senior Debt Indenture (as defined in the accompanying prospectus) and delivered against payment as contemplated herein, such notes will be valid and binding obligations of Morgan Stanley, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability (including, without limitation, concepts of good faith, fair dealing and the lack of bad faith), provided that such counsel expresses no opinion as to (i) the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provision of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above and (ii) the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of the stated principal amount upon acceleration of the notes to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest.  This opinion is given as of the date hereof and is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  In addition, this opinion is subject to customary assumptions about the trustee’s authorization, execution and delivery of the Senior Debt Indenture and its authentication of the notes and the validity, binding nature and enforceability of the Senior Debt Indenture with respect to the trustee, all as stated in the letter of such counsel dated January 11, 2017, which is Exhibit 5.1 to the Form 8-K filed by Morgan Stanley on January 11, 2017.
 
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