FWP 1 dp02467_ps40.htm

     Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-131266
Relating to Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 40
dated March 24, 2006


G
LOBAL MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES F
Senior Fixed Rate Notes

Pricing Sheet – April 21, 2006

9.25% HITS due May 20, 2007
Based on the Common Stock of Wynn Resorts, Limited
High Income Trigger Securities
SM
(“HITSSM”)

  Offering Price : $5 per HITS
       
  Aggregate Principal Amount : $8,500,000
       
  Initial Share Price : $77.19
       
  Trigger Level : 70%
       
  Trigger Price : $54.033
     
  Exchange Ratio : 0.06478 shares of Wynn Stock per HITS
     
  Coupon Rate : 9.25% per annum
     
  Interest Payment Dates : August 20, 2006, November 20, 2006, February 20, 2007 and the Maturity Date
     
  Determination Date : May 17, 2007
     
  Pricing Date : April 21, 2006
     
  Settlement Date : April 28, 2006
     
  Listing : AMEX
     
  Ticker Symbol : MWH
       
  CUSIP : 61748U102
     
  Agent : Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
     
  Agent’s Commissions : $0.10 per HITS
       
  The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-800-584-6837.
       
  Pricing Supplement No. 40 dated March 24, 2006
Prospectus Supplement for HITS dated March 30, 2006
Prospectus dated January 25, 2006