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Preliminary Terms
To prospectus dated November 21, 2011 and product
supplement for leveraged index-linked securities
dated August 17, 2012
Preliminary Terms No. 1,050
Registration Statement No. 333-178081
Dated September 4, 2013; Rule 433
 
Morgan Stanley
Structured  
Investments  
 
Morgan Stanley
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Return Enhanced Notes Linked to the Class A Common Stock of Lennar Corporation due December 11, 2013
Principal at Risk Securities
General
 
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The securities are designed for investors who seek a return of twice the appreciation of the Class A common stock of Lennar Corporation (the “Underlying Shares”) over the term of the securities, up to a Maximum Total Return on the securities of 19.28% at maturity.  Investors should be willing to forgo interest and dividend payments and, if the Underlying Shares decline, be willing to lose some or all of their principal.
 
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Unsecured obligations of Morgan Stanley maturing December 11, 2013.
 
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Minimum purchase of $10,000.  Minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
 
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The securities are expected to price on or about September 6, 2013 and are expected to settle on or about September 11, 2013.
 
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All payments are subject to the credit risk of Morgan Stanley.  If Morgan Stanley defaults on its obligations, you could lose some or all of your investment.  These securities are not secured obligations and you will not have any security interest in, or otherwise have any access to, any underlying reference asset or assets.
Key Terms
Underlying Shares:
Shares of Lennar Corporation Class A common stock
Upside Leverage Factor:
2
Payment at Maturity:
 
If the Ending Share Price is greater than the Initial Share Price, you will receive a cash payment that provides you with a return per $1,000 principal amount security equal to the Underlying Share Return multiplied by two, subject to a Maximum Total Return on the securities of 19.28%.  For example, if the Underlying Share Return is greater than or equal to 9.64%, you will receive the Maximum Total Return on the securities of 19.28%, which entitles you to the maximum payment at maturity of $1,192.80 for every $1,000 principal amount security that you hold.  Accordingly, if the Underlying Share Return is positive, your payment per $1,000 principal amount security will be calculated as follows, subject to the Maximum Total Return:
 
$1,000 +[$1,000 x (Underlying Share Return x 2)]
 
If the Ending Share Price is equal to the Initial Share Price, you will receive at maturity a cash payment of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount security.
 
Your investment will be fully exposed to any decline in the Underlying Shares.  If the Ending Share Price declines from the Initial Share Price, you will lose 1% of the principal amount of your securities for every 1% that the Underlying Shares decline below the Initial Share Price and your payment per $1,000 principal amount security will be calculated as follows:
 
$1,000 + ($1,000 x Underlying Share Return)
 
You will lose some or all of your investment at maturity if the Ending Share Price declines from the Initial Share Price.
Underlying Share Return:
The performance of the Underlying Shares from the Initial Share Price to the Ending Share Price, calculated as follows:
 
Ending Share Price – Initial Share Price
Initial Share Price
 
The Underlying Share Return may be positive or negative.
Maximum Total Return:
19.28%
Underlying Share Closing Price
On any day, the Share Closing Price for the Underlying Shares times the Adjustment Factor on such day
Initial Share Price:
The Underlying Share Closing Price on the Pricing Date.
Ending Share Price:
The arithmetic average of the Underlying Share Closing Prices on each of the five Averaging Dates.
Adjustment Factor
1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain corporate events affecting the Underlying Shares.  See “Additional Terms Specific to the Securities–Antidilution Adjustments” below.
Averaging Dates:
December 2, 2013, December 3, 2013, December 4, 2013, December 5, 2013 and December 6, 2013,
Maturity Date:
December 11, 2013
Listing:
The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange.
Estimated value on the Pricing Date
Approximately $990.01 per security, or within $10.00 of that estimate.  See “Additional Terms Specific To The Securities” on page 2.
CUSIP / ISIN:
61761JLJ6 / US61761JLJ69
Subject to postponement for non-trading days or in the event of a market disruption event as described under “Additional Terms Specific to the Securities–Market Disruption Events” below.
Investing in the Return Enhanced Notes involves a number of risks.  See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-21 of the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities and “Selected Risk Considerations” beginning on page 7 of these preliminary terms.
Morgan Stanley has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus, as supplemented by a product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which these preliminary terms relate.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities and any other documents relating to this offering that Morgan Stanley has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Morgan Stanley and this offering.  You may get these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at.www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, Morgan Stanley, any agent or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus, the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities and these preliminary terms if you so request by calling toll-free 1-800-584-6837.
You may revoke your offer to purchase the securities at any time prior to the time at which we accept such offer on the date the securities are priced.  We reserve the right to change the terms of, or reject any offer to purchase the securities prior to their issuance.  In the event of any changes to the terms of the securities, we will notify you and you will be asked to accept such changes in connection with your purchase.  You may also choose to reject such changes in which case we may reject your offer to purchase.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities or passed upon the accuracy or the adequacy of these preliminary terms or the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities and prospectus.  Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
Price to Public(1)
Fees and Commissions(1)(2)
Proceeds to Issuer(3)
Per security
100%
0.25%
99.75%
Total
$
$
$
(1) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, acting as dealer, will receive from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the Agent, a fixed sales commission of 0.25% for each security it sells. In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will purchase securities from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC for sales to certain fiduciary accounts at a purchase price to such accounts of 99.75% of the stated principal amount per security and will forgo any sales commission with respect to such sales.
(2) Please see “Supplemental Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest” in these preliminary terms for information about fees and commissions.
(3) See “Use of Proceeds and Hedging” on page 10.
 
The agent for this offering, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS & Co.”), is our wholly-owned subsidiary.  See “Supplemental Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest” below.
The securities are not bank deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.
 
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ADDITIONAL TERMS SPECIFIC TO THE SECURITIES
 
You should read these preliminary terms together with the prospectus dated November 21, 2011, as supplemented by the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities dated August 17, 2012.  These Return Enhanced Notes are an issuance of our leveraged index-linked securities and their terms are further described in the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities.  You should note that the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities describes offerings linked to indices and not common stocks.  Accordingly, you should review carefully the provisions described in these preliminary terms that apply to these securities and supersede the relevant terms in the product supplement.    These preliminary terms, together with the documents listed below, contain the terms of the securities and supersede all other prior or contemporaneous oral statements as well as any other written materials including preliminary or indicative pricing terms, correspondence, trade ideas, structures for implementation, sample structures, fact sheets, brochures or other educational materials of ours.  You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in “Risk Factors” in the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities, as the securities involve risks not associated with conventional debt securities.  We urge you to consult your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisers before you invest in the securities.
 
You may access these documents on the SEC website at.www.sec.gov as follows (or if such address has changed, by reviewing our filings for the relevant date on the SEC website):
 
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Product Supplement for Leveraged Index-Linked Securities dated August 17, 2012:
 
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Prospectus dated November 21, 2011:
 
Terms used in these preliminary terms are defined in the product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities or in the prospectus.  As used in these preliminary terms, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Morgan Stanley.
 
The original issue price of each security is $1,000.  This price includes costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities, which are borne by you, and, consequently, the estimated value of the securities on the Pricing Date will be less than $1,000.  We estimate that the value of each security on the Pricing Date will be approximately $990.01, or within $10.00 of that estimate.  Our estimate of the value of the securities as determined on the Pricing Date will be set forth in the final pricing supplement.
 
What goes into the estimated value on the Pricing Date?
 
In valuing the securities on the Pricing Date, we take into account that the securities comprise both a debt component and a performance-based component linked to the Underlying Shares.  The estimated value of the securities is determined using our own pricing and valuation models, market inputs and assumptions relating to the Underlying Shares, instruments based on the Underlying Shares, volatility and other factors including current and expected interest rates, as well as an interest rate related to the implied interest rate at which our conventional fixed rate debt trades in the secondary market (the “secondary market credit spread”).
 
What determines the economic terms of the securities?
 
In determining the economic terms of the securities, we use an internal funding rate which is likely to be lower than our secondary market credit spreads and therefore advantageous to us.  If the issuing, selling, structuring and hedging costs borne by you were lower or if the internal funding rate were higher, one or more terms of the securities, such as the Upside Leverage Factor or the Maximum Total Return, would be more favorable to you.
 
What is the relationship between the estimated value on the Pricing Date and the secondary market price of the securities?
 
The price at which MS & Co. purchases the securities in the secondary market, absent changes in market conditions, including those related to the Underlying Shares, may vary from, and be lower than, the estimated value on the Pricing Date, because the secondary market price takes into account our secondary market credit spread as well as the bid-offer spread that MS & Co. would charge in a secondary market transaction of this type and other factors.  However, because the costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities are not fully deducted upon issuance, for a period of up to 45 days following the issue date, to the extent that MS & Co. may buy or sell the securities in the secondary market, absent changes in market conditions, including those related to the Underlying Shares, and to our secondary market credit spreads, it would do so based on values higher than the estimated value.  We expect that those higher values will also be reflected in your brokerage account statements.
 
MS & Co. may, but is not obligated to, make a market in the securities and, if it once chooses to make a market, may cease doing so at any time.

 
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What is the Total Return on the Securities at Maturity Assuming a Range of Performance for the Underlying Shares?
 
The following table and graph illustrate the hypothetical total return at maturity on the securities.  The “total return” as used in these preliminary terms is the number, expressed as a percentage, that results from comparing the payment at maturity per $1,000 principal amount security to $1,000.  The hypothetical total returns set forth below assume an Initial Share Price of $30.  The hypothetical total returns set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the actual total returns applicable to a purchaser of the securities.
 
Ending Share Price
Underlying Share Return
Payment on Securities (per $1,000)
Total Return on Securities
$54.00
80.00%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$48.00
60.00%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$42.00
40.00%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$36.00
20.00%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$33.00
10.00%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$32.89
9.64%
$1,192.80
19.28%
$31.50
5.00%
$1,100.00
10.00%
$30.00
0.00%
$1,000.00
0.00%
$27.00
-10.00%
$900.00
-10.00%
$24.00
-20.00%
$800.00
-20.00%
$21.00
-30.00%
$700.00
-30.00%
$18.00
-40.00%
$600.00
-40.00%
$15.00
-50.00%
$500.00
-50.00%
$0.00
-100.00%
$0.00
-100.00%
 
 

 
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Hypothetical Examples of Amounts Payable at Maturity
 
The following examples illustrate how the total returns set forth in the table and graph above are calculated.
 
Example 1: The price of the Underlying Shares increases from the Initial Share Price of $30 to an Ending Share Price of $31.50. Because the Ending Share Price of $31.50 is greater than the Initial Share Price of $30 and the Underlying Share Return of 5% multiplied by 2 does not exceed the Maximum Total Return of 19.28%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,100 per $1,000 principal amount security calculated as follows:
 
$1,000 + [$1,000 x (5% x 2)] = $1,100
 
Example 2: The price of the Underlying Shares increases from the Initial Share Price of $30 to an Ending Share Price of $37.50.  Because the Underlying Share Return of 25% multiplied by 2 exceeds the Maximum Total Return of 19.28%, the investor receives a payment at maturity of $1,192.80 per $1,000 principal amount security, the maximum payment on the securities.
 
Example 3: The price of the Underlying Shares decreases from the Initial Share Price of $30 to an Ending Share Price of $24.  Because the Ending Share Price of $24 is less than the Initial Share Price of $30, the Underlying Share Return is negative and the investor will receive a payment at maturity of $800 per $1,000 principal amount security calculated as follows:
 
$1,000 + ($1,000 x -20%) = $800
 

 
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Selected Purchase Considerations
 
 
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CAPPED APPRECIATION POTENTIAL, AND NO DOWNSIDE PROTECTION – The securities provide the opportunity to enhance equity returns by multiplying any positive Underlying Share Return by two, up to the Maximum Total Return on the securities of 19.28%, resulting in a maximum Payment at Maturity of $1,192.80 for every $1,000 principal amount security.  However, if the Underlying Share Return is negative, investors will participate fully in the negative performance and will lose some or all of their initial investment.  Because the securities are our unsecured obligations, payment of any amount at maturity is subject to our ability to pay our obligations as they become due.
 
 
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SECURITIES LINKED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE UNDERLYING SHARES.  The securities are linked to the performance of the Underlying Shares over the term of the securities.  Lennar Corporation, the issuer of the Underlying Shares, is not an affiliate of ours and is not involved with this offering in any way.  Consequently, we have no ability to control the actions of Lennar Corporation, including any corporate actions of the type that would require Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS & Co.”), as the calculation agent, to adjust the payment to you at maturity.  Lennar Corporation has no obligation to consider your interest as an investor in the securities in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of your securities.  None of the money you pay for the securities will go to Lennar Corporation.
 
 
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CAPITAL GAINS TAX TREATMENT – You should review carefully the section entitled “United States Federal Taxation” in the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities.  Although there is uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities due to the lack of governing authority, in the opinion of our counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, under current law, and based on current market conditions, a security should be treated as a single financial contract that is an “open transaction” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Assuming this treatment of the securities is respected, your gain or loss on the securities should be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, even if you are an initial purchaser of securities at a price that is below the principal amount of the securities.  The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) or a court, however, may not respect this characterization or treatment of the securities, in which case the timing and character of any income or loss on the securities could be significantly and adversely affected.  For example, under one possible treatment, the IRS could seek to recharacterize the securities as short-term debt instruments.  In that event, you might be required to accrue ordinary income over the term of the securities and all or a portion of the gain recognized by you upon sale, exchange or settlement might be characterized as ordinary income.
 
We will not attempt to ascertain whether the issuer of the Underlying Shares is treated as a “U.S. real property holding corporation” (“USRPHC”) within the meaning of Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  If the issuer of the Underlying Shares were so treated, certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences might apply to a non-U.S. holder upon the sale, exchange or settlement of a security.  You should refer to information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other governmental authorities by the issuer of the Underlying Shares and consult your tax adviser regarding the possible consequences to you if the issuer of the Underlying Shares becomes a USRPHC.
 
In 2007, the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released a notice requesting comments on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of “prepaid forward contracts” and similar instruments.  The notice focuses on whether to require holders of instruments such as the securities to accrue income over the term of their investment.  It also asks for comments on a number of related topics, including the character of income or loss with respect to these instruments; whether short-term instruments should be subject to any such accrual regime; the relevance of factors such as exchange-traded status of the instruments and the nature of the underlying property to which the instruments are linked; the degree, if any, to which any income (including any mandated accruals) realized by non-U.S. holders should be subject to withholding tax; and whether these investments are or should be subject to the “constructive ownership” rule, which very generally can operate to recharacterize certain long-term capital gains as ordinary income and impose an interest charge.  While the notice requests comments on appropriate transition rules and effective dates, Treasury regulations or other forms of guidance, if any, issued after consideration of these issues could materially and adversely affect the tax consequences of this kind of investment, possibly with retroactive effect.  You should consult your tax adviser regarding the treatment of the securities, including possible alternative characterizations in general and the possible impact of this notice in particular.  Additionally, any consequences resulting from the Medicare tax on investment income are not discussed in this document or the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities.
 
The discussion in the preceding paragraphs under “Capital Gains Tax Treatment” and the section entitled “United States Federal Taxation” in the accompanying product supplement for leveraged
 

 
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index-linked securities, insofar as they purport to describe provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws or legal conclusions with respect thereto, constitute the full opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP regarding the material U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities.
 
 
 
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Selected Risk Considerations
 
An investment in the securities involves significant risks.  Investing in the securities is not equivalent to investing directly in the Underlying Shares.  Some of these risks are explained in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section of the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities and prospectus.
 
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YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES MAY RESULT IN A LOSS – The securities do not guarantee any return of principal.  The return on the securities at maturity is linked to the performance of the Underlying Shares and will depend on whether, and the extent to which, the Underlying Share Return is positive or negative.  The securities are linked to a single stock.  Your investment will be fully exposed to any decline in the Ending Share Price as compared to the Initial Share Price.  There is no minimum payment at maturity on the securities and, accordingly, you could lose your entire initial investment in the securities.
 
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YOUR MAXIMUM GAIN ON THE SECURITIES IS LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM TOTAL RETURN – If the Ending Share Price is greater than the Initial Share Price, for each $1,000 principal amount security, you will receive at maturity $1,000 plus an additional amount that will not exceed the Maximum Total Return of 19.28% on the stated principal amount, regardless of the appreciation in the Underlying Shares, which may be significant.
 
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THE SECURITIES DO NOT PAY INTEREST – Unlike ordinary debt securities, the securities do not pay interest and do not guarantee any return of principal at maturity.
 
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NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS – Investing in the securities is not equivalent to investing in the Underlying Shares.  As an investor in the securities, you will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to the Underlying Shares.
 
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THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO THE CREDIT RISK OF MORGAN STANLEY, AND ANY ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED CHANGES TO ITS CREDIT RATINGS OR CREDIT SPREADS MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET VALUE OF THE SECURITIES – You are dependent on Morgan Stanley’s ability to pay all amounts due on the securities, and therefore you are subject to the credit risk of Morgan Stanley.  If Morgan Stanley defaults on its obligations under the securities, your investment would be at risk and you could lose some or all of your investment.  As a result, the market value of the securities prior to maturity will be affected by changes in the market’s view of Morgan Stanley’s creditworthiness.  Any actual or anticipated decline in Morgan Stanley’s credit ratings or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking Morgan Stanley credit risk is likely to adversely affect the market value of the securities.
 
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MANY ECONOMIC AND MARKET FACTORS WILL IMPACT THE VALUE OF THE SECURITIES – The value of the securities will be affected by a number of economic and market factors that may either offset or magnify each other, including:
 
 
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the price of the Underlying Shares on any day;
 
 
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the expected volatility (frequency and magnitude of changes in price) of the Underlying Shares;
 
 
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the time to maturity of the securities;
 
 
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the dividend rate of the Underlying Shares;
 
 
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interest and yield rates in the market generally;
 
 
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geopolitical conditions and a variety of economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the Underlying Shares or stock markets generally and which may affect Lennar Corporation and the price of the Underlying Shares;
 
 
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the occurrence of certain events affecting the Underlying Shares that may or may not require an adjustment to the adjustment factor; and
 
 
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our creditworthiness, including actual or anticipated changes in our credit ratings or credit  spreads.
 
 
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THE RATE WE ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR SECURITIES OF THIS TYPE, MATURITY AND ISSUANCE SIZE IS LIKELY TO BE LOWER THAN THE RATE IMPLIED BY OUR SECONDARY MARKET CREDIT SPREADS AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO US.  BOTH THE LOWER RATE AND THE INCLUSION OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ISSUING, SELLING, STRUCTURING AND HEDGING THE SECURITIES IN THE ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE REDUCE THE ECONOMIC TERMS OF THE SECURITIES, CAUSE THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE SECURITIES TO BE LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL ISSUE PRICE AND WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT SECONDARY MARKET PRICES– Assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the prices, if any, at which dealers, including MS & Co., may be willing to purchase the securities in secondary market transactions will likely be significantly lower than the original issue price, because secondary market prices will exclude the issuing, selling, structuring and hedging-related costs that are included in the original issue
 

 
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price and borne by you and because the secondary market prices will reflect our secondary market credit spreads and the bid-offer spread that any dealer would charge in a secondary market transaction of this type as well as other factors.
 
The inclusion of the costs of issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities in the original issue price and the lower rate we are willing to pay as issuer make the economic terms of the securities less favorable to you than they otherwise would be.
 
However, because the costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities are not fully deducted upon issuance, for a period of up to 45 days following the issue date, to the extent that MS & Co. may buy or sell the securities in the secondary market, absent changes in market conditions, including those related to the Underlying Shares, and to our secondary market credit spreads, it would do so based on values higher than the estimated value, and we expect that those higher values will also be reflected in your brokerage account statements.
 
 
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THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE SECURITIES IS DETERMINED BY REFERENCE TO OUR PRICING AND VALUATION MODELS, WHICH MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE OF OTHER DEALERS AND IS NOT A MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM SECONDARY MARKET PRICE– These pricing and valuation models are proprietary and rely in part on subjective views of certain market inputs and certain assumptions about future events, which may prove to be incorrect.  As a result, because there is no market-standard way to value these types of securities, our models may yield a higher estimated value of the securities than those generated by others, including other dealers in the market, if they attempted to value the securities.  In addition, the estimated value on the Pricing Date does not represent a minimum or maximum price at which dealers, including MS & Co., would be willing to purchase your securities in the secondary market (if any exists) at any time.  The value of your securities at any time after the date of this pricing supplement will vary based on many factors that cannot be predicted with accuracy, including our creditworthiness and changes in market conditions.  See also “Many economic and market factors will impact the value of the securities” above.
 
 
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LACK OF LIQUIDITY – The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange.  Therefore, there may be little or no secondary market for the securities.  Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS & Co.”) may, but is not obligated to, make a market in the securities and, if it once chooses to make a market, may cease doing so at any time.  When it does make a market, it will generally do so for transactions of routine secondary market size at prices based on its estimate of the current value of the securities, taking into account its bid/offer spread, our credit spreads, market volatility, the notional size of the proposed sale, the cost of unwinding any related hedging positions, the time remaining to maturity and the likelihood that it will be able to resell the securities.  Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the securities easily.  Since other broker-dealers may not participate significantly in the secondary market for the securities, the price at which you may be able to trade your securities is likely to depend on the price, if any, at which MS & Co. is willing to transact.  If, at any time, MS & Co. were to cease making a market in the securities, it is likely that there would be no secondary market for the securities.  Accordingly, you should be willing to hold your securities to maturity.
 
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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS – We and our affiliates play a variety of roles in connection with the issuance of the securities, including acting as calculation agent and hedging our obligations under the securities.  In performing these duties, the economic interests of the calculation agent and other affiliates of ours are potentially adverse to your interests as an investor in the securities. Some of our subsidiaries also trade the Underlying Shares and other financial instruments related to the Underlying Shares on a regular basis as part of their general broker-dealer and other businesses.  Any of these hedging or trading activities on or prior to the pricing date could potentially affect the price of the Underlying Shares.  We will not have any obligation to consider your interests as a holder of the securities in taking any corporate action that might affect the price of the Underlying Shares and the value of the securities.  In addition, MS & Co. has determined the estimated value of the securities on the Pricing Date.
 
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HEDGING AND TRADING ACTIVITY BY OUR SUBSIDIARIES COULD POTENTIALLY ADVERSELY AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE SECURITIES– One or more of our subsidiaries and/or third-party dealers expect to carry out hedging activities related to the securities (and to other instruments linked to the Underlying Shares), including trading in the Underlying Shares.  Some of our subsidiaries also trade the Underlying Shares and other financial instruments related to the Underlying Shares on a regular basis as part of their general broker-dealer and other businesses.  Any of these hedging or trading activities on or prior to the Pricing Date could potentially increase the Initial Share Price and, therefore, could increase the price at which the Underlying Shares must close on the Averaging Dates so that investors do not suffer a loss on their initial investment in the securities.
 

 
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THE ANTIDILUTION ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ADJUSTMENT FACTOR THE CALCULATION AGENT IS REQUIRED TO MAKE DO NOT COVER EVERY CORPORATE EVENT THAT COULD AFFECT THE UNDERLYING SHARES – MS & Co., as calculation agent, will adjust the amount payable at maturity for certain events affecting the Underlying Shares, such as stock splits and stock dividends, and certain other corporate actions involving Lennar Corporation, such as mergers.  However, the calculation agent will not make an adjustment for every corporate event that could affect the Underlying Shares.  For example, the calculation agent is not required to make any adjustments if Lennar Corporation offers Class A common stock for cash or in connection with acquisitions.  If an event occurs that does not require the calculation agent to adjust the adjustment factor, the market price of the securities may be materially and adversely affected.
 
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MORGAN STANLEY MAY ENGAGE IN BUSINESS WITH OR INVOLVING LENNAR CORPORATION WITHOUT REGARD TO YOUR INTERESTS –  We or our affiliates may presently or from time to time engage in business with Lennar Corporation without regard to your interests, including extending loans to, or making equity investments in, Lennar Corporation or its affiliates or subsidiaries or providing advisory services to Lennar Corporation, such as merger and acquisition advisory services.  In the course of our business, we or our affiliates may acquire non-public information about Lennar Corporation.  Neither we nor any of our affiliates undertakes to disclose any such information to you.  In addition, we or our affiliates from time to time have published and in the future may publish research reports with respect to Lennar Corporation.  These research reports may or may not recommend that investors buy or hold the Underlying Shares.
 
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THE SECURITIES MAY COME TO BE BASED ON THE SHARE CLOSING PRICES OF THE COMMON STOCKS OF COMPANIES OTHER THAN LENNAR CORPORATION –  Following certain corporate events relating to the Underlying Shares, such as a stock-for-stock merger where Lennar Corporation is not the surviving entity, the amount payable at maturity will be determined by reference to the value of exchange property which may include cash or shares of common stock of a corporation other than Lennar Corporation.  We describe the specific corporate events that can lead to these adjustments in “Additional Terms Specific to the Securities —Antidilution Adjustments” below. The occurrence of such corporate events and the consequent adjustments may materially and adversely affect the market price of the securities.
 
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THE OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES MAY BE TERMINATED BEFORE THE PRICING DATE — If we determine prior to pricing that it is not reasonable to treat your purchase and ownership of the securities as an “open transaction” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the offering of the securities will be terminated.


 
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Use of Proceeds and Hedging
 
The proceeds we receive from the sale of the securities will be used for general corporate purposes.  We will receive, in aggregate, $1,000 per security issued, because, when we enter into hedging transactions in order to meet our obligations under the securities, our hedging counterparty will reimburse the cost of the Agent’s commissions.  The costs of the securities borne by you and described on page 2 above comprise the Agent’s commissions and the cost of issuing, structuring and hedging the securities.
 
On or prior to the pricing date, we will hedge our anticipated exposure in connection with the securities by entering into hedging transactions with our subsidiaries and/or third party dealers.  We expect our hedging counterparties to take positions in the Underlying Shares, in futures and/or options contracts on the Underlying Shares, or positions in any other available securities or instruments that they may wish to use in connection with such hedging.  Such purchase activity could potentially increase the Initial Share Price and, therefore, could increase the price at which the Underlying Shares must close on the Averaging Dates so that investors do not suffer a loss on their initial investment in the securities. In addition, through our subsidiaries, we are likely to modify our hedge position throughout the life of the securities, including on the Averaging Dates, by purchasing and selling the Underlying Shares, options contracts relating to the Underlying Shares or any other available securities or instruments that we may wish to use in connection with such hedging activities.  We cannot give any assurance that our hedging activities will not affect the price of the Underlying Shares and, therefore, adversely affect the value of the securities or the payment you will receive at maturity, if any.
 
Historical Information
 
The following graph sets forth the historical performance of the Class A common stock of Lennar Corporation based on the daily Share Closing Prices from January 1, 2008 through September 3, 2013.  The Share Closing Price on September 3, 2013 was $31.59.  We obtained the Share Closing Prices below from Bloomberg Financial Markets, without independent verification.  We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information obtained from Bloomberg Financial Markets.
 
The historical price of the Underlying Shares should not be taken as an indication of future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the Share Closing Price on any of the Averaging Dates.  We cannot give you assurance that the performance of the Underlying Shares will result in the return of any of your initial investment.
 
Historical Performance of the Class A Common Stock of Lennar Corporation
 
 

 
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Information about the Underlying Shares
 
Class A common stock of Lennar Corporation; Public Information.  Lennar Corporation is a homebuilder and provider of real estate financial services.  The Underlying Shares are registered under the Exchange Act.  Companies with securities registered under the Exchange Act are required to file periodically certain financial and other information specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”).  Information provided to or filed with the Commission can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of such material can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates.  In addition, information provided to or filed with the Commission electronically can be accessed through a website maintained by the Commission.  The address of the Commission’s website is www.sec.gov.  Information provided to or filed with the Commission by Lennar Corporation pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to Commission file number 001-11749.  In addition, information regarding Lennar Corporation may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents.  We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.
 
These preliminary terms relate only to the securities offered hereby and do not relate to the Underlying Shares.  We have derived all disclosures contained in these preliminary terms regarding Lennar Corporation from the publicly available documents described in the preceding paragraph.  In connection with the offering of the securities, neither we nor the agent has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to Lennar Corporation.  Neither we nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Lennar Corporation is accurate or complete.  Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described in the preceding paragraph) that would affect the trading price of the Underlying Shares (and therefore the price of the Underlying Shares at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed.  Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Lennar Corporation could affect the value received at maturity with respect to the securities and therefore the trading prices of the securities.
 
Neither we nor any of our affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of the Underlying Shares.
 
We and/or our affiliates may presently or from time to time engage in business with Lennar Corporation.  In the course of such business, we and/or our affiliates may acquire non-public information with respect to Lennar Corporation, and neither we nor any of our affiliates undertakes to disclose any such information to you.  In addition, one or more of our affiliates may publish research reports with respect to the Underlying Shares.  The statements in the preceding two sentences are not intended to affect the rights of investors in the securities under the securities laws.  As a prospective purchaser of the securities, you should undertake an independent investigation of Lennar Corporation as in your judgment is appropriate to make an informed decision with respect to an investment in the Underlying Shares.
 

 
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Additional Terms Specific to the Securities
 
The additional terms specified below supersede the relevant terms of the accompanying product supplement for leveraged index-linked securities dated August 17, 2012.
 
Adjustment Factor.  The Adjustment Factor with respect to the Underlying Shares is initially set at 1.0, and is subject to adjustment in the event of certain corporate events affecting the Underlying Shares.  See “—Antidilution Adjustments” below.
 
Antidilution Adjustments.  The Adjustment Factor will be adjusted as follows:
 
1.  If the Underlying Shares are subject to a stock split or reverse stock split, then once such split has become effective, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of the then-current Adjustment Factor and the number of shares issued in such stock split or reverse stock split with respect to one Underlying Share.
 
2.  If the Underlying Shares are subject (i) to a stock dividend (issuance of additional Underlying Shares) that is given ratably to all holders of the Underlying Shares or (ii) to a distribution of the Underlying Shares as a result of the triggering of any provision of the corporate charter of Lennar Corporation, then once the Underlying Shares are trading ex-dividend, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted so that the new Adjustment Factor will equal the then-current Adjustment Factor plus the product of (i) the number of shares issued with respect to one Underlying Share and (ii) the then-current Adjustment Factor.
 
3.  If Lennar Corporation issues rights or warrants to all holders of the Underlying Shares to subscribe for or purchase the Underlying Shares at an exercise price per share less than the closing price of the Underlying Shares on both (i) the date the exercise price of such rights or warrants is determined and (ii) the expiration date of such rights or warrants, and if the expiration date of such rights or warrants precedes the maturity of the securities, then the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted to equal the product of (i) the then-current Adjustment Factor and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which will be the number of Underlying Shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional Underlying Shares offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to such rights or warrants and the denominator of which will be the number of Underlying Shares outstanding immediately prior to the issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional Underlying Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Underlying Shares so offered for subscription or purchase pursuant to such rights or warrants would purchase at the closing price on the expiration date of such rights or warrants, which will be determined by multiplying such total number of shares offered by the exercise price of such rights or warrants and dividing the product so obtained by such closing price.
 
4.  There will be no adjustments to the Adjustment Factor to reflect cash dividends or other distributions paid with respect to the Underlying Shares other than distributions described in paragraph 2, paragraph 3 and clauses (i), (iv) and (v) of paragraph 5 below and Extraordinary Dividends as described below.  A cash dividend or other distribution with respect to the Underlying Shares will be deemed to be an “Extraordinary Dividend” if such cash dividend or distribution exceeds the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for the Underlying Shares by an amount equal to at least 10% of the Share Closing Price of the Underlying Shares (as adjusted for any subsequent corporate event requiring an adjustment hereunder, such as a stock split or reverse stock split) on the trading day preceding the ex-dividend date (that is, the day on and after which transactions in the Underlying Shares on the primary U.S. organized securities exchange or trading system on which the Underlying Shares are traded no longer carry the right to receive that cash dividend or that cash distribution) for the payment of such Extraordinary Dividend.  If an Extraordinary Dividend occurs with respect to the Underlying Shares, the Adjustment Factor will be adjusted on the ex-dividend date with respect to such Extraordinary Dividend so that the new Adjustment Factor will equal the product of (i) the then-current Adjustment Factor and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Share Closing Price on the trading day preceding the ex-dividend date, and the denominator of which is the amount by which the Share Closing Price on the trading day preceding the ex-dividend date exceeds the Extraordinary Dividend Amount.  The “Extraordinary Dividend Amount” with respect to an Extraordinary Dividend for the Underlying Shares will equal (i) in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that constitute regular dividends, the amount per share of such Extraordinary Dividend minus the amount per share of the immediately preceding non-Extraordinary Dividend for the Underlying Shares or (ii) in the case of cash dividends or other distributions that do not constitute regular dividends, the amount per share of such Extraordinary Dividend.  To the extent an Extraordinary Dividend is not paid in cash, the value of the non-cash component will be determined by the Calculation Agent, whose determination will be conclusive.  A distribution on the Underlying Shares described in clause (i), (iv) or (v) of paragraph 5 below that also
 

 
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constitutes an Extraordinary Dividend will cause an adjustment to the Adjustment Factor pursuant only to clause (i), (iv) or (v) of paragraph 5, as applicable.
 
5.  If (i) there occurs any reclassification or change of the Underlying Shares, including, without limitation, as a result of the issuance of any tracking stock by Lennar Corporation, (ii) Lennar Corporation or any surviving entity or subsequent surviving entity of Lennar Corporation (a “successor corporation”) has been subject to a merger, combination or consolidation and is not the surviving entity, (iii) any statutory exchange of securities of Lennar Corporation or any successor corporation with another corporation occurs (other than pursuant to clause (ii) above), (iv) Lennar Corporation is liquidated,(v) Lennar Corporation issues to all of its shareholders equity securities of an issuer other than Lennar Corporation (other than in a transaction described in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) above) (a “Spin-off Event”) or (vi) a tender or exchange offer or going-private transaction is consummated for all the outstanding Underlying Shares (any such event in clauses (i) through (vi), a “Reorganization Event”), the amount payable at maturity for each security will be as follows:
 
 
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if the Final Exchange Property Value (as defined below) is greater than the Initial Share Price, an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount security equal to the lesser of (a) $1,000 + [$1,000 x (Exchange Property Return x 2)] and (b) $1,000 + ($1,000 x Maximum Total Return), or
 
 
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if the Final Exchange Property Value (as defined below) is equal to the Initial Share Price, a cash payment of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount security, or
 
 
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if the Final Exchange Property Value (as defined below) is less than the Initial Share Price, an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount security equal to $1,000 + ($1,000 x Exchange Property Return)
 
Exchange Property” means the securities, cash or any other assets distributed to holders of the Underlying Shares in or as a result of any such Reorganization Event, including (A) in the case of the issuance of tracking stock, the reclassified share of the Underlying Shares, (B) in the case of a Spin-off Event, the share of the Underlying Shares with respect to which the spun-off security was issued, and (C) in the case of any other Reorganization Event where the Underlying Shares continue to be held by the holders receiving such distribution, the Underlying Shares. In the event Exchange Property consists of securities, those securities will, in turn, be subject to the antidilution adjustments set forth in paragraphs 1 through 5.
 
Exchange Property Value” means (i) for any cash received in any Reorganization Event, the value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, as of the date of receipt, of such cash received for one Underlying Share, as adjusted by the Adjustment Factor at the time of such Reorganization Event, (ii) for any property other than cash or securities received in any such Reorganization Event, the market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion, as of the date of receipt, of such Exchange Property received for one Underlying Share, as adjusted by the Adjustment Factor at the time of such Reorganization Event, and (iii) for any security received in any such Reorganization Event, an amount equal to the share price, as of the time at which the Exchange Property Value is determined, per unit of such security multiplied by the quantity of such security received for each Underlying Share, as adjusted by the Adjustment Factor at the time of such Reorganization Event.
 
“Final Exchange Property Value” means the arithmetic average of the Exchange Property Values on each of the five Averaging Dates.
 
“Exchange Property Return” means (i) the Final Exchange Property Value minus the Initial Share Price divided by (ii) the Initial Share Price.
 
For purposes of paragraph 5 above, in the case of a consummated tender or exchange offer or going-private transaction involving consideration of particular types, Exchange Property will be deemed to include the amount of cash or other property delivered by the offeror in the tender or exchange offer (in an amount determined on the basis of the rate of exchange in such tender or exchange offer or going-private transaction).  In the event of a tender or exchange offer or a going-private transaction with respect to Exchange Property in which an offeree may elect to receive cash or other property, Exchange Property will be deemed to include the kind and amount of cash and other property received by offerees who elect to receive cash.
 
Following the occurrence of any reorganization event referred to in paragraph 5 above, all references to the “Underlying Shares” will be deemed to refer to the Exchange Property and references to a “share” or “shares” will be deemed to refer to the applicable unit or units of such Exchange Property, unless the context otherwise requires.
 
No adjustment to the Adjustment Factor will be required unless such adjustment would require a change of at least 0.1% in the Adjustment Factor then in effect.  The Adjustment Factor resulting from any of the adjustments specified above will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth, with five one-millionths rounded upward.  Adjustments to the Adjustment Factor will be made up to the close of business on the final Averaging
 

 
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Date.
 
No adjustments to the Adjustment Factor or method of calculating the Adjustment Factor will be required other than those specified above.  The adjustments specified above do not cover all events that could affect the Share Closing Price of the Underlying Shares, including, without limitation, a partial tender or exchange offer for the Underlying Shares.
 
 The Calculation Agent will be solely responsible for the determination and calculation of any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor or method of calculating the Adjustment Factor and of any related determinations and calculations with respect to any distributions of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash) in connection with any corporate event described in paragraphs 1 through 5 above, and its determinations and calculations with respect thereto will be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
 
The Calculation Agent will provide information as to any adjustments to the Adjustment Factor or to the method of calculating the amount payable at maturity of the securities made pursuant to paragraph 5 above upon written request by any investor in the securities.
 
Market Disruption Events.  Market Disruption Event means, with respect to the Underlying Shares (or any other security for which a trading price or closing price must be determined), the occurrence or existence of any of the following events, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion:
 
(i)  the occurrence or existence of a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading of the Underlying Shares on the primary market for the Underlying Shares for more than two hours of trading or during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session in such market; or a breakdown or failure in the price and trade reporting systems of the primary market for the Underlying Shares as a result of which the reported trading prices for the Underlying Shares during the last one-half hour preceding the close of the principal trading session in such market are materially inaccurate; or the suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary market for trading in futures or options contracts related to the Underlying Shares, if available, during the one-half hour period preceding the close of the principal trading session in the applicable market; and
 
(ii)  a determination by the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion that any event described in clause (i) above materially interfered with our ability or the ability of any of our affiliates to unwind or adjust all or a material portion of the hedge position with respect to the securities.
 
For purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the primary market, (2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant futures or options contract will not constitute a Market Disruption Event, (3) a suspension of trading in options contracts on the Underlying Shares by the primary securities market trading in such options, if available, by reason of (x) a price change exceeding limits set by such securities exchange or market, (y) an imbalance of orders relating to such contracts or (z) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to such contracts will constitute a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading in options contracts related to the Underlying Shares and (4) a suspension, absence or material limitation of trading on the primary securities market on which options contracts related to the Underlying Shares are traded will not include any time when such securities market is itself closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
 
Postponement of Maturity Date:  If the scheduled Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then the Maturity Date will be the next succeeding Business Day immediately following the scheduled Maturity Date.  If the final Averaging Date is postponed so that it falls less than three scheduled Trading Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date, the Maturity Date will be the third scheduled Trading Day following the final Averaging Date as postponed.  See “–Postponement of Averaging Dates” below.
 
Postponement of Averaging Dates:  If a Market Disruption Event with respect to the Underlying Shares occurs on any scheduled Averaging Date or if any such scheduled Averaging Date is not a Trading Day, the Share Closing Price for such scheduled Averaging Date will be determined on the immediately succeeding Trading Day on which no Market Disruption Event will have occurred; provided that the Share Closing Price will not be determined on a date later than the tenth scheduled Trading Day after the scheduled final Averaging Date, and if such date is not a Trading Day, or if there is a Market Disruption Event on such date, the Calculation Agent will determine the Share Closing Price of the Underlying Shares on such date as the mean of the bid prices for the Underlying Shares for such date obtained from as many recognized dealers in such Underlying Shares, but not exceeding three, as will make such bid prices available to the Calculation Agent.  Bids of MS & Co. or any of its affiliates may be included in the calculation of such mean, but only to the extent that any such bid is the highest of the bids obtained.  If no bid prices are provided from

 
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any third party dealers, the Share Closing Price will be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion (acting in good faith) taking into account any information that it deems relevant.
 
Trading Day:  A day, as determined by the Calculation Agent, on which trading is generally conducted on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and in the over-the-counter market for equity securities in the United States.
 
Share Closing Price.  The Share Closing Price for the Underlying Shares (or one unit of any other security for which a Share Closing Price must be determined) on any Trading Day will be determined by the Calculation Agent and will mean:
 
(i) if the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) are listed on a national securities exchange (other than The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”)), the last reported sale price, regular way, of the principal trading session on such day on the principal national securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on which the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) are listed,
 
(ii) if the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) are securities of NASDAQ, the official closing price published by NASDAQ on such day, or
 
(iii) if the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) are not listed on any national securities exchange but are included in the OTC Bulletin Board Service (the “OTC Bulletin Board”) operated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), the last reported sale price of the principal trading session on the OTC Bulletin Board on such day.
 
If the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) are listed on any national securities exchange but the last reported sale price or the official closing price published by NASDAQ, as applicable, is not available pursuant to the preceding sentence, then the Share Closing Price for one Underlying Share (or one unit of any such other security) on any Trading Day will mean the last reported sale price of the principal trading session on the over-the-counter market as reported on NASDAQ or the OTC Bulletin Board on such day.  If a Market Disruption Event occurs with respect to the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) or the last reported sale price or the official closing price published by NASDAQ, as applicable, for the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) is not available pursuant to either of the two preceding sentences, then the Share Closing Price for any Trading Day will be the mean, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the bid prices for the Underlying Shares (or any such other security) for such Trading Day obtained from as many recognized dealers in such security, but not exceeding three, as will make such bid prices available to the Calculation Agent.  Bids of MS & Co. and its successors or any of its affiliates may be included in the calculation of such mean, but only to the extent that any such bid is the highest of the bids obtained.  If no bid prices are provided from any third party dealers, the Share Closing Price will be determined by the Calculation Agent in its sole and absolute discretion (acting in good faith) taking into account any information that it deems relevant.  The term “OTC Bulletin Board Service” will include any successor service thereto.
 
Alternate Exchange Calculation in Case of an Event of Default:  If an event of default with respect to the securities shall have occurred and be continuing, the amount declared due and payable upon any acceleration of the securities (the “Acceleration Amount”) will be an amount, determined by the calculation agent in its sole discretion, that is equal to the cost of having a qualified financial institution, of the kind and selected as described below, expressly assume all our payment and other obligations with respect to the securities as of that day and as if no default or acceleration had occurred, or to undertake other obligations providing substantially equivalent economic value to you with respect to the securities.  That cost will equal:
 
 
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the lowest amount that a qualified financial institution would charge to effect this assumption or undertaking, plus
 
 
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the reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the holders of the securities in preparing any documentation necessary for this assumption or undertaking.
 
During the default quotation period for the securities, which we describe below, the holders of the securities and/or we may request a qualified financial institution to provide a quotation of the amount it would charge to effect this assumption or undertaking.  If either party obtains a quotation, it must notify the other party in writing of the quotation.  The amount referred to in the first bullet point above will equal the lowest—or, if there is only one, the only—quotation obtained, and as to which notice is so given, during the default quotation period.  With respect to any quotation, however, the party not obtaining the quotation may object, on reasonable and significant grounds, to the assumption or undertaking by the qualified financial institution providing the quotation and notify the other party in writing of those grounds within two business days after the last day of the default quotation period, in which case that quotation will be disregarded in determining the Acceleration Amount.
 

 
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency of, or any analogous proceeding is filed with respect to Morgan Stanley, then depending on applicable bankruptcy law, your claim may be limited to an amount that could be less than the Acceleration Amount.
 
If the maturity of the securities is accelerated because of an event of default as described above, we shall, or shall cause the calculation agent to, provide written notice to the trustee at its New York office, on which notice the trustee may conclusively rely, and to the depositary of the Acceleration Amount and the aggregate cash amount due, if any, with respect to the securities as promptly as possible and in no event later than two business days after the date of such acceleration.
 
Default quotation period
 
The default quotation period is the period beginning on the day the Acceleration Amount first becomes due and ending on the third business day after that day, unless:
 
 
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no quotation of the kind referred to above is obtained, or
 
 
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every quotation of that kind obtained is objected to within five business days after the due date as described above.
 
If either of these two events occurs, the default quotation period will continue until the third business day after the first business day on which prompt notice of a quotation is given as described above.  If that quotation is objected to as described above within five business days after that first business day, however, the default quotation period will continue as described in the prior sentence and this sentence.
 
In any event, if the default quotation period and the subsequent two business day objection period have not ended before the final Averaging Date, then the Acceleration Amount will equal the principal amount of the securities.
 
Qualified financial institutions
 
For the purpose of determining the Acceleration Amount at any time, a qualified financial institution must be a financial institution organized under the laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or Europe, which at that time has outstanding debt obligations with a stated maturity of one year or less from the date of issue and rated either:
 
 
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A-2 or higher by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor, or any other comparable rating then used by that rating agency, or
 
 
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P-2 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service or any successor, or any other comparable rating then used by that rating agency.
 

 
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Benefit Plan Investor Considerations
 
Each fiduciary of a pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) (a “Plan”), should consider the fiduciary standards of ERISA in the context of the Plan’s particular circumstances before authorizing an investment in the securities.  Accordingly, among other factors, the fiduciary should consider whether the investment would satisfy the prudence and diversification requirements of ERISA and would be consistent with the documents and instruments governing the Plan.
 
In addition, we and certain of our subsidiaries and affiliates, including MS & Co., may be considered a “party in interest” within the meaning of ERISA, or a “disqualified person” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), with respect to many Plans, as well as many individual retirement accounts and Keogh plans (also “Plans”).  ERISA Section 406 and Code Section 4975 generally prohibit transactions between Plans and parties in interest or disqualified persons.  Prohibited transactions within the meaning of ERISA or the Code would likely arise, for example, if the securities are acquired by or with the assets of a Plan with respect to which MS & Co. or any of its affiliates is a service provider or other party in interest, unless the securities are acquired pursuant to an exemption from the “prohibited transaction” rules.  A violation of these “prohibited transaction” rules could result in an excise tax or other liabilities under ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code for such persons, unless exemptive relief is available under an applicable statutory or administrative exemption.
 
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued five prohibited transaction class exemptions (“PTCEs”) that may provide exemptive relief for direct or indirect prohibited transactions resulting from the purchase or holding of the securities.  Those class exemptions are PTCE 96-23 (for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), PTCE 95-60 (for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTCE 91-38 (for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds), PTCE 90-1 (for certain transactions involving insurance company separate accounts) and PTCE 84-14 (for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers).  In addition, ERISA Section 408(b)(17) and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code may provide an exemption for the purchase and sale of securities and the related lending transactions, provided that neither the issuer of the securities nor any of its affiliates has or exercises any discretionary authority or control or renders any investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan involved in the transaction and provided further that the Plan pays no more, and receives no less, than “adequate consideration” in connection with the transaction (the so-called “service provider” exemption).  There can be no assurance that any of these class or statutory exemptions will be available with respect to transactions involving the securities.
 
Because we may be considered a party in interest with respect to many Plans, the securities may not be purchased, held or disposed of by any Plan, any entity whose underlying assets include “plan assets” by reason of any Plan’s investment in the entity (a “Plan Asset Entity”) or any person investing “plan assets” of any Plan, unless such purchase, holding or disposition is eligible for exemptive relief, including relief available under PTCEs 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1, 84-14 or the service provider exemption or such purchase, holding or disposition is otherwise not prohibited.  Any purchaser, including any fiduciary purchasing on behalf of a Plan, transferee or holder of the securities will be deemed to have represented, in its corporate and its fiduciary capacity, by its purchase and holding of the securities that either (a) it is not a Plan or a Plan Asset Entity and is not purchasing such securities on behalf of or with “plan assets” of any Plan or with any assets of a governmental, non-U.S. or church plan that is subject to any federal, state, local or non-U.S. law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (“Similar Law”) or (b) its purchase, holding and disposition are eligible for exemptive relief or such purchase, holding and disposition are not prohibited by ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law.
 
Due to the complexity of these rules and the penalties that may be imposed upon persons involved in non-exempt prohibited transactions, it is particularly important that fiduciaries or other persons considering purchasing the securities on behalf of or with “plan assets” of any Plan consult with their counsel regarding the availability of exemptive relief.
 
The securities are contractual financial instruments.  The financial exposure provided by the securities is not a substitute or proxy for, and is not intended as a substitute or proxy for, individualized investment management or advice for the benefit of any purchaser or holder of the securities.  The securities have not been designed and will not be administered in a manner intended to reflect the individualized needs and objectives of any purchaser or holder of the securities.
 
Each purchaser or holder of any securities acknowledges and agrees that:
 
 
(i)
the purchaser or holder or its fiduciary has made and shall make all investment decisions for the purchaser or holder and the purchaser or holder has not relied and shall not rely in any way upon us or our affiliates to act as a fiduciary or adviser of the purchaser or holder with respect to (A) the design and terms of the
 

 
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securities, (B) the purchaser or holder’s investment in the securities, or (C) the exercise of or failure to exercise any rights we have under or with respect to the securities;
 
 
(ii)
we and our affiliates have acted and will act solely for our own account in connection with (A) all transactions relating to the securities and (B) all hedging transactions in connection with our obligations under the securities;
 
 
(iii)
any and all assets and positions relating to hedging transactions by us or our affiliates are assets and positions of those entities and are not assets and positions held for the benefit of the purchaser or holder;
 
 
(iv)
our interests are adverse to the interests of the purchaser or holder; and
 
 
(v)
neither we nor any of our affiliates is a fiduciary or adviser of the purchaser or holder in connection with any such assets, positions or transactions, and any information that we or any of our affiliates may provide is not intended to be impartial investment advice.
 
Each purchaser and holder of the securities has exclusive responsibility for ensuring that its purchase, holding and disposition of the securities do not violate the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA or the Code or any Similar Law.  The sale of any securities to any Plan or plan subject to Similar Law is in no respect a representation by us or any of our affiliates or representatives that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by plans generally or any particular plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for plans generally or any particular plan.
 
However, individual retirement accounts, individual retirement annuities and Keogh plans, as well as employee benefit plans that permit participants to direct the investment of their accounts, will not be permitted to purchase or hold the securities if the account, plan or annuity is for the benefit of an employee of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley or Morgan Stanley Wealth Management or a family member and the employee receives any compensation (such as, for example, an addition to bonus) based on the purchase of the securities by the account, plan or annuity.
 
Supplemental Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest
 
MS & Co. will act as the agent for this offering.  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, acting as dealer, will receive from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, the agent, a fixed sales commission of 0.25% for each security it sells.  In addition, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. will purchase securities from MS & Co. for sales to certain fiduciary accounts at a purchase price to such accounts of 99.75% of the stated principal amount per security and will forgo any sales commission with respect to such sales.

MS & Co. is our wholly-owned subsidiary and it and other subsidiaries of ours expect to make a profit by selling, structuring and, when applicable, hedging the securities.  When MS & Co. prices this offering of securities, it will determine the economic terms of the securities such that for each security the estimated value on the Pricing Date will be no lower than the minimum level described in “Additional Terms Specific To The Securities” on page 2.
 
MS & Co. will conduct this offering in compliance with the requirements of FINRA 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. MS & Co. or any of our other affiliates may not make sales in this offering to any discretionary account.
 

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