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Published on 8/24/2016 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Morgan Stanley prices $10.8 million digital notes tied to index basket

By Marisa Wong

Morgantown, W.Va., Aug. 24 – Morgan Stanley Finance LLC priced $10.8 million of 0% digital notes due Aug. 26, 2021 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The notes will be guaranteed by Morgan Stanley.

The basket consists of the Euro Stoxx 50 index with a 37% weight, the FTSE 100 index with a 23% weight, the Tokyo Stock Price index with a 23% weight, the Swiss Market index with a 9% weight and the S&P/ASX 200 index with an 8% weight.

If the basket return is zero or positive, the payout at maturity will be the greater of par plus the basket return and the threshold settlement amount of $1,390.50 per $1,000 of notes.

If the basket declines by 25% or less, the payout will be par plus the absolute value of the basket return.

If the basket falls by more than 25%, investors will be fully exposed to the decline.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is the agent.

Issuer:Morgan Stanley Finance LLC
Guarantor:Morgan Stanley
Issue:Digital notes
Underlying basket:Euro Stoxx 50 index with a 37% weight, FTSE 100 index with a 23% weight, Tokyo Stock Price index with a 23% weight, Swiss Market index with a 9% weight and S&P/ASX 200 index with an 8% weight
Amount:$10.8 million
Maturity:Aug. 26, 2021
Coupon:0%
Price:Par of $1,000
Payout at maturity:If the basket return is zero or positive, greater of par plus the basket return and the threshold settlement amount of $1,390.50; if basket declines by 25% or less, par plus the absolute value of the basket return; otherwise, full exposure to any basket decline
Initial levels:2,960.37 for Euro Stoxx, 6,828.54 for FTSE, 1,303.68 for Topix, 8,157.85 for Swiss Market, 5,515.055 for S&P/ASX
Pricing date:Aug. 22
Settlement date:Aug. 29
Agent:Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Fees:4.33%
Cusip:61766BBV2

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