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Published on 2/24/2011 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Morgan Stanley prices $8.5 million multi-asset allocation notes linked to index basket

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 24 - Morgan Stanley priced $8.5 million of 0% multi-asset allocation market-linked notes due Feb. 22, 2018 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond index, the Dow Jones - UBS Commodity index and the S&P 500 index. On Feb. 16, 2018, the index with the best return will be given a 55% weight in the basket, the index with the second-best return will be given a 25% weight and the basket with the worst return will be given a 20% weight.

The payout at maturity will be par of $10 plus the greater of the basket return and 6%.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. is the agent.

Issuer:Morgan Stanley
Issue:Multi-asset allocation market-linked notes
Underlying indexes:Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond index, Dow Jones - UBS Commodity index and S&P 500 index
Amount:$8.5 million
Maturity:Feb. 22, 2018
Coupon:0%
Price:Par of $10
Payout at maturity:Par plus greater of basket return and 6%; index with best return will be given 55% weight in basket, index with second-best return will be given 25% weight and basket with worst return will be given 20% weight
Initial index levels:1,640.94 for bond index; 162.295 for commodity index; 1,315.44 for equity index
Pricing date:Feb. 22
Settlement date:Feb. 25
Agent:Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
Fees:2.25%
Cusip:61760E309

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