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Published on 4/27/2011 in the Prospect News Structured Products Daily.

New Issue: Morgan Stanley prices $613,000 contingent interest notes linked to 20 stocks

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., April 27 - Morgan Stanley priced $613,000 of contingent annual interest notes due April 28, 2016 linked a basket of common stocks, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The basket includes equal weights of Abbott Laboratories, Altria Group, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., CenturyLink, Inc., Consolidated Edison, Inc., Duke Energy Corp., FirstEnergy Corp., Frontier Communications Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., McDonald's Corp., Merck & Co., Inc., Pepco Holdings, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Pitney Bowes Inc., PPL Corp., Sysco Corp., TECO Energy, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.

The notes will pay a coupon in April of each year equal to the sum of the weighted performances of the basket stocks, subject to a minimum coupon of zero.

If a basket stock's return is flat or positive, its performance will be fixed at 12%. If its return is negative, its performance will be the greater of the stock return and negative 20%.

The payout at maturity will be par plus the final coupon.

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. is the agent.

Issuer:Morgan Stanley
Issue:Contingent annual interest notes
Underlying stocks:Abbott Laboratories, Altria Group, Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., CenturyLink, Inc., Consolidated Edison, Inc., Duke Energy Corp., FirstEnergy Corp., Frontier Communications Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., McDonald's Corp., Merck & Co., Inc., Pepco Holdings, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Pitney Bowes Inc., PPL Corp., Sysco Corp., TECO Energy, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., equally weighted
Amount:$613,000
Maturity:April 28, 2016
Coupon:Equal to sum of weighted performances of basket stocks, subject to minimum of zero; payable annually
Stock performance:If a basket stock's return is flat or positive, 12%; if its return is negative, greater of stock return and negative 20%
Price:Par
Payout at maturity:Par plus final coupon
Pricing date:April 25
Settlement date:April 28
Agent:Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
Fees:3.5%
Cusip:617482TL8

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