New Issue: Morgan Stanley prices $659,000 capped leveraged notes linked to indexes

By Angela McDaniels

Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 5 – Morgan Stanley Finance LLC priced $659,000 of 0% capped leveraged notes due Oct. 5, 2018 linked to a basket of indexes, according to a 424B2 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The notes are 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 positive, the payout at maturity will be par plus 300% of the basket return, up to a maximum settlement amount of $1,449.10 per $1,000 principal amount. If the basket return is negative, investors will have one-to-one exposure to the decline.

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC is the agent.

Issuer:	Morgan Stanley Finance LLC
Guarantor:	Morgan Stanley
Issue:	Capped leveraged notes
Underlying indexes:	Euro Stoxx 50 (37% weight), FTSE 100 (23% weight), Topix (23% weight), Swiss Market (9% weight) and S&P/ASX 200 (8% weight)
Amount:	$659,000
Maturity:	Oct. 5, 2018
Coupon:	0%
Price:	Par
Payout at maturity:	If basket return is positive, par plus 300% of return, subject to maximum return of 44.91%; one-to-one exposure to decline if basket return is negative
Initial index levels:	2,911.06 for Euro Stoxx 50, 6,634.40 for FTSE 100, 1,271.98 for Tokyo Stock Price, 8,010.10 for Swiss Market and 5,465.717 for S&P/ASX 200
Pricing date:	Aug. 3
Settlement date:	Aug. 10
Agent:	Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Fees:	None
Cusip:	61766BBQ3

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