Morgan Stanley filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 15, 2026
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On January 15, 2026, Morgan Stanley (the "Company") released financial information with respect to its quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. A copy of the press release containing this information is annexed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof. In addition, a copy of the Company's Financial Data Supplement for its quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 is annexed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report and by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
The information furnished under Item 2.02 of this Report, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, shall be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 15, 2026, Morgan Stanley (the “Company”) released financial information with respect to its quarter and year ended December 31, 2025 and will hold an investor conference call. Exhibit 99.3 is a copy of a presentation (the “Presentation”) to be presented on the conference call, furnished for, and posted on the Company’s website.
The Presentation is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01, and the information contained therein shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, the information contained in Exhibit 99.3 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.3 hereto) contains forward-looking statements, including the attainment of certain financial and other targets, objectives and goals. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made, which reflect management's current estimates, projections, expectations, assumptions, interpretations or beliefs and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Morgan Stanley does not undertake to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that may arise after the date of the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties that may affect the future results of Morgan Stanley, please see “Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part I, Item 1, “Competition” and “Supervision and Regulation” in Part I, Item 1, “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk” in Part II, Item 7A in Morgan Stanley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and other items throughout the Form 10-K, Morgan Stanley’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Morgan Stanley’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, including any amendments thereto, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available on Morgan Stanley’s website at www.morganstanley.com and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
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Press release of the Company, dated January 15, 2026, containing financial information for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. | |||||
Financial Data Supplement of the Company for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. | |||||
Morgan Stanley Presentation, dated on January 15, 2026. | |||||
| 101 | Interactive Data Files pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“Inline XBRL”). | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | ||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| MORGAN STANLEY (Registrant) | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | January 15, 2026 | By: | /s/ Victoria Worster | ||||||||||||||
| Name: | Victoria Worster | ||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Accounting Officer and Controller | ||||||||||||||||