SEC Form FWP filed by Morgan Stanley

Issuer:

Morgan Stanley

Principal Amount:

$2,500,000,000

Maturity Date:

January 15, 2031

Trade Date:

January 16, 2025

Original Issue Date

(Settlement):

January 21, 2025 (T+2)

Interest Accrual Date:

January 21, 2025

Issue Price (Price to Public):

100.000%

Agents’ Commission:

0.350%

All-in Price:

99.650%

Net Proceeds to Issuer:

$2,491,250,000

Fixed Rate Period:

From and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding January 15, 2030

Floating Rate Period:

From and including January 15, 2030 to but excluding the Maturity Date

Interest Rate:

During the Fixed Rate Period, 5.230% per annum; during the Floating Rate Period, as described in the specific formula described in the below-referenced prospectus

Base Rate:

SOFR (compounded daily over a quarterly Interest Payment Period in accordance with the specific formula described in the below-referenced prospectus). As further described in the below-referenced prospectus, (i) in determining the Base Rate for a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Base Rate generally will be the rate in respect of such day that is provided on the following U.S. Government Securities Business Day and (ii) in determining the Base Rate for any other day, such as a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the Base Rate generally will be the rate in respect of the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day that is provided on the following U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

Spread (Plus or Minus):

Plus 1.108% (to be added to the accrued interest compounding factor for an Interest Payment Period)

Index Maturity:

Daily

Index Currency:

U.S. Dollars

Interest Calculation:

As further described in the below-referenced prospectus, during the Floating Rate Period, the amount of interest accrued and payable on the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 for each Interest Payment Period will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 multiplied by the product of: (a) the sum of the accrued interest compounding factor described in the below-referenced prospectus plus the Spread for the relevant Interest Payment Period, multiplied by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing the actual number of calendar days in such Interest Payment Period by 360.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the interest rate payable for any Interest Payment Period be less than zero percent.

Interest Payment Periods:

During the Fixed Rate Period, semiannually; during the Floating Rate Period, quarterly.

With respect to an Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period, the period from and including the second most recent Interest Payment Period End-Date (or from and including January 15, 2030 in the case of the first Interest Payment Period during the Floating Rate

Interest Payment Period End-

Dates:

With respect to the Floating Rate Period, the 15th of each January, April, July and October, commencing April 2030 and ending on the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, ending on the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031; provided that if any scheduled Interest Payment Period End-Date, other than the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, falls on a day that is not a business day, it will be postponed to the following business day, except that, if that business day would fall in the next calendar month, the Interest Payment Period End-Date will be the immediately preceding business day. If the scheduled final Interest Payment Period End-Date (i.e., the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031) falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment of principal and interest will be made on the next succeeding business day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled final Interest Payment Period End-Date

Interest Payment Dates:

With respect to the Fixed Rate Period, each January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2025 to and including January 15, 2030; with respect to the Floating Rate Period, the second business day following each Interest Payment Period End-Date; provided that the Interest Payment Date with respect to the final Interest Payment Period will be the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031. If the scheduled Maturity Date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment of principal and interest will be made on the next succeeding business day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled Maturity Date or redemption date

Rate Cut-Off Date:

The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as applicable

Day Count Convention:

During the Fixed Rate Period, 30/360; during the Floating Rate Period, Actual/360

Optional Redemption:

(“remaining term”) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term.

In addition, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031, (i) in whole but not in part, on January 15, 2030 or (ii) in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after December 15, 2030, on at least 5 but not more than 30 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 to but excluding the redemption date. For the avoidance of doubt, if Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 are redeemed in part, the determination of accrued and unpaid interest on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 (determined using a final Interest Payment Date, final Interest Payment Period End-Date and Rate Cut-Off Date relating to the redemption) shall have no effect on the determination of accrued and unpaid interest on Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 that are not so redeemed. See “Description of Debt Securities – Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities – Notice of Redemption” in the below-referenced Prospectus. If the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031 are redeemed prior to their stated maturity date, you may have to re-invest the proceeds in a lower interest rate environment.

Specified Currency:

U.S. Dollars (“$”)

Minimum Denominations:

$1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

Business Day:

New York

CUSIP:

61748U AE2

ISIN:

US61748UAE29

Issuer Ratings*:

A1 (Moody’s) / A- (Standard & Poor’s) / A+ (Fitch) / A+ (R&I) / A (high) (DBRS)

(Stable / Stable / Stable / Stable / Positive)

Agents:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and such other agents as shall be named in the Pricing Supplement for the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2031.

Global Settlement:

Through The Depository Trust Company, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg

Issuer:

Morgan Stanley

Principal Amount:

$3,000,000,000

Maturity Date:

January 18, 2036

Trade Date:

January 16, 2025

Original Issue Date

(Settlement):

January 21, 2025 (T+2)

Interest Accrual Date:

January 21, 2025

Issue Price (Price to Public):

100.000%

Agents’ Commission:

0.450%

All-in Price:

99.550%

Net Proceeds to Issuer:

$2,986,500,000

Fixed Rate Period:

From and including the Original Issue Date to but excluding January 18, 2035

Floating Rate Period:

From and including January 18, 2035 to but excluding the Maturity Date

Interest Rate:

During the Fixed Rate Period, 5.587% per annum; during the Floating Rate Period, as described in the specific formula described in the below-referenced prospectus

Base Rate:

SOFR (compounded daily over a quarterly Interest Payment Period in accordance with the specific formula described in the below-referenced prospectus). As further described in the below-referenced prospectus, (i) in determining the Base Rate for a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the Base Rate generally will be the rate in respect of such day that is provided on the following U.S. Government Securities Business Day and (ii) in determining the Base Rate for any other day, such as a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the Base Rate generally will be the rate in respect of the immediately preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day that is provided on the following U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

Spread (Plus or Minus):

Plus 1.418% (to be added to the accrued interest compounding factor for an Interest Payment Period)

Index Maturity:

Daily

Index Currency:

U.S. Dollars

Interest Calculation:

As further described in the below-referenced prospectus, during the Floating Rate Period, the amount of interest accrued and payable on the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 for each Interest Payment Period will be equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 multiplied by the product of: (a) the sum of the accrued interest compounding factor described in the below-referenced prospectus plus the Spread for the relevant Interest Payment Period, multiplied by (b) the quotient obtained by dividing the actual number of calendar days in such Interest Payment Period by 360.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the interest rate payable for any Interest Payment Period be less than zero percent.

Interest Payment Periods:

During the Fixed Rate Period, semiannually; during the Floating Rate Period, quarterly.

With respect to an Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period, the period from and including the second most recent Interest Payment Period End-Date (or from and including January 18, 2035 in the case of the first Interest Payment Period during the Floating Rate Period) to but excluding the immediately preceding Interest Payment Period End-Date; provided that (i) the Interest Payment Period with respect to the final Interest Payment Date (i.e., the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036) will be the period from and including the second-to-last Interest Payment Period End-Date to but excluding the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, to but excluding the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 (in each case, the final Interest Payment Period End-Date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036) and (ii) with respect to such final Interest Payment Period, the level of SOFR for each calendar day in the period from and including the Rate Cut-Off Date to but excluding the Maturity Date or redemption date, as applicable, shall be the level of SOFR in respect of such Rate Cut-Off Date

Interest Payment Period End-

Dates:

With respect to the Floating Rate Period, the 18th of each January, April, July and October, commencing April 2035 and ending on the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, ending on the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036; provided that if any scheduled Interest Payment Period End-Date, other than the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, falls on a day that is not a business day, it will be postponed to the following business day, except that, if that business day would fall in the next calendar month, the Interest Payment Period End-Date will be the immediately preceding business day. If the scheduled final Interest Payment Period End-Date (i.e., the Maturity Date or, if the Issuer elects to redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, the redemption date for such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036) falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment of principal and interest will be made on the next succeeding business day, but interest on that payment will not accrue during the period from and after the scheduled final Interest Payment Period End-Date

Interest Payment Dates:

With respect to the Fixed Rate Period, each January 18 and July 18, commencing July 18, 2025 to and including January 18, 2035; with respect to the Floating Rate Period, the second business

Rate Cut-Off Date:

The second U.S. Government Securities Business Day prior to the Maturity Date or redemption date, as applicable

Day Count Convention:

During the Fixed Rate Period, 30/360; during the Floating Rate Period, Actual/360

Optional Redemption:

Optional Make-Whole Redemption, on or after July 23, 2025 and prior to January 18, 2035, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 5 but not more than 30 days’ prior notice, as described in the below-referenced Prospectus under the heading “Description of Debt Securities—Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities—Optional Make-Whole Redemption of Debt Securities,” provided that (A) the make-whole redemption price shall be equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of (a) the present value of the payment of principal on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 to be redeemed and (b) the present values of the scheduled payments of interest on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 to be redeemed that would have been payable from the date of redemption to January 18, 2035 (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued to the date of redemption), each discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the treasury rate plus 15 basis points, as calculated by the premium calculation agent; plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the redemption date and (B) “comparable treasury issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by the premium calculation agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 to be redeemed as if the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 matured on January 18, 2035 (“remaining term”) that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term.

In addition, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036, (i) in whole but not in part, on January 18, 2035 or (ii) in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on or after October 18, 2035, on at least 5 but not more than 30 days’ prior notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 to but excluding the redemption date. For the avoidance of doubt, if Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 are redeemed in part, the determination of accrued and unpaid interest on such Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 (determined using a final Interest Payment Date, final Interest Payment Period End-Date and Rate Cut-Off Date relating to the redemption) shall have no effect on the determination of accrued and unpaid interest on Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 that are not so redeemed. See “Description of Debt Securities – Redemption and Repurchase of Debt Securities – Notice of Redemption” in the below-referenced Prospectus. If the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036 are redeemed prior to their stated maturity date, you may have to re-invest the proceeds in a lower interest rate environment.

Specified Currency:

U.S. Dollars (“$”)

Minimum Denominations:

$1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

Business Day:

New York

CUSIP:

61748U AF9

ISIN:

US61748UAF93

Issuer Ratings*:

A1 (Moody’s) / A- (Standard & Poor’s) / A+ (Fitch) / A+ (R&I) / A (high) (DBRS)

(Stable / Stable / Stable / Stable / Positive)

Agents:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and such other agents as shall be named in the Pricing Supplement for the Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2036.

Global Settlement:

Through The Depository Trust Company, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg