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MORGAN STANLEY Capital/Financing Update 2010

Dec 22, 2010

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Capital/Financing Update

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December 2010 Pricing Sheet dated December 20, 2010 relating to Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 621 dated December 20, 2010 to Registration Statement No. 333-156423 Filed pursuant to Rule 433

STRUCTURED INVESTMENTS

Opportunities in U.S. and International Equities

PLUS due December 24, 2012

Based on the Performance of a Basket of Twenty Stocks

PRICING TERMS – DECEMBER 20, 2010
Issuer: Morgan Stanley
Maturity date: December 24, 2012
Original issue price: $1,000 per PLUS
Stated principal amount: $1,000 per PLUS
Pricing date: December 20, 2010
Original issue date: December 23, 2010 (3 business days after the pricing date)
Aggregate principal amount: $3,300,000
Interest: None
Basket: Ticker Symbol Exchange Percentage of Initial Basket Value Closing Price of Basket Stock on Pricing Date Initial Multiplier
Arch Coal, Inc. ACI NYSE 5% $33.48 0.1493429
Alliance Data Systems Corporation ADS NYSE 5% $70.73 0.0706914
Citigroup Inc. C NYSE 5% $4.71 1.0615711
Caterpillar Inc. CAT NYSE 5% $93.30 0.0535906
Cameco Corporation CCJ NYSE 5% $39.43 0.1268070
Clean Harbors, Inc. CLH NYSE 5% $83.04 0.0602119
Chipotle Mexican Grill CMG NYSE 5% $236.10 0.0211775
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. CPKI NASDAQ 5% $17.57 0.2845760
Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCO NASDAQ 5% $19.62 0.2548420
Dryships Inc. DRYS NASDAQ 5% $5.85 0.8547009
FedEx Corporation FDX NYSE 5% $93.56 0.0534416
General Electric Company GE NYSE 5% $17.70 0.2824859
Gilead Science, Inc. GILD NASDAQ 5% $37.19 0.1344447
General Motors Company GM NYSE 5% $33.76 0.1481043
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS NYSE 5% $166.05 0.0301114
priceline.com Incorporated PCLN NASDAQ 5% $405.33 0.0123356
Research In Motion Limited RIMM NASDAQ 5% $58.48 0.0854993
tw telecom inc. TWTC NASDAQ 5% $16.50 0.3030303
Wellpoint, Inc. WLP NYSE 5% $56.10 0.0891266
United States Steel Corporation X NYSE 5% $57.91 0.0863409
Payment at maturity per PLUS: § If the final basket value is greater than the initial basket value:
$1,000 + leveraged upside payment In no event will the payment at maturity exceed the maximum payment at maturity.
§ If the final basket value is less than or equal to the initial basket value:
$1,000 x the basket performance factor This amount will be less than or equal to the stated principal amount of $1,000 .
Leveraged upside payment: $1,000 x leverage factor x basket percent increase
Leverage factor: 300%
Maximum payment at maturity: $1,265 per PLUS (126.5% of the stated principal amount)
Determination date: December 19, 2012, subject to adjustment for non-trading days and certain market disruption events.
Initial basket value: 100, which is equal to the sum of the products of (i) the closing price of each basket stock on the pricing date and (ii) the multiplier for such basket stock on the pricing date, in each case as set forth under “Basket” above.
Final basket value: The sum of the products of (i) the final share price of each basket stock on the determination date and (ii) the multiplier for such basket stock on the determination date
Final share price: For each basket stock, the closing price of such basket stock on the determination date
Multiplier: The initial multiplier for each basket stock was set on the pricing date based on such basket stock’s respective closing price on such date, so that each basket stock is reflected in the predetermined initial basket value of 100 in accordance with its equal percentage weighting within the basket. See “Basket–Initial Multiplier” above. The multipliers will remain constant for the term of the PLUS, subject to adjustment for certain corporate and other events relating to the issuer of that basket stock and for adjustments relating to the basket.
Basket percent increase: (final basket value – initial basket value) / initial basket value
Basket performance factor: final basket value / initial basket value
Listing: The PLUS will not be listed on any securities exchange.
CUSIP/ISIN: 617482QG2 / US617482QG28
Agent: Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Commissions and Issue Price: Price to Public Agent’s Commissions (1) Proceeds to Issuer
Per PLUS $1,000 $22.50 $977.50
Total $3,300,000 $74,250 $3,225,750

(1) For additional information, see “Description of PLUS––Supplemental Information Concerning Plan of Distribution; Conflicts of Interest” in the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement and “Plan of Distribution” in the accompanying prospectus supplement.

You should read this document together with the preliminary pricing supplement describing the offering and the related prospectus supplement and prospectus, each of which can be accessed via the hyperlinks below.

Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 621 dated December 20, 2010

Prospectus Supplement dated December 23, 2008

Prospectus dated December 23, 2008

The PLUS are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, nor are they obligations of, or guaranteed by, a bank.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-800-584-6837.