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MORGAN STANLEY Capital/Financing Update 2014

Dec 31, 2014

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Capital/Financing Update

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Pricing Sheet dated December 30, 2014 relating to Preliminary Terms No. 21 dated December 1, 2014 Registration Statement No. 333-200365 Filed pursuant to Rule 433

STRUCTURED INVESTMENTS

Opportunities in U.S. Equities

Trigger Jump Securities Based on the Value of the S&P 500 ® Index due January 5, 2021

Principal at Risk Securities

PRICING TERMS – DECEMBER 30, 2014 — Issuer: Morgan Stanley
Issue price: $10 per security (see “Commissions and issue price” below)
Stated principal amount: $10 per security
Pricing date: December 30, 2014
Original issue date: January 5, 2015 (3 business days after the pricing date)
Maturity date: January 5, 2021
Aggregate principal amount: $11,344,320
Interest: None
Underlying index: S&P 500 ® Index
Payment at maturity: · If the final index value is greater than or equal to the initial index value: $10 + the greater of (i) $10 × the index percent change and (ii) the upside payment · If the final index value is less than the initial index value but greater than or equal to the downside threshold level, meaning the value of the underlying index has declined by no more than 40% from its initial value: $10 · If the final index value is less than the downside threshold level, meaning the value of the underlying index has declined by more than 40% from its initial value: $10 × index performance factor Under these circumstances, the payment at maturity will be significantly less than the stated principal amount of $10, and will represent a loss of more than 40%, and possibly all, of your investment.
Upside payment: $3.55 per security ( 35.50% of the stated principal amount)
Index percent change: (final index value – initial index value) / initial index value
Downside threshold level: 1,248.21, which is 60% of the initial index value
Index performance factor: final index value / initial index value
Initial index value: 2,080.35, which is the index closing value on the pricing date
Final index value: The index closing value on the valuation date
Valuation date: December 30, 2020, subject to postponement for non-index business days and certain market disruption events
CUSIP: 61764M141
ISIN: US61764M1412
Listing: The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange.
Agent: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS & Co.”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. See “Supplemental information regarding plan of distribution; conflicts of interest” in the accompanying preliminary terms.
Estimated value on the pricing date: $9.317 per security. See “Investment Summary” in the accompanying preliminary terms.
Commissions and issue price: Price to public (1) Agent’s commissions and fees Proceeds to issuer (4)
Per security $10 $0.30 (2)
$0.05 (3) $9.65
Total $11,344,320 $397,051.20 $10,947,268.80

(1) The actual price to public and agent’s commissions and fees for a particular investor may be reduced for volume purchase discounts depending on the aggregate amount of securities purchased by that investor. The lowest price payable by an investor is $9.90 per security. Please see “Syndicate Information” in the accompanying preliminary terms for further details.

(2) Selected dealers, including Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (an affiliate of the agent), and their financial advisors will collectively receive from the agent, MS & Co., a fixed sales commission of $0.30 for each security they sell. For additional information, see “Supplemental information regarding plan of distribution; conflicts of interest” in the accompanying preliminary terms and “Plan of Distribution (Conflicts of Interest)” in the accompanying product supplement for Jump Securities.

(3) Reflects a structuring fee payable to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management by the agent or its affiliates of $0.05 for each security.

(4) See “Use of proceeds and hedging” in the accompanying preliminary terms.

“Standard & Poor’s ® ,” “S&P ® ,” “S&P 500 ® ,” “Standard & Poor’s 500” and “500” are trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and Morgan Stanley. The securities are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P, and S&P makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the securities.

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

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

EFPlaceholder Preliminary Terms No. 21 dated December 1, 2014

EFPlaceholder Product Supplement for J u mp Securities dated November 19, 2014 EFPlaceholder Index Supplement dated November 19, 2014

EFPlaceholder Prospectus dated November 19, 2014

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 this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-800-584-6837.