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Morgan Stanley Finance LLC

Structured Investments

Free Writing Prospectus to Preliminary Pricing Supplement No. 2,653

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement Nos. 333-275587; 333-275587-01

June 20, 2024

Market Linked Securities—Leveraged Upside Participation and Contingent Downside

Principal at Risk Securities Linked to a Basket of Four Indices and One ETF due January 8, 2030

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by Morgan Stanley 

Summary of terms

Issuer and guarantor Morgan Stanley Finance LLC (issuer) and Morgan Stanley (guarantor)
Market measure

A basket comprised of the following basket components and weightings:

30.00% EURO STOXX 50® Index

20.00% Tokyo Stock Price Index

15.00% FTSE® 100 Index

15.00% S&P®/ASX 200 Index

20.00% iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

(the “Basket”)

Pricing date* June 28, 2024
Original issue date* July 3, 2024*
Face amount $1,000 per security
Maturity payment amount (per security)

·

If the ending level is greater than the starting level: 

$1,000 plus

(i) [$1,000 × basket return ×participation rate] 

·

If the ending level is less than or equal to the starting level, but greater than or equal to the threshold level: 

$1,000 

·

If the ending level is less than the threshold level: 

$1,000 plus [$1,000 × basket return] 

Basket return (ending level – starting level) / (starting level)
Maturity date* January 8, 2030
Starting level 100.00
Ending level The “ending level” will be equal to the product of (i) 100 and (ii) an amount equal to 1 plus the sum of: (A) 30.00% of the component return of the EURO STOXX 50® Index; (B) 20.00% of the component return of the Tokyo Stock Price Index; (C) 15.00% of the component return of the FTSE® 100 Index; (D) 15.00% of the component return of the S&P®/ASX 200 Index; and (E) 20.00% of the component return of the iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.
Component return

For each basket component,

(final component level – initial component level) / initial component level

Initial component level For each basket component, its closing level or closing price on the pricing date, as applicable
Final component level

With respect to each of the SX5E Index, the TPX Index, the UKX Index and the AS51 Index, the respective closing level on the calculation day

With respect to the EEM Shares, the closing price of one EEM Share on the calculation day multiplied by the adjustment factor on such day

Adjustment factor: The “adjustment factor” means, 1.0, subject to adjustment in the event of certain events affecting the Fund
Threshold level 70.00, which is 70% of the starting level
Participation rate 163%
Calculation day* December 28, 2029
Agent discount** Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC will act as the agents for this offering.  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC will receive a commission of up to $38.70 for each security it sells.  Dealers, including Wells Fargo Advisors (“WFA”), may receive a selling concession of up to $30 per security, and WFA may receive a distribution expense fee of $1.20 for each security sold by WFA.

 

Calculation agent Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, an affiliate of the issuer and the guarantor
Denominations $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000
CUSIP 61776MPC3
Tax considerations See preliminary pricing supplement

 

Hypothetical payout profile

 

 

If the ending level of the Basket is less than its threshold level, which is 70% of the starting level, you will lose more than 30%, and possibly all, of the face amount of your securities at maturity.

 

The face amount of each security is $1,000. This price includes costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities, which are borne by you, and, consequently, the estimated value of the securities on the pricing date will be less than $1,000 per security. We estimate that the value of each security on the pricing date will be approximately $913.80, or within $13.80 of that estimate. Our estimate of the value of the securities as determined on the pricing date will be set forth in the final pricing supplement. See “Estimated Value of the Securities” in the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement for further information.

 

This document provides a summary of the terms of the securities. Investors should carefully review the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement referenced below, product supplement for principal at risk securities, index supplement and prospectus, and the “Selected risk considerations” on the following page, before making a decision to invest in the securities.

 

Preliminary Pricing Supplement:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010324008553/dp213063_424b2-ps2653.htm

*subject to change

**In addition, selected dealers may receive a fee of up to 0.20% for marketing and other services.

The securities have complex features and investing in the securities involves risks not associated with an investment in ordinary debt securities. See “Selected risk considerations” in this term sheet and “Risk Factors” in the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement and product supplement. All payments on the securities are subject to our credit risk.

This introductory term sheet does not provide all of the information that an investor should consider prior to making an investment decision.

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

 

 

 

Selected risk considerations

 

The risks set forth below are discussed in more detail in the “Risk Factors” section in the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement, product supplement for principal at risk securities, index supplement and prospectus. Please review those risk factors carefully.

 

Risks Relating to an Investment in the Securities

 

·The securities do not pay interest, and you will lose more than 30%, and possibly all, of the face amount of your securities at maturity if the ending level is less than the threshold level.

 

·The market price will be influenced by many unpredictable factors.

 

·The securities are subject to our credit risk, and any actual or anticipated changes to our credit ratings or credit spreads may adversely affect the market value of the securities.

 

·As a finance subsidiary, MSFL has no independent operations and will have no independent assets.

 

·The amount payable on the securities is not linked to the value of the Basket at any time other than the calculation day.

 

·Investing in the securities is not equivalent to investing in the basket components.

 

·The rate we are willing to pay for securities of this type, maturity and issuance size is likely to be lower than the rate implied by our secondary market credit spreads and advantageous to us. Both the lower rate and the inclusion of costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities in the face amount reduce the economic terms of the securities, cause the estimated value of the securities to be less than the face amount and will adversely affect secondary market prices.

 

·The estimated value of the securities is determined by reference to our pricing and valuation models, which may differ from those of other dealers and is not a maximum or minimum secondary market price.

 

·The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and secondary trading may be limited.

 

·The calculation agent, which is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley and an affiliate of MSFL, will make determinations with respect to the securities.

 

·Hedging and trading activity by our affiliates could potentially adversely affect the value of the securities.

 

·The maturity date may be postponed if the calculation day is postponed.

 

·Potentially inconsistent research, opinions or recommendations by Morgan Stanley, MSFL, WFS or our or their respective affiliates.

 

·The U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities are uncertain.

Risks Relating to the Basket

 

·Changes in the levels of the basket components may offset each other.

 

·The basket components are not equally weighted.

 

·There are risks associated with investments in securities linked to the value of foreign (and especially emerging markets) equity securities.

 

·The prices of the EEM Shares are subject to currency exchange risk.

 

·Adjustments to the Indices could adversely affect the value of the securities.

 

·Adjustments to the Fund or to the fund underlying index could adversely affect the value of the securities.

 

·The performance and market price of the Fund, particularly during periods of market volatility, may not correlate with the performance of the fund underlying index, the performance of the component stocks of the fund underlying index or the net asset value per share of the Fund.

 

·The antidilution adjustments the calculation agent is required to make do not cover every event that could affect the Fund.

 

·Historical levels of the basket components should not be taken as an indication of the future performance of the basket components during the term of the securities.

 

For more information about the Basket and the basket components, including historical performance information, see the accompanying preliminary pricing supplement.

 

Morgan Stanley and MSFL have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus, as supplemented by the applicable product supplement and the index supplement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which this communication relates. You should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the applicable product supplement, the index supplement and any other documents relating to this offering that Morgan Stanley and MSFL have filed with the SEC for more complete information about Morgan Stanley, MSFL and this offering. You may get these documents without cost by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at.www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Morgan Stanley, MSFL, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the applicable product supplement, index supplement and prospectus if you so request by calling toll-free 1-(800)-584-6837.

 

Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC, members SIPC, separate registered broker-dealers and non-bank affiliates of Wells Fargo Finance LLC and Wells Fargo & Company.

 

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