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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0pt 0pt; text-align: center"><B>MORGAN STANLEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)&nbsp;</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>36-3145972</B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1585 Broadway</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10036</B></P>

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zip code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Morgan Stanley Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0pt 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Martin M. Cohen, Esq.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Counsel and Corporate Secretary</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Morgan Stanley</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1585 Broadway</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10036</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>With a copy to:</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kyoko Takahashi Lin</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
&ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</P>

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    <TD>Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT> (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) </TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt">Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, Morgan Stanley (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration
Statement&rdquo;) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) to register 50,000,000 additional shares
of the Registrant&rsquo;s Class A common stock for issuance under the Registrant&rsquo;s Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;),
pursuant to an amendment and restatement of the Plan increasing the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 50,000,000, effective
as of March 31, 2025. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&rsquo;s registration
statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 26, 2021 (Registration No. 333-256493), May 31, 2017 (Registration No. 333-218377)
May 31, 2016 (Registration No. 333-211723), May 28, 2015 (Registration No. 333-204504), May 16, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188649), August
28, 2012 (Registration No. 333-183595), October 21, 2011 (Registration No. 333-177454), July 22, 2010 (Registration No. 333-168278), May
27, 2009 (Registration No. 333-159504) and May 11, 2007 (Registration No. 333-142874). In accordance with the instructional note to Part
I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed
with the Commission are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;the Registrant&rsquo;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the &ldquo;Form 10-K&rdquo;) that contains audited financial statements
for the registrant&rsquo;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;the Registrant&rsquo;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;the Registrant&rsquo;s
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 16, 2025 (solely with respect to Item 2.02, Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 therein), February
13, 2025, March 28, 2025, April 1, 2025, April 11, 2025 and May 16, 2025; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;the description of the
Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock contained on&nbsp;Exhibit 4.1&nbsp;of the Form 10-K (including any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In addition, all documents that the Registrant
files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all of the Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or deregisters all Common
Stock then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not Applicable.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify">3.1</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Morgan Stanley, as amended to date (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000089542124000403/exhibit31q22024_10-q.htm" STYLE="color: Blue; text-decoration: underline">Exhibit 3.1</A> to Morgan Stanley&rsquo;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024).</TD></TR>
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    <TD>3.2</TD>
    <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of Morgan Stanley, as amended to date (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010323017337/dp203777_ex0301.htm" STYLE="color: Blue; text-decoration: underline">Exhibit 3.1</A> to Morgan Stanley&rsquo;s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2023). </TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex05.htm">5<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>*</SUP></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex05.htm">Opinion of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex15.htm">15*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex15.htm">Letter of Awareness from Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex05.htm">23.1<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>*</SUP></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex05.htm">Consent of Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex2302.htm">23.2<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>*</SUP></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_ex2302.htm">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="#a_001">24<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><SUP>*</SUP></FONT></A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="#a_001">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>99.1</TD>
    <TD>Morgan Stanley Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2025 (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010325006128/dp228735_ex1001.htm" STYLE="color: Blue; text-decoration: underline">Exhibit 10.1</A> to Morgan Stanley's current report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2025).</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_exfilingfees.htm">107*</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp229284_exfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in The City of New York, State of New York, on this 28th day of May, 2025.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">MORGAN STANLEY</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">(R</FONT>egistrant)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Edward Pick</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%">Edward Pick</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001" TITLE="POA"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Martin M. Cohen, Jeanne Greeley, Tara Giannone and Jill
Chesler Schwartz and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement (any of which amendments may make such changes and additions to this Registration Statement
as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents
that may be required in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirement
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant
and in the capacities indicated as of this 28th day of May, 2025.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 32%"><U>Signature</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 66%"><U>Title</U></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Edward Pick</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Edward Pick</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Sharon Yeshaya</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Sharon Yeshaya</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Victoria Worster</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chief Accounting Officer and Controller</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Victoria Worster</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Megan Butler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Megan Butler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Thomas H. Glocer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Thomas H. Glocer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Robert H. Herz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Robert H. Herz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Erika H. James</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Erika H. James</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Hironori Kamezawa</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Hironori Kamezawa</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Shelley B. Leibowitz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Shelley B. Leibowitz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Jami Miscik </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Jami Miscik </TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Masato Miyachi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Masato Miyachi</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Dennis M. Nally</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Dennis M. Nally</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Douglas L. Peterson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Douglas L. Peterson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mary L. Schapiro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Mary L. Schapiro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Perry M. Traquina</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Perry M. Traquina</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Rayford Wilkins, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>Rayford Wilkins, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD></TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 28, 2025.
Registration No. ____
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
MORGAN STANLEY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
36-3145972
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1585 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
Morgan Stanley Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Martin M. Cohen, Esq.
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
(212) 761-4000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for
service)
With a copy to:
Kyoko Takahashi Lin
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
"large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, Morgan Stanley (the "Registrant") is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration
Statement") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 50,000,000 additional shares
of the Registrant's Class A common stock for issuance under the Registrant's Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"),
pursuant to an amendment and restatement of the Plan increasing the number of shares reserved for issuance thereunder by 50,000,000, effective
as of March 31, 2025. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's registration
statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 26, 2021 (Registration No. 333-256493), May 31, 2017 (Registration No. 333-218377)
May 31, 2016 (Registration No. 333-211723), May 28, 2015 (Registration No. 333-204504), May 16, 2013 (Registration No. 333-188649), August
28, 2012 (Registration No. 333-183595), October 21, 2011 (Registration No. 333-177454), July 22, 2010 (Registration No. 333-168278), May
27, 2009 (Registration No. 333-159504) and May 11, 2007 (Registration No. 333-142874). In accordance with the instructional note to Part
I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed
with the Commission are incorporated as of their respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)  the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 (the "Form 10-K") that contains audited financial statements
for the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b)  the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2025;
(c)  the Registrant's
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 16, 2025 (solely with respect to Item 2.02, Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 therein), February
13, 2025, March 28, 2025, April 1, 2025, April 11, 2025 and May 16, 2025; and
(d)  the description of the
Registrant's Common Stock contained on Exhibit 4.1 of the Form 10-K (including any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description).
In addition, all documents that the Registrant
files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all of the Common Stock offered hereby has been sold or deregisters all Common
Stock then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Number
Title of Exhibit
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Morgan Stanley, as amended to date (
Exhibit 3.1
to Morgan Stanley's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2024).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Morgan Stanley, as amended to date (
Exhibit 3.1
to Morgan Stanley's current report on Form 8-K filed on December 8, 2023).
5
*
Opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP regarding the validity of the securities being registered.
15*
Letter of Awareness from Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.1
*
Consent of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24
*
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Morgan Stanley Equity Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2025 (
Exhibit 10.1
to Morgan Stanley's current report on Form 8-K filed on May 16, 2025).
107*
Filing Fee Table
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in The City of New York, State of New York, on this 28th day of May, 2025.
MORGAN STANLEY
(R
egistrant)
By:
/s/ Edward Pick
Name:
Edward Pick
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Martin M. Cohen, Jeanne Greeley, Tara Giannone and Jill
Chesler Schwartz and each of them singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement (any of which amendments may make such changes and additions to this Registration Statement
as such attorneys-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents
that may be required in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant
and in the capacities indicated as of this 28th day of May, 2025.
Signature
Title
/s/ Edward Pick
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Edward Pick
/s/ Sharon Yeshaya
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Sharon Yeshaya
/s/ Victoria Worster
Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Victoria Worster
/s/ Megan Butler
Director
Megan Butler
/s/ Thomas H. Glocer
Director
Thomas H. Glocer
/s/ Robert H. Herz
Director
Robert H. Herz
/s/ Erika H. James
Director
Erika H. James
/s/ Hironori Kamezawa
Director
Hironori Kamezawa
/s/ Shelley B. Leibowitz
Director
Shelley B. Leibowitz
/s/ Jami Miscik
Director
Jami Miscik
/s/ Masato Miyachi
Director
Masato Miyachi
/s/ Dennis M. Nally
Director
Dennis M. Nally
/s/ Douglas L. Peterson
Director
Douglas L. Peterson
/s/ Mary L. Schapiro
Director
Mary L. Schapiro
/s/ Perry M. Traquina
Director
Perry M. Traquina
/s/ Rayford Wilkins, Jr.
Director
Rayford Wilkins, Jr.