Investment
Summary
Contingent Income
Auto-Callable Securities
Principal at Risk
Securities
The Contingent Income Auto-Callable
Securities due June 4, 2026, with 6-Month Initial Non-Call Period
Based on the Performance of the Energy Select Sector
SPDR®
Fund, which we refer to as the securities,
provide an opportunity for investors to earn a contingent quarterly
coupon at an annual rate of at least 12.80% (to be determined on
the pricing date) with respect to each quarterly determination date
on which the determination closing price or the final share price,
as applicable, is greater than or equal to 70% of the initial share
price, which we refer to as the coupon barrier level. It is
possible that the closing price of the underlying shares could
remain below the coupon barrier level for extended periods of time
or even throughout the term of the securities so that you may
receive few or no contingent quarterly coupons. If the
determination closing price is greater than or equal to the initial
share price on any redemption determination date, beginning
December 1, 2023, the securities will be automatically redeemed for
an early redemption payment equal to the stated principal
amount
plus
the contingent quarterly coupon with respect to the related
determination date. If the securities have not previously been
redeemed and the final share price is greater than or equal to 60%
of the initial share price, which we refer to as the downside
threshold level, the payment at maturity will be the stated
principal amount and, if the final share price is also greater than
or equal to the coupon barrier level, the contingent quarterly
coupon with respect to the related determination date. However, if
the securities have not previously been redeemed and the final
share price is less than the downside threshold level, investors
will be exposed to the decline in the closing price of the
underlying shares, as compared to the initial share price, on a
1-to-1 basis. In this case, the payment at maturity will be less
than 60% of the stated principal amount of the securities and could
be zero. Investors in the securities must be willing to accept the
risk of losing their entire principal and also the risk of not
receiving any contingent quarterly coupon. In addition, investors
will not participate in any appreciation of the underlying
shares.
The original issue price 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. We estimate that the
value of each security on the pricing date will be approximately
$978.50, or within $30.00 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.
What goes into the estimated
value on the pricing date?
In valuing the securities on the pricing
date, we take into account that the securities comprise both a debt
component and a performance-based component linked to the
underlying shares. The estimated value of the securities is
determined using our own pricing and valuation models, market
inputs and assumptions relating to the underlying shares,
instruments based on the underlying shares, volatility and other
factors including current and expected interest rates, as well as
an interest rate related to our secondary market credit spread,
which is the implied interest rate at which our conventional fixed
rate debt trades in the secondary market.
What determines the economic
terms of the securities?
In determining the economic terms of the
securities, including the contingent quarterly coupon rate, the
coupon barrier level and the downside threshold level, we use an
internal funding rate, which is likely to be lower than our
secondary market credit spreads and therefore advantageous to us.
If the issuing, selling, structuring and hedging costs borne by you
were lower or if the internal funding rate were higher, one or more
of the economic terms of the securities would be more favorable to
you.
What is the relationship
between the estimated value on the pricing date and the secondary
market price of the securities?
The price at which MS & Co. purchases
the securities in the secondary market, absent changes in market
conditions, including those related to the underlying shares, may
vary from, and be lower than, the estimated value on the pricing
date, because the secondary market price takes into account our
secondary market credit spread as well as the bid-offer spread that
MS & Co. would charge in a secondary market transaction of this
type and other factors. However, because the costs associated with
issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the securities are not
fully deducted upon issuance, for a period of up to 6 months
following the issue date, to the extent that MS & Co. may buy
or sell the securities in the secondary market, absent changes in
market conditions, including those related to the underlying
shares, and to our secondary market credit spreads, it would do so
based on values higher than the estimated value. We expect that
those higher values will also be reflected in your brokerage
account statements.
MS & Co. may, but is not obligated to,
make a market in the securities, and, if it once chooses to make a
market, may cease doing so at any time.