index on the stated maturity date or at
other times during the term of the Trigger PLUS may be higher than
the final index value, the payment at maturity will be based solely
on the index closing value on the valuation
date.
■Investing
in the Trigger PLUS is not equivalent to investing in the
underlying index.
Investing in the Trigger PLUS
is not equivalent to investing in the underlying index or its
component stocks. As an investor in the Trigger PLUS, you will not
have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other
distributions or any other rights with respect to stocks that
constitute the underlying index.
■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 Trigger PLUS in the original
issue price reduce the economic terms of the Trigger PLUS, cause
the estimated value of the Trigger PLUS to be less than the
original issue price and will adversely affect secondary market
prices. Assuming no change in market conditions or
any other relevant factors, the prices, if any, at which dealers,
including MS & Co., may be willing to purchase the Trigger PLUS
in secondary market transactions will likely be significantly lower
than the original issue price, because secondary market prices will
exclude the issuing, selling, structuring and hedging-related costs
that are included in the original issue price and borne by you and
because the secondary market prices will reflect our secondary
market credit spreads and the bid-offer spread that any dealer
would charge in a secondary market transaction of this type as well
as other factors.
The inclusion of the costs of issuing,
selling, structuring and hedging the Trigger PLUS in the original
issue price and the lower rate we are willing to pay as issuer make
the economic terms of the Trigger PLUS less favorable to you than
they otherwise would be.
However, because the costs associated with
issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the Trigger PLUS 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 Trigger PLUS in the secondary market, absent changes in
market conditions, including those related to the underlying index,
and to our secondary market credit spreads, it would do so based on
values higher than the estimated value, and we expect that those
higher values will also be reflected in your brokerage account
statements.
■The
estimated value of the Trigger PLUS 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. These pricing and valuation models are
proprietary and rely in part on subjective views of certain market
inputs and certain assumptions about future events, which may prove
to be incorrect. As a result, because there is no market-standard
way to value these types of securities, our models may yield a
higher estimated value of the Trigger PLUS than those generated by
others, including other dealers in the market, if they attempted to
value the Trigger PLUS. In addition, the estimated value on the
pricing date does not represent a minimum or maximum price at which
dealers, including MS & Co., would be willing to purchase your
Trigger PLUS in the secondary market (if any exists) at any time.
The value of your Trigger PLUS at any time after the date of this
document will vary based on many factors that cannot be predicted
with accuracy, including our creditworthiness and changes in market
conditions. See also “The market price will be influenced by many
unpredictable factors” above.
■The
Trigger PLUS will not be listed on any securities exchange and
secondary trading may be limited. The Trigger PLUS will not be listed on any
securities exchange. Therefore, there may be little or no secondary
market for the Trigger PLUS. MS & Co. may, but is not obligated
to, make a market in the Trigger PLUS and, if it once chooses to
make a market, may cease doing so at any time. When it does make a
market, it will generally do so for transactions of routine
secondary market size at prices based on its estimate of the
current value of the Trigger PLUS, taking into account its
bid/offer spread, our credit spreads, market volatility, the
notional size of the proposed sale, the cost of unwinding any
related hedging positions, the time remaining to maturity and the
likelihood that it will be able to resell the Trigger PLUS. Even if
there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to
allow you to trade or sell the Trigger PLUS easily. Since other
broker-dealers may not participate significantly in the secondary
market for the Trigger PLUS, the price at which you may be able to
trade your Trigger PLUS is likely to depend on the price, if any,
at which MS & Co. is willing to transact. If, at any time, MS
& Co. were to cease making a market in the Trigger PLUS, it is
likely that there would be no secondary market for the Trigger
PLUS. Accordingly, you should be willing to hold your Trigger PLUS
to maturity.