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LONDON--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the outstanding shares of each of the following preferred stock issues:

• Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A - $255.56 per share (equivalent to $0.25556 per Depositary Share)
• 10 Percent Non-Cumulative Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C - $25.00 per share

The dividends for the Preferred Stock Series A and C are payable on October 15, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 28, 2012.

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