Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On April 15, 2021, Morgan Stanley (the "Registrant") filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to eliminate its Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J (the "Series J Preferred Stock"), which was redeemed by the Registrant on April 15, 2021. The Certificate of Elimination (a) eliminated the previous designation of 60,000 shares of Series J Preferred Stock, none of which were outstanding at the time of filing, (b) upon such elimination, caused such shares of Series J Preferred Stock to resume their status as undesignated shares of preferred stock of the Registrant, and (c) eliminated from the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant all references to the Series J Preferred Stock. A copy of the Certificate of Elimination is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.




Item  9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

       (d)   Exhibits

              The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit
Number     Description

3.1          Certificate of Elimination of the Fixed-to-Floating Rate
           Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series J, of Morgan Stanley.

101        Interactive Data Files pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T formatted
           in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language ("Inline XBRL").

104        Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and
           contained in Exhibit 101).

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