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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0609</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-07-30</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000895421</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MORGAN STANLEY</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MS</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol>N/A</issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0000067088</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>true</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4-5, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME, CHIYODA-KU</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TOKYO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory></rptOwnerNonUSStateTerritory>
            <rptOwnerCountry>M0</rptOwnerCountry>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>100-8330</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>JAPAN</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>true</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>true</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-07-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>414396</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>213.2830</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>376670771</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">By virtue of its right to appoint two directors to the Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley, the Reporting Person is also director of Morgan Stanley by deputization.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The sales were to Morgan Stanley, approved by Morgan Stanley in accordance with Rule 16b-3(e) and effected pursuant to a sales plan adopted on April 18, 2018 and designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Satoshi Honda</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-08-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
