Morgan Stanley Finance 424B2Prospectus for primary offering

Observation Dates, Redemption Determination Dates, Coupon Payment Dates and Early Redemption Dates

* The securities are not subject to automatic early redemption until the fourth coupon payment date, which is December 24, 2025.

Investment Summary

Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities

Principal at Risk Securities

Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities due December 23, 2027, with 1-Year Initial Non-Call Period All Payments on the Securities Based on the Worst Performing of the Class C Capital Stock of Alphabet Inc., the Common Stock of Amazon.com, Inc. and the Common Stock of Apple Inc. (the “securities”) do not provide for the regular payment of interest. Instead, the securities will pay a contingent quarterly coupon at an annual rate of at least 10.35% (to be determined on the pricing date) but only if the determination closing price of each underlying stock is at or above 60% of its respective initial share price, which we refer to as the respective coupon threshold level, on the related observation date. If the determination closing price of any underlying stock is less than its coupon threshold level on any observation date, we will pay no coupon for the related quarterly period. However, if the determination closing price of each of the underlying stocks is at or above its respective coupon threshold level on any subsequent observation date, investors will receive, in addition to the contingent quarterly coupon for the related quarterly period, any previously unpaid contingent quarterly coupons from prior observation dates. It is possible that the determination closing price of one or more underlying stocks will remain below their respective coupon threshold levels for extended periods of time or even throughout the entire 3-year term of the securities so that you will receive few or no contingent quarterly coupons during the entire term of the securities. We refer to these coupons as contingent, because there is no guarantee that you will receive a coupon payment on any coupon payment date. Even if all of the underlying stocks were to be at or above their respective coupon threshold levels on some quarterly observation dates, one or more underlying stocks may fluctuate below the respective coupon threshold level(s) on others, and the underlying stocks may not close at or above their respective coupon threshold level on any subsequent observation date, in which case you will not receive payment of any unpaid previously contingent quarterly coupons. In addition, if the securities have not been automatically called prior to maturity and the final share price of any underlying stock is less than its respective downside threshold level, which is 50% of the respective initial share price, investors will be exposed to the decline in the worst performing underlying stock on a 1-to-1 basis, and will receive a payment at maturity that is less than 50% of the stated principal amount of the securities and could be zero. Accordingly, investors in the securities must be willing to accept the risk of losing their entire initial investment and also the risk of not receiving any contingent quarterly payments throughout the entire 3-year term of the securities.

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 $983.10, 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 stocks. The estimated value of the securities is determined using our own pricing and valuation models, market inputs and assumptions relating to the underlying stocks, instruments based on the underlying stocks, 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 redemption threshold levels, the coupon threshold levels and the downside threshold levels, 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 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 stocks, 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 stocks, 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.

Key Investment Rationale

The securities do not provide for the regular payment of interest. Instead, the securities will pay a contingent quarterly coupon but only if the determination closing price of each underlying stock is at or above its respective downside threshold level on the related observation date. The securities have been designed for investors who are willing to forgo market floating interest rates and risk the loss of principal and accept the risk of receiving few or no coupon payments for the entire 3-year term of the securities in exchange for an opportunity to earn interest at a potentially above-market rate if all of the underlying stocks close at or above their respective coupon threshold levels, unless the securities are redeemed early. The following scenarios are for illustrative purposes only to demonstrate how the coupon and the payment at maturity (if the securities have not previously been redeemed) are calculated, and do not attempt to demonstrate every situation that may occur. Accordingly, the securities may or may not be redeemed, the contingent coupon may be payable in none of, or some but not all of, the quarterly periods during the 3-year term of the securities, and the payment at maturity may be less than 50% of the stated principal amount of the securities and may be zero.

How the Securities Work

The following diagrams illustrate the potential outcomes for the securities depending on (1) the determination closing prices on each quarterly observation date, (2) the determination closing prices on each quarterly redemption determination date and (3) the final share prices. Please see “Hypothetical Examples” below for an illustration of hypothetical payouts on the securities.

Diagram #1: Contingent Quarterly Coupons (Beginning on the First Coupon Payment Date until Early Redemption or Maturity)

Diagram #2: Automatic Early Redemption (Starting After One Year)

Diagram #3: Payment at Maturity if No Automatic Early Redemption Occurs

For more information about the payout at maturity in different hypothetical scenarios, see “Hypothetical Examples” below.

Hypothetical Examples

The following hypothetical examples illustrate how to determine whether a contingent quarterly coupon is paid with respect to an observation date and how to calculate the payment at maturity, if any, assuming the securities are not redeemed prior to maturity. The following examples are for illustrative purposes only. Whether you receive a contingent quarterly coupon will be determined by reference to the determination closing price of each underlying stock on each quarterly observation date. Whether the securities are redeemed early will be determined by reference to the determination closing price of each underlying stock on each quarterly determination date (beginning approximately one year after the original issue date) and the payment at maturity, if any, will be determined by reference to the final share price of each underlying stock on the final determination date. The actual initial share price, coupon threshold level and downside threshold level for each underlying stock are set forth on the cover of this document. All payments on the securities, if any, are subject to our credit risk. The below examples are based on the following terms:

1 The actual contingent quarterly coupon will be an amount determined by the calculation agent based on the actual contingent quarterly coupon rate and the number of days in the applicable payment period, calculated on a 30/360 day-count basis. The hypothetical contingent quarterly coupon of $25.875 is used in these examples for ease of analysis.

How to determine whether a contingent quarterly coupon is payable with respect to an observation date:

On hypothetical observation date 1, each of the underlying stocks closes at or above its respective coupon threshold level. Therefore, a hypothetical contingent quarterly coupon of $25.875 is paid on the relevant coupon payment date.

On hypothetical observation date 2, two underlying stocks close at or above their respective coupon threshold levels, but the other underlying stock closes below its respective coupon threshold level. Therefore, no contingent quarterly coupon is paid on the relevant coupon payment date.

On hypothetical observation date 3, each of the underlying stocks closes at or above its respective coupon threshold level. Therefore, investors receive the hypothetical contingent quarterly coupon with respect to the third observation date as well as the previously unpaid contingent quarterly coupon with respect to the second observation date.

On hypothetical observation date 4, each of the underlying stocks closes below its respective coupon threshold level, and accordingly no contingent quarterly coupon is paid on the relevant coupon payment date.

You will not receive a contingent quarterly coupon on any coupon payment date if the determination closing price of any underlying stock is below its respective coupon threshold level on the related observation date.

How to calculate the payment at maturity:

In the following examples, one or more underlying stocks close below the respective redemption threshold levels on each redemption determination date, and, consequently, the securities are not automatically redeemed prior to, and remain outstanding until, maturity.

In example 1, the final share prices of each of the GOOG Stock, AMZN Stock and AAPL Stock are at or above their respective downside threshold levels and coupon threshold levels. Therefore, investors receive at maturity the stated principal amount of the securities plus the hypothetical contingent quarterly coupon with respect to the final observation date and any previously unpaid contingent quarterly coupons from the prior observation dates. Investors do not participate in the appreciation of any of the underlying stocks.

In example 2, the final share prices of two underlying stocks are above their respective downside threshold levels, but the final share price of the other underlying stock is below its downside threshold level. Therefore, investors are exposed to the downside

performance of the worst performing underlying stock at maturity and receive an amount equal to the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the worst performing underlying stock.

In example 3, the final share prices of two underlying stocks are at or above their respective downside threshold levels, but the final share price of the other underlying stock is below its downside threshold level. Therefore, investors are exposed to the downside performance of the worst performing underlying stock at maturity and receive at maturity an amount equal to the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the worst performing underlying stock.

In examples 4 and 5, the final share prices of all of the underlying stocks are below their respective downside threshold levels, and investors receive at maturity an amount equal to the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the worst performing underlying stock. In example 4, the GOOG Stock has declined 70% from its initial share price to its final share price, the AMZN Stock has declined 60% from its initial share price to its final share price and the AAPL Stock has declined 56% from its initial share price to its final share price. Therefore, the payment at maturity equals the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the GOOG Stock, which represents the worst performing underlying stock in this example. In example 5, the GOOG Stock has declined 65% from its initial share price to its final share price, the AMZN Stock has declined 70% from its initial share price to its final share price and the AAPL Stock has declined 60% from its initial share price to its final share price. Therefore the payment at maturity equals the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the AMZN Stock, which represents the worst performing underlying stock in this example.

If the final share price of ANY underlying stock is below its respective downside threshold level, you will be exposed to the downside performance of the worst performing underlying stock at maturity, and your payment at maturity will be less than 50% of the stated principal amount per security and could be zero.

Risk Factors

This section describes the material risks relating to the securities. For further discussion of these and other risks, you should read the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the accompanying product supplement and prospectus. You should also consult with your investment, legal, tax, accounting and other advisers in connection with your investment in the securities.

Risks Relating to an Investment in the Securities

￭The securities do not guarantee the return of any principal. The terms of the securities differ from those of ordinary debt securities in that they do not guarantee the return of any of the principal amount at maturity. If the securities have not been automatically redeemed prior to maturity and if the final share price of any underlying stock is less than its downside threshold level of 50% of its initial share price, you will be exposed to the decline in the closing price of the worst performing underlying stock, as compared to its initial share price, on a 1-to-1 basis, and you will receive for each security that you hold at maturity an amount equal to the stated principal amount multiplied by the share performance factor of the worst performing underlying stock. In this case, the payment at maturity will be less than 50% of the stated principal amount and could be zero. You could lose up to your entire investment in the securities.

￭The securities do not provide for the regular payment of interest and may pay no interest over the entire term of the securities. The terms of the securities differ from those of ordinary debt securities in that they do not provide for the regular payment of interest. Instead, the securities will pay a contingent quarterly coupon but only if the determination closing price of each underlying stock is at or above 60% of its respective initial share price, which we refer to as the respective coupon threshold level, on the related observation date. If the determination closing price of any underlying stock is lower than its coupon threshold level on the relevant observation date for any interest period, we will pay no coupon on the applicable coupon payment date. However, if the determination closing price of each of the underlying stocks is at or above its respective coupon threshold level on any subsequent observation date, investors will receive, in addition to the contingent quarterly coupon for the related quarterly period, any previously unpaid contingent quarterly coupons from prior observation dates. Nevertheless, it is possible that the determination closing price(s) of one or more underlying stocks could remain below the respective coupon threshold level(s) for extended periods of time or even throughout the entire 3-year term of the securities so that you will receive few or no contingent quarterly coupons. If you do not earn sufficient contingent coupons over the term of the securities, the overall return on the securities may be less than the amount that would be paid on a conventional debt security of ours of comparable maturity.

￭The contingent coupon, if any, is based only on the determination closing prices of the underlying stocks on the related quarterly observation date at the end of the related interest period. Whether the contingent coupon will be paid on any coupon payment date will be determined at the end of the relevant interest period based on the determination closing price of each underlying stock on the relevant quarterly observation date. As a result, you will not know whether you will receive the contingent coupon on any coupon payment date until near the end of the relevant interest period. Moreover, because the contingent coupon is based solely on the price of each underlying stock on quarterly observation dates, if the determination closing price of any underlying stock on any observation date is below the respective coupon threshold level, you will receive no coupon for the related interest period, or any previously unpaid coupons, even if the price(s) of one or more of the underlying stocks were higher on other days during that interest period.

￭Investors will not participate in any appreciation in the price of any underlying stock. Investors will not participate in any appreciation in the price of any underlying stock from its initial share price, and the return on the securities will be limited to the contingent quarterly coupon, if any, that is paid with respect to each observation date on which all determination closing prices are greater than or equal to their respective coupon threshold levels, if any.

￭The market price will be influenced by many unpredictable factors. Several factors, many of which are beyond our control, will influence the value of the securities in the secondary market and the price at which MS & Co. may be willing to purchase or sell the securities in the secondary market. We expect that generally the level of interest rates available in the market and the prices of the underlying stocks on any day, including in relation to the respective coupon threshold

levels and downside threshold levels, will affect the value of the securities more than any other factors. Other factors that may influence the value of the securities include:

othe trading price and volatility (frequency and magnitude of changes in value) of the underlying stocks,

owhether the determination closing price of any underlying stock has been below its respective downside threshold level on any observation date,

odividend rates on the underlying stocks,

ogeopolitical conditions and economic, financial, political, regulatory or judicial events that affect the underlying stocks and which may affect the prices of the underlying stocks,

othe time remaining until the securities mature,

ointerest and yield rates in the market,

othe availability of comparable instruments,

othe occurrence of certain events affecting the underlying stock that may or may not require an adjustment to the adjustment factor, and

oany actual or anticipated changes in our credit ratings or credit spreads.

Generally, the longer the time remaining to maturity, the more the market price of the securities will be affected by the other factors described above. Some or all of these factors will influence the price that you will receive if you sell your securities prior to maturity. For example, you may have to sell your securities at a substantial discount from the stated principal amount of $1,000 per security if the price of any underlying stock at the time of sale is near or below its coupon threshold level or downside threshold level or if market interest rates rise.

The prices of the underlying stocks may be, and have recently been, volatile, and we can give you no assurance that the volatility will lessen. The prices of the underlying stocks may decrease and be below the respective coupon threshold level(s) on each observation date so that you will receive no return on your investment, and the price of one or more underlying stocks may decrease and close below the respective downside threshold level on the final observation date so that you receive a payment at maturity that is less than 50% of the stated principal amount and could be zero. There can be no assurance that the determination closing prices of all of the underlying stocks will be at or above their respective coupon threshold levels on any observation date so that you will receive a coupon payment on the securities for the applicable interest period, or, with respect to the final observation date, that the closing prices of all of the underlying stocks will be at or above the respective downside threshold levels so that you do not suffer a significant loss on your initial investment in the securities. See “Alphabet Inc. Overview,” “Amazon.com, Inc. Overview” and “Apple Inc. Overview” below.

￭The securities are subject to our credit risk, and any actual or anticipated changes to our credit ratings or credit spreads may adversely affect the market value of the securities. You are dependent on our ability to pay all amounts due on the securities on each coupon payment date, upon automatic redemption and at maturity and therefore you are subject to our credit risk. The securities are not guaranteed by any other entity. If we default on our obligations under the securities, your investment would be at risk and you could lose some or all of your investment. As a result, the market value of the securities prior to maturity will be affected by changes in the market’s view of our creditworthiness. Any actual or anticipated decline in our credit ratings or increase in the credit spreads charged by the market for taking our credit risk is likely to adversely affect the market value of the securities.

￭As a finance subsidiary, MSFL has no independent operations and will have no independent assets. As a finance subsidiary, MSFL has no independent operations beyond the issuance and administration of its securities and will have no independent assets available for distributions to holders of MSFL securities if they make claims in respect of such securities in a bankruptcy, resolution or similar proceeding. Accordingly, any recoveries by such holders will be limited to those available under the related guarantee by Morgan Stanley and that guarantee will rank pari passu with all other unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of Morgan Stanley. Holders will have recourse only to a single claim against Morgan Stanley and its assets under the guarantee. Holders of securities issued by MSFL should accordingly

assume that in any such proceedings they would not have any priority over and should be treated pari passu with the claims of other unsecured, unsubordinated creditors of Morgan Stanley, including holders of Morgan Stanley-issued securities.

￭Reinvestment risk. The term of your investment in the securities may be shortened due to the automatic early redemption feature of the securities. If the securities are redeemed prior to maturity, you will receive no more contingent quarterly coupons and may be forced to invest in a lower interest rate environment and may not be able to reinvest at comparable terms or returns. However, under no circumstances will the securities be redeemed in the first one year of the term of the securities.

￭Investing in the securities is not equivalent to investing in the class C capital stock of Alphabet Inc., the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc. or the common stock of Apple Inc. Investors in the securities will not participate in any appreciation in the underlying stocks, and will not have voting rights or rights to receive dividends or other distributions or any other rights with respect to the underlying stocks. As a result, any return on the securities will not reflect the return you would realize if you actually owned shares of the underlying stocks and received the dividends paid or distributions made on them.

￭The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange and secondary trading may be limited, and accordingly, you should be willing to hold your securities for the entire 3-year term of the securities. The securities will not be listed on any securities exchange. Therefore, there may be little or no secondary market for the securities. 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. 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 securities, 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 securities. Even if there is a secondary market, it may not provide enough liquidity to allow you to trade or sell the securities easily. Since other broker-dealers may not participate significantly in the secondary market for the securities, the price at which you may be able to trade your securities 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 securities, it is likely that there would be no secondary market for the securities. Accordingly, you should be willing to hold your securities to maturity.

￭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 securities in the original issue price reduce the economic terms of the securities, cause the estimated value of the securities 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 securities 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 securities in the original issue price and the lower rate we are willing to pay as issuer make the economic terms of the securities less favorable to you than they otherwise would be.

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 stocks, 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 securities 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 securities than those generated by others, including other dealers in the market, if they attempted to value the securities. 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 securities in the secondary market (if any exists) at any time. The value of your securities 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.

￭Hedging and trading activity by our affiliates could potentially affect the value of the securities. One or more of our affiliates and/or third-party dealers expect to carry out hedging activities related to the securities (and to other instruments linked to the underlying stocks), including trading in the underlying stocks. Some of our affiliates also trade the underlying stocks and other financial instruments related to the underlying stocks on a regular basis as part of their general broker-dealer and other businesses. As a result, these entities may be unwinding or adjusting hedge positions during the term of the securities, and the hedging strategy may involve greater and more frequent dynamic adjustments to the hedge as the final observation date approaches. Any of these hedging or trading activities on or prior to December 19, 2024 could potentially increase the initial share price of an underlying stock, and, therefore, could potentially increase (i) the value at or above which such underlying stock must close on the redemption determination dates so that the securities are redeemed prior to maturity for the early redemption payment (depending also on the performance of the other underlying stocks), (ii) the coupon threshold level for such underlying stock, which is the value at or above which the underlying stock must close on the observation dates so that you receive a contingent quarterly coupon on the securities (depending also on the performance of the other underlying stocks), and (iii) the downside threshold level for such underlying stock, which is the value at or above which such underlying stock must close on the final observation date, so that you are not exposed to the negative performance of the worst performing underlying stock at maturity (depending also on the performance of the other underlying stocks). Additionally, such hedging or trading activities during the term of the securities could potentially affect the value of any underlying stock on the redemption determination dates and the observation dates, and, accordingly, whether we redeem the securities prior to maturity, whether we pay a contingent quarterly coupon on the securities and the amount of cash you will receive at maturity, if any (depending also on the performance of the other underlying stocks).

￭The calculation agent, which is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley and an affiliate of MSFL, will make determinations with respect to the securities. As calculation agent, MS & Co. will determine the initial share prices, the redemption threshold levels, the coupon threshold levels, the downside threshold levels, the final share prices, the payment at maturity, if any, whether you receive a contingent quarterly coupon on each coupon payment date and/or at maturity, whether the securities will be redeemed on any early redemption date, whether a market disruption event has occurred and whether to make any adjustments to the adjustment factors. Moreover, certain determinations made by MS & Co., in its capacity as calculation agent, may require it to exercise discretion and make subjective judgments, such as with respect to the occurrence or non-occurrence of market disruption events and certain adjustments to the adjustment factors. These potentially subjective determinations may affect the payout to you upon an automatic early redemption or at maturity, if any. For further information regarding these types of determinations, see “Description of Auto-Callable Securities—Auto-Callable Securities Linked to Underlying Shares” and “—Calculation Agent and Calculations” and related definitions in the accompanying product supplement. In addition, MS & Co. has determined the estimated value of the securities on the pricing date.

￭The U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities are uncertain. There is no direct legal authority as to the proper treatment of the securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and, therefore, significant aspects of the tax treatment of the securities are uncertain.

Please read the discussion under “Additional Information—Tax considerations” in this document concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities. We intend to treat a security for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a single financial contract that provides for a coupon that will be treated as gross income to you at the time received or accrued, in accordance with your regular method of tax accounting. Under this treatment, the

ordinary income treatment of the coupon payments, in conjunction with the capital loss treatment of any loss recognized upon the sale, exchange or settlement of the securities, could result in adverse tax consequences to holders of the securities because the deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. We do not plan to request a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) regarding the tax treatment of the securities, and the IRS or a court may not agree with the tax treatment described herein. If the IRS were successful in asserting an alternative treatment for the securities, the timing and character of income or loss on the securities might differ significantly from the tax treatment described herein. For example, under one possible treatment, the IRS could seek to recharacterize the securities as debt instruments. In that event, U.S. Holders (as defined below) would be required to accrue into income original issue discount on the securities every year at a “comparable yield” determined at the time of issuance (as adjusted based on the difference, if any, between the actual and the projected amount of any contingent payments on the securities) and recognize all income and gain in respect of the securities as ordinary income. The risk that financial instruments providing for buffers, triggers or similar downside protection features, such as the securities, would be recharacterized as debt is greater than the risk of recharacterization for comparable financial instruments that do not have such features. Moreover, future legislation, Treasury regulations or IRS guidance could adversely affect the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in the securities, possibly retroactively.

Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below) should note that we currently intend to withhold on any coupon paid to Non-U.S. Holders generally at a rate of 30%, or at a reduced rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty under an “other income” or similar provision, and will not be required to pay any additional amounts with respect to amounts withheld.

Both U.S. and Non-U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisers regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in the securities, including possible alternative treatments, as well as tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, local or non-U.S. taxing jurisdiction.

Risks Relating to the Underlying Stocks

￭You are exposed to the price risk of all of the underlying stocks, with respect to both the contingent quarterly coupons, if any, and the payment at maturity, if any. Your return on the securities is not linked to a basket consisting of the underlying stocks. Rather, it will be contingent upon the independent performance of each underlying stock. Unlike an instrument with a return linked to a basket of underlying assets, in which risk is mitigated and diversified among all the components of the basket, you will be exposed to the risks related to each of the underlying stocks. Poor performance by any underlying stock over the term of the securities may negatively affect your return and will not be offset or mitigated by any positive performance by the other underlying stocks. To receive any contingent quarterly coupons, all of the underlying stocks must close at or above their respective coupon threshold levels on the applicable observation date. In addition, if any underlying stock has declined to below its respective downside threshold level as of the final observation date, you will be fully exposed to the decline in the worst performing underlying stock over the term of the securities on a 1-to-1 basis, even if the other underlying stocks have appreciated or have not declined as much. Under this scenario, the value of any such payment will be less than 50% of the stated principal amount and could be zero. Accordingly, your investment is subject to the price risk of all of the underlying stocks.

￭No affiliation with Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc. Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. and Apple Inc. are not affiliates of ours, are not involved with this offering in any way, and have no obligation to consider your interests in taking any corporate actions that might affect the value of the securities. We have not made any due diligence inquiry with respect to Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc. in connection with this offering.

￭We may engage in business with or involving Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc. without regard to your interests. We or our affiliates may presently or from time to time engage in business with Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc. without regard to your interests and thus may acquire non-public information about Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc. Neither we nor any of our affiliates undertakes to disclose any such information to you. In addition, we or our affiliates from time to time have published and in the future may publish research reports with respect to Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com, Inc. or Apple Inc., which may or may not recommend that investors buy or hold the underlying stock(s).

￭The antidilution adjustments the calculation agent is required to make do not cover every corporate event that could affect the underlying stocks. MS & Co., as calculation agent, will adjust the adjustment factors for certain corporate events affecting the underlying stocks, such as stock splits, stock dividends and extraordinary dividends, and certain other corporate actions involving the issuers of the underlying stocks, such as mergers. However, the calculation agent will not make an adjustment for every corporate event that can affect the underlying stocks. For example, the calculation agent is not required to make any adjustments if the issuers of the underlying stocks or anyone else makes a partial tender or partial exchange offer for the underlying stocks, nor will adjustments be made following the final observation date. In addition, no adjustments will be made for regular cash dividends, which are expected to reduce the price of the underlying stocks by the amount of such dividends. If an event occurs that does not require the calculation agent to adjust an adjustment factor, such as a regular cash dividend, the market price of the securities and your return on the securities may be materially and adversely affected. For example, if the record date for a regular cash dividend were to occur on or shortly before an observation date, this may decrease the determination closing price of an underlying stock to be less than the respective coupon threshold level (resulting in no contingent quarterly coupon being paid with respect to such date) or the final share price to be less than the respective downside threshold level (resulting in a loss of a significant portion of all of your investment in the securities), materially and adversely affecting your return.

Alphabet Inc. Overview

Alphabet Inc. is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries (which include Google Inc.) provides web-based search, advertisements, maps, software applications, mobile operating systems, consumer consent, enterprise solutions, commerce and hardware products. Alphabet Inc. became the successor Securities and Exchange Commission registrant to, and parent holding company of, Google Inc. on October 2, 2015, in connection with a holding company reorganization. Alphabet Inc.’s class C capital stock began trading on October 5, 2015 under the ticker symbol “GOOG,” the same symbol under which Google Inc.’s class C capital stock previously traded. The GOOG Stock is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Information provided to or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Alphabet Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the Securities and Exchange Commission file number 001-37580 through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Alphabet Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents. Neither the issuer nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the issuer of the GOOG Stock is accurate or complete.

Information as of market close on December 19, 2024:

The following table sets forth the published high and low closing prices of, as well as dividends on, the GOOG Stock for each quarter from January 1, 2021 through December 19, 2024. The closing price of the GOOG Stock on December 19, 2024 was $189.70. The associated graph shows the closing prices of the GOOG Stock for each day from January 1, 2019 through December 19, 2024. We obtained the information in the table and graph below from Bloomberg Financial Markets, without independent verification. The historical closing prices of the GOOG Stock may have been adjusted for stock splits and other corporate events. The historical performance of the GOOG Stock should not be taken as an indication of its future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the price of the GOOG Stock at any time, including on the redemption determination dates or the observation dates.

We make no representation as to the amount of dividends, if any, that Alphabet Inc. may pay in the future. In any event, as an investor in the Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities, you will not be entitled to receive dividends, if any, that may be payable on the class C capital stock of Alphabet Inc.

* The red solid line indicates the downside threshold level, which is 50% of the initial share price, and the black solid line indicates the coupon threshold level, which is 60% of the initial share price.

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the GOOG Stock or other securities of Alphabet Inc. We have derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the GOOG Stock from the publicly available documents described above. In connection with the offering of the securities, neither we nor the agent has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to Alphabet Inc. Neither we nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Alphabet Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the GOOG Stock (and therefore the price of the GOOG Stock at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Alphabet Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

Neither the issuer nor any of its affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of the GOOG Stock.

Amazon.com, Inc. Overview

Amazon.com, Inc. offers electronic retail services to consumer customers, seller customers and developer customers. The AMZN stock is registered under the Exchange Act. Information provided to or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Amazon.com, Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the Securities and Exchange Commission file number 000-22513 through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Amazon.com, Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents. Neither the issuer nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the issuer of the AMZN Stock is accurate or complete.

Information as of market close on December 19, 2024:

The following table sets forth the published high and low closing prices of, as well as dividends on, the AMZN Stock for each quarter from January 1, 2021 through December 19, 2024. The closing price of the AMZN Stock on December 19, 2024 was $223.29. The associated graph shows the closing prices of the AMZN Stock for each day from January 1, 2019 through December 19, 2024. We obtained the information in the table and graph below from Bloomberg Financial Markets, without independent verification. The historical closing prices of the AMZN Stock may have been adjusted for stock splits and other corporate events. The historical performance of the AMZN Stock should not be taken as an indication of its future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the price of the AMZN Stock at any time, including on the redemption determination dates or the observation dates.

We make no representation as to the amount of dividends, if any, that Amazon.com, Inc. may pay in the future. In any event, as an investor in the Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities, you will not be entitled to receive dividends, if any, that may be payable on the common stock of Amazon.com, Inc.

* The red solid line indicates the downside threshold level, which is 50% of the initial share price, and the black solid line indicates the coupon threshold level, which is 60% of the initial share price.

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the AMZN Stock or other securities of Amazon.com, Inc. We have derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the AMZN Stock from the publicly available documents described above. In connection with the offering of the securities, neither we nor the agent has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to Amazon.com, Inc. Neither we nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Amazon.com, Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the AMZN Stock (and therefore the price of the AMZN Stock at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Amazon.com, Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

Neither the issuer nor any of its affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of the AMZN Stock.

Apple Inc. Overview

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and accessories, and sells a variety of related services. The AAPL stock is registered under the Exchange Act. Information provided to or filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Apple Inc. pursuant to the Exchange Act can be located by reference to the Securities and Exchange Commission file number 001-36743 through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding Apple Inc. may be obtained from other sources including, but not limited to, press releases, newspaper articles and other publicly disseminated documents. Neither the issuer nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding the issuer of the AAPL stock is accurate or complete.

Information as of market close on December 19, 2024:

The following table sets forth the published high and low closing prices of, as well as dividends on, the AAPL Stock for each quarter from January 1, 2021 through December 19, 2024. The closing price of the AAPL Stock on December 19, 2024 was $249.79. The associated graph shows the closing prices of the AAPL Stock for each day from January 1, 2019 through December 19, 2024. We obtained the information in the table and graph below from Bloomberg Financial Markets, without independent verification. The historical closing prices of the AAPL Stock may have been adjusted for stock splits and other corporate events. The historical performance of the AAPL Stock should not be taken as an indication of its future performance, and no assurance can be given as to the price of the AAPL Stock at any time, including on the redemption determination dates or the observation dates.

We make no representation as to the amount of dividends, if any, that Apple Inc. may pay in the future. In any event, as an investor in the Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities, you will not be entitled to receive dividends, if any, that may be payable on the common stock of Apple Inc.

* The red solid line indicates the downside threshold level, which is 50% of the initial share price, and the black solid line indicates the coupon threshold level, which is 60% of the initial share price.

This document relates only to the securities offered hereby and does not relate to the AAPL Stock or other securities of Apple Inc. We have derived all disclosures contained in this document regarding the AAPL Stock from the publicly available documents described above. In connection with the offering of the securities, neither we nor the agent has participated in the preparation of such documents or made any due diligence inquiry with respect to Apple Inc. Neither we nor the agent makes any representation that such publicly available documents or any other publicly available information regarding Apple Inc. is accurate or complete. Furthermore, we cannot give any assurance that all events occurring prior to the date hereof (including events that would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above) that would affect the trading price of the AAPL Stock (and therefore the price of the AAPL Stock at the time we price the securities) have been publicly disclosed. Subsequent disclosure of any such events or the disclosure of or failure to disclose material future events concerning Apple Inc. could affect the value received with respect to the securities and therefore the value of the securities.

Neither the issuer nor any of its affiliates makes any representation to you as to the performance of the AAPL Stock.

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