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RISK FACTORS |
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Your money will be
invested in securities issued by Morgan Stanley. At the time of
publication of this brochure, Morgan Stanley has a credit rating of
A+ by Standard & Poor’s and A1 by Moody’s Investor Services Limited.
These securities will be designed to provide the return for your
investment. In the event of Morgan Stanley going into liquidation or
failing to comply with the terms of the securities, you may not
receive the anticipated returns on your investment and you may lose
all or part of the money you originally invested. The Plan is not a
guaranteed investment.
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Credit ratings are an
independent measure of creditworthiness. They can be applied to
financial institutions and are assessed and reviewed by independent
companies known as ratings agencies (including Standard and Poor’s
and Moody’s Investor Services, amongst others). Credit ratings for
financial institutions can go up or down at any point in response to
changes in the financial position of the financial institution in
question.
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The Plan has a maturity of
six years and is intended as a medium term investment. If you sell
your investment before its maturity date you may get back less than
your Initial Investment. Prior to maturity, limited liquidity for
the securities will be provided in the secondary market. This means
that it may not always be possible to sell the securities at certain
times and that the price achieved may be less than the original
investment.
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The structure and
operations of Morgan Stanley are such that conflicts of interest
will occur in relation to the Plan. Morgan Stanley has processes in
place to identify these conflicts and ensure that they are properly
managed and/or disclosed to individual Planholders. For more
information, please refer to the Summary of our Conflicts of
Interest Policy contained within the Terms and Conditions of this
Plan.
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The growth returns of the
Plan are based on the price performance of the FTSE™ 100 Index and
do not include any return from dividend income or participation in
corporate actions, as would be the case if you invested directly in
the shares comprising in the FTSE™ 100 Index. Accordingly, the
return on the Plan may be less than the return from a direct
investment in such shares.
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The Final Index Level will
not be based on a single reading of the FTSE™ 100 Index, but on the
average level of the Index on a given set of dates over the final
twelve months (13 observations), defined in the Returns At Maturity
section on page 2. Any increase or fall in the level of the FTSE™
100 Index at any time or on any date other than its closing level on
any of such given dates will not be reflected in the determination
of the return on the Plan. There can be no assurance that the
average FTSE™ 100 Index level or that the Initial Index Level will
reflect the then prevailing trend (if any) for the level of the
FTSE™ 100 Index or the market price of the shares comprised in it.
While the use of averaging may protect against falls in the FTSE™
100 Index on a specific date, it may also significantly constrain
the performance of the FTSE™ 100 Index, as used to calculate the
return on the Plan. Accordingly, the calculation of the average
FTSE™ 100 Index level may result in a lower return than if a single
reading of the FTSE™ 100 Index was taken at the Plan maturity.
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If you have invested via
an ISA and subsequently decide to withdraw, it may not be possible
to invest in another ISA of the same type for the same tax year in
which you have invested if your cancellation period has expired. If
you have invested via an ISA transfer, unless you are able to find
another plan manager to transfer your investment to, any favourable
tax treatment associated with that ISA holding will be irrevocably
lost.
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Your circumstances could
change, forcing you to withdraw and realise your investment early.
If this happens, you may get back less than the amount you
originally invested.
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The formula under which
the return on the Plan is likely to be calculated provides that in
certain circumstances calculation of the return may be adjusted to
take account of market disruption events interfering with
determination of the level of the FTSE™ 100 Index. A relevant market
disruption would be a suspension or limitation of trading on the
London Stock Exchange of a material proportion of the shares
included in the FTSE™ 100 Index, which would delay or prevent
calculation of the official FTSE™ 100 Index level. Should this
occur, the return on the Plan may be affected and may be more or
less than would otherwise have been the case. Similar provisions are
also likely to be included to address any charge, modification or
failure in respect of the calculation and announcement of the FTSE™
100 Index with similar consequences.
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Payments scheduled to be
made in respect of the securities in which the Plan will invest your
money may be delayed where market disruption events occur (as
described above), causing a delay to the availability of published
index levels for the FTSE™ 100 Index, and potentially therefore
delays in the Plan Manager making payments to you. Where necessary
in the event that any such payments are delayed, corresponding
adjustments will be made to the scheduled dates for payment under
the Plan.
• MSI plc does not
give investment advice. If you are in any doubt about the
suitability of this investment, you should contact your independent
financial adviser.
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Past performance is not
necessarily a guide to future performance and should not be used to
assess the risks associated with this investment. In recent years
the performance of the FTSE™ 100 has been volatile. There can be no
assurance as to the future performance of the FTSE™ 100 index.
Before making an investment in the Plan you should consider whether
an investment linked to the FTSE™ 100 is suitable for you.
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The levels and basis of
taxation and reliefs from taxation can change at any time. The value
and availability of any tax relief depends on individual
circumstances. The favourable tax treatment of ISAs may not be
maintained throughout the term of the ISA, and is subject to changes
in legislation.
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Tax assumptions are based
on our understanding of current legislation and practice at the time
of print and may be subject to future change.
Please refer to the Brochure and the Terms & Conditions for full
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