$15,023,670 Contingent Income Auto-Callable Securities Based on the Performance of the Class A Common Stock of Zoom Video Communications, Inc. due October 05, 2023, priced on October 02, 2020, were issued by Morgan Stanley Finance LLC. The pricing supplement for this note (CUSIP: 61771D514) can be found here. The notes had a $10 face value and paid a quarterly coupon of $0.5025, so long as the notes had not been called and and Zoom all closed above 50% of their October 02, 2020 closing prices on a determination date. If and Zoom closed below 50% of their October 02, 2020 closing prices on a determination date, the notes did not pay a coupon. If not previously called, at maturity, the notes returned $10 in principal if and Zoom all closed on the final determination date on October 02, 2023 and above 50% of their October 02, 2020 closing prices. If on October 02, 2023 and Zoom closed below 50% of their October 02, 2020 closing prices, the notes paid reduced principal euqal to $10 multiplied by the lowest ratio of and Zoom October 02, 2023 closing prices to their October 02, 2020 closing prices. The notes have matured. They paid four coupons totaling $2.0100 and $1.45 repayment per $10 note. Investors thus suffered capital losses of $8.55 and net losses of $6.54.† In the aggregate, investors in this note suffered $12,839,423 in capital losses and $9,819,665 in net losses. See Table 1 and Figure 1.
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