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Morgan Stanley Thematic Baskets: Making Research Investable

Thematic Basket UITs offer an exclusive and differentiated single-transaction method for investing in innovative research opportunities across a wide variety of market sectors and investment themes. The securities are selected by Morgan Stanley investment professionals and are fixed over each investment’s specified life.

Investing in disruption

Thematic Baskets make it easy to invest in a market insight, a disruptive trend, or any other investable objective—from providing dividend income to taking advantage of shifts in a specific industry that may impact multiple sectors. Thematic Baskets offer:

EXCLUSIVITY

Differentiated offerings that are only available through a Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor

WORLD-CLASS RESOURCES

Thematic Baskets harness original research and innovative investment strategies to create portfolios across a variety of market sectors and investment themes

ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY

Thematic Baskets offer full transparency into the insights of our portfolio managers and research analysts

Powerful Ideas

Insights sourced from the full scale and global reach of the Firm

Investable Products

Original research and innovative solutions

Product Approval

Products are evaluated and approved by experienced investors

Ongoing Oversight

Products are continuously monitored

MORGAN STANLEY PORTFOLIOS

Opportunistic Portfolios

Some of our portfolios convert disruptive trends into timely investable products or take advantage of the context of current market conditions that may have a limited horizon. As trends shift, so will the flow of ideas that our teams convert into UITs.

Recurring Portfolios

Others are built around recurring goals that are less susceptible to changing trends or economic conditions—generating dividend income, for example. At maturity, these UITs offer the option of rolling over into a new series of the same portfolio.

Global Best Business Models, Series 4 Global Best Business Models, Series 4 - Prospectus Growth at a Reasonable Price Strategy, Series 3 Growth at a Reasonable Price Strategy, Series 3 - Prospectus Quality Dividend Strategy, Series 7 Quality Dividend Strategy, Series 7 - Prospectus

MORGAN STANLEY UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS: TAX INFORMATION

A record of IRS Form 8937 – “Report of Organizational Actions Affecting Basis of Securities” – provided by the Trustee to the Morgan Stanley Unit Investment Trusts (the “Trusts”)

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RISK CONSIDERATIONS:

Investors need to consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a UIT carefully before investing. The prospectuses on this website contain this and other information about the UIT. To obtain a hard copy of the prospectus, investors must contact a Financial Advisor. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Each thematic basket is a unit investment trust (“UIT”) that holds a fixed portfolio of securities for a specified term. Due to its buy-and-hold strategy, each UIT will continue to purchase or hold securities, notwithstanding the fact that Morgan Stanley may revise its opinion with respect to any individual security based on the selection process employed by Morgan Stanley or any subsequent analysis. In particular, any subsequent creation of a similar type of list of securities or an update of any above referenced selection process by Morgan Stanley will not affect the composition of a UIT.

Investors will pay the full amount of any organizational charge, and in brokerage, also the full amount of any sales charge, if the investor redeems their investment in a UIT prior to the termination date.

Companies paying dividends can reduce or cut payouts at any time.

Unit prices will fluctuate and there is no assurance that prices will appreciate and not decline over the life of a UIT. UITs that invest significantly in one or more sectors tend to be more volatile than investments that diversify across many sectors. There is no assurance that a unit investment trust will achieve its investment objective.

UITs issue redeemable securities or “units” at prices based on net asset value less any remaining deferred sales charge and/or other charges as applicable. Clients should consider the tax implications of investing in successive portfolios if one is available. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and its affiliates do not provide tax or legal advice.

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