Investment Summary
Buffered Performance Leveraged Upside Securities
Principal at Risk Securities
The Buffered PLUS Based on the Value of the Worst Performing of the Russell 2000® Index, the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF and the iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF due November 24, 2027 (the “Buffered PLUS”) can be used:
■To gain exposure to the worst performing of three equity underlyings for any positive performance
■To potentially outperform the worst performing of the Russell 2000® Index, the Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight ETF and the iShares® Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF in a bullish scenario by taking advantage of the leverage factor, with no limitation on the appreciation potential
■To obtain a buffer against a specified level of negative performance in the worst performing underlying
If the final level of any underlying is less than 80% of its respective initial level, investors will be negatively exposed to the full amount of the percent decline in the worst performing underlying and will lose 1% of the stated principal amount for every 1% of decline in the worst performing underlying, without any buffer.
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Maturity:
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Approximately 3 years
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Leverage factor:
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120%
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Minimum payment at maturity:
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$200 per Buffered PLUS (20% of the stated principal amount). Investors may lose up to 80% of the stated principal amount of the Buffered PLUS.
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Buffer amount:
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20%, with 1-to-1 downside exposure to the worst performing underlying below the buffer
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Coupon:
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None
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Listing:
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The Buffered PLUS will not be listed on any securities exchange
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The original issue price of each Buffered PLUS is $1,000. This price includes costs associated with issuing, selling, structuring and hedging the Buffered PLUS, which are borne by you, and, consequently, the estimated value of the Buffered PLUS on the pricing date is less than $1,000. We estimate that the value of each Buffered PLUS on the pricing date is $974.70.
What goes into the estimated value on the pricing date?
In valuing the Buffered PLUS on the pricing date, we take into account that the Buffered PLUS comprise both a debt component and a performance-based component linked to the underlyings. The estimated value of the Buffered PLUS is determined using our own pricing and valuation models, market inputs and assumptions relating to the underlyings, instruments based on the underlyings, 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 Buffered PLUS?
In determining the economic terms of the Buffered PLUS, including the leverage factor, the buffer amount and the minimum payment at maturity, 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 of the economic terms of the Buffered PLUS 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 Buffered PLUS?
The price at which MS & Co. purchases the Buffered PLUS in the secondary market, absent changes in market conditions, including those related to the underlyings, 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 Buffered PLUS 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 Buffered PLUS in the secondary market, absent changes in market conditions, including those related to the underlyings, 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 Buffered PLUS, and, if it once chooses to make a market, may cease doing so at any time.