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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS 

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MATERIALITY 

The disclosures included here are being provided to the public in an effort to provide transparency into our ESG initiatives and to further enhance our collective understanding of ESG issues. Our approaches to the disclosures included on  this website differ in significant ways from those included in mandatory regulatory reporting, including under SEC rules and regulations. Information on this website may be presented from a different perspective or in more detail than disclosures mandated by our global regulators. In particular, while the foregoing discussion describes potential future events that may be significant or material (based on disclosure recommendations and broader definitions of materiality used by certain voluntary external frameworks and reporting guidelines or those in non-U.S. jurisdictions), the significance or materiality of those potential events should not be read as equating to or arising to the level of materiality as required under U.S. federal securities laws, including as the concept is used in Morgan Stanley’s periodic filings with the SEC under the Exchange Act. In addition, any discussion of forward-looking statements on these webpages is not an indication that the subject or information is material to Morgan Stanley for U.S. federal securities laws and regulations reporting purposes. We continue to monitor the climate disclosure landscape and evolve our reporting accordingly. 

OTHER DISCLOSURES 

The information provided here reflects Morgan Stanley’s approach to ESG as at the date of this writing and is subject to change without notice. We do not undertake to update any of such information on this website. 

Any references to “sustainable investing”, “sustainable investments”, “ESG” or similar terms in this writing are intended as references to the internally defined criteria of the firm or our businesses only, as applicable, and not to any jurisdiction-specific regulatory definition. This website is not intended to, nor can it be relied upon, to create legal relations, rights or obligations. This material is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as advertising or as a recommendation to purchase any asset, product or service. 

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