{"url_path":"/sec/ms/8-k/2026-06-24/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-24","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/0000950103-26-009448-index.html","accession_number":"0000950103-26-009448","cik":"0000895421","ticker":"MS","issuer_name":"MORGAN STANLEY","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/0000950103-26-009448-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000895421","primary_entity_name":"MORGAN STANLEY"},"word_count":442,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01 Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn June 24, 2026, Morgan Stanley\n(the “Company”) announced it will increase its quarterly common stock dividend to $1.15 per share from the current $1.00\nper share, beginning with the common stock dividend expected to be declared by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)\nin the quarter ending September 30, 2026 (the “third quarter”). In addition, the Board reauthorized a multi-year common equity\nshare repurchase program of up to $20 billion, without a set expiration date, beginning in the third quarter. The share repurchases\nwill be exercised from time to time at prices the Company deems appropriate, subject to various considerations, including current market\nconditions, the Company’s capital position and future economic and earnings outlook.\n\n \n\nOn June 24, 2026, the Board of Governors\nof the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) published summary results of its 2026 supervisory stress tests, which\ndo not impact the Company’s Stress Capital Buffer (“SCB”) requirement. On February 4, 2026, the Federal Reserve announced\nthat it expects the Company will continue to be subject to its current SCB requirement of 4.3% until October 1, 2027, at which time a\nnew SCB requirement may apply based on the results of the supervisory stress test conducted in 2027.\n\n \n\nA copy of the press release relating\nto this announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.\n\n \n\n*Forward-Looking Statements*\n\n \n\nThis Current Report on Form 8-K (including\nthe Exhibit hereto) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities\nLitigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of\nthe date on which they are made, which reflect management’s current estimates, projections, expectations, assumptions, interpretations\nor beliefs of the Company’s future results, regulatory capital levels and future capital actions, including common stock dividends\nand common equity share repurchases, and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.\nThe Company does not undertake to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that may arise\nafter the date of forward-looking statements. For a discussion of additional risks and uncertainties that may affect the future results,\nregulatory capital levels and future capital actions of the Company, please see “Forward-Looking Statements” preceding Part\nI, Item 1, “Competition” and “Supervision and Regulation” in Part I, Item 1, “Risk Factors” in Part\nI, Item 1A, “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition\nand Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Risk” in Part II,"}