MORGAN STANLEYDIRECTORS' EQUITY
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
(as amended through March 19, 2007)
Section 1. Purpose
Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby adopts the Morgan Stanley Directors' Equity Capital Accumulation Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan is to promote the long-term growth and financial success of the Company by attracting, motivating and retaining non-employee directors of outstanding ability and assisting the Company in promoting a greater identity of interest between the Company's non-employee directors and its stockholders. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 22.
Section 2. Eligibility
Only directors of the Company who are not employees of the Company or any affiliate of the Company (the "Eligible Directors") shall participate in the Plan.
Section 3. Plan Operation
(a) Administration. Other than as provided in Section 5(c)(v), the Plan requires no discretionary action by any administrative body with regard to any transaction under the Plan. To the extent, if any, that questions of administration arise, these shall be resolved by the Board. The Board may, in its discretion, delegate to the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Secretary of the Company or to one or more officers of the Company any or all authority and responsibility to act pursuant to the Plan. All references to the "Plan Administrators" in the Plan shall refer to the Board, or the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Secretary or to one or more officers of the Company if the Board has delegated its authority pursuant to this Section 3 (a). The determination of the Plan Administrators on all matters within their authority relating to the Plan shall be conclusive.
(b) No Liability. The Plan Administrators shall not be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any award hereunder, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Plan Administrators from all losses and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from the assertion or judicial determination of any such liability.
Section 4. Shares of Stock Subject to the Plan
(a) Stock. Awards under the Plan shall relate to shares of Stock.
(b) Shares Available for Awards. Subject to Section 4 (c) (relating to adjustments upon changes in capitalization), as of any date, the total number of shares of Stock with respect to which awards may be granted under the Plan shall be equal to the excess (if any) of (i)1,700,000 shares over (ii) the sum of (a) the number of shares subject to outstanding awards granted under the Plan and (b) the number of shares previously issued pursuant to the Plan. In accordance with (and without limitation upon) the preceding sentence, shares of Stock covered by awards granted under the Plan that are canceled or expire unexercised shall again become available for awards under the Plan. Shares of Stock that shall be issuable pursuant to the awards granted under the Plan shall be authorized and unis sued shares, treasury shares or shares of Stock purchased by, or on behalf of, the Company in open-market transactions.
(c) Adjustments. In the event of any merger, reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, sale or other distribution of substantially all of the assets of the Company, any stock dividend, split, spin-off, split-up, split-off, distribution of cash, securities or other property by the Company, or other change in the Company's corporate structure affecting the Stock, then the following shall be automatically adjusted in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be awarded under the Plan: (i) the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, (ii) the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding awards, (iii) the number of Stock Units credited pursuant to Sections 6 (a) and 7 (a) of the Plan, (iv) the per share purchase price of Stock subject to any stock options granted pursuant to the Plan, and (v) the number of shares to be granted as Director Stock pursuant to Section 6 (a) or to be granted pursuant to any other automatic awards that may be provided for under the Plan in the future.
(d) Types of Award. The Company's stockholders originally approved the Plan on April 19, 1996, and approved amendments to the Plan on March 19, 2002. The types of award authorized by the stockholders under the Plan are Director Stock, Stock Units, shares of Stock awarded at an Eligible Director's election pursuant to Section 8 and stock options.
Section 5. Stock Options
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