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SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1995
MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL FUND, INC.
P.O. BOX 2798
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02208-2798
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Each of the prospectuses dated May 1, 1995 of the Global Equity,
International Equity, International Small Cap, Asian Equity, European Equity,
Japanese Equity, Latin American, Equity Growth, Emerging Growth, Aggressive
Equity, Active Country Allocation, Fixed Income, Global Fixed Income, Municipal
Bond, Mortgage-Backed Securities, High Yield, Real Yield, Money Market,
Municipal Money Market, Emerging Markets, Emerging Markets Debt, Small Cap Value
Equity, Value Equity, Balanced and Gold Portfolios of the Morgan Stanley
Institutional Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") and the prospectus dated February 10, 1995
of the U.S. Real Estate Portfolio of the Fund is hereby amended and
supplemented, effective on September 1, 1995, by the following:
The first two sentences of the second paragraph under the heading
"Administrator" are deleted and replaced by the following:
In a merger completed on September 1, 1995, the Chase Manhattan Bank,
N.A. ("Chase") succeeded to all of the rights and obligations under the
U.S. Trust Administration Agreement between the Adviser and the United
States Trust Company of New York ("U.S. Trust"), pursuant to which U.S.
Trust had agreed to provide certain administrative services to the Fund.
Pursuant to a delegation clause in the U.S. Trust Administration
Agreement, U.S. Trust delegated its administration responsibilities to
Mutual Funds Service Company ("MFSC"), which after the merger with Chase
is a subsidiary of Chase and will continue to provide certain
administrative services to the Fund.
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The information in paragraph "2)B." of the "Purchase of Shares" section
under the heading "Initial Investments -- 2) By Federal Funds Wire" is deleted
and replaced by the following:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10081-1000
ABA# 021000021
DDA# 910-2-733293
Attn: Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.
Ref: (Portfolio name, your account number, your account name)
Please call the Fund at 1-800-548-7786 prior to wiring funds.
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The language in paragraph "2)C." of the "Purchase of Shares" section under
the heading "Initial Investments -- 2) By Federal Funds Wire" is deleted and
replaced by the following:
Federal Funds purchase orders will be accepted only on a day on which
the Fund and Chase (the "Custodian Bank") are open for business. Your
bank may charge a service fee for wiring funds.
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The first sentence under the heading "Custodian" in the "General
Information" section is deleted and replaced by the following:
As of September 1, 1995, domestic securities and cash are held by the
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., New York, which replaced United States Trust
Company of New York, New York, as the Fund's domestic custodian.
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