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SUPPLEMENT DATED AUGUST 31, 1995
TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED AUGUST 1, 1995
MORGAN STANLEY FUND, INC.
P.O. BOX 2798
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02208-2798
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The prospectus dated August 1, 1995 (the "Prospectus") of the Morgan Stanley
Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is hereby amended and supplemented, effective September
1, 1995, by the following:
The first two sentences of the second paragraph under the heading
"Administration" on page 59 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" or the "Transfer Agent"), 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 Purchases Directly From the Fund -- 2) By Federal
Funds Wire" on page 69 is deleted and replaced by the following:
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10081-1000
ABA# 021000021
DDA# 910-2-732907
Attn: Morgan Stanley Fund, Inc.
Ref: (Fund name, your account number, your account name)
Please call the Fund at 1-800-282-4404 prior to wiring funds.
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The language in the second paragraph of "2)C." of the "Purchase of Shares"
section under the heading "Initial Purchases Directly From the Fund -- 2) By
Federal Funds Wire" on page 70 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 two sentences under the heading "Custodian" in the "General
Information" section on page 82 are 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 ("Chase"), which replaced United
States Trust Company of New York, New York, as the Fund's domestic
custodian. Chase is not an affiliate of the Adviser of Distributor.
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PLEASE RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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SUPPLEMENT DATED AUGUST 31, 1995
TO THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED AUGUST 1, 1995
MORGAN STANLEY FUND, INC.
P.O. BOX 2798
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
02208-2798
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The Statement of Additional Information dated August 1, 1995 (the "SAI") of
the Morgan Stanley Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund") is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following indices
to page 29 in the "Performance Information" section under the heading
"Comparisons":
(cc) Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Global Latin
American Index -- an unmanaged, arithmetic market value weighted
average of the performance of over 196 securities on the stock
exchanges of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Mexico, Peru and
Venezuela (Assumes reinvestment of dividends).
(dd) IFC Global Total Return Composite Index -- an unmanaged index of
common stocks and includes 18 developing countries in Latin America,
East and South Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (net of
dividends reinvested).
(ee) EMBI+ -- Expanding on the EMBI, which includes only Bradys, the
EMBI+ includes a broader group of Brady Bonds, loans, Eurobonds and
U.S. Dollar local markets instruments. A more comprehensive benchmark
than EMBI, the EMBI+ covers 49 instruments from 14 countries. At $98
billion, its market cap is nearly 50% higher than the EMBI's. The
EMBI+ is not, however, intended to replace the EMBI but rather to
complement it. The EMBI continues to represent the most liquid, most
easily traded segment of the market, while the EMBI+ represents the
broader market, including more of the assets that investors typically
hold in their portfolios. Both of these indices are published daily.
