MORGAN STANLEY·4

Mar 13, 4:20 PM ET

YESHAYA SHARON 4

4 · MORGAN STANLEY · Filed Mar 13, 2026

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Morgan Stanley (MS) CFO Yeshaya Sharon Receives Award, Withholds Shares

What Happened

  • Yeshaya Sharon, Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley, received 17,399 shares on 2026-03-12 from the conversion of performance stock units (PSUs). Immediately, 9,622 of those shares were withheld to satisfy tax liabilities at a value of $160.89 per share, totaling $1,548,084. The net new shares retained after withholding were 7,777.

Key Details

  • Transaction dates: 2026-03-12 (reported on 2026-03-13).
  • Award: 17,399 shares granted/issued at $0.00 (PSU conversion).
  • Tax withholding: 9,622 shares disposed/withheld at $160.89/share = $1,548,084.
  • Net shares retained from this vesting: 7,777 (17,399 − 9,622).
  • Footnotes: (F1) Shares earned upon achievement of pre-established relative return on tangible common equity for half of the PSU award granted 1/18/2023. (F2) Shares withheld to satisfy taxes upon conversion.
  • Filing timeliness: Reported the next day (filed 2026-03-13 for 2026-03-12 transactions); no late filing indicated in this record.
  • Shares owned after the transaction were not specified in the provided filing excerpt.

Context

  • This was not an open-market sale or purchase signal but a routine vesting of PSUs with shares withheld to cover taxes (common practice for executives). The withheld shares satisfy tax obligations rather than represent a discretionary investment decision.

Insider Transaction Report

Form 4
Period: 2026-03-12
YESHAYA SHARON
Chief Financial Officer
Transactions
  • Award

    Common Stock

    [F1]
    2026-03-12+17,399161,281.2 total
  • Tax Payment

    Common Stock

    [F2]
    2026-03-12$160.89/sh9,622$1,548,084151,659.2 total
Footnotes (2)
  • [F1]Shares earned based on the Company's achievement of pre-established relative return on tangible common equity performance criteria with respect to one-half of the target performance stock unit award ("PSU Award") granted on January 18, 2023.
  • [F2]Shares withheld to satisfy taxes upon the conversion of the PSU Award described in footnote (1).
Signature
/s/ Martin M. Cohen, Attorney-in-Fact|2026-03-13

Documents

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    wk-form4_1773433208.xmlPrimary

    FORM 4