Morgan Stanley Announces Executive Chairman Departure and Shareholder Vote Results

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Gorman will step down as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2024. At the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, all nominees for election to the Board were elected, the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditor was ratified, and the compensation of the Company's named executive officers and the Company's Non-U.S. Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan were approved. Shareholder proposals requesting reports on the risks of politicized de-banking, transparency in lobbying, and annual disclosure of the Company's Clean Energy Supply Financing Ratio were not approved.

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