Certain Morgan Stanley Closed-End Funds Declare Dividends

Each of the Morgan Stanley institutional, closed-end funds listed below (the “Funds”) today declared the following dividends.

EX-DATE

RECORD DATE

PAYABLE DATE

09/28/09

09/30/09

10/15/09

Name of Closed-End

Per Share of Net

Management Investment Company

Ticker

Investment Income

        
        
        
      
      
        
          Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc.
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          

MSD

$0.1400(Quarterly)

        
        
        
      
      
        
          Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc.
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          

EDD

$0.2500 (Quarterly)*

        
        
        
      
      
        
          Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Bond Fund, Inc.
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          

MGB

$0.1200 (Quarterly)

        
        
        
      
      
        
          Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc.
        
        
           
        
        
           
        
        
          

MSY

$0.0400(Monthly)

 

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*The amount of net investment income to be paid by the fund is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. It is possible that all or a portion of the fund’s fiscal year 2009 dividend may be a return of capital and that determination has not yet been made.

The amount of dividends paid by each fund may vary from time to time. Past amounts of dividends are no guarantee of future dividend payment amounts.

The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions in 2009 will be made after the end of the year.

Investing involves risk and it is possible to lose money on any investment in the Funds.

In order to comply with the requirements of Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, The Funds will provide its shareholders of record on the record date with a Section 19 Notice disclosing the sources of its dividend payment when a distribution includes anything other than net investment income. The Section 19 Notice is not provided for tax reporting purposes but for informational purposes only.

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