Summary Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement
February 11, 2026
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.
Supplement dated February 11, 2026 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Summary Prospectus and Prospectus dated April 30, 2025, as supplemented
Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio (the "Fund")
Effective immediately, Paul Psaila, Amay Hattangadi and Eric Carlson now serve as portfolio managers of the Fund and Vishal Gupta no longer serves as the portfolio manager of the Fund.
Accordingly, the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus are hereby amended as follows:
The sections of the Summary Prospectus titled "Fund Management—Portfolio Manager" and the Prospectus titled "Fund Summary—Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio—Fund Management—Portfolio Manager" are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:
Portfolio Managers. The Fund is managed by members of the Emerging Markets Equity team. Information about the members jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund is shown below:
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Name |
Title with Adviser/Sub-Adviser |
Date Began Managing Fund |
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Paul Psaila |
Managing Director of the Adviser |
February 2026 |
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Amay Hattangadi |
Managing Director of MSIM Company |
February 2026 |
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Eric Carlson |
Managing Director of the Adviser |
February 2026 |
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The section of the Prospectus titled "Fund Management—Portfolio Management—Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio" is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio
The Fund is managed by members of the Emerging Markets Equity team. The team consists of portfolio managers and analysts. The team works collaboratively when making portfolio decisions. Current members of the team jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are Paul Psaila, Amay Hattangadi and Eric Carlson.
Mr. Psaila has been associated with the Adviser in an investment management capacity since 1994. Mr. Hattangadi has been associated with MSIM Company or its affiliates in an investment management capacity since 1997. Mr. Carlson has been associated with the Adviser in an investment management capacity since 1997.
Please retain this supplement for future reference.
IFIEMLSUMPROPSPT 2/26
Statement of Additional Information Supplement
February 11, 2026
Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc.
Supplement dated February 11, 2026 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund, Inc. Statement of Additional Information dated April 30, 2025, as supplemented
Emerging Markets Leaders Portfolio (the "Fund")
Effective immediately, Paul Psaila, Amay Hattangadi and Eric Carlson now serve as portfolio managers of the Fund and Vishal Gupta no longer serves as the portfolio manager of the Fund.
Accordingly, the Statement of Additional Information is hereby amended as follows:
The section of the Statement of Additional Information titled "Investment Advisory and Other Services—Portfolio Managers—Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers—Emerging Markets Leaders" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
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Other Registered Investment Companies |
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles |
Other Accounts |
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Fund and Portfolio Managers |
Number of Accounts |
Total Assets in the Accounts |
Number of Accounts |
Total Assets in the Accounts |
Number of Accounts |
Total Assets in the Accounts |
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Emerging Markets Leaders |
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Paul C. Psaila* |
7 |
$2.7 billion |
4 |
$517.6 million |
6 |
$4.0 billion | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Amay Hattangadi* |
11 |
$2.2 billion |
3 |
$399.6 million |
111 |
$8.0 billion1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Carlson* |
6 |
$2.6 billion |
3 |
$399.6 million |
4 |
$3.9 billion | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 Of these other accounts, one account with a total of approximately $21.0 million in assets had performance-based fees.
* As of November 30, 2025.
The section of the Statement of Additional Information titled "Investment Advisory and Other Services—Portfolio Managers—Securities Ownership of Portfolio Managers—Emerging Markets Leaders" is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
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Fund and Portfolio Managers |
Fund Holdings |
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Emerging Markets Leaders |
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Paul C. Psaila** |
None |
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Amay Hattangadi*** |
$10,001-$50,000 | ||||||
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Eric Carlson** |
$10,001-$50,000 | ||||||
** As of November 30, 2025.
*** As of October 31, 2025.
Please retain this supplement for future reference.