Morgan Stanley pays back $10B in bailout funds

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley said Wednesday it repaid the $10 billion it received last fall as part of the government’s $700 billion bank investment program.

Morgan Stanley received the money as part of the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program to help revive the stagnant credit and lending markets amid one of the worst periods of the credit crisis.

The New York-based bank also paid the Treasury Department for accrued and unpaid dividends on the investment. In total, Morgan Stanley paid the government $10.086 billion, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The government provided banks with capital in exchange for preferred stock and warrants to purchase common shares. The preferred stock carried an interest rate of 5 percent. The investment also included certain restrictions, such as caps on executive compensation that left some banks pushing to repay the loan as quickly as possible.

Morgan Stanley said it will record a one-time, non-cash charge of $892 million during the second quarter because of the repayment of the funds.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of New York Mellon Corp., American Express Co., U.S. Bancorp, Northern Trust Corp. and BB&T Corp. have also said they repaid the government investments as part of the program.

Last week, the government granted 10 of the country’s largest banks approval to pay back a total of $68 billion in TARP funds. Wednesday was the first day those banks were eligible to repay the loans.

Shares of Morgan Stanley fell 37 cents to $27.73 in afternoon trading.

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AP Business Writer Ieva M. Augstums in Charlotte, N.C. contributed to this report.