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Statement of Additional Information Supplement

July 6, 2015

Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust

Supplement dated July 6, 2015 to the Morgan Stanley Institutional Fund Trust (the "Fund") Statement of Additional Information dated May 12, 2015

Global Strategist Portfolio (Class IS)

The table in the section entitled "Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings" in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

Name

Information Disclosed

Frequency(1)

Lag Time

Service Providers

Institutional Shareholder Services(*)

Complete portfolio holdings

Daily basis

End of Day

State Street Bank and Trust Company(*)

Complete portfolio holdings

Daily basis

(2)

BlackRock Financial Management Inc.(*)

Complete portfolio holdings

Daily basis

(2)

Fund Rating Agencies

Lipper(*)

Top ten and complete portfolio holdings

Monthly basis

Approximately six business days after month end

Portfolio Analytics Providers

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.(*)

Complete portfolio holdings

Daily basis

(2)

^(*)  This entity has agreed to maintain Fund non-public portfolio holdings information in confidence and not to trade portfolio securities based on the non-public portfolio holdings information.

⁽¹⁾  Dissemination of portfolio holdings information to entities listed above may occur less frequently than indicated (or not at all).

⁽²⁾  Information will typically be provided on a real time basis or as soon thereafter as possible.

Please retain this supplement for future reference.