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Consent Decree

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

CIVIL ACTION NO.

01-CIV-8421 (RMB)

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

and

ALLISON SCHIEFFELIN,

Plaintiff-Intervenor,

v.

MORGAN STANLEY & CO, INC, and

MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO.,

Defendants.

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CONSENT DECREE

This action was filed on September 10, 2001, by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission )"EEOC"), an agency of the United States, alleging that Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (collectively "Morgan Stanley") violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, by engaging in a pattern or practice of discrimination against Allison Schieffelin ("Schieffelin"), a woman and other women in Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Division world wide ("IED") at the levels of (1) Exempt Non-Officer eligible to be promoted to Vice-President (Including but not limited to Associate and Professional); (ii) Vice-President; (iii) Principal or Executive and (iv) Managing Director, by failing to fairly promote and compensate them and by discriminating against them in terms, conditions and privileges of employment. The Commission further alleged that Morgan Stanley retaliated against and terminated Schieffelin for asserting her rights under Title VII by complaining about sex discrimination (hereinafter "the EEOC Complaint"). On October 15, 2001, Schieffelin was granted leave to intervene as a plaintiff and filed her own Complaint, alleging violations of Title VII as well as state and local anti-discrimination laws (hereinafter "the Schieffelin Complaint"). Collectively EEOC, Morgan Stanley and Schieffelin are referred to as the "parties."

Morgan Stanley denies any wrongdoing or liability to EEOC or Schieffelin and contends that it has, at all times, treated its women employees and Schieffelin fairly and equitably in all terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including promotion and compensation.

The parties agree that it is in their mutual interest to fully resolve this matter without further litigation.

In consideration of the mutual promises of each party to this Consent Decree, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledges, it is agreed and ORDERED: