FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC [ MSM ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 01/07/2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | 01/05/2009 | S | 100,000 | D | $38.5 | 4,823,117 | I | See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4) |
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
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Explanation of Responses: |
1. The total amount of 4,823,117 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock") reported above represents (i) 48,185 shares held directly by Lone Spruce, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Lone Spruce"); (ii) 105,747 shares held directly by Lone Balsam, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Lone Balsam"); (iii) 88,341 shares held directly by Lone Sequoia, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Lone Sequoia"); (iv) 2,138,874 shares held directly by Lone Cascade, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Lone Cascade"); |
2. (continued from footnote (1)) (v) 164,527 shares held directly by Lone Sierra, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Lone Sierra"); (vi) 1,096,265 shares held directly by Lone Cypress, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Lone Cypress"); (vii) 913,818 shares held directly by Lone Kauri, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Lone Kauri"); (viii) and 267,360 shares held directly by Lone Monterey Master Fund, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Lone Monterey"). |
3. Lone Pine Capital LLC serves as investment manager to, and has investment discretion over the shares of Common Stock held by, Lone Cypress, Lone Kauri and Lone Monterey. Lone Pine Associates LLC serves as the general partner of, and has investment discretion over the shares of Common Stock held by, Lone Spruce, Lone Balsam and Lone Sequoia. Lone Pine Members LLC serves as the general partner of, and has investment discretion over the securities held by, Lone Cascade and Lone Sierra. Stephen F. Mandel, Jr. is the managing member of Lone Pine Capital LLC, Lone Pine Associates LLC and Lone Pine Members LLC. |
4. Lone Pine Capital LLC, Lone Pine Associates LLC, Lone Pine Members LLC and Stephen F. Mandel, Jr. each disclaim any beneficial ownership of any of the Issuer's securities to which this Form 4 relates for the purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as to such securities representing in which each such person may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(2). |
Lone Pine Capital LLC, By: /s/ Stephen F. Mandel, Jr., Managing Member | 01/07/2009 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
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