[Annotated Form N-Q]

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-08238

 

MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

RONALD E. ROBISON
522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-800-231-2608

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

12/31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

9/30/07

 

 



 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’s schedule of investment as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 Regulation S-X is as follows:

 



 

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

Third Quarter Report

September 30, 2007 (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Value

 

 

 

Shares

 

(000)

 

COMMON STOCKS (97.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

(Unless Otherwise Noted)

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components (0.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Apollo Tyres Ltd.

 

18,750

 

$

18

 

Balkrishna Industries Ltd.

 

577,505

 

8,491

 

Patheja Forgings & Auto Parts Manufacturers Ltd.

 

(a)(b)(c)450,000

 

@—

 

 

 

 

 

8,509

 

Automobiles (3.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hero Honda Motors Ltd.

 

1,185

 

22

 

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

 

591,000

 

11,154

 

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

 

1,276,000

 

31,982

 

 

 

 

 

43,158

 

Biotechnology (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Biocon Ltd.

 

1,043,593

 

12,389

 

Chemicals (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gujarat Fluorochemicals

 

866,883

 

12,942

 

ICI India Ltd.

 

25,000

 

342

 

 

 

 

 

13,284

 

Commercial Banks (11.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Axis Bank Ltd.

 

2,027,300

 

38,900

 

HDFC Bank Ltd.

 

1,677,769

 

60,445

 

HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR

 

168,000

 

17,998

 

Punjab National Bank Ltd.

 

(b)716,158

 

11,612

 

 

 

 

 

128,955

 

Construction & Engineering (0.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hindustan Construction Co.

 

1,900,600

 

6,532

 

Construction Materials (2.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ambuja Cements Ltd.

 

3,599,500

 

13,053

 

Shree Cement Ltd.

 

280,370

 

10,717

 

 

 

 

 

23,770

 

Containers & Packaging (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd.

 

(b)(c)287,122

 

3,646

 

Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd.

 

(b)775,000

 

9,042

 

 

 

 

 

12,688

 

Electrical Equipment (17.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

ABB Ltd.

 

2,662,455

 

86,624

 

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

 

1,343,228

 

68,664

 

Emco Ltd.

 

350,000

 

9,814

 

GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd.

 

704,480

 

11,618

 

Jyoti Structures Ltd.

 

3,339,000

 

18,728

 

 

 

 

 

195,448

 

Energy Equipment & Services (4.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aban Offshore Ltd.

 

550,235

 

48,392

 

Food Products (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Nestle India Ltd.

 

616,500

 

20,487

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

NTPC Ltd.

 

5,349,800

 

26,039

 

Information Technology Services (8.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

HCL Technologies Ltd.

 

2,856,090

 

21,542

 

Infosys Technologies Ltd.

 

1,199,700

 

56,985

 

 



 

Infosys Technologies Ltd. ADR

 

24,600

 

1,190

 

SSI Ltd.

 

(a)281,987

 

1,012

 

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

 

127,000

 

3,379

 

Wipro Ltd.

 

1,302,182

 

15,041

 

 

 

 

 

99,149

 

Machinery (3.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ashok Leyland Ltd.

 

11,185,100

 

12,786

 

Praj Industries Ltd.

 

4,694,000

 

27,971

 

 

 

 

 

40,757

 

Media (7.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd.

 

(b)6,037,230

 

30,937

 

New Delhi Television Ltd.

 

833,250

 

7,916

 

Television Eighteen India Ltd.

 

(b)631,318

 

15,053

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

 

3,748,000

 

32,154

 

 

 

 

 

86,060

 

Metals & Mining (4.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Hindustan Zinc Ltd.

 

380,510

 

7,745

 

Steel Authority of India Ltd.

 

4,671,000

 

24,283

 

Welspun-Gujarat Stahl Ltd.

 

2,269,000

 

16,858

 

 

 

 

 

48,886

 

Multiline Retail (3.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Pantaloon Retail India Ltd.

 

(b)1,811,099

 

27,877

 

Phoenix Mills Ltd.

 

(a)280,000

 

13,934

 

 

 

 

 

41,811

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cairn India Ltd.

 

(a)2,970,000

 

13,498

 

Reliance Industries Ltd.

 

561,000

 

32,354

 

 

 

 

 

45,852

 

Personal Products (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Marico Ltd.

 

10,506,200

 

15,991

 

Pharmaceuticals (3.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Aventis Pharma Ltd.

 

294,000

 

8,652

 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

2,711,316

 

28,744

 

 

 

 

 

37,396

 

Road & Rail (1.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Container Corp. of India

 

235,251

 

12,430

 

Software (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Geodesic Information Systems Ltd.

 

3,722,143

 

17,771

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Himatsingka Seide Ltd.

 

2,284,322

 

5,787

 

SRF Ltd.

 

616,100

 

2,246

 

 

 

 

 

8,033

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (8.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

 

(a)(b)3,224,000

 

77,630

 

Reliance Communications Ltd.

 

1,132,600

 

16,677

 

 

 

 

 

94,307

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $564,890)

 

 

 

1,088,094

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity

 

 

 

 

 

Money Market Portfolio

 

 

 

 

 

— Institutional Class (Cost $20,958)

 

(d)20,958,342

 

20,958

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS + (99.0%) (Cost $585,848)

 

 

 

1,109,052

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (1.0%)

 

 

 

11,645

 

NET ASSETS (100%)

 

 

 

$

1,120,697

 

 



 

(a)

 

Non-income producing security.

(b)

 

Security was valued at fair value — At September 30, 2007, the Fund held fair valued securities valued at $175,797,000, representing 15.7% of net assets.

(c)

 

Security has been deemed illiquid at September 30, 2007.

(d)

 

The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Money Market Portfolio (the “Liquidity Fund”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. Investment Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Liquidity Fund. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, advisory fees paid were reduced by $19,000 relating to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Fund. For the same period, income distributions earned by the Fund are recorded as interest from affiliates and totaled $961,000. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, cost of purchases and sales in the Liquidity Fund were $333,459,000 and $312,501,000, respectively.

@

 

Value is less than $500.

ADR

 

American Depositary Receipt

+

 

At September 30, 2007, the U.S. Federal income tax cost basis of investments was approximately $585,848,000 and, accordingly, net unrealized appreciation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes was $523,204,000 of which $534,301,000 related to appreciated securities and $11,097,000 related to depreciated securities.

 



 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts Information:

The Fund had the following foreign currency exchange contract(s) open at period end:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

Currency

 

 

 

 

 

In

 

 

 

Appreciation

 

to Deliver

 

Value

 

Settlement

 

Exchange for

 

Value

 

(Depreciation)

 

(000)

 

(000)

 

Date

 

(000)

 

(000)

 

(000)

 

USD

 

2,839

$

2,839

 

10/1/07

 

INR

 

112,800

$

2,831

$

(8

)

USD

 

48

 

48

 

10/1/07

 

INR

 

1,892

 

48

 

@—

 

USD

 

1,128

 

1,128

 

10/1/07

 

INR

 

44,843

 

1,125

 

(3

)

USD

 

994

 

994

 

10/1/07

 

INR

 

39,503

 

991

 

(3

)

USD

 

149

 

149

 

10/1/07

 

INR

 

5,937

 

149

 

@—

 

 

 

 

$

5,158

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,144

$

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INR

— Indian Rupee

USD

— United States Dollar

 



 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

 

(b) There were no changes in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3.  Exhibits.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

Name:

Ronald E. Robison

 

Title:

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 20, 2007

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:

/s/ Ronald E. Robison

 

Name:

Ronald E. Robison

 

Title:

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 20, 2007

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Garrett

 

Name:

James Garrett

 

Title:

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

November 20, 2007