-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TFJdEixhLvwd/Uyp+W4s+VBRFTUcVC3oXj0JFuNsqw+uYt2fXvCfcGNMBbbccEtm IGkR2hzcOZrRzaMvKAwQxQ== 0000895421-03-000136.txt : 20031211 0000895421-03-000136.hdr.sgml : 20031211 20031210183331 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000895421-03-000136 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20031211 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MSC SOFTWARE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000717238 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 952239450 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-34721 FILM NUMBER: 031048198 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 815 COLORADO BLVD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90041 BUSINESS PHONE: 3232589111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 815 COLORADO BOULEVARD CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90041 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MACNEAL SCHWENDLER CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895421 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FINANCE SERVICES [6199] IRS NUMBER: 363145972 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1585 BROADWAY CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 2127614000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1221 SIXTH AVENUE STREET 2: 5TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10020 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980326 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: DEAN WITTER DISCOVER & CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960315 SC 13G/A 1 mscsoftware2.txt AMENDMENT - AM - MS, GET OUT IACP SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G (Rule 13d-102) INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 2) MSC SOFTWARE CORP ----------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock ----------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 553531104 ----------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]. - ---------- *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP No. 553531104 13G Page 2 of 8 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S) S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON(S) Morgan Stanley IRS # 39-314-5972 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION The state of organization is Delaware. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 2,410,527 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 2,414,827 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,414,827 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 7.91% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553531104 13G Page 3 of 8 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON(S) S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON(S) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. IRS #13-3680016 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION The state of organization is Delaware. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES 0 BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 13,100 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 0 -------------------------------------------------------------- 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 17,400 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 17,400 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.05% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT! CUSIP No. 553531104 13G Page 4 of 8 Pages Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: MSC SOFTWARE CORP -------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 815 COLORADO BLVD LOS ANGELES, CA 90041 -------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing: (a) Morgan Stanley (b) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence: (a) 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 (b) 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 -------------------------------------------------------------- (c) Citizenship: Incorporated by reference to Item 4 of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person. -------------------------------------------------------------- (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock -------------------------------------------------------------- (e) CUSIP Number: 553531104 -------------------------------------------------------------- Item 3. (a) Morgan Stanley is a parent holding company. (b) Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. is an Investment Adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. CUSIP No. 553531104 13-G Page 5 of 8 Pages Item 4. Ownership. Incorporated by reference to Items (5) - (9) and (11) of the cover page. (a) Morgan Stanley is filing solely in its capacity as the parent company of, and indirect beneficial owner of securities held by, one of its business units. Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. (a) As of the date hereof, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities. See item 4 (a). Item 6. Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Accounts managed on a discretionary basis by Morgan Stanley, are known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from, the sale of such securities. No such account holds more than 5 percent of the class. See item 4 (a). Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. CUSIP No. 553531104 13-G Page 6 of 8 Pages Signature. After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: December 10, 2003 Signature: /s/ Dennine Bullard ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name/Title Dennine Bullard/Vice President, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ----------------------------------------------------------------- MORGAN STANLEY Date: December 10, 2003 Signature: /s/ Jeffrey Hiller ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name/Title Jeffrey Hiller /Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. INDEX TO EXHIBITS PAGE ----------------- ---- EXHIBIT 1 Agreement to Make a Joint Filing 7 EXHIBIT 2 Secretary's Certificate Authorizing Dennine Bullard 8 to Sign on behalf of Morgan Stanley * Attention. Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute federal criminal violations (see 18 U.S.C. 1001). (022597DTI) Cusip No. 553531104 13G Page 7 of 8 Pages EXHIBIT 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G ------------------------------------------------------------------ DECEMBER 10, 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------ MORGAN STANLEY AND Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc., hereby agree that, unless differentiated, this Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the parties. MORGAN STANLEY BY: /s/ Dennine Bullard --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennine Bullard/ Vice President Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc. BY: /s/ Jeffrey Hiller -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Hiller /Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. Page 8 of 8 Pages SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE I, Charlene R. Herzer, a duly elected and Assistant Secretary of Morgan Stanley, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Corporation"), certify as follows: (1) Donald G. Kempf, Jr. is the duly elected Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of the Corporation; (2) Pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Bylaws of the Corporation and resolutions approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on September 25,1998, the Chief Legal Officer is authorized to enter into agreements and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation and may delegate such powers to others under his jurisdiction; and (3) Donald G. Kempf signed a Delegation of Authority as of February 23, 2000, which authorized Dennine Bullard to sign reports to be filed under Section 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on behalf of the Corporation. Such authorization is in full force and effect as of this date. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of the Corporation as of the 5th day of February, 2003. ______________________________ Charlene R. Herzer Assistant Secretary -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----