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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: Korenvaes Harlan B -->
          <cik>0001430710</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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    <coverPageHeader>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>08/04/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001003078</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerCusips>
          <issuerCusipNumber>553530106</issuerCusipNumber>
        </issuerCusips>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>515 Broadhollow Road</com:street1>
          <com:street2>Suite 1000</com:street2>
          <com:city>Melville</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>11747</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(c)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
      </designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Harlan B. Korenvaes</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>4294324.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>4294324.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>4294324.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.9</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The Reporting Person is the trustee of the Spruce Trust, a trust organized by Mitchell Jacobson, which holds 4,119,310 shares and another trust organized by Mitchell Jacobson which holds 175,014 shares.</comments>
    </coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>
    <coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>

      <reportingPersonName>Spruce Trust</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>NY</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>4119310.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>0.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>4119310.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>0.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>4119310.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.7</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>OO</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The Reporting Person is a trust organized by Mitchell Jacobson.</comments>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>515 Broadhollow Road, Suite 1000, Melville, New York 11747</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>This statement is being filed on behalf of each of the following persons (each, a "Reporting Person" and, collectively, the "Reporting Persons"): Spruce Trust, a trust organized by Mitchell Jacobson, and Mr. Harlan B. Korenvaes, trustee of the Spruce Trust.</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>The address of Mr. Korenvaes and Spruce Trust is:  3879 Maple Ave, Suite 150, Dallas, TX 75219.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Mr. Korenvaes:  United States
Spruce Trust is a trust organized under the laws of New York.</citizenship>
      </item2>
      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>See Rows (5) through (11) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>See Rows (5) through (11) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>See Row (5) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>See Row (6) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See Row (7) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>See Row (8) of each Reporting Person's cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
      </item4>
      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item5>
      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item6>
      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item7>
      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item8>
      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
      </item9>
      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.</certifications>
      </item10>
    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit 1: Joint Filing Agreement.</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Harlan B. Korenvaes</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Harlan B. Korenvaes</signature>
        <title>Harlan B. Korenvaes</title>
        <date>08/11/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Spruce Trust</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Harlan B. Korenvaes</signature>
        <title>Harlan B. Korenvaes, Trustee</title>
        <date>08/11/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
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