EX-99.77O RULE 10F-3 6 variablelobalinfrastructure.txt VARIABLE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE10F-3 Morgan Stanley Variable Investment Series - Global Infrastructure Portfolio Item 77O- Transactions effected pursuant to Rule 10f-3 Securities Purchased: Plains GP Holdings LP Purchase/Trade Date: 10/16/2013 Offering Price of Shares: $22.000 Total Amount of Offering: 128,000,000 shares Amount Purchased by Fund: 16,270 shares Percentage of Offering Purchased by Fund: 0.013 Percentage of Fund's Total Assets: 0.50 Brokers: Barclays, Goldman, Sachs & Co., JP Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, RBC Capital Markets, Baird, Oppenheimer & Co., Stifel, BBVA, BNP Paribas, DNB Markets, ING, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Mizuho Securities, Piper Jaffray, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Scotiabank/Howard Weil, SMBC Nikko, Societe Generale, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, BB&T Capital Markets, CIBC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Regions Securities LLC, Simmons & Company International, Stephens Inc., Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., U.S. Capital Advisors Purchased from: Barclays Firm Commitment Underwriting: YES Issuer has over three years of continuous operations*: YES Percent of offering purchased by Fund and all other accounts advised by the adviser is less than 25%: YES The underwriting commission, spread and profit is reasonable and fair compared to the underwritings of similar securities: YES * Muni issuers must also have an investment grade rating from at least one NRSRO; or if less than three years of continuous operations, must have one of the three highest rating categories from at least one NRSRO.