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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: 811-07560
Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  10036
(Zip code)
Randy Takian
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-296-6963
Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2009
Date of reporting period: July 31, 2009
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
The Trust’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:
Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities
Portfolio of Investments July 31, 2009 (unaudited)
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
       
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (157.4%)
                       
        Alabama (0.7%)                        
$ 2,000    
Jefferson County, School Ser 2004 A
    5.50 %     01/01/22     $ 1,184,220  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Alaska (0.9%)
                       
  3,000    
Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2006 A
    5.00       06/01/46       1,641,210  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Arizona (3.5%)
                       
  1,010    
Arizona, Ser 2008 A (FSA Insd)
    5.00       09/01/24       1,028,301  
  425    
Maricopa County, Pollution Control Corp., 2009 Ser A
    6.00       05/01/29       432,438  
  3,890    
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District, 2002 Ser B (a)
    5.00       01/01/22       3,989,154  
  1,000    
Surprise Municipal Property Corporation,Ser 2007
    4.90       04/01/32       761,120  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    6,211,013  
       
 
                     
       
California (26.4%)
                       
  1,010    
Alhambra Unified School District 2009 Ser B (g)
    0.00       08/01/35       181,588  
  1,635    
Alhambra Unified School District 2009 Ser B (g)
    0.00       08/01/36       276,626  
  765    
Alvord Unified School District, Ser 2007 A (FSA Insd)
    5.00       08/01/24       774,287  
  710    
Beverly Hills, Unified School District Ser 2009 (g)
    0.00       08/01/26       298,626  
  1,370    
Beverly Hills, Unified School District Ser 2009 (g)
    0.00       08/01/31       413,480  
  900    
California Department of Water Reserve and Power Supply, Ser 2008 H (FSA Insd)
    5.00       05/01/22       945,477  
  3,000    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ser 2005
    5.00       11/15/34       2,618,880  
  5,000    
California Public Works Board, Mental Health 2004 Ser A
    5.00       06/01/24       4,564,350  
  3,000    
California, Various Purpose dtd 05/01/03
    5.00       02/01/32       2,811,390  
  2,000    
California, Various Purpose dtd 12/01/05
    5.00       03/01/27       1,974,580  
  355    
Clovis Unified School District Election of 2004 Ser A (FGIC Insd) (g)
    0.00       08/01/29       97,479  
  2,690    
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Election 2008 E Ser 2009 (g)
    0.00       08/01/43       264,642  
  4,825    
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Election 2008 E Ser 2009 (g)
    0.00       08/01/44       442,646  
  1,980    
EL Segundo California School District Election of 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/32       436,828  
  4,000    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2007 A
    5.125       06/01/47       2,162,960  
  1,400    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2007 A
    5.75       06/01/47       840,210  
  2,000    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       06/01/29       1,703,700  
  310    
Indio Redevelopment Agency, Ser A
    5.00       08/15/23       281,514  
  310    
Indio Redevelopment Agency, Ser A
    5.00       08/15/24       279,846  
  4,000    
Los Angeles, Community College District, 2003 Ser B (FSA Insd)
    5.00       08/01/27       4,002,880  
  5,000    
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, Water 2004 Ser C (NATL-RE Insd) (a)
    5.00       07/01/23       5,125,018  
  1,010    
Menifee Union School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2008 C (AGC Insd) (g)
    0.00       08/01/34       192,476  
  3,040    
Milpitas Redevelopment Agency, Area #1 Ser 2003 (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.00       09/01/22       2,798,806  
  1,120    
Moreland School District, Santa Clara County 2006 Ser C (AMBAC Insd) (g)
    0.00       08/01/29       293,698  
  815    
Oak Grove School District, Santa Clara County Election 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/28       241,729  
  4,025    
Paterson Joint Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 B (FSA Insd) (g)
    0.00       08/01/36       691,736  
  1,590    
Paterson Joint Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 B (FSA Insd) (g)
    0.00       08/01/37       251,872  
  2,040    
Poway Unified School District, School Facilities Improvement District No. 2007-1 Election 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/27       654,106  
  2,545    
Poway Unified School District, School Facilities Improvement District No. 2007-1 Election 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/31       604,743  
  20,480    
San Bernardino Community College District Election 2002 Ser B (g)
    0.00       08/01/48       1,434,829  
  1,000    
San Diego County, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Ser 2006 (COPs)
    5.00       09/01/34       737,030  
  4,240    
San Diego County Water Authority, Ser 2004 (COPs) (FSA Insd) (a)
    5.00       05/01/29       4,248,077  
  540    
San Francisco City & County, Laguana Honda Hospital (FSA Insd) (a)
    5.00       06/15/28       543,356  
  465    
San Rafael City Elementary School District, Marin County Election 2002 Ser B (g)
    0.00       08/01/25       185,121  
  2,000    
Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Sacramento County Tobacco Securitization Corporation Ser 2006 A-1
    5.00       06/01/37       1,207,820  
  850    
Twin Rivers Unified School District, Ser 2009 (BANs) (g)
    0.00       04/01/14       674,424  
  1,170    
William S. Hart Union High School District, Los Angeles County Election 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/32       258,125  

 


 

                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
  5,725    
William S. Hart Union High School District, Los Angeles County Election 2008 Ser A (g)
    0.00       08/01/33       1,179,980  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    46,694,935  
       
 
                     
       
Colorado (2.3%)
                       
  2,590    
Arkansas River Power Authority, Power Ser 2006 (XLCA Insd)
    5.25       10/01/40       2,033,176  
  2,000    
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2006 D
    5.25       11/15/35       1,865,080  
  165    
Public Authority for Colorado Energy, Natural Gas Purchase Revenue Ser 2008
    6.25       11/15/28       159,603  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,057,859  
       
 
                     
       
Connecticut (0.4%)
                       
  1,500    
Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribe, 2006 Ser A
    5.50       09/01/36       727,455  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
District of Columbia (2.9%)
                       
  2,000    
District of Columbia Ballpark, Ser 2006 B-1 (FGIC Insd)
    5.00       02/01/31       1,635,180  
  1,540    
District of Columbia Income Tax Ser 2009 A (a)
    5.25       12/01/27       1,658,835  
  855    
District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority, Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd)
    5.00       10/01/25       904,017  
  1,000    
Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, Airport System Ser 2009 B (BHAC Insd)
    5.00       10/01/29       1,024,780  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    5,222,812  
       
 
                     
       
Florida (10.3%)
                       
  25    
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/ Sunbelt Ser 2006 C
    5.25       11/15/16 (c)     29,563  
  975    
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/ Sunbelt Ser 2006 C
    5.25       11/15/36       917,114  
  1,000    
Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Shell Point Village/ The Alliance Community for Retirement Living Inc, Ser 2006
    5.125       11/15/36       622,430  
  1,350    
Miami-Dade County, Educational Facilities Authority, University of Miami Ser 2008 A (BHAC Insd)
    5.50       04/01/38       1,382,387  
  5,000    
Miami-Dade County, Miami Int’l Airport Ser 2000 A (AMT) (FGIC Insd)
    6.00       10/01/24       5,043,850  
  800    
Miami-Dade County, Miami International Airport Ser 2009 A
    5.00       10/01/25       805,016  
  1,995    
Miami-Dade County, Ser 2005 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    0.00 (d)     10/01/30       1,279,334  
  750    
Palm Beach County, Solid Waste Authority Ser 2009 (BHAC Insd)
    5.50       10/01/23       828,000  
  4,000    
South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Baptist Health South Florida Ser 2007 (a)
    5.00       08/15/42       3,386,608  
  1,000    
St Johns County Industrial Development Authority, Glenmoor Ser 2006 A
    5.25       01/01/26       716,110  
  3,250    
St Johns, Industrial Development Authority, Glenmoor Refg 2006 Ser A
    5.375       01/01/40       2,085,720  
  1,000    
Tampa Bay Water Authority, Ser 2001 A (FGIC Insd)
    6.00       10/01/29       1,156,700  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    18,252,832  
       
 
                     
       
Georgia (6.5%)
                       
  5,000    
Atlanta, Airport Ser 2004 J (FSA Insd)
    5.00       01/01/34       5,007,775  
  1,200    
De Kalb County, Water & Sewer Ser 2003 A
    5.00       10/01/23       1,262,364  
  2,000    
Georgia Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2004
    5.00       10/01/22       2,122,060  
  3,000    
Georgia Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2004
    5.00       10/01/23       3,171,360  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    11,563,559  
       
 
                     
       
Hawaii (9.3%)
                       
  5,000    
Hawaii Department of Budget & Finance, Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Ser 1993 (AMT) (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.45       11/01/23       4,854,950  
  3,000    
Hawaii, Airports Refg Ser 2000 B (AMT) (FGIC Insd)
    6.625       07/01/18       3,060,720  
  8,000    
Honolulu City & County, Ser 2003A (NATL-RE Insd) (a)
    5.25       03/01/24       8,492,320  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    16,407,990  
       
 
                     
       
Illinois (11.7%)
                       
  3,600    
Chicago Park District, Harbor Ser A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/27       3,676,860  
  3,000    
Chicago,O’Hare Int’l Airport 3rd Lien Ser 2005 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.25       01/01/26       3,040,590  
  3,000    
Chicago,O’Hare Int’l Airport Passenger Fee Ser 2001 A (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)
    5.375       01/01/32       2,672,310  
  1,070    
Chicago, Transit Authority Ser 2008 (AGC Insd)
    5.25       06/01/23       1,146,259  
  725    
De Kalb County, Community Unit School District No. 428 (FSA Insd)
    5.00       01/01/23       773,684  
  415    
Illinois Finance Authority, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group Ser 2009 A
    7.25       11/01/38       437,505  
  965    
Illinois Finance Authority, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ser 2009 B
    5.375       08/15/24       994,809  
  2,780    
Kendall Kane & Will County, Community Unit School District No. 308 (FSA Insd) (g)
    0.00       02/01/20       1,662,468  
  8,480    
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, McCormick Place Ser 2002 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    0.00 (e)     06/15/26       6,210,073  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    20,614,558  
       
 
                     
       
Indiana (1.8%)
                       
  3,000    
Indiana Health & Educational Facility Financing Authority, Clarian Health Ser 2006 A
    5.25       02/15/40       2,622,510  
  530    
Rockport Indiana Michigan Power Company Project, Refg Ser 2009 B
    6.25       06/01/25       555,323  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    3,177,833  
       
 
                     
       
Iowa (1.4%)
                       
  1,355    
Iowa State LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A
    5.00       06/01/25       1,456,304  
  1,015    
Iowa State LJOBS Program Ser 2009 A
    5.00       06/01/26       1,082,057  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    2,538,361  
       
 
                     

 


 

                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
       
Kansas (0.3%)
                       
  470    
Kansas Development Finance Authority, Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Ser 2009 C
    5.50       11/15/29       474,000  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Maine (0.0%)
                       
  60    
Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Ser 1993 D (FSA Insd)
    5.50       07/01/18       60,097  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Maryland (2.8%)
                       
  705    
Baltimore County, Oak Crest Village Ser 2007 A
    5.00       01/01/37       607,322  
  1,440    
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, King Farm Presbyterian Community 2006 Ser B
    5.00       01/01/17       1,207,786  
  3,000    
Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority, Montgomery County Ser 2003 (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)
    5.50       04/01/16       3,137,310  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,952,418  
       
 
                     
       
Massachusetts (2.9%)
                       
  4,850    
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Harvard University Ser 2009 A (a)
    5.50       11/15/36       5,225,665  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Michigan (1.0%)
                       
  900    
Detroit Water Supply System, Refg Ser 2006 C (FSA Insd)
    5.00       07/01/26       877,896  
  1,100    
Michigan Hospital Finance Authority, Henry Ford Health Refg Ser 2006 A
    5.25       11/15/46       850,316  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    1,728,212  
       
 
                     
       
Missouri (2.5%)
                       
  4,000    
Missouri Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Barnes-Jewish / Christian Health Ser 1993 A
    5.25       05/15/14       4,353,040  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Nebraska (2.4%)
                       
  4,240    
Nebraska Public Power District, 2003 Ser A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/35       4,185,728  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
Nevada (1.9%)
                       
  3,000    
Clark County, Airport SubLien Ser 2004 (AMT) (FGIC Insd)
    5.50       07/01/20       2,985,270  
  410    
Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Tax Increment Ser 2009 A
    6.25       06/15/16       434,096  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    3,419,366  
       
 
                     
       
New Hampshire (0.8%)
                       
  1,500    
Manchester, Water Works Ser 2003 (FGIC Insd)
    5.00       12/01/34       1,506,855  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
New Jersey (2.8%)
                       
  1,500    
New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Seabrook Village Inc Ser 2006
    5.25       11/15/36       1,054,230  
  4,300    
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System 2006 Ser C (AGC Insd) (g)
    0.00       12/15/26       1,618,047  
  3,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Ser 2007-1A
    4.625       06/01/26       2,078,430  
  3,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Ser 2007-1B (g)
    0.00       06/01/41       131,880  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,882,587  
       
 
                     
       
New Mexico (0.6%)
                       
  940    
New Mexico Finance Authority, Ser A
    5.00       06/01/27       982,253  
       
 
                     
       
 
                       
       
New York (13.7%)
                       
  5,000    
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Ser 2003 B (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.25       11/15/22       5,079,300  
  980    
New York City, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.25       08/15/27       1,020,509  
  980    
New York City, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.25       08/15/28       1,020,509  
  13,505    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00       05/01/28       1,348,558  
  1,045    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00       05/01/29       1,079,880  
  1,045    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2010 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00       05/01/30       1,079,880  
  1,950    
New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, Museum of Modern Art Refg Ser 2008 1A (a)
    5.00       04/01/28       2,054,785  
  705    
New York State Dormitory Authority, Court Facilities Lease Ser 2005 A
    5.50       05/15/29       741,632  
  1,310    
New York State Thruway Authority, State Personal Income Tax Ser 2009 A
    5.00       03/15/25       1,390,919  
  6,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, State Contingency Ser 2003 B-1C
    5.50       06/01/21       6,232,440  
  3,000    
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refg Ser 2002 B
    5.25       11/15/19       3,276,600  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    24,325,012  
       
 
                     
       
Ohio (3.7%)
                       
  1,000    
American Municipal Power — Ohio, Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd) (a)
    5.25       02/15/33       1,015,182  
  5,000    
Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Clinic Ser 2003 A
    6.00       01/01/32       5,206,250  
  265    
Ohio State Water Development Authority 2009 Ser A
    5.875       06/01/33       275,666  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    6,497,098  
       
 
                     
       
Pennsylvania (1.6%)
                       
  2,000    
Allegheny County Redevelopment Authority, West Penn Allegheny Health Ser 2007 A
    5.375       11/15/40       1,205,380  
  1,500    
Philadelphia School District, Ser 2008 E (BHAC Insd)
    5.125       09/01/23       1,616,865  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    2,822,245  
       
 
                     

 


 

                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
       
Puerto Rico (0.5%)
                       
  875    
Puerto Rico, Sales Tax Financing 2009 Subser A
    5.00       08/01/39       889,971  
       
 
                     
       
Rhode Island (0.8%)
                       
  1,500    
Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Airport Refg Ser 2004 A (AMT) (FSA Insd)
    5.00       07/01/21       1,458,615  
       
 
                     
       
South Carolina (6.9%)
                       
  2,000    
Charleston Educational Excellence Financing Corporation, Charleston County School District Ser 2005
    5.25       12/01/29       2,026,720  
  4,565    
Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority, Refg Ser 2002 (FSA Insd)
    5.375       06/01/19       4,878,250  
  40    
Lexington County, Health Services District, Lexmed Inc, Ser 2007 A
    5.00       11/01/16       41,820  
  210    
Richland County Environmental Improvement Revenue, International Paper Company Ser 2007 A
    4.60       09/01/12       205,714  
  4,000    
South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd) (a)
    5.00       01/01/27       4,106,542  
  1,000    
South Carolina Public Transportation Infrastructure Bank Ser 2002 A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.25       10/01/22       1,022,790  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    12,281,836  
       
 
                     
       
Tennessee (0.6%)
                       
  1,040    
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corporation, Ser 2006 A
    5.25       09/01/19       999,263  
       
 
                     
  2,000    
Alliance Airport Authority, Federal Express Corp Refg Ser 2006 (AMT)
    4.85       04/01/21       1,708,060  
  1,500    
Arlington City, Special Tax Ser 2009
    5.00       08/15/28       1,476,450  
  1,360    
Austin, Water & Sewer, ROLS RRII R-574
    9.627 (f)     05/15/27       1,412,578  
  575    
Friendswood, Independent School District (PSF Insd)
    5.00       02/15/25       617,056  
  1,360    
Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp,TECO Project, Ser 2008 (AGC Insd)
    5.25       11/15/23       1,375,844  
  1,530    
Harris County, Toll Road Unlimited Tax Ser 2007 C
    5.25       08/15/31       1,669,046  
  2,350    
Houston, Hotel Occupancy Ser B (g)
    0.00       09/01/25       888,488  
  5,000    
Houston, Combined Utility First Lien Refg 2004 Ser A (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.25       05/15/25       5,157,400  
  5,200    
North Texas Tollway Authority Refg First Tier Ser 2008 D (g)
    0.00       01/01/28       1,710,332  
  1,065    
North Texas Tollway Authority Refg First Tier Ser 2008 D (g)
    0.00       01/01/31       282,108  
  1,000    
Tarrant County Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corp, Air Force Village II Inc Ser 2007
    5.125       05/15/37       719,650  
  4,000    
Tarrant County Regional Water District, Refg & Impr Ser 2002 (FSA Insd)
    5.25       03/01/17       4,411,120  
  1,665    
Texas A&M University System Health Science Center,, Financing System Ser 2009 A
    5.00       05/15/26       1,795,869  
  325    
Texas Municipal Gas Aqusition & Supply Corp., Gas Supply Revenue Senior Lien Series 2008 D
    6.25       12/15/26       314,288  
  335    
University of Houston System Refg Ser 2008 (FSA Insd) (a)
    5.00       02/15/33       1,006,931  
  3,000    
West Harris County Regional Water Authority, Water Ser 2005 (FSA Insd)
    5.00       12/15/24       3,040,710  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    27,585,930  
       
 
                     
       
Utah (1.5%)
                       
  2,500    
Intermountain Power Agency, 2003 Ser A (FSA Insd)
    5.00       07/01/21       2,652,625  
       
 
                     
       
Virginia (10.1%)
                       
  1,250    
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority,Goodwin House Inc Ser 2007
    5.125       10/01/42       953,100  
  10,000    
Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority, Inova Health Refg Ser 1993 A
    5.25       08/15/19       10,695,300  
  4,000    
Norfolk, Water Ser 1993 (AMBAC Insd)
    5.375       11/01/23       4,000,640  
  2,000    
Prince William County Service Authority, Water & Sewer Refg Ser 2003
    5.00       07/01/21       2,152,180  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    17,801,220  
       
 
                     
       
Washington (5.7%)
                       
  1,705    
Grant County Public Utility District #2, Wanapum Hydroelectric 2005 Ser A (FGIC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/34       1,654,634  
  3,450    
Port of Seattle,Passenger Facility Ser 1998 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.00       12/01/23       3,414,983  
  2,380    
Washington State, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)
    5.00       08/01/29       2,482,740  
  2,500    
Washington State, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)
    5.00       08/01/30       2,607,921  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    10,160,278  
       
 
                     
       
Wisconsin (0.6%)
                       
  1,000    
Wisconsin, 2009 Ser A
    5.625       05/01/28       1,079,730  
       
 
                     
       
Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds
(Cost $285,097,219)
                    278,618,681  
       
 
                     
NUMBER OF                        
SHARES (000)                        
       
Short-Term Investment (i) (2.0%)
                       
        Investment Company                        
  3,530    
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class
(Cost $3,529,731)
                    3,529,731  
       
 
                     

 


 

                                 
       
Total Investments
(Cost $288,626,950) (k) (j)
    159.4 %     282,148,412  
       
 
               
       
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
    1.5       2,705,207  
       
 
               
       
Floating Rate Note Obligations Related to Securities Held
               
       
Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.32% to 0.91% at July 31, 2009 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 06/01/17 to 08/15/42 (h)
(Cost $(35,442,000))
    (20.0 )       (35,442,000 )
       
 
               
       
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest
    (40.9 )     (72,450,000 )
       
 
           
       
 
               
       
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
    100.0 %   $ 176,961,619  
       
 
           
 
Note:   The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
 
AMT   Alternative Minimum Tax.
 
COPs   Certificates of Participation.
 
ROLS   Reset Option Longs.
 
(a)   Floating rate note and dealer trusts obligations related to securities held — The Trust enters into transactions in which it transfers to Dealer Trusts (“Dealer Trusts”), fixed rate bonds in exchange for cash and residual interests in the Dealer Trusts’ assets and cash flows, which are in the form of inverse floating rate investments. The Dealer Trusts fund the purchases of the fixed rate bonds by issuing floating rate notes to third parties and allowing the Trust to retain residual interest in the bonds. The Trust enters into shortfall agreements with the Dealer Trusts which commit the Trust to pay the Dealer Trusts, in certain circumstances, the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed rate bonds held by the Dealer Trusts and the liquidation value of the floating rate notes held by third parties, as well as any shortfalls in interest cash flows. The residual interests held by the Trust (inverse floating rate investments) include the right of the Fund (1) to cause the holders of the floating rate notes to tender their notes at par at the next interest rate reset date, and (2) to transfer the municipal bond from the Dealer Trusts to the Trust, thereby collapsing the Dealer Trusts. The Trust accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Dealer Trusts as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the Trust’s investment assets, and the related floating rate notes reflected as Trust liabilities. The notes issued by the Dealer Trusts have interest rates that reset weekly and the floating rate note holders have the option to tender their notes to the Dealer Trusts for redemption at par at each reset date. At July 31, 2009, Trust investments with a value of $56,430,685 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $35,442,000 in floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date.
 
(b)   A portion of this security has been physically segregated in connection with open futures contracts.
 
(c)   Prerefunded to call date shown.
 
(d)   Currently a zero coupon security, will convert to 5.00% on October 1, 2013.
 
(e)   Currently a zero coupon security, will convert to 5.75% on June 15, 2017.
 
(f)   Current coupon rate for inverse floating rate municipal obligation. This rate resets periodically as the auction rate on the related security changes. Positions in inverse floating rate municipal obligation has a total value of $1,412,578 which represents 0.8% of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
 
(g)   Capital Appreciation Bond.
 
(h)   Floating rate note obligations related to securities held. The interest rates shown reflect the rates in effect at July 31, 2009.
 
(i)   The Fund invests in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class, an open-end management investment company managed by the Investment Adviser. Investment Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to the advisory and administrative service fees paid by Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class with respect to assets invested by the Fund in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class . (j) Securities have been designated as collateral in connection with open futures and when issued securities.
 
(k)   The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes.
 
Bond Insurance:
 
AGC   Assured Guaranty Corporation.
AMBAC   AMBAC Assurance Corporation.
BHAC   Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation.
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.
FSA   Financial Security Assurance Inc.
NATL-RE   National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation.
PSF   Texas Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program.
XLCA   XL Capital Assurance Inc.

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities
Futures Contracts Open at July 31, 2009:
                         
                    UNREALIZED  
NUMBER OF       DESCRIPTION, DELIVERY   UNDERLYING FACE     APPRECIATION/  
CONTRACTS   LONG/SHORT   MONTH AND YEAR   AMOUNT AT VALUE     (DEPRECIATION)  
 
62   Long  
U.S. Treasury Bond 2 Year September 2009
  $ 13,427,843     $ 21,638  
       
 
               
22   Long  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Year September 2009
    2,580,188       (13,659 )
       
 
               
14   Long  
U.S. Treasury Notes 5 Year September 2009
    1,615,359       8,562  
       
 
               
173   Short  
U.S. Treasury Notes 20 Year September 2009
    (20,587,000 )     (465,399 )
       
 
             
       
 
               
       
Net Unrealized Depreciation
          $ (448,858 )
       
 
             


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities
Notes to the Portfolio of Investments
SFAS 157 Disclosure
7/31/2009
The Fund adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), effective November 1, 2008. In accordance with SFAS 157, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. SFAS 157 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
    Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
 
    Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
 
    Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each security.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of July 31, 2009 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
                                 
    Fair Value Measurements at July 31, 2009 Using
            Unadjusted        
            Quoted Prices In   Significant   Significant
            Active Market for   Other Observable   Unobservable
            Identical Investments   Inputs   Inputs
Investment Type   Total   (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)
 
Assets
                               
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds
  $ 278,618,681           $ 278,618,681        
Short-Term Investment — Investment Company
    3,529,731     $ 3,529,731              
Futures
    30,200       30,200              
 
Total
  $ 282,178,612     $ 3,559,931     $ 278,618,681        
 
Liabilities
                               
Futures
    ($479,058 )     ($479,058 )            
 
Valuation of Investments — (1) portfolio securities are valued by an outside independent pricing service approved by the Trustees. The pricing service uses both a computerized grid matrix of tax-exempt securities and and evaluations by its staff, in each case based on information concerning market transactions and quotations from dealers which reflect the mean between the last reported bid and asked price. The portfolio securities are thus valued by reference to a combination of transactions and quotations for the same or other securities believed to be comparable in quality, coupon, maturity, type of issue, call provisions, trading characteristics and other features deemed to be relevant. The Trustees believe that timely and reliable market quotations are generally not readily available for purposes of valuing tax-exempt securities and that the valuations supplied by the pricing service are more likely to approximate the fair value of such securities; (2) futures are valued at the latest sale price on the commodities exchange on which they trade unless it is determined that such price does not reflect their market value, in which case they will be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees; (3) interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers; (4) investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds, are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day; and (5) short-term debt securities having a maturity date of more than sixty days at time of purchase are valued on a mark-to-market basis until sixty days prior to maturity and thereafter at amortized cost based on their value on the 61st day. Short-term debt securities having a maturity date of sixty days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.


 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Trust’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Trust’s 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 Trust’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 Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
(a) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached hereto.

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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.
Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities
/s/ Randy Takian
Randy Takian
Principal Executive Officer
September 17, 2009
     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.
/s/ Randy Takian
Randy Takian
Principal Executive Officer
September 17, 2009
/s/ Francis Smith
Francis Smith
Principal Financial Officer
September 17, 2009

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