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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   10036
(Address of principal executive offices)   (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, 2010
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2010
 
 
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 § January 31, 2010 (unaudited)
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
       
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (149.1%)
                       
       
Alabama (0.9%)
                       
$ 2,000    
County of Jefferson, School Ser 2004 A
    5.50 %     01/01/22     $  1,705,960  
       
 
                     
       
Alaska (1.1%)
                       
  3,000    
Northern Tobacco Securitization Corp., Asset Backed Ser 2006 A
    5.00       06/01/46       2,025,750  
       
 
                     
       
Arizona (3.3%)
                       
  425    
Maricopa County Pollution Control Corp., Arizona Public Service Co., Ser 2009 A
    6.00       05/01/29       447,287  
  3,890    
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District,
Ser 2002 B (a)
    5.00       01/01/22       4,025,548  
  1,010    
State of Arizona, Ser 2008 A (COPs) (AGM Insd)
    5.00       09/01/24       1,061,358  
  1,000    
Surprise Municipal Property Corp., Ser 2007
    4.90       04/01/32       803,770  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    6,337,963  
       
 
                     
       
California (25.6%)
                       
  1,010    
Alhambra Unified School District, Ser 2009 B (AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/35       199,061  
  1,635    
Alhambra Unified School District, Ser 2009 B (AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/36       300,824  
  765    
Alvord Unified School District, Ser 2007 A (AGM Insd)
    5.00       08/01/24       806,601  
  710    
Beverly Hills Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 (b)
    0.00       08/01/26       303,788  
  1,370    
Beverly Hills Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 (b)
    0.00       08/01/31       422,111  
  3,000    
California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Ser 2005
    5.00       11/15/34       2,817,360  
  5,000    
California State Public Works Board, Mental Health 2004 Ser A
    5.00       06/01/24       4,748,650  
  540    
City & County of San Francisco, Refg Laguna Honda Hospital Ser 2008 R-3 (AGC Insd) (a)
    5.00       06/15/28       553,084  
  355    
Clovis Unified School District, Election of 2004 Ser A (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/29       108,712  
  1,000    
County of San Diego, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Ser 2006 (COPs)
    5.00       09/01/34       825,530  
  2,690    
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Election 2008
Ser 2009 E (b)
    0.00       08/01/43       281,078  
  4,825    
Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, Election 2008
Ser 2009 E (b)
    0.00       08/01/44       469,135  
  1,980    
El Segundo Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 A (b)
    0.00       08/01/32       478,605  
  2,000    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2005 A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       06/01/29       1,828,320  
  4,000    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed
Ser 2007 A-1
    5.125       06/01/47       2,762,920  
  1,400    
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Enhanced Asset Backed Ser 2007 A-1
    5.75       06/01/47       1,069,110  
  310    
Indio Redevelopment Agency, Ser 2008 A
    5.00       08/15/23       304,135  
  310    
Indio Redevelopment Agency, Ser 2008 A
    5.00       08/15/24       301,562  
  4,000    
Los Angeles Community College District, California, 2003 Ser B (AGM Insd)
    5.00       08/01/27       4,081,080  
  5,000    
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, 2004 Ser C (NATL-RE Insd) (a)
    5.00       07/01/23       5,226,287  
  1,010    
Menifee Union School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 C
(AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/34       215,190  
  3,040    
Milpitas Redevelopment Agency, Area #1 Ser 2003 (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.00       09/01/22       3,041,155  
  1,120    
Moreland School District, Ser 2014 C (AMBAC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/29       327,085  
  815    
Oak Grove School District, Election 2008 Ser A (b)
    0.00       08/01/28       262,348  

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
$ 1,590    
Patterson Joint Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 B (AGM Insd) (b)
    0.00 %     08/01/37     $ 268,646  
  4,025    
Patterson Joint Unified School District, Election of 2008 Ser 2009 B (AGM Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/36       734,884  
  2,040    
Poway Unified School District, School Facilities Improvement District No. 07-1, 2008 Election Ser A (b)
    0.00       08/01/27       705,309  
  2,545    
Poway Unified School District, School Facilities Improvement District No. 2007-1, 2008 Election Ser A (b)
    0.00       08/01/31       655,236  
  20,480    
San Bernardino Community College District, Ser 2009 B (b)
    0.00       08/01/48       1,515,725  
  4,240    
San Diego County Water Authority, Ser 2004 A (COPs) (AGM
Insd) (a)
    5.00       05/01/29       4,357,936  
  465    
San Rafael City High School District, Election Ser 2002 B (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd) (b)
    0.00       08/01/25       189,897  
  3,000    
State of California, Various Purpose dtd 05/01/03
    5.00       02/01/32       2,749,080  
  2,000    
State of California, Various Purpose dtd 12/01/05
    5.00       03/01/27       1,952,760  
  2,000    
Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Sacramento County Tobacco Securitization Corporation Ser 2006 A-1
    5.00       06/01/37       1,515,500  
  850    
Twin Rivers Unified School District, Ser 2009 (BANs) (b)
    0.00       04/01/14       743,784  
  1,170    
William S. Hart Union High School District, Ser 2009 A (b)
    0.00       08/01/32       267,240  
  5,725    
William S. Hart Union High School District, Ser 2009 A (b)
    0.00       08/01/33       1,219,024  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    48,608,752  
       
 
                     
       
Colorado (2.4%)
                       
  2,590    
Arkansas River Power Authority, Power Ser 2006 (XLCA Insd)
    5.25       10/01/40       2,292,513  
  2,000    
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Adventist/Sunbelt Ser 2006 D
    5.00       07/01/39       2,014,880  
  165    
Public Authority for Colorado Energy, Natural Gas Ser 2008
    6.25       11/15/28       177,551  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,484,944  
       
 
                     
       
District of Columbia (2.4%)
                       
  1,540    
District of Columbia, Income Tax, Ser 2009 A (a)
    5.25       12/01/27       1,697,493  
  2,000    
District of Columbia Ballpark, Ser 2006 B-1 (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    5.00       02/01/31       1,813,900  
  1,000    
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Airport System Ser 2009 B (BHAC Insd)
    5.00       10/01/29       1,048,400  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,559,793  
       
 
                     
       
Florida (9.5%)
                       
  5,000    
County of Miami-Dade, Miami Int’l Airport Ser 2000 A (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    6.00       10/01/24       5,076,950  
  800    
County of Miami-Dade, Miami Int’l Airport Ser 2009 A (AGC Insd)
    5.00       10/01/25       831,680  
  1,995    
County of Miami-Dade, Ser 2005 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    0.00  (c)     10/01/30       1,440,111  
  25    
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/Sunbelt Ser 2006 C
    5.25       11/15/16  (d)     29,545  
  975    
Highlands County Health Facilities Authority, Adventist Health/Sunbelt Ser 2006 C
    5.25       11/15/36       975,468  
  1,000    
Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Shell Point Village/The Alliance Community for Retirement Living Inc., Ser 2006
    5.125       11/15/36       775,420  
  750    
Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority, Ser 2009 (BHAC Insd)
    5.50       10/01/23       845,677  
  4,000    
South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Baptist Health South Florida Ser 2007 (a)
    5.00       08/15/42       3,749,296  

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
$ 3,250    
St Johns County Industrial Development Authority, Glenmoor
Refg 2006 Ser A
    5.375 %     01/01/40     $ 2,312,700  
  1,000    
St Johns County Industrial Development Authority,
Glenmoor Ser 2006 A
    5.25       01/01/26       778,070  
  1,000    
Tampa Bay Water Utility System Revenue, Ser 2001 A
(NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    6.00       10/01/29       1,189,990  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    18,004,907  
       
 
                     
       
Georgia (6.1%)
                       
  5,000    
City of Atlanta, Airport Passenger Facilities Sub-Lien Ser 2004 C (AGM Insd) (a)
    5.00       01/01/33       5,041,100  
  1,200    
County of Dekalb, Water & Sewer Ser 2003 A
    5.00       10/01/23       1,272,048  
  2,000    
Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2003
    5.00       10/01/22       2,123,860  
  3,000    
Georgia State Road & Tollway Authority, Ser 2003
    5.00       10/01/23       3,178,080  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    11,615,088  
       
 
                     
       
Hawaii (8.8%)
                       
  8,000    
City & County of Honolulu HI, Ser 2003 A (NATL-RE Insd) (a)
    5.25       03/01/24       8,663,760  
  5,000    
Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Ser 1993 (AMT) (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.45       11/01/23       5,000,950  
  3,000    
State of Hawaii, Airports Refg Ser 2000 B (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    6.625       07/01/18       3,059,940  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    16,724,650  
       
 
                     
       
Illinois (15.0%)
                       
  3,600    
Chicago Park District, Harbor Ser A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/27       3,725,280  
  1,070    
Chicago Transit Authority, Ser 2008 (AGC Insd)
    5.25       06/01/23       1,142,236  
  3,000    
City of Chicago, O’Hare Int’l Airport 3rd Lien Ser 2005 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.25       01/01/26       3,098,400  
  3,000    
City of Chicago, O’Hare Int’l Airport Passenger Fee Ser 2001 A (AMT) (AMBAC Insd)
    5.375       01/01/32       2,885,940  
  4,590    
City of Chicago, Project & Refg Ser 2007 A (FGIC & AGM Insd) (CR) (a)(e)
    5.00       01/01/37       4,616,484  
  725    
De Kalb County Community United School District No. 428 (AGM Insd)
    5.00       01/01/23       782,471  
  965    
Illinois Finance Authority, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Ser 2009 B
    5.375       08/15/24       1,033,776  
  925    
Illinois Finance Authority, Resurrection Health Center, Refg Ser 2009
    6.125       05/15/25       920,181  
  415    
Illinois Finance Authority, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group Ser 2009 A
    7.25       11/01/38       454,317  
  650    
Illinois Finance Authority, Swedish Covenant Hospital Ser 2010 A (f)
    5.75       08/15/29       643,961  
  690    
Illinois Finance Authority, Swedish Covenant Hospital Ser 2010 A (f)
    6.00       08/15/38       684,383  
  2,780    
Kendall Kane & Will Counties Community Unit School District No. 308, Ser 2008 (AGM Insd) (b)
    0.00       02/01/20       1,773,195  
  8,480    
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, McCormick Place Ser 2002 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    0.00  (c)     06/15/26       6,585,568  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    28,346,192  
       
 
                     
       
Indiana (1.6%)
                       
  2,700    
Indiana Health & Educational Facilities Financing Authority, Clarian Health Ser 2006 A
    5.25       02/15/40       2,540,889  
  530    
Rockport, Indian Michigan Power Company Project Refg Ser 2009 B
    6.25       06/01/25       590,261  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    3,131,150  
       
 
                     
       
Iowa (1.4%)
                       
  1,355    
State of Iowa, IJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)(e)
    5.00       06/01/25       1,471,946  
  1,015    
State of Iowa, IJOBS Program Ser 2009 A (a)(e)
    5.00       06/01/26       1,095,529  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    2,567,475  
       
 
                     

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
       
Kansas (0.3%)
                       
$ 470    
Kansas Development Finance Authority Hospital Revenue, Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Ser 2009 C
    5.50 %     11/15/29     $ 495,808  
       
 
                     
       
Maine (0.0%)
                       
  60    
Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Ser 1993 D (AGM Insd)
    5.50       07/01/18       60,202  
       
 
                     
       
Maryland (1.4%)
                       
  705    
County of Baltimore, Oak Crest Village Ser 2007 A
    5.00       01/01/37       617,326  
  690    
Maryland Economic Development Corp., Ser B
    5.75       06/01/35       699,605  
  1,440    
Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, King Farm Presbyterian Community 2006 Ser B
    5.00       01/01/17       1,321,790  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    2,638,721  
       
 
                     
       
Massachusetts (3.8%)
                       
  4,850    
Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Harvard University Ser A (a)
    5.50       11/15/36       5,382,175  
  1,570    
Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ser O (a)
    5.50       07/01/36       1,742,730  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    7,124,905  
       
 
                     
       
Michigan (0.5%)
                       
  900    
City of Detroit Water Supply System, Refg Ser 2006 C (AGM Insd)
    5.00       07/01/26       907,830  
       
 
                     
       
Nebraska (2.0%)
                       
  3,740    
Nebraska Public Power District, 2003 Ser A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/35       3,784,356  
       
 
                     
       
Nevada (1.9%)
                       
  3,000    
County of Clark, Airport Sub Lien Ser 2004 A-1 (AMT) (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    5.50       07/01/20       3,068,880  
  410    
Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Tax Increment Ser 2009 A
    6.25       06/15/16       456,092  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    3,524,972  
       
 
                     
       
New Hampshire (0.8%)
                       
  1,500    
City of Manchester, Water Works Ser 2003 (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    5.00       12/01/34       1,523,445  
       
 
                     
       
New Jersey (2.4%)
                       
  4,300    
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Ser 2006 C (AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       12/15/26       1,789,875  
  3,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Ser 2007-1 A
    4.625       06/01/26       2,499,720  
  3,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Ser 2007-1 B (b)
    0.00       06/01/41       193,530  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    4,483,125  
       
 
                     
       
New Mexico (0.5%)
                       
  940    
New Mexico Finance Authority, Senior Lien Public Project Revolving Fund Ser 2008 A
    5.00       06/01/27       1,018,180  
       
 
                     
       
New York (13.0%)
                       
  460    
Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Ser 2009
    6.25       07/15/40       473,588  
  190    
Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corp., Ser 2009
    6.375       07/15/43       194,836  
  980    
City of New York, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.25       08/15/27       1,053,773  
  980    
City of New York, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.25       08/15/28       1,053,773  
  5,000    
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Transportation Ser 2003 B (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.25       11/15/22       5,302,850  
  1,305    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00       05/01/28       1,394,390  
  1,045    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00       05/01/29       1,116,580  

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
$ 1,045    
New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 2009 Subser A-1 (a)
    5.00 %     05/01/30     $ 1,116,580  
  1,950    
New York City Trust for Cultural Resources, The Museum of Modern Art, Refg Ser 2008-1 A (a)
    5.00       04/01/27       2,111,052  
  705    
New York State Dormitory Authority, New York University (AMBAC Insd)
    5.50       05/15/29       767,519  
  1,310    
New York State Thruway Authority, Personal Income Tax Transportation Ser 2009 A
    5.00       03/15/25       1,430,022  
  6,000    
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., State Contingency Ser 2003 B-1C
    5.50       06/01/21       6,376,680  
  2,000    
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Refg Ser 2002 B
    5.25       11/15/19       2,187,060  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    24,578,703  
       
 
                     
       
Ohio (3.5%)
                       
  1,000    
American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc, Prairie State Energy Campus Ser 2008 A (AGC Insd) (a)
    5.25       02/15/33       1,040,746  
  5,000    
County of Cuyahoga, Cleveland Clinic Ser 2003 A
    6.00       01/01/32       5,248,150  
  265    
Ohio State Water Development Authority, Ser 2009 A
    5.875       06/01/33       288,585  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    6,577,481  
       
 
                     
       
Pennsylvania (1.6%)
                       
  2,000    
Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, West Penn Allegheny Health Ser 2007 A
    5.375       11/15/40       1,481,100  
  1,500    
Philadelphia School District, Ser 2008 E (BHAC Insd)
    5.125       09/01/23       1,633,770  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    3,114,870  
       
 
                     
       
Puerto Rico (1.2%)
                       
  875    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2009 A
    5.00       08/01/39       919,082  
  700    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2010 A (f)
    5.375       08/01/39       691,320  
  750    
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Ser 2010 A (f)
    5.50       08/01/42       744,383  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    2,354,785  
       
 
                     
       
Rhode Island (0.8%)
                       
  1,500    
Rhode Island Economic Development Corp., Airport Refg Ser 2004 A (AMT) (AGM Insd)
    5.00       07/01/21       1,512,960  
       
 
                     
       
South Carolina (6.6%)
                       
  2,000    
Charleston Educational Excellence Finance Corp., Charleston County School District Ser 2005
    5.25       12/01/29       2,064,740  
  210    
County of Richland, Environmental Improvement, Paper Co. Ser 2007 A
    4.60       09/01/12       212,701  
  4,565    
Grand Strand Water & Sewer Authority, Refg Ser 2002 (AGM Insd)
    5.375       06/01/19       4,944,488  
  40    
Lexington County Health Services District, Inc., Ser 2007 A
    5.00       11/01/16       43,188  
  4,000    
South Carolina State Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Ser 2003 A (AMBAC Insd) (a)
    5.00       01/01/27       4,195,432  
  1,000    
South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank, Ser 2002 A (AMBAC Insd)
    5.25       10/01/22       1,050,830  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    12,511,379  
       
 
                     
       
Tennessee (0.6%)
                       
  1,040    
Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Ser 2006 A
    5.25       09/01/19       1,059,011  
       
 
                     
       
Texas (15.8%)
                       
  2,000    
Alliance Airport Authority, Federal Express Corp. Refg Ser 2006 (AMT)
    4.85       04/01/21       1,975,100  
  590    
Bexar County Health Facilities Development Corp. (f)
    6.20       07/01/45       592,207  
  1,500    
City of Arlington, Special Tax Ser 2009
    5.00       08/15/28       1,525,065  
  1,360    
City of Austin, Water & Wastewater ROLS RR II R-574 (AGM Insd)
    14.197  (g)     05/15/10       1,530,571  

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                                 
PRINCIPAL                        
AMOUNT IN         COUPON     MATURITY        
THOUSANDS         RATE     DATE     VALUE  
 
$ 5,000    
City of Houston, Combined Utility First Lien Refg Ser 2004 A (AGM Insd)
    5.25 %     05/15/25     $ 5,247,300  
  2,350    
City of Houston, Hotel Occupancy Ser 2001 B (CR) (AGM & AMBAC Insd) (b)
    0.00       09/01/25       1,022,508  
  1,530    
County of Harris, Ser 2007 C (AGM Insd)
    5.25       08/15/31       1,756,256  
  575    
Friendswood Independent School District, Schoolhouse Ser 2008 (PSF-GTD)
    5.00       02/15/25       628,849  
  1,360    
Harris County Health Facilities Development Corp., TECO Project Ser 2008 (AGC Insd)
    5.25       11/15/23       1,466,189  
  350    
Harris County Industrial Development Corp., Deer Park Refinancing Project
    5.00       02/01/23       349,965  
  5,200    
North Texas Tollway Authority, Refg Ser 2008 D (AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       01/01/28       1,872,832  
  1,065    
North Texas Tollway Authority, Refg Ser 2008 D (AGC Insd) (b)
    0.00       01/01/31       314,228  
  1,000    
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Air Force Village II Inc Ser 2007
    5.125       05/15/37       833,020  
  4,000    
Tarrant Regional Water District, Texas, Refg & Impr Ser 2002 (AGM Insd)
    5.25       03/01/17       4,422,560  
  1,665    
Texas A&M University, Financing System Ser 2009 A
    5.00       05/15/26       1,826,289  
  510    
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp., Senior Lien
    6.875       12/31/39       533,190  
  1,000    
University of Houston, Ser 2008 (AGM Insd) (a)
    5.00       02/15/33       1,026,753  
  3,000    
West Harris County Regional Water Authority, Water Ser 2005 (AGM Insd)
    5.00       12/15/24       3,098,040  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    30,020,922  
       
 
                     
       
Utah (0.8%)
                       
  1,500    
Intermountain Power Agency, Ser 2003 A (AGM Insd)
    5.00       07/01/21       1,612,275  
       
 
                     
       
Virginia (7.4%)
                       
  1,250    
Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Goodwin House, Inc. Ser 2007
    5.125       10/01/42       1,131,950  
  10,000    
Fairfax County Industrial Development Authority, Inova Health Refg Ser 1993 A
    5.25       08/15/19       10,815,200  
  2,000    
Prince William County Service Authority, Water & Sewer Refg Ser 2003
    5.00       07/01/21       2,151,640  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    14,098,790  
       
 
                     
       
Washington (5.5%)
                       
  1,705    
Grant County Public Utility District No. 2 Priest Rapids, Wanapum Hydroelectric 2005 Ser A (NATL-RE & FGIC Insd)
    5.00       01/01/34       1,724,198  
  3,450    
Port of Seattle, Passenger Facility Ser 1998 A (NATL-RE Insd)
    5.00       12/01/23       3,458,522  
  2,380    
State of Washington, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)
    5.00       08/01/29       2,542,497  
  2,500    
State of Washington, Various Purpose Ser 2010 A (a)
    5.00       08/01/30       2,670,691  
       
 
                     
       
 
                    10,395,908  
       
 
                     
       
Wisconsin (0.6%)
                       
  1,000    
State of Wisconsin, Ser 2009 A
    5.625       05/01/28       1,104,240  
       
 
                     
       
Total Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds (Cost $280,831,370)
                    282,615,492  
       
 
                     

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
                         
NUMBER OF                      
SHARES (000)                   VALUE
       
Short-Term Investment (h) (0.7%)
               
       
Investment Company
               
  1,367    
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class (Cost $1,367,388)
            1,367,388  
       
 
           
       
Total Investments (Cost $282,198,758) (i)(j)
    149.8 %     283,982,880  
       
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities
    0.1       138,508  
       
Floating Rate Note and Dealer Trusts Obligations Related to Securities Held
               
       
Notes with interest rates ranging from 0.18% to 0.50% at January 31, 2010 and contractual maturities of collateral ranging from 01/01/22 to 08/15/42 (k)
    (20.9 )     (39,547,000 )
       
Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest
    (29.0 )     (55,000,000 )
       
 
           
       
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
    100.0 %   $ 189,574,388  
       
 
           
 
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
 
AMT   Alternative Minimum Tax.
 
BANs   Bond Anticipation Notes.
 
COPs   Certificates of Participation.
 
CR   Custodial Receipts.
 
PSF   Texas Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program.
 
ROLS   Reset Option Longs.
 
(a)   Underlying security related to inverse floater entered into by the Trust.
 
(b)   Capital appreciation bond.
 
(c)   Security is a “step-up” bond where the coupon increases on a predetermined future date.
 
(d)   Prefunded to call date shown.
 
(e)   Security is subject to a shortfall agreement which may require the Trust to pay amounts to a counterparty in the event of a significant decline in the market value of the security underlying the inverse floater. In case of a shortfall, the maximum potential amount of payments the Trust could ultimately be required to make under the agreement is $4,655,000. However, such shortfall payment would be reduced by the proceeds from the sale of the security underlying the inverse floater.
 
(f)   Security purchased on a when-issued basis.
 
(g)   Current coupon rate for an inverse floating rate municipal obligation. This rate resets periodically as the auction rate on the related security changes. Position in an inverse floating rate municipal obligation has a total value of $1,530,571 which represents 0.8% of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
 
(h)   The Trust 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 Trust 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 Trust in Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Tax-Exempt Portfolio — Institutional Class.
 
(i)   Securities have been designated as collateral in connection with securities purchased on a when-issued basis and inverse floating rate municipal obligations.
 
(j)   The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes.
 
(k)   Floating rate note 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 Trust (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 January 31, 2010, Trust investments with a value of $66,945,635 are held by the Dealer Trusts and serve as collateral for the $39,547,000 in floating rate note obligations outstanding at that date.
 
Bond Insurance:
 
AGC   Assured Guaranty Corporation.
 
AGM   Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation.
 
AMBAC   AMBAC Assurance Corporation.
 
BHAC   Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation.
 
FGIC   Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited) continued
 
NATL-RE   National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation.
 
XLCA   XL Capital Assurance Inc.

 


 

Morgan Stanley Quality Municipal Securities*
Notes to the Portfolio of Investments § January 31, 2010 (unaudited)
Fair Valuation Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that the Trust 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. GAAP utilizes 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 Trust’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 Trust’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 the summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2010 in valuing the Trust’s investments carried at fair value:
                                 
    FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AT JANUARY 31, 2010 USING  
            UNADJUSTED              
            QUOTED PRICES IN     OTHER        
            ACTIVE MARKET FOR     SIGNIFICANT     SIGNIFICANT  
            IDENTICAL     OBSERVABLE     UNOBSERVABLE  
            INVESTMENTS     INPUTS     INPUTS  
INVESTMENT TYPE   TOTAL     (LEVEL 1)     (LEVEL 2)     (LEVEL 3)  
 
Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds
  $ 282,615,492           $ 282,615,492        
Short-Term Investment — Investment Company
    1,367,388     $ 1,367,388              
 
                       
Total
  $ 283,982,880     $ 1,367,388     $ 282,615,492        
   
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 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 ask 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 represent 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.
 
*   Morgan Stanley announced on October 19, 2009 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its retail asset management business to Invesco Ltd. (“Invesco”), a leading global investment management company. The Trustees of the Trust approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, substantially all of the assets of the Trust would be combined with those of a newly organized mutual fund advised by an affiliate of Invesco Ltd. (the “New Trust”). Pursuant to the Plan, shareholders of the Trust would become shareholders of the New Trust, receiving shares of such New Trust equal to the value of their holdings in the Trust. The Plan is subject to the approval of the Trust’s shareholders at a special meeting of shareholders anticipated to be held during the second quarter of 2010.

 


 

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 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.

 


 

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   
March 23, 2010
     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   
March 23, 2010
       
   
/s/ Francis Smith    
Francis Smith   
Principal Financial Officer   
March 23, 2010