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

811-08238

 

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

John H. Gernon

522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

212-296-0289

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31,

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2016

 

 



 

Item 1.  Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’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 India Investment Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

First Quarter Report

March 31, 2016 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

Common Stocks (97.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components (4.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bosch Ltd.

 

15,137

 

$

4,751

 

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd.

 

3,203,391

 

12,889

 

 

 

 

 

17,640

 

Automobiles (1.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

 

130,569

 

7,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks (19.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Axis Bank Ltd.

 

2,329,129

 

15,621

 

HDFC Bank Ltd.

 

905,499

 

17,156

 

IndusInd Bank Ltd.

 

1,937,576

 

28,311

 

Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. (The)

 

4,199,166

 

3,836

 

State Bank of India

 

3,982,966

 

11,683

 

Yes Bank Ltd.

 

450,000

 

5,878

 

 

 

 

 

82,485

 

Capital Markets (1.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

 

1,362,724

 

5,623

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering (4.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ashoka Buildcon Ltd.

 

2,638,621

 

6,809

 

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

 

745,861

 

13,704

 

 

 

 

 

20,513

 

Construction Materials (6.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Prism Cement Ltd. (a) 

 

3,462,649

 

4,209

 

Ramco Cements Ltd. (The)

 

1,100,579

 

6,646

 

Shree Cement Ltd.

 

86,140

 

16,156

 

 

 

 

 

27,011

 

Consumer Finance (8.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co., Ltd.

 

489,064

 

5,326

 

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

 

1,394,117

 

20,066

 

SKS Microfinance Ltd. (a) 

 

1,106,583

 

9,121

 

 

 

 

 

34,513

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (2.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Redington India Ltd.

 

6,139,235

 

10,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (1.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gujarat State Petronet Ltd.

 

3,726,154

 

7,973

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information Technology Services (14.9%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (a) 

 

304,186

 

19,072

 

HCL Technologies Ltd.

 

1,013,116

 

12,455

 

Infosys Ltd.

 

1,746,083

 

32,123

 

 

 

 

 

63,650

 

Machinery (11.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ashok Leyland Ltd.

 

10,076,789

 

16,525

 

Cummins India Ltd.

 

355,460

 

4,519

 

 



 

Eicher Motors Ltd.

 

98,132

 

28,423

 

 

 

 

 

49,467

 

Media (0.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

 

224,793

 

1,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (4.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.

 

1,198,746

 

16,370

 

Reliance Industries Ltd.

 

237,790

 

3,753

 

 

 

 

 

20,123

 

Personal Products (1.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Marico Ltd.

 

1,621,466

 

5,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (6.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

 

818,931

 

9,832

 

Lupin Ltd.

 

521,230

 

11,643

 

Natco Pharma Ltd.

 

1,000,190

 

6,233

 

 

 

 

 

27,708

 

Tobacco (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

ITC Ltd.

 

1,725,902

 

8,555

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure (5.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gateway Distriparks Ltd.

 

3,493,132

 

14,775

 

Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd. (a) 

 

3,062,788

 

8,163

 

 

 

 

 

22,938

 

Water Utilities (0.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

VA Tech Wabag Ltd.

 

411,872

 

3,224

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $294,236)

 

 

 

416,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (0.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - Institutional Class (b) (Cost $1,933)

 

1,933,260

 

1,933

 

Total Investments (98.0%) (Cost $296,169) (c)

 

 

 

418,607

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities (2.0%)

 

 

 

8,379

 

Net Assets (100.0%)

 

 

 

$

426,986

 

 


(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund invests in the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Money Market Portfolio - (the “Liquidity Funds”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. Advisory fees paid by the Fund are reduced by an amount equal to its pro-rata share of the advisory and administration fees paid by the Fund due to its investment in the Liquidity Funds. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, advisory fees paid were reduced by approximately $1,000 relating to the Fund’s investment in the Liquidity Funds.

(c)

At March 31, 2016, the aggregate cost for Federal income tax purposes approximates the aggregate cost for book purposes. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation is approximately $142,503,000 and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation is approximately $20,065,000 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of approximately $122,438,000.

 



 

Portfolio Composition

 

Classification

 

Percentage of
Total Investments

 

Other*

 

26.5

%

Banks

 

19.7

 

Information Technology Services

 

15.2

 

Machinery

 

11.8

 

Consumer Finance

 

8.2

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

6.6

 

Construction Materials

 

6.5

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

5.5

 

Total Investments

 

100.0

%

 


*      Industries and/or investment types representing less than 5% of total investments.

 



 

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc.

 

Notes to the Portfolio of Investments · March 31, 2016 (unaudited)

 

Security Valuation: (1) An equity portfolio security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its latest reported sales price (or at the exchange official closing price if such exchange reports an official closing price), if there were no sales on a given day, the security is valued at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices; (2) all other equity portfolio securities for which over-the-counter (“OTC”) market quotations are readily available are valued at its latest reported sales price. In cases where a security is traded on more than one exchange, the security is valued on the exchange designated as the primary market; (3) when market quotations are not readily available, including circumstances under which Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (the “Adviser”) or Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company (“MSIM Company”) (the “Sub-Adviser”) determines that the closing price, last sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices are not reflective of a security’s market value, portfolio securities are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Directors”). Occasionally, developments affecting the closing prices of securities and other assets may occur between the times at which valuations of such securities are determined (that is, close of the foreign market on which the securities trade) and the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).  If developments occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, such valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value of such securities as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith by the Directors or by the Adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Directors; (4) quotations of foreign portfolio securities, other assets and liabilities and forward contracts stated in foreign currency are translated into United States dollar equivalents at the prevailing market rates prior to the close of the NYSE; (5) investments in 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 (6) short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase may be valued at amortized cost, unless the Adviser determines such valuation does not reflect the securities’ market value, in which case these securities will be valued at their fair market value determined by the Adviser.

 

The Directors have responsibility for determining in good faith the fair value of the investments, and the Directors may appoint others, such as the Fund’s Adviser or a valuation committee, to assist the Directors in determining fair value and to make the actual calculations pursuant to the fair valuation methodologies previously approved by the Directors. Under procedures approved by the Directors, the Fund’s Adviser has formed a Valuation Committee whose members are approved by the Directors. The Valuation Committee provides administration and oversight of the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, which are reviewed at least annually by the Directors. These procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

The Fund has procedures to determine the fair value of securities and other financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available. Under these procedures, the Valuation Committee convenes on a regular and ad hoc basis to review such securities and considers a number of factors, including valuation methodologies and significant unobservable valuation inputs, when arriving at fair value. The Valuation Committee may employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the investments. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of such investments, the fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had an active market existed. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches including a regular review of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis, and reviews of any related market activity.

 



 

Fair Value Measurement: Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards CodificationTM (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), defines fair value as the value 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. ASC 820 establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in valuing 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 valuing 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.  Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances

 

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 to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2016.

 

Investment Type

 

Level 1
Unadjusted
quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components

 

$

17,640

 

$

 

$

 

$

17,640

 

Automobiles

 

7,327

 

 

 

7,327

 

Banks

 

65,329

 

17,156

 

 

82,485

 

Capital Markets

 

5,623

 

 

 

5,623

 

Construction & Engineering

 

20,513

 

 

 

20,513

 

Construction Materials

 

27,011

 

 

 

27,011

 

Consumer Finance

 

34,513

 

 

 

34,513

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

10,629

 

 

 

10,629

 

Gas Utilities

 

7,973

 

 

 

7,973

 

Information Technology Services

 

63,650

 

 

 

63,650

 

Machinery

 

49,467

 

 

 

49,467

 

Media

 

1,313

 

 

 

1,313

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

20,123

 

 

 

20,123

 

Personal Products

 

5,982

 

 

 

5,982

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

27,708

 

 

 

27,708

 

Tobacco

 

8,555

 

 

 

8,555

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

14,775

 

8,163

 

 

22,938

 

Water Utilities

 

3,224

 

 

 

3,224

 

Total Common Stocks

 

391,355

 

25,319

 

 

416,674

 

Short-Term Investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

1,933

 

 

 

1,933

 

Total Assets

 

$

393,288

 

$

25,319

 

$

 

$

418,607

 

 

Transfers between investment levels may occur as the markets fluctuate and/or the availability of data used in an investment’s valuation changes. The Fund recognizes transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. As of March 31, 2016, securities with a total value of approximately $366,218,000 transferred from Level 2 to Level 1. Securities that were valued using significant other inputs at December 31, 2015 were valued using unadjusted quoted prices at March 31, 2016.

 



 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund 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 Fund’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 Fund’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 India Investment Fund, Inc.

 

/s/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 19, 2016

 

 

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/ John H. Gernon

 

John H. Gernon

 

Principal Executive Officer

 

May 19, 2016

 

 

 

/s/ Francis Smith

 

Francis Smith

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

May 19, 2016