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

811-21926

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY CHINA A SHARE FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

522 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY

 

10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

RANDY TAKIAN

522 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NY, 10036

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-800-231-2608

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

12/31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

9/30/09

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’s schedule of investment as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 Regulation S-X is as follows:

 



 

Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

Third Quarter Report

September 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

COMMON STOCKS (90.7%)

 

 

 

 

 

(Unless Otherwise Noted)

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Huayu Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Class A (a)

 

8,461,972

 

$

10,202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets (5.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Citic Securities Co., Ltd./China, Class A

 

7,609,425

 

 27,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks (18.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of Beijing Co., Ltd., Class A

 

8,473,018

 

 21,387

 

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

 

13,911,000

 

 7,324

 

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Class A

 

14,430,615

 

17,609

 

Bank Of Nanjing Co., Ltd., Class A

 

3,143,100

 

 8,122

 

China Citic Bank, Class A

 

7,297,918

 

 6,008

 

China Construction Bank Corp., Class A

 

11,559,619

 

 9,449

 

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., Class A

 

5,579,895

 

 12,081

 

Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., Class A

 

1,293,709

 

 6,404

 

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Class A

 

1,753,997

 

 5,049

 

 

 

 

 

93,433

 

Construction Materials (6.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd., Class A

 

2,830,329

 

 17,841

 

China National Building Material Co., Ltd., Class H

 

2,460,000

 

 5,790

 

China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd., Class H (a)

 

1,490,000

 

 757

 

Gansu Qilianshan Cement Group Co., Ltd., Class A

 

3,415,900

 

 6,055

 

 

 

 

 

30,443

 

Electrical Equipment (2.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Shanghai Zhixin Electric Co., Ltd., Class A

 

2,262,805

 

 6,139

 

TBEA Co., Ltd., Class A

 

2,335,450

 

 7,263

 

 

 

 

 

13,402

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Sinopharm Group Co., Class H (a)

 

360,800

 

 914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Class H (a)

 

3,743,200

 

 4,918

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Durables (3.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc., Class A

 

5,148,344

 

 16,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (1.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

Huadian Power International Co., Class H (a)

 

24,590,000

 

 7,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance (7.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

 

806,000

 

 6,396

 

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class A

 

3,931,800

 

 29,202

 

 

 

 

 

35,598

 

Machinery (11.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Changsha Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd., Class A

 

4,532,064

 

 15,868

 

China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp., Class H

 

15,410,000

 

 8,968

 

Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Class A

 

2,477,471

 

12,042

 

Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co., Ltd., Class A

 

8,907,974

 

 19,104

 

 

 

 

 

55,982

 

Metals & Mining (6.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Angang Steel Co., Ltd., Class A

 

6,368,801

 

 10,580

 

Fushan International Energy Group Ltd., Class H (a)

 

9,216,000

 

 6,184

 

Lingyuan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Class A

 

7,960,997

 

 9,411

 

Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Class A

 

5,944,275

 

 6,035

 

 

 

 

 

32,210

 

Multiline Retail (2.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

Beijing Wangfujing Department Store Group Co., Ltd., Class A

 

2,112,620

 

 9,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (11.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

Pingdingshan Tianan Coal Mining Co., Ltd., Class A

 

3,922,142

 

 15,031

 

Shanxi Xishan Coal & Electricity Power Co., Ltd., Class A

 

7,270,667

 

 33,348

 

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd., Class H

 

5,272,000

 

 7,605

 

 

 

 

 

55,984

 

Real Estate Management & Development (10.6%)

 

 

 

 

 

China Merchants Property Development Co., Ltd., Class A

 

4,767,346

 

 17,459

 

Gemdale Corp., Class A

 

7,985,521

 

 15,055

 

Poly Real Estate Group Co., Ltd., Class A

 

4,469,537

 

 15,806

 

Shenzhen Investment Ltd., Class H

 

12,970,000

 

 5,021

 

 

 

 

 

53,341

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

China Dongxiang Group Co., Class H

 

13,705,000

 

 9,143

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $377,594)

 

 

 

457,707

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY (3.1%)

 

 

 

 

 

iShares FTSE/Xinhua A50 CHINA Index ETF
(Cost $17,205)

 

8,974,300

 

 15,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARTICIPATION NOTES (4.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks (4.4%)

 

 

 

 

 

UBS AG, China Construction Bank Corp., Class A, Equity Linked Notes, Zero Coupon, 9/20/10 (a)

 

2,926,300

 

 2,392

 

UBS AG, China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., Class A, Equity Linked Notes, Zero Coupon, 11/21/09 (a)

 

3,216,850

 

 6,963

 

UBS AG, Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., Class A, Equity Linked Notes, Zero Coupon, 5/20/11 (a)

 

1,204,700

 

 5,963

 

 



 

Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

Third Quarter Report

September 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value
(000)

 

Commercial Banks (cont’d)

 

 

 

 

 

UBS AG, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Class A, Equity Linked Notes, Zero Coupon, 2/26/10 (a)

 

2,357,100

 

$

6,785

 

TOTAL PARTICIPATION NOTES
(Cost $25,563)

 

 

 

22,103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company (1.2%)

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Money Market Portfolio — Institutional Class (b) (Cost $6,224)

 

6,223,985

 

 6,224

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.4%) (Cost $426,586) +

 

 

 

501,597

 

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (0.6%)

 

 

 

3,013

 

NET ASSETS (100%)

 

 

 

$

504,610

 

 


(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund invests in the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds — Money Market Portfolio — Institutional Class (the “Liquidity Fund”), an open-end management investment company managed by the Adviser. Investment 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 Liquidity Fund. For the period ended September 30, 2009, advisory fees paid were reduced by approximately $10,000 relating to the Fund’s investments in the Liquidity Fund. For the same period, income distributions earned by the Fund are recorded as dividends from affiliates and totaled approximately $29,000. For the period ended September 30, 2009, the approximate cost of purchases and sales in the Liquidity Fund were $113,571,000 and $144,916,000, respectively.

+

At September 30, 2009, the U.S. Federal income tax cost basis of investments was approximately $426,586,000 and, accordingly, net unrealized appreciation for U.S. Federal income tax purposes was $75,011,000 of which $94,064,000 related to appreciated securities and $19,053,000 related to depreciated securities.

 

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts Information:

The Fund had the following foreign currency exchange contract(s) open at period end:

 

Currency
to
Deliver
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Settlement
Date

 

In
Exchange
For
(000)

 

Value
(000)

 

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
(000)

 

USD

757

 

$

757

 

10/6/09

 

HKD

5,870

 

$

757

 

$

@

 


HKD

Hong Kong Dollar

USD

United States Dollar

 

 

 

@

 

Value is less than $500.

 

Fair Value Measurement Information:

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets as of September 30, 2009. (See Notes to Portfolio of Investments for further information regarding fair value measurement.)

 

Investment
Type

 

Level 1
Quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components

 

$

10,202

 

$

 

$

 

$

10,202

 

Capital Markets

 

 27,879

 

 —

 

 —

 

 27,879

 

Commercial Banks

 

 93,433

 

 —

 

 —

 

 93,433

 

Construction Materials

 

 30,443

 

 —

 

 —

 

 30,443

 

Electrical Equipment

 

 13,402

 

 —

 

 —

 

 13,402

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

 914

 

 —

 

 —

 

 914

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 4,918

 

 —

 

 —

 

 4,918

 

Household Durables

 

 16,441

 

 —

 

 —

 

 16,441

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 7,932

 

 —

 

 —

 

 7,932

 

Insurance

 

 35,598

 

 —

 

 —

 

 35,598

 

Machinery

 

 55,982

 

 —

 

 —

 

 55,982

 

Metals & Mining

 

 32,210

 

 —

 

 —

 

 32,210

 

Multiline Retail

 

 9,885

 

 —

 

 —

 

 9,885

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 55,984

 

 —

 

 —

 

 55,984

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

 53,341

 

 —

 

 —

 

 53,341

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 9,143

 

 —

 

 —

 

 9,143

 

Total Common Stocks

 

 457,707

 

 —

 

 —

 

 457,707

 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

 

 —

 

 —

@

 —

 

 —

@

Investment Company

 

 15,563

 

 —

 

 —

 

 15,563

 

 



 

Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

Third Quarter Report

September 30, 2009 (unaudited)

 

Fair Value Measurement Information: (cont’d)

 

Investment
Type

 

Level 1
Quoted
prices
(000)

 

Level 2
Other
significant
observable
inputs
(000)

 

Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
(000)

 

Total
(000)

 

Assets: (cont’d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participation Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks

 

$

22,103

 

$

 

$

 

$

22,103

 

Total Participation Notes

 

 22,103

 

 —

 

 —

 

 22,103

 

Short-Term Investment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Company

 

 6,224

 

 —

 

 —

 

 6,224

 

Total Assets

 

501,597

 

@

 

501,597

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

501,597

 

$

@

$

 

$

501,597

 

 



 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

 

In accordance with FASB ASC 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure” (“ASC 820”) (formerly known as 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. 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 the Fund’s investments. The inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

· Level 1 –

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.

 

Security Valuation: Securities listed on a foreign exchange are valued at their closing price except as noted below. Unlisted securities and listed securities not traded on the valuation date for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the mean between the current bid and asked prices obtained from reputable brokers. Equity securities listed on a U.S. exchange are valued at the latest quoted sales price on the valuation date. Equity securities listed or traded on NASDAQ, for which market quotations are available, are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Debt securities purchased with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless the Board of Directors (the “Directors”) determines such valuation does not reflect the securities’ market value, in which case these securities will be valued at their fair value as determined by the Directors.

 

All other securities and investments for which market values are not readily available, including restricted securities, and those securities for which it is inappropriate to determine prices in accordance with the aforementioned procedures, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under procedures adopted by the Directors, although the actual calculations may be done by others. 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.

 

Most foreign markets close before the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Occasionally, developments that could affect 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 on the NYSE. If these developments are expected to materially affect the value of the securities, the valuations may be adjusted to reflect the estimated fair value as of the close of the NYSE, as determined in good faith under procedures established by the Directors.

 



 

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.

 



 

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.

 

(Registrant)

Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ Randy Takian

 

Name:

Randy Takian

 

Title:

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 19, 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.

 

By:

/s/ Randy Takian

 

Name:

Randy Takian

 

Title:

Principal Executive Officer

 

Date:

November 19, 2009

 

 

By:

/s/ James Garrett

 

Name:

James Garrett

 

Title:

Principal Financial Officer

 

Date:

November 19, 2009