Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Armstrong Steve	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC [ MSM ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below) SVP, GC and Corp. Secy.
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/19/2016
(Street) MELVILLE, NY US 11747 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	10/19/2016		M		752	A	$0   (1)	13164	D
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	10/19/2016		M		19.49	A	$0   (2)	13183	D
Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	10/19/2016		F		285   (3)	D	$71.04	12898	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units (RSU)	(1)	10/19/2016		M			752	(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	752	$0	3011	D
Dividend Equivalent Units (DEU)	(2)	10/19/2016		M			19.49	(2)	(2)	Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value	19.49	$0	78.02	D

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
( 2)	The dividend equivalent units accrued with respect to an outstanding award of RSUs and vest at the same time(s) as the underlying RSUs. Each dividend equivalent unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
( 3)	Disposition of Class A Common Stock to the Issuer solely to cover tax withholding obligations arising from the vesting of RSUs and DEUs.
( 4)	752 of 3,763 RSUs granted on October 19, 2015 vest on each of October 19, 2016 and October 19, 2017 and 753 of these RSUs vest on each of October 19, 2018, October 19, 2019 and October 19, 2020, provided that the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer through each applicable vesting date. The vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon vesting.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Armstrong Steve C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. 75 MAXESS ROAD MELVILLE, NY US 11747			SVP, GC and Corp. Secy.

Signatures
/s/ Steve Armstrong		10/21/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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