13G Filing: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund Inc. (APF)

Item 1.

(a)

Name of Issuer:
Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. (the Issuer)

(b)

Address of Issuers Principal Executive Offices:
522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

Item 2.

(a)

Name of Person Filing:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust (the Trust), Melinda French Gates, and
William H. Gates III (together, the Reporting Persons) (1)

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:
The Trust 500 Fifth Avenue North, Seattle, Washington  98109

Mr. Gates One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington  98052

Mrs. Gates 500 Fifth Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109

(c)

Citizenship:
The Trust is a charitable trust organized under the laws of the State of Washington.

Mr. and Mrs. Gates are citizens of the United States of America.

(d)

Title of Class of Securities:
Common Shares, $0.01 par value per share.

(e)

CUSIP Number:

61744U106

Item 3.

If this statement is filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b), or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

Not Applicable.

Item 4.

Ownership.

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a)

Amount beneficially owned:

See the responses to Item 9 on the attached cover pages.

(b)

Percent of class:

See the responses to Item 11 on the attached cover pages.

(c)

Number of shares as to which the person has: 

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote

See the responses to Item 5 on the attached cover pages.

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote

See the responses to Item 6 on the attached cover pages.

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

See the responses to Item 7 on the attached cover pages.