FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Jones Douglas E 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/27/2005 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC [MSM] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC., 75 MAXESS ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Logistics 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) MELVILLE, NY 11747 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value 7,698 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options (right to buy) (1)	  (2)	09/20/2011	Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value	6,000	$ 15.15	D	Â
Options (right to buy) (1)	  (3)	09/21/2011	Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value	12,000	$ 14.5	D	Â
Options (right to buy) (1)	  (4)	10/19/2013	Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value	16,000	$ 23.41	D	Â
Options (right to buy) (1)	  (5)	10/25/2011	Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value	13,500	$ 32.4	D	Â
Options (right to buy) (1)	  (6)	10/20/2012	Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value	13,500	$ 37.45	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Jones Douglas E C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. 75 MAXESS ROAD MELVILLE, NY 11747	Â	Â	  SVP, Logistics	Â

Signatures

/s/ Douglas E. Jones		01/03/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Options to purchase Issuer's Class A Common Stock, $.001 par value
(2)	An option to purchase 10,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.001 per share, was issued to the Reporting person under the Issuer's 1998 Stock Option Plan. One-fifth of such option became exercisable on each of September 20, 2002, September 20, 2003, September 20, 2004 and September 20, 2005. The balance of such option becomes exercisable in one-fifth on September 20, 2006.
(3)	An option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.001 per share, was issued to the Reporting person under the Issuer's 2001 Stock Option Plan. One-fifth of such option became exercisable on each of September 21, 2002, September 21, 2003, September 21, 2004 and September 21, 2005. The balance of such option becomes exercisable in one-fifth on September 21, 2006.
(4)	An option to purchase 16,000 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.001 per share, was issued to the Reporting person under the Issuer's 2001 Stock Option Plan. One-fifth of such option became exercisable on each of October 20, 2004 and October 20, 2005. The balance of such option becomes exercisable in one-fifth on each of October 20, 2006, October 20, 2007 and October 20, 2008.
(5)	An option to purchase 13,500 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.001 per share, was issued to the Reporting person under the Issuer's 2001 Stock Option Plan. One-fourth of such option became exercisable on October 26, 2005. The balance of such option becomes exercisable in one-fourth on each of each of October 26, 2006, October 26, 2007 and October 26, 2008.
(6)	An option to purchase 13,500 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $.001 per share, was issued to the Reporting person under the Issuer's 2001 Stock Option Plan. The option becomes exercisable in one-fourth on each of October 21, 2006, October 21, 2007, October 21, 2008 and October 21, 2009.

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