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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950142-23-000307
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230209
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230209

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERSHWIND MARJORIE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001197828

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14130
		FILM NUMBER:		23606459

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
		STREET 2:		515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001003078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [5084]
		IRS NUMBER:				113289165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0902

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516-812-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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    <periodOfReport>2023-01-31</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0001003078</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MSM</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>GERSHWIND MARJORIE</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>515 BROADHOLLOW ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MELVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11747</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class A Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>328566</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                    <value>See Footnote</value>
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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                    <value>D</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Such shares, or trust interests in such shares, are owned by trusts over whose portfolio securities the Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting and dispositive power. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by such trusts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Class B Common Stock is convertible immediately on a one-for-one basis into shares of Class A Common Stock and does not expire.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Erik Gershwind, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-02-09</signatureDate>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 10pt; text-align: right"><B>EXHIBIT 24</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B><U>Power of Attorney</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Know all by these presents,
that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Erik Gershwind, an officer of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
signing singly, the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(1) execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as an officer, director or holder of 10% or more of the registered class of securities
of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;);</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(2) do and perform any and
all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(3) take any other action
of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s discretion.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">The undersigned hereby grants
to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&rsquo;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of February 2023.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; text-indent: 0in">By:</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">[<I>Signature Page to Power of Attorney (Forms 3, 4
&amp; 5)</I>]</P>

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