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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO
FORM
N-8B-2
REGISTRATION STATEMNT OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
Pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER SELECT EQUITY TRUST
(AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS AND SIMILAR SERIES OF TRUSTS)
(Name of Unit Investment Trust)
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Not the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates.
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I. ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
1. (a) Furnish name of the trust and the Internal
Revenue Service Employer Identification Number.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER SELECT EQUITY TRUST
(AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS AND SIMILAR SERIES OF
TRUSTS)
The trust has no Internal Revenue Service
Employer Identification Number.
(b) Furnish title of each series of securities
issued by the trust.
CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP
_ evidencing _
An Undivided Interest
_ in the _
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER SELECT EQUITY TRUST*
III. ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND AFFILIATED PERSONS OF
DEPOSITOR
Organization and Operations of Depositor
29. Furnish as at latest practicable date the following
information with respect to each company which
directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with
power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting
securities of the Depositor.
As of June 1, 1998:
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. is a principal operating
subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., a
publicly-traded corporation. Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter & Co. owns 100% of the outstanding common
stock of Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. No company
directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with
power to vote 5% or more of the Common Stock of
* (AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS AND SIMILAR SERIES OF TRUSTS)
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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. The common stock of
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. and Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc. constitutes all the issued and
outstanding voting stock of both entities.
IX. EXHIBITS - Previously Filed
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Depositor of the registrant has caused
this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be duly signed
on behalf of the registrant in The City of New York and State
of New York on the 22nd day of June, 1998.
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER SELECT
EQUITY TRUST (AND SUBSEQUENT TRUSTS
AND SIMILAR SERIES OF TRUSTS)
(Registrant)
By: DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
(Depositor)
By: /s/Michael D. Browne
Michael D. Browne
First Vice President
