Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-SAR
Semi-Annual Report
For Registered Investment Companies
Report for fiscal year ending: 12/31/99
Is this a transition report? (Y/N) No
Is this an amendment to a previous filing? (Y/N) No
1. A. Registrant Name: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Select
Equity Trust
B. File Number: 811-5065
C. Telephone Number: (212) 392-1724
2. A. Two World Trade Center
New York, NY 10048
3. Is this the first filing on this form? (Y/N)
No
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4. Is this the last filing on this form by Registrant? (Y/N)
No
5. Is Registrant a small business investment company (SBIC)? (Y/N)
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 89 through 110.]
No
6. Is Registrant a unit investment trust (UIT)? (Y/N)
[If answer is "Y" (Yes) complete only items 1ll through 132.]
Yes
For period ending: 12/31/99
File Number: 811-5065
118. State the number of series existing at the end of the period that had
securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933.
46
119. State the number of new series for which registration statements under
the Securities Act of 1933 became effective during the period.
35
120. State the total value of the portfolio securities on the date of
deposit for the new series included in item 119 ($000's omitted).
$ 8,619
121. State the number of series for which a current prospectus was in
existence at the end of the period.
41
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122. State the number of existing series for which additional units were
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 during the current period.
39
For period ending: 12/31/99
File number: 811-5065
123. State the total value of the additional units considered in answering
item 122 ($000's).
$ 5,692,461
124. State the total value of units of prior series that were placed in the
portfolios of subsequent series during the current period (the value of
these units is to be measured on the date they were placed in the
subsequent series) ($000's omitted).
$ 0
125. State the total dollar amount of sales loads collected (before
reallowances to other brokers or dealers) by Registrant's principal
underwriter and any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the
principal underwriter during the current period solely from the sale of
units of all series of Registrant (000's omitted).
$ 128,245
126. Of the amount shown in item 125, state the total dollar amount of sales
loads collected from secondary market operations in Registrant's units
(include the sales loads, if any, collected on units of a prior series
placed in the portfolio of a subsequent series) ($000's omitted).
$ 43
127. List opposite the appropriate description below the number of series
whose portfolios are invested primarily (based upon a percentage of
NAV) in each type of security shown, the aggregate total assets at
market value as of a date at or near the end of the current period of
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each such group of series and the total income distributions made by
each such group of series during the current period (excluding
distributions of realized gains, if any):
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Number Total Total Income
of Series Assets Distributions
Investing ($000's ($000's
omitted) omitted)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
A. U.S. Treasury
direct issue
B. U.S. Government
agency
C. State and
municipal
tax-free
D. Public utility
debt
E. Brokers or
dealers debt or
debt of brokers'
or dealers' parent
F. All other
corporate intermed.
& long-term debt
G. All other
corporate
short-term debt
H. Equity securities
of brokers or
dealers or parents
of brokers or dealers
I. Investment company
equity securities
J. All other equity 46 $5,700,426 $98,289
securities
K. Other securities
-Treas & MF
L. Total assets of 46 $5,700,426 $98,289
all series of
registrant
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For period ending: 12/31/99
File number: 811-5065
128. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the portfolio
securities held by any of Registrant's series at the end of the current
period insured or guaranteed by an entity other than the issuer? (Y/N)
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
No
129. Is the issuer of any instrument covered in item 128 delinquent or in
default as to payment of principal or interest at the end of the
current period? (Y/N)
[If answer is "N" (No), go to item 131.]
130. In computations of NAV or offering price per unit, is any part of the
value attributed to instruments identified in item 129 derived from
insurance or guarantees? (Y/N)
131. Total expenses incurred by all series of Registrant during the current
reporting period ($000's omitted).
$ 8,318
132. List the "811" (Investment Company Act of 1940) registration number for
all Series of Registrant that are being included in this filing:
None
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SIGNATURES
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant in the City of New York in the
State of New York on the 28th day of February, 2000.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
By: /s/Michael D. Browne
Name: Michael D. Browne
Title: First Vice President
Witness: Thomas Hines
Name: Thomas Hines
Title: First Vice President
