SC 13G/A 1 gvt13ga11.txt SCHEDULE 13G AMENDMENT NO. 9 FOR GVT SC 13G/A 1 kenneth.miller@yale.edu NYSE 0000825353 MORGAN STANLEY GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST 00-0000000 KENNETH R. MILLER (203) 432-5761 0000938582 eqed9jp@ SC 13G/A SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Amendment No. 9 MORGAN STANLEY GOVERNMENT INCOME TRUST (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (Title of Class of Securities) 61745P 10 6 (CUSIP Number) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule purusant to which this Schedule is filed: [X] Rule 13d-1(b)(2) 1) Name and I.R.S. Identification No. of Reporting Person: Yale University I.R.S. Number 06-0646973-N 2) Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group: (a) (Not Applicable) (b) (Not Applicable) 3) SEC Use Only 4) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Yale University is a Connecticut corporation. Number of Shares (5) Sole Voting Power - 8,888,100 Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting (6) Shared Voting Power (Not Applicable) Person With: (7) Sole Dispositive Power - 8,888,100 (8) Shared Dispositive Power (Not Applicable) 9) Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 8,888,100 10) Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares: (Not Applicable) 11) Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9): 27.3% 12) Type of Reporting Person: EP Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: Morgan Stanley Government Income Trust (the "Company") (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Office: Morgan Stanley Government Income Trust c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. Harborside Financial Center - Plaza Two Jersey City, NJ 07311-3977 Att'n: Charles A. Fiumefreddo, Fund Manager Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing: Yale University (b) Address of Principal Office: Yale University Investments Office 55 Whitney Avenue, 5th Floor New Haven, CT 06510-1300 Att'n: Michael E. Finnerty, Associate Directdor (c) Citizenship: Yale University is a Connecticut corporation. (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number: 61745P-10-6 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: . . . . (f) [X] . . . Endowment Fund; see section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F). . . . . Item 4. Ownership: (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 8,888,100 (b) Percent of Class: 27.3% (c) Number of Shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 8,888,100 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: (Not Applicable) (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 8,888,100 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: (Not Applicable) Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: (Not Applicable) Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: (Not Applicable) Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company: (Not Applicable) Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of Group: (Not Applicable) Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: (Not Applicable) Item 10. Certification: By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 14, 2006 /s/ David F. Swensen Name: David F. Swensen Title: Chief Investment Officer