Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
Notification of Redemption of Securities Pursuant to Rule 23c-2
Under the Investment Company Act of 1940
Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
Securities Act File No. 33-45476
Investment Company Act File No. 811-6434
The
undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) that it intends to redeem
securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant
to permission granted by the Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the
date for the redemption.
(1) Title of the class of Securities to be
redeemed:
Auction
Rate Preferred Shares, par value of $0.01 per share, liquidation preference of
$50,000 per share (ARPS), Series TU and Series TH.
(2) Date on which the securities may be
called or redeemed:
The
ARPS will be redeemed for each series on the following dates:
Series TU
on October 21, 2009
Series TH
on October 23, 2009
(3) Applicable provisions of the governing
instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be redeemed:
ARPS
are to be redeemed in accordance with Section 4 of the Certificate of
Designation, Establishing Powers, Qualifications, Rights and Preferences of the
Preferred Shares.
(4) The principal amount or number of shares
and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be selected:
Morgan
Stanley Insured Municipal Trust intends to redeem the following:
177
outstanding shares of Series TU
400
outstanding shares of Series TH
Such
redemption of each series of shares of outstanding ARPS shall be effected by
lot.
Please
note that this notice serves only to disclose a proposed redemption of each of
the ARPS series.
Signature:
Pursuant
to the requirements of Rule 23c-2, Morgan Stanley Insured Municipal Trust
has duly caused this Notification of Redemption of Securities pursuant to Rule 23c-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereto duly authorized in the State of New York on this 2nd day of
October, 2009.
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Morgan
Stanley Insured Municipal Trust
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By:
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/s/Lou
Anne D. McInnis
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Name:
Lou Anne D. McInnis
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Title: Assistant Secretary
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