Joel Greenblatt acquired 90.6 Thousand MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. - Ordinary Shares shares worth $9.02 Million. That's 0.15% of their equity portfolio (140th largest holding). The first MSC Industrial Direct , Inc. - Ordinary Shares trade was made in Q2 2011. Since then Joel Greenblatt bought shares 26 more times and sold shares on seventeen occasions. The stake costed the investor $8.02 Million, netting the investor a gain of 12% so far.