Central Securities Corporation

Central Securities Corporation as of March 31, 2012

Portfolio Holdings for Central Securities Corporation

Central Securities Corporation holds 0 positions in its portfolio as reported in the March 2012 quarterly 13F filing

                Voting Authority
                             Title                     Value    Shares/   Shares/  Put/  Investment   Other     --------------------
   Name of Issuer           of Class        CUSIP    (x$1000)  Principal Principal Call  Descretion  Manager    Sole   Shared   None
      Column 1              Column 2       Column 3  Column 4  Column 5   Column 5        Column 6   Column 7          Column
                                                                                                                         8
{S}                           {C}          {C}          {C}        {C}    {C}             {C}                   {C}     {C}     {C}
Agilent Technologies, Inc.   Common     00846U 10 1   30,712    690,000   SH             SOLE                  690,000   0       0
Analog Devices, Inc.         Common     032654 10 5   28,684    710,000   SH             SOLE                  710,000   0       0
The Bank of New York Mellon  Common     064058 10 0   22,320    925,000   SH             SOLE                  925,000   0       0
Corporation
Brady Corporation            Class A    104674 10 6   23,939    740,000   SH             SOLE                  740,000   0       0
CEVA, Inc.                   Common     157210 10 5   19,265    848,300   SH             SOLE                  848,300   0       0
Coherent, Inc.               Common     192479 10 3   46,722    801,000   SH             SOLE                  801,000   0       0
Convergys Corporation        Common     212485 10 6   22,695  1,700,000   SH             SOLE                1,700,000   0       0
Devon Energy Corporation     Common     25179M 10 3   14,224    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
Flextronics International
  Ltd.                       Common     Y2573F 10 2    4,549    630,000   SH             SOLE                  630,000   0       0
General Electric Company     Common     369604 10 3    4,014    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
GeoMet Inc.                  Common     37250U 20 1    1,360  2,000,000   SH             SOLE                2,000,000   0       0
GeoMet Inc.                  Preferred  37250U 30 0    1,986    245,220   SH             SOLE                  245,220   0       0
                              Conv.A
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.  Common     42726M 10 6    8,254    413,712   SH             SOLE                  413,712   0       0
Intel Corporation            Common     458140 10 0   41,891  1,490,000   SH             SOLE                1,490,000   0       0
Johnson & Johnson            Common     478160 10 4    6,596    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.        Common     46625H 10 0    4,598    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
McMoRan Exploration
  Corporation                Common     582411 10 4    6,711    627,200   SH             SOLE                  627,200   0       0
Medtronic, Inc.              Common     585055 10 6    3,919    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Merck & Co.Inc.              Common     58933Y 10 5    3,840    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Common     602682 20 5    8,918  1,400,000   SH             SOLE                1,400,000   0       0
Motorola Solutions, Inc.     Common     620076 30 7   10,166    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
Murphy Oil Corporation       Common     626717 10 2   15,756    280,000   SH             SOLE                  280,000   0       0
Precision Castparts
  Corporation                Common     740189 10 5   17,290    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Primus Telecommunications
  Group                      Common     741929 30 1    2,338    145,425   SH             SOLE                  145,425   0       0
QEP Resources Inc.           Common     74733V 10 0    9,760    320,000   SH             SOLE                  320,000   0       0
RadiSys Corporation          Common     750459 10 9    8,806  1,190,000   SH             SOLE                1,190,000   0       0
Roper Industries, Inc.       Common     776696 10 6   14,874    150,000   SH             SOLE                  150,000   0       0
Sonus Networks, Inc.         Common     835916 10 7    8,700  3,000,000   SH             SOLE                3,000,000   0       0
Tesco PLC ADR                Sponsored  881575 30 2    6,396    400,000   SH             SOLE                  400,000   0       0
                               ADR
Vical Incorporated           Common     925602 10 4      775    228,000   SH             SOLE                  228,000   0       0
Vodafone Group PLC           Sponsored  92857W 20 9    5,534    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
                               ADR
Walgreen Co.                 Common     931422 10 9    7,368    220,000   SH             SOLE                  220,000   0       0
Xerox Corporation            Common     984121 10 3    9,609  1,190,000   SH             SOLE                1,190,000   0       0