Central Securities Corporation

Central Securities Corporation as of Sept. 30, 2012

Portfolio Holdings for Central Securities Corporation

Central Securities Corporation holds 0 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 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   22,686    590,000   SH             SOLE                  590,000   0       0
Analog Devices, Inc.         Common     032654 10 5   23,505    600,000   SH             SOLE                  600,000   0       0
The Bank of New York Mellon  Common     064058 10 0   20,923    925,000   SH             SOLE                  925,000   0       0
  Corporation
Brady Corporation            Class A    104674 10 6   21,667    740,000   SH             SOLE                  740,000   0       0
CEVA, Inc.                   Common     157210 10 5   12,942    900,000   SH             SOLE                  900,000   0       0
Coherent, Inc.               Common     192479 10 3   36,734    801,000   SH             SOLE                  801,000   0       0
Convergys Corporation        Common     212485 10 6   21,445  1,368,543   SH             SOLE                1,368,543   0       0
Devon Energy Corporation     Common     25179M 10 3   12,100    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
Flextronics International
  Ltd.                       Common     Y2573F 10 2    3,000    500,000   SH             SOLE                  500,000   0       0
General Electric Company     Common     369604 10 3    4,542    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
GeoMet Inc.                  Common     37250U 20 1      340  2,000,000   SH             SOLE                2,000,000   0       0
GeoMet Inc.                  Preferred  37250U 30 0    1,174    260,785   SH             SOLE                  260,785   0       0
                              Conv.A
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc.  Common     42726M 10 6    9,701    488,712   SH             SOLE                  488,712   0       0
Intel Corporation            Common     458140 10 0   33,756  1,490,000   SH             SOLE                1,490,000   0       0
Johnson & Johnson            Common     478160 10 4    6,891    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.        Common     46625H 10 0    4,048    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
McMoRan Exploration
  Corporation                Common     582411 10 4    7,370    627,200   SH             SOLE                  627,200   0       0
Medtronic, Inc.              Common     585055 10 6    4,312    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Merck & Co.Inc.              Common     58933Y 10 5    4,509    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. Common     602682 20 5    5,190  1,500,000   SH             SOLE                1,500,000   0       0
Motorola Solutions, Inc.     Common     620076 30 7   10,110    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
Murphy Oil Corporation       Common     626717 10 2   15,033    280,000   SH             SOLE                  280,000   0       0
Precision Castparts
  Corporation                Common     740189 10 5   16,334    100,000   SH             SOLE                  100,000   0       0
Primus Telecommunications
  Group                      Common     741929 30 1    2,221    145,425   SH             SOLE                  145,425   0       0
QEP Resources Inc.           Common     74733V 10 0   10,131    320,000   SH             SOLE                  320,000   0       0
RadiSys Corporation          Common     750459 10 9    4,284  1,190,000   SH             SOLE                1,190,000   0       0
Roper Industries, Inc.       Common     776696 10 6   15,934    145,000   SH             SOLE                  145,000   0       0
Sonus Networks, Inc.         Common     835916 10 7    5,655  3,000,000   SH             SOLE                3,000,000   0       0
Tesco PLC ADR                Sponsored  881575 30 2    6,472    400,000   SH             SOLE                  400,000   0       0
                               ADR
Vical Incorporated           Common     925602 10 4      987    228,000   SH             SOLE                  228,000   0       0
Vodafone Group PLC           Sponsored  92857W 20 9    5,700    200,000   SH             SOLE                  200,000   0       0
                               ADR
Walgreen Co.                 Common     931422 10 9    8,017    220,000   SH             SOLE                  220,000   0       0
Xerox Corporation            Common     984121 10 3    7,267    990,000   SH             SOLE                  990,000   0       0