Central Securities Corporation as of Dec. 31, 2011
Portfolio Holdings for Central Securities Corporation
Central Securities Corporation holds 0 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2011 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
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{S} {C} {C} {C} {C} {C} {C} {C} {C} {C}
Agilent Technologies, Inc. Common 00846U 10 1 24,451 700,000 SH SOLE 700,000 0 0
Analog Devices, Inc. Common 032654 10 5 25,762 720,000 SH SOLE 720,000 0 0
The Bank of New York Mellon Common 064058 10 0 18,417 925,000 SH SOLE 925,000 0 0
Corporation
Brady Corporation Class A 104674 10 6 23,362 740,000 SH SOLE 740,000 0 0
Carlisle Companies Inc. Common 142339 10 0 2,215 50,000 SH SOLE 50,000 0 0
CEVA, Inc. Common 157210 10 5 25,670 848,300 SH SOLE 848,300 0 0
Coherent, Inc. Common 192479 10 3 41,868 801,000 SH SOLE 801,000 0 0
Convergys Corporation Common 212485 10 6 21,709 1,700,000 SH SOLE 1,700,000 0 0
Devon Energy Corporation Common 25179M 10 3 12,400 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Flextronics International
Ltd. Common Y2573F 10 2 3,566 630,000 SH SOLE 630,000 0 0
General Electric Company Common 369604 10 3 3,582 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
GeoMet Inc. Common 37250U 20 1 1,860 2,000,000 SH SOLE 2,000,000 0 0
GeoMet Inc. Preferred 37250U 30 0 2,385 237,790 SH SOLE 237,790 0 0
Conv.A
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. Common 42726M 10 6 6,851 413,712 SH SOLE 413,712 0 0
Intel Corporation Common 458140 10 0 36,375 1,500,000 SH SOLE 1,500,000 0 0
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160 10 4 6,558 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common 46625H 10 0 3,325 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
McMoRan Exploration
Corporation Common 582411 10 4 9,126 627,200 SH SOLE 627,200 0 0
Medtronic, Inc. Common 585055 10 6 3,825 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Merck & Co.Inc. Common 58933Y 10 5 3,770 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Mindspeed Technologies Inc. Common 602682 20 5 6,412 1,400,000 SH SOLE 1,400,000 0 0
Motorola Solutions Inc. Common 620076 30 7 9,258 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Murphy Oil Corporation Common 626717 10 2 15,607 280,000 SH SOLE 280,000 0 0
NewStar Financial, Inc. Common 65261F 10 5 367 36,094 SH SOLE 36,094 0 0
Precision Castparts
Corporation Common 740189 10 5 16,479 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
QEP Resources Inc. Common 74733V 10 0 9,376 320,000 SH SOLE 320,000 0 0
RadiSys Corporation Common 750459 10 9 6,021 1,190,000 SH SOLE 1,190,000 0 0
Roper Industries, Inc. Common 776696 10 6 15,637 180,000 SH SOLE 180,000 0 0
Sonus Networks, Inc. Common 835916 10 7 7,200 3,000,000 SH SOLE 3,000,000 0 0
Vical Incorporated Common 925602 10 4 1,005 228,000 SH SOLE 228,000 0 0
Vodafone Group PLC Sponsored 92857W 20 9 7,568 270,000 SH SOLE 270,000 0 0
ADR
Walgreen Co. Common 931422 10 9 7,273 220,000 SH SOLE 220,000 0 0
Xerox Corporation Common 984121 10 3 9,472 1,190,000 SH SOLE 1,190,000 0 0