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
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{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