UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2009
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Central Securities Corporation
Address: 630 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10111
13F File Number: 28-6578
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom
it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized
to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Marlene A. Krumholz
Title: Secretary
Phone: 212-698-2020
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Marlene A. Krumholz New York, New York February 12, 2010
Report Type (Check only one.):
[X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
None
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 38
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 330,369
List of Other Included Managers:
None
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
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Abbott Laboratories Common 002824 10 0 6,479 120,000 SH SOLE 120,000 0 0
Agilent Technologies, Inc. Common 00846U 10 1 28,585 920,000 SH SOLE 920,000 0 0
Analog Devices, Inc. Common 032654 10 5 11,685 370,000 SH SOLE 370,000 0 0
Arbinet Corporation Common 03875P 10 0 2,490 1,000,000 SH SOLE 1,000,000 0 0
AT&T Inc. Common 00206R 10 2 5,606 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation Common 064058 10 0 18,880 675,000 SH SOLE 675,000 0 0
Brady Corporation Class A 104674 10 6 22,508 750,000 SH SOLE 750,000 0 0
Carlisle Companies Inc. Common 142339 10 0 6,852 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Cenovus Energy Inc. Common 15135U 10 9 2,520 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
CEVA, Inc. Common 157210 10 5 5,441 423,100 SH SOLE 423,100 0 0
Coherent, Inc. Common 192479 10 3 24,706 831,000 SH SOLE 831,000 0 0
Convergys Corporation Common 212485 10 6 18,275 1,700,000 SH SOLE 1,700,000 0 0
Devon Energy Corporation Common 25179M 10 3 14,700 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Dover Corporation Common 260003 10 8 16,644 400,000 SH SOLE 400,000 0 0
EnCana Corporation Common 292505 10 4 3,239 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Erie Indemnity Company Class A 29530P 10 2 390 10,000 SH SOLE 10,000 0 0
Flextronics International
Ltd. Common Y2573F 10 2 4,605 630,000 SH SOLE 630,000 0 0
General Electric Company Common 369604 10 3 3,026 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
GeoMet Inc. Common 37250U 20 1 2,920 2,000,000 SH SOLE 2,000,000 0 0
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. Common 42726M 10 6 1,046 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. Common 43710G 10 5 3,004 225,700 SH SOLE 225,700 0 0
Intel Corporation Common 458140 10 0 16,524 810,000 SH SOLE 810,000 0 0
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160 10 4 6,441 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Maxim Integrated Products Common 57772K 10 1 6,096 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0
McMoRan Exploration
Corporation Common 582411 10 4 5,373 670,000 SH SOLE 670,000 0 0
Medtronic, Inc. Common 585055 10 6 4,398 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Motorola, Inc. Common 620076 10 9 2,716 350,000 SH SOLE 350,000 0 0
Murphy Oil Corporation Common 626717 10 2 16,260 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0
NewStar Financial, Inc. Common 65261F 10 5 588 150,000 SH SOLE 150,000 0 0
Nexen Inc. Common 65334H 10 2 4,786 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Precision Castparts
Corporation Common 740189 10 5 11,035 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
RadiSys Corporation Common 750459 10 9 9,550 1,000,000 SH SOLE 1,000,000 0 0
Roper Industries, Inc. Common 776696 10 6 12,045 230,000 SH SOLE 230,000 0 0
Sonus Networks, Inc. Common 835916 10 7 6,815 3,230,000 SH SOLE 3,230,000 0 0
Vical Incorporated Common 925602 10 4 855 260,000 SH SOLE 260,000 0 0
Vodafone Group PLC Sponsored ADR 92857W 20 9 6,465 280,000 SH SOLE 280,000 0 0
Walgreen Co. Common 931422 10 9 8,446 230,000 SH SOLE 230,000 0 0
Xerox Corporation Common 984121 10 3 8,375 990,000 SH SOLE 990,000 0 0