UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2010
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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 November 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: 40
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 378,832
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 6,269 120,000 SH SOLE 120,000 0 0
Agilent Technologies, Inc. Common 00846U 10 1 30,700 920,000 SH SOLE 920,000 0 0
Analog Devices, Inc. Common 032654 10 5 21,492 684,900 SH SOLE 684,900 0 0
Arbinet Corporation Common 03875P 10 0 1,832 250,000 SH SOLE 250,000 0 0
AT&T Inc. Common 00206R 10 2 5,720 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation Common 064058 10 0 17,638 675,000 SH SOLE 675,000 0 0
Brady Corporation Class A 104674 10 6 21,877 750,000 SH SOLE 750,000 0 0
Carlisle Companies Inc. Common 142339 10 0 8,985 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0
Cenovus Energy Inc. Common 15135U 10 9 2,877 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
CEVA, Inc. Common 157210 10 5 12,824 803,100 SH SOLE 803,100 0 0
Coherent, Inc. Common 192479 10 3 32,712 817,600 SH SOLE 817,600 0 0
Convergys Corporation Common 212485 10 6 17,765 1,700,000 SH SOLE 1,700,000 0 0
Devon Energy Corporation Common 25179M 10 3 12,948 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Dover Corporation Common 260003 10 8 10,442 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
EnCana Corporation Common 292505 10 4 3,023 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Flextronics International
Ltd. Common Y2573F 10 2 3,805 630,000 SH SOLE 630,000 0 0
General Electric Company Common 369604 10 3 3,250 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
GeoMet Inc. Common 37250U 20 1 1,680 2,000,000 SH SOLE 2,000,000 0 0
GeoMet Inc. Preferred
Series A 372467 20 9 1,908 202,722 SH SOLE 202,722 0 0
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. Common 42726M 10 6 3,980 400,000 SH SOLE 400,000 0 0
Home Federal Bancorp, Inc. Common 43710G 10 5 2,860 235,000 SH SOLE 235,000 0 0
Intel Corporation Common 458140 10 0 18,528 965,000 SH SOLE 965,000 0 0
Johnson & Johnson Common 478160 10 4 6,196 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
JP Morgan Chase & Co. Common 46625H 10 0 3,806 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Maxim Integrated Products Common 57772K 10 1 5,553 300,000 SH SOLE 300,000 0 0
McMoRan Exploration
Corporation Common 582411 10 4 11,359 660,000 SH SOLE 660,000 0 0
Medtronic, Inc. Common 585055 10 6 3,358 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
Motorola, Inc. Common 620076 10 9 2,985 350,000 SH SOLE 350,000 0 0
Murphy Oil Corporation Common 626717 10 2 17,338 280,000 SH SOLE 280,000 0 0
NewStar Financial, Inc. Common 65261F 10 5 2,298 310,100 SH SOLE 310,100 0 0
Nexen Inc. Common 65334H 10 2 4,020 200,000 SH SOLE 200,000 0 0
Precision Castparts
Corporation Common 740189 10 5 12,735 100,000 SH SOLE 100,000 0 0
QEP Resources Inc. Common 74733V 10 0 3,617 120,000 SH SOLE 120,000 0 0
RadiSys Corporation Common 750459 10 9 11,210 1,190,000 SH SOLE 1,190,000 0 0
Roper Industries, Inc. Common 776696 10 6 14,340 220,000 SH SOLE 220,000 0 0
Sonus Networks, Inc. Common 835916 10 7 11,402 3,230,000 SH SOLE 3,230,000 0 0
Vical Incorporated Common 925602 10 4 602 270,000 SH SOLE 270,000 0 0
Vodafone Group PLC Sponsored ADR 92857W 20 9 6,947 280,000 SH SOLE 280,000 0 0
Walgreen Co. Common 931422 10 9 7,705 230,000 SH SOLE 230,000 0 0
Xerox Corporation Common 984121 10 3 10,246 990,000 SH SOLE 990,000 0 0