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Central Securities Corporation as of 07/23/2010

AMEX / CET

Asset Class: Core Funds

1 YR Lipper Avg: --

Growth of $10K
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Avg Annual Total Return %
	10 YR	5 YR	1 YR	YTD
Market Return	1.83%	2.56%	22.43%	5.89%
Lipper Pct. Rank	48	16	44	20

NAV Return	1.58%	2.76%	--	5.71%
Lipper Pct. Rank	50	15	--	16

Premium/Discount History
Graph reflects most recent month-end data.
Premium/Discount
10 YR Avg	5 YR Avg	YTD Avg
-13.949%	-15.152%	-19.410%

NAV	$23.39	Market Price	$18.84
Net Change	--	Market Change	$0.13
Premium/Discount			-19.45%
1 YR NAV Return			--
1 YR NAV Rank			--
12-Mo Yield as of 6/30/2010			Yield Def
Income Only Yield			1.49%
Distribution Yield (Market)			4.08%

Most Recent Income Dividend	$0.200
Ex-Div Date	6/23/2010
Most Recent Cap Gain Dividend	$0.310
Ex-Div Date	11/10/2009
Dividend Frequency	Semiannual
YTD Dividends	$0.200
YTD Capital Gains	--

Inception Date	10/1/1929
Fund Advisor	Central Securities Corporation
Manager & Tenure	Wilmot H. Kidd since 1973
Phone	866-593-2507
Website	www.centralsecurities.com
Annual Report	Free Download
Total Net Assets (mil) as of 6/30/2010		$499.9
% Leveraged Assets as of 12/31/2009		--
Portfolio Turnover		8.00%
Mgmt Fees		0.504%
Expense Ratio		0.910%

Fund Objective

The Fund seeks to invest in good companies at sensible prices where it is believed there is an opportunity for a substantial gain over a three to five-year period.

Top Holdings (as of 3/31/2010)
Agilent Technologies Inc ORD	5.89%
Coherent Inc ORD	4.95%
Brady Corp ORD	4.35%
Bank of New York Mellon Corp ORD	3.88%
Convergys Corp ORD	3.88%
Dover Corp ORD	3.40%
Intel Corp ORD	3.36%
Murphy Oil Corp ORD	3.04%
Analog Devices Inc ORD	2.68%
Roper Industries Inc ORD	2.48%

Top Sectors (as of 3/31/2010)
Industrials	30.53%
Technology	14.03%
Oil & Gas	9.06%
Financials	6.19%
Health Care	3.39%
Telecommunications	2.18%
Consumer Services	1.59%
Non Classified Equity	0.55%

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