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<TYPE>EX-99.77C VOTES
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>nsar77c_20170630.txt
<TEXT>
At  registrant's  Annual  Meeting  on  March 15, 2017, stockholders voted on the
following matter reportable under this Sub-Item:

A  proposal  recommending  the  reapproval of the Central Securities Corporation
2012  Incentive  Compensation  Plan,  with  15,900,601  votes for, 454,269 votes
against and 145,084 shares abstaining.

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</DOCUMENT>
