13F-HR 1 d617059_13f-hr.txt 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, 2005 Check here if Amendment: |_|; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one): |_| is a restatement |_| adds new holding entries. Institutional Manager Filing this Report: Name: Cardinal Capital Management, LLC Address: One Fawcett Place Greenwich, CT 06830 13F File Number: 028-07760 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: Amy K. Minella Title: Managing Director Phone: (203) 863-8981 Signature, Place and Date of Signing: /s/ Amy. K. Minella Greenwich, CT November 10, 2005 ----------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type: (Check only one): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report). [_] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting managers(s).) [_] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] NONE Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 64 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,227,503 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: NONE Cardinal Capital Management, L.L.C. FORM 13F September 30, 2005

Voting Authority ----------------------- Value Shares/ Invstmt Other Name of Issuer Title of class CUSIP (x$1000) Prn Amt Dscretn Mgrs Sole Shared None -------------- -------------- ----- -------- ------- ------- ---- ---- ------ ---- AFC Enterprises Inc COM 00104Q107 $17,422 1,509,730 Sole None 666,400 843,330 Aceto Corp COM 004446100 $4,517 782,900 Sole None 382,474 400,426 Acxiom Corp COM 005125109 $12,217 652,600 Sole None 289,500 363,100 Adesa Inc COM 00686U104 $20,637 933,820 Sole None 419,800 514,020 Affiliated Managers Group COM 008252108 $22,884 315,990 Sole None 135,860 180,130 Arch Coal Inc COM 039380100 $18,542 274,700 Sole None 123,900 150,800 Ashland Inc New COM 044209104 $3,386 61,300 Sole None 21,100 40,200 Banta Corp COM 066821109 $23,402 459,854 Sole None 202,450 257,404 CBIZ Inc COM 124805102 $29,562 5,796,479 Sole None 2,561,486 3,234,993 Cash America Intl Inc COM 14754D100 $36,644 1,766,000 Sole None 792,800 973,200 Chesapeake Energy Corp COM 165167107 $6,533 170,800 Sole None 58,800 112,000 Compass Minerals Intl Inc COM 20451N101 $21,624 940,180 Sole None 417,100 523,080 Comstock Res Inc COM NEW 205768203 $34,713 1,057,990 Sole None 469,300 588,690 Convergys Corp COM 212485106 $5,425 377,520 Sole None 167,800 209,720 Corinthian Colleges Inc COM 218868107 $23,785 1,792,360 Sole None 803,000 989,360 Crescent Real Estate Equities COM 225756105 $49,860 2,431,016 Sole None 1,072,000 1,359,016 Del Monte Foods Co COM 24522P103 $30,148 2,809,710 Sole None 1,244,334 1,565,376 EDO Corp COM 281347104 $54,106 1,801,722 Sole None 814,050 987,672 Electro Rent Corp COM 285218103 $8,975 713,445 Sole None 339,590 373,855 Fuel Tech N V COM 359523107 $2,891 312,542 Sole None 162,600 149,942 Gartner Inc COM 366651107 $5,523 472,480 Sole None 220,770 251,710 Fuller HB Co COM 359694106 $23,530 757,071 Sole None 337,900 419,171 Handleman Co Del COM 410252100 $13,855 1,096,987 Sole None 530,400 566,587 Schein Henry Inc COM 806407102 $3,525 82,700 Sole None 27,700 55,000 Hewitt Assoc Inc COM 42822Q100 $5,899 216,230 Sole None 66,930 149,300 Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co COM 431294107 $42,248 1,132,040 Sole None 514,700 617,340 Hollinger Intl Inc CL A 435569108 $32,169 3,282,530 Sole None 1,471,510 1,811,020 InfoSpace Inc New COM 45678T201 $8,101 339,400 Sole None 150,900 188,500 InfoUSA Inc New COM NEW 456818301 $28,818 2,713,570 Sole None 1,204,000 1,509,570 Interactive Data Corp COM 45840j107 $28,418 1,254,668 Sole None 553,650 701,018 Intergraph Corp COM 458683109 $26,025 582,075 Sole None 263,827 318,248 Jackson Hewitt Tax Svcs Inc COM 468202106 $14,218 594,640 Sole None 285,000 309,640 Kaman Corp CL A 483548103 $7,791 381,000 Sole None 186,300 194,700 Lincoln Elec Hldgs Inc COM 533900106 $20,000 507,603 Sole None 226,800 280,803 Lipman Electronic Engineering ORD M6772H101 $29,879 1,422,140 Sole None 634,800 787,340 MDC Partners Inc COM 552697104 $18,386 2,557,217 Sole None 1,088,700 1,468,517 Mantech Intl Corp CL A 564563104 $1,410 53,400 Sole None 31,400 22,000 Measurement Specialties Inc COM 583421102 $2,758 130,100 Sole None 66,100 64,000 NTL Inc Del CL A 62940M104 $5,925 88,700 Sole None 29,300 59,400 Nelnet Inc COM 64031N108 $53,228 1,400,365 Sole None 619,300 781,065 Novelis Inc COM 67000X106 $11,220 523,300 Sole None 250,200 273,100 Pacer Intl Inc Tenn COM 69373H106 $40,237 1,526,450 Sole None 677,500 848,950 Penn Va Corp COM 707882106 $11,375 197,100 Sole None 94,800 102,300 Progress Software Corp COM 743312100 $21,755 684,760 Sole None 317,700 367,060 Providence Svc Corp COM 743815102 $9,669 316,074 Sole None 139,600 176,474 Providian Fin Corp COM 74406a102 $26,908 1,521,940 Sole None 618,100 903,840 Pure Cycle Corp COM NEW 746228303 $522 76,700 Sole None 11,200 65,500 RH Donnelley Corp COM NEW 74955W307 $27,901 441,055 Sole None 195,290 245,765 Donnelley RR & Sons Co COM 257867101 $6,482 174,861 Sole None 67,604 107,257 Silgan Holdings Inc COM 827048109 $25,718 773,238 Sole None 342,200 431,038 Spectrum Brands Inc COM 84762L105 $7,628 323,900 Sole None 145,000 178,900 Speedway Motorsports Inc COM 847788106 $46,011 1,266,472 Sole None 567,265 699,207 Stage Stores Inc COM NEW 85254C305 $19,922 741,427 Sole None 328,100 413,327 Standard Parking Corp COM 853790103 $5,584 293,420 Sole None 137,500 155,920 Technical Olympic USA Inc COM 878483106 $15,144 578,900 Sole None 257,100 321,800 Telewest Global Inc COM 87956T107 $6,213 270,700 Sole None 93,200 177,500 Transaction Sys Architects COM 893416107 $31,350 1,125,660 Sole None 497,510 628,150 Triarc Cos Inc CL A 895927101 $34,671 2,063,728 Sole None 913,810 1,149,918 Trizec Properties Inc COM 89687P107 $27,043 1,172,730 Sole None 518,440 654,290 Value Vision Media Inc CL A 92047K107 $8,413 741,250 Sole None 345,700 395,550 West Pharmaceutical Svs Inc COM 955306105 $25,217 849,910 Sole None 392,200 457,710 Western Gas Res Inc COM 958259103 $7,162 139,800 Sole None 61,800 78,000 Willis Group Holdings Ltd SHS G96655108 $11,667 310,700 Sole None 104,800 205,900 Ishares TR RUSL 2000 VALU 464287630 $712 10,800 Sole None 3,900 6,900

01269.0001 #617059