13F-HR 1 d1067634_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 December 31, 2009 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 Greenwich Office Park Greenwich, CT 06831 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 February 16, 2010 ----------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------- [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: 85 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,073,816 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE December 31, 2009

COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COL 6 COL 7 COLUMN 8 VALUE SHS OR SH/ PUT/ INVSMT OTHR VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRTN MGRS SOLE SHARED NONE ACETO CORP COM 004446100 797 154,832 SH Sole None 108,987 45,845 ACI WORLDWIDE INC COM 004498101 6,695 390,405 SH Sole None 245,041 145,364 ACXIOM CORP COM 005125109 4,063 302,560 SH Sole None 191,430 111,130 AFC ENTERPRISES INC COM 00104Q107 8,276 1,014,198 SH Sole None 638,008 376,190 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP COM 008252108 41,838 621,197 SH Sole None 369,900 251,297 ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC COM 018804104 3,990 45,200 SH Sole None 16,800 28,400 AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS NE COM 02553E106 11,609 683,684 SH Sole None 354,642 329,042 AMETEK INC NEW COM 031100100 1,614 42,200 SH Sole None 2,500 39,700 ANNALY CAP MGMT INC COM 035710409 1,640 94,500 SH Sole None 5,500 89,000 APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY IN COM 038237103 7,998 414,820 SH Sole None 263,000 151,820 ARENA RESOURCES INC COM 040049108 10,688 247,870 SH Sole None 157,100 90,770 ARGON ST INC COM 040149106 28,760 1,324,718 SH Sole None 891,362 433,356 ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HLDGS IN COM NEW 049164205 30,213 811,100 SH Sole None 557,600 253,500 B & G FOODS INC NEW CL A 05508R106 18,253 1,988,325 SH Sole None 1,258,520 729,805 BECKMAN COULTER INC COM 075811109 6,695 102,300 SH Sole None 50,600 51,700 BRINKS CO COM 109696104 3,828 157,270 SH Sole None 99,200 58,070 BROADRIDGE FINL SOLUTIONS IN COM 11133T103 26,815 1,188,600 SH Sole None 710,100 478,500 CAPITALSOURCE INC COM 14055X102 3,208 808,050 SH Sole None 510,400 297,650 CAPSTEAD MTG CORP COM NO PAR 14067E506 3,650 267,400 SH Sole None 170,100 97,300 CASH AMER INTL INC COM 14754D100 26,433 756,103 SH Sole None 450,912 305,191 CBIZ INC COM 124805102 26,301 3,415,664 SH Sole None 2,312,320 1,103,344 CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH LT ORD M22465104 2,104 62,100 SH Sole None 62,100 CHEMED CORP NEW COM 16359R103 26,028 542,587 SH Sole None 343,075 199,512 CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP COM 165167107 1,553 60,000 SH Sole None 3,500 56,500 CLEAN HARBORS INC COM 184496107 9,512 159,570 SH Sole None 102,800 56,770 CONCHO RES INC COM 20605P101 20,429 454,989 SH Sole None 236,389 218,600 CONVERGYS CORP COM 212485106 25,447 2,367,200 SH Sole None 1,409,560 957,640 CYPRESS SHARPRIDGE INVTS INC COM 23281A307 8,011 592,964 SH Sole None 374,594 218,370 DECKERS OUTDOOR CORP COM 243537107 6,689 65,760 SH Sole None 41,650 24,110 DOLAN MEDIA CO COM 25659P402 16,566 1,622,505 SH Sole None 1,077,791 544,714 DONNELLEY R R & SONS CO COM 257867101 37,024 1,662,487 SH Sole None 987,280 675,207 DRESS BARN INC COM 261570105 4,415 191,200 SH Sole None 120,700 70,500 ENTERTAINMENT PPTYS TR COM SH BEN INT 29380T105 15,716 445,603 SH Sole None 236,313 209,290 EQUIFAX INC COM 294429105 4,595 148,741 SH Sole None 72,241 76,500 F M C CORP COM NEW 302491303 1,617 29,000 SH Sole None 1,700 27,300 FISERV INC COM 337738108 7,204 148,600 SH Sole None 62,100 86,500 FULLER H B CO COM 359694106 17,009 747,640 SH Sole None 473,500 274,140 GLOBAL CASH ACCESS HLDGS INC COM 378967103 23,284 3,108,685 SH Sole None 2,126,980 981,705 GOVERNMENT PPTYS INCOME TR COM SHS BEN INT 38376A103 8,505 370,100 SH Sole None 233,300 136,800 HARRIS CORP DEL COM 413875105 3,723 78,300 SH Sole None 38,900 39,400 HATTERAS FINL CORP COM 41902R103 8,228 294,290 SH Sole None 151,600 142,690 HERCULES TECH GROWTH CAP INC COM 427096508 12,707 1,223,006 SH Sole None 772,373 450,633 HEWITT ASSOCS INC COM 42822Q100 9,553 226,060 SH Sole None 111,460 114,600 HUDSON CITY BANCORP COM 443683107 4,959 361,200 SH Sole None 164,200 197,000 HUNT J B TRANS SVCS INC COM 445658107 1,563 48,450 SH Sole None 2,750 45,700 INFOGROUP INC COM 45670G108 25,994 3,241,203 SH Sole None 2,229,883 1,011,320 INTERACTIVE DATA CORP COM 45840J107 30,842 1,219,038 SH Sole None 724,500 494,538 INTUIT COM 461202103 8,872 288,710 SH Sole None 139,910 148,800 INVESTMENT TECHNOLOGY GRP NE COM 46145F105 8,587 435,910 SH Sole None 259,270 176,640 J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC COM NEW 46626E205 27,965 1,374,214 SH Sole None 938,784 435,430 KAMAN CORP COM 483548103 28,703 1,243,095 SH Sole None 835,711 407,384 L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HLDGS INC COM 502424104 4,437 51,025 SH Sole None 2,925 48,100 LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS COM NEW 50540R409 7,952 106,247 SH Sole None 47,247 59,000 LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC COM 53635B107 7,846 779,189 SH Sole None 495,812 283,377 MDC PARTNERS INC CL A SUB VTG 552697104 16,329 1,957,900 SH Sole None 1,245,991 711,909 MIPS TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 604567107 8,163 1,867,849 SH Sole None 1,176,285 691,564 NELNET INC CL A 64031N108 33,323 1,933,997 SH Sole None 1,321,697 612,300 OCEANEERING INTL INC COM 675232102 17,128 292,690 SH Sole None 162,290 130,400 PLAINS EXPL& PRODTN CO COM 726505100 4,015 145,161 SH Sole None 61,441 83,720 PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPCOM COM 743312100 32,661 1,117,768 SH Sole None 665,160 452,608 Pure Cycle Corp. COM NEW 746228303 99 34,700 SH Sole None 5,900 28,800 QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC COM 74834L100 7,105 117,676 SH Sole None 62,726 54,950 RALCORP HLDGS INC NEW COM 751028101 12,953 216,930 SH Sole None 137,250 79,680 ROPER INDS INC NEW COM 776696106 1,534 29,300 SH Sole None 1,700 27,600 SARA LEE CORP COM 803111103 2,937 241,100 SH Sole None 118,800 122,300 SCHEIN HENRY INC COM 806407102 5,012 95,281 SH Sole None 46,481 48,800 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC COM 827048109 46,725 807,278 SH Sole None 478,115 329,163 SKILLSOFT PLC SPONSORED ADR 830928107 8,410 802,454 SH Sole None 514,244 288,210 SLM CORP COM 78442P106 2,446 217,000 SH Sole None 12,500 204,500 SMUCKER J M CO COM NEW 832696405 10,164 164,600 SH Sole None 79,400 85,200 SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS INC COM 847788106 27,567 1,564,533 SH Sole None 957,756 606,777 SRS LABS INC COM 78464M106 7,459 1,017,535 SH Sole None 643,575 373,960 STAGE STORES INC COM NEW 85254C305 10,560 854,358 SH Sole None 566,407 287,951 STANLEY WKS COM 854616109 23,518 456,563 SH Sole None 250,005 206,558 SYBASE INC COM 871130100 1,409 32,459 SH Sole None 32,459 TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC COM 879360105 24,826 647,180 SH Sole None 392,800 254,380 TIFFANY & CO NEW COM 886547108 1,978 46,000 SH Sole None 2,700 43,300 VENOCO INC COM 92275P307 2,603 199,600 SH Sole None 113,600 86,000 VIRGIN MEDIA INC COM 92769L101 9,486 563,644 SH Sole None 273,248 290,396 WENDYS ARBYS GROUP INC COM 950587105 9,456 2,016,147 SH Sole None 1,211,204 804,943 WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SVSC INC COM 955306105 11,671 297,725 SH Sole None 167,965 129,760 WESTERN UN CO COM 959802109 8,041 426,600 SH Sole None 184,400 242,200 WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD SHS G96655108 14,486 549,147 SH Sole None 290,816 258,331 WINDSTREAM CORP COM 97381W104 2,611 237,623 SH Sole None 13,823 223,800 WORLD FUEL SVCS CORP COM 981475106 8,138 303,780 SH Sole None 192,000 111,780

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