N-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number      811-02631

Chestnut Street Exchange Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

103 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Edward J. Roach
Chestnut Street Exchange Fund
103 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 791-1112

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2009

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

The Schedule(s) of Investments is attached herewith.

CHESTNUT STREET EXCHANGE FUND

(A California Limited Partnership)

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

March 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

	Shares		Value
COMMON STOCKS—98.0%
BASICS—4.9%
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.		100,609	$	5,659,256
Cabot Corp.*		86,032		904,197
Cabot Microelectronics Corp.*		42,373		1,018,223
				7,581,676
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT—6.3%
Emerson Electric Co.		181,112		5,176,181
General Electric Co.		364,049		3,680,535
Pitney Bowes, Inc.		39,154		914,246
				9,770,962
CONSUMER CYCLICALS—10.1%
3M Co.		144,103		7,164,801
Citadel Broadcasting Corp.*		9,916		654
Comcast Corp., — Class A		149,743		2,042,495
Procter & Gamble Co.		85,100		4,007,359
Walt Disney Co. (The)		129,129		2,344,983
				15,560,292
ENERGY—10.6%
BP PLC ADR		41,979		1,683,358
Exxon Mobil Corp.		147,227		10,026,159
Schlumberger, Ltd.		114,584		4,654,402
				16,363,919
FINANCIAL—8.7%
American Express Co.		98,525		1,342,896
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.		22,266		456,230
Bank of America Corp.		56,084		382,493
JPMorgan Chase & Co.		140,310		3,729,440
Moody’s Corp.		82,738		1,896,355
Wells Fargo & Co.		391,823		5,579,559
				13,386,973
HEALTH CARE—25.3%
Abbott Laboratories		231,254		11,030,816
Baxter International, Inc.		64,986		3,328,583
Hospira, Inc.*		23,125		713,637
IMS Health, Inc.		74,542		929,539
Johnson & Johnson		206,449		10,859,217
Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*		91,862		3,797,575
Merck & Company, Inc.		318,880		8,530,040
				39,189,407
RETAIL—2.4%
Home Depot, Inc.		23,400		551,304
Kohl’s Corp.*		15,200		643,264
Safeway, Inc.		44,558		899,626
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.		31,500		1,641,150
				3,735,344
STAPLES—7.2%
Altria Group, Inc.		18,000		288,360
Coca-Cola Co. (The)		164,147		7,214,261
Hanesbrands, Inc.*		5,688		54,434
Kraft Foods, Inc., — Class A		12,456		277,644
PepsiCo, Inc.		43,600		2,244,528
Philip Morris International, Inc.		18,000		640,440
Sara Lee Corp.		45,506		367,688
				11,087,355
TECHNOLOGY—13.3%
Cisco Systems, Inc.*		32,700		548,379
Hewlett-Packard Co.		57,923		1,857,012
Intel Corp.		776,785		11,690,614
International Business Machines Corp.		39,708		3,847,308
Microsoft Corp.		139,643		2,565,242
				20,508,555
TRANSPORTATION—6.4%
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.		113,572		6,831,356
Union Pacific Corp.		75,844		3,117,947
				9,949,303
UTILITIES—2.8%
FairPoint Communications, Inc.		2,713		2,116
Verizon Communications, Inc.		143,830		4,343,666
				4,345,782
Total Common Stocks (Cost: $38,410,915)				151,479,568

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CHESTNUT STREET EXCHANGE FUND
(A California Limited Partnership)

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS (Concluded)

	Shares			Value
SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS—2.3%
PNC Bank Money Market (Cost: $3,645,942)		3,645,942		$	3,645,942
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES (Cost: $42,056,857)**		100.3	%	$	155,125,510
Other assets in excess of liabilities		0.3	%		480,056
Distribution payable		(0.6	%)		(944,801	)
Payable to:
Investment Adviser		(0.0	%)		(46,222	)
Managing General Partners		(0.0	%)		(12,484	)
Custodian		(0.0	%)		(3,166	)
Transfer Agent		(0.0	%)		(7,025	)
NET ASSETS
(Applicable to 680,988 partnership shares outstanding)		100.0	%	$	154,591,868
Net Asset Value per share				$	227.01
Net assets applicable to shares owned by:
Limited partners (680,894 shares)				$	154,570,640
Managing general partners (94 shares)					21,228
Total net assets				$	154,591,868

*

Non-income producing.

**

The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes at March 31, 2009 was $42,056,857. The unrealized appreciation (an excess of value over cost) was $117,770,256 and the unrealized depreciation was $(4,701,603). The difference between book basis and tax basis of investments is attributable to the use of the individual partners’ tax basis for those securities contributed to the Fund at its inception, as required by law.

For information regarding the Fund’s policy for valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent annual report.

FAS 157 DISCLOSURE

     The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets as of March 31, 2009. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

			Other
	Investments		Financial
Valuation Inputs	in Securities		Instruments
Level 1 — Quoted Prices	$	155,125,510	$	—
Level 2 — Other Significant Observable Inputs		—		—
Level 3 — Significant Unobservable Inputs		—		—
Total	$	155,125,510	$	—

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a)

The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act are attached hereto.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Chestnut Street Exchange Fund

By (Signature and Title)*	/s/ Edward J. Roach
	Edward J. Roach, President & Treasurer
	(Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer)

Date April 27, 2009

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)*	/s/ Edward J. Roach
	Edward J. Roach, President & Treasurer
	(Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer)

Date April 27, 2009

^* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

EX-99.CERT

EX-99.CERT

Certification Pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

I, Edward J. Roach, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Chestnut Street Exchange Fund;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and
(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 27, 2009	/s/ Edward J. Roach
	Edward J. Roach, President & Treasurer
	(Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer)