13F-HR/A 1 v58285e13fvhrza.txt FORM 13F-HR/A THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING FILED TO CORRECT INFORMATION CONCERNING VOTING AUTHORITY (COLUMN 8) RELATED TO WASHINGTON POST CO. REPORTED IN THE ORIGINAL FORM 13F FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 THAT WAS FILED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2010. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE FORM 13F FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010. 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, 2010 Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 1 This Amendment (Check only one.): [X] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza Omaha, NE 68131 Form 13F File Number: 28-4545 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: Marc D. Hamburg Title: Vice President Phone: 402-346-1400 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: (s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE January 7, 2011 ------------------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [ ] 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 manager(s).) [X] 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: Form 13F File Number Name -------------------- ---- 28-5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc. Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 21 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 100 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $48,563,369 (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME --- -------------------- ---- 1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska 2. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc. 3. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps 4. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E. 5. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co. 6. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co. 7. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company 8. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company 9. 28-_____ GEC Investment Managers 10. 28-852 GEICO Corp. 11. 28-101 Government Employees Ins. Corp. 12. 28-_____ Medical Protective Corp. 13. 28-1066 National Fire & Marine 14. 28-718 National Indemnity Co. 15. 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Ins. Co. 16. 28-11222 Nebraska Furniture Mart 17. 28-717 OBH LLC 18. 28-_____ U.S. Investment Corp. 19. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp. 20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co. 21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2010
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------------- Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---- ------- ------- ---------- ----------- ------ ---- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 723,984 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 17 17,225,400 336,014 7,994,634 X 4, 13, 17 7,994,634 5,054,355 120,255,879 X 4, 14, 17 120,255,879 81,668 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100 58,830 1,399,713 X 4, 16, 17 1,399,713 35,298 839,832 X 4, 8, 17 839,832 82,048 1,952,142 X 4, 17 1,952,142 Bank of America Corp. Com 060505 10 4 65,512 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Com 064058 10 0 52,070 1,992,759 X 4, 1, 14, 17 1,992,759 Becton Dickinson & Co. Com 075887 10 9 140,041 1,889,889 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,889,889 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 23,408 400,000 X 4, 17 400,000 103,932 1,776,000 X 4, 15, 17 1,776,000 421,672 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600 2,349,086 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 17 40,141,600 8,189,617 139,945,600 X 4, 14, 17 139,945,600 534,826 9,139,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,139,200 28,090 480,000 X 4, 16, 17 480,000 53,370 912,000 X 4, 7, 17 912,000 Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 3,179 186,897 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 186,897 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 10,964 1,218,199 X 4, 14, 17 1,218,199 2,727 302,963 X 4, 2, 5, 17 302,963 155 17,215 X 4, 13, 17 17,215 ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,212,326 21,109,637 X 4, 14, 17 21,109,637 114,860 2,000,000 X 4, 13, 17 2,000,000 344,580 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 279,459 4,333,363 X 4, 14, 17 4,333,363 Exxon Mobil Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 26,063 421,800 X 4 421,800 Fiserv Inc. Com 337738 10 8 210,479 3,910,800 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,910,800 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 21,283 1,740,231 X 4, 14, 17 1,740,231 General Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 126,391 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900 GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 59,695 1,510,500 X 4, 14, 17 1,510,500 Ingersoll-Rd Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 22,712 636,600 X 4 636,000 ----------- 20,768,694 -----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2010
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------------- Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---- ------- ------- ---------- ----------- ------ ---- Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 267,822 4,322,500 X 4 4,322,500 122,349 1,974,648 X 4, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648 928,856 14,991,217 X 4, 14, 17 14,991,217 863,527 13,936,841 X 4, 2, 5, 17 13,936,841 8,944 144,357 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 144,357 132,099 2,132,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,132,000 35,627 575,000 X 4, 18 575,000 281,794 4,548,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,548,000 Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,733,236 56,164,484 X 4, 14, 17 56,164,484 950,189 30,790,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 30,790,300 308,600 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 8,017 259,800 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 259,800 246,880 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000 Lowes Companies Inc. Com 548661 10 7 144,885 6,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,500,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 380,664 4,653,026 X 4, 14, 17 4,653,026 44,668 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000 13,482 164,795 X 4, 13, 17 164,795 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 328,596 13,154,356 X 4, 14, 17 13,154,356 392,671 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400 Nalco Holding Co. Com 62985Q 10 1 154,847 6,142,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,142,300 Nestle ADR 641069 40 6 182,189 3,400,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,400,000 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 291,944 3,642,929 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,642,929 Procter & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,236,343 37,291,036 X 4, 14, 17 37,291,036 1,216,192 20,280,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 20,280,000 374,213 6,240,000 X 4, 13, 17 6,240,000 374,213 6,240,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000 46,777 780,000 X 4, 15, 17 780,000 93,553 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 17 1,560,000 262,369 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000 Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 16,243 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500 96,296 2,896,133 X 4, 14, 17 2,896,133 5,629 169,300 X 4, 13, 17 169,300 16,949 509,742 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 509,742 ----------- 12,560,663 -----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2010
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 -------------------------- Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ------------ ---- ------- ------- ---------- ----------- ------ ------- Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,121 77,551 X 4, 1, 14, 17 77,551 23,899 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 17 449,728 88,048 1,656,900 X 4, 14, 17 1,656,900 33,994 639,700 X 4, 13, 17 639,700 US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 503,904 23,307,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 23,307,300 449,022 20,768,826 X 4, 14, 17 20,768,826 180,851 8,365,000 X 4 8,365,000 216,200 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 47,002 2,174,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,174,000 37,727 1,745,000 X 4, 18 1,745,000 57,926 2,679,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 225,182 17,072,192 X 4, 14, 17 17,072,192 United Parcel Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 95,313 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 2,038,638 38,091,142 X 4, 14, 17 38,091,142 50,630 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 357,194 894,304 X 4, 14, 17 894,304 59,237 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 14, 17 148,311 258,884 648,165 X 4, 13, 17 648,165 14,772 36,985 X 4, 15, 17 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,609,496 64,085,046 X 4, 2, 5, 17 64,085,046 317,534 12,643,200 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200 962,232 38,313,040 X 4, 13, 17 38,313,040 70,021 2,788,000 X 4, 15, 17 2,788,000 25,115 1,000,000 X 4, 17 1,000,000 3,955,608 157,499,839 X 4, 14, 17 157,499,839 40,428 1,609,720 X 4, 16, 17 1,609,720 42,695 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 17 1,700,000 20,594 820,000 X 4, 7, 17 820,000 552,530 22,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000 401,840 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 14, 17 16,000,000 200,920 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000 67,810 2,700,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,700,000 50,230 2,000,000 X 4, 18 2,000,000 131,854 5,250,000 X 4, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,042,561 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 17 5,703,087 ----------- 15,234,012 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $48,563,369 ===========