13F-HR 1 v58511e13fvhr.txt FORM 13F-HR 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, 2010 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: __________ This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] 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 February 14, 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: 94 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $52,560,379 (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.]
FORM 13F FILE NO. NUMBER NAME --- ------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska 2. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc. 3. 28- BH Finance LLC 4. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps 5. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E. 6. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co. 7. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co. 8. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company 9. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company 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 December 31, 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 9 739,314 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17 17,225,400 343,130 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634 5,161,382 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879 83,398 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100 60,076 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713 36,046 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832 83,786 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Com 064058 10 0 54,176 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,793,915 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 26,308 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000 116,808 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000 473,912 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600 2,640,113 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 17 40,141,600 9,204,222 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600 601,085 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200 31,570 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000 59,982 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 10,964 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199 2,727 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 17 302,963 155 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215 ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,437,566 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637 136,200 2,000,000 X 5, 13, 17 2,000,000 408,600 6,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 312,912 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363 Exxon Mobil Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 30,842 421,800 X 5 421,800 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 26,260 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231 General Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 142,258 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900 GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 59,242 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500 Ingersoll-Rd Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 29,949 636,600 X 5 636,000 ----------- 22,312,983 -----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 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 4 267,347 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500 122,132 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648 927,207 14,991,217 X 5, 14, 17 14,991,217 861,994 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841 8,928 144,357 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 144,357 131,864 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,132,000 35,564 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000 281,294 4,548,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,548,000 Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,769,743 56,164,484 X 5, 14, 17 56,164,484 970,202 30,790,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 30,790,300 315,100 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 8,186 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 259,800 252,080 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 405,046 4,653,026 X 5, 14, 17 4,653,026 47,529 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000 14,345 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 336,948 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850 417,193 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400 Procter & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,398,932 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036 1,304,612 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000 401,419 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000 401,419 6,240,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000 50,177 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000 100,355 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000 281,444 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000 Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 15,744 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500 93,342 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133 5,457 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300 16,429 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 509,742 ----------- 12,242,032 -----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 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 4,632 77,551 X 5, 1, 14, 17 77,551 26,867 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 17 449,728 98,983 1,656,900 X 5, 14, 17 1,656,900 38,216 639,700 X 5, 13, 17 639,700 US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 628,598 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300 560,135 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826 225,604 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000 269,700 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 58,633 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,174,000 47,063 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000 72,261 2,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 287,325 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192 United Parcel Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 103,731 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,827,749 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142 226,506 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000 51,018 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 393,047 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304 65,183 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 148,311 284,869 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165 16,255 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,923,004 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396 391,813 12,643,200 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200 1,442,918 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770 86,400 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000 30,990 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000 4,669,790 150,686,982 X 5, 14, 17 150,686,982 49,885 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720 52,683 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000 25,412 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000 681,780 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000 495,840 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 16,000,000 247,920 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 83,673 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,700,000 61,980 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000 162,697 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000 211,130 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,101,074 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 17 5,703,087 ----------- 18,005,364 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $52,560,379 ===========