13F-HR 1 d13fhr.txt FORM 13F UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2011 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: Senior Vice President Phone: 402-346-1400 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: (s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE August 12, 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: 96 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $52,357,493 (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from the Form 13F and filed separately with the Commission. 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-______ BH Finance LLC 4. 28-719 BCS Holdings, LLC 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 LLC 20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co. 21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ------------------------- ---------- ----------------------- Investment Discretion Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------- -------- ---------- ----------- ------ ---- American Express Com 025816 10 9 890,553 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17,225,400 Co. 17 413,323 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634 6,217,229 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879 100,458 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 17, 1,943,100 19, 20, 21 72,365 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713 43,419 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832 100,926 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142 Bank of New York Com 064058 10 0 45,960 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 1,793,915 Mellon Corp. 17 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 26,916 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000 119,507 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000 484,865 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 17, 7,205,600 19, 20, 21 2,701,128 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 40,141,600 17 9,416,939 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600 614,977 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200 32,299 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000 61,368 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000 Comdisco Holding Com 200334 10 0 7,589 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199 Co. 1,887 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 302,963 17 107 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215 ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,587,234 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637 150,380 2,000,000 X 5, 13, 17 2,000,000 450,538 5,992,000 X 5, 10, 5,992,000 11, 14, 17 Costco Wholesale Com 22160K 10 5 352,042 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363 Corp. Dollar General Com 256677 10 5 50,760 1,497,800 X 5, 10, 1,497,800 Corp. 11, 14, 17 Exxon Mobil Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 34,326 421,800 X 5 421,800 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 24,920 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231 General Electric Com 369604 10 3 146,691 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900 Co. GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 64,800 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500 Ingersoll-Rd CLA G4776G 10 1 28,881 636,600 X 5 636,000 Company LTD. -------------- 24,242,387 --------------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ------------------------- ---------- ----------------------- Investment Discretion Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------- -------- ---------- ----------- ------ ---- Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 287,533 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500 131,353 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648 997,216 14,991,217 X 5, 14, 17 14,991,217 927,079 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841 9,603 144,357 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 144,357 141,821 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,132,000 38,249 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000 302,533 4,548,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,548,000 Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,825,104 51,805,384 X 5, 14, 17 51,805,384 1,035,848 29,402,440 X 5, 2, 6, 17 29,402,440 352,300 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 9,153 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 259,800 281,840 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 409,234 4,653,026 X 5, 14, 17 4,653,026 48,021 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000 14,494 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795 Mastercard Inc. Com 57636Q 10 4 122,043 405,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 405,000 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 486,886 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850 602,839 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400 Procter & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,370,591 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036 1,289,200 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000 396,677 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000 396,677 6,240,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000 49,585 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000 99,169 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000 278,119 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000 Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 19,623 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500 116,338 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133 6,801 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300 20,476 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 509,742 -------------- 13,066,405 --------------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ------------------------- ---------- ----------------------- Investment Discretion Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ---------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------- -------- ---------- ----------- ------ ---- Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,974 77,551 X 5, 1, 14, 17 77,551 28,846 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 17 449,728 106,274 1,656,900 X 5, 14, 17 1,656,900 41,030 639,700 X 5, 13, 17 639,700 US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 594,569 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300 529,813 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826 213,391 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000 255,100 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 55,459 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,174,000 44,515 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000 68,349 2,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 244,815 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192 United Parcel Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 104,232 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200 Verisk Analytics CI A 92345Y 10 6 72,741 2,101,125 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,101,125 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,800,975 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142 223,188 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000 50,270 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 374,669 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304 62,135 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 148,311 271,549 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165 15,495 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,741,190 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396 354,768 12,643,200 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200 1,306,495 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770 78,231 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000 28,060 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000 4,500,562 160,390,665 X 5, 14, 17 160,390,665 45,169 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720 47,702 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000 23,009 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000 617,320 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000 448,960 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 16,000,000 224,480 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 75,762 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,700,000 56,120 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000 147,315 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000 191,169 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857 ----------- 15,048,701 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $52,357,493 ===========