13F-HR 1 wz54326-13f.txt WEITZ WALLACE R & CO UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2012 -------------------- 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: Wallace R. Weitz -------------------------------------------- Address: Wallace R. Weitz & Co. -------------------------------------------- One Pacific Place, Suite 200 -------------------------------------------- 1125 South 103 Street -------------------------------------------- Omaha, Nebraska 68124-1071 -------------------------------------------- Form 13F File Number: 28-3062 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: Wallace R. Weitz ---------------------------------------------- Title: President ---------------------------------------------- Phone: 402-391-1980 ---------------------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Wallace R. Weitz Omaha, Nebraska 5/14/12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 manager(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).) Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 ------------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 63 ------------------------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $2,327,900 ------------------------------ (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: None WALLACE R. WEITZ & COMPANY 31-Mar-12 13F FILE NO. 28-3062 FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS AUTHORITY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCENTURE PLC IRELAND SHS CLASS A G1151C101 14,532 225,300 SH Sole N/A Sole WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS PUBLIC SHS G96666105 6,996 200,000 SH Sole N/A Sole TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD SHS H89128104 74,832 1,332,000 SH Sole N/A Shared ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NV SPONSORED ADR 03524A108 31,088 427,500 SH Sole N/A Sole AON CORP COM 037389103 106,376 2,168,283 SH Sole N/A Shared APACHE CORP COM 037411105 19,686 196,000 SH Sole N/A Shared ASCENT CAP GROUP INC COM SER A 043632108 27,546 582,500 SH Sole N/A Sole AVON PRODS INC COM 054303102 4,941 255,200 SH Sole N/A Sole BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL A 084670108 8,411 69 SH Sole N/A Sole BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL B NEW 084670702 105,778 1,303,487 SH Sole N/A Shared BROWN & BROWN INC COM 115236101 5,469 230,000 SH Sole N/A Sole CNA FINL CORP COM 126117100 11,145 380,000 SH Sole N/A Sole CVS CAREMARK CORPORATION COM 126650100 43,147 963,110 SH Sole N/A Shared CISCO SYS INC COM 17275R102 234 11,064 SH Sole N/A Sole COINSTAR INC COM 19259P300 18,211 286,568 SH Sole N/A Shared COMCAST CORP NEW CL A 20030N101 255 8,500 SH Sole N/A Sole COMCAST CORP NEW CL A SPL 20030N200 58,909 1,996,240 SH Sole N/A Shared COMPASS MINERALS INTL INC COM 20451N101 5,381 75,000 SH Sole N/A Sole CUMULUS MEDIA INC CL A 231082108 11,412 3,270,000 SH Sole N/A Sole DELL INC COM 24702R101 63,374 3,817,700 SH Sole N/A Shared DIAGEO P L C SPON ADR NEW 25243Q205 18,239 189,000 SH Sole N/A Sole DISNEY WALT CO COM DISNEY 254687106 19,145 437,300 SH Sole N/A Sole EAGLE MATERIALS INC COM 26969P108 27,777 799,350 SH Sole N/A Shared FLIR SYS INC COM 302445101 38,909 1,537,310 SH Sole N/A Shared GOOGLE INC CL A 38259P508 84,858 132,334 SH Sole N/A Shared GRAND CANYON ED INC COM 38526M106 7,346 413,609 SH Sole N/A Shared HEWLETT PACKARD CO COM 428236103 57,242 2,402,110 SH Sole N/A Shared ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INC COM 45068B109 216 3,270 SH Sole N/A Sole ICONIX BRAND GROUP INC COM 451055107 44,427 2,556,200 SH Sole N/A Shared INTELLIGENT SYS CORP NEW COM 45816D100 3,292 2,270,000 SH Sole N/A Sole INTERVAL LEISURE GROUP INC COM 46113M108 44,731 2,570,741 SH Sole N/A Shared KNOLOGY INC COM 499183804 15,573 855,660 SH Sole N/A Sole LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS COM NEW 50540R409 51,320 560,632 SH Sole N/A Shared LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION LIB CAP COM A 530322106 62,111 704,608 SH Sole N/A Shared LIBERTY GLOBAL INC COM SER C 530555309 87,509 1,827,300 SH Sole N/A Shared LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORPORAT INT COM SER A 53071M104 96,618 5,061,200 SH Sole N/A Shared LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN COM 538034109 51,060 5,431,900 SH Sole N/A Shared LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM 539830109 16,408 182,595 SH Sole N/A Sole MARTIN MARIETTA MATLS INC COM 573284106 70,199 819,800 SH Sole N/A Shared MICROSOFT CORP COM 594918104 72,322 2,242,529 SH Sole N/A Shared MOSAIC CO NEW COM 61945C103 6,911 125,000 SH Sole N/A Sole NATIONAL CINEMEDIA INC COM 635309107 25,124 1,642,099 SH Sole N/A Sole NEWCASTLE INVT CORP COM 65105M108 1,256 200,000 SH Sole N/A Sole OMNICARE INC COM 681904108 58,047 1,631,920 SH Sole N/A Shared OMNICOM GROUP INC COM 681919106 30,137 595,000 SH Sole N/A Sole ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 233 7,989 SH Sole N/A Sole PRAXAIR INC COM 74005P104 14,330 125,000 SH Sole N/A Sole PRESTIGE BRANDS HLDGS INC COM 74112D101 6,118 350,000 SH Sole N/A Sole RANGE RES CORP COM 75281A109 30,233 520,000 SH Sole N/A Sole REDWOOD TR INC COM 758075402 84,847 7,575,596 SH Sole N/A Shared REPUBLIC SVCS INC COM 760759100 1,146 37,500 SH Sole N/A Sole SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM 80007P307 65,569 8,374,126 SH Sole N/A Shared SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY CO COM 845467109 49,965 1,632,829 SH Sole N/A Shared TARGET CORP COM 87612E106 67,308 1,155,114 SH Sole N/A Shared TEXAS INDS INC COM 882491103 21,531 614,989 SH Sole N/A Shared TEXAS INSTRS INC COM 882508104 87,406 2,600,600 SH Sole N/A Shared TREE COM INC COM 894675107 1,520 200,000 SH Sole N/A Sole US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 1,901 60,000 SH Sole N/A Sole UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CL B 911312106 34,104 422,500 SH Sole N/A Sole VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL COM 91911K102 90,064 1,677,480 SH Sole N/A Shared WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 20,135 329,000 SH Sole N/A Sole WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 118,541 3,472,200 SH Sole N/A Shared XO GROUP INC COM 983772104 24,449 2,603,708 SH Sole N/A Shared --------------------- 63 2,327,900 84,678,619 ---------------------