13F-HR/A 1 d258700d13fhra.txt AMENDMENT TO THE 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: September 30, 2011 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: Senior Vice President Phone: 402-346-1400 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: (s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE November 15, 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:...... 18 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:. 100 Form 13F Information Table Value Total:. $59,054,804 (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 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. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2011
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- ----------------------- Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 Voting Authority Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ------- ------- ----------------- ----------- ------ ---- American Express Co............. Com 025816 10 9 773,420 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17 17,225,400 358,959 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634 5,399,489 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879 87,245 1,943,100 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,943,100 62,847 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713 37,708 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832 87,651 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142 Bank of New York Mellon Corp........... Com 064058 10 0 33,349 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,793,915 CVS Caremark Corp........... Com 126650 10 0 190,153 5,661,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,661,000 Coca Cola....... Com 191216 10 0 27,024 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000 119,987 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000 486,810 7,205,600 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,205,600 2,711,966 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 17 40,141,600 9,454,725 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600 617,444 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200 32,429 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000 61,615 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000 Comdisco Holding Co............. Com 200334 10 0 7,431 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199 1,848 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 17 302,963 105 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215 ConocoPhillips.. Com 20825C 10 4 1,336,662 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637 126,596 1,999,300 X 5, 13, 17 1,999,300 379,413 5,992,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,992,000 Costco Wholesale Corp........... Com 22160K 10 5 355,899 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363 Directv......... CLA 25490A 10 1 179,622 4,249,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,249,400 Dollar General Corp........... Com 256677 10 5 169,816 4,497,247 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,497,247 Exxon Mobil Corp........... Com 30231G 10 2 30,635 421,800 X 5 421,800 Gannett Inc............ Com 364730 10 1 16,584 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231 General Dynamics Corp........... Com 369550 10 8 174,335 3,064,422 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,064,422 General Electric Co............. Com 369604 10 3 118,380 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900 GlaxoSmithKline. ADR 37733W 10 5 62,369 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500 Ingersoll-Rd Company LTD............ CLA G4776G 10 1 17,865 636,600 X 5 636,000 ---------- 23,520,381 ----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2011
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 ------------------------ ---------------------- Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7 Voting Authority Column 1 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 -------------- -------- ----------- -------------- ---------- ---- ----------- ------- ----------------- ---------- ------ ---- Intel Corp..... Com 458140 10 0 199,167 9,333,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 9,333,000 International Business Machines...... Com 459200 10 1 10,028,617 57,348,984 X 5, 14, 17 57,348,984 Johnson & Johnson....... Com 478160 10 4 275,300 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500 125,765 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648 625,018 9,813,442 X 5, 14, 17 9,813,442 887,637 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841 135,787 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,132,000 36,622 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000 298,856 4,692,357 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,692,357 Kraft Foods Inc........... Com 50075N 10 4 1,739,625 51,805,384 X 5, 14, 17 51,805,384 660,906 19,681,524 X 5, 2, 6, 17 19,681,524 335,800 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 10,000,000 8,724 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 259,800 268,640 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 M & T Bank Corporation... Com 55261F 10 4 326,520 4,671,245 X 5, 14, 17 4,671,245 38,165 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000 11,519 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795 Mastercard Inc........... Com 57636Q 10 4 128,450 405,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 405,000 Moody's........ Com 615369 10 5 386,589 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850 478,656 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400 Procter & Gamble Co............ Com 742718 10 9 2,356,048 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036 1,281,290 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000 394,243 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000 394,243 6,240,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,240,000 49,280 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000 98,561 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000 276,412 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000 Sanofi Aventis....... ADR 80105N 10 5 16,023 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500 94,993 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133 5,553 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300 16,720 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 509,742 ---------- 21,979,729 ---------- - - -
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table September 30, 2011
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- -------------------------- Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 Voting Authority Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) 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 4,055 116,326 X 5, 1, 14, 17 116,326 23,516 674,592 X 5, 2, 6, 17 674,592 86,639 2,485,350 X 5, 14, 17 2,485,350 33,450 959,550 X 5, 13, 17 959,550 US Bancorp....... Com 902973 30 4 548,654 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300 488,898 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826 196,912 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000 51,176 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,174,000 41,077 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000 298,471 12,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,679,300 USG Corporation... Com 903293 40 5 114,896 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192 United Parcel Service Inc........... Com 911312 10 6 90,254 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200 Verisk Analytics..... CLA 92345Y 10 6 73,056 2,101,125 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,101,125 Visa Inc........... CLA 92826C 83 9 196,445 2,291,708 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,291,708 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc........... Com 931142 10 3 1,758,950 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142 217,980 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000 49,097 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co............ CLB 939640 10 8 292,411 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304 48,493 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 148,311 211,931 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165 12,093 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del........... Com 949746 10 1 1,496,704 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396 33,768 1,400,000 X 5, 4, 17 1,400,000 1,123,046 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770 67,247 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000 24,120 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000 4,086,721 169,432,865 X 5, 14, 17 169,432,865 38,826 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720 41,004 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000 19,778 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000 801,826 33,243,200 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 33,243,200 385,920 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 16,000,000 192,960 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000 65,124 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,700,000 48,240 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000 126,630 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000 164,326 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857 ----------- 13,554,694 ----------- GRAND TOTAL......... $59,054,804 ===========