13F-HR 1 meritage13f2012q4.txt 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: December 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: Meritage Group LP Address: Pier 5, The Embarcadero, Suite 101 San Francisco, CA 94111 13F File Number: 028-12802 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: Laura Baxter-Simons Title: Chief Compliance Officer Phone (415) 399-5330 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Laura Baxter Simons San Francisco, CA February 7, 2013 Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. [ ] 13F NOTICE. [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 1 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 35 Form 13F Information Table Value (x $1000) Total: $3197755 LIST OF OTHER INCLUDED MANAGERS: NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME ___ ____________________ ________________ 01 028-14947 MWG GP LLC FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCREIN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ____________________________ ________________ _________ ________ ________ ___ ____ _______ ___________ ________ ________ ________ APPLE INC COM 037833100 31930 60000 SH C DEFINED 01 60000 0 0 APPLE INC COM 037833100 6386 12000 SH DEFINED 01 12000 0 0 BP PLC SPONSORED ADR 055622104 20566 493900 SH C DEFINED 01 493900 0 0 CANADIAN NAT RES LTD COM 136385101 14435 500000 SH C DEFINED 01 500000 0 0 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD COM 13645T100 163061 1604755 SH DEFINED 01 1604755 0 0 COCA COLA ENTERPRISES INC NE COM 19122T109 110864 3493990 SH DEFINED 01 3493990 0 0 DELL INC COM 24702R101 1967 194000 SH C DEFINED 01 194000 0 0 DILLARDS INC COM 254067101 8377 100000 SH P DEFINED 01 100000 0 0 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATNS NEW COM SER C 25470F302 107109 1830919 SH DEFINED 01 1830919 0 0 FIDELITY NATL INFORMATION SV COM 31620M106 93451 2684611 SH DEFINED 01 2684611 0 0 FISERV INC COM 337738108 163814 2072806 SH DEFINED 01 2072806 0 0 FUSION-IO INC COM 36112J107 7452 325000 SH DEFINED 01 325000 0 0 GOLDCORP INC NEW COM 380956409 3670 100000 SH C DEFINED 01 100000 0 0 INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC COM 45865V100 76679 619332 SH DEFINED 01 619332 0 0 ISHARES TR MSCI EMERG MKT 464287234 151695 3420400 SH P DEFINED 01 3420400 0 0 KIOR INC CL A 497217109 128 20000 SH DEFINED 01 20000 0 0 LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORP INT COM SER A 53071M104 200032 10164241 SH DEFINED 01 10164241 0 0 MASTERCARD INC CL A 57636Q104 69157 140770 SH DEFINED 01 140770 0 0 MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP COM 611740101 46593 881774 SH DEFINED 01 881774 0 0 MORGAN STANLEY COM NEW 617446448 12791 669000 SH P DEFINED 01 669000 0 0 MURPHY OIL CORP COM 626717102 1191 20000 SH DEFINED 01 20000 0 0 NEWS CORP CL A 65248E104 109449 4290425 SH DEFINED 01 4290425 0 0 ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 90277 2709399 SH DEFINED 01 2709399 0 0 PERKINELMER INC COM 714046109 60793 1915359 SH DEFINED 01 1915359 0 0 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM 718172109 139757 1670930 SH DEFINED 01 1670930 0 0 PRAXAIR INC COM 74005P104 118152 1079505 SH DEFINED 01 1079505 0 0 SELECT SECTOR SPDR TR SBI INT-ENERGY 81369Y506 29661 415300 SH DEFINED 01 415300 0 0 SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLD SHS 78463V107 230733 1424100 SH C DEFINED 01 1424100 0 0 SPDR GOLD TRUST GOLD SHS 78463V107 79664 491690 SH DEFINED 01 491690 0 0 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT 78462F103 363146 2550000 SH P DEFINED 01 2550000 0 0 SPDR S&P 500 ETF TR TR UNIT 78462F103 422148 2964316 SH DEFINED 01 2964316 0 0 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC COM 883556102 98535 1544916 SH DEFINED 01 1544916 0 0 VISA INC COM CL A 92826C839 84056 554533 SH DEFINED 01 554533 0 0 WILLIAMS COS INC DEL COM 969457100 77124 2355654 SH DEFINED 01 2355654 0 0 YPF SOCIEDAD ANONIMA SPON ADR CL D 984245100 2910 200000 SH C DEFINED 01 200000 0 0