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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 [ ]; 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 November 14, 2011
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[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.
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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:. $59,127,860
(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.]
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
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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
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23,520,381
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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
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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
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21,979,729
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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
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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 6 146,112 4,202,250 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,202,250
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
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13,627,750
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GRAND
TOTAL......... $59,127,860
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