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, 2009
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: Vice President
Phone: 402-346-1400
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
(s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE February 15, 2010
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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
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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: 109
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $57,929,532
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(thousands)
Confidential Information has been omitted from the public 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
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1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska
2. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc.
3. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps
4. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E.
5. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co.
6. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co.
7. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company
8. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company
9. 28- GEC Investment Managers
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 Inc.
18. 28- U.S. Investment Corp.
19. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2009
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------------------
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 9 697,973 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 17 17,225,400
323,943 7,994,634 X 4, 13, 17 7,994,634
4,872,768 120,255,879 X 4, 14, 17 120,255,879
78,734 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100
56,716 1,399,713 X 4, 16, 17 1,399,713
34,030 839,832 X 4, 8, 17 839,832
79,101 1,952,142 X 4, 17 1,952,142
Bank of America
Corp. Com 060505 10 4 75,300 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000
Becton
Dickinson
& Co. Com 075887 10 9 118,290 1,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,500,000
Burlington
Northern
Santa Fe Com 12189T 10 4 7,571,751 76,777,029 X 4, 14, 17 76,777,029
Carmax Inc. Com 143130 10 2 194,000 8,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 8,000,000
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 22,800 400,000 X 4, 17 400,000
101,232 1,776,000 X 4, 15, 17 1,776,000
410,719 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600
2,288,071 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 17 40,141,600
7,976,899 139,945,600 X 4, 14, 17 139,945,600
520,934 9,139,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,139,200
27,360 480,000 X 4, 16, 17 480,000
51,984 912,000 X 4, 7, 17 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 192,120 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,000,000
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 12,182 1,218,199 X 4, 14, 17 1,218,199
3,029 302,963 X 4, 2, 5, 17 302,963
172 17,215 X 4, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,517,358 29,711,330 X 4, 14, 17 29,711,330
102,140 2,000,000 X 4, 13, 17 2,000,000
306,420 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 310,879 5,254,000 X 4, 14, 17 5,254,000
Exxon Mobil
Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 28,763 421,800 X 4 421,800
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 32,703 2,202,200 X 4, 14, 17 2,202,200
General
Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 117,680 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 63,819 1,510,500 X 4, 14, 17 1,510,500
Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 79,786 2,757,898 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,757,898
Ingersoll-Rd
Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 22,731 636,600 X 4 636,000
178,700 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 159,320 7,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,000,000
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28,630,407
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2009
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------------------
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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Johnson &
Johnson Com 478160 10 4 320,324 4,973,200 X 4 4,973,200
870,153 13,509,591 X 4, 2, 5, 17 13,509,591
20,953 325,300 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 325,300
197,099 3,060,076 X 4, 13, 17 3,060,076
51,012 792,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 792,000
37,036 575,000 X 4, 18 575,000
251,025 3,897,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,897,300
Kraft Foods
Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 2,425,065 89,222,400 X 4, 14, 17 89,222,400
836,880 30,790,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 30,790,300
271,800 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
7,061 259,800 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 259,800
217,440 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
Lowes Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 152,035 6,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,500,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 401,565 6,003,360 X 4, 14, 17 6,003,360
36,522 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000
11,084 165,700 X 4, 13, 17 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 431,352 16,095,210 X 4, 14, 17 16,095,210
421,280 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400
NRG Energy,
Inc. Com 629377 50 8 141,660 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000
Nalco Holding
Co. Com 62985Q 10 1 229,590 9,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 9,000,000
Nestle ADR 641069 40 6 164,390 3,400,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,400,000
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 504,841 7,641,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,641,000
Procter &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,911,963 48,028,411 X 4, 14, 17 48,028,411
1,229,576 20,280,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 20,280,000
378,331 6,240,000 X 4, 13, 17 6,240,000
378,331 6,240,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000
47,291 780,000 X 4, 15, 17 780,000
94,583 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 17 1,560,000
265,256 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000
Republic
Services
Inc. Com 760759 10 0 234,704 8,290,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 8,290,500
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 19,183 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500
113,731 2,896,133 X 4, 14, 17 2,896,133
6,648 169,300 X 4, 13, 17 169,300
13,744 350,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 350,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 31,210 1,538,206 X 4, 14, 17 1,538,206
17,449 860,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 860,000
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13,742,167
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2009
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------------------
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 3,408 77,551 X 1, 4, 14, 17 77,551
19,766 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 17 449,728
72,821 1,656,900 X 4, 14, 17 1,656,900
28,115 639,700 X 4, 13, 17 639,700
The Travelers
Companies Com 89417E 10 9 1,363 27,336 X 4, 14, 17 27,336
US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 524,647 23,307,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 23,307,300
467,506 20,768,826 X 4, 14, 17 20,768,826
188,296 8,365,000 X 4 8,365,000
225,100 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
48,937 2,174,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,174,000
39,280 1,745,000 X 4, 18 1,745,000
60,311 2,679,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 239,864 17,072,192 X 4, 14, 17 17,072,192
United Parcel
Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 81,993 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200
United Health
Group Inc. Com 91324P 10 2 35,814 1,175,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,175,000
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,811,482 33,891,142 X 4, 14, 17 33,891,142
50,564 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000
224,490 4,200,000 X 4 4,200,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 393,136 894,304 X 4, 14, 17 894,304
65,198 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 14, 17 148,311
284,933 648,165 X 4, 13, 17 648,165
16,259 36,985 X 4, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,443,679 53,489,420 X 4, 2, 5, 17 53,489,420
341,240 12,643,200 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200
1,034,069 38,313,040 X 4, 13, 17 38,313,040
75,248 2,788,000 X 4, 15, 17 2,788,000
26,990 1,000,000 X 4, 17 1,000,000
4,054,226 150,212,148 X 4, 14, 17 150,212,148
43,446 1,609,720 X 4, 16, 17 1,609,720
45,883 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 17 1,700,000
22,132 820,000 X 4, 7, 17 820,000
593,780 22,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000
431,840 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 14, 17 16,000,000
399,799 14,812,857 X 4 14,812,857
72,873 2,700,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,700,000
53,980 2,000,000 X 4, 18 2,000,000
Wellpoint Inc. Com 94973V 10 7 78,331 1,343,820 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,343,820
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,956,159 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 17 5,703,087
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15,556,958
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GRAND TOTAL $57,929,532
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