UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 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 August 12, 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
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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: 96
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $52,357,493
(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.]
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-______ 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.
19. 28-1357 Wesco Financial LLC
20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority
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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American Express Com 025816 10 9 890,553 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17,225,400
Co. 17
413,323 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634
6,217,229 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879
100,458 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 17, 1,943,100
19, 20, 21
72,365 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713
43,419 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832
100,926 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142
Bank of New York Com 064058 10 0 45,960 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 1,793,915
Mellon Corp. 17
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 26,916 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000
119,507 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000
484,865 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 17, 7,205,600
19, 20, 21
2,701,128 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 40,141,600
17
9,416,939 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600
614,977 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200
32,299 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000
61,368 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000
Comdisco Holding Com 200334 10 0 7,589 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199
Co.
1,887 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 302,963
17
107 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,587,234 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637
150,380 2,000,000 X 5, 13, 17 2,000,000
450,538 5,992,000 X 5, 10, 5,992,000
11, 14, 17
Costco Wholesale Com 22160K 10 5 352,042 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363
Corp.
Dollar General Com 256677 10 5 50,760 1,497,800 X 5, 10, 1,497,800
Corp. 11, 14, 17
Exxon Mobil Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 34,326 421,800 X 5 421,800
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 24,920 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231
General Electric Com 369604 10 3 146,691 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
Co.
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 64,800 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500
Ingersoll-Rd CLA G4776G 10 1 28,881 636,600 X 5 636,000
Company LTD.
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24,242,387
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority
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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Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 287,533 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500
131,353 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648
997,216 14,991,217 X 5, 14, 17 14,991,217
927,079 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841
9,603 144,357 X 5, 4, 17, 19,
20, 21 144,357
141,821 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6,
12, 17 2,132,000
38,249 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000
302,533 4,548,000 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 4,548,000
Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,825,104 51,805,384 X 5, 14, 17 51,805,384
1,035,848 29,402,440 X 5, 2, 6, 17 29,402,440
352,300 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19,
20, 21 10,000,000
9,153 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12,
17 259,800
281,840 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 409,234 4,653,026 X 5, 14, 17 4,653,026
48,021 546,000 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 546,000
14,494 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795
Mastercard Inc. Com 57636Q 10 4 122,043 405,000 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 405,000
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 486,886 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850
602,839 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 15,719,400
Procter & Gamble
Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,370,591 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036
1,289,200 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000
396,677 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000
396,677 6,240,000 X 5, 4, 17,
19, 20, 21 6,240,000
49,585 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000
99,169 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000
278,119 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 19,623 488,500 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 488,500
116,338 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133
6,801 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300
20,476 509,742 X 5, 2, 6,
12, 17 509,742
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13,066,405
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market Shares or (c) Voting Authority
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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Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,974 77,551 X 5, 1, 14, 17 77,551
28,846 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 17 449,728
106,274 1,656,900 X 5, 14, 17 1,656,900
41,030 639,700 X 5, 13, 17 639,700
US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 594,569 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300
529,813 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826
213,391 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000
255,100 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19,
20, 21 10,000,000
55,459 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12,
17 2,174,000
44,515 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000
68,349 2,679,300 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 2,679,300
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 244,815 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192
United Parcel
Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 104,232 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Verisk Analytics CI A 92345Y 10 6 72,741 2,101,125 X 5, 10, 11, 14,
17 2,101,125
Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,800,975 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142
223,188 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000
50,270 946,000 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 946,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 374,669 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304
62,135 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14,
17 148,311
271,549 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165
15,495 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo & Co.
Del Com 949746 10 1 1,741,190 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396
354,768 12,643,200 X 5, 4, 17, 19,
20, 21 12,643,200
1,306,495 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770
78,231 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000
28,060 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000
4,500,562 160,390,665 X 5, 14, 17 160,390,665
45,169 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720
47,702 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000
23,009 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000
617,320 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11,
14, 17 22,000,000
448,960 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7,
14, 17 16,000,000
224,480 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
75,762 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6,
12, 17 2,700,000
56,120 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000
147,315 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000
191,169 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857
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15,048,701
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GRAND TOTAL $52,357,493
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