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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: December 31, 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 February 14, 2012
_______________________ ________________________ _______________________
[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:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]
Form 13F File Number Name
28-5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
[Repeat as necessary.]
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 18
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 101
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 66,151,587
(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.]
NO. FORM 13F FILE 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.
[Repeat as necessary.]
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2011
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 9 812,522 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17 17,225,400
377,107 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634
5,672,470 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879
91,656 1,943,100 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,943,100
66,024 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713
39,615 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832
92,082 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142
Bank of
New
York
Mellon
Corp......... Com 064058 10 0 35,717 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,793,915
CVS
Caremark
Corp......... Com 126650 10 0 289,803 7,106,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,106,500
Coca
Cola......... Com 191216 10 0 27,988 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000
124,267 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000
504,176 7,205,600 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,205,600
2,808,708 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 17 40,141,600
9,791,994 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600
639,470 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200
33,586 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000
63,813 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000
Comdisco
Holding
Co........... Com 200334 10 0 7,187 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199
1,787 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 17 302,963
101 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215
Conoco-
Phillips..... Com 20825C 10 4 1,538,259 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637
145,689 1,999,300 X 5, 13, 17 1,999,300
436,637 5,992,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,992,000
Costco
Wholesale
Corp......... Com 22160K 10 5 361,056 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363
Da Vita
Inc.......... Com 23918K 10 8 203,512 2,684,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,684,500
Directv........ CLA 25490A 10 1 870,098 20,348,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 20,348,400
Dollar
General
Corp......... Com 256677 10 5 185,017 4,497,247 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,497,247
Gannett
Inc.......... Com 364730 10 1 23,267 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231
General
Dynamics
Corp......... Com 369550 10 8 257,480 3,877,122 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,877,122
General
Electric
Co........... Com 369604 10 3 139,302 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
GlaxoSmith-
Kline........ ADR 37733W 10 5 68,924 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500
Ingersoll-Rd
Company
LTD.......... CLA G4776G 10 1 19,379 636,600 X 5 636,000
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25,728,693
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2011
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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Intel
Corp........ Com 458140 10 0 278,754 11,495,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 11,495,000
Inter-
national
Business
Machines.... Com 459200 10 1 11,751,023 63,905,931 X 5, 14, 17 63,905,931
Johnson &
Johnson..... Com 478160 10 4 283,470 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500
129,497 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648
90,814 1,384,781 X 5, 14, 17 1,384,781
913,978 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841
139,817 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,132,000
37,708 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000
307,725 4,692,357 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,692,357
Kraft
Foods
Inc......... Com 50075N 10 4 1,872,258 50,113,984 X 5, 14, 17 50,113,984
697,172 18,660,929 X 5, 2, 6, 17 18,660,929
373,600 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 10,000,000
9,706 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 259,800
298,880 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
Liberty
Media Lib Cap
Corp........ Com A 530322 10 6 132,794 1,701,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,701,400
M & T
Bank
Corp-
oration..... Com 55261F 10 4 356,603 4,671,245 X 5, 14, 17 4,671,245
41,682 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000
12,580 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795
Mastercard
Inc......... Com 57636Q 10 4 150,992 405,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 405,000
Moody's....... Com 615369 10 5 427,596 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850
529,429 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400
Procter &
Gamble
Co.......... Com 742718 10 9 2,487,685 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036
1,352,879 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000
416,270 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000
416,270 6,240,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,240,000
52,034 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000
104,068 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000
291,856 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000
Sanofi
Aventis..... ADR 80105N 10 5 17,850 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500
105,825 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133
6,186 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300
18,626 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 509,742
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24,105,627
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2011
Column 6
Investment
Discretion
Column 4 -------------------- Column 8
Market Column 5 Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Torchmark
Corp......... Com 891027 10 4 5,047 116,326 X 5, 1, 14, 17 116,326
29,270 674,592 X 5, 2, 6, 17 674,592
107,839 2,485,350 X 5, 14, 17 2,485,350
41,635 959,550 X 5, 13, 17 959,550
US Bancorp..... Com 902973 30 4 630,462 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300
561,797 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826
226,273 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000
58,807 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,174,000
47,202 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000
342,975 12,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,679,300
USG Corp-
oration...... Com 903293 40 5 173,453 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192
United
Parcel
Service
Inc.......... Com 911312 10 6 104,603 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Verisk
Analytics.... CLA 92345Y 10 6 138,249 3,445,029 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,445,029
Visa Inc....... CLA 92826C 83 9 290,884 2,865,008 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,865,008
Wal-Mart
Stores,
Inc.......... Com 931142 10 3 2,025,335 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142
250,992 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000
56,533 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000
Washington
Post Co...... CLB 939640 10 8 336,983 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304
55,885 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 148,311
244,235 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165
13,936 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del...... Com 949746 10 1 1,817,954 65,963,496 X 5, 2, 6, 17 65,963,496
38,584 1,400,000 X 5, 4, 17 1,400,000
1,283,215 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770
76,837 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000
27,560 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000
5,177,300 187,855,585 X 5, 14, 17 187,855,585
44,364 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720
46,852 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000
22,599 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000
916,183 33,243,200 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 33,243,200
440,960 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 16,000,000
220,480 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
74,412 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,700,000
55,120 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000
144,690 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000
187,762 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857
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16,317,267
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GRAND
TOTAL........ $66,151,587
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