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, 2010
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 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
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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: 94
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $52,560,379
(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.]
FORM 13F FILE
NO. 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 Blue Chip Stamps
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 Corp.
20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2010
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 (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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American Express
Co. Com 025816 10 9 739,314 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17 17,225,400
343,130 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634
5,161,382 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879
83,398 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100
60,076 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713
36,046 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832
83,786 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142
Bank of New York
Mellon Corp. Com 064058 10 0 54,176 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,793,915
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 26,308 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000
116,808 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000
473,912 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600
2,640,113 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 17 40,141,600
9,204,222 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600
601,085 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200
31,570 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000
59,982 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000
Comdisco Holding
Co. Com 200334 10 0 10,964 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199
2,727 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 17 302,963
155 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,437,566 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637
136,200 2,000,000 X 5, 13, 17 2,000,000
408,600 6,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000
Costco Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 312,912 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363
Exxon Mobil
Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 30,842 421,800 X 5 421,800
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 26,260 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231
General Electric
Co. Com 369604 10 3 142,258 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 59,242 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500
Ingersoll-Rd
Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 29,949 636,600 X 5 636,000
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22,312,983
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2010
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 (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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Johnson &
Johnson Com 478160 10 4 267,347 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500
122,132 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648
927,207 14,991,217 X 5, 14, 17 14,991,217
861,994 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841
8,928 144,357 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 144,357
131,864 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,132,000
35,564 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000
281,294 4,548,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,548,000
Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,769,743 56,164,484 X 5, 14, 17 56,164,484
970,202 30,790,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 30,790,300
315,100 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
8,186 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 259,800
252,080 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 405,046 4,653,026 X 5, 14, 17 4,653,026
47,529 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000
14,345 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 336,948 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850
417,193 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400
Procter & Gamble
Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,398,932 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036
1,304,612 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000
401,419 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000
401,419 6,240,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000
50,177 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000
100,355 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000
281,444 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 15,744 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500
93,342 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133
5,457 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300
16,429 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 509,742
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12,242,032
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2010
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 (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 4,632 77,551 X 5, 1, 14, 17 77,551
26,867 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 17 449,728
98,983 1,656,900 X 5, 14, 17 1,656,900
38,216 639,700 X 5, 13, 17 639,700
US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 628,598 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300
560,135 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826
225,604 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000
269,700 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
58,633 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,174,000
47,063 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000
72,261 2,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 287,325 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192
United Parcel
Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 103,731 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,827,749 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142
226,506 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000
51,018 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 393,047 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304
65,183 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 148,311
284,869 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165
16,255 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,923,004 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396
391,813 12,643,200 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200
1,442,918 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770
86,400 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000
30,990 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000
4,669,790 150,686,982 X 5, 14, 17 150,686,982
49,885 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720
52,683 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000
25,412 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000
681,780 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000
495,840 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 17 16,000,000
247,920 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
83,673 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 17 2,700,000
61,980 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000
162,697 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000
211,130 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857
Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,101,074 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 17 5,703,087
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18,005,364
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GRAND TOTAL $52,560,379
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