UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 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 May 16, 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: 95
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $53,601,706
(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 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
March 31, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market --------------------- Voting Authority
Value Shares or (b) (c) -----------------------
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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American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 778,588 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 17 17,225,400
361,357 7,994,634 X 5, 13, 17 7,994,634
5,435,566 120,255,879 X 5, 14, 17 120,255,879
87,828 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 1,943,100
20, 21
63,267 1,399,713 X 5, 16, 17 1,399,713
37,960 839,832 X 5, 9, 17 839,832
88,237 1,952,142 X 5, 17 1,952,142
Bank of New York Mellon
Corp. Com 064058 10 0 53,584 1,793,915 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,793,915
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 26,536 400,000 X 5, 17 400,000
117,820 1,776,000 X 5, 15, 17 1,776,000
478,020 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 7,205,600
20, 21
2,662,994 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 17 40,141,600
9,283,991 139,945,600 X 5, 14, 17 139,945,600
606,295 9,139,200 X 5, 13, 17 9,139,200
31,843 480,000 X 5, 16, 17 480,000
60,502 912,000 X 5, 8, 17 912,000
Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 11,268 1,218,199 X 5, 14, 17 1,218,199
2,802 302,963 X 5, 3, 14, 17 302,963
159 17,215 X 5, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,685,816 21,109,637 X 5, 14, 17 21,109,637
159,720 2,000,000 X 5, 13, 17 2,000,000
478,521 5,992,000 X 5, 10, 11, 5,992,000
14, 17
Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 317,722 4,333,363 X 5, 14, 17 4,333,363
Exxon Mobil Corp. Com 30231G 10 2 35,486 421,800 X 5 421,800
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 26,504 1,740,231 X 5, 14, 17 1,740,231
General Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 155,947 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 58,018 1,510,500 X 5, 14, 17 1,510,500
Ingersoll-Rd Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 30,725 636,600 X 5 636,000
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23,137,076
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market --------------------- Voting Authority
Value Shares or (b) (c) -----------------------
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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Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 256,108 4,322,500 X 5 4,322,500
116,998 1,974,648 X 5, 1, 14, 17 1,974,648
888,230 14,991,217 X 5, 14, 17 14,991,217
825,758 13,936,841 X 5, 2, 6, 17 13,936,841
8,553 144,357 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 144,357
20, 21
126,321 2,132,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 2,132,000
17
34,069 575,000 X 5, 18 575,000
269,469 4,548,000 X 5, 10, 11, 4,548,000
14, 17
Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,761,318 56,164,484 X 5, 14, 17 56,164,484
965,584 30,790,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 30,790,300
313,600 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 10,000,000
20, 21
8,147 259,800 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 259,800
17
250,880 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 411,653 4,653,026 X 5, 14, 17 4,653,026
48,305 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 546,000
14, 17
14,579 164,795 X 5, 13, 17 164,795
Mastercard Inc. Com 57636Q 10 4 54,372 216,000 X 5, 10, 11, 216,000
14, 17
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 430,516 12,695,850 X 5, 14, 17 12,695,850
533,045 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 15,719,400
14, 17
Procter & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,297,128 37,291,036 X 5, 14, 17 37,291,036
1,249,248 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 17 20,280,000
384,384 6,240,000 X 5, 13, 17 6,240,000
384,384 6,240,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 6,240,000
20, 21
48,048 780,000 X 5, 15, 17 780,000
96,096 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 17 1,560,000
269,500 4,375,000 X 5 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 17,205 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 488,500
14, 17
102,002 2,896,133 X 5, 14, 17 2,896,133
5,963 169,300 X 5, 13, 17 169,300
17,953 509,742 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 509,742
17
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12,189,416
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2011
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment Discretion
Market --------------------- Voting Authority
Value Shares or (b) (c) -----------------------
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 5,156 77,551 X 5, 1, 14, 17 77,551
29,898 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 17 449,728
110,151 1,656,900 X 5, 14, 17 1,656,900
42,527 639,700 X 5, 13, 17 639,700
US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 616,012 23,307,300 X 5, 2, 6, 17 23,307,300
548,920 20,768,826 X 5, 14, 17 20,768,826
221,087 8,365,000 X 5 8,365,000
264,300 10,000,000 X 5, 4, 17, 19,
20, 21 0,000,000
57,459 2,174,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12,
17 2,174,000
46,120 1,745,000 X 5, 18 1,745,000
70,814 2,679,300 X 5, 10, 11, 2,679,300
14, 17
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 284,423 17,072,192 X 5, 14, 17 17,072,192
United Parcel Service
Inc. Com 911312 10 6 106,218 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,764,034 33,891,142 X 5, 14, 17 33,891,142
218,610 4,200,000 X 5, 3, 14, 17 4,200,000
49,239 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 946,000
14, 17
Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 391,312 894,304 X 5, 14, 17 894,304
64,895 148,311 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 148,311
17
283,611 648,165 X 5, 13, 17 648,165
16,183 36,985 X 5, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,967,681 62,052,396 X 5, 2, 6, 17 62,052,396
400,916 12,643,200 X 5, 4, 17, 19, 12,643,200
20, 21
1,476,442 46,560,770 X 5, 13, 17 46,560,770
88,407 2,788,000 X 5, 15, 17 2,788,000
31,710 1,000,000 X 5, 17 1,000,000
4,778,284 150,686,982 X 5, 14, 17 150,686,982
51,044 1,609,720 X 5, 16, 17 1,609,720
53,907 1,700,000 X 5, 9, 17 1,700,000
26,002 820,000 X 5, 8, 17 820,000
697,620 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 22,000,000
14, 17
507,360 16,000,000 X 5, 1, 7, 14, 16,000,000
17
253,680 8,000,000 X 5 8,000,000
85,617 2,700,000 X 5, 2, 6, 12, 2,700,000
17
63,420 2,000,000 X 5, 18 2,000,000
166,478 5,250,000 X 5, 1, 14, 17 5,250,000
216,036 6,812,857 X 5, 3, 14, 17 6,812,857
Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,219,641 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 17 5,703,087
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18,275,214
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GRAND TOTAL $ 53,601,706
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