13F-HR 1 b73875a1e13fvhr.txt TWEEDY, BROWNE LLC UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington DC 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2008 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: Tweedy, Browne Company LLC Address: 350 Park Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022 Form 13F File Number: 28-1222 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: Kenneth E. Leopold Title: General Counsel Phone: 212-916-0600 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: Kenneth E. Leopold New York, New York 02/05/2009 Signature City, State Date Report Type (Check only one): [x] 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).) [ ] 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).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 1 Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 59 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $1,610,086 List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. 1 Form 13F File Number: 28-04975 Name: Affiliated Managers Group Inc. FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- AKZO NOBEL NV SPONSORED ADR ADR 010199305 7556 184639 SH SOLE 184639 DIAGEO PLC- SPONSORED ADR ADR 25243Q205 35845 631747 SH SOLE 631747 ENI SPONSORED ADR ADR 26874R108 701 14655 SH SOLE 14655 GLAXO SMITHKLINE PLC, ADR ADR 37733W105 38864 1042763 SH SOLE 1042763 HEINEKEN HOLDINGS 'A' ADRS ADR B0DM8G4 14208 503825 SH SOLE 503825 HEINEKEN NV ADR ADR 2419176 13711 900775 SH SOLE 900775 NOVARTIS AG ADR ADR 66987V109 7530 151325 SH SOLE 151325 SK TELECOM - ADR ADR 78440P108 125045 6878180 SH SOLE 6273880 604300 UNILEVER (ul) ADR 904767704 9449 410448 SH SOLE 410448 UNILEVER (UN) ADR 904784709 40862 1664438 SH SOLE 1664438 COCA-COLA HELLENIC BOTTLING COM 4420723 16729 1157192 SH SOLE 951192 206000 HONDA MOTOR CO LTD COM 6435145 60451 2875055 SH SOLE 2601055 274000 3M CO COM 88579Y101 28867 501681 SH SOLE 443681 58000 ACMAT CORP CLASS A COM 004616207 843 51890 SH SOLE 51890 ALTRIA GROUP, INC. 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NEW COM 472319102 3631 258225 SH SOLE 161385 96840 KRAFT FOODS INC-A COM 50075n104 321 11948 SH SOLE 11948 LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP COM 527288104 12839 648447 SH SOLE 648447 NATIONAL WESTERN LIFE INS CO COM 638522102 20914 123628 SH SOLE 123628 NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP COM 655844108 34631 736045 SH SOLE 597990 138055 PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL COM 718172109 1928 44308 SH SOLE 44308 RAMCO GERSHENSON PROPERTIES TR COM 751452202 681 110207 SH SOLE 110207 RAYONIER INC COM 754907103 13042 416016 SH SOLE 416016 SAGA COMMUNICATIONS COM 786598102 263 159515 SH SOLE 159515 SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS COM 82312B106 1118 39840 SH SOLE 39840 SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO COM 824348106 466 7800 SH SOLE 7800 TORCHMARK CORP COM 891027104 45037 1007541 SH SOLE 1007541 TRANSATLANTIC HLDGS COM 893521104 62932 1570947 SH SOLE 1395648 175299 UNIFIRST CORP COM 904708104 53053 1786886 SH SOLE 1432715 354171 UNION PACIFIC COM 907818108 39529 826975 SH SOLE 716728 110247 URSTADT BIDDLE PROPERTIES INC. 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