13F-HR 1 v53429ae13fvhr.txt FORM 13F-HR 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, 2009 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 August 13, 2009 ------------------------------------- --------------------- ---------------- [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 -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 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: 110 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $48,954,993 (thousands) Confidential Information has been omitted from the public 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 --- -------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska 2. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc. 3. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps 4. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E. 5. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co. 6. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co. 7. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company 8. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company 9. 28- GEC Investment Managers 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 Inc. 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 June 30, 2009

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 -------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------------- Investment Discretion -------------------- Voting Authority Market Shares or (b) (c) -------------------------- 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 -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---- ------- ------- -------------------- ----------- ------ ------- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 400,318 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 17 17,225,400 185,795 7,994,634 X 4, 13, 17 7,994,634 2,794,747 120,255,879 X 4, 14, 17 120,255,879 45,158 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100 32,529 1,399,713 X 4, 16, 17 1,399,713 19,518 839,832 X 4, 8, 17 839,832 45,368 1,952,142 X 4, 17 1,952,142 Bank of America Corp. Com 060505 10 4 66,000 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000 Beckton Dickson & Co. Com 075887 10 9 85,572 1,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,200,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Com 12189T 10 4 5,646,183 76,777,029 X 4, 14, 17 76,777,029 Carmax Inc. Com 143130 10 2 132,320 9,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 9,000,000 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 19,196 400,000 X 4, 17 400,000 85,230 1,776,000 X 4, 15, 17 1,776,000 345,797 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600 1,926,395 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 17 40,141,600 6,715,989 139,945,600 X 4, 14, 17 139,945,600 438,590 9,139,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,139,200 23,035 480,000 X 4, 16, 17 480,000 43,767 912,000 X 4, 7, 17 912,000 Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 169,200 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,000,000 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 9,136 1,218,199 X 4, 14, 17 1,218,199 2,272 302,963 X 4, 2, 5, 17 302,963 129 17,215 X 4, 13, 17 17,215 ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 2,375,791 56,485,759 X 4, 14, 17 56,485,759 84,120 2,000,000 X 4, 13, 17 2,000,000 252,360 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 240,528 5,254,000 X 4, 14, 17 5,254,000 Eaton Corporation Com 278058 10 2 89,220 2,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,000,000 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 12,308 3,447,600 X 4, 14, 17 3,447,600 General Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 91,157 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900 GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 53,381 1,510,500 X 4, 14, 17 1,510,500 Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 65,169 2,757,898 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,757,898 Ingersoll-Rd Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 13,292 636,600 X 4 636,000 149,351 7,146,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,146,000 Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 96,951 3,372,200 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,372,200 ----------- 22,755,872 -----------

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table June 30, 2009

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 -------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------------- Investment Discretion -------------------- Voting Authority Market Shares or (b) (c) -------------------------- 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 -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---- ------- ------- -------------------- ----------- ------ ------- Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 282,477 4,973,200 X 4 4,973,200 980,631 17,264,633 X 4, 14, 17 17,264,633 18,477 325,300 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 325,300 516,153 9,087,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,087,200 44,986 792,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 792,000 32,660 575,000 X 4, 18 575,000 221,367 3,897,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,897,300 Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 2,260,896 89,222,400 X 4, 14, 17 89,222,400 780,226 30,790,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 30,790,300 253,400 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 6,583 259,800 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 259,800 202,720 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000 Lowes Companies Inc. Com 548661 10 7 126,165 6,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,500,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 305,751 6,003,360 X 4, 14, 17 6,003,360 27,808 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000 8,439 165,700 X 4, 13, 17 165,700 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 850,594 32,280,600 X 4, 14, 17 32,280,600 414,206 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400 NRG Energy, Inc. Com 629377 50 8 186,912 7,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,200,000 Nalco Holding Co. Com 62985Q 10 1 151,560 9,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 9,000,000 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 395,651 7,641,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,641,000 Norfolk Southern Corp. Com 655844 10 8 72,816 1,933,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 1,933,000 Procter & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,846,286 55,700,318 X 4, 14, 17 55,700,318 1,036,308 20,280,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 20,280,000 318,864 6,240,000 X 4, 13, 17 6,240,000 318,864 6,240,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000 39,858 780,000 X 4, 15, 17 780,000 79,716 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 17 1,560,000 58,289 1,140,692 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,140,692 223,562 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000 Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 14,405 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500 85,407 2,896,133 X 4, 14, 17 2,896,133 4,993 169,300 X 4, 13, 17 169,300 10,321 350,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 350,000 Sun Trusts Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 38,569 2,344,600 X 4, 14, 17 2,344,600 14,147 860,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 860,000 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 2,872 77,551 X 1, 4, 14, 17 77,551 16,658 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 17 449,728 61,372 1,656,900 X 4, 14, 17 1,656,900 23,694 639,700 X 4, 13, 17 639,700 ----------- 13,334,663 -----------

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table June 30, 2009

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 -------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------------- Investment Discretion -------------------- Voting Authority Market Shares or (b) (c) -------------------------- 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 -------------- -------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ---- ------- ------- -------------------- ----------- ------ ------- US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 417,667 23,307,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 23,307,300 372,177 20,768,826 X 4, 14, 17 20,768,826 149,901 8,365,000 X 4 8,365,000 179,200 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000 38,958 2,174,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,174,000 31,270 1,745,000 X 4, 18 1,745,000 48,013 2,679,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 171,917 17,072,192 X 4, 14, 17 17,072,192 Union Pacific Corp. Com 907818 10 8 463,646 8,906,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 8,906,000 33,943 652,000 X 4, 14, 17 652,000 United Parcel Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 71,446 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200 United Health Group Inc. Com 91324P 10 2 84,932 3,400,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,400,000 Wabco Holdings Inc. Com 92927K 10 2 47,790 2,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,700,000 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 920,278 18,998,300 X 4, 14, 17 18,998,300 45,824 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 314,956 894,304 X 4, 14, 17 894,304 52,232 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 14, 17 148,311 228,271 648,165 X 4, 13, 17 648,165 13,025 36,985 X 4, 15, 17 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,297,653 53,489,420 X 4, 2, 5, 17 53,489,420 306,724 12,643,200 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200 929,474 38,313,040 X 4, 13, 17 38,313,040 67,637 2,788,000 X 4, 15, 17 2,788,000 24,260 1,000,000 X 4, 17 1,000,000 3,385,382 139,545,832 X 4, 14, 17 139,545,832 39,052 1,609,720 X 4, 16, 17 1,609,720 41,242 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 17 1,700,000 19,893 820,000 X 4, 7, 17 820,000 533,720 22,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000 388,160 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 14, 17 16,000,000 194,080 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000 65,502 2,700,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,700,000 48,520 2,000,000 X 4, 18 2,000,000 Wellpoint Inc. Com 949773V 10 7 178,115 3,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,500,000 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,659,598 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 17 5,703,087 ----------- 12,864,458 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $48,954,993 ===========