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, 2009
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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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 May 14, 2009
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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: 110
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $40,871,225
(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
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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
March 31, 2009
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment
Discretion Voting Authority
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Market Shares or (b) (c)
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 9 234,782 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 17 17,225,400
108,967 7,994,634 X 4, 13, 17 7,994,634
1,639,088 120,255,879 X 4, 14, 17 120,255,879
26,484 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100
19,078 1,399,713 X 4, 16, 17 1,399,713
11,447 839,832 X 4, 8, 17 839,832
26,608 1,952,142 X 4, 17 1,952,142
Bank of America
Corp. Com 060505 10 4 34,100 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000
Burlington
Northern
Santa Fe Com 12189T 10 4 4,618,138 76,777,029 X 4, 14, 17 76,777,029
Carmax Inc. Com 143130 10 2 149,280 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,000,000
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 17,580 400,000 X 4, 17 400,000
78,055 1,776,000 X 4, 15, 17 1,776,000
316,686 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600
1,764,223 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 17 40,141,600
6,150,609 139,945,600 X 4, 14, 17 139,945,600
401,668 9,139,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,139,200
21,096 480,000 X 4, 16, 17 480,000
40,082 912,000 X 4, 7, 17 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 154,440 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,000,000
Comdisco Holding
Co. Com 200334 10 0 8,649 1,218,199 X 4, 14, 17 1,218,199
2,151 302,963 X 4, 2, 5, 17 302,963
122 17,215 X 4, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 2,476,012 63,228,096 X 4, 14, 17 63,228,096
78,320 2,000,000 X 4, 13, 17 2,000,000
234,960 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000
Constellation
Energy Group,
Inc. Com 210371 10 0 306,351 14,828,207 X 4 14,828,207
Costco Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 243,365 5,254,000 X 4, 14, 17 5,254,000
Eaton Corporation Com 278058 10 2 117,952 3,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,200,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 7,585 3,447,600 X 4, 14, 17 3,447,600
General Electric
Co. Com 369604 10 3 78,365 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 46,931 1,510,500 X 4, 14, 17 1,510,500
Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 87,172 3,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,700,000
Ingersoll-Rd
Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 8,777 636,600 X 4 636,000
98,615 7,146,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,146,000
Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 74,762 3,372,200 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,372,200
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19,682,500
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2009
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment
Discretion Voting Authority
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Market Shares or (b) (c)
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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Johnson & Johnson Com 478160 10 4 227,364 4,322,500 X 4 4,322,500
710,604 13,509,591 X 4, 14, 17 13,509,591
17,111 325,300 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 325,300
477,987 9,087,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,087,200
41,659 792,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 792,000
30,245 575,000 X 4, 18 575,000
204,998 3,897,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,897,300
Kraft Foods Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 1,988,767 89,222,400 X 4, 14, 17 89,222,400
686,316 30,790,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 30,790,300
222,900 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
5,791 259,800 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 259,800
178,320 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
Lowes Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 118,625 6,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,500,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 271,592 6,003,360 X 4, 14, 17 6,003,360
24,701 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000
7,496 165,700 X 4, 13, 17 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 739,871 32,280,600 X 4, 14, 17 32,280,600
360,289 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400
NRG Energy, Inc. Com 629377 50 8 126,720 7,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,200,000
Nalco Holding Co. Com 62985Q 10 1 117,630 9,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 9,000,000
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 358,286 7,641,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,641,000
Norfolk Southern
Corp. Com 655844 10 8 65,239 1,933,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 1,933,000
Procter & Gamble
Co. Com 742718 10 9 2,622,928 55,700,318 X 4, 14, 17 55,700,318
954,985 20,280,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 20,280,000
293,842 6,240,000 X 4, 13, 17 6,240,000
293,842 6,240,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000
36,730 780,000 X 4, 15, 17 780,000
73,460 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 17 1,560,000
53,715 1,140,692 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,140,692
206,019 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 13,644 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500
80,889 2,896,133 X 4, 14, 17 2,896,133
4,729 169,300 X 4, 13, 17 169,300
9,775 350,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 350,000
Sun Trusts Banks
Inc. Com 867914 10 3 27,526 2,344,600 X 4, 14, 17 2,344,600
10,096 860,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 860,000
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 2,034 77,551 X 1, 4, 14, 17 77,551
11,796 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 17 449,728
43,460 1,656,900 X 4, 14, 17 1,656,900
16,779 639,700 X 4, 13, 17 639,700
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11,738,760
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2009
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8
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Investment
Discretion Voting Authority
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Market Shares or (b) (c)
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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US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 340,520 23,307,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 23,307,300
303,432 20,768,826 X 4, 14, 17 20,768,826
122,213 8,365,000 X 4 8,365,000
146,100 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
31,762 2,174,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,174,000
25,494 1,745,000 X 4, 18 1,745,000
39,144 2,679,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,679,300
USG
Corporation Com 903293 40 5 129,919 17,072,192 X 4, 14, 17 17,072,192
Union Pacific
Corp. Com 907818 10 8 366,126 8,906,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 8,906,000
26,804 652,000 X 4, 14, 17 652,000
United Parcel
Service
Inc. Com 911312 10 6 70,345 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200
United Health
Group Inc. Com 91324P 10 2 94,185 4,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,500,000
Wabco Holdings
Inc. Com 92927K 10 2 33,237 2,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,700,000
Wal-Mart
Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 989,811 18,998,300 X 4, 14, 17 18,998,300
49,287 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 319,356 894,304 X 4, 14, 17 894,304
52,962 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 14, 17 148,311
231,460 648,165 X 4, 13, 17 648,165
13,207 36,985 X 4, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 761,689 53,489,420 X 4, 2, 5, 17 53,489,420
180,039 12,643,200 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200
545,578 38,313,040 X 4, 13, 17 38,313,040
39,701 2,788,000 X 4, 15, 17 2,788,000
14,240 1,000,000 X 4, 17 1,000,000
1,987,133 139,545,832 X 4, 14, 17 139,545,832
22,922 1,609,720 X 4, 16, 17 1,609,720
24,208 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 17 1,700,000
11,677 820,000 X 4, 7, 17 820,000
313,280 22,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 22,000,000
227,840 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 14, 17 16,000,000
113,920 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
38,448 2,700,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,700,000
28,480 2,000,000 X 4, 18 2,000,000
Wellpoint Inc. Com 949773V 10 7 181,394 4,777,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,777,300
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,574,052 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 17 5,703,087
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9,449,965
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GRAND TOTAL $40,871,225
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