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Berkshire Hathaway Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/11 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Monday, 2/27/12, at 6:02am ET   ·   For:  12/31/11   ·   Accession #:  1193125-12-79022   ·   File #:  1-14905

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/27/12  Berkshire Hathaway Inc            10-K       12/31/11  129:16M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.74M 
 3: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     76K 
 4: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     34K 
 9: EX-95       Mine-Safety Disclosure                              HTML     44K 
 2: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     51K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     39K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
85: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     65K 
64: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    166K 
80: R3          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    157K 
89: R4          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
117: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    102K  
67: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     63K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
79: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    176K 
58: R8          Significant accounting policies and practices       HTML     85K 
47: R9          Significant business acquisitions                   HTML     60K 
119: R10         Investments in fixed maturity securities            HTML     70K  
91: R11         Investments in equity securities                    HTML     59K 
90: R12         Other investments                                   HTML     54K 
98: R13         Investment gains/losses and other-than-temporary    HTML     59K 
                investment losses                                                
99: R14         Receivables                                         HTML     51K 
95: R15         Inventories                                         HTML     42K 
100: R16         Goodwill and other intangible assets                HTML     62K  
81: R17         Property, plant and equipment                       HTML     63K 
86: R18         Derivative contracts                                HTML     84K 
93: R19         Supplemental cash flow information                  HTML     47K 
128: R20         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses          HTML     68K  
110: R21         Notes payable and other borrowings                  HTML     73K  
73: R22         Income taxes                                        HTML     85K 
92: R23         Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries      HTML     36K 
76: R24         Fair value measurements                             HTML    147K 
36: R25         Common stock                                        HTML     65K 
111: R26         Pension plans                                       HTML    111K  
124: R27         Contingencies and Commitments                       HTML     46K  
52: R28         Business segment data                               HTML    188K 
51: R29         Quarterly data                                      HTML     55K 
56: R30         Condensed Financial Information                     HTML    102K 
57: R31         Significant accounting policies and practices       HTML    166K 
                (Policies)                                                       
59: R32         Significant business acquisitions (Tables)          HTML     51K 
24: R33         Investments in fixed maturity securities (Tables)   HTML     70K 
108: R34         Investments in equity securities (Tables)           HTML     57K  
71: R35         Other investments (Tables)                          HTML     49K 
74: R36         Investment gains/losses and other-than-temporary    HTML     61K 
                investment losses (Tables)                                       
41: R37         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     47K 
127: R38         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     40K  
16: R39         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Tables)       HTML     61K 
61: R40         Property, plant and equipment (Tables)              HTML     61K 
115: R41         Derivative contracts (Tables)                       HTML     70K  
38: R42         Supplemental cash flow information (Tables)         HTML     44K 
50: R43         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses          HTML     58K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R44         Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)         HTML     69K 
65: R45         Income taxes (Tables)                               HTML     84K 
23: R46         Fair value measurements (Tables)                    HTML    144K 
46: R47         Common stock (Tables)                               HTML     69K 
18: R48         Pension plans (Tables)                              HTML    114K 
113: R49         Contingencies and Commitments (Tables)              HTML     39K  
37: R50         Business segment data (Tables)                      HTML    180K 
109: R51         Quarterly data (Tables)                             HTML     52K  
42: R52         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML     79K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R53         Significant Business Acquisitions - Narrative       HTML     74K 
                (Detail)                                                         
17: R54         Significant Business Acquisitions - Lubrizol        HTML     80K 
                (Detail)                                                         
20: R55         Investments in fixed maturity securities (Detail)   HTML     59K 
54: R56         Investments in fixed maturity securities -          HTML     41K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
28: R57         Investments in fixed maturity securities -          HTML     83K 
                Amortized cost and estimated fair value of                       
                securities with fixed maturities (Detail)                        
120: R58         Investments in equity securities (Detail)           HTML     54K  
69: R59         Investments in equity securities - Fair value by    HTML     45K 
                segment (Detail)                                                 
96: R60         Investments in equity securities - Narrative        HTML     40K 
                (Detail)                                                         
45: R61         Other investments (Detail)                          HTML     52K 
48: R62         Other investments - Narrative (Detail)              HTML     97K 
105: R63         Investment gains/losses and other-than-temporary    HTML     49K  
                investment losses (Detail)                                       
101: R64         Investment gains/losses and other-than-temporary    HTML     66K  
                impairment losses - Narrative (Detail)                           
72: R65         Investment gains/losses and other-than-temporary    HTML     41K 
                impairment losses - Other-than-temporary                         
                impairment losses (Detail)                                       
103: R66         Receivables (Detail)                                HTML     63K  
43: R67         Receivables - Narrative (Detail)                    HTML     54K 
77: R68         Inventories (Detail)                                HTML     46K 
123: R69         Goodwill and other intangible assets (Detail)       HTML     46K  
19: R70         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Intangible   HTML     46K 
                assets (Detail)                                                  
35: R71         Goodwill and other intangible assets - Intangible   HTML     55K 
                assets - Narrative (Detail)                                      
63: R72         Property, plant and equipment (Detail)              HTML     70K 
26: R73         Property, plant and equipment - Narrative (Detail)  HTML     51K 
126: R74         Derivative contracts (Detail)                       HTML     61K  
39: R75         Derivative contracts - gains and losses (Detail)    HTML     40K 
30: R76         Derivative contracts - Narrative (Detail)           HTML     67K 
34: R77         Supplemental cash flow information (Detail)         HTML     56K 
21: R78         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses          HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
25: R79         Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses -        HTML     51K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
87: R80         Notes payable and other borrowings (Detail)         HTML     93K 
32: R81         Notes payable and other borrowings - Narrative      HTML     73K 
                (Detail)                                                         
121: R82         Income taxes - Liabilities (Detail)                 HTML     45K  
60: R83         Income taxes - Deferred taxes (Detail)              HTML     81K 
94: R84         Income taxes - Narrative (Detail)                   HTML     41K 
102: R85         Income taxes - Income tax expense components        HTML     58K  
                (Detail)                                                         
31: R86         Income taxes - Income tax expense reconciliation    HTML     61K 
                (Detail)                                                         
33: R87         Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries      HTML     44K 
                (Detail)                                                         
118: R88         Fair value measurements - Financial Instruments     HTML     99K  
                (Detail)                                                         
27: R89         Fair value measurements - Financial assets and      HTML     98K 
                liabilities measured and carried at fair value on                
                a recurring basis (Detail)                                       
88: R90         Fair value measurements - Significant unobservable  HTML     73K 
                inputs (Detail)                                                  
84: R91         Common stock (Detail)                               HTML     60K 
107: R92         Common stock (Parenthetical) (Detail)               HTML     40K  
83: R93         Common stock - Narrative (Detail)                   HTML     57K 
68: R94         Pension plans - Net periodic pension expense        HTML     54K 
                (Detail)                                                         
112: R95         Pension plans - Narrative (Detail)                  HTML     66K  
66: R96         Pension plans- Projected benefit obligation         HTML     64K 
                roll-forward (Detail)                                            
40: R97         Pension plans - Plan assets roll-forward (Detail)   HTML     59K 
75: R98         Pension plans - Fair value of plan assets (Detail)  HTML     64K 
70: R99         Pension plans - Additional tabular disclosures      HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R100        Pension plans - Narrative 2 (Detail)                HTML     36K 
129: R101        Contingencies and Commitments - Commitments -       HTML     58K  
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
104: R102        Contingencies and Commitments - Operating leases    HTML     61K  
                minimum payments (Detail)                                        
82: R103        Business segment data (Detail)                      HTML    164K 
22: R104        Business Segment Data - Insurance premiums by       HTML     43K 
                geographic area (Detail)                                         
114: R105        Business Segment Data - Narrative (Detail)          HTML     56K  
122: R106        Business Segment Data - Insurance premiums by type  HTML     77K  
                (Detail)                                                         
116: R107        Quarterly data (Detail)                             HTML     60K  
78: R108        Condensed Financial Information - Balance Sheets    HTML     80K 
                (Detail)                                                         
29: R109        Condensed Financial Information - Statements of     HTML     88K 
                Earnings (Detail)                                                
97: R110        Condensed Financial Information - Statements of     HTML    116K 
                Cash Flows (Detail)                                              
44: R111        Note to Condensed Financial Information -           HTML     73K 
                Narrative (Detail)                                               
125: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    206K  
49: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.45M 
10: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- brka-20111231                       XML   4.09M 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- brka-20111231_cal               XML    366K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- brka-20111231_def                XML   1.89M 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- brka-20111231_lab                     XML   1.80M 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- brka-20111231_pre              XML   1.99M 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- brka-20111231                         XSD    408K 
106: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-12-079022-xbrl      Zip    317K

‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — brka-20111231_pre

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