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Berkshire Hathaway Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/09 – ‘EX-31.2’

On:  Monday, 3/1/10, at 6:02am ET   ·   For:  12/31/09   ·   Accession #:  1193125-10-43450   ·   File #:  1-14905

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

 3/01/10  Berkshire Hathaway Inc            10-K       12/31/09   51:6.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

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

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10: 10-K        PDF of the Form 10-K -- d10k1                        PDF    514K 
 2: EX-3.(I)    Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     43K 
 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     50K 
 5: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     17K 
 3: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     33K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 7: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 8: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
 9: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     16K 
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47: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     81K 
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46: XML.R2      Entity Information                                   XML    156K 
28: XML.R3      Consolidated Balance Sheets                          XML    395K 
33: XML.R4      Consolidated Statements of Earnings                  XML    441K 
39: XML.R5      Consolidated Statements of Earnings Parenthetical    XML     95K 
38: XML.R6      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                XML    479K 
50: XML.R7      Consolidated Statements of Changes in                XML    320K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
22: XML.R8      Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income      XML    147K 
37: XML.R9      Significant accounting policies and practices        XML     75K 
20: XML.R10     Significant business acquisitions                    XML     32K 
19: XML.R11     Acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe          XML     33K 
                Corporation                                                      
27: XML.R12     Investments in fixed maturity securities             XML     75K 
43: XML.R13     Investments in equity securities                     XML     67K 
29: XML.R14     Other Investments                                    XML     64K 
30: XML.R15     Investment gains and losses                          XML     47K 
35: XML.R16     Receivables                                          XML     44K 
51: XML.R17     Inventories                                          XML     35K 
25: XML.R18     Goodwill                                             XML     34K 
17: XML.R19     Property, plant and equipment                        XML     55K 
32: XML.R20     Derivative contracts                                 XML     74K 
42: XML.R21     Supplemental cash flow information                   XML     42K 
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40: XML.R23     Notes payable and other borrowings                   XML     60K 
31: XML.R24     Income taxes                                         XML     87K 
49: XML.R25     Dividend restrictions - Insurance subsidiaries       XML     31K 
44: XML.R26     Fair value measurements                              XML    124K 
34: XML.R27     Common stock                                         XML     40K 
36: XML.R28     Pension plans                                        XML    101K 
18: XML.R29     Contingencies and Commitments                        XML     59K 
21: XML.R30     Business segment data                                XML    188K 
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‘EX-31.2’   —   Certification — §302 – SOA’02


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  EXHIBIT 31.2  

EXHIBIT 31.2

FORM 10-K

Year ended December 31, 2009

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Marc D. Hamburg, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 26, 2010

 

/s/    MARC D. HAMBURG        
Senior Vice President—Principal Financial Officer

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘10-K’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:3/1/104,  8-K
2/26/104
For Period end:12/31/0911-K,  13F-HR,  13F-HR/A,  4,  5
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6 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

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 9/08/10  SEC                               UPLOAD10/16/17    1:46K  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
 6/14/10  SEC                               UPLOAD10/16/17    1:54K  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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