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Berkshire Hathaway Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/09 – ‘XML.R14’

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.51M 
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 
41: XML         IDEA XML File -- Definitions and References          XML     97K 
47: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     81K 
45: XML.R1      Document Information                                 XML     39K 
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 
23: XML.R22     Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses           XML     65K 
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 
24: XML.R31     Quarterly Data                                       XML     50K 
26: XML.R32     Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information         XML    102K 
48: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS    163K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- brka-20091231                       XML   1.20M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- brka-20091231_cal               XML    120K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- brka-20091231_def                XML    240K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- brka-20091231_lab                     XML    459K 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- brka-20091231_pre              XML    305K 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- brka-20091231                         XSD     84K 


‘XML.R14’   —   Other Investments


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<table cellpadding="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="left" width="4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>(6)</b></font></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Other Investments </b></font></td></tr></table> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 6px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">A summary of other investments follows (in millions). </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"> </p> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="69%"/> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td valign="bottom" width="3%"/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Cost</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Unrealized<br/> Gains/Losses</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Fair<br/> Value</b></font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="center" colspan="2"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="1"><b>Carrying<br/> Value</b></font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><i>December 31, 2009</i></font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Fixed maturity and equity</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">21,089</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">5,879</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">26,968</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">26,014</font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; 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TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Insurance and other</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">23,738</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">7,094</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">30,832</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">28,980</font></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Finance and financial products</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,202</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">506</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,708</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,620</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td valign="top"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">26,940</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">7,600</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">34,540</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">32,600</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/> <td colspan="4" height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"><i>December 31, 2008</i></font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom"/></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Fixed maturity and equity</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">14,452</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">36</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">14,488</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">14,675</font></td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Equity method</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">5,919</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">352</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">6,271</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">6,860</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td valign="top"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">20,371</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">388</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">20,759</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">21,535</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr> <td height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/> <td colspan="4" height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/> <td colspan="3" height="5"/></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; 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TEXT-INDENT: -1em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Finance and financial products</font></p></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,102</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">(3</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">) </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,099</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">3,116</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid" valign="bottom"> </td></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"/> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">20,371</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">388</font></td> <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">20,759</font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font size="1">  </font></td> <td valign="bottom"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">$</font></td> <td valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">21,535</font></td></tr> <tr style="FONT-SIZE: 1px"> <td valign="bottom"/> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td> </td> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="bottom">  </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td> <td style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 3px double" valign="bottom"> </td></tr></table> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">Fixed maturity and equity investments in the preceding table include our investments in The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GS”) and The General Electric Company (“GE”), which were acquired in 2008 and investments in Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Swiss Re”) and The Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) that were made in 2009. In addition, fixed maturity and equity investments include investments in Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (“Wrigley”) that we acquired in both 2008 and 2009. Additional information regarding these investments follows. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">We own 50,000 shares of 10% Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of GS (“GS Preferred”) and Warrants to purchase 43,478,260 shares of common stock of GS (“GS Warrants”) which were acquired for a combined cost of $5 billion. The GS Preferred may be redeemed at any time by GS at a price of $110,000 per share ($5.5 billion in aggregate). The GS Warrants expire in 2013 and can be exercised for an additional aggregate cost of $5 billion ($115/share). We also own 30,000 shares of 10% Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of GE (“GE Preferred”) and Warrants to purchase 134,831,460 shares of common stock of GE (“GE Warrants”) which were acquired for a combined cost of $3 billion. The GE Preferred may be redeemed by GE beginning in October 2011 at a price of $110,000 per share ($3.3 billion in aggregate). The GE Warrants expire in 2013 and can be exercised for an additional aggregate cost of $3 billion ($22.25/share). </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">We own $4.4 billion par amount of 11.45% subordinated notes due 2018 of Wrigley (“Wrigley Notes”) and $2.1 billion of 5% preferred stock of Wrigley (“Wrigley Preferred”). The Wrigley Notes and Wrigley Preferred were acquired in 2008 in connection with Mars, Incorporated’s acquisition of Wrigley. During 2009, we also acquired $1.0 billion par amount of Wrigley senior notes due in 2013 and 2014. The Wrigley subordinated and senior notes are classified as held-to-maturity and accordingly we are carrying such investments at cost. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">On March 23, 2009, we acquired a 12% convertible perpetual capital instrument issued by Swiss Re at a cost of $2.7 billion. The instrument has a face amount of 3 billion Swiss Francs (“CHF”) and has no maturity or mandatory redemption date but can be redeemed under certain conditions at the option of Swiss Re at 140% of the face amount until March 23, 2011 and thereafter at 120% of the face amount. The instrument possesses no voting rights and is subordinated to senior securities of Swiss Re as defined in the agreement. Beginning on March 23, 2012, the instrument can be converted at our option into 120,000,000 common shares of Swiss Re (a rate of 25 CHF per share of Swiss Re common stock). </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">On April 1, 2009, we acquired 3,000,000 shares of Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock of Dow (“Dow Preferred”) for a cost of $3 billion. The Dow Preferred was issued in connection with Dow’s acquisition of the Rohm and Haas Company. Under certain conditions, each share of the Dow Preferred is convertible into 24.201 shares of Dow common stock. Beginning in April 2014, if Dow’s common stock price exceeds $53.72 per share for any 20 trading days in a consecutive 30-day window, Dow, at its option, at any time, in whole or in part, may convert the Dow Preferred into Dow common stock at the then applicable conversion rate. The Dow Preferred is entitled to dividends at a rate of 8.5% per annum. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">As of December 31, 2008, equity method investments included Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (“BNSF”) and Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”). During the fourth quarter of 2008, our investment in common stock and our related voting interest in each of these companies exceeded 20%. Accordingly, we adopted the equity method of accounting with respect to these investments as of December 31, 2008. Prior to December 31, 2008, these investments were accounted for as available-for-sale equity securities and recorded in our financial statements at fair value. The cumulative effect of adopting the equity method with respect to the investments in BNSF and Moody’s was recorded in our financial statements as of December 31, 2008. Prior years’ financial statements were not restated due to immateriality. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">As of December 31, 2009, we owned 22.5% of BNSF’s outstanding common stock. See Note 3 for additional information regarding our acquisition of BNSF on February 12, 2010. As of December 31, 2009, our equity in net assets of BNSF was $2,884 million and the excess of our carrying value over our equity in net assets of BNSF was $3,702 million. </font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 12px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 4%"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" size="2">During the third quarter of 2009, we sold shares of Moody’s common stock, which reduced our ownership and voting interest to less than 20%. As a result, we discontinued the use of the equity method with respect to our investment in Moody’s as of the beginning of the third quarter. As of December 31, 2009, our remaining investment in Moody’s common stock is carried at fair value and included as a component of equity securities in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. This change did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.</font></p>
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