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Berkshire Hathaway Inc · 13F-HR · For 12/31/11

Filed On 2/14/12, 4:29pm ET · Accession Number 1193125-12-60928 · SEC File 28-04545

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Quarterly Holdings or Combination Report by an Institutional Money Manager — Form 13F
Filing Table of Contents

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UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  
Washington, D.C. 20549  

Form 13F  

FORM 13F COVER PAGE 

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2011                

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:   Senior Vice President                                                  

Phone:   402-346-1400                                                           

Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:                                          

(s) Marc D. Hamburg             Omaha, NE               February 14, 2012   
_______________________    ________________________    _______________________  
[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:                              
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.]                      

Form 13F File Number       Name                                         

  28-5194                    General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
[Repeat as necessary.]                                                  

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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE 

Report Summary:                                                                 

Number of Other Included Managers:      18                                      

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 101                                     

Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 66,151,587                            
                                   (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                                

 1.     28-5678                      Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co.
           of Nebraska

2.     28-10388                     BH Columbia Inc.                    

3.     28-                          BH Finance LLC                      

4.     28-719                       BCS Holdings, LLC                   

5.     28-554                       Buffett, Warren E.                  

6.     28-1517                      Columbia Insurance Co.              

7.     28-2226                      Cornhusker Casualty Co.             

8.     28-06102                     Cypress Insurance Company           

9.     28-11217                     Fechheimer Brothers Company         

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 LLC                              

18.     28-                          U.S. Investment Corp.                

[Repeat as necessary.]                                                  

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Form 13F Information Table  
December 31, 2011 

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                                                                       Column 6                                                 
                                                                      Investment                                                
                                                                      Discretion                                                
                                                                 --------------------                           Column 8        
                                         Column 4     Column 5                                              Voting Authority    
                Column 2   Column 3       Market      Shares or        (b)       (c)       Column 7      -----------------------
Column 1        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
--------------  --------  ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- -------  ------- ----------------- ----------- ------ ----
                                                                                                                                
American                                                                                                                        
  Express                                                                                                                       
  Co...........   Com     025816 10 9      812,522    17,225,400        X              5, 2, 6, 17        17,225,400            
                                           377,107     7,994,634        X              5, 13, 17           7,994,634            
                                         5,672,470   120,255,879        X              5, 14, 17         120,255,879            
                                            91,656     1,943,100        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   1,943,100            
                                            66,024     1,399,713        X              5, 16, 17           1,399,713            
                                            39,615       839,832        X              5, 9, 17              839,832            
                                            92,082     1,952,142        X              5, 17               1,952,142            
Bank of                                                                                                                         
  New                                                                                                                           
  York                                                                                                                          
  Mellon                                                                                                                        
  Corp.........   Com     064058 10 0       35,717     1,793,915        X              5, 1, 14, 17        1,793,915            
CVS                                                                                                                             
  Caremark                                                                                                                      
  Corp.........   Com     126650 10 0      289,803     7,106,500        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   7,106,500            
Coca                                                                                                                            
  Cola.........   Com     191216 10 0       27,988       400,000        X              5, 17                 400,000            
                                           124,267     1,776,000        X              5, 15, 17           1,776,000            
                                           504,176     7,205,600        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   7,205,600            
                                         2,808,708    40,141,600        X              5, 2, 6, 17        40,141,600            
                                         9,791,994   139,945,600        X              5, 14, 17         139,945,600            
                                           639,470     9,139,200        X              5, 13, 17           9,139,200            
                                            33,586       480,000        X              5, 16, 17             480,000            
                                            63,813       912,000        X              5, 8, 17              912,000            
Comdisco                                                                                                                        
  Holding                                                                                                                       
  Co...........   Com     200334 10 0        7,187     1,218,199        X              5, 14, 17           1,218,199            
                                             1,787       302,963        X              5, 3, 14, 17          302,963            
                                               101        17,215        X              5, 13, 17              17,215            
Conoco-                                                                                                                         
  Phillips.....   Com     20825C 10 4    1,538,259    21,109,637        X              5, 14, 17          21,109,637            
                                           145,689     1,999,300        X              5, 13, 17           1,999,300            
                                           436,637     5,992,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   5,992,000            
Costco                                                                                                                          
  Wholesale                                                                                                                     
  Corp.........   Com     22160K 10 5      361,056     4,333,363        X              5, 14, 17           4,333,363            
Da Vita                                                                                                                         
  Inc..........   Com     23918K 10 8      203,512     2,684,500        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   2,684,500            
Directv........   CLA     25490A 10 1      870,098    20,348,400        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  20,348,400            
Dollar                                                                                                                          
  General                                                                                                                       
  Corp.........   Com     256677 10 5      185,017     4,497,247        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   4,497,247            
Gannett                                                                                                                         
  Inc..........   Com     364730 10 1       23,267     1,740,231        X              5, 14, 17           1,740,231            
General                                                                                                                         
  Dynamics                                                                                                                      
  Corp.........   Com     369550 10 8      257,480     3,877,122        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   3,877,122            
General                                                                                                                         
  Electric                                                                                                                      
  Co...........   Com     369604 10 3      139,302     7,777,900        X              5                   7,777,900            
GlaxoSmith-                                                                                                                     
  Kline........   ADR     37733W 10 5       68,924     1,510,500        X              5, 14, 17           1,510,500            
Ingersoll-Rd                                                                                                                    
  Company                                                                                                                       
  LTD..........   CLA     G4776G 10 1       19,379       636,600        X              5                     636,000            
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                                        25,728,693                                                                              
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Form 13F Information Table  
December 31, 2011 

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                                                                      Column 6                                                
                                                                     Investment                                               
                                                                     Discretion                                               
                                                                --------------------                           Column 8       
                                         Column 4    Column 5                                              Voting Authority   
                Column 2   Column 3       Market     Shares or        (b)       (c)       Column 7      ----------------------
Column 1        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
--------------  --------  ----------- -------------- ---------- ---- -------  ------- ----------------- ---------- ------ ----
                                                                                                                              
 Intel                                                                                                                        
   Corp........     Com   458140 10 0      278,754   11,495,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17 11,495,000            
 Inter-                                                                                                                       
   national                                                                                                                   
   Business                                                                                                                   
   Machines....     Com   459200 10 1   11,751,023   63,905,931        X              5, 14, 17         63,905,931            
 Johnson &                                                                                                                    
   Johnson.....     Com   478160 10 4      283,470    4,322,500        X              5                  4,322,500            
                                           129,497    1,974,648        X              5, 1, 14, 17       1,974,648            
                                            90,814    1,384,781        X              5, 14, 17          1,384,781            
                                           913,978   13,936,841        X              5, 2, 6, 17       13,936,841            
                                           139,817    2,132,000        X              5, 2, 6, 12, 17    2,132,000            
                                            37,708      575,000        X              5, 18                575,000            
                                           307,725    4,692,357        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  4,692,357            
 Kraft                                                                                                                        
   Foods                                                                                                                      
   Inc.........     Com   50075N 10 4    1,872,258   50,113,984        X              5, 14, 17         50,113,984            
                                           697,172   18,660,929        X              5, 2, 6, 17       18,660,929            
                                           373,600   10,000,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17 10,000,000            
                                             9,706      259,800        X              5, 2, 6, 12, 17      259,800            
                                           298,880    8,000,000        X              5                  8,000,000            
 Liberty                                                                                                                      
   Media        Lib Cap                                                                                                       
   Corp........     Com A 530322 10 6      132,794    1,701,400        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  1,701,400            
 M & T                                                                                                                        
   Bank                                                                                                                       
   Corp-                                                                                                                      
   oration.....     Com   55261F 10 4      356,603    4,671,245        X              5, 14, 17          4,671,245            
                                            41,682      546,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17    546,000            
                                            12,580      164,795        X              5, 13, 17            164,795            
 Mastercard                                                                                                                   
   Inc.........     Com   57636Q 10 4      150,992      405,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17    405,000            
 Moody's.......     Com   615369 10 5      427,596   12,695,850        X              5, 14, 17         12,695,850            
                                           529,429   15,719,400        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400            
 Procter &                                                                                                                    
   Gamble                                                                                                                     
   Co..........     Com   742718 10 9    2,487,685   37,291,036        X              5, 14, 17         37,291,036            
                                         1,352,879   20,280,000        X              5, 2, 6, 17       20,280,000            
                                           416,270    6,240,000        X              5, 13, 17          6,240,000            
                                           416,270    6,240,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  6,240,000            
                                            52,034      780,000        X              5, 15, 17            780,000            
                                           104,068    1,560,000        X              5, 8, 17           1,560,000            
                                           291,856    4,375,000        X              5                  4,375,000            
 Sanofi                                                                                                                       
   Aventis.....     ADR   80105N 10 5       17,850      488,500        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17    488,500            
                                           105,825    2,896,133        X              5, 14, 17          2,896,133            
                                             6,186      169,300        X              5, 13, 17            169,300            
                                            18,626      509,742        X              5, 2, 6, 12, 17      509,742            
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                                        24,105,627                                                                            
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 
Form 13F Information Table  
December 31, 2011 

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                                                                    Column 6                                                    
                                                                   Investment                                                   
                                                                   Discretion                                                   
                                       Column 4               --------------------                             Column 8         
                                        Market     Column 5                                                Voting Authority     
                Column 2   Column 3     Value      Shares or        (b)       (c)       Column 7      --------------------------
Column 1        Title of    CUSIP        (In       Principal  (a)  Shared-  Shared-      Other           (a)       (b)    (c)   
Name of Issuer   Class      Number    Thousands)   Amount $   Sole Defined   Other      Managers         Sole     Shared  None  
--------------  --------  ----------- ----------- ----------- ---- -------  ------- ----------------- ----------- ------ -------
                                                                                                                                
Torchmark                                                                                                                       
  Corp.........   Com     891027 10 4       5,047     116,326        X              5, 1, 14, 17          116,326               
                                           29,270     674,592        X              5, 2, 6, 17           674,592               
                                          107,839   2,485,350        X              5, 14, 17           2,485,350               
                                           41,635     959,550        X              5, 13, 17             959,550               
US Bancorp.....   Com     902973 30 4     630,462  23,307,300        X              5, 2, 6, 17        23,307,300               
                                          561,797  20,768,826        X              5, 14, 17          20,768,826               
                                          226,273   8,365,000        X              5                   8,365,000               
                                           58,807   2,174,000        X              5, 2, 6, 12, 17     2,174,000               
                                           47,202   1,745,000        X              5, 18               1,745,000               
                                          342,975  12,679,300        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  12,679,300               
USG Corp-                                                                                                                       
  oration......   Com     903293 40 5     173,453  17,072,192        X              5, 14, 17          17,072,192               
United                                                                                                                          
  Parcel                                                                                                                        
  Service                                                                                                                       
  Inc..........   Com     911312 10 6     104,603   1,429,200        X              5                   1,429,200               
Verisk                                                                                                                          
  Analytics....   CLA     92345Y 10 6     138,249   3,445,029        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   3,445,029               
Visa Inc.......   CLA     92826C 83 9     290,884   2,865,008        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17   2,865,008               
Wal-Mart                                                                                                                        
  Stores,                                                                                                                       
  Inc..........   Com     931142 10 3   2,025,335  33,891,142        X              5, 14, 17          33,891,142               
                                          250,992   4,200,000        X              5, 3, 14, 17        4,200,000               
                                           56,533     946,000        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17     946,000               
Washington                                                                                                                      
  Post Co......   CLB     939640 10 8     336,983     894,304        X              5, 14, 17                            894,304
                                           55,885     148,311        X              5, 1, 7, 14, 17                      148,311
                                          244,235     648,165        X              5, 13, 17                            648,165
                                           13,936      36,985        X              5, 15, 17                             36,985
Wells Fargo &                                                                                                                   
  Co. Del......   Com     949746 10 1   1,817,954  65,963,496        X              5, 2, 6, 17        65,963,496               
                                           38,584   1,400,000        X              5, 4, 17            1,400,000               
                                        1,283,215  46,560,770        X              5, 13, 17          46,560,770               
                                           76,837   2,788,000        X              5, 15, 17           2,788,000               
                                           27,560   1,000,000        X              5, 17               1,000,000               
                                        5,177,300 187,855,585        X              5, 14, 17         187,855,585               
                                           44,364   1,609,720        X              5, 16, 17           1,609,720               
                                           46,852   1,700,000        X              5, 9, 17            1,700,000               
                                           22,599     820,000        X              5, 8, 17              820,000               
                                          916,183  33,243,200        X              5, 10, 11, 14, 17  33,243,200               
                                          440,960  16,000,000        X              5, 1, 7, 14, 17    16,000,000               
                                          220,480   8,000,000        X              5                   8,000,000               
                                           74,412   2,700,000        X              5, 2, 6, 12, 17     2,700,000               
                                           55,120   2,000,000        X              5, 18               2,000,000               
                                          144,690   5,250,000        X              5, 1, 14, 17        5,250,000               
                                          187,762   6,812,857        X              5, 3, 14, 17        6,812,857               
                                      -----------                                                                               
                                       16,317,267                                                                               
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GRAND                                                                                                                           
  TOTAL........                       $66,151,587                                                                               
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