0000884566-11-000004.txt : 20110412 0000884566-11-000004.hdr.sgml : 20110412 20110412135918 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884566-11-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110412 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110412 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110412 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000884566 IRS NUMBER: 141564237 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-03130 FILM NUMBER: 11754529 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 384 N GRAND ST STREET 2: P O BOX 310 CITY: COBLESKILL STATE: NY ZIP: 12043 BUSINESS PHONE: 5182344393 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 384 N GRAND ST STREET 2: P O BOX 310 CITY: COBLESKILL STATE: NY ZIP: 12043 13F-HR 1 t4122011.txt FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 13F 3312011 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, 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: FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. ------------------------------------ Address: 384 NORTH GRAND STREET, P.O. BOX 310 ------------------------------------ COBLESKILL, NY 12043 ------------------------------------ Form 13F File Number: 28-3130 ------- 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: Charles Richter ----------------------------------------------------------- Title: Chief Compliance Officer ----------------------------------------------------------- Phone: 518-823-1264 ----------------------------------------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Charles H. Richter Cobleskill, NY 04/12/2011 ---------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): [X] 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).) [ ] 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: NONE Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 ------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 86 ------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,434,834 ------------- (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: NONE FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- Ambassadors Group Inc COM 023177108 1753 160100 SH Sole 160100 America's Car-Mart Inc. COM 03062T105 799 31000 SH Sole 31000 American Business Bank COM 02475l105 368 16002 SH Sole 16002 Amerisafe, Inc. COM 03071h100 975 44100 SH Sole 44100 AngioDynamics, Inc. COM 03475v101 420 27800 SH Sole 27800 Arthur J Gallagher & Co. COM 363576109 3776 124170 SH Sole 124170 Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. COM 063904106 7779 177975 SH Sole 177975 Bed Bath and Beyond COM 075896100 28654 593629 SH Sole 593629 Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 40723 325 SH Sole 325 Berkshire Hathaway B COM 084670702 14243 170310 SH Sole 170310 Biglari Holdings Inc. COM 08986r101 1207 2850 SH Sole 2850 Brookfield Asset Management COM 112585104 37307 1149309 SH Sole 1149309 Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 75500 2926365 SH Sole 2926365 Cambridge Bancorp COM 132152109 549 16015 SH Sole 16015 Camden National Corp COM 133034108 731 21336 SH Sole 21336 Carmax COM 143130102 29585 921660 SH Sole 921660 Chemung Financial Corp COM 164024101 212 9051 SH Sole 9051 Clarcor Inc. COM 179895107 289 6424 SH Sole 6424 Contango Oil & Gas Company COM 21075n204 1958 30960 SH Sole 30960 Courier Corp COM 222660102 4044 289688 SH Sole 289688 Digital River COM 25388b104 35515 948838 SH Sole 948838 Dimeco Inc. COM 25432w104 206 5346 SH Sole 5346 Donaldson Co., Inc. COM 257651109 42566 694501 SH Sole 694501 Enterprise Financial Services COM 293712105 497 35301 SH Sole 35301 EOG Resources Inc. COM 26875p101 48384 408273 SH Sole 408273 Exactech, Inc. COM 30064e109 457 26065 SH Sole 26065 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 694 8254 SH Sole 8254 Federated Investors COM 314211103 5751 215000 SH Sole 215000 Flowers Foods COM 343498101 6841 251225 SH Sole 251225 Forward Air COM 349853101 36866 1203605 SH Sole 1203605 Franklin Resources COM 354613101 34591 276551 SH Sole 276551 General Electric Co COM 369604103 2015 100481 SH Sole 100481 Glenville Bank Hldg Co. COM 37908p109 207 2756 SH Sole 2756 Graco COM 384109104 25214 554265 SH Sole 554265 Heartland Express COM 422347104 40996 2336931 SH Sole 2336931 Hilltop Holdings COM 432748101 447 44475 SH Sole 44475 Home Bancshares, Inc COM 436893200 4191 184201 SH Sole 184201 Houston Wire & Cable Company COM 44244K109 842 57600 SH Sole 57600 Idex Corporation COM 45167R104 53506 1225785 SH Sole 1225785 Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 31287 582407 SH Sole 582407 International Bus Mach COM 459200101 310 1900 SH Sole 1900 John Wiley & Sons COM 968223206 69957 1376025 SH Sole 1376025 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 38541 650483 SH Sole 650483 Joy Global Inc. COM 481165108 3360 34000 SH Sole 34000 Knight Transportation Inc. COM 499064103 18132 941915 SH Sole 941915 Ledyard Financial Group COM 523338101 386 11450 SH Sole 11450 M & T Bank Corp COM 55261F104 12561 141981 SH Sole 141981 Magnum Hunter Res Corp COM 55973b102 386 45001 SH Sole 45001 Markel Corp COM 570535104 55614 134188 SH Sole 134188 McGrath Rentcorp COM 580589109 28657 1050869 SH Sole 1050869 Mednax Inc. COM 58502b106 63270 949860 SH Sole 949860 Merchants Bancshares Inc. COM 588448100 249 9401 SH Sole 9401 Meredith Corp COM 589433101 28885 851568 SH Sole 851568 Metro Bancorp Inc. COM 59161r101 531 42976 SH Sole 42976 Microchip Technology Inc. COM 595017104 380 10001 SH Sole 10001 Micros Systems COM 594901100 4141 83776 SH Sole 83776 Midsouth Bancorp COM 598039105 547 37851 SH Sole 37851 Mohawk Industries COM 608190104 16933 276908 SH Sole 276908 NBT Bancorp Inc. COM 628778102 4495 197241 SH Sole 197241 OneBeacon COM G67742109 11756 868891 SH Sole 868891 Patriot Transportation Holding COM 70337B102 536 20055 SH Sole 20055 Patterson Companies Inc. COM 703395103 37878 1176689 SH Sole 1176689 Penseco Financial Services COM 709570105 209 5651 SH Sole 5651 Protective Life Corp. COM 743674103 44247 1666544 SH Sole 1666544 Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. COM 775043102 778 19700 SH Sole 19700 Ross Stores Inc. COM 778296103 51022 717404 SH Sole 717404 SCBT Financial COM 78401v102 9304 279566 SH Sole 279566 Southern National Bancorp of V COM 843395104 607 84775 SH Sole 84775 Sterling Bancorp COM 859158107 279 27825 SH Sole 27825 Strayer Education COM 863236105 13088 100297 SH Sole 100297 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 24207 398149 SH Sole 398149 Suffolk Bancorp COM 864739107 570 27160 SH Sole 27160 TCF Financial COM 872275102 30751 1938886 SH Sole 1938886 Trustco Bank Corp COM 898349105 132 22271 SH Sole 22271 Ultra Petroleum Corp COM 903914109 36085 732681 SH Sole 732681 US Bancorp COM 902973304 203 7694 SH Sole 7694 US Ecology, Inc. COM 91732j102 5064 290550 SH Sole 290550 Washington Banking Co. COM 937303105 176 12475 SH Sole 12475 Watson Pharmaceuticals COM 942683103 470 8400 SH Sole 8400 Websense, Inc. COM 947684106 811 35300 SH Sole 35300 Westamerica Bank COM 957090103 13440 261626 SH Sole 261626 White Mtns Insurance COM g9618e107 57326 157402 SH Sole 157402 Winthrop Realty Trust COM 976391102 557 45500 SH Sole 45500 Xilinx Inc COM 983919101 27404 835494 SH Sole 835494 Yum Brands COM 988498101 40614 790460 SH Sole 790460 Zebra Technologies A COM 989207105 58040 1479097 SH Sole 1479097