0000884566-12-000003.txt : 20120118 0000884566-12-000003.hdr.sgml : 20120118 20120118121715 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000884566-12-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120118 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120118 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120118 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: 12531430 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 t1182012.txt FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 13F HR 12312011 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: 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 1/18/2012 ---------------------------- -------------------- ----------------- [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: 95 ------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,317,758 ------------- (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 ------------------------------ ---------------- --------- -------- -------- --- ---- ------- ------------ -------- -------- -------- Altera Corp COM 021441100 742 20001 SH Sole 20001 America's Car-Mart Inc. COM 03062T105 1215 31001 SH Sole 31001 American Business Bank COM 02475l105 378 16424 SH Sole 16424 Amerisafe, Inc. COM 03071h100 1025 44101 SH Sole 44101 AngioDynamics, Inc. COM 03475v101 474 32001 SH Sole 32001 Aqua America Inc COM 03836w103 3726 169000 SH Sole 169000 Arthur J Gallagher & Co. COM 363576109 10939 327131 SH Sole 327131 Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. COM 063904106 12199 411727 SH Sole 411727 Bed Bath and Beyond COM 075896100 31178 537834 SH Sole 537834 Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 35689 311 SH Sole 311 Berkshire Hathaway B COM 084670702 11938 156460 SH Sole 156460 Biglari Holdings Inc. COM 08986r101 1050 2851 SH Sole 2851 Brookfield Asset Management COM 112585104 34097 1240777 SH Sole 1240777 Brown & Brown Inc. COM 115236101 59216 2616717 SH Sole 2616717 Cambridge Bancorp COM 132152109 569 16741 SH Sole 16741 Camden National Corp COM 133034108 731 22436 SH Sole 22436 Carmax COM 143130102 27387 898511 SH Sole 898511 Cass Information Systems Inc. COM 14808p109 1244 34188 SH Sole 34188 Clarcor Inc. COM 179895107 321 6424 SH Sole 6424 Courier Corp COM 222660102 3275 279189 SH Sole 279189 Digital River COM 25388b104 3004 200001 SH Sole 200001 Dimeco Inc. COM 25432w104 296 8846 SH Sole 8846 Donaldson Co., Inc. COM 257651109 37007 543587 SH Sole 543587 Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. COM 26138E109 1579 40000 SH Sole 40000 Enterprise Financial Services COM 293712105 742 50151 SH Sole 50151 EOG Resources Inc. COM 26875p101 43353 440089 SH Sole 440089 Evolution Petroleum Corporatio COM 30049a107 580 72001 SH Sole 72001 Exactech, Inc. COM 30064e109 429 26066 SH Sole 26066 Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 645 7604 SH Sole 7604 Flowers Foods COM 343498101 8824 464920 SH Sole 464920 Forward Air COM 349853101 25067 782137 SH Sole 782137 Franklin Resources COM 354613101 28547 297174 SH Sole 297174 General Electric Co COM 369604103 1621 90482 SH Sole 90482 Glenville Bank Hldg Co. COM 37908p109 214 2756 SH Sole 2756 Graco COM 384109104 16275 398008 SH Sole 398008 Healthcare Realty Trust Inc COM 421946104 354 19051 SH Sole 19051 Heartland Express COM 422347104 31153 2180082 SH Sole 2180082 Hilltop Holdings COM 432748101 382 45251 SH Sole 45251 Home Bancshares, Inc COM 436893200 10715 413551 SH Sole 413551 Hormel Foods Inc COM 440452100 293 10000 SH Sole 10000 Houston Wire & Cable Company COM 44244K109 1636 118401 SH Sole 118401 Idex Corporation COM 45167R104 45408 1223617 SH Sole 1223617 Illinois Tool Works COM 452308109 27764 594383 SH Sole 594383 International Bus Mach COM 459200101 644 3505 SH Sole 3505 Inventure Foods, Inc. COM 461212102 240 64151 SH Sole 64151 John Wiley & Sons COM 968223206 57767 1301063 SH Sole 1301063 Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 36493 556458 SH Sole 556458 Knight Transportation Inc. COM 499064103 23730 1517271 SH Sole 1517271 Landauer Inc COM 51476K103 3348 65000 SH Sole 65000 Ledyard Financial Group COM 523338101 327 11176 SH Sole 11176 M & T Bank Corp COM 55261F104 10365 135777 SH Sole 135777 Magnum Hunter Res Corp COM 55973b102 650 120501 SH Sole 120501 Markel Corp COM 570535104 52640 126944 SH Sole 126944 McCormick & Co. COM 579780206 2685 53251 SH Sole 53251 McGrath Rentcorp COM 580589109 29234 1008430 SH Sole 1008430 Medidata Solutions Inc COM 58471a105 1868 85901 SH Sole 85901 Mednax Inc. COM 58502b106 65000 902646 SH Sole 902646 Merchants Bancshares Inc. COM 588448100 254 8686 SH Sole 8686 Meredith Corp COM 589433101 17104 523874 SH Sole 523874 Metro Bancorp Inc. COM 59161r101 357 42576 SH Sole 42576 Microchip Technology Inc. COM 595017104 19623 535701 SH Sole 535701 Mohawk Industries COM 608190104 15335 256228 SH Sole 256228 National Instruments COM 636518102 2128 82001 SH Sole 82001 NBT Bancorp Inc. COM 628778102 5365 242417 SH Sole 242417 OneBeacon COM G67742109 12433 807892 SH Sole 807892 Patriot Transportation Holding COM 70337B102 435 20056 SH Sole 20056 Patterson Companies Inc. COM 703395103 35478 1201840 SH Sole 1201840 Penseco Financial Services COM 709570105 213 5673 SH Sole 5673 Protective Life Corp. COM 743674103 21174 938570 SH Sole 938570 Questar Corp COM 748356102 3984 200601 SH Sole 200601 Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. COM 775043102 1225 53601 SH Sole 53601 Ross Stores Inc. COM 778296103 63291 1331594 SH Sole 1331594 S Y Bancorp COM 785060104 403 19635 SH Sole 19635 SCBT Financial COM 78401v102 14498 499766 SH Sole 499766 Sigma Aldrich Corp. COM 826552101 3748 60001 SH Sole 60001 Southern National Bancorp of V COM 843395104 508 83326 SH Sole 83326 Sterling Bancorp COM 859158107 360 41714 SH Sole 41714 Strayer Education COM 863236105 4897 50386 SH Sole 50386 Stryker Corp COM 863667101 20873 419900 SH Sole 419900 TCF Financial COM 872275102 14079 1364287 SH Sole 1364287 Trustco Bank Corp COM 898349105 115 20533 SH Sole 20533 Ultra Petroleum Corp COM 903914109 28896 975211 SH Sole 975211 US Bancorp COM 902973304 208 7694 SH Sole 7694 US Ecology, Inc. COM 91732j102 6358 338551 SH Sole 338551 VCA Antech, Inc. COM 918194101 2941 148901 SH Sole 148901 Washington Banking Co. COM 937303105 502 42110 SH Sole 42110 Waters Corp. COM 941848103 30248 408486 SH Sole 408486 Watson Pharmaceuticals COM 942683103 507 8400 SH Sole 8400 Websense, Inc. COM 947684106 661 35301 SH Sole 35301 Westamerica Bank COM 957090103 3479 79241 SH Sole 79241 White Mtns Insurance COM g9618e107 67298 148409 SH Sole 148409 Winthrop Realty Trust COM 976391300 1074 105576 SH Sole 105576 Xilinx Inc COM 983919101 25171 785120 SH Sole 785120 Yum Brands COM 988498101 36609 620381 SH Sole 620381 Zebra Technologies A COM 989207105 47654 1331848 SH Sole 1331848