Senior Vice President

0000950123-15-002961.txt : 20150218 0000950123-15-002961.hdr.sgml : 20150216 20150217162903 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-15-002961 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20141231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150217 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150217 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067983 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 470813844 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04545 FILM NUMBER: 15623101 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NBH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 13F-HR 1 primary_doc.xml 13F-HR LIVE false true false 0001067983 XXXXXXXX 12-31-2014 12-31-2014 Berkshire Hathaway Inc

3555 Farnam Street Omaha NE 68131

13F COMBINATION REPORT 028-04545 28-5194 General Re New England Asset Management Inc N Marc D. Hamburg Senior Vice President 402-346-1400 Marc D. Hamburg Omaha NE 02-17-2015 14 148 109365274 false 1 28-2226 Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Insurance Co. 2 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co of Nebraska 3 28-14389 BH Finance LLC 4 28-554 Buffett Warren E 5 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co 6 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Co 7 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Co 8 28-852 GEICO Corp 9 28-12941 Medical Protective Corp 10 28-1066 National Fire & Marine Insurance Co 11 28-718 National Indemnity Co 12 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Insurance Co 13 28-11222 Nebraska Furniture Mart 14 28-12947 U.S. Investment Corp INFORMATION TABLE 2 form13fInfoTable.xml INFORMATION TABLE FOR FORM 13F AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 181627 1952142 SH DFND 4 1952142 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 1602651 17225400 SH DFND 4,5 17225400 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 78138 839832 SH DFND 4,7 839832 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 180786 1943100 SH DFND 4,8,11 1943100 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 743821 7994634 SH DFND 4,10 7994634 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 11188607 120255879 SH DFND 4,11 120255879 0 0 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 025816109 130229 1399713 SH DFND 4,13 1399713 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM 064058100 300814 7414700 SH DFND 4 7414700 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM 064058100 72779 1793915 SH DFND 2,4,11 1793915 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM 064058100 267663 6597567 SH DFND 4,8,11 6597567 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM 064058100 22314 550021 SH DFND 4,5,9 550021 0 0 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM 064058100 229480 5656400 SH DFND 4,11 5656400 0 0 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D CL A NEW 16117M305 318958 1914282 SH DFND 4 1914282 0 0 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC D CL A NEW 16117M305 713793 4283955 SH DFND 4,8,11 4283955 0 0 CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V N Y REGISTRY SH 167250109 177708 4233151 SH DFND 4 4233151 0 0 CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO N V N Y REGISTRY SH 167250109 271525 6467959 SH DFND 4,8,11 6467959 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 33776 800000 SH DFND 4 800000 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 3389557 80283200 SH DFND 4,5 80283200 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 77009 1824000 SH DFND 4,6 1824000 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 608441 14411200 SH DFND 4,8,11 14411200 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 771714 18278400 SH DFND 4,10 18278400 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 11817006 279891200 SH DFND 4,11 279891200 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 149965 3552000 SH DFND 4,12 3552000 0 0 COCA COLA CO COM 191216100 40531 960000 SH DFND 4,13 960000 0 0 COSTCO WHSL CORP NEW COM 22160K105 614254 4333363 SH DFND 4,11 4333363 0 0 DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS I COM 23918K108 1518745 20052088 SH DFND 4 20052088 0 0 DAVITA HEALTHCARE PARTNERS I COM 23918K108 1402211 18513482 SH DFND 4,8,11 18513482 0 0 DEERE & CO COM 244199105 147418 1666300 SH DFND 4 1666300 0 0 DEERE & CO COM 244199105 204584 2312467 SH DFND 4,8,11 2312467 0 0 DEERE & CO COM 244199105 1160560 13118119 SH DFND 4,11 13118119 0 0 DIRECTV COM 25490A309 583970 6735529 SH DFND 4 6735529 0 0 DIRECTV COM 25490A309 1495590 17250170 SH DFND 4,8,11 17250170 0 0 DIRECTV COM 25490A309 600534 6926575 SH DFND 4,10 6926575 0 0 DIRECTV COM 25490A309 38252 441194 SH DFND 4,11 441194 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 14882 588900 SH DFND 4 588900 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 13533 535532 SH DFND 4,5 535532 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 126307 4998302 SH DFND 4,8,11 4998302 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 902 35702 SH DFND 4,10 35702 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 107361 4248556 SH DFND 4,11 4248556 0 0 GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM 369604103 4511 178510 SH DFND 4,12 178510 0 0 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 392914 11255056 SH DFND 4 11255056 0 0 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 792632 22705000 SH DFND 4,8,11 22705000 0 0 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 202560 5802344 SH DFND 4,10 5802344 0 0 GENERAL MTRS CO COM 37045V100 43205 1237600 SH DFND 4,11 1237600 0 0 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM 38141G104 324086 1672012 SH DFND 3,4,5 1672012 0 0 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM 38141G104 848194 4375968 SH DFND 4,8,11 4375968 0 0 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM 38141G104 1276090 6583551 SH DFND 4,11 6583551 0 0 GRAHAM HLDGS CO COM 384637104 41601 48165 SH DFND 4,10 0 0 48165 GRAHAM HLDGS CO COM 384637104 51313 59410 SH DFND 4,11 0 0 59410 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 13554 84480 SH DFND 4 84480 0 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 44602 278000 SH DFND 1,2,4,11 278000 0 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 110637 689588 SH DFND 4,5 689588 0 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 76177 474800 SH DFND 4,8,11 474800 0 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 135267 843100 SH DFND 4,10 843100 0 0 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS COM 459200101 11969121 74601849 SH DFND 4,11 74601849 0 0 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 34205 327100 SH DFND 4 327100 0 0 KRAFT FOODS GROUP INC COM 50076Q106 12072 192666 SH DFND 4 192666 0 0 LEE ENTERPRISES INC COM 523768109 327 88863 SH DFND 4,5 88863 0 0 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE CL A 531229102 46639 1322340 SH DFND 4 1322340 0 0 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE CL A 531229102 94441 2677660 SH DFND 4,8,11 2677660 0 0 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE COM SER C 531229300 92643 2644680 SH DFND 4 2644680 0 0 LIBERTY MEDIA CORP DELAWARE COM SER C 531229300 187597 5355320 SH DFND 4,8,11 5355320 0 0 M & T BK CORP COM 55261F104 68589 546000 SH DFND 4,8,11 546000 0 0 M & T BK CORP COM 55261F104 20702 164795 SH DFND 4,10 164795 0 0 M & T BK CORP COM 55261F104 586802 4671245 SH DFND 4,11 4671245 0 0 MASTERCARD INC CL A 57636Q104 465243 5399756 SH DFND 4,8,11 5399756 0 0 MEDIA GEN INC NEW COM 58441K100 77731 4646220 SH DFND 4 4646220 0 0 MONDELEZ INTL INC CL A 609207105 20996 578000 SH DFND 4 578000 0 0 MOODYS CORP COM 615369105 1147222 11973928 SH DFND 4,8,11 11973928 0 0 MOODYS CORP COM 615369105 1216389 12695850 SH DFND 4,11 12695850 0 0 NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC COM 637071101 152893 2333178 SH DFND 4 2333178 0 0 NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC COM 637071101 191689 2925207 SH DFND 4,8,11 2925207 0 0 NOW INC COM 67011P100 16974 659694 SH DFND 4 659694 0 0 NOW INC COM 67011P100 29998 1165875 SH DFND 4,8,11 1165875 0 0 PHILLIPS 66 COM 718546104 470897 6567600 SH DFND 4 6567600 0 0 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP COM 740189105 312634 1297883 SH DFND 4 1297883 0 0 PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP COM 740189105 374762 1555805 SH DFND 4,8,11 1555805 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 28730 315400 SH DFND 4 315400 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 1847305 20280000 SH DFND 4,5 20280000 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 142100 1560000 SH DFND 4,6 1560000 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 568402 6240000 SH DFND 4,8,11 6240000 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 568402 6240000 SH DFND 4,10 6240000 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 1582933 17377678 SH DFND 4,11 17377678 0 0 PROCTER & GAMBLE CO COM 742718109 71050 780000 SH DFND 4,12 780000 0 0 RESTAURANT BRANDS INTL INC COM 76131D103 329428 8438225 SH DFND 4,11 8438225 0 0 SANOFI SPONSORED ADR 80105N105 19220 421400 SH DFND 4,8,11 421400 0 0 SANOFI SPONSORED ADR 80105N105 23249 509742 SH DFND 4,5,9 509742 0 0 SANOFI SPONSORED ADR 80105N105 7722 169300 SH DFND 4,10 169300 0 0 SANOFI SPONSORED ADR 80105N105 127956 2805433 SH DFND 4,11 2805433 0 0 SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEW COM 867224107 201768 6348894 SH DFND 4 6348894 0 0 SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEW COM 867224107 413140 13000000 SH DFND 4,8,11 13000000 0 0 SUNCOR ENERGY INC NEW COM 867224107 95512 3005400 SH DFND 4,10 3005400 0 0 TORCHMARK CORP COM 891027104 9452 174489 SH DFND 2,4,11 174489 0 0 TORCHMARK CORP COM 891027104 54814 1011888 SH DFND 4,5 1011888 0 0 TORCHMARK CORP COM 891027104 77968 1439325 SH DFND 4,10 1439325 0 0 TORCHMARK CORP COM 891027104 201947 3728025 SH DFND 4,11 3728025 0 0 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC CL A 90130A101 142785 3717867 SH DFND 4 3717867 0 0 TWENTY FIRST CENTY FOX INC CL A 90130A101 39539 1029530 SH DFND 4,8,11 1029530 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 26533 590275 SH DFND 4 590275 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 137997 3070000 SH DFND 1,2,4,11 3070000 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 1064456 23680896 SH DFND 4,5 23680896 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 569935 12679300 SH DFND 4,8,11 12679300 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 189006 4204800 SH DFND 4,5,9 4204800 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 137098 3050000 SH DFND 4,10 3050000 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 1396786 31074226 SH DFND 4,11 31074226 0 0 US BANCORP DEL COM NEW 902973304 78438 1745000 SH DFND 4,14 1745000 0 0 U S G CORP COM NEW 903293405 392842 14035088 SH DFND 2,4,11 14035088 0 0 U S G CORP COM NEW 903293405 698824 24966928 SH DFND 4,11 24966928 0 0 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CL B 911312106 6603 59400 SH DFND 4 59400 0 0 VERISIGN INC COM 92343E102 287694 5047264 SH DFND 4 5047264 0 0 VERISIGN INC COM 92343E102 452451 7937736 SH DFND 4,8,11 7937736 0 0 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 92343V104 630951 13487628 SH DFND 4 13487628 0 0 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COM 92343V104 70792 1513300 SH DFND 4,8,11 1513300 0 0 VERISK ANALYTICS INC CL A 92345Y106 100138 1563434 SH DFND 4,8,11 1563434 0 0 VIACOM INC NEW CL B 92553P201 297539 3954000 SH DFND 4 3954000 0 0 VIACOM INC NEW CL B 92553P201 352184 4680190 SH DFND 4,8,11 4680190 0 0 VISA INC COM CL A 92826C839 657936 2509290 SH DFND 4,8,11 2509290 0 0 WABCO HLDGS INC COM 92927K102 254996 2433632 SH DFND 4 2433632 0 0 WABCO HLDGS INC COM 92927K102 172121 1642693 SH DFND 4,8,11 1642693 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 26279 306000 SH DFND 4 306000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 146855 1710000 SH DFND 1,2,4,11 1710000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 2533 29500 SH DFND 2,4,11 29500 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 360696 4200000 SH DFND 3,4,5 4200000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 131726 1533840 SH DFND 4,5 1533840 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 21985 256000 SH DFND 4,6 256000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 81242 946000 SH DFND 4,8,11 946000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 153639 1789000 SH DFND 4,5,9 1789000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 394017 4588000 SH DFND 4,10 4588000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 3777084 43980953 SH DFND 4,11 43980953 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 45946 535000 SH DFND 4,12 535000 0 0 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 43885 511000 SH DFND 4,14 511000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 334373 6099470 SH DFND 4 6099470 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 901789 16450000 SH DFND 1,2,4,11 16450000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 290738 5303500 SH DFND 2,4,11 5303500 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 373481 6812857 SH DFND 3,4,5 6812857 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 4103486 74853819 SH DFND 4,5 74853819 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 44952 820000 SH DFND 4,6 820000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 93194 1700000 SH DFND 4,7 1700000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 1977314 36069200 SH DFND 4,8,11 36069200 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 562837 10267000 SH DFND 4,5,9 10267000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 3070922 56018270 SH DFND 4,10 56018270 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 13302966 242666287 SH DFND 4,11 242666287 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 152838 2788000 SH DFND 4,12 2788000 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 88245 1609720 SH DFND 4,13 1609720 0 0 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 109640 2000000 SH DFND 4,14 2000000 0 0 LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC SHS CL A G5480U104 170173 3389556 SH DFND 4 3389556 0 0 LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC SHS CL A G5480U104 372861 7426768 SH DFND 4,8,11 7426768 0 0 LIBERTY GLOBAL PLC SHS CL C G5480U120 354932 7346968 SH DFND 4,8,11 7346968 0 0