13F filing recap · Q4 2009

What did Berkshire Hathaway Inc buy in Q4 2009?

Reported stock-position changes between this filing and the previous one.

Stock value

$57.93B

Positions

Estimated turnover

6.8%

Turnover is a proxy: verified trade-origin share changes valued at period-end and divided by average reported stock value. SEC holdings reports do not disclose execution dates or prices. Corporate actions and unreconciled activity are excluded.

Increased positions

WFCWells Fargo & Company/mn$8.64Breported value+6.73M shares+2.1%WMTWalmart Inc.$2.09Breported value+1.20M shares+3.2%RSGRepublic Services, Inc.$234.70Mreported value+4.67M shares+128.7%IRMIron Mountain Inc$159.32Mreported value+3.63M shares+107.6%BDXBecton Dickinson & Co$118.29Mreported value+300.0K shares+25.0%

Reduced positions

PGProcter & Gamble Co$5.31Breported value-8.81M shares-9.1%COPConocophillips$1.93Breported value-19.72M shares-34.3%JNJJohnson & Johnson$1.75Breported value-9.78M shares-26.5%MCOMoody’s Corporation$852.63Mreported value-7.40M shares

Exited positions

UNPUnion Pacific Corp$557.71Mprior reported value-9.56M shares-100.0%NSCNorfolk Southern Corp$83.33Mprior reported value-1.93M shares-100.0%