13F filing recap · Q1 2012

What did Berkshire Hathaway Inc buy in Q1 2012?

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

Stock value

$75.30B

Positions

Estimated turnover

3.9%

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.

New positions

GMGeneral Motors Company$256.50Mreported value+10.00M shares VIABViacom Inc.$75.54Mreported value+1.59M shares IRIngersoll Rand Inc.$26.30Mreported value+636.0K shares LEELee Enterprises, Inc$2.12Mreported value+1.66M shares

Increased positions

WFCWells Fargo & Company/mn$13.46Breported value+10.63M shares+2.8%IBMInternational Business Machines Corp$13.44Breported value+489.8K shares+0.8%WMTWalmart Inc.$2.86Breported value+7.67M shares+19.7%DTVDirectv$1.13Breported value+2.65M shares

Reduced positions

PGProcter & Gamble Co$4.92Breported value-3.51M shares-4.6%KFTKraft Foods Inc$2.97Breported value-9.02M shares-10.4%USBUS Bancorp$2.19Breported value-100 shares-0.0%INTCIntel Corp$217.75Mreported value-3.75M shares

Exited positions

IRIngersoll-Rand Company Limited$19.38Mprior reported value-636.6K shares-100.0%CDCOComdisco Holding Company, Inc.$9.07Mprior reported value-1.54M shares-100.0%