FACTBOX: Berkshire Hathaway at a glance

FACTBOX: Berkshire Hathaway at a glance
Sat May 2, 2009 3:30pm EDT

Buffett: Berkshire may lose money on some derivatives

Saturday, 2 May 2009 02:14pm EDT (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the insurance and investment company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, will hold its annual shareholder meeting on Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska.

The meeting attracted 32,000 people last year. Along with the annual meeting for Wal-Mart Stores Inc, it is perhaps one of the most heavily anticipated shareholder galas.

Buffett, 78, took over Berkshire in 1965 when it was a struggling textile mill. Berkshire now owns close to 80 companies and has a market value of roughly $145 billion.

The following information about Berkshire and its investments is drawn from the company's 2008 annual report and its website:

FINANCIAL INFORMATION:

2008 net income: $4.99 billion

Change from prior year: down 62 pct

2008 net income per share: $3,224

2008 revenue: $107.786 billion

Cash and equivalents at year-end: $25.54 billion

Common stock investments at year-end: $49.07 billion

DERIVATIVES HOLDINGS (dollar amounts in millions):

Notional

Assets Liabilities Value

Equity index put options -- $10,022 $37,134

Credit default

obligations: --

High-yield indexes -- 3,031 7,892

Individual corporate -- 105 3,900

States/municipalities -- 958 18,364

Other 503 528

Counterparty netting and

funds held as collateral (295) (32)

Totals 208 $14,612

SELECTED COMPANIES OWNED:

Benjamin Moore Iscar Metalworking

Borsheim's Fine Jewellery Marmon Holdings

Clayton Homes MidAmerican Energy

Fruit of the Loom National Indemnity

Geico Nebraska Furniture Mart

General Re NetJets

International Dairy Queen See's Candies

MAJOR STOCK INVESTMENTS AS OF DEC. 31, 2008:

Market

Shares Pct Cost Value

Owned * Company Owned (mlns) (mlns)

151,610,700 American Express 13.1 $ 1,287 $ 2,812

200,000,000 Coca-Cola Co 8.6 1,299 9,054

84,896,273 ConocoPhillips 5.7 7,008 4,398

30,009,591 Johnson & Johnson 1.1 1,847 1,795

130,272,500 Kraft Foods Inc 8.9 4,330 3,498

3,947,554 POSCO 5.2 768 1,191

91,941,010 Procter & Gamble 3.1 643 5,684

22,111,966 Sanofi-Aventis 1.7 1,827 1,404

227,307,000 Tesco PLC 2.9 1,326 1,193

75,145,426 US Bancorp 4.3 2,337 1,879

19,944,300 Wal-Mart Stores Inc 0.5 942 1,118

1,727,765 Washington Post 18.4 11 674

304,392,068 Wells Fargo & Co 7.2 6,702 8,973

Others 6,035 4,870

Total Common Stocks $37,135 $49,073

* Also has holdings in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp and Moody's Corp carried at "equity value," equal to cost plus retained earnings since purchase, minus taxes that would be paid if the earnings were paid as dividends. Accounting treatment usually required when ownership tops 20 percent.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in Omaha, Nebraska; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn)

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