Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Berkshire's Investments 1996

                                                          12/31/96
      Shares       Company                        Cost*     Market
 ----------- ---------------------------------  --------  ---------
                                               (dollars in millions)
  49,456,900 American Express Company...........$1,392.7  $ 2,794.3
 200,000,000 The Coca-Cola Company.............. 1,298.9   10,525.0
  24,614,214 The Walt Disney Company............   577.0    1,716.8
  64,246,000 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp....   333.4    1,772.8
  48,000,000 The Gillette Company...............   600.0    3,732.0
  30,156,600 McDonald's Corporation............. 1,265.3    1,368.4
   1,727,765 The Washington Post Company........    10.6      579.0
   7,291,418 Wells Fargo & Company..............   497.8    1,966.9
       Others................................... 1,934.5    3,295.4
                                                --------  ---------
       Total Common Stocks......................$7,910.2  $27,750.6
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     * Represents tax-basis cost which, in aggregate, is $1.2 billion 
          less than GAAP cost.