FACTBOX-Berkshire Hathaway's investments at a glance

Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N), the insurance and investment
company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, is paying $26 billion to buy out
railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI.N), the company's biggest-ever
investment.

Buffett, 79, took over Berkshire in 1965 when it was a struggling textile
mill. Berkshire now owns close to 80 companies with a total market value of
about $153 billion. Holdings of shares in U.S.-listed companies stood at $48.95
billion, at the end of June.

The following information about Berkshire's investments is drawn from the
company's latest annual report, regulatory filings and its website:

SELECTED COMPANIES OWNED:

Benjamin Moore (paints) Iscar Metalworking (tools)

Borsheim's Fine Jewelry (retail) Marmon Holdings (diverse industrial)

Clayton Homes (modular homes) MidAmerican Energy (utility)

Fruit of the Loom (textiles) National Indemnity (insurance)

Geico (car insurance) Nebraska Furniture Mart (retail)

General Re (reinsurance) NetJets (fractional jet ownership)

Int'l Dairy Queen (fast food) See's Candies

SOME MAJOR U.S. STOCK INVESTMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2009:

Shares Pct

Owned * Company Owned
151,610,700 American Express (AXP.N) 12.8
200,000,000 Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) 8.6

64,485,759 ConocoPhillips (COP.N) 4.4

36,914,633 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) 1.3
138,272,500 Kraft Foods Inc (KFT.N) 9.4

96,316,010 Procter & Gamble (PG.N) 3.3

69,039,426 U.S. Bancorp (USB.N) 3.6

1,727,765 Washington Post (WPO.N) 18.4
302,609,212 Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) 6.5
(Reporting by Lilla Zuill and Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Ted Kerr)