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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Business Activities ....................................... Inside Front Cover
Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500 .................................. 2
Chairman’s Letter* ................................................... 3
Acquisition Criteria ................................................... 25
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting ............ 25
Selected Financial Data for the Past Five Years ............................. 26
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm .................... 27
Consolidated Financial Statements ....................................... 28
Management’s Discussion .............................................. 65
Owner’s Manual ..................................................... 97
Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500 by Five-Year Periods ................. 103
Intrinsic Value ....................................................... 104
Common Stock Data .................................................. 105
Operating Companies ................................................. 106
Real Estate Brokerage Businesses ........................................ 107
Daily Newspapers .................................................... 108
Directors and Officers of the Company ....................... Inside Back Cover
*Copyright©2013 By Warren E. Buffett
All Rights Reserved