While billionaire Warren Buffett isn’t given permission to keep secret his stockholdings as often as he used to be, he is still up to the usual stock skullduggery in his latest 13F-HR filing. In an entertaining bit, he concedes that he holds H&R Block, Torchmark, and Wells Fargo, which he had concealed in prior filings, but he says that he has other positions that he isn’t disclosing.
But at least one of those positions isn’t a very secret secret. The following is from an Annheuser-Busch press release back in April:
Anheuser-Busch Welcomes Berkshire Hathaway As A Shareholder
ST. LOUIS, April 21, 2005 – Anheuser-Busch has recently learned that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has become a significant shareholder, based on information available to the company. Anheuser-Busch welcomes Berkshire Hathaway as a shareholder.
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc. is the leading U.S. brewer and holds a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexico’s leading brewer. The company also is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is the world’s largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers.
Damn brewers can never a secret.
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Just a clarification. Berkshire’s position in Wells Fargo was not previously concealed. His Wells Fargo position was listed in the public portion of his June 30, 2005 13-F filing. H&R Block and Torchmark were previously concealed.