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In the filing, Berkshire says it bought 29,600 shares for $76.55 each on Monday (January 7). Total price paid: $2,265,880.
The additional shares bring Berkshire's total stake to 60,858,418 shares, about 17.4 percent of the shares outstanding. The most recent purchase came in October when Berkshire exercised options to buy 7.8 million shares, bringing its stake up to 17.2 percent at the time.
Monday's purchase price of $76.55 is below the roughly $80 a share Berkshire was buying in a series of buys last summer. On that day, Burlington hit an intraday low of $76.40. It hasn't been lower since August 16. It bounced back Monday to close at $79.11. Current price: [BNI
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So far, Buffett's bet on Burlington hasn't been very profitable. But remember, he buys for the long-term .. years not months. It will almost certainly be quite awhile before we know for sure if Buffett and Berkshire are riding on the right railroad.
- Warren Buffett Was Selling Two Railroads As He Bought a Third (October 15)
- Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Stake Tops 17% as Berkshire Hathaway Exercises Options (October 5)
- Berkshire Hathaway Buys a Few More Burlington Northern Shares (September 24)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Adds to Burlington Northern Options (September 20)
- Why Warren Buffett Is Riding the Rails (Sept. 7)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Moves to Boost Burlington Stake Yet Again (Sept. 4)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Buys Burlington For Fourth Time This Month (August 30)
- Burlington Northern: Just What's Warren Up To? (August 28)
- Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Still Riding the Rails with $800 Million Stock Buy (August 27)
- Rail Stocks Rally After Another Warren Buffett Buy (August 20)
- Warren Buffett Boosts Burlington Northern Stake .. Again (August 17)
- Buffett Boosts Bet on Burlington (August 8)
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