Semper Augustus Investments Group

Semper Augustus Investments as of Sept. 30, 2011

Portfolio Holdings for Semper Augustus Investments

Semper Augustus Investments holds 38 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2011 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) 16.6 $25M 345k 71.04
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) 13.9 $20M 281k 72.63
Mercury General Corporation (MCY) 11.0 $16M 421k 38.35
Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) 6.2 $9.2M 86.00 106802.33
Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) 5.9 $8.7M 139k 62.95
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) 4.8 $7.0M 282k 24.89
Intel Corporation (INTC) 4.2 $6.2M 291k 21.33
Kinross Gold Corp (KGC) 3.3 $4.9M 329k 14.78
General Electric Company 3.2 $4.8M 312k 15.22
Merck & Co (MRK) 3.1 $4.5M 138k 32.70
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) 2.3 $3.4M 54k 63.70
Washington Federal (WAFD) 2.1 $3.1M 240k 12.74
Pepsi (PEP) 2.1 $3.0M 49k 61.91
Sanofi-Aventis SA (SNY) 1.9 $2.7M 84k 32.80
Statoil ASA 1.8 $2.7M 124k 21.55
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 1.6 $2.4M 36k 67.57
AVX Corporation 1.6 $2.3M 194k 11.87
Philip Morris International (PM) 1.4 $2.1M 34k 62.37
Leucadia National 1.3 $1.9M 86k 22.68
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 1.2 $1.7M 21k 82.14
White Mountains Insurance Gp (WTM) 1.0 $1.5M 3.7k 405.62
Validus Holdings 1.0 $1.5M 59k 24.93
Paychex (PAYX) 0.9 $1.3M 50k 26.37
Tellabs 0.8 $1.2M 289k 4.29
Travelers Companies (TRV) 0.8 $1.2M 24k 48.75
3M Company (MMM) 0.7 $1.1M 15k 71.78
Vical Incorporated 0.7 $1.0M 412k 2.48
Target Corporation (TGT) 0.7 $981k 20k 49.05
CNA Financial Corporation (CNA) 0.6 $874k 39k 22.48
Royal Dutch Shell 0.5 $802k 13k 61.52
Chubb Corporation 0.5 $784k 13k 60.01
Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) 0.5 $778k 15k 51.87
Pfizer (PFE) 0.5 $723k 41k 17.68
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) 0.4 $583k 11k 51.14
Procter & Gamble Company (PG) 0.3 $486k 7.7k 63.13
ConocoPhillips (COP) 0.2 $234k 3.7k 63.24
CIGNA Corporation 0.1 $208k 5.0k 41.94
Gannett 0.1 $199k 21k 9.52