NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into disclosures made by billionaire investors Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (
The SEC has been examining for several weeks how Berkshire, which bought the No 2. U.S. railroad company for $26.4 billion in February, informed other Burlington shareholders about its offer for the company in October 2009, the Journal wrote, citing those sources.
Prior to making its offer, Berkshire owned 22.6 percent of the railroad company. By law, major shareholders must inform other shareholders within days if they are planning to take control of the company and file an amendment of their securities holdings with the SEC.
Buffett submitted such a filing on Nov. 3, a day after Berkshire and Burlington Northern entered into their merger agreement.
But according to a late November filing, Buffett first told Burlington Northern Chief Executive Matthew Rose on Oct. 23, 2009 that he would not offer more than $100 per share for Burlington, the price at which Burlington Northern was ultimately valued in the cash-and-stock deal.
So far, the SEC is only looking at the facts of the transaction, the Journal reported.
Neither Buffett nor the SEC could be immediately reached for comment.
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