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Berkshire boosted its position in Louisiana-Pacific by more than 20 percent during the quarter to more than 7 million shares. Louisiana-Pacific is a building solutions company that serves new home construction, repair and remodeling markets. The Nashville-based company operated 25 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile and Brazil as of Dec. 31, 2021.

Berkshire added slightly to its existing position in Paramount Global, which operates film and television studios, cable networks such as MTV and Nickelodeon, and the CBS Network. Berkshire held 93.6 million shares at the end of 2022, up from 91.2 million shares in September.

Berkshire cut its position in U.S. Bancorp by more than 90 percent, reducing its stake from 77.8 million shares at the end of the third quarter to 6.7 million at the end of 2022. Berkshire has held a stake in the bank for more than 15 years.

Berkshire cut its position in Bank of New York Mellon by nearly 60 percent during the fourth quarter, cutting its stake by more than 37 million shares. The investment was worth about $1.1 billion as of the end of December.

Berkshire further reduced its holdings in the large grocer Kroger, paring its stake by a little over 0.53 percent. Berkshire trimmed more than 268,000 shares from its position during the fourth quarter, leaving a stake that was valued at about $2.2 billion. Kroger announced in October its plan to acquire rival Albertsons in a $24.6 billion deal it said would help it better negotiate with vendors.

Berkshire reduced its position in Ally Financial by less than 1 percent during the quarter. The stake was established in the first half of 2022, but the stock declined through the end of the year. Berkshire sold 200,000 shares during the fourth quarter and its position was worth about $730 million at the end of 2022.

Buffett spent about $5.2 billion repurchasing Berkshire stock in the first nine months of 2022. This is an indication that he believes the shares are undervalued and continuing shareholders will benefit from the buybacks.

Generally, a wash sale is what occurs when you sell securities at a loss and buy the same shares within 30 days before or after the sale date. Wash sale rules are designed to prevent investors from creating a deductible loss for the purpose of offsetting gains with only a short interruption in owning the security.

(1) These amounts have been estimated assuming that, after the execution of the share buy-back programme described above, the number of outstanding shares entitled to receive the final dividend will be 16,190,866,119. Therefore, the total dividend will be higher if fewer shares than planned are acquired in the buy-back programme and will be lower in the opposite scenario.

Date10/12/2020Shares17.340.641.302Nominal0,5Share Capital8.670.320.651CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increase against reservesCharacteristics722.526.720 shares issued as part of the capital increase

Date12/09/2019Shares16.618.114.582Nominal0,5Share Capital 8.309.057.291CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristics381.540.640 shares issued as part of the offer to buy Banco Santander (Mexico) shares.

Date14/11/2018Shares16.236.573.942Nominal0,5Share Capital 8.118.286.971CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 100.420.360 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date14/11/2017Shares16.136.153.582Nominal0,5Share Capital8.068.076.791CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 95.580.136 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date07/11/2016Shares14.582.340.701Nominal0,5Share Capital7.291.170.350,50CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 147.848.122 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date05/11/2015Shares14.434.492.579Nominal0,5Share Capital7.217.246.289,50CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 117.859.774 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date06/11/2014Shares12.584.414.659Nominal0,50Capital Social6.292.207.329,50CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 225.386.463 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date04/11/2013Shares11.333.420.488Nominal0,50Capital Social5.666.710.244,00CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increaseCharacteristicsIssue of 241.310.515 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Date05/11/2012Shares10.321.179.750Nominal0,50 Share Capital5.160.589.875CurrencyEUROTypeCapital increase CharacteristicsIssue of 222.107.497 shares under the framework of the Santander Scrip Dividend programme.

Maximum amount allocated to the Program: ArcelorMittal intends to repurchase 60,431,380 shares for an aggregate maximum amount of approximately US$1.4 billion which is authorized by the 2022 AGM and applicable Market Abuse Regulation.

Over the period 20 March to 24 March 2023 a total of 3,823,988 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 25.9885. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 89.34% of its total target of US$1.4 billion

Over the period 13 March to 17 March 2023 a total of 3,747,359 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 26.2539. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 83.01% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 6 March to 10 March 2023 a total of 1,626,773 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 29.458. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 76.81% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 27 February to 3 March 2023 a total of 510,652 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 28.7092. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 74.12% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 20 February to 24 February 2023 a total of 2,224,568 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 28.0605. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 71.82% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 13 February to 17 February 2023 a total of 730,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 27.42. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 69.59% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 31 October to 4 Novembre 2022 a total of 2,017,708 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 22.59. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 68.39% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 24 October to 28 October 2022 a total of 1,508,838 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 22.85. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 65.05% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 17 October to 21 October 2022 a total of 2,250,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 22.36. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 62.55% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 10 October to 14 October 2022 a total of 2,250,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 21.57. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 58.83% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 3 October to 7 October 2022 a total of 2,250,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 21.32. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 55.10% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 26 September to 30 September 2022 a total of 5,850,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 20.40. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 51.38% of its total target of US$1.4 billion.

Over the period 19 September to 23 September 2022 a total of 2,120,000 shares were bought at a weighted average price of EUR 21.69. The detailed statement of this purchase is available at the following link: PDF. Thereby, the Company achieved 41.70% of its total target of US$1.4 billion. 041b061a72