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Greggory Warren, CFA
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Berkshire Hathaway's Excess Cash Balances Could Help Fund a Kraft Heinz Deal for Unilever

It will be interesting to see what wide-moat-rated Berkshire Hathaway's reaction will be to narrow-moat Kraft Heinz's unsolicited bid for wide-moat Unilever. Berkshire currently owns 26.8% of Kraft Heinz's shares, which the firm received as part of Kraft Foods 2015 merger with Heinz. With 3G Capital (which facilitated Berkshire's investments in both firms) owning 24.2% of Kraft Heinz, we expect the two firms to have a large voice in any deal that gets done between Kraft Heinz and Unilever.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl A

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