Did Warren Buffett Buy BUD?

Did Warren Buffett Buy BUD?
What if he did not! 

Back in April, it is widely reported by media that Warren
Buffett bought the stocks of Anheuser-Busch (BUD). These reports
are based on a news release by Anheuser-Busch entitled
"Anheuser-Busch Welcomes Berkshire Hathaway As A Shareholder".
Anheuser-Busch (BUD) announced Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A? )"has become a significant shareholder" of Anheuser-Busch,
and "Anheuser-Busch welcomes Berkshire Hathaway as a
shareholder."

Who will not? On the day this news was released,
Anheuser-Busch's stock shot up by 6.4% and closed $48.04,
although it has set back to $41.8 as of today. 

As GuruFocus updated its research on the stock purchases/sales
of Warren Buffett, Anheuser-Busch did not show up in Berkshire
Hathaway's second quarter 13F filings. At GuruFocus, we feel
that it is our responsibility to verify whether indeed Buffett
bought Bud? We contacted Anheuser-Busch to confirm its news,
this is the answer we got from Anheuser-Busch's investor
relations: 

"Anheuser-Busch does not have any additional information to
report beyond our press release on April 21st, which is posted
on our corporate Web site.While Anheuser-Busch has no comment on
the securities filings made by Berkshire Hathaway,
Anheuser-Busch understands that under some circumstances
investment managers are permitted to defer disclosure of
investments in their portfolios."

Is it possible that Buffett sold Anheuser-Busch between April 21
and June 30? Very unlikely, as we all know that Buffett 's
"preferred holding time is forever." Is Buffett intentionally
keep this information confidential? Buffett did keep some
information confidential, which is related to HR Block (HRB)
and Torchmark (TMK) and which we believe that Buffett has sold,
as stated in the 13F filing : 

"Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form
13F and filed with the Commission. Included in this information
is information regarding Berkshire's positions in H&R Block,
Inc. and Torchmark Corp. included in its March 31, 2005 public
Form 13F."

No Anheuser-Busch was mentioned there! Did Warren Buffett buy BUD?
Stay tuned.

Source: http://www.gurufocus.com/