0001443095-11-000004.txt : 20110427 0001443095-11-000004.hdr.sgml : 20110427 20110427095837 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001443095-11-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110427 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110427 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110427 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Welch Group, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001443095 IRS NUMBER: 631231262 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-13195 FILM NUMBER: 11782081 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3940 MONTCLAIR ROAD, FIFTH FLOOR CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35213 BUSINESS PHONE: 205-879-5001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3940 MONTCLAIR ROAD, FIFTH FLOOR CITY: BIRMINGHAM STATE: AL ZIP: 35213 13F-HR 1 welch13f1q2011.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31,2011 Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: This Amendment (Check only one): [ ] is a restatement. [ ] adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: The Welch Group, LLC Address: 3940 Montclair Road Suite 500 Birmingham, AL 35213 Form 13F File Number: 28- 13195 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: GREG WEYANDT Title: CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER Phone: 205-879-5001 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: GREG WEYANDT BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA March 25, 2011 --------------------- --------------------- ------------------- [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one): [X] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report. [ ] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) [ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: none ----------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 128 ----------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 256136 (x1000) ----------------------- List of Other Included Managers: Name of Reporting Manager Form 13F Information Table FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 TITLE OF VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3m COMPANY COM 88579Y101 5752 61514SH SOLE NONE 61514 AT&T INC NEW COM 00206R102 6568 214569SH SOLE NONE 214569 ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 5488 111889SH SOLE NONE 111889 ACCENTURE COM G1150G111 124 2264SH SOLE NONE 2264 ALTRIA GROUP INC COM 02209S103 301 11547SH SOLE NONE 11547 APPLE INC COM 37833100 755 2167SH SOLE NONE 2167 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLND CO COM 39483102 152 4231SH SOLE NONE 4231 AUTO DATA PROCESSING COM 53015103 116 2261SH SOLE NONE 2261 B P PRUDHOE BAY RLTY TR COM 55630107 150 1255SH SOLE NONE 1255 BANCO BILBOA ARGEN ADR COM 05946K101 353 29424SH SOLE NONE 29424 BANK OF AMERICA CORP COM 60505104 121 9066SH SOLE NONE 9066 BARRICK GOLD CORP COM 67901108 117 2261SH SOLE NONE 2261 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC COM 71813109 163 3030SH SOLE NONE 3030 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CL B COM 84670207 771 9225SH SOLE NONE 9225 BHP BILLITON LTD ADR COM 88606108 231 2413SH SOLE NONE 2413 BIG LOTS INC COM 89302103 124 2934SH SOLE NONE 2934 Bp PLC ADR COM 55622104 194 4396SH SOLE NONE 4396 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 163 6182SH SOLE NONE 6182 CATERPILLAR INC COM 149123101 688 6181SH SOLE NONE 6181 CENTURYTEL INC COM 156700106 5067 121945SH SOLE NONE 121945 CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166764100 7918 73663SH SOLE NONE 73663 CINCINNATI FINANCIAL Cp COM 172062101 5138 156703SH SOLE NONE 156703 CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 101 5904SH SOLE NONE 5904 CLOROX COMPANY COM 189054109 106 1510SH SOLE NONE 1510 CME GROUP INC CL A COM 12572Q105 113 376SH SOLE NONE 376 COCA COLA COMPANY COM 191216100 1550 23364SH SOLE NONE 23364 COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO COM 194162103 5218 64606SH SOLE NONE 64606 CONOCOPHILLIPS COM 20825C104 596 7461SH SOLE NONE 7461 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC COM 209115104 5657 111538SH SOLE NONE 111538 CURRENCYSHARES SWISS COM 23129V109 201 1866SH SOLE NONE 1866 DEERE & CO COM 244199105 106 1093SH SOLE NONE 1093 DIAGEO PLC NEW ADR COM 25243Q205 367 4811SH SOLE NONE 4811 DOMINION RES INC VA NEW COM 25746U109 235 5250SH SOLE NONE 5250 DU PONT E I DE NEMOUR&CO COM 263534109 6969 126787SH SOLE NONE 126787 EBAY INC COM 278642103 115 3717SH SOLE NONE 3717 EMERSON ELECTRIC CO COM 291011104 6671 114163SH SOLE NONE 114163 ENERGEN CORP COM 29265N108 5649 89500SH SOLE NONE 89500 EQUAL ENERGY LTD COM 29390Q109 425 51332SH SOLE NONE 51332 EXELON CORPORATION COM 30161N101 4852 117646SH SOLE NONE 117646 EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC COM 302182100 117 2101SH SOLE NONE 2101 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION COM 30231G102 9264 110104SH SOLE NONE 110104 FORTUNE BRANDS INC COM 349631101 124 2000SH SOLE NONE 2000 FOSTER WHEELER AG ORD COM H27178104 113 3013SH SOLE NONE 3013 FREEPORT MCMORAN COPPER COM 35671D857 105 1890SH SOLE NONE 1890 GALLAGHER ARTHUR J&CO COM 363576109 5269 173277SH SOLE NONE 173277 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY COM 369604103 333 16603SH SOLE NONE 16603 GENERAL MILLS INC COM 370334104 4534 124058SH SOLE NONE 124058 GILEAD SCIENCES INC COM 375558103 118 2786SH SOLE NONE 2786 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM 38141G104 125 790SH SOLE NONE 790 GOODRICH CORPORATION COM 382388106 227 2652SH SOLE NONE 2652 GOOGLE INC CLASS A COM 38259P508 339 577SH SOLE NONE 577 HALLIBURTON CO HLDG CO COM 406216101 160 3220SH SOLE NONE 3220 HANSEN NATURAL CORP COM 411310105 120 1995SH SOLE NONE 1995 HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY COM 428236103 161 3933SH SOLE NONE 3933 HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 5530 149217SH SOLE NONE 149217 HUTTON TELE TRUST UNIT COM 447900101 106 35800SH SOLE NONE 35800 INTEL CORP COM 458140100 4984 246967SH SOLE NONE 246967 INTL BUSINESS MACHINES COM 459200101 727 4456SH SOLE NONE 4456 ISHARES IBOXX INVESTOP COM 464287242 1352 12494SH SOLE NONE 12494 ISHARES Dj SELECT DIV FD COM 464287168 139 2666SH SOLE NONE 2666 ISHARES S&P 500 VALUE COM 464287408 2952 46634SH SOLE NONE 46634 ISHARES SILVER TRUST COM 46428Q109 174 4740SH SOLE NONE 4740 ISHARES TR LEHMAN BD FD COM 464287226 6742 64127SH SOLE NONE 64127 ISHARES TR S&P 100 INDEX COM 464287101 242 4074SH SOLE NONE 4074 ISHARES TR S&P SMALLCAP COM 464287804 8116 110332SH SOLE NONE 110332 ISHARES TRUST S&P COM 464287200 2522 18958SH SOLE NONE 18958 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 595 10039SH SOLE NONE 10039 JP MORGAN CHASE CO COM 46625H100 192 4163SH SOLE NONE 4163 KELLOGG COMPANY COM 487836108 216 4000SH SOLE NONE 4000 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COM 494368103 5252 80461SH SOLE NONE 80461 KRAFT FOODS INC COM 50075N104 434 13826SH SOLE NONE 13826 LILLY ELI & COMPANY COM 532457108 5215 148274SH SOLE NONE 148274 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM 539830109 5946 73952SH SOLE NONE 73952 MASTERCARD INC COM 57636Q104 112 443SH SOLE NONE 443 MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 5698 74890SH SOLE NONE 74890 MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 865 26211SH SOLE NONE 26211 MID CAP SPDR TRUST COM 595635103 8679 48335SH SOLE NONE 48335 NEXTERA ENERGY INC COM 65339F101 5677 103001SH SOLE NONE 103001 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COM 666807102 186 2960SH SOLE NONE 2960 NOVARTIS A G SPON ADR COM 66987V109 5178 95254SH SOLE NONE 95254 ORACLE CORPORATION COM 68389X105 138 4115SH SOLE NONE 4115 P P G INDUSTRIES INC COM 693506107 203 2128SH SOLE NONE 2128 PAN AMERICAN SILVER CP COM 697900108 155 4185SH SOLE NONE 4185 PAYCHEX INC COM 704326107 5234 166769SH SOLE NONE 166769 PEABODY ENERGY CORP COM 704549104 148 2060SH SOLE NONE 2060 PEPSICO INCORPORATED COM 713448108 5586 86723SH SOLE NONE 86723 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM 718172109 1017 15497SH SOLE NONE 15497 POWERSHARES DB MULTISECTOR COM 73936B408 111 3250SH SOLE NONE 3250 POWERSHARES RAFI LARGE CAP L COM 73935X583 302 5113SH SOLE NONE 5113 PROASSURANCE CORPORATION COM 74267C106 975 15389SH SOLE NONE 15389 PROCTER & GAMBLE COM 742718109 5250 85232SH SOLE NONE 85232 PROTECTIVE LIFE CORP COM 743674103 383 14430SH SOLE NONE 14430 QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 119 2176SH SOLE NONE 2176 REGIONS FINANCIAL CP NEW COM 7591EP100 696 95814SH SOLE NONE 95814 RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD COM 760975102 128 2257SH SOLE NONE 2257 ROSS STORES INC COM 778296103 119 1672SH SOLE NONE 1672 ROYAL BK CDA MONTREAL COM 780087102 389 6277SH SOLE NONE 6277 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL A ADRF COM 780259206 6474 88854SH SOLE NONE 88854 SCANA CORPORATION NEW COM 80589M102 433 11004SH SOLE NONE 11004 SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 501 5362SH SOLE NONE 5362 SECTOR SPDR FINCL SELECT COM 81369Y605 7328 447044SH SOLE NONE 447044 SECTOR SPDR TECH SELECT COM 81369Y803 7603 291739SH SOLE NONE 291739 SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES COM 81768T108 375 15000SH SOLE NONE 15000 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC COM 832248108 115 4800SH SOLE NONE 4800 SPDR BARCLAYS CAPITAL COM 78464A417 287 7090SH SOLE NONE 7090 STREETTRACKS GOLD TRUST COM 863307104 826 5903SH SOLE NONE 5903 STRYKER CORP COM 863667101 237 3898SH SOLE NONE 3898 SUNTRUST BANKS INC COM 867914103 124 4285SH SOLE NONE 4285 T J X CO INC COM 872540109 108 2171SH SOLE NONE 2171 TEVA PHARM INDS LTD ADRF COM 881624209 329 6557SH SOLE NONE 6557 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY COM 842587107 6197 162602SH SOLE NONE 162602 TORCHMARK CORPORATION COM 891027104 1498 22534SH SOLE NONE 22534 TRANSOCEAN INC COM G90073100 117 1507SH SOLE NONE 1507 TUPPERWARE BRANDS CORP COM 899896104 105 1754SH SOLE NONE 1754 UNILEVER N V NY SHS NEWF COM 904784709 2062 65748SH SOLE NONE 65748 UNILEVER PLC ADR NEW COM 904767704 3226 105367SH SOLE NONE 105367 UNION PACIFIC CORP COM 907818108 202 2055SH SOLE NONE 2055 UNITED PARCEL SERVICE B COM 911312106 149 2000SH SOLE NONE 2000 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017109 6517 76989SH SOLE NONE 76989 VANGUARD EMERGING MARKET COM 922042858 713 14575SH SOLE NONE 14575 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM 92343V104 6477 168066SH SOLE NONE 168066 VIROPHARMA INC COM 928241108 468 23500SH SOLE NONE 23500 VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY COM 929160109 2597 56948SH SOLE NONE 56948 WADDELL REED FINL CL A COM 930059100 221 5441SH SOLE NONE 5441 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 559 10734SH SOLE NONE 10734 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 501 15803SH SOLE NONE 15803 XCEL ENERGY INC COM 98389B100 214 8950SH SOLE NONE 8950 YUM BRANDS INC COM 988498101 295 5744SH SOLE NONE 5744 TOTAL $256136 (thousands)