0001443095-11-000008.txt : 20111024 0001443095-11-000008.hdr.sgml : 20111024 20111024123449 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001443095-11-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111024 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111024 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20111024 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: 111154008 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 welch13f3q2011.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: September 30,2011 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 October 12, 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: 121 ----------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 234096 (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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/100 BERKSHIRE HTWY CLA COM 84990175 427 400SH SOLE NONE 400 3m COMPANY COM 88579Y101 4754 66215SH SOLE NONE 66215 AT&T INC NEW COM 00206R102 6447 226087SH SOLE NONE 226087 ABBOTT LABORATORIES COM 002824100 6099 119256SH SOLE NONE 119256 ACCENTURE COM G1150G111 120 2281SH SOLE NONE 2281 ALTRIA GROUP INC COM 02209S103 317 11830SH SOLE NONE 11830 APPLE INC COM 37833100 898 2355SH SOLE NONE 2355 ARCHER DANIELS MIDLND CO COM 39483102 105 4231SH SOLE NONE 4231 AUTO DATA PROCESSING COM 53015103 109 2321SH SOLE NONE 2321 B P PRUDHOE BAY RLTY TR COM 55630107 132 1255SH SOLE NONE 1255 BAIDU COM INC ADR COM 56752108 103 966SH SOLE NONE 966 BANCO BILBOA ARGEN ADR COM 05946K101 240 29504SH SOLE NONE 29504 BARRICK GOLD CORP COM 67901108 100 2144SH SOLE NONE 2144 BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC COM 71813109 170 3030SH SOLE NONE 3030 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY CL B COM 84670207 784 11034SH SOLE NONE 11034 BHP BILLITON LTD ADR COM 88606108 182 2744SH SOLE NONE 2744 Bp PLC ADR COM 55622104 159 4396SH SOLE NONE 4396 BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM 110122108 194 6182SH SOLE NONE 6182 BURR FOREMAN FOCUSED EQUITY COM 99811205 500 30796SH SOLE NONE 30796 CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY COM 134429109 120 3714SH SOLE NONE 3714 CATERPILLAR INC COM 149123101 465 6294SH SOLE NONE 6294 CENTURYTEL INC COM 156700106 4561 137713SH SOLE NONE 137713 CHEVRON CORPORATION COM 166764100 6857 74058SH SOLE NONE 74058 CINCINNATI FINANCIAL Cp COM 172062101 4682 177806SH SOLE NONE 177806 CISCO SYSTEMS INC COM 17275R102 115 7430SH SOLE NONE 7430 CLOROX COMPANY COM 189054109 114 1713SH SOLE NONE 1713 CME GROUP INC CL A COM 12572Q105 114 463SH SOLE NONE 463 COCA COLA COMPANY COM 191216100 1602 23715SH SOLE NONE 23715 COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO COM 194162103 6174 69617SH SOLE NONE 69617 CONOCOPHILLIPS COM 20825C104 448 7080SH SOLE NONE 7080 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC COM 209115104 6554 114948SH SOLE NONE 114948 DEERE & CO COM 244199105 169 2616SH SOLE NONE 2616 DIAGEO PLC NEW ADR COM 25243Q205 337 4437SH SOLE NONE 4437 DOMINION RES INC VA NEW COM 25746U109 250 4925SH SOLE NONE 4925 DU PONT E I DE NEMOUR&CO COM 263534109 5270 131837SH SOLE NONE 131837 EBAY INC COM 278642103 124 4208SH SOLE NONE 4208 EMERSON ELECTRIC CO COM 291011104 5127 124110SH SOLE NONE 124110 ENERGEN CORP COM 29265N108 3517 86012SH SOLE NONE 86012 EQUAL ENERGY LTD COM 29390Q109 223 51332SH SOLE NONE 51332 EXELON CORPORATION COM 30161N101 5461 128155SH SOLE NONE 128155 EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION COM 30231G102 8228 113290SH SOLE NONE 113290 FORTUNE BRANDS INC COM 349631101 108 2000SH SOLE NONE 2000 GALLAGHER ARTHUR J&CO COM 363576109 5029 191216SH SOLE NONE 191216 GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY COM 369604103 260 17083SH SOLE NONE 17083 GENERAL MILLS INC COM 370334104 5330 138474SH SOLE NONE 138474 GENUINE PARTS CO COM 372460105 112 2205SH SOLE NONE 2205 GILEAD SCIENCES INC COM 375558103 115 2968SH SOLE NONE 2968 GOODRICH CORPORATION COM 382388106 320 2652SH SOLE NONE 2652 GOOGLE INC CLASS A COM 38259P508 324 629SH SOLE NONE 629 HANSEN NATURAL CORP COM 411310105 121 1391SH SOLE NONE 1391 HERBALIFE LTD COM G4412G101 117 2187SH SOLE NONE 2187 HOME DEPOT INC COM 437076102 5385 163832SH SOLE NONE 163832 HUTTON TELE TRUST UNIT COM 447900101 98 35800SH SOLE NONE 35800 IMMUNOCELLULAR THERAPUTC COM 452536105 20 12687SH SOLE NONE 12687 INTEL CORP COM 458140100 5794 271570SH SOLE NONE 271570 INTL BUSINESS MACHINES COM 459200101 845 4833SH SOLE NONE 4833 ISHARES IBOXX INVESTOP COM 464287242 2386 21245SH SOLE NONE 21245 ISHARES S&P 500 VALUE COM 464287408 2093 40575SH SOLE NONE 40575 ISHARES SILVER TRUST COM 46428Q109 194 6700SH SOLE NONE 6700 ISHARES TR S&P 100 INDEX COM 464287101 145 2820SH SOLE NONE 2820 ISHARES TRUST S&P COM 464287200 515 4529SH SOLE NONE 4529 JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 648 10180SH SOLE NONE 10180 JP MORGAN CHASE CO COM 46625H100 149 4959SH SOLE NONE 4959 KELLOGG COMPANY COM 487836108 213 4000SH SOLE NONE 4000 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COM 494368103 6123 86222SH SOLE NONE 86222 KRAFT FOODS INC COM 50075N104 463 13785SH SOLE NONE 13785 LILLY ELI & COMPANY COM 532457108 5733 155080SH SOLE NONE 155080 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP COM 539830109 5820 80133SH SOLE NONE 80133 MASTERCARD INC COM 57636Q104 123 388SH SOLE NONE 388 MCDONALDS CORP COM 580135101 6792 77335SH SOLE NONE 77335 MERCK & CO INC COM 589331107 875 26752SH SOLE NONE 26752 NEXTERA ENERGY INC COM 65339F101 5933 109821SH SOLE NONE 109821 NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COM 666807102 163 3116SH SOLE NONE 3116 NOVARTIS A G SPON ADR COM 66987V109 5565 99781SH SOLE NONE 99781 NVIDIA CORP COM 67066G104 115 9183SH SOLE NONE 9183 ORACLE CORPORATION COM 68389X105 143 4991SH SOLE NONE 4991 P P G INDUSTRIES INC COM 693506107 150 2128SH SOLE NONE 2128 PAN AMERICAN SILVER CP COM 697900108 112 4185SH SOLE NONE 4185 PAYCHEX INC COM 704326107 4809 182359SH SOLE NONE 182359 PEABODY ENERGY CORP COM 704549104 109 3208SH SOLE NONE 3208 PEPSICO INCORPORATED COM 713448108 5744 92801SH SOLE NONE 92801 PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM 718172109 961 15401SH SOLE NONE 15401 POWERSHARES RAFI EMERGING MKT COM 73936T763 114 5999SH SOLE NONE 5999 POWERSHARES RAFI LARGE CAP L COM 73935X583 118 3741SH SOLE NONE 3741 POWERSHARES RAFI SMALL/MID CAP COM 73936T771 125 6056SH SOLE NONE 6056 POWERSHARES RAFI SMALL/MID CAP COM 73935X567 246 4689SH SOLE NONE 4689 POWERSHARES RAFI LARGE CAP US COM 73935X583 645 13180SH SOLE NONE 13180 PROASSURANCE CORPORATION COM 74267C106 1073 14896SH SOLE NONE 14896 PROCTER & GAMBLE COM 742718109 5805 91882SH SOLE NONE 91882 PROTECTIVE LIFE CORP COM 743674103 244 15633SH SOLE NONE 15633 QUALCOMM INC COM 747525103 123 2520SH SOLE NONE 2520 REGIONS FINANCIAL CP NEW COM 7591EP100 321 96290SH SOLE NONE 96290 ROSS STORES INC COM 778296103 125 1587SH SOLE NONE 1587 ROYAL BK CDA MONTREAL COM 780087102 291 6375SH SOLE NONE 6375 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL A ADRF COM 780259206 5702 92670SH SOLE NONE 92670 SCANA CORPORATION NEW COM 80589M102 445 11004SH SOLE NONE 11004 SCHLUMBERGER LTD COM 806857108 333 5582SH SOLE NONE 5582 SERVISFIRST BANCSHARES COM 81768T108 450 15000SH SOLE NONE 15000 SOUTHCITY BANK COM 841990195 140 10000SH SOLE NONE 10000 SPDR BARCLAYS CAPITAL COM 78464A417 278 7690SH SOLE NONE 7690 SPDR BARCLAYS T BILL ETF COM 78464A680 23239 506842SH SOLE NONE 506842 STREETTRACKS GOLD TRUST COM 863307104 1110 7020SH SOLE NONE 7020 STRYKER CORP COM 863667101 205 4348SH SOLE NONE 4348 T J X CO INC COM 872540109 118 2128SH SOLE NONE 2128 TEVA PHARM INDS LTD ADRF COM 881624209 190 5098SH SOLE NONE 5098 THE SOUTHERN COMPANY COM 842587107 7337 173171SH SOLE NONE 173171 TORCHMARK CORPORATION COM 891027104 1208 34658SH SOLE NONE 34658 UNILEVER N V NY SHS NEWF COM 904784709 2074 65874SH SOLE NONE 65874 UNILEVER PLC ADR NEW COM 904767704 3588 115029SH SOLE NONE 115029 UNION PACIFIC CORP COM 907818108 156 1909SH SOLE NONE 1909 UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP COM 913017109 5475 77812SH SOLE NONE 77812 VANGUARD EMERGING MARKET COM 922042858 511 14262SH SOLE NONE 14262 VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS COM 92343V104 6445 175141SH SOLE NONE 175141 VIROPHARMA INC COM 928241108 342 18900SH SOLE NONE 18900 VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY COM 929160109 1476 53544SH SOLE NONE 53544 WADDELL REED FINL CL A COM 930059100 137 5480SH SOLE NONE 5480 WAL MART STORES INC COM 931142103 613 11821SH SOLE NONE 11821 WELLS FARGO & CO NEW COM 949746101 390 16180SH SOLE NONE 16180 XCEL ENERGY INC COM 98389B100 215 8722SH SOLE NONE 8722 YOU ON DEMAND HLGS INC COM 98741R108 5 87522SH SOLE NONE 87522 YUM BRANDS INC COM 988498101 278 5619SH SOLE NONE 5619 TOTAL $234096 (thousands)