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, 2005
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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: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza
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Omaha, NE 68131
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Form 13F File Number: 28-4545
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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: Marc D. Hamburg
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Title: Vice President
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Phone: 402-346-1400
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE May 13, 2005
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[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 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).)
[X] 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 File Number Name
28-5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 20
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 68
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,241,352
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(thousands)
Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed
with the Commission. Included in this information is information regarding
Berkshire's position in Sun Trust Banks Inc. included in its June 30, 2004
public Form 13F.
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all
institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed,
other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings
and list entries.]
NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME
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1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska
2. 28- BH Columbia Inc.
3. 28-5676 BHG Life Insurance Co.
4. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps
5. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E.
6. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co.
7. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co.
8. 28- Cypress Insurance Company
9. 28- Fechheimer Brothers Company
10. 28-852 GEICO Corp.
11. 28-101 Government Employees Ins. Corp.
12. 28-1066 National Fire & Marine
13. 28-718 National Indemnity Co.
14. 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Ins. Co.
15. 28- Nebraska Furniture Mart
16. 28-717 OBH Inc.
17. 28-2740 Plaza Investment Managers
18. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
19. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
20. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2005
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express
Co. Com 025816 10 9 884,869 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
410,684 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,177,545 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
99,817 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
71,903 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
43,142 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
100,282 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 487,942 10,497,900 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,497,900
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 683,381 13,510,900 X 5, 13, 16 13,510,900
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,668 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
74,006 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
300,257 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,672,701 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
5,831,533 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
380,830 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
20,002 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
38,003 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 334,400 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 16,840 1,202,832 X 5, 13, 16 1,202,832
4,188 299,148 X 5, 2, 6, 16 299,148
238 16,998 X 5, 12, 16 16,998
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 232,122 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
Dean
Foods Co. Com 242370 10 4 12,880 375,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 375,500
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 314,480 8,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,000,000
Gannett
Inc. Com 364730 10 1 272,636 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 337,084 15,434,243 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,434,243
The Gillette
Co. Com 375766 10 2 3,028,800 60,000,000 X 5, 13, 16 60,000,000
1,049,984 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,800,000
323,072 6,400,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,400,000
323,072 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 6,400,000
40,384 800,000 X 5, 14, 16 800,000
80,768 1,600,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,600,000
251,390 4,980,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,980,000
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23,915,903
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2005
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Iron
Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 144,200 5,000,000 X 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 612,060 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
55,725 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
16,911 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,305,105 16,140,300 X 5, 13, 16 16,140,300
635,535 7,859,700 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 7,859,700
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 23,978 851,800 X 5, 13, 16 851,800
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 206,159 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
Outback
Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 83,283 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina
Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 4,609 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
37,053 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1 Imports
Inc. Com 720279 10 8 145,840 8,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,000,000
Proctor &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 33,390 630,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 630,000
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 57,825 1,113,300 X 5, 13, 16 1,113,300
Servicemaster
Company Com 81760N 10 9 75,757 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600
Shaw
Communications
Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 448,360 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 22,000,000
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,048 77,551 X 5, 1, 13, 16 77,551
23,476 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728
47,392 907,900 X 5, 13, 16 907,900
33,392 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 215,540 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 799,508 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
132,590 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
579,460 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
33,065 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 771,575 12,902,590 X 5, 2, 6, 16 12,902,590
61,092 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600
7,234 120,970 X 5, 12, 16 120,970
83,361 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000
59,800 1,000,000 X 5, 16 1,000,000
2,296,581 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360
36,171 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860
50,830 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000
8,970 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,195,574 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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11,325,449
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GRAND TOTAL $35,241,352
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