UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 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 August 12, 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: 69
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,310,761
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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 positions in H&R Block, Inc. and Torchmark Corp. included in its
March 31, 2005 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
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
June 30, 2005
Column 6
Column 4 Column 5 Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 Voting Authority
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 916,908 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
425,554 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,401,220 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
103,431 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
74,507 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
44,704 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
103,913 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 440,072 10,497,900 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,497,900
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,700 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
74,148 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
300,834 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,675,912 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
5,842,729 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
381,562 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
20,040 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
38,075 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 299,500 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 18,042 1,202,832 X 5, 13, 16 1,202,832
4,487 299,148 X 5, 2, 6, 16 299,148
255 16,998 X 5, 12, 16 16,998
Costco
Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 235,011 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
Dean Foods Co. Com 242370 10 4 13,233 375,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 375,500
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 346,208 8,625,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,625,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 245,228 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 304,826 15,434,243 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,434,243
The Gillette
Co. Com 375766 10 2 3,037,800 60,000,000 X 5, 13, 16 60,000,000
1,053,104 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,800,000
324,032 6,400,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,400,000
324,032 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 6,400,000
40,504 800,000 X 5, 14, 16 800,000
81,008 1,600,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,600,000
252,137 4,980,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,980,000
Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 36,760 945,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 945,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 155,100 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
Lexmark
International,
Inc. Cl A 529771 10 7 64,830 1,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,000,000
Lowes
Companies Inc. Com 548661 10 7 22,706 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000
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23,719,112
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2005
Column 6
Column 4 Column 5 Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 Voting Authority
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 630,651 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
57,417 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
17,425 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,451,336 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600
706,744 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 23,084 851,800 X 5, 13, 16 851,800
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 214,300 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
Outback
Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 82,283 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina Co
LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 5,355 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
43,049 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1 Imports
Inc. Com 720279 10 8 113,520 8,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,000,000
Proctor &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 33,232 630,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 630,000
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 55,431 1,113,300 X 5, 13, 16 1,113,300
Servicemaster
Company Com 81760N 10 9 75,195 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600
Shaw
Communications
Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 456,940 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 22,000,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 169,374 2,344,600 X 5, 13, 16 2,344,600
62,126 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 860,000
Tyco
International
LTD Com 902124 10 6 146,000 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 276,250 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 746,771 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
123,844 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
541,237 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
30,884 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 794,541 12,902,590 X 5, 2, 6, 16 12,902,590
62,910 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600
7,449 120,970 X 5, 12, 16 120,970
85,843 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000
61,580 1,000,000 X 5, 16 1,000,000
2,364,940 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360
37,247 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860
52,343 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000
9,237 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,053,111 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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11,591,649
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GRAND TOTAL $35,310,761
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