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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) May 6, 2005

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         
DELAWARE
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
OF INCORPORATION) 		  001-14905
(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER) 		  47-0813844
(I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NO.)
     
1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) 		  68131
(ZIP CODE)

(402) 346-1400
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

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ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On May 6, 2005, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (the “Company”) posted its Interim Shareholders Report for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2005 on its website. The information in this report is required to be furnished under this Item 2.02. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such a filing.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)   Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Interim Shareholders Report for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2005

 

 

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
May 12, 2005  BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
 		  
    /s/ Marc D. Hamburg    
  By:   Marc D. Hamburg   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   

 

 

         

Exhibit Index

     
Exhibit No.   Description
99.1
  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Interim Shareholders Report for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2005