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 ------------- 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. ------------------------ Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza ------------------------ Omaha, NE 68131 ------------------------ ------------------------ Form 13F File Number: 28- 4545 ------ 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 ---------------- Title: Vice President ---------------- Phone: 402-346-1400 ---------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: (s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE August 12, 2005 ---------------------------- ---------------------- --------------- [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. ------ ----------------------------------------------- Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 20 --------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 69 --------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,310,761 ---------------- (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 -------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- ---- ------- ----- -------- ---- ------ ---- 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 ---------- 23,719,112 ---------- 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 -------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- ---- ------- ----- -------- ---- ------ ---- 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 ----------- 11,591,649 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $35,310,761 ===========