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, 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
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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 November 11, 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.
Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 20
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 66
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 33,742,524
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(thousands)
Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed
separately 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 and Wells Fargo & Co. included in
its June 30, 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
September 30, 2005
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 ------------------------- Voting Authority
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or c) Column 7 -----------------------
Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express
Co. Com 025816 10 9 866,093 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
401,970 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,046,465 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
97,699 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
70,378 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
42,227 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
98,154 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 488,677 10,497,900 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,497,900
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 123,333 3,445,080 X 5, 2, 6, 16 3,445,080
57,242 1,598,926 X 5, 12, 16 1,598,926
861,032 24,051,175 X 5, 13, 16 24,051,175
13,913 388,620 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 388,620
10,022 279,942 X 5, 15, 16 279,942
6,013 167,966 X 5, 9, 16 167,966
13,977 390,428 X 5, 16 390,428
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 17,276 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
76,705 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
311,210 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,733,716 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
6,044,251 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
394,722 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
20,731 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
39,389 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast
Corp CLA SP L 20030N 20 0 319,752 11,110,200 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 11,110,200
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 21,050 1,202,832 X 5, 13, 16 1,202,832
5,235 299,148 X 5, 2, 6, 16 299,148
297 16,998 X 5, 12, 16 16,998
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 226,395 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 345,000 8,625,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,625,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 237,298 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 269,019 15,434,243 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,434,243
The Gillette
Co. Com 375766 10 2 3,492,000 60,000,000 X 5, 13, 16 60,000,000
1,210,560 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,800,000
372,480 6,400,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,400,000
372,480 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 6,400,000
46,560 800,000 X 5, 14, 16 800,000
93,120 1,600,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,600,000
289,836 4,980,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,980,000
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25,136,277
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
September 30, 2005
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 ------------------------- Voting Authority
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or c) Column 7 ------------------------
Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Home Depot
Inc. Com 437076 10 2 190,700 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
Iron
Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 183,500 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
Lexmark
Internat-
ional, Inc. Cl A 529771 10 7 61,050 1,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,000,000
Lowes
Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 25,116 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 633,949 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
57,718 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
17,516 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,648,893 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600
802,947 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 23,654 851,800 X 5, 13, 16 851,800
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 202,125 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
Outback
Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 66,568 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina
Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 6,078 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
48,863 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1
Imports Inc. Com 720279 10 8 37,078 3,290,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,290,000
Proctor
& Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 37,460 630,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 630,000
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 52,837 1,113,300 X 5, 13, 16 1,113,300
Service-
master
Company Com 81760N 10 9 75,981 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600
Shaw
Communica-
tions Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 148,918 7,101,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 7,101,500
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 162,832 2,344,600 X 5, 13, 16 2,344,600
59,727 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 860,000
Tyco
Inter-
national
LTD Com 902124 10 6 278,500 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
USG
Corporation Com 903293 40 5 446,680 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 717,679 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
119,020 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
520,152 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
29,680 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,951,026 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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8,606,247
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GRAND TOTAL $33,742,524
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