THIS FILING IS BEING MADE BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS OMITTED FROM THE
ORIGINAL FILING. "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE PUBLIC
FORM 13F AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION".
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2005
Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 1
This Amendment (Check only one.): [X] 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 February 14, 2006
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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
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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: 82
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $42,664,796
(thousands)
Confidential information has been omitted from the Form 13F and filed
separately with the commission.
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
December 31, 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 9 886,419 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
411,404 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,188,368 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
99,992 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
72,029 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
43,218 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
100,457 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard 5, 10, 11, 13, 16,
Companies Com 029712 10 6 419,391 10,497,900 X 17 10,497,900
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 141,248 3,445,080 X 5, 2, 6, 16 3,445,080
65,556 1,598,926 X 5, 12, 16 1,598,926
986,098 24,051,175 X 5, 13, 16 24,051,175
15,933 388,620 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 388,620
11,478 279,942 X 5, 15, 16 279,942
6,887 167,966 X 5, 9, 16 167,966
16,008 390,428 X 5, 16 390,428
Anheuser
Busch
Cos. Inc. Com 035229 10 3 1,883,976 43,854,200 X 5, 13, 16 43,854,200
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 455,110 18,538,100 X 5, 13, 16 18,538,100
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,124 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
71,591 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
290,458 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,618,108 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
5,641,207 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
368,401 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
19,349 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
36,763 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast 5, 10, 11, 13, 16,
Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 285,421 11,110,200 X 17 11,110,200
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 21,651 1,202,832 X 5, 13, 16 1,202,832
5,385 299,148 X 5, 2, 6, 16 299,148
306 16,998 X 5, 12, 16 16,998
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 259,915 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
First Data 5, 10, 11, 13, 16,
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 430,100 10,000,000 X 17 10,000,000
Gannett
Inc. Com 364730 10 1 208,821 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
5, 10, 11, 13, 16,
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 176,400 10,000,000 X 17 10,000,000
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21,253,572
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2005
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 -------------------------
Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) 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 2 202,400 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 166,718 3,948,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,948,800
Lexmark
International,
Inc. Cl A 529771 10 7 134,490 3,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,000,000
Lowes
Companies Inc. Com 548661 10 7 25,997 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 653,979 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
59,541 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
18,070 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,982,674 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600
965,486 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 21,511 784,500 X 5, 13, 16 784,500
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 214,771 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
Outback
Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 75,680 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina Co
LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 5,975 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
48,037 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1 Imports
Inc. Com 720279 10 8 28,722 3,290,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,290,000
Proctor &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 3,385,980 58,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 58,500,000
1,173,806 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,280,000
361,171 6,240,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,240,000
414,102 7,154,500 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,154,500
45,146 780,000 X 5, 14, 16 780,000
90,293 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,560,000
317,501 5,485,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,485,500
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 53,676 955,600 X 5, 13, 16 955,600
Servicemaster
Company Com 81760N 10 9 67,059 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 170,593 2,344,600 X 5, 13, 16 2,344,600
62,574 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 860,000
Torchmark
Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,312 77,551 X 1, 5, 13, 16 77,551
25,005 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728
92,124 1,656,900 X 5, 13, 16 1,656,900
35,567 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700
Tyco
International
LTD Com 902124 10 6 288,600 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
USG
Corporation Com 903293 40 5 422,500 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 889,120 18,998,300 X 5, 13, 16 18,998,300
44,273 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 16, 17 946,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 684,143 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
113,458 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
495,846 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
28,294 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
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13,869,194
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 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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Wells Fargo
& Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,034,955 16,472,310 X 5, 2, 6, 16 16,472,310
64,187 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600
954,706 15,195,070 X 5, 12, 16 15,195,070
87,585 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000
62,830 1,000,000 X 5, 16 1,000,000
2,412,946 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360
38,003 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860
53,406 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000
9,424 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000
628,300 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,195,688 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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7,542,030
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GRAND TOTAL $42,664,796
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