13F-HR/A 1 a98912a1e13fvhrza.txt AMENDMENT TO FORM 13F FOR QUARTER ENDED 3/31/2004 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2004 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 May 18, 2004 ------------------- ------------- ------------ [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: 17 --------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 61 --------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,802,150 --------------- (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from the public 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 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. 28-852 GEICO Corp. 9. 28-101 Government Employees Ins. Corp. 10. 28-1066 National Fire & Marine 11. 28-718 National Indemnity Co. 12. 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Ins. Co. 13. 28-717 OBH Inc. 14. 28-2740 Plaza Investment Managers 15. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp. 16. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co. 17. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table March 31, 2004
Column 6 Column Investment Discretion Column 8 2 Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority Title Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ---------------- Column 1 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 9 893,137 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 13 17,225,400 414,522 7,994,634 X 5, 10, 13 7,994,634 6,235,267 120,255,879 X 5, 11, 13 120,255,879 100,750 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,943,100 217,339 4,191,687 X 5, 13 4,191,687 American Standard Companies Com 029712 10 6 367,640 3,232,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 3,232,000 Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 732,311 14,350,600 X 5, 11, 13 14,350,600 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 90,138 1,792,000 X 5, 13 1,792,000 89,333 1,776,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,776,000 362,442 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 7,205,600 2,019,122 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 13 40,141,600 7,039,264 139,945,600 X 5, 11, 13 139,945,600 459,702 9,139,200 X 5, 10, 13 9,139,200 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 43,645 1,179,592 X 5, 11, 13 1,179,592 10,847 293,169 X 5, 2, 6, 13 293,169 617 16,669 X 5, 10, 13 16,669 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 197,603 5,254,000 X 5, 11, 13 5,254,000 First Data Corporation Com 319963 10 4 337,280 8,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 8,000,000 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 304,664 3,456,600 X 5, 11, 13 3,456,600 Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 328,800 15,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 15,000,000 The Gillette Co. Com 375766 10 2 2,346,000 60,000,000 X 5, 11, 13 60,000,000 813,280 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 20,800,000 250,240 6,400,000 X 5, 10, 13 6,400,000 250,240 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 6,400,000 31,280 800,000 X 5, 12, 13 800,000 62,560 1,600,000 X 5, 13 1,600,000 HCA Inc. Com 404119 10 9 406,200 10,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 10,000,000 181,835 4,476,500 X 5, 2, 6, 13 4,476,500 40,620 1,000,000 X 5, 13 1,000,000 ---------- 24,626,678 ----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table March 31, 2004
Column 6 Column Investment Discretion Column 8 2 Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority Title Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------- Column 1 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 -------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- ---- ------- ----- -------- ---- ------ ----- Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 223,976 5,018,500 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 5,018,500 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 538,836 5,997,060 X 5 11, 13 5,997,060 49,058 546,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 546,000 14,888 165,700 X 5, 10, 13 165,700 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,142,733 16,140,300 X 5, 11, 13 16,140,300 556,467 7,859,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 7,859,700 Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 83,170 2,446,900 X 5, 11, 13 2,446,900 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 467,220 6,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,000,000 Outback Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 88,576 1,818,800 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,818,800 Petrochina Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 3,725 72,900 X 5, 11, 13 72,900 29,950 586,100 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 586,100 Sealed Air Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 55,867 1,123,800 X 5, 11, 13 1,123,800 Shaw Communi- cations Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 359,260 22,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 22,000,000 Sun Trusts Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 344,807 4,946,300 X 5, 11, 13 4,946,300 59,951 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 860,000 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,171 77,551 X 5, 1, 11, 13 77,551 24,191 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 13 449,728 41,482 771,200 X 5, 11, 13 771,200 34,409 639,700 X 5, 10, 13 639,700 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 113,685 6,500,000 X 5, 11, 13 6,500,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 790,931 894,304 X 5, 11, 13 894,304 131,168 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 11, 13 148,311 573,244 648,165 X 5, 10, 13 648,165 32,710 36,985 X 5, 12, 13 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 731,190 12,902,590 X 5, 2, 6, 13 12,902,590 57,894 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,021,600 6,855 120,970 X 5, 10, 13 120,970 78,998 1,394,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,394,000 147,617 2,604,860 X 5, 13 2,604,860 2,176,375 38,404,360 X 5, 11, 13 38,404,360 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,207,095 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 13 5,703,087 Zenith National Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 4,973 126,855 X 5, 11, 13 126,855 ----------- 11,175,472 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $35,802,150 ===========