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0000950129-04-009890.txt : 20041217 0000950129-04-009890.hdr.sgml : 20041217 20041217153632 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-04-009890 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041214 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20041217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041217 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067983 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 470813844 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14905 FILM NUMBER: 041211335 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1440 KIEWIT PLZ CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1440 KIEWIT PLAZA CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NBH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 8-K 1 a04058e8vk.htm BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.- DECEMBER 14, 2004 e8vk

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)		December 14, 2004

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


DELAWARE	001-14905	47-0813844

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)	(COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)	(I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)


1440 Kiewit Plaza Omaha, Nebraska		68131

(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)		(ZIP CODE)

(402) 346-1400

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

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	ITEM 5.02(d) Election of Directors
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURES
EX-99.1

ITEM 5.02(d) Election of Directors

On December 14, 2004, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Board of Directors voted to elect William H. Gates III to serve as a director of the Corporation. At the time of this filing, the committees of the Board that Mr. Gates will serve has not been determined. Mr. Gates is Chief Software Architect, Chairman of the Board and a principal shareholder of Microsoft Corporation. At the time of the filing, the amount of transactions between Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Microsoft Corporation during 2004 has not been determined.

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Gates to the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Board of Directors is attached hereto as an exhibit (99.1).

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99.1		Press Release issued on December 14, 2004

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.

December 17, 2004 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
By: Marc D. Hamburg
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1 2 a04058exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1

EXHIBIT 99.1

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

PRESS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		December 14, 2004

On December 14, 2004, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Board of Directors voted to elect William H. Gates III to serve as a director to fill the current vacancy on the Board of Directors. Mr. Gates has long been a shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway and is the founder of Microsoft Corporation and has served as Chairman of Microsoft since the Company’s incorporation in 1981. Mr. Gates served as Microsoft’s CEO from 1981 until January 2000 when he resigned as CEO and assumed the position of Chief Software Architect.

Berkshire Hathaway and its subsidiaries engage in a number of diverse business activities among which the most important is the property and casualty insurance business conducted on both a direct and reinsurance basis. Common stock of the Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading symbols BRK.A and BRK.B.

Contact: Marc D. Hamburg

(402) 346-1400

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December 17, 2004	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
	/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
	By: Marc D. Hamburg
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer