13F-HR 1 a05449e13fvhr.txt BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. - DATED 12/31/2004 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2004 ----------------- 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 February 14, 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: 66 ------------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,759,366 ------------------- (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 position in Sun Trust Banks Inc. included in its June 30, 2004 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 December 31, 2004
Column 6 Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8 Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ---------------- Name of Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ------ ----- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----- -------- ---- ------ ---- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 970,996 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400 450,658 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634 6,778,824 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879 109,533 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100 78,902 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713 47,341 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832 110,042 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142 American Standard Companies Com 029712 10 6 433,773 10,497,900 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,497,900 Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 703,179 14,350,600 X 5, 13, 16 14,350,600 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,656 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000 73,953 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000 300,041 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600 1,671,496 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600 5,827,335 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600 380,556 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200 19,987 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000 37,976 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000 Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 328,400 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 26,667 1,195,274 X 5, 13, 16 1,195,274 6,632 297,268 X 5, 2, 6, 16 297,268 377 16,891 X 5, 12, 16 16,891 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 254,346 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000 Dean Foods Co. Com 242370 10 4 12,373 375,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 375,500 First Data Corporation Com 319963 10 4 340,320 8,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,000,000 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 281,668 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600 Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 325,971 15,434,243 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,434,243 The Gillette Co. Com 375766 10 2 2,686,800 60,000,000 X 5, 13, 16 60,000,000 931,424 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,800,000 286,592 6,400,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,400,000 286,592 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 6,400,000 35,824 800,000 X 5, 14, 16 800,000 71,648 1,600,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,600,000 ---------- 23,886,882 ----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 2004
Column 6 Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8 Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ---------------- Name of Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ------ ----- ------ ---------- -------- ------------ ----- -------- ---- ------ ---- Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 152,450 5,000,000 X 5, 8, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 646,723 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060 58,881 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000 17,869 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,401,785 16,140,300 X 5, 13, 16 16,140,300 682,615 7,859,700 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 7,859,700 Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 43,853 1,361,900 X 5, 13, 16 1,361,900 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 226,725 2,500,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,500,000 Outback Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 83,265 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800 Petrochina Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 3,914 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900 31,468 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100 Pier 1 Imports Inc. Com 720279 10 8 157,600 8,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 8,000,000 Sealed Air Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 59,305 1,113,300 X 5, 13, 16 1,113,300 Servicemaster Company Com 81760N 10 9 77,384 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600 Shaw Communications Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 402,380 22,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 22,000,000 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,431 77,551 X 5, 1, 13, 16 77,551 25,697 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728 49,826 872,000 X 5, 13, 16 872,000 36,552 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 261,755 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 879,119 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304 145,793 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311 637,159 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165 36,357 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 801,896 12,902,590 X 5, 2, 6, 16 12,902,590 63,492 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600 7,518 120,970 X 5, 12, 16 120,970 86,637 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000 62,150 1,000,000 X 5, 16 1,000,000 2,386,831 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360 37,592 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860 52,827 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000 9,322 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,241,313 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087 ----------- 11,872,484 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $35,759,366 ===========