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0000950129-05-007898.txt : 20050809 0000950129-05-007898.hdr.sgml : 20050809 20050808191239 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950129-05-007898 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050808 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20050809 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050808 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: 051007151 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 a11615e8vk.htm BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 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)		August 8, 2005

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 8.01 Other Events.

On August 8, 2005, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. issued a press release to clarify a comment in its second quarter Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on August 5, 2005. This press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

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.


August 8, 2005	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
	/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
	By:	Marc D. Hamburg
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


99.1		Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Press Release dated August 8, 2005

EX-99.1 2 a11615exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 exv99w1

EXHIBIT 99.1

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		August 8, 2005

Omaha Ne., August 8, 2005—Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B) is putting out this press release to clarify a comment in its second quarter 10-Q dated August 5, 2005. In the 10-Q, Berkshire included the following disclosure: “Governmental authorities are also inquiring about the accounting by certain of Berkshire’s insurance subsidiaries for assumed and ceded finite transactions.” The inquiries being made by the government relate to the investigation that commenced with the original subpoena received from the SEC on January 7, 2005, and are not as a result of any new investigation by the SEC, DOJ, U.S Attorney or any other governmental authority. All affiliated insurance subsidiaries of Berkshire were included in the original subpoena issued by the SEC last January.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is a holding company owning subsidiaries engaged in a number of diverse business activities. The most important of these is the property and casualty insurance business conducted on both a direct and reinsurance basis through a number of subsidiaries.

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