13F-HR 1 a05449ae13fvhr.txt WARREN E. BUFFETT - 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: Warren E. Buffett ------------------------------- Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza ------------------------------- Omaha, NE 68131 ------------------------------- ------------------------------- Form 13F File Number: 28- 554 -------- 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: Warren E. Buffett ------------------------- Title: ------------------------- Phone: 402-346-1400 ------------------------- Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
(s) Warren E. Buffett 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- 4545 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ---------- ------------------------------------ Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 0 ------------------ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 15 ------------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 799 ------------------- (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.] NONE WARREN E. BUFFETT Form 13F Information Table December 31, 2004
Column 6 Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 Investment Discretion Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7 (Shares) Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b)Shared- Shared- Managers (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other See Instr.v Sole Shared None -------------- ----- ------ -------------- -------- ---- ------- ----- ----------- ---- ------ ---- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 34 612 X 612 Block, H & R Corp. Com 093671 10 5 10 200 X 200 Coca Cola Co. Com 191216 10 0 100 2,400 X 2,400 Costco Companies Com 22160Q 10 2 76 1,575 X 1,575 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 16 200 X 200 The Gillette Company Com 375766 10 2 36 800 X 800 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 108 1,000 X 1,000 Moody's Corp Com 615369 10 5 9 100 X 100 Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 3 100 X 100 Sealed Air Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 5 100 X 100 Sun Trust Banks Com 867914 10 3 15 200 X 200 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 3 209 3,653 X 3,653 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939648 10 8 10 10 X 10 Wells Fargo Com 949740 10 4 103 1,660 X 1,660 White Mountains Group Com G9618E 10 7 65 100 X 100 ----- $799 =====