13F-HR/A 1 a17140xe13fvhrza.txt BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. - 12/31/2005 THIS FILING IS BEING MADE BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS OMITTED FROM THE ORIGINAL FILING. "CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THE PUBLIC FORM 13F AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION". 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, 2005 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 February 14, 2006 ------------------------ ------------- ----------------- [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: 82 Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $42,664,796 (thousands) Confidential information has been omitted from the 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- 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, 2005
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 ------------------------ Voting Authority Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7 ----------------------- Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------- -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ----------- ------- -------------------- ----------- ------ ---- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 886,419 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400 411,404 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634 6,188,368 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879 99,992 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100 72,029 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713 43,218 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832 100,457 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142 American Standard 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, Companies Com 029712 10 6 419,391 10,497,900 X 17 10,497,900 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 141,248 3,445,080 X 5, 2, 6, 16 3,445,080 65,556 1,598,926 X 5, 12, 16 1,598,926 986,098 24,051,175 X 5, 13, 16 24,051,175 15,933 388,620 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 388,620 11,478 279,942 X 5, 15, 16 279,942 6,887 167,966 X 5, 9, 16 167,966 16,008 390,428 X 5, 16 390,428 Anheuser Busch Cos. Inc. Com 035229 10 3 1,883,976 43,854,200 X 5, 13, 16 43,854,200 Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 455,110 18,538,100 X 5, 13, 16 18,538,100 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,124 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000 71,591 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000 290,458 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600 1,618,108 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600 5,641,207 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600 368,401 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200 19,349 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000 36,763 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000 Comcast 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 285,421 11,110,200 X 17 11,110,200 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 21,651 1,202,832 X 5, 13, 16 1,202,832 5,385 299,148 X 5, 2, 6, 16 299,148 306 16,998 X 5, 12, 16 16,998 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 259,915 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000 First Data 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, Corporation Com 319963 10 4 430,100 10,000,000 X 17 10,000,000 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 208,821 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 176,400 10,000,000 X 17 10,000,000 ---------- 21,253,572 ----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 2005
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------- Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------- -------- ----------- -------------- ---------- ----- ------- ------- --------------------- ---------- ------ ------- Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 202,400 5,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,000,000 Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 166,718 3,948,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,948,800 Lexmark International, Inc. Cl A 529771 10 7 134,490 3,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,000,000 Lowes Companies Inc. Com 548661 10 7 25,997 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000 M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 653,979 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060 59,541 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000 18,070 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,982,674 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600 965,486 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400 Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 21,511 784,500 X 5, 13, 16 784,500 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 214,771 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600 Outback Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 75,680 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800 Petrochina Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 5,975 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900 48,037 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100 Pier 1 Imports Inc. Com 720279 10 8 28,722 3,290,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,290,000 Proctor & Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 3,385,980 58,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 58,500,000 1,173,806 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,280,000 361,171 6,240,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,240,000 414,102 7,154,500 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,154,500 45,146 780,000 X 5, 14, 16 780,000 90,293 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,560,000 317,501 5,485,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,485,500 Sealed Air Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 53,676 955,600 X 5, 13, 16 955,600 Servicemaster Company Com 81760N 10 9 67,059 5,611,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,611,600 Sun Trusts Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 170,593 2,344,600 X 5, 13, 16 2,344,600 62,574 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 860,000 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,312 77,551 X 1, 5, 13, 16 77,551 25,005 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728 92,124 1,656,900 X 5, 13, 16 1,656,900 35,567 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700 Tyco International LTD Com 902124 10 6 288,600 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 422,500 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 889,120 18,998,300 X 5, 13, 16 18,998,300 44,273 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 16, 17 946,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 684,143 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304 113,458 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311 495,846 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165 28,294 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985 ---------- 13,869,194 ----------
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 2005
Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 ------------------------ Voting Authority Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7 ---------------------- Name of Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None -------- -------- ----------- -------------- ---------- ---- ----------- ------- --------------------- ---------- ------ ---- Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,034,955 16,472,310 X 5, 2, 6, 16 16,472,310 64,187 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600 954,706 15,195,070 X 5, 12, 16 15,195,070 87,585 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000 62,830 1,000,000 X 5, 16 1,000,000 2,412,946 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360 38,003 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860 53,406 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000 9,424 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000 628,300 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,195,688 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087 ----------- 7,542,030 ----------- GRAND TOTAL $42,664,796 ===========