UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2004
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 May 18, 2004
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[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: 17
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 61
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 35,802,150
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(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.]
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. 28-852 GEICO Corp.
9. 28-101 Government Employees Ins. Corp.
10. 28-1066 National Fire & Marine
11. 28-718 National Indemnity Co.
12. 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Ins. Co.
13. 28-717 OBH Inc.
14. 28-2740 Plaza Investment Managers
15. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
16. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
17. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2004
Column 6
Column Investment Discretion Column 8
2 Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority
Title Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------
Column 1 of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American Express
Co. Com 025816 10 9 893,137 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 13 17,225,400
414,522 7,994,634 X 5, 10, 13 7,994,634
6,235,267 120,255,879 X 5, 11, 13 120,255,879
100,750 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,943,100
217,339 4,191,687 X 5, 13 4,191,687
American Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 367,640 3,232,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 3,232,000
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 732,311 14,350,600 X 5, 11, 13 14,350,600
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 90,138 1,792,000 X 5, 13 1,792,000
89,333 1,776,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,776,000
362,442 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 7,205,600
2,019,122 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 13 40,141,600
7,039,264 139,945,600 X 5, 11, 13 139,945,600
459,702 9,139,200 X 5, 10, 13 9,139,200
Comdisco Holding
Co. Com 200334 10 0 43,645 1,179,592 X 5, 11, 13 1,179,592
10,847 293,169 X 5, 2, 6, 13 293,169
617 16,669 X 5, 10, 13 16,669
Costco Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 197,603 5,254,000 X 5, 11, 13 5,254,000
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 337,280 8,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 8,000,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 304,664 3,456,600 X 5, 11, 13 3,456,600
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 328,800 15,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 15,000,000
The Gillette Co. Com 375766 10 2 2,346,000 60,000,000 X 5, 11, 13 60,000,000
813,280 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 20,800,000
250,240 6,400,000 X 5, 10, 13 6,400,000
250,240 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 6,400,000
31,280 800,000 X 5, 12, 13 800,000
62,560 1,600,000 X 5, 13 1,600,000
HCA Inc. Com 404119 10 9 406,200 10,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 10,000,000
181,835 4,476,500 X 5, 2, 6, 13 4,476,500
40,620 1,000,000 X 5, 13 1,000,000
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24,626,678
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2004
Column 6
Column Investment Discretion Column 8
2 Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority
Title Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ---------------
Column 1 of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 223,976 5,018,500 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 5,018,500
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 538,836 5,997,060 X 5 11, 13 5,997,060
49,058 546,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 546,000
14,888 165,700 X 5, 10, 13 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,142,733 16,140,300 X 5, 11, 13 16,140,300
556,467 7,859,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 7,859,700
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 83,170 2,446,900 X 5, 11, 13 2,446,900
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 467,220 6,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,000,000
Outback
Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 88,576 1,818,800 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,818,800
Petrochina Co
LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 3,725 72,900 X 5, 11, 13 72,900
29,950 586,100 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 586,100
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 55,867 1,123,800 X 5, 11, 13 1,123,800
Shaw Communi-
cations Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 359,260 22,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 22,000,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 344,807 4,946,300 X 5, 11, 13 4,946,300
59,951 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 860,000
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,171 77,551 X 5, 1, 11, 13 77,551
24,191 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 13 449,728
41,482 771,200 X 5, 11, 13 771,200
34,409 639,700 X 5, 10, 13 639,700
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 113,685 6,500,000 X 5, 11, 13 6,500,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 790,931 894,304 X 5, 11, 13 894,304
131,168 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 11, 13 148,311
573,244 648,165 X 5, 10, 13 648,165
32,710 36,985 X 5, 12, 13 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 731,190 12,902,590 X 5, 2, 6, 13 12,902,590
57,894 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,021,600
6,855 120,970 X 5, 10, 13 120,970
78,998 1,394,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,394,000
147,617 2,604,860 X 5, 13 2,604,860
2,176,375 38,404,360 X 5, 11, 13 38,404,360
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,207,095 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 13 5,703,087
Zenith National
Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 4,973 126,855 X 5, 11, 13 126,855
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11,175,472
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GRAND TOTAL $35,802,150
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