UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 2006
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 August 14, 2006
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[Signature]
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
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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: 83
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $45,184,817
(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
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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
June 30, 2006
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 -----------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 916,736 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
425,474 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,400,018 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
103,412 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
74,493 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
44,696 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
103,893 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 478,683 11,062,700 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 11,062,700
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 153,892 3,445,080 X 5, 2, 6, 16 3,445,080
71,424 1,598,926 X 5, 12, 16 1,598,926
788,478 17,651,175 X 5, 13, 16 17,651,175
17,360 388,620 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 388,620
12,505 279,942 X 5, 15, 16 279,942
7,503 167,966 X 5, 9, 16 167,966
17,440 390,428 X 5, 16 390,428
Anheuser
Busch Cos.
Inc. Com 035229 10 3 1,984,444 43,528,052 X 5, 13, 16 43,528,052
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 271,682 11,386,500 X 5, 13, 16 11,386,500
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 17,208 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
76,404 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
309,985 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,726,892 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
6,020,460 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
393,168 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
20,650 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
39,234 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 364,192 11,110,200 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 11,110,200
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 16,744 1,206,369 X 5, 13, 16 1,206,369
4,164 300,028 X 5, 2, 6, 16 300,028
237 17,049 X 5, 12, 16 17,049
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,175,484 17,938,100 X 5, 13, 16 17,938,100
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 306,161 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 450,400 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 192,824 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
General
Electric
Co. Com 369604 10 3 256,360 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
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23,242,700
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2006
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 --------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Home Depot
Inc. Com 437076 10 2 149,638 4,181,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,181,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 187,823 5,024,700 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,024,700
Lowes
Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 23,661 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 707,173 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
64,384 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
19,539 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,758,001 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600
856,079 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 200,443 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
OSI Restaurant
Partners,
Inc. Com 67104A 10 1 62,930 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina Co
LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 7,871 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
63,281 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1 Imports
Inc. Com 720279 10 8 22,964 3,290,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,290,000
Proctor &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 3,252,600 58,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 58,500,000
1,127,568 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,280,000
346,944 6,240,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,240,000
397,790 7,154,500 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,154,500
43,368 780,000 X 5, 14, 16 780,000
86,736 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,560,000
304,994 5,485,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,485,500
Sanofi
Adventis ADR 80105N 10 5 23,790 488,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 488,500
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 35,295 677,700 X 5, 13, 16 677,700
Servicemaster
Company Com 81760N 10 9 41,299 3,998,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,998,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 178,799 2,344,600 X 5, 13, 16 2,344,600
65,584 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 860,000
Torchmark
Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,709 77,551 X 1, 5, 13, 16 77,551
27,307 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728
100,607 1,656,900 X 5, 13, 16 1,656,900
38,843 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700
Tyco
Inter-
national
LTD Com 902124 10 6 275,000 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
USG
Corporation Com 903293 40 5 474,045 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
United Parcel
Service
Inc. Com 911312 10 6 117,666 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Wal-Mart
Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 915,148 18,998,300 X 5, 13, 16 18,998,300
45,569 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 16, 17 946,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 697,566 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
115,684 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
505,575 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
28,849 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
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13,375,122
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
June 30, 2006
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,336,462 19,923,410 X 5, 2, 6, 16 19,923,410
68,529 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600
1,100,955 16,412,570 X 5, 12, 16 16,412,570
93,510 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000
171,725 2,560,000 X 5, 16 2,560,000
2,576,164 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360
40,574 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860
57,018 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000
10,062 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000
670,800 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
268,320 4,000,000 X 5 4,000,000
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,172,876 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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8,566,995
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GRAND TOTAL $45,184,817
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