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, 2008
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______
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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 16, 2009
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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: 21
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 108
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $51,869,961
(thousands)
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. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc.
3. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps
4. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E.
5. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co.
6. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty Co.
7. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company
8. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company
9. 28- GEC Investment Managers
10. 28-852 GEICO Corp.
11. 28-101 Government Employees Ins. Corp.
12. 28- Medical Protective Corp.
13. 28-1066 National Fire & Marine
14. 28-718 National Indemnity Co.
15. 28-5006 National Liability & Fire Ins. Co.
16. 28-11222 Nebraska Furniture Mart
17. 28-717 OBH Inc.
18. 28- U.S. Investment Corp.
19. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
20. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
21. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2008
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) --------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Column 7 (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 319,531 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 17 17,225,400
148,300 7,994,634 X 4, 13, 17 7,994,634
2,230,747 120,255,879 X 4, 14, 17 120,255,879
36,045 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 1,943,100
25,965 1,399,713 X 4, 16, 17 1,399,713
15,579 839,832 X 4, 8, 17 839,832
36,212 1,952,142 X 4, 17 1,952,142
Bank of America
Corp. Com 060505 10 4 70,400 5,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 5,000,000
Burlington
Northern
Santa Fe Com 12189T 10 4 5,306,440 70,089,829 X 4, 14, 17 70,089,829
Carmax Inc. Com 143130 10 2 138,976 17,636,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 17,636,500
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 18,108 400,000 X 4, 17 400,000
80,400 1,776,000 X 4, 15, 17 1,776,000
326,198 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 7,205,600
1,817,210 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 17 40,141,600
6,335,337 139,945,600 X 4, 14, 17 139,945,600
413,731 9,139,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,139,200
21,730 480,000 X 4, 16, 17 480,000
41,286 912,000 X 4, 7, 17 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 193,800 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 12,000,000
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 9,502 1,218,199 X 4, 14, 17 1,218,199
2,363 302,963 X 4, 2, 5, 17 302,963
134 17,215 X 4, 13, 17 17,215
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 3,724,227 71,896,273 X 4, 14, 17 71,896,273
103,600 2,000,000 X 4, 13, 17 2,000,000
310,800 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,000,000
Constellation
Energy
Group, Inc. Com 210371 10 0 499,224 19,897,322 X 4 19,897,322
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 275,835 5,254,000 X 4, 14, 17 5,254,000
Eaton
Corporation Com 278058 10 2 159,072 3,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,200,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 27,581 3,447,600 X 4, 14, 17 3,447,600
General
Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 126,002 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900
GlaxoSmithKline ADR 37733W 10 5 56,296 1,510,500 X 4, 14, 17 1,510,500
Home Depot Inc. Com 437076 10 2 85,174 3,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,700,000
Ingersoll-Rd
Company LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 11,045 636,600 X 4 636,000
123,983 7,146,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,146,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 83,395 3,372,200 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 3,372,200
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23,174,228
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2008
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) --------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Column 7 (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Johnson &
Johnson Com 478160 10 4 258,615 4,322,500 X 4 4,322,500
808,279 13,509,591 X 4, 14, 17 13,509,591
19,463 325,300 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 325,300
543,687 9,087,200 X 4, 13, 17 9,087,200
47,385 792,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 792,000
34,402 575,000 X 4, 18 575,000
Kraft Foods
Inc. Com 50075N 10 4 2,395,621 89,222,400 X 4, 14, 17 89,222,400
826,720 30,790,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 30,790,300
268,500 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
6,976 259,800 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 259,800
214,800 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
Lowes Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 139,880 6,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,500,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 344,653 6,003,360 X 4, 14, 17 6,003,360
31,346 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 546,000
9,513 165,700 X 4, 13, 17 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 648,517 32,280,600 X 4, 14, 17 32,280,600
315,803 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 15,719,400
NRG Energy,
Inc. Com 629377 50 8 167,976 7,200,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,200,000
Nalco Holding
Co. Com 62985Q 10 1 100,849 8,739,100 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 8,739,100
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 389,691 7,641,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 7,641,000
Norfolk
Southern
Corp. Com 655844 10 8 90,948 1,933,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 1,933,000
Procter &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 3,443,394 55,700,318 X 4, 14, 17 55,700,318
1,253,710 20,280,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 20,280,000
385,756 6,240,000 X 4, 13, 17 6,240,000
385,756 6,240,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 6,240,000
48,220 780,000 X 4, 15, 17 780,000
96,439 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 17 1,560,000
70,518 1,140,692 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,140,692
270,462 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 15,710 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 488,500
93,140 2,896,133 X 4, 14, 17 2,896,133
5,445 169,300 X 4, 13, 17 169,300
11,250 350,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 350,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 69,259 2,344,600 X 4, 14, 17 2,344,600
25,404 860,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 860,000
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 3,467 77,551 X 1, 4, 14, 17 77,551
20,102 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 17 449,728
74,063 1,656,900 X 4, 14, 17 1,656,900
28,595 639,700 X 4, 13, 17 639,700
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13,964,314
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2008
Column 6
Investment
Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 -------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) --------------------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Column 7 (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Other Managers Sole Shared None
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US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 582,916 23,307,300 X 4, 2, 5, 17 23,307,300
519,428 20,768,826 X 4, 14, 17 20,768,826
209,209 8,365,000 X 4 8,365,000
250,100 10,000,000 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 10,000,000
54,372 2,174,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,174,000
43,642 1,745,000 X 4, 18 1,745,000
29,794 1,191,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 1,191,300
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 137,260 17,072,192 X 4, 14, 17 17,072,192
Union Pacific
Corp. Com 907818 10 8 425,707 8,906,000 X 4, 2, 5, 17 8,906,000
United Parcel
Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 78,835 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200
United Health
Group Inc. Com 91324P 10 2 167,580 6,300,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 6,300,000
Wabco Holdings
Inc. Com 92927K 10 2 42,633 2,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 2,700,000
Wal-Mart
Stores, Inc. Com 931142 10 3 1,065,045 18,998,300 X 4, 14, 17 18,998,300
53,033 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 946,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 349,002 894,304 X 4, 14, 17 894,304
57,878 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 14, 17 148,311
252,946 648,165 X 4, 13, 17 648,165
14,433 36,985 X 4, 15, 17 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,576,868 53,489,420 X 4, 2, 5, 17 53,489,420
372,722 12,643,200 X 4, 3, 17, 19, 20, 21 12,643,200
1,129,468 38,313,040 X 4, 13, 17 38,313,040
82,190 2,788,000 X 4, 15, 17 2,788,000
29,480 1,000,000 X 4, 17 1,000,000
3,808,270 129,181,488 X 4, 14, 17 129,181,488
47,455 1,609,720 X 4, 16, 17 1,609,720
50,116 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 17 1,700,000
24,174 820,000 X 4, 7, 17 820,000
589,600 20,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 20,000,000
471,680 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 14, 17 16,000,000
235,840 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
77,596 2,700,000 X 4, 2, 5, 12, 17 2,700,000
58,960 2,000,000 X 4, 18 2,000,000
Wellpoint Inc. Com 949773V 10 7 201,268 4,777,300 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17 4,777,300
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,641,919 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 17 5,703,087
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14,731,419
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GRAND TOTAL $51,869,961
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