THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON AUGUST
14, 2005 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH THAT
REQUEST WAS DENIED ON JANUARY 6, 2006 OR IS NO LONGER WARRANTED.


                                  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, 2005

Check here if Amendment [  x  ]; Amendment Number: 2    

  This Amendment (Check only one.):               [ ] is a restatement.
                                                  [x] 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                                   January 17, 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:                                                  7      
                                                                       -------------------

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:                                             5      
                                                                       -------------------

Form 13F Information Table Value Total:                                $      761,108        
                                                                       --------------------
                                                                                (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
                                                                                                                       
      1.        28-5678                         Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska
      2.        28-                             BH Columbia Inc.
      3.        28-554                          Buffett, Warren E.
      4.        28-1517                         Columbia Insurance Co.
      5.        28-                             National Fire & Marine
      6.        28-718                          National Indemnity Co.
      7.        28-717                          OBH Inc.










                             BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
                           Form 13F Information Table
                                  June 30, 2005



                                                                          Column 6
                                                                    Investment Discretion                           Column 8
                                         Column 4      Column 5   --------------------------                     Voting Authority
                Column 2    Column 3      Market       Shares or                        (c)      Column 7     ---------------------
Column 1        Title of     CUSIP        Value        Principal   (a) (b) Shared-    Shared-     Other       (a)      (b)     (c)
Name of Issuer    Class      Number   (In Thousands)    Amount    Sole    Defined      Other     Managers     Sole    Shared   None
--------------    -----      ------   --------------    ------    ----    -------      -----     --------     ----    ------   ----
                                                                                              
Block H & R        Com    093671 10 5        637,030  10,917,400             X                 3, 6, 7    10,917,400
Torchmark Corp.    Com    891027 10 4          4,048      77,551             X                 1, 3, 6, 7     77,551
                                              23,476     449,728             X                 2, 3, 4, 7    449,728
                                              63,162   1,210,000             X                 3, 6, 7     1,210,000
                                              33,392     639,700             X                 3, 5, 7       639,700
                                            --------
                                            $761,108
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