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, 2006
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
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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 May 12, 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: 85
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $45,757,184
(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
March 31, 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 9 905,195 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 16 17,225,400
420,118 7,994,634 X 5, 12, 16 7,994,634
6,319,446 120,255,879 X 5, 13, 16 120,255,879
102,110 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,943,100
73,555 1,399,713 X 5, 15, 16 1,399,713
44,133 839,832 X 5, 9, 16 839,832
102,585 1,952,142 X 5, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 474,147 11,062,700 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 11,062,700
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 155,235 3,445,080 X 5, 2, 6, 16 3,445,080
72,048 1,598,926 X 5, 12, 16 1,598,926
795,362 17,651,175 X 5, 13, 16 17,651,175
17,511 388,620 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 388,620
12,614 279,942 X 5, 15, 16 279,942
7,569 167,966 X 5, 9, 16 167,966
17,593 390,428 X 5, 16 390,428
Anheuser Busch
Cos. Inc. Com 035229 10 3 1,875,644 43,854,200 X 5, 13, 16 43,854,200
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 347,723 16,061,100 X 5, 13, 16 16,061,100
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 16,748 400,000 X 5, 16 400,000
74,361 1,776,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,776,000
301,698 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,205,600
1,680,728 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 16 40,141,600
5,859,522 139,945,600 X 5, 13, 16 139,945,600
382,658 9,139,200 X 5, 12, 16 9,139,200
20,098 480,000 X 5, 15, 16 480,000
38,185 912,000 X 5, 8, 16 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 290,198 11,110,200 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 11,110,200
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 14,947 1,206,369 X 5, 13, 16 1,206,369
3,717 300,028 X 5, 2, 6, 16 300,028
211 17,049 X 5, 12, 16 17,049
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,132,791 17,938,100 X 5, 13, 16 17,938,100
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 284,557 5,254,000 X 5, 13, 16 5,254,000
First Data
Corporation Com 319963 10 4 468,200 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 206,580 3,447,600 X 5, 13, 16 3,447,600
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 186,800 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
General
Electric Co. Com 369604 10 3 270,515 7,777,900 X 5 7,777,900
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22,975,102
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 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 2 176,856 4,181,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,181,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 141,910 3,483,300 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,483,300
Lexmark
International,
Inc. Cl A 529771 10 7 114,408 2,521,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,521,100
Lowes
Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 25,132 390,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 390,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 684,504 5,997,060 X 5, 13, 16 5,997,060
62,320 546,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 546,000
18,913 165,700 X 5, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 2,306,772 32,280,600 X 5, 13, 16 32,280,600
1,123,308 15,719,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 15,719,400
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 210,588 2,474,600 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 2,474,600
Outback
Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 80,027 1,818,800 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 1,818,800
Petrochina
Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 7,651 72,900 X 5, 13, 16 72,900
61,511 586,100 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 586,100
Pier 1 Imports
Inc. Com 720279 10 8 38,197 3,290,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 3,290,000
Proctor &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 3,371,355 58,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 58,500,000
1,168,736 20,280,000 X 5, 2, 6, 16 20,280,000
359,611 6,240,000 X 5, 12, 16 6,240,000
412,314 7,154,500 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 7,154,500
44,951 780,000 X 5, 14, 16 780,000
89,903 1,560,000 X 5, 8, 16 1,560,000
316,129 5,485,500 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 5,485,500
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 42,702 737,900 X 5, 13, 16 737,900
Servicemaster
Company Com 81760N 10 9 57,523 4,384,400 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 4,384,400
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 4,428 77,551 X 1, 5, 13, 16 77,551
25,679 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 16 449,728
94,609 1,656,900 X 5, 13, 16 1,656,900
36,527 639,700 X 5, 12, 16 639,700
Tyco
International
LTD Com 902124 10 6 268,800 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 617,240 6,500,000 X 5, 13, 16 6,500,000
United Parcel
Service Inc. Com 911312 10 6 113,450 1,429,200 X 5 1,429,200
Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 897,480 18,998,300 X 5, 13, 16 18,998,300
44,689 946,000 X 5, 10, 11, 16, 17 946,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 694,651 894,304 X 5, 13, 16 894,304
115,201 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 13, 16 148,311
503,462 648,165 X 5, 12, 16 648,165
28,728 36,985 X 5, 14, 16 36,985
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14,593,432
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 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 1,265,910 19,820,110 X 5, 2, 6, 16 19,820,110
65,250 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 16, 18, 19, 20 1,021,600
970,509 15,195,070 X 5, 12, 16 15,195,070
89,035 1,394,000 X 5, 14, 16 1,394,000
163,503 2,560,000 X 5, 16 2,560,000
2,452,886 38,404,360 X 5, 13, 16 38,404,360
38,632 604,860 X 5, 15, 16 604,860
54,289 850,000 X 5, 9, 16 850,000
9,581 150,000 X 5, 8, 16 150,000
638,700 10,000,000 X 5, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 10,000,000
164,823 2,580,600 X 5 2,580,600
Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,275,532 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 16 5,703,087
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8,188,650
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GRAND TOTAL $45,757,184
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