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, 2002
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.
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Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza
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Omaha, NE 68131
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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
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Title: Vice President
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Phone: 402-346-1400
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
(s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE February 13, 2003
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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: 64
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 27,850,405
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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
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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. 28-852 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
December 31, 2002
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------
Column 1 Title 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 9 608,917 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 13 17,225,400
282,610 7,994,634 X 5, 10, 13 7,994,634
4,251,045 120,255,879 X 5, 11, 13 120,255,879
68,689 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 1,943,100
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148,176 4,191,687 X 5, 13 4,191,687
American Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 229,924 3,232,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 3,232,000
Best Buy Inc. Com 086516 10 1 13,109 542,800 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 542,800
Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 643,168 15,999,200 X 5, 11, 13 15,999,200
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 78,561 1,792,000 X 5, 13 1,792,000
77,860 1,776,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,776,000
315,894 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 7,205,600
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1,759,808 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 13 40,141,600
6,135,215 139,945,600 X 5, 11, 13 139,945,600
400,663 9,139,200 X 5, 10, 13 9,139,200
Comdisco Holding
Co. Com 200334 10 0 89,718 1,150,233 X 5, 11, 13 1,150,233
22,313 286,061 X 5, 2, 6, 13 286,061
1,268 16,255 X 5, 10, 13 16,255
Costco Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 147,427 5,254,000 X 5, 11, 13 5,254,000
Dover Corp. Com 260003 10 8 116,640 4,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 4,000,000
Dun & Bradstreet
Corp. Com 26483E 10 0 36,832 1,067,900 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,067,900
GATX Corp. Com 361448 10 3 103,619 4,540,700 X 5, 11, 13 4,540,700
63,896 2,800,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 2,800,000
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 261,122 3,636,800 X 5, 11, 13 3,636,800
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 310,400 20,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 20,000,000
The Gillette Co. Com 375766 10 2 1,821,600 60,000,000 X 5, 11, 13 60,000,000
631,488 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 20,800,000
194,304 6,400,000 X 5, 10, 13 6,400,000
194,304 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 6,400,000
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24,288 800,000 X 5, 12, 13 800,000
48,576 1,600,000 X 5, 13 1,600,000
Great Lakes
Chemical Corp. Com 390568 10 3 165,935 6,948,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,948,700
Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 264,080 8,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 8,000,000
Jones Apparel
Group Inc. Com 480074 10 3 31,690 894,200 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 894,200
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19,543,139
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 2002
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 -------------------------
Column 1 Title 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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M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 475,868 5,997,060 X 5 11, 13 5,997,060
43,325 546,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 546,000
13,148 165,700 X 5, 10, 13 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 666,433 16,140,300 X 5, 11, 13 16,140,300
324,527 7,859,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 7,859,700
Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 67,605 2,480,900 X 5, 11, 13 2,480,900
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 266,820 6,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,000,000
Outback Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 64,317 1,867,500 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,867,500
PNC Financial
Services Group Com 693475 10 5 29,959 715,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 715,000
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 92,981 2,492,800 X 5, 11, 13 2,492,800
Sealed Air
Corporation PFD CVA 81211K 20 9 30,012 704,500 X 5, 11, 13 704,500
Shaw
Communications
Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 226,160 22,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 22,000,000
Sun Trusts Banks
Inc. Com 867914 10 3 281,543 4,946,300 X 5, 11, 13 4,946,300
48,951 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 860,000
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 2,833 77,551 X 5, 1, 11, 13 77,551
16,429 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 13 449,728
28,172 771,200 X 5, 11, 13 771,200
23,368 639,700 X 5, 10, 13 639,700
USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 54,925 6,500,000 X 5, 11, 13 6,500,000
Washington Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 659,996 894,304 X 5, 11, 13 894,304
109,454 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 11, 13 148,311
478,346 648,165 X 5, 10, 13 648,165
27,295 36,985 X 5, 12, 13 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 596,580 12,728,390 X 5, 2, 6, 13 12,728,390
47,882 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 1,021,600
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5,670 120,970 X 5, 10, 13 120,970
65,337 1,394,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,394,000
75,220 1,604,860 X 5, 13 1,604,860
1,705,846 36,395,260 X 5, 11, 13 36,395,260
Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,767,672 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 13 5,703,087
Zenith National
Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 10,592 451,355 X 5, 11, 13 451,355
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8,307,266
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GRAND TOTAL $ 27,850,405
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