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THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON FEBRUARY
14, 2000 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT WAS DENIED ON JANUARY 31, 2001.
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, 1999
Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 3
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[X] 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 7, 2001
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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.
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 18
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 6
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 480,507
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(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. 28-5676 BHG Life Insurance Co.
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. 28-6102 Cypress Insurance 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. 28-6104 Nebraska Furniture Mart
14. 28-717 OBH Inc.
15. 28-2740 Plaza Investment Managers
16. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
17. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
18. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
December 31, 1999
Column 6
Investment Discretion
Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------------
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared - Shared- Other
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount Sole Defined Other Managers
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Costco Companies Com 22160Q 10 2 32,394 355,000 X 4, 11, 14
Walt Disney Company Com 254687 10 6 20,472 699,913 X 4, 11, 14
58,703 2,006,943 X 4, 10, 14
230,195 7,869,906 X 4, 1, 2, 6, 11, 14
46,039 1,573,980 X 4, 13, 14
Nucor Corp. Com 670340 10 5 92,704 1,691,300 X 4, 11, 14
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GRAND TOTAL $480,507
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Column 8
Voting Authority
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Column 1 (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Sole Shared None
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Costco Companies 355,000
Walt Disney Company 699,913
2,006,943
7,869,906
1,573,980
Nucor Corp. 1,691,300