SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) | April 30, 2016 |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | ||||
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| (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) |
| DELAWARE | 001-14905 | 47-0813844 | ||||||||
| (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION | (COMMISSION | (I.R.S. EMPLOYER | ||||||||
| OF INCORPORATION) | FILE NUMBER) | IDENTIFICATION NO.) | ||||||||
| 3555 Farnam Street | ||||||||||
| Omaha, Nebraska | 68131 | |||||||||
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| (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) | (ZIP CODE) | |||||||||
| (402) 346-1400 | ||||
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REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On April 30, 2016, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”) held its Annual Shareholders meeting. Prior to the formal business meeting, Warren E. Buffett, Berkshire’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer provided preliminary first quarter earnings information to those in attendance by displaying a Power Point summary of Berkshire’s preliminary first quarter after-tax earnings. Concurrent with this information being provided to the meeting attendees, Berkshire issued a press release that included the same information. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation language in such a filing.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The response to Item 2.02 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated April 30, 2016
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| May 2, 2016 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | |||
| /s/ Marc D. Hamburg |
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| By: Marc D. Hamburg | ||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||