UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2007
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.
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 November 14, 2007
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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
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28-5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 19
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 97
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $65,805,833
(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.]
FORM 13F FILE
NO. NUMBER NAME
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1. 28-5678 Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Co. of Nebraska
2. 28-10388 BH Columbia Inc.
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. 28-06102 Cypress Insurance Company
8. 28-11217 Fechheimer Brothers Company
9. 28- GEC Investment Managers
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. 28-11222 Nebraska Furniture Mart
16. 28-717 OBH Inc.
17. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
18. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
19. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
September 30, 2007
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 1,022,672 17,225,400 X 4, 2, 5, 16 17,225,400
474,642 7,994,634 X 4, 12, 16 7,994,634
7,139,592 120,255,879 X 4, 13, 16 120,255,879
115,362 1,943,100 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 1,943,100
83,101 1,399,713 X 4, 15, 16 1,399,713
49,861 839,832 X 4, 8, 16 839,832
115,899 1,952,142 X 4, 16 1,952,142
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 390,480 10,962,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 10,962,400
Ameriprise
Financial,
Inc. Com 03076C 10 6 13,992 221,706 X 4, 12, 16 221,706
24,526 388,620 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 388,620
17,667 279,942 X 4, 15, 16 279,942
10,600 167,966 X 4, 8, 16 167,966
24,640 390,428 X 4, 16 390,428
Anheuser Busch
Cos. Inc. Com 035229 10 3 1,777,804 35,563,200 X 4, 13, 16 35,563,200
Bank of
America
Corp. Com 060505 10 4 457,457 9,100,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 9,100,000
Burlington
Northern
Santa Fe Com 12189T 10 4 4,300,468 52,981,000 X 4, 13, 16 52,981,000
Carmax Inc. Com 143130 10 2 284,250 13,981,800 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 13,981,800
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 22,788 400,000 X 4, 16 400,000
102,068 1,776,000 X 4, 14, 16 1,776,000
414,106 7,205,600 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 7,205,600
2,306,938 40,141,600 X 4, 2, 5, 16 40,141,600
8,042,674 139,945,600 X 4, 13, 16 139,945,600
525,230 9,139,200 X 4, 12, 16 9,139,200
27,586 480,000 X 4, 15, 16 480,000
52,413 912,000 X 4, 7, 16 912,000
Comcast Corp CLA SPL 20030N 20 0 287,519 12,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 12,000,000
Comdisco
Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 1,815 1,217,795 X 4, 13, 16 1,217,795
451 302,862 X 4, 2, 5, 16 302,862
26 17,209 X 4, 12, 16 17,209
ConocoPhillips Com 20825C 10 4 1,536,739 17,508,700 X 4, 13, 16 17,508,700
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 322,438 5,254,000 X 4, 13, 16 5,254,000
Dow Jones &
Company,
Inc. Com 260561 10 5 378,785 6,344,804 X 4, 13, 16 6,344,804
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 150,660 3,447,600 X 4, 13, 16 3,447,600
General
Electric
Co. Com 369604 10 3 322,005 7,777,900 X 4 7,777,900
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30,797,254
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
September 30, 2007
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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Home Depot
Inc. Com 437076 10 2 135,632 4,181,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 4,181,000
Ingersoll-Rd
Company
LTD. CLA G4776G 10 1 34,643 636,600 X 4 636,000
Iron Mountain
Inc. Com 462846 10 6 275,778 9,047,850 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 9,047,850
Johnson &
Johnson Com 478160 10 4 321,766 4,897,500 X 4 4,897,500
1,383,530 21,058,300 X 4, 2, 5, 16 21,058,300
1,733,570 26,386,148 X 4, 13, 16 26,386,148
11,707 178,200 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 178,200
597,029 9,087,200 X 4, 12, 16 9,087,200
Lowes
Companies
Inc. Com 548661 10 7 196,140 7,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 7,000,000
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 620,396 5,997,060 X 4, 13, 16 5,997,060
56,484 546,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 546,000
17,142 165,700 X 4, 12, 16 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 1,626,942 32,280,600 X 4, 13, 16 32,280,600
792,258 15,719,400 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 15,719,400
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 448,221 7,641,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 7,641,000
Norfolk
Southern
Corp. Com 655844 10 8 100,342 1,933,000 X 4, 2, 5, 16 1,933,000
Procter &
Gamble Co. Com 742718 10 9 4,114,890 58,500,000 X 4, 13, 16 58,500,000
1,530,036 21,752,000 X 4, 2, 5, 16 21,752,000
438,922 6,240,000 X 4, 12, 16 6,240,000
503,248 7,154,500 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 7,154,500
54,865 780,000 X 4, 14, 16 780,000
109,730 1,560,000 X 4, 7, 16 1,560,000
385,850 5,485,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 5,485,500
307,737 4,375,000 X 4 4,375,000
Sanofi Aventis ADR 80105N 10 5 20,722 488,500 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 488,500
107,021 2,522,885 X 4, 13, 16 2,522,885
7,182 169,300 X 4, 12, 16 169,300
14,847 350,000 X 4, 2, 5, 16 350,000
Sun Trusts
Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 177,416 2,344,600 X 4, 13, 16 2,344,600
65,076 860,000 X 4, 2, 5, 16 860,000
Torchmark
Corp. Com 891027 10 4 4,833 77,551 X 1, 4, 13, 16 77,551
28,027 449,728 X 4, 2, 5, 16 449,728
103,258 1,656,900 X 4, 13, 16 1,656,900
39,866 639,700 X 4, 12, 16 639,700
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16,365,106
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
September 30, 2007
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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US Bancorp Com 902973 30 4 828,907 25,481,300 X 4, 2, 5, 16 25,481,300
916,482 28,173,426 X 4, 13, 16 28,173,426
328,878 10,110,000 X 4 10,110,000
56,134 1,725,600 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 1,725,600
USG
Corporation Com 903293 40 5 641,061 17,072,192 X 4, 13, 16 17,072,192
Union Pacific
Corp. Com 907818 10 8 503,456 4,453,000 X 4, 2, 5, 16 4,453,000
United Parcel
Service
Inc. Com 911312 10 6 107,333 1,429,200 X 4 1,429,200
United Health
Group Inc. Com 91324P 10 2 290,580 6,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 6,000,000
Wabco Holdings
Inc. Com 929251 10 6 126,225 2,700,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 2,700,000
Wal-Mart
Stores,
Inc. Com 931142 10 3 829,276 18,998,300 X 4, 13, 16 18,998,300
41,293 946,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 946,000
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 717,947 894,304 X 4, 13, 16 894,304
119,064 148,311 X 4, 5, 1, 6, 13, 16 148,311
520,347 648,165 X 4, 12, 16 648,165
29,692 36,985 X 4, 14, 16 36,985
Wells Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 1,788,983 50,224,120 X 4, 2, 5, 16 50,224,120
264,236 7,418,200 X 4, 3, 16, 17, 18, 19 7,418,200
1,364,710 38,313,040 X 4, 12, 16 38,313,040
99,309 2,788,000 X 4, 14, 16 2,788,000
182,374 5,120,000 X 4, 16 5,120,000
4,580,607 128,596,488 X 4, 13, 16 128,596,488
43,090 1,209,720 X 4, 15, 16 1,209,720
60,554 1,700,000 X 4, 8, 16 1,700,000
10,686 300,000 X 4, 7, 16 300,000
712,400 20,000,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 20,000,000
569,920 16,000,000 X 4, 1, 6, 13, 16 16,000,000
284,960 8,000,000 X 4 8,000,000
Wellpoint Inc. Com 949773V 10 7 355,140 4,500,000 X 4, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16 4,500,000
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 2,269,829 5,703,087 X 4, 3, 16 5,703,087
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18,643,473
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GRAND TOTAL $65,805,833
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