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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MARCH 30, 1999
REGISTRATION NO. 33-50989
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.*
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE 47-0813844
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
1440 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68131
(402) 346-1400
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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MARC D. HAMBURG
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
1440 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68131
(402) 346-1400
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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COPY TO:
R. GREGORY MORGAN
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON, LLP
355 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90071
(213) 683-9100
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* AS SUCCESSOR TO OBH, INC., FORMERLY NAMED "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC." OBH,
INC. ORIGINALLY FILED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHEN NAMED BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
INC. BEFORE BECOMING, THROUGH STATUTORY MERGER, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE HOLDING
COMPANY THAT IS FILING THIS AMENDMENT.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The sole purpose of this amendment is to remove from registration shares
of common stock remaining unsold at the termination of an offering by selling
shareholders.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 amends the Registration Statement on
Form S-3, registration number 33-50989 (the "Registration Statement"),
originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10,
1993 by OBH, Inc., then named "Berkshire Hathaway Inc." and now a subsidiary
of a new holding company named Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire"). OBH,
Inc. filed the Registration Statement to register 25,203 shares of its common
stock for resale from time to time by the former shareholders of Dexter Shoe
Companies, who acquired the registered shares in the acquisition of Dexter
Shoe Companies by OBH, Inc. The Commission declared the Registration
Statement effective on November 23, 1993. The offer of shares pursuant to
the Registration Statement has terminated.
Pursuant to the undertaking in Item 17 of the Registration Statement,
Berkshire hereby removes from registration, by means of this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1, the registered shares that were unsold at the termination of
the offering pursuant to the Registration Statement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Berkshire
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of
Nebraska, on March 26, 1999.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
By /s/ MARC D. HAMBURG
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Marc D. Hamburg
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed
below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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* Chairman of the Board and March 26, 1999
- ---------------------- Director (principal executive
Warren E. Buffett officer)
* Vice President and Chief March 26, 1999
- ---------------------- Financial Officer (principal
Marc D. Hamburg financial officer)
* Controller (principal accounting March 26, 1999
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Daniel J. Jaksich
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and March 26, 1999
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Charles T. Munger
* Director March 26, 1999
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Susan T. Buffett
* Director March 26, 1999
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Malcolm G. Chace, III
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<S> <C> <C>
* Director March 26, 1999
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Walter Scott, Jr.
* Director March 26, 1999
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Howard G. Buffett
* Director March 26, 1999
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Ronald L. Olson
*By /s/ MARC D. HAMBURG
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Marc D. Hamburg
Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power
of Attorney previously filed as a part
of this Registration Statement
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