BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
13F-HR/A, 2000-02-22
FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE
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             THIS FILING LISTS CERTAIN SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED
                    ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON AUGUST 16, 1999
                PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
           AND FOR WHICH THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2000.

      BERKSHIRE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO APPEAL THE DENIAL OF CONFIDENTIALITY AS
          TO THESE SECURITIES EVEN THOUGH BERKSHIRE BELIEVES THAT ITS
                    CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE.



                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 13F

                               Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30, 1999

Check here if Amendment [  X  ]; Amendment Number:    1
    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 18, 2000
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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:
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        Form 13F File Number        Name
        <S>                        <C>
        28- 5194                    General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
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                              Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

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Report Summary:
<S>                                                             <C>


Number of Other Included Managers:                         18
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:                    17
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total:               $    849,748
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                                                       (thousands)
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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.]
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<CAPTION>

     NO.   FORM 13F FILE NUMBER         NAME
    <S>    <C>                          <C>
     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
                                  June 30, 1999


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<CAPTION>
                                                                           Column 6
                                                                     Investment Discretion                          Column 8
                                                          Column 5   -----------------------                    Voting Authority
                   Column 2   Column 3      Column 4      Shares or          (b)       (c)      Column 7     -----------------------
Column 1           Title of    CUSIP      Market Value    Principal  (a)    Shared-  Shared-     Other          (a)      (b)     (c)
Name of Issuer      Class      Number    (In Thousands)     Amount   Sole   Defined   Other     Managers        Sole    Shared  None
- --------------     --------  -----------  --------------  ---------  ----  --------  ------- --------------  ---------  ------  ----
<S>                <C>       <C>          <C>             <C>        <C>    <C>       <C>    <C>             <C>        <C>     <C>
Citigroup          Com       172967 10 1     10,170         214,103                    X     4, 1, 2, 6, 11,   214,103
                                                                                             14
                                            224,376       4,723,712                    X     4, 11, 14       4,723,712
                                             38,137         802,894                    X     4, 10, 14         802,894
                                             63,562       1,338,157                    X     4, 5, 14        1,338,157
                                              8,263         173,959                    X     4, 12, 14         173,959
                                              6,356         133,815                    X     4, 7, 14          133,815
Great Lakes                                                                                  4, 8, 9, 11,    4,000,000
 Chemical Corp.    Com       390568 10 3    184,250       4,000,000                    X     14, 15

Microsoft Corp.    PFD A     594918 20 3     16,740         167,500                    X     4, 11, 14         167,500
Robert Half
 International                                                                               4, 8, 9, 11,    1,000,000
 Inc.              Com       770323 10 3     25,812       1,000,000                    X     14, 15

TCA Cable                                                                                    4, 8, 9, 11,    4,035,000
 TV Inc.           Com       872241 10 4    223,942       4,035,000                    X     14, 15

Torchmark Corp.    Com       891027 10 4     15,347         449,728                    X     4, 5, 14          449,728
                                              7,263         212,834                    X     4, 1, 11, 14      212,834
Waddell & Reed     Cl A      930059 10 0        705          25,589                    X     4, 5, 14           25,589
                                                334          12,110                    X     4, 1, 11, 14       12,110
Waddell & Reed     Cl B      930059 20 9      2,974         110,138                    X     4, 5, 14          110,138
                                              1,407          52,123                    X     4, 1, 11, 14       52,123
Zenith National
 Ins. Corp.        Com       989390 10 9     20,110         816,655                    X     4, 11, 14         816,655
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                      GRAND TOTAL         $ 849,748
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