BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
13F-HR/A, 2000-09-06
FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE
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                                  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, 2000

Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 2
  This Amendment (Check only one.): [X] is a restatement.
                                    [ ] 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
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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:

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<S>                       <C>                   <C>
(s) Marc D. Hamburg       Omaha, NE             September 6, 2000
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[Signature]               [City, State]         [Date]
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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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<CAPTION>
Form 13F File Number         Name
<S>                          <C>
28-5194                      General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.

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                              Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE


Report Summary:


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<S>                                              <C>
Number of Other Included Managers:                     18

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:                 2
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total:          $352,745
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                                                (thousands)
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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, 2000


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<CAPTION>
                                                                    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 (In    Principal  (a)    Shared-  Shared-    Other               (a)        (b)     (c)
Name of Issuer   Class    Number      Thousands)    Amount    Sole   Defined   Other    Managers             Sole      Shared  None
--------------   -----    ------      ----------    ------    ----   -------   -----    --------             ----      ------  ----
<S>              <C>      <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>    <C>      <C>       <C>                  <C>       <C>     <C>
Shaw
 Communications
 Inc.            Cl B     82028k 20 0  $328,057   13,288,100            X               4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15  13,288,100
                                         24,688    1,000,000            X               4, 8, 11, 14, 15      1,000,000
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                                       $352,745
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