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THIS FILING LISTS CERTAIN SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED
ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON NOVEMBER 15, 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: September 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
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28- 5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 18
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 19
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 728,580
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(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.]
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NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME
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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
September 30, 1999
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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
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Citigroup Com 172967 10 1 9,421 214,103 X 4, 1, 2, 6, 11, 214,103
14
87,987 1,999,705 X 4, 11, 14 1,999,705
35,327 802,894 X 4, 10, 14 802,894
58,879 1,338,157 X 4, 5, 14 1,338,157
7,654 173,959 X 4, 12, 14 173,959
5,888 133,815 X 4, 7, 14 133,815
Cox
Communications
Inc. Com 224044 95 7 77,830 1,864,182 X 4, 8, 9, 11, 1,864,182
14, 15
Dun & Bradstreet
Corp. Com 26483B 10 6 10,591 354,500 X 4, 11, 14 354,500
Great Lakes
Chemical Corp. Com 390568 10 3 152,252 4,000,000 X 4, 8, 9, 11, 4,000,000
14, 15
Jones Apparel
Group Inc. Com 480074 10 3 203,231 7,068,900 X 4, 8, 9, 11, 7,068,900
14, 15
Microsoft Corp. PFD A 594918 20 3 16,865 167,500 X 4, 11, 14 167,500
Robert Half
International
Inc. Com 770323 10 3 23,750 1,000,000 X 4, 8, 9, 11, 1,000,000
14, 15
Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 11,637 449,728 X 4, 5, 14 449,728
5,507 212,834 X 4, 1, 11, 14 212,834
Waddell & Reed Cl A 930059 10 0 568 25,589 X 4, 5, 14 25,589
269 12,110 X 4, 1, 11, 14 12,110
Waddell & Reed Cl B 930059 20 9 2,354 110,138 X 4, 5, 14 110,138
1,114 52,123 X 4, 1, 11, 14 52,123
Zenith National
Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 17,456 816,655 X 4, 11, 14 816,655
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GRAN TOTAL $ 728,580
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