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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 1999
Registration No. 333-61129
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
and
OBH, INC.
(See Explanatory Note immediately following this facing page)
(Exact name of Registrants as specified in their charters)
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<S> <C> <C>
Delaware 6719 47-0813844
(State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Classification Code Number) Identification Number)
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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, Esq.
Judith T. Kitano, Esq.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
355 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 683-9100
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-
4 (File No. 33-61129), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to such Registration
Statement, (the "Registration Statement") relates to a business combination
effected on December 21, 1998 pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Mergers dated
June 19, 1998 between Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (which has been renamed "OBH,
Inc." and shall be referred to in this amendment as "Old Berkshire") and General
Re Corporation (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, OBH,
Inc. and General Re Corporation each became wholly owned subsidiaries of NBH,
Inc., a new holding company. NBH, Inc. (referred to in this amendment as "New
Berkshire") then took the name "Berkshire Hathaway Inc." The Merger Agreement
also provided that, under certain conditions, the business combination would
have been restructured such that General Re Corporation would have merged with,
and become, a wholly owned subsidiary of Old Berkshire itself, rather than of
New Berkshire (the "Alternative Transaction"). Therefore, the Registration
Statement constituted the Registration Statement of New Berkshire or, if the
Alternative Transaction occurred, of Old Berkshire. Old Berkshire and New
Berkshire were both referred to as the "Registrants."
The sole purpose of this amendment is to (i) reflect that the
Alternative Transaction did not occur and therefore no shares of Old Berkshire
common stock were issued pursuant to the Registration Statement and (ii) remove
from registration all shares of Old Berkshire common stock registered pursuant
to the Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the undertaking in Item 22 of the Registration Statement,
New Berkshire and Old Berkshire hereby remove from registration, by means of
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, all shares of
Old Berkshire common stock registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants
certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-4 and have duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Omaha, State of
Nebraska, on June 16, 1999.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. OBH, INC.
By /s/ Marc D. Hamburg By /s/ Marc D. Hamburg
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Marc D. Hamburg Marc D. Hamburg
Vice President and Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 has been signed 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 Director June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ (principal executive officer) of --
Warren E. Buffett Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
* Vice President and Chief Financial June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ Officer (principal financial officer) of --
Marc D. Hamburg Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
* Controller (principal accounting officer) June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. --
Daniel J. Jaksich
* Vice-Chairman of the Board and Director June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. --
Charles T. Munger
* Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ --
Susan T. Buffett
* Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ --
Malcolm G. Chace
* Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ --
Walter Scott, Jr.
* Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ --
Howard G. Buffett
* Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. June 16, 1999
- ------------------------------------ --
Ronald L. Olson
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* By /s/ Marc D. Hamburg
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Marc D. Hamburg
Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney
previously filed as part of this Registration Statement
