Edgar Filing: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC

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THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON MAY 15,
2000 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH CONFIDENTIAL
TREATMENT WAS DENIED ON JANUARY 31, 2001.

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

Form 13F

Form 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2000

Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 3
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 7, 2001
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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:

Form 13F File Number Name

28- 5194 General Re - New England Asset Management, Inc.

Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE

Report Summary:

Number of Other Included Managers: 18

Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 4
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 261,826
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(thousands)

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.]

NO. FORM 13F FILE NUMBER NAME

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.

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2000

Column 4 Column 5
Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or
Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal
Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount
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Costco Companies Com 22160Q 10 2 37,319 710,000
Walt Disney Company Com 254687 10 6 96,185 2,331,762
64,927 1,573,980
Nucor Corp. Com 670340 10 5 63,395 1,267,900
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GRAND TOTAL $261,826
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Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
---------------------------- Voting Authority
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Column 1 (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Costco Companies X 4, 11, 14 710,000
Walt Disney Company X 4, 1, 2, 6, 11, 14 2,331,762
X 4, 13, 14 1,573,980
Nucor Corp. X 4, 11, 14 1,267,900