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, 2003
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number: ______
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, NE 68131
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
Title: Vice President
Phone: 402-346-1400
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
(s) Marc D. Hamburg Omaha, NE May 14, 2003
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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: 17
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 64
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 26,467,920
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(thousands)
Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed
separately with the Commission. Included in this information is information
regarding Berkshire's positions in two securities (First Data Corporation and
Iron Mountain Inc.) included in its December 31, 2002 public Form 13F as
amended.
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- BH Columbia Inc.
3. 28-5676 BHG Life Insurance Co.
4. 28-719 Blue Chip Stamps
5. 28-554 Buffett, Warren E.
6. 28-1517 Columbia Insurance Co.
7. 28-2226 Cornhusker Casualty 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. 28-717 OBH Inc.
14. 28-2740 Plaza Investment Managers
15. 28-1357 Wesco Financial Corp.
16. 28-3091 Wesco Financial Ins. Co.
17. 28-3105 Wesco Holdings Midwest, Inc.
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2003
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Column Market Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority
Column 1 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------
Name of Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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American
Express
Co. Com 025816 10 9 572,400 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 13 17,225,400
265,662 7,994,634 X 5, 10, 13 7,994,634
3,996,103 120,255,879 X 5, 11, 13 120,255,879
64,569 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,943,100
139,290 4,191,687 X 5, 13 4,191,687
American
Standard
Companies Com 029712 10 6 222,264 3,232,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 3,232,000
Block
H & R Com 093671 10 5 683,006 15,999,200 X 5, 11, 13 15,999,200
Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 72,540 1,792,000 X 5, 13 1,792,000
71,892 1,776,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,776,000
291,683 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 7,205,600
1,624,932 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 13 40,141,600
5,664,998 139,945,600 X 5, 11, 13 139,945,600
369,955 9,139,200 X 5, 10, 13 9,139,200
Comdisco
Holding
Co. Com 200334 10 0 156,625 1,163,201 X 5, 11, 13 1,163,201
38,905 288,935 X 5, 2, 6, 13 288,935
2,213 16,437 X 5, 10, 13 16,437
Costco
Wholesale
Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 157,778 5,254,000 X 5, 11, 13 5,254,000
Dover
Corp. Com 260003 10 8 108,990 4,500,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 4,500,000
Dun &
Bradstreet
Corp. Com 26483E 10 0 26,010 680,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 680,000
GATX Corp. Com 361448 10 3 65,749 4,540,700 X 5, 11, 13 4,540,700
40,544 2,800,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 2,800,000
Gannett
Inc. Com 364730 10 1 256,140 3,636,800 X 5, 11, 13 3,636,800
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 289,800 20,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 20,000,000
The
Gillette
Co. Com 375766 10 2 1,856,400 60,000,000 X 5, 11, 13 60,000,000
643,552 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 20,800,000
198,016 6,400,000 X 5, 10, 13 6,400,000
198,016 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 6,400,000
24,752 800,000 X 5, 12, 13 800,000
49,504 1,600,000 X 5, 13 1,600,000
Great
Lakes
Chemical
Corp. Com 390568 10 3 154,261 6,948,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,948,700
Level 3
Communi-
cations Com 52729N 10 0 4,536 879,000 X 5, 11, 13 879,000
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18,311,085
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
Form 13F Information Table
March 31, 2003
Column 6
Column Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
2 Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 1 Title Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------
Name of of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared Other (a) (b) (c)
Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined -Other Managers Sole Shared None
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M & T Bank
Corpora-
tion Com 55261F 10 4 471,249 5,997,060 X 5 11, 13 5,997,060
42,905 546,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 546,000
13,021 165,700 X 5, 10, 13 165,700
Moody's Com 615369 10 5 746,166 16,140,300 X 5, 11, 13 16,140,300
363,354 7,859,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 7,859,700
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 61,948 2,480,900 X 5, 11, 13 2,480,900
Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 308,520 6,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,000,000
Outback
Steakhouse
Inc. Com 689899 10 2 66,072 1,867,500 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,867,500
Petrochina
Co LTD ADR 71646E 10 0 1,521 72,900 X 5, 11, 13 72,900
13,473 645,900 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 645,900
Sealed Air
Corpora-
tion Com 81211K 10 0 100,036 2,492,800 X 5, 11, 13 2,492,800
Sealed Air
Corpora-
tion PFD CVA 81211K 20 9 32,393 704,500 X 5, 11, 13 704,500
Shaw
Communica-
tions
Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 231,200 22,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 22,000,000
Sun Trusts
Banks
Inc. Com 867914 10 3 260,423 4,946,300 X 5, 11, 13 4,946,300
45,279 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 860,000
Torchmark
Corp. Com 891027 10 4 2,776 77,551 X 5, 1, 11, 13 77,551
16,100 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 13 449,728
27,609 771,200 X 5, 11, 13 771,200
22,901 639,700 X 5, 10, 13 639,700
USG
Corpora-
tion Com 903293 40 5 27,040 6,500,000 X 5, 11, 13 6,500,000
Washington
Post
Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 609,343 894,304 X 5, 11, 13 894,304
101,053 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 11, 13 148,311
441,634 648,165 X 5, 10, 13 648,165
25,200 36,985 X 5, 12, 13 36,985
Wells
Fargo &
Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 572,650 12,728,390 X 5, 2, 6, 13 12,728,390
45,962 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 17 1,021,600
5,442 120,970 X 5, 10, 13 120,970
62,716 1,394,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,394,000
72,203 1,604,860 X 5, 13 1,604,860
1,637,423 36,395,260 X 5, 11, 13 36,395,260
Wesco Finl
Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,699,520 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 13 5,703,087
WilTel
Communica-
tions Com 972487 10 2 20,043 1,590,696 X 5, 11, 13 1,590,696
Zenith
National
Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 9,660 451,355 X 5, 11, 13 451,355
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8,156,835
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GRAND
TOTAL $26,467,920
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