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THIS FILING LISTS SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORTED ON THE FORM 13F FILED ON NOVEMBER
14, 2000 PURSUANT TO A REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT AND FOR WHICH
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT WAS DENIED ON MARCH 23, 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: September 30, 2000
Check here if Amendment [X]; Amendment Number: 2
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 April 2, 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.
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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: 12
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 3,958,398
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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
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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, 2000
Column 6
Column 4 Investment Discretion Column 8
Market Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority
Column 2 Column 3 Value Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ----------------
Column 1 Title of CUSIP (In Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c)
Name of Issuer Class Number Thousands) Amount Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None
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Costco Wholesale
Corp Com 22160K 10 5 842,578 24,115,000 X 4, 11, 14 24,115,000
Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 161,000 8,000,000 X 4, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15 8,000,000
GPU Inc. Com 36225X 10 0 159,647 4,921,300 X 4, 11, 14 4,921,300
Nucor Corp. Com 670340 10 5 109,298 3,597,700 X 4, 11, 14 3,597,700
Wells Fargo
& Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 584,742 12,728,390 X 4, 5, 14 12,728,390
6,891 150,000 X 4, 7, 14 150,000
46,932 1,021,600 X 4, 3, 14, 16, 17, 18 1,021,600
5,557 120,970 X 4, 10, 14 120,970
27,787 604,860 X 4, 13, 14 604,860
64,040 1,394,000 X 4, 12, 14 1,394,000
39,049 850,000 X 4, 14 850,000
1,910,877 41,595,060 X 4, 11, 14 41,595,060
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GRAND TOTAL $3,958,398
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