13F-HR 1 a87558e13fvhr.txt FORM 13F UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F Form 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: December 31, 2002 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 February 13, 2003 --------------------------- ------------------- --------------------- [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 ------------ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 64 ------------ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 27,850,405 ------------ (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.]

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 December 31, 2002

Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 --------------------- Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------ Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ------------------ -------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ---- ------- ------- -------- ----------- ------ ----- American Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 608,917 17,225,400 X 5, 2, 6, 13 17,225,400 282,610 7,994,634 X 5, 10, 13 7,994,634 4,251,045 120,255,879 X 5, 11, 13 120,255,879 68,689 1,943,100 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 1,943,100 17 148,176 4,191,687 X 5, 13 4,191,687 American Standard Companies Com 029712 10 6 229,924 3,232,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 3,232,000 Best Buy Inc. Com 086516 10 1 13,109 542,800 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 542,800 Block H & R Com 093671 10 5 643,168 15,999,200 X 5, 11, 13 15,999,200 Coca Cola Com 191216 10 0 78,561 1,792,000 X 5, 13 1,792,000 77,860 1,776,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,776,000 315,894 7,205,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 7,205,600 17 1,759,808 40,141,600 X 5, 2, 6, 13 40,141,600 6,135,215 139,945,600 X 5, 11, 13 139,945,600 400,663 9,139,200 X 5, 10, 13 9,139,200 Comdisco Holding Co. Com 200334 10 0 89,718 1,150,233 X 5, 11, 13 1,150,233 22,313 286,061 X 5, 2, 6, 13 286,061 1,268 16,255 X 5, 10, 13 16,255 Costco Wholesale Corp. Com 22160K 10 5 147,427 5,254,000 X 5, 11, 13 5,254,000 Dover Corp. Com 260003 10 8 116,640 4,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 4,000,000 Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Com 26483E 10 0 36,832 1,067,900 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,067,900 GATX Corp. Com 361448 10 3 103,619 4,540,700 X 5, 11, 13 4,540,700 63,896 2,800,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 2,800,000 Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 261,122 3,636,800 X 5, 11, 13 3,636,800 Gap Inc. Com 364760 10 8 310,400 20,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 20,000,000 The Gillette Co. Com 375766 10 2 1,821,600 60,000,000 X 5, 11, 13 60,000,000 631,488 20,800,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 20,800,000 194,304 6,400,000 X 5, 10, 13 6,400,000 194,304 6,400,000 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 6,400,000 17 24,288 800,000 X 5, 12, 13 800,000 48,576 1,600,000 X 5, 13 1,600,000 Great Lakes Chemical Corp. Com 390568 10 3 165,935 6,948,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,948,700 Iron Mountain Inc. Com 462846 10 6 264,080 8,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 8,000,000 Jones Apparel Group Inc. Com 480074 10 3 31,690 894,200 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 894,200 ------------- 19,543,139

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. Form 13F Information Table December 31, 2002

Column 6 Investment Discretion Column 8 Column 4 Column 5 ---------------------- Voting Authority Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (b) (c) Column 7 ------------------------- Column 1 Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) Shared- Shared- Other (a) (b) (c) Name of Issuer Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other Managers Sole Shared None ------------------ -------- ----------- -------------- ---------- ---- ------- ------- -------- ----------- ------ ------ M & T Bank Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 475,868 5,997,060 X 5 11, 13 5,997,060 43,325 546,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 546,000 13,148 165,700 X 5, 10, 13 165,700 Moody's Com 615369 10 5 666,433 16,140,300 X 5, 11, 13 16,140,300 324,527 7,859,700 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 7,859,700 Mueller Industries Com 624756 10 2 67,605 2,480,900 X 5, 11, 13 2,480,900 Nike Inc. Com 654106 10 3 266,820 6,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 6,000,000 Outback Steakhouse Inc. Com 689899 10 2 64,317 1,867,500 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 1,867,500 PNC Financial Services Group Com 693475 10 5 29,959 715,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 715,000 Sealed Air Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 92,981 2,492,800 X 5, 11, 13 2,492,800 Sealed Air Corporation PFD CVA 81211K 20 9 30,012 704,500 X 5, 11, 13 704,500 Shaw Communications Inc. Cl B 82028K 20 0 226,160 22,000,000 X 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14 22,000,000 Sun Trusts Banks Inc. Com 867914 10 3 281,543 4,946,300 X 5, 11, 13 4,946,300 48,951 860,000 X 5, 2, 6, 13 860,000 Torchmark Corp. Com 891027 10 4 2,833 77,551 X 5, 1, 11, 13 77,551 16,429 449,728 X 5, 2, 6, 13 449,728 28,172 771,200 X 5, 11, 13 771,200 23,368 639,700 X 5, 10, 13 639,700 USG Corporation Com 903293 40 5 54,925 6,500,000 X 5, 11, 13 6,500,000 Washington Post Co. Cl B 939640 10 8 659,996 894,304 X 5, 11, 13 894,304 109,454 148,311 X 5, 1, 3, 7, 11, 13 148,311 478,346 648,165 X 5, 10, 13 648,165 27,295 36,985 X 5, 12, 13 36,985 Wells Fargo & Co. Del Com 949746 10 1 596,580 12,728,390 X 5, 2, 6, 13 12,728,390 47,882 1,021,600 X 5, 4, 13, 15, 16, 1,021,600 17 5,670 120,970 X 5, 10, 13 120,970 65,337 1,394,000 X 5, 12, 13 1,394,000 75,220 1,604,860 X 5, 13 1,604,860 1,705,846 36,395,260 X 5, 11, 13 36,395,260 Wesco Finl Corp. Com 950817 10 6 1,767,672 5,703,087 X 5, 4, 13 5,703,087 Zenith National Ins. Corp. Com 989390 10 9 10,592 451,355 X 5, 11, 13 451,355 -------------- 8,307,266 -------------- GRAND TOTAL $ 27,850,405 ==============