Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway as of Dec. 31, 2004

Portfolio Holdings for Berkshire Hathaway

Berkshire Hathaway holds 28 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2004 quarterly 13F filing

Company (Ticker) Portfolio Weight Valued At Change in Shares Share Count Share Price
American Express Company (AXP) 23.9 $8.5B 152M 56.37
Coca-Cola Company (KO) 23.3 $8.3B 200M 41.64
Gillette Company 12.0 $4.3B 96M 44.78
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) 9.8 $3.5B 56M 62.15
Wesco Financial Corporation 6.3 $2.2B 5.7M 393.00
Moody's Corporation (MCO) 5.8 $2.1B 24M 86.85
Washington Post Company 4.8 $1.7B 1.7M 983.02
M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) 2.0 $724M 6.7M 107.84
H&R Block (HRB) 2.0 $703M 14M 49.00
Standard Companies 1.2 $434M 11M 41.32
Shaw Communications Inc cl b conv 1.1 $402M 22M 18.29
First Data Corp 0.9 $340M 8.0M 42.54
Comcast Corporation 0.9 $328M 10M 32.84
Gap (GPS) 0.9 $326M 15M 21.12
Gannett 0.8 $282M 3.4M 81.70
USG Corporation 0.7 $262M 6.5M 40.27
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) 0.7 $254M 5.3M 48.41
Nike (NKE) 0.6 $227M 2.5M 90.69
Pier 1 Imports 0.4 $158M 8.0M 19.70
Iron Mountain Incorporated 0.4 $153M 5.0M 30.49
Torchmark Corporation 0.3 $117M 2.0M 57.14
Steakhouse 0.2 $83M 1.8M 45.78
Servicemaster Company 0.2 $77M 5.6M 13.79
Sealed Air (SEE) 0.2 $59M 1.1M 53.27
Mueller Industries (MLI) 0.1 $44M 1.4M 32.20
PetroChina Company 0.1 $35M 659k 53.69
Comdisco Holdings Company (CDCO) 0.1 $34M 1.5M 22.31
Dean Foods Company 0.0 $12M 376k 32.95