SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 17, 2006
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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001-14905
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47-0813844 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
1440 Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska 68131
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(402) 346-1400
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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ITEM 8.01. Other Events.
On October 17, 2006, counsel for General Reinsurance Corporation (General Reinsurance), a
wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., received a letter from the U.S. Attorney for
the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division (the EDVA U.S. Attorney), stating that the
EDVA U.S. Attorney does not currently view General Reinsurance as a target or subject in connection
with the EDVA U.S. Attorneys pending investigation of Reciprocal of America (ROA). ROA was a
Virginia-based reciprocal insurer of physician, hospital and lawyer professional liability risks.
As previously disclosed, General Reinsurance and four of its current or former employees, including
a former president, had received subpoenas for documents from the EDVA U.S. Attorney in connection
with the EDVA U.S. Attorneys investigation of ROA, and a number of current and former employees of
General Reinsurance had been interviewed by the EDVA U.S. Attorney and the Department of Justice in
connection with this investigation. It was previously disclosed that one of the individuals
originally subpoenaed had been informed by the EDVA U.S. Attorney that this individual was a target
of the EDVA U.S. Attorneys investigation. The EDVA U.S. Attorney also confirmed that neither this
individual, nor any current or former employee of General Reinsurance, is currently a target of the
EDVAs investigation. General Reinsurance will continue to cooperate fully with the EDVA U.S.
Attorney in its pending investigation of ROA.
Investigations by various governmental authorities of other matters, as previously disclosed,
remain pending.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
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Date: October 17, 2006 |
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/s/ Marc D. Hamburg
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Marc D. Hamburg |
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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