ITEM 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
Mrs. Susan T. Buffett, the wife of Warren E. Buffett, who at the time of
her death on July 29, 2004, was a Director of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and the
President of The Buffett Foundation, owned 31,530 shares of Berkshire Hathaway
Inc. Class A common stock and 177 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B
common stock. Over the next two years, the estate of Mrs. Buffett, of which
Mr. Buffett will be the executor, expects to sell approximately 1,200 to 1,500
shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class A common stock to fund the payment of
taxes, other expenses and specific cash bequests. At the conclusion of
probate, shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. common stock with a market value of
$150 million at that time will be transferred from Mrs. Buffetts estate in
equal amounts to three private foundations that have been established by Mr.
and Mrs. Buffetts children. All shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. common
stock remaining in the estate upon conclusion of the sales and transfers
previously described will be transferred to the Buffett Foundation at the
conclusion of probate.