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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
2004 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Business Activities.................................................... Inside Front Cover
Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500 ................................................ 2
Chairman’ s Letter* ................................................................................. 3
Selected Financial Data For The
Past Five Years .................................................................................. 27
Acquisition Criteria ................................................................................28
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm................... 28
Consolidated Financial Statements.........................................................29
Management’ s Report on Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting ................................................................... 56
Management’ s Discussion ...................................................................... 57
Owner’ s Manual .....................................................................................73
Common Stock Data and Corporate Governance Matters......................79
Operating Companies ............................................................................. 80
Directors and Officers of the Company.........................Inside Back Cover
*Copyright © 2005 By Warren E. Buffett
All Rights Reserved