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WARREN E. BUFFETT - DATED 9/30/2004
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
Form 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: September 30, 2004
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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: Warren E. Buffett
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Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza
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Omaha, NE 68131
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Form 13F File Number: 28- 554
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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: Warren E. Buffett
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Title:
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Phone: 402-346-1400
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Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
(s) Warren E. Buffett Omaha, NE November 12, 2004
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[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- 4545 Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
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Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 15
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Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $ 685
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(thousands)
Confidential Information has been omitted from the public Form 13F and filed
separately with the Commission. Included with this information is information
regarding Warren Buffett's 13F reportable position in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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.]
NONE
WARREN E. BUFFETT
Form 13F Information Table
September 30, 2004
Column 6
Investment Discretion Column 8
Column 4 Column 5 -------------------------- Voting Authority (Shares)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Market Shares or (c) Column 7 -------------------------
Issuer Title of CUSIP Value Principal (a) (b) Shared- Shared- Managers (a) (b) (c)
Name of Class Number (In Thousands) Amount $ Sole Defined Other See Instr. v Sole Shared None
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American
Express Co. Com 025816 10 9 32 612 X 612
Block, H & R
Corp. Com 093671 10 5 10 200 X 200
Coca Cola Co. Com 191216 10 0 96 2,400 X 2,400
Costco
Companies Com 22160Q 10 2 65 1,575 X 1,575
Gannett Inc. Com 364730 10 1 17 200 X 200
The Gillette
Company Com 375766 10 2 33 800 X 800
HCA Inc. Com 404119 10 9 4 100 X 100
M & T Bank
Corporation Com 55261F 10 4 96 1,000 X 1,000
Moody's Corp Com 615369 10 5 7 100 X 100
Mueller
Industries Com 624756 10 2 4 100 X 100
Sealed Air
Corporation Com 81211K 10 0 5 100 X 100
Sun Trust
Banks Com 867914 10 3 14 200 X 200
Torchmark
Corp. Com 891027 10 3 194 3,653 X 3,653
Washington
Post Co. Cl B 939648 10 8 9 10 X 10
Wells Fargo Com 949740 10 4 99 1,660 X 1,660
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$685
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