Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a) 1. Financial Statements
The following Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are included in Part II Item 8 of this report:
(b) Exhibits
See the “Exhibit Index” at page K-122.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGIS****TERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statement Schedule
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, and have issued our report thereon dated February 24, 2024; such consolidated financial statements and report are included elsewhere in this Form 10-K. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule of the Company listed in the Index at Item 15. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Omaha, Nebraska
February 24, 2024
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (Parent Company)
Condensed Financ****ial Information
(Dollars in millions)
Sched****ule I
Balance Sheets
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 5,566 | $ | 2,777 | ||||
| Short-term investments in U.S. Treasury Bills | 16,140 | 17,628 | ||||||
| Investments in and advances to consolidated subsidiaries | 546,566 | 463,094 | ||||||
| Investment in The Kraft Heinz Company | 13,230 | 12,937 | ||||||
| Other assets | 16 | 12 | ||||||
| $ | 581,518 | $ | 496,448 | |||||
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable, accrued interest and other liabilities | $ | 235 | $ | 355 | ||||
| Income taxes, principally deferred | 1,229 | 1,276 | ||||||
| Notes payable and other borrowings | 18,781 | 21,393 | ||||||
| 20,245 | 23,024 | |||||||
| Berkshire Hathaway shareholders’ equity | 561,273 | 473,424 | ||||||
| $ | 581,518 | $ | 496,448 |
Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Income items: | ||||||||||||
| From consolidated subsidiaries: | ||||||||||||
| Dividends and distributions | $ | 9,717 | $ | 15,724 | $ | 13,462 | ||||||
| Undistributed earnings (losses) | 85,550 | (39,579 | ) | 74,961 | ||||||||
| 95,267 | (23,855 | ) | 88,423 | |||||||||
| Investment gains (losses) | (7 | ) | (34 | ) | 35 | |||||||
| Equity in earnings of The Kraft Heinz Company | 758 | 628 | 269 | |||||||||
| Other income | 906 | 413 | 73 | |||||||||
| 96,924 | (22,848 | ) | 88,800 | |||||||||
| Cost and expense items: | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 244 | 131 | 136 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | 636 | 513 | 444 | |||||||||
| Foreign exchange gains on non-U.S. Dollar denominated debt | (371 | ) | (1,401 | ) | (1,281 | ) | ||||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | 192 | 668 | (436 | ) | ||||||||
| 701 | (89 | ) | (1,137 | ) | ||||||||
| Net earnings (loss) attributable to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders | 96,223 | (22,759 | ) | 89,937 | ||||||||
| Other comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders | 1,289 | 3,071 | 1,871 | |||||||||
| Comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders | $ | 97,512 | $ | (19,688 | ) | $ | 91,808 |
See Note to Condensed Financial Information
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (Parent Company)
Condensed Financial Information
(Dollars in millions)
Schedule I (continued)
Statements of Cash Flows
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||
| Net earnings (loss) attributable to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders | $ | 96,223 | $ | (22,759 | ) | $ | 89,937 | |||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to operating cash flows: | ||||||||||||
| Investment (gains) losses | 7 | 34 | (35 | ) | ||||||||
| Undistributed (earnings) losses of consolidated subsidiaries | (85,550 | ) | 39,579 | (74,961 | ) | |||||||
| Non-cash dividends from subsidiaries | (1,811 | ) | (7,220 | ) | (2,126 | ) | ||||||
| Income taxes payable | (44 | ) | 661 | (389 | ) | |||||||
| Other | (1,214 | ) | (1,833 | ) | (1,038 | ) | ||||||
| Net cash flows from operating activities | 7,611 | 8,462 | 11,388 | |||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Investments in and advances to consolidated subsidiaries, net | 2,649 | (11,852 | ) | (174 | ) | |||||||
| Purchases of U.S. Treasury Bills | (27,278 | ) | (44,187 | ) | (34,988 | ) | ||||||
| Sales and maturities of U.S. Treasury Bills | 31,234 | 37,915 | 57,296 | |||||||||
| Other | — | 128 | — | |||||||||
| Net cash flows from investing activities | 6,605 | (17,996 | ) | 22,134 | ||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from borrowings | 2,054 | 1,970 | 2,174 | |||||||||
| Repayments of borrowings | (4,310 | ) | (602 | ) | (2,167 | ) | ||||||
| Acquisition of treasury stock | (9,171 | ) | (7,854 | ) | (27,061 | ) | ||||||
| Net cash flows from financing activities | (11,427 | ) | (6,486 | ) | (27,054 | ) | ||||||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 2,789 | (16,020 | ) | 6,468 | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 2,777 | 18,797 | 12,329 | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | $ | 5,566 | $ | 2,777 | $ | 18,797 | ||||||
| Other cash flow information: | ||||||||||||
| Income taxes paid | $ | 5,630 | $ | 2,259 | $ | 3,403 | ||||||
| Interest paid | 297 | 332 | 377 |
Note to Condensed Financial Information
Certain 2022 and 2021 amounts were revised for the adoption of Accounting Standards Update 2018-12 “Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts.” See Note 1(w) to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
As of December 31, 2023, Berkshire owned 26.7% of the outstanding shares of The Kraft Heinz Company (“Kraft Heinz”) common stock, which is accounted for pursuant to the equity method. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. On October 19, 2022, Berkshire acquired all of the outstanding common stock of Alleghany Corporation for $11.5 billion. See Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
During 2023, the Parent Company repaid approximately $4.3 billion of maturing senior notes and issued ¥286.4 billion (approximately $2.05 billion) of senior notes with a weighted average interest rate of 1.15% and maturities ranging from 2026 to 2058. As of December 31, 2023, the Parent Company’s non-U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings included €5.6 billion and ¥1,259 billion par value senior notes. The gains and losses from the periodic remeasurement of these non-U.S. Dollar denominated notes due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are included in earnings.
Parent Company debt maturities over the next five years are as follows: 2024—$1.9 billion; 2025—$2.0 billion; 2026—$4.4 billion; 2027—$2.0 billion and 2028—$1.4 billion. The Parent Company guarantees certain debt of subsidiaries, which aggregated approximately $20.9 billion at December 31, 2023 and primarily consisted of debt issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation. Such guarantees are an absolute, unconditional and irrevocable guarantee for the full and prompt payment when due of all present and future payment obligations. The Parent Company has also provided guarantees in connection with certain retroactive reinsurance contracts issued by subsidiaries. The amounts of subsidiary payments under these contracts, if any, are contingent upon the outcome of future events.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Exhibit No. | ||
| 31.1 | Rule 13a—14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification | |
| 31.2 | Rule 13a—14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification | |
| 32.1 | Section 1350 Certification | |
| 32.2 | Section 1350 Certification | |
| 95 | Mine Safety Disclosures | |
| 97 | Policy Relating to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation | |
| 101 | The following financial information from Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language) includes: (i) the Cover Page (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity, (vi) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vii) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule I, tagged in summary and detail. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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SIGNAT****URES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | |
| Date: February 24, 2024 | /S/ MARC D. HAMBURG |
| Marc D. Hamburg Senior Vice President and Principal Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| /S/ WARREN E. BUFFETT Warren E. Buffett | Chairman of the Board of Directors—Chief Executive Officer | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ GREGORY E. ABEL Gregory E. Abel | Director—Vice Chairman—Non-Insurance Operations | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ HOWARD G. BUFFETT Howard G. Buffett | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ SUSAN A. BUFFETT Susan A. Buffett | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ STEPHEN B. BURKE Stephen B. Burke | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ KENNETH I. CHENAULT Kenneth I. Chenault | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ CHRISTOPHER C. DAVIS Christopher C. Davis | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ SUSAN L. DECKER Susan L. Decker | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ CHARLOTTE GUYMAN Charlotte Guyman | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ AJIT JAIN Ajit Jain | Director—Vice Chairman—Insurance Operations | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ THOMAS S. MURPHY, JR. Thomas S. Murphy, Jr. | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ RONALD L. OLSON Ronald L. Olson | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ WALLACE R. WEITZ Wallace R. Weitz | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ MERYL B. WITMER Meryl B. Witmer | Director | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ MARC D. HAMBURG Marc D. Hamburg | Senior Vice President—Principal Financial Officer | February 24, 2024 Date |
| /S/ DANIEL J. JAKSICH Daniel J. Jaksich | Vice President—Principal Accounting Officer | February 24, 2024 Date |
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