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  0001269365
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001067983
  BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
  001-14905
  3555 FARNAM STREET
  OMAHA
  NE
  68131
  4023461400
  GUYMAN CHARLOTTE
  Member of immediate family of any of the foregoing
  Class A
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  1
  675.00
  551997
  12/26/2024
  NYSE
  Class A
  06/19/1998
  Open Market Purchase
  Issuer
  N
  1
  06/19/1998
  Cash
  Y
  12/26/2024
  /s/ Cristina Garcia, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for GUYMAN CHARLOTTE