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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. – ‘8-K’ for 1/15/21 – ‘XML’

On:  Friday, 1/15/21, at 11:50am ET   ·   For:  1/15/21   ·   Accession #:  1193125-21-9818   ·   File #:  1-14905

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/15/21  Berkshire Hathaway Inc.           8-K:8,9     1/15/21   17:828K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Current Report   —   Form 8-K
Filing Table of Contents

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 4: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     65K 
 5: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     58K 
 6: EX-5.1      Opinion of Counsel re: Legality                     HTML     13K 
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