UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One)
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from _____________ to_____________
Commission file number 001-14905
(Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below)
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office)
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
3555 Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
Table of Contents
* All other supplemental schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable or the information required therein has been included in the financial statements or notes hereto.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Administrative Committee
Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2025, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes and schedules (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2025, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Other Matter
The financial statements of Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan as of December 31, 2024, and for the year ended December 31, 2024, were audited by Freed Maxick, P.C. On August 1, 2025, Freed Maxick, P.C. joined with WithumSmith+Brown, P.C. Freed Maxick P.C. expressed an unqualified opinion on those financials statements dated June 24, 2025.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Supplemental Information
The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2025, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
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/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC |
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We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2022. |
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Buffalo, New York |
June 11, 2026 |
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PCAOB ID Number 100 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Administrative Committee, Plan Administrator, and Plan Participants of
Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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/s/ Freed Maxick P.C. |
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We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2022. |
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Buffalo, New York |
June 11, 2026 |
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
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December 31, |
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2025 |
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2024 |
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Assets: |
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Investments at fair value: |
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Mutual Funds |
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235,648,053 |
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218,290,469 |
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Berkshire Hathaway Stock Fund |
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42,798,738 |
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43,040,571 |
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Common Collective Trust Funds |
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151,919,886 |
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134,892,830 |
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Total Investments at Fair Value |
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430,366,677 |
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396,223,870 |
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Receivables: |
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Employer contributions |
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1,808,336 |
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1,713,684 |
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Participant contributions |
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133,659 |
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394,333 |
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Notes receivable from participants |
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6,008,222 |
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5,130,303 |
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Total Receivables |
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7,950,217 |
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7,238,320 |
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Liabilities: |
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Accrued expenses |
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— |
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150 |
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Total Liabilities |
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— |
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150 |
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Net Assets available for benefits |
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$ |
438,316,894 |
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403,462,040 |
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See accompanying notes to financial statements
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
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For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO: |
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Investment income: |
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Dividends and interest |
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12,268,289 |
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Net realized/unrealized appreciation in fair value of investments |
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42,114,123 |
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Total Investment Income |
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54,382,412 |
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Interest income on notes receivable from participants |
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460,067 |
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Contributions: |
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Participants |
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17,299,933 |
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Employer |
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11,450,556 |
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Participant rollover contributions |
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1,195,255 |
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Total Contributions |
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29,945,744 |
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Total Additions |
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84,788,223 |
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DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO: |
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Benefits paid to participants |
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49,813,774 |
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Administrative expenses |
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119,595 |
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Total Deductions |
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49,933,369 |
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Net increase in net assets available for benefits |
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34,854,854 |
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Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year |
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403,462,040 |
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Net assets available for benefits, end of year |
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438,316,894 |
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See accompanying notes to financial statements
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2025 and 2024
NOTE A - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
The following description of the Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. The Participants should refer to the Plan document and subsequent amendments for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan is sponsored and administered by Benjamin Moore & Co. (the “Company”). The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (the “Parent”). Charles Schwab Bank (“Schwab”) is the appointed trustee (“Trustee”) and Charles Schwab Corporation – Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc. is the recordkeeper of the Plan.
General:
The Plan is a safe-harbor plan and permits eligible employees of the Company to participate in the Plan on the first day of the month following the date of hire. Also, the Plan accepts “Roth” after tax contributions and elective deferrals on behalf of participants. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The Board of Trustees is responsible for oversight of the Plan. The Investment Committee determines the appropriateness of the Plan’s investment offerings, monitors investment performance and reports to the Plan’s Board of Trustees.
Participants may contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified plans. The Plan also permits participants to make voluntary elective transfers of their entire account balance to or from this Plan to or from another qualified section 401(k) plan. The plan transfer must be made in connection with a participant’s change in employment status which results in the participant not being entitled to additional allocations under the prior plan.
Investments:
Participants have the option to direct the investment of participant and employer contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.
Participant accounts:
Each participant’s account is adjusted for the participant’s contribution and allocations of (a) the Company’s contributions and (b) Plan earnings and losses, and charged with an allocation of certain administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
Contributions and eligibility:
All employees can voluntarily contribute up to 50 percent of annual compensation, as defined in the Plan document, up to the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) maximum allowance. The IRC maximum allowance was $23,500 and $23,000 in 2025 and 2024, respectively. Participants age 50 and older may contribute an additional $7,500 as a catch-up contribution in 2024 and 2023, resulting in a total pre-tax contribution limit of $31,000 and $30,500 for 2025 and 2024, respectively. Effective January 1, 2025, participants between the ages of 60 and 63 before the close of the applicable Plan Year, may contribute an additional $3,750 as a "super" catch-up, resulting in a total pre-tax contribution limit of $34,750 for 2025.
The Plan includes an auto enrollment feature whereby all newly eligible employees shall be automatically enrolled at a deferral rate of 6% within 45 days of their date of hire if they have not voluntarily enrolled prior to that date or affirmatively elected not to participate in the Plan. The Plan also has an escalation provision feature that will increase each year by 1% up to 50% of compensation, unless the participant affirmatively elects not to participate.
All employees can elect to voluntarily make after-tax contributions in an amount up to 50% of the employee’s compensation. The Company will not make any matching contributions on after-tax contributions, and are subjected to IRC maximum allowance amounts, mentioned above.
All employees are permitted to convert pre-tax funds within the Plan to a Roth 401(k) through an In-Plan Roth conversion.
Contributions are matched for 100 percent of the participant-directed contribution, up to 6% of eligible earnings. Matching contributions are funded each pay period. There is an annual 3% special discretionary contribution to be contributed by the Plan Sponsor for wage and hourly employees employed on the last day of the Plan year and on the retirement date for Retirees who retire within the Plan year. The special discretionary contributions are included in Employer contributions receivable and were $1,238,025 and $1,144,990 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
As stated above, the maximum limit on the amount of pre-tax salary deferrals a participant can contribute each year is defined within the IRC. If a participant reaches this limit early in the year, the participant will continue to receive the Company matching contributions; however, it is possible that the participant will not receive the maximum Company match for the year or receive an amount
BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.
DEFERRED SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN
SIGNATURES
The Plan: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Benjamin Moore & Co. Deferred Savings and Investment Plan |
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By: |
/s/ Jackie Carlstrom |
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Jackie Carlstrom |
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Senior Vice President, Human Resources |
Date: June 11, 2026