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.)
JOHNS MANVILLE EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
717 Seventeenth Street
Denver, CO 80202
(Name of Issuer of Securities held pursuant to Plan and address of its principal executive office.)
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
3555 Farnam Street,
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
JOHNS MANVILLE EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
Table of Contents
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Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm |
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Financial Statements: |
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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits |
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As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 |
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits |
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For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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Notes to Financial Statements |
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Supplemental Schedules: * |
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Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i — Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) |
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As of December 31, 2025 |
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Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Question 4a — Schedule of Delinquent Participant |
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As of December 31, 2025 |
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* 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 Plan Participants and Plan Administrator of Johns Manville Employees 401(k) Plan
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Johns Manville Employees 401(k) Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2025, 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, 2025 and 2024, 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.
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 audits. 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 audits 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 audits 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 audits 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Report on Supplemental Schedules
The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2025 and schedule of delinquent participant contributions for the year ended December 31, 2025, have been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan's financial statements. The supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedules reconcile 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 schedules. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedules, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedules, including their form and content, are presented in compliance 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, such schedules are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
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/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP |
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Denver, Colorado June 15, 2026 |
We have served as the auditor of the Plan since 2001.
JOHNS MANVILLE EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024
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ASSETS: |
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Participant-directed investments |
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1,141,150,487 |
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1,022,065,904 |
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Receivables: |
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Notes receivable from participants |
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28,066,596 |
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25,672,540 |
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Employer contributions |
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12,525,010 |
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14,704,344 |
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Total receivables |
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40,591,606 |
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40,376,884 |
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS |
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1,181,742,093 |
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1,062,442,788 |
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See notes to financial statements.
JOHNS MANVILLE EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025
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2025 |
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ADDITIONS: |
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CONTRIBUTIONS: |
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Participant contributions |
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45,610,438 |
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Rollover contributions |
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4,581,656 |
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Employer contributions |
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26,139,954 |
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Total contributions |
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76,332,048 |
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INVESTMENT INCOME: |
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Dividends and interest |
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17,126,157 |
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Net appreciation in fair value of investments |
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142,567,941 |
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Total investment income |
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159,694,098 |
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INTEREST INCOME ON NOTES RECEIVABLE FROM PARTICIPANTS |
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2,166,667 |
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Total additions |
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238,192,813 |
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DEDUCTIONS: |
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Benefits paid to participants |
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118,444,544 |
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Administrative expenses, net of revenue sharing |
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448,964 |
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Total deductions |
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118,893,508 |
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INCREASE IN NET ASSETS |
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119,299,305 |
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NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS: |
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Beginning of year |
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1,062,442,788 |
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End of year |
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1,181,742,093 |
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See notes to financial statements.
JOHNS MANVILLE EMPLOYEES 401(k) PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024 AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025
1.DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
General — The following description of the Johns Manville Employees 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Johns Manville Corporation (the “Plan Sponsor”) and offered through its wholly owned subsidiary, Johns Manville (the “Company”). The Plan provides eligible employees a convenient means for regular and systematic savings through pre-tax contributions, after-tax contributions and Roth accounts. The Plan offers multiple investment options through Fidelity Management Trust Company (“Fidelity” or the “Trustee”), the trustee of the Plan, which administers, manages, and reports the Plan’s investment transactions. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
Investments — Participants direct the investment of their contributions into the various funds offered by the Plan. The Plan offers mutual funds, target date common collective trust funds and a unitized stock fund that includes Class B common stock of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (“Berkshire Common Stock”), the ultimate parent company of Johns Manville Corporation.
Eligibility — All regular employees including full-time, part-time, interns, non-union hourly and union hourly employees at participating Company locations are eligible to become Plan participants on the first day of employment or immediately upon reemployment.
The Plan includes an auto-enrollment provision whereby all newly eligible employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan 31 days following their dates of hire, unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan or make their own election. Automatically enrolled participants have their pre-tax deferral rate set at 3% of eligible compensation and their contributions are invested in the T. Rowe Price Retirement Date Trust that aligns with their projected year of retirement until changed by the participant.
Company Contributions — The Company contribution for salaried employees and non-union hourly employees is based on a 50% fixed match on the first 6% of pre-tax and/or Roth employee contributions up to a maximum of 3% of eligible compensation, plus up to 50% variable match on the first 6% of pre-tax and/or Roth employee contributions up to a maximum of 3% of eligible compensation based on the operating performance of the Company and management’s sole discretion. The Company may also, at its sole discretion, contribute an additional variable match of up to 1% of eligible compensation if the participant is contributing between 6% and 7% in pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
The Company contributions for union hourly employees is based on 50% of the first 6% of pre-tax and/or Roth contributions up to a maximum of 3% of eligible compensation. The Company may make variable matching contributions in a specified percentage (as agreed upon in each collective bargaining agreement) up to 50% of the first 6% of pre-tax and/or Roth employee contributions up to a maximum of 3% of eligible compensation. Such variable matching contributions are based upon the operating performance of the Company and management’s sole discretion. All employer contributions are based on negotiated rates within the collective bargaining agreements.
Company contributions of $12,525,010 and $14,704,344 related to the Company’s variable match were accrued for as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Voluntary after-tax contributions, catch-up contributions and rollover contributions are not matched by the Company. The Company’s annual contribution made on behalf of any one employee is subject to certain maximums as specified in the Plan and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
Participant Contributions — Eligible employees may contribute to the Plan through a reduction in salary on a pretax and/or Roth basis from 1% to 75% of eligible compensation. Employees may elect to contribute 1% to 9% of eligible compensation on an after-tax basis regardless of the percentage of pretax and Roth contributions. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans, which represent a rollover to the Plan. Contributions are subject to certain IRC limitations. In addition to the regular catch-up contributions for participants aged 50 and older, beginning in 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) introduced an increased catch-up contribution limit for employees that are or will be the ages of 60 to 63 within the 2025 calendar year.
Contribution Limitations — Amounts invested by a participant in the Berkshire Hathaway Class B Unitized Stock Fund (Berkshire Fund), an investment option of the Plan that invests in Berkshire Common Stock, cannot exceed 25% of their contributions or total value of their account.
Participant Accounts — Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching contribution, and allocations of the Company’s discretionary contributions, participant forfeitures, as applicable, and Plan earnings, and charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is
EXHIBITS
The following Exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form 11-K:
(23) CONSENT OF EXPERTS:
SIGNATURES
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Johns Manville Benefits Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Johns Manville Benefits Committee |
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By: |
/s/ Sabine Schmidt |
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Sabine Schmidt |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: June 15, 2026