Item 8.01 Other Events.
On August 15, 2016, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire) issued (i) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.150%
Senior Notes due 2018 and (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2018 ((i) and (ii) collectively, the Berkshire Notes) under a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on January 26, 2016 (Registration No. 333-209122) (the Registration Statement). The
Berkshire Notes were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into on August 8, 2016, by and between (a) Berkshire and (b) Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the Underwriters).
On August 15, 2016, Berkshire
Hathaway Finance Corporation (BHFC) issued (i) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.300% Senior Notes due 2019 and (ii) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due August 2019
((i) and (ii) collectively, the BHFC Notes and together with the Berkshire Notes, collectively, the Notes) under the Registration Statement. The BHFC Notes, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by
Berkshire, were sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into on August 8, 2016, by and between (a) BHFC and Berkshire and (b) the Underwriters.
The Notes are issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2016, by and among Berkshire, as issuer and guarantor, BHFC, as issuer,
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the Indenture) and (a) an officers certificate dated as of August 15, 2016 by Berkshire with respect to its 1.150% Senior Notes due 2018, (b) an
officers certificate dated as of August 15, 2016 by Berkshire with respect to its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2018, (c) an officers certificate dated as of August 15, 2016 by BHFC with respect to its 1.300% Senior Notes
due 2019, and (d) an officers certificate dated as of August 15, 2016 by BHFC with respect to its Floating Rate Senior Notes due August 2019 ((a), (b), (c), and (d) collectively, the Officers Certificates).
The relevant terms of the Berkshire Notes and the Indenture are further described under the caption Description of the Notes
in the prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2016, filed with the Commission by Berkshire on August 10, 2016, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act and in the section entitled Description of the Debt
Securities in the base prospectus relating to debt securities of Berkshire, dated January 26, 2016, included in the Registration Statement, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. The relevant terms of the BHFC Notes and
the Indenture are further described under the caption Description of the Notes and Guarantees in the prospectus supplement, dated August 8, 2016, filed with the Commission by Berkshire on August 10, 2016, pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act and in the section entitled Description of the Debt Securities in the base prospectus relating to debt securities of BHFC, dated January 26, 2016, included in the Registration Statement,
which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the Indenture is set forth in Exhibit 4.1 of the Registration
Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the officers certificate with respect to Berkshires 1.150% Senior Notes due 2018 (including the form of Berkshires 1.150% Senior Notes due 2018) is attached hereto as
Exhibit 4.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the officers certificate with respect to Berkshires Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2018 (including the form of Berkshires Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2018) is
attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the officers certificate with respect to BHFCs 1.300% Senior Notes due 2019 (including the form of BHFCs 1.300% Senior Notes due 2019) is attached
hereto as Exhibit 4.4 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the officers certificate with respect to BHFCs Floating Rate Senior Notes due August 2019 (including the form of BHFCs Floating Rate Senior Notes due August
2019) is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.5 and is incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the Indenture, the Officers Certificates and the Notes in this report are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the
Indenture, the Officers Certificates and the Notes, respectively.