Item 8.01 Other Events.
On August 15, 2018, Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (BHFC) issued $2,350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
4.200% Senior Notes due 2048 (the 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 Notes, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire), were sold
pursuant to an underwriting agreement entered into on August 7, 2018, by and between (a) BHFC and Berkshire and (b) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC.
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 an officers certificate dated as of August 15, 2018 by BHFC with respect to the Notes (the Officers
Certificate).
The relevant terms of the Notes and the Indenture are further described under the caption Description of the
Notes and Guarantees in the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, dated August 7, 2018, filed with the Commission by Berkshire on August 8, 2018, 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 is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the Indenture, the Officers Certificate and the Notes in this report are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by
the terms of the Indenture, the Officers Certificate and the Notes, respectively.