Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 11, 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (BHFC) issued $1,250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its
4.250% Senior Notes due 2049 (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 January 3, 2019, by and between (a) BHFC and Berkshire and (b) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P.
Morgan Securities 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 January 11, 2019 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 January 3, 2019, filed with the Commission by Berkshire on
January 7, 2019, 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.