Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-286108
Chunk: 58

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form: 424B5
Chunk 58
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 Brokerage, a leading non-asset based third party logistics provider to the petroleum and chemical industries; Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, which includes 83 automobile dealerships
that sell new and pre-owned automobiles and offer repair services and related products; Detlev Louis Motorrad, a leading retailer of motorcycle apparel and equipment in Europe; Duracell, a leading manufacturer
of high-performance alkaline and lithium coin batteries; Jazwares, a global toy company; IPS, a global leader in developing business solutions for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries; and W&W/AECO Steel, a structural steel fabricator
and erector.

In 2017, we acquired a 38.6% interest in Pilot Travel Centers, LLC (“Pilot”), and on January 31, 2023, we
acquired an additional 41.4% interest in Pilot. On January 16, 2024, we acquired an additional 20% interest in Pilot and as of that date Pilot became an indirect wholly owned Berkshire subsidiary. Pilot operates 677 travel center locations and
77 fuel-only retail locations in North America across the U.S. and five Canadian provinces, primarily under the names Pilot or Flying J, as well as large wholesale fuel and fuel marketing businesses in the U.S. Pilot also sells diesel fuel at other
locations in the U.S. and Canada through various arrangements with third party travel centers and operates a water disposal business in the oil fields sector.

Operating decisions for our various businesses are made by managers of the business units. Investment decisions and all other capital
allocation decisions are made for us and our subsidiaries by our senior management team which is led by Warren E. Buffett, Berkshire’s CEO and Chairman of its Board of Directors. Our businesses currently employ approximately 392,000 people.

Our executive offices are located at 3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, and our telephone number is (402) 346-1400.

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Risk Factors

Investing in our securities involves risks. Prior to making a decision about investing in our securities, in addition to the other information
contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, you should carefully consider the risks described in the section entitled “Risk factors” in the applicable prospectus supplement and the
risks described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by other reports we file with the SEC in the future. The occurrence or