Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-081614
Chunk: 20

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-15
Form: 424B5
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 Wall Street Journal on or prior to the second business day prior to the relevant payment date or, in the event the Wall Street
Journal has not published such exchange rate, the rate will be determined in our sole discretion on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for the yen. Any payment in respect of the notes so made in U.S. dollars will not
constitute an event of default under the notes or the indenture governing the notes.

On April 4, 2025, the yen/U.S. dollar exchange rate
was ¥145.9300 = U.S. $1.00, as announced by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board.

Investors will be subject to foreign exchange
risks as to payments of principal and interest that may have important economic and tax consequences to them. See “Risk Factors.”

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We expect to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including to refinance the 2025 Senior Notes. Certain of the underwriters
and/or their affiliates may own the 2025 Senior Notes and, as a result, may receive a portion of the net proceeds from this offering.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

The following description of certain material terms of the notes does not purport to be complete.

This description of the notes is intended to be an overview of the material provisions of the notes and is intended to supplement, and to the extent of any inconsistency replace, the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities set forth in the accompanying prospectus, to which we refer you. The notes will be issued under an indenture, dated as of January 31, 2025 (the “indenture”), among us, Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “trustee”). The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, will initially act as paying agent for the notes. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., will initially act as security registrar and transfer agent for the notes. Since this description of the notes is only a summary, we urge you to read the indenture (including definitions of terms used therein) and the forms of notes because they, and not this description, define your rights as a beneficial owner of the notes. You may request copies of these documents from us at 3555 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131. The indent