Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-286108
Chunk: 59

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-18
Form: 424B5
Chunk 59
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realization of any of these risks could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

The risks
and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or operations. Any adverse effect on our business,
financial condition or operating results could result in a decline in the value of our securities and the loss of all or part of your investment.

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Use of Proceeds

Except as any applicable prospectus supplement may indicate otherwise, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of debt securities
offered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes.

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Description of the Debt Securities We will issue debt securities on a senior unsecured basis under an indenture, dated as of January 31, 2025, by and among Berkshire, Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “trustee”). BHFC may also issue debt securities under this indenture; however, the debt securities described in this prospectus are solely issued by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. We have summarized material provisions of the indenture and the debt securities below. This summary is not complete, and is subject, and qualified in its entirety by reference, to all the provisions of the indenture, including the definition of certain terms. We have filed the indenture with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and you should read the indenture for provisions that may be important to you. The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of our debt securities offered by this prospectus. The particular terms of any debt securities being offered will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to those offered debt securities. Provisions Applicable to Indenture General The indenture does not limit the amount of debt securities that may be issued under that indenture, nor does it limit the amount of other unsecured debt or securities that we may issue. We may issue debt securities under the indenture from time to time in one or more series, each in an amount authorized prior to issuance. Terms The prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. These terms will include some or all of the following:

| • |     | the title of the debt securities; |

| • |     | the total principal amount of the debt securities; |

| • |     | whether the