Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001193125-25-018070
Chunk: 16

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-31
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 16
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 securities. Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation
will provide the specific terms of the debt securities to be offered in one or more supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you make an investment decision.

Investing in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks described under “ Risk Factors” starting on page 5 of this prospectus, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement, before making a decision to invest in our securities.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This prospectus is dated January 31, 2025

Table of Contents

|                                                   |     | Page |    |
| Forward-Looking Information                       |     |      | ii |
| About This Prospectus                             |     |      |  1 |
| Where You Can Find More Information               |     |      |  1 |
| Incorporation of Certain Information by Reference |     |      |  2 |
| Risk Factors                                      |     |      |  5 |
| Use of Proceeds                                   |     |      |  6 |
| Description of the Debt Securities                |     |      |  7 |
| Plan of Distribution                              |     |      | 12 |
| Legal Matters                                     |     |      | 13 |
| Experts                                           |     |      | 13 |

We are responsible for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in any accompanying prospectus supplement, and in any related free writing prospectus we prepare or authorize. We have not authorized anyone to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. You should not assume that the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus, the date of the relevant document incorporated by reference, or another that is otherwise specified, as applicable. Our financial condition, results of operations or business prospects may have changed since those dates. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to sell, or solicitations of offers to purchase, the securities offered by this prospectus are unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this prospectus does not extend