Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001193125-25-267653
Chunk: 11

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 424B5
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retailer of motorcycle accessories based in Germany; 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/AFCO Steel, a structural steel fabrication products business.

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 392,400 people.

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

S-2

The Offering

| Issuer | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |

| LEI | 5493000C01ZX7D35SD85 |

| Securities Offered | ¥   aggregate principal amount of    % Senior Notes due    . |

| ¥   aggregate principal amount of    % Senior Notes due    . |

| ¥   aggregate principal amount of    % Senior Notes due    . |

| Maturity Date | ,   . |

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| Interest | The   % Senior Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to    %. |

| The   % Senior Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to    %. |

| The   % Senior Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to    %. |

| Interest on each series of notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on   and    of each year, commencing on    , 2025. |

| Ranking | Each series of notes will be our unsecured senior obligations, will rank pari passu in right of payment with all of our unsubordinated, unsecured