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    EXHIBIT
    4.12



 




    BERKSHIRE
    HATHAWAY FINANCE CORPORATION



 




    OFFER TO
    EXCHANGE



 




    $1,000,000,000
    principal amount of its 5.000% Senior Notes Due
    2013




    unconditionally guaranteed by
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which have been registered




    under the Securities Act of
    1933, for any and all 5.000% Senior Notes Due
    2013,




    unconditionally guaranteed by
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.



 




    ,
    2008



 




    To Brokers,
    Dealers, Commercial Banks,
    




    Trust Companies and Other Nominees:



 



    We are enclosing herewith an offer by Berkshire Hathaway Finance
    Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
    to exchange the Company’s new 5.000% Senior Notes Due
    2013 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    “Securities Act”), for any and all of the
    Company’s outstanding 5.000% Senior Notes Due 2013
    (the “Original Notes”), upon the terms and subject to
    the conditions set forth in the accompanying Prospectus,
    dated          ,
    2008 (as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
    time, the “Prospectus”), and related Letter of
    Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitutes the
    “Exchange Offer”).



 



    The Exchange Offer provides a procedure for holders to tender
    the Original Notes by means of guaranteed delivery.



 



    The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City
    time,
    on          ,
    2008, unless extended (the “Expiration Date”).
    Tendered Original Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to
    5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, if
    such Original Notes have not previously been accepted for
    exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer.



 



    Based on an interpretation by the staff of the Division of
    Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    (the “SEC”) as set forth in certain interpretive
    letters addressed to third parties in other transactions,
    Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange
    for Original Notes may be offered for resale, resold and
    otherwise transferred by a holder thereof (other than a holder
    that is an “affiliate” of the Company within the
    meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or a
    “broker” or “dealer” registered under the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
    Act”)), without compliance with the registration and
    prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided
    that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of
    such holder’s business and such holder is not engaging,
    does not intend to engage, and has no arrangement or
    understanding with any person to participate, in the
    distribution of such Exchange Notes. See
    “Shearman & Sterling,” SEC No-Action Letter
    (available July 2, 1993), “Morgan Stanley &
    Co., Inc.,” SEC No-Action Letter (available June 5,
    1991), and “Exxon Capital Holding Corporation,” SEC
    No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988). Accordingly,
    each broker-dealer that receives Exchange Notes for its own
    account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it
    will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of those
    Exchange Notes.



 



    The Exchange Offer is not conditioned on any minimum aggregate
    principal amount of Original Notes being tendered. Original
    Notes may be tendered by each holder in a minimum aggregate
    principal amount of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
    excess thereof.



 



    Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Exchange Offer, or
    any extension of the Exchange Offer, the Company will not be
    required to accept for exchange, or to exchange any Exchange
    Notes for any Original Notes and may terminate the Exchange
    Offer (whether or not any Original Notes have been accepted for
    exchange) or may waive any conditions to or amend the Exchange
    Offer, if any of the conditions described in the Prospectus
    under “The Exchange Offer — Conditions to the
    Exchange Offer” have occurred or exist or have not been
    satisfied.



 



    For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom
    you hold Original Notes registered in your name or in the name
    of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:



 


			
	 	    1. 
	
    A Prospectus,
    dated          ,
    2008 relating to the Exchange Offer.

	 
	 	    2. 
	
    A Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
    your clients.














 





 


			
	 	    3. 
	
    A printed form of letter which may be sent to your clients for
    whose accounts you hold Original Notes registered in your name
    or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for
    obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the
    Exchange Offer.




 



    WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.



 



    Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer
    may be addressed to, and additional copies of the enclosed
    materials may be obtained from, the Exchange Agent at the
    following telephone number:
    1-212-275-2048.



 



    Very truly yours,



 



    Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation



 



    NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL
    CONSTITUTE YOU AS THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY, THE EXCHANGE AGENT
    OR ANY OTHER PERSON, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE
    ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THEM IN
    CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS
    ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.




    

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