Document:

Exhibit 4.6

 

Exhibit 4.6

XTRA FINANCE CORPORATION

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$400,000,000 principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes
Due 2017

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

under the Securities Act of 1933, for any and all
5.150% Senior Notes Due 2017,

unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

          ,
2007

To Our Clients:

     
Enclosed for your consideration are the Prospectus,
dated           ,
2007 (as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
time, the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitutes the
“Exchange Offer”), in connection with the offer by
XTRA Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), to exchange the Company’s new
5.150% Senior Notes Due 2017 (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 5.150% Senior
Notes Due 2017 (the “Outstanding Notes”), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange
Offer. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York
City time,
on           ,
2007, unless extended (the “Expiration Date”).

     
We are holding Outstanding Notes for your account. An exchange
of the Outstanding Notes can be made only by us and pursuant to
your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you
for your information only and cannot be used by you to exchange
the Outstanding Notes held by us for your account. The Exchange
Offer provides a procedure for holders to tender by means of
guaranteed delivery.

     
We request information as to whether you wish us to exchange any
or all of the Outstanding Notes held by us for your account upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer.

     
Your attention is directed to the following;

			
	 	1. 	
    The forms and terms of the Exchange Notes are the same in all
    material respects as the forms and terms of the Outstanding
    Notes (which they replace), except that the Exchange Notes have
    been registered under the Securities Act. The Exchange Notes
    will bear interest from the most recent interest payment date to
    which interest has been paid on the Outstanding Notes or, if no
    interest has been paid, from May 18, 2005.
	 
	 	2. 	
    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 Outstanding Notes may be offered for resale, resold and
    otherwise transferred by a holder thereof (other than a holder
    which 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 Holdings 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.
	 
	 	3. 	
    The Exchange Offer is not conditioned on any minimum aggregate
    principal amount of Outstanding Notes being tendered.
    Outstanding 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.

 

			
	 	4. 	
    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 Outstanding Notes and may terminate the Exchange
    Offer (whether or not any Outstanding 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.
	 
	 	5. 	
    Tendered Outstanding Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to
    5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, if
    such Outstanding Notes have not previously been accepted for
    exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer.
	 
	 	6. 	
    Any transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of Outstanding
    Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be paid by the
    Company, except as otherwise provided in the Letter of
    Transmittal.

     
If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Outstanding
Notes, please so instruct us by completing and returning to us
the instruction form attached hereto. If you authorize a tender
of your Outstanding Notes, the entire principal amount of
Outstanding Notes held for your account will be tendered unless
otherwise specified on the instruction form. Your instructions
should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a
tender on your behalf by the Expiration Date.

     
The Exchange Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be
accepted from or on behalf of, holders of the Outstanding Notes
in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Exchange Offer or
acceptance thereof would not he in compliance with the laws of
such jurisdiction or would otherwise not be in compliance with
any provision of any applicable securities law.

2Exhibit 4.7

 

Exhibit 4.7

XTRA FINANCE CORPORATION

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

$400,000,000 principal amount of its 5.150% Senior Notes
Due 2017

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

under the Securities Act of 1933, for any and all
5.150% Senior Notes Due 2017,

unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Instructions from Beneficial Owner

     
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the
enclosed Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal in
connection with the offer by the Company to exchange the
Exchange Notes for Outstanding Notes.

     
This will instruct you to tender the principal amount of
Outstanding Notes indicated below held by you for the account of
the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of
Transmittal.

     
The undersigned represents that (i) the Exchange Notes
acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in
the ordinary course of the undersigned’s business,
(ii) the undersigned 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,
(iii) the undersigned is not an “affiliate,” as
defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the
Company and (iv) the undersigned is not acting on behalf of
any person or entity that could not truthfully make these
statements. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it
acknowledges that it will deliver a copy of the Prospectus in
connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.

		
	 	
    Sign Here
	 
	 	
     

	 	
    Signatures(s)

 

Securities which are to be tendered:

Tender all of the Outstanding Notes

Aggregate Principal Amount*

o     Outstanding
Notes 

 

Name(s) (Please Print)

 

Address

 

Zip Code

 

Area Code and Telephone No.

Dated:  
                     ,
2007

 

		
	* 	
    Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all of the
    Outstanding Notes listed are to be tendered.

2Exhibit 4.8

 

Exhibit 4.8

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

for Tender of

5.150% Senior Notes Due 2017

of XTRA Finance Corporation,

unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

      
As set forth in the Exchange Offer (as defined below), this
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (or a facsimile hereof) or one
substantially equivalent hereto or the electronic form used by
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for this purpose
must be used to accept the Exchange Offer of certificates for
5.150% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Outstanding
Notes”) of XTRA Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), not immediately available to the
registered holder of such Outstanding Notes, or if a participant
in DTC is unable to complete the procedures for book-entry
transfer on a timely basis of Outstanding Notes to the account
maintained by The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
(the “Exchange Agent”) at DTC, prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on           ,
2007, unless extended (the “Expiration Date”). This
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (or a facsimile hereof) or one
substantially equivalent hereto may be delivered by mail
(registered or certified mail is recommended), by facsimile
transmission, by hand or overnight carrier to the Exchange
Agent. See “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for
Tendering Outstanding Notes” in the Prospectus (as defined
below). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein
have the meanings assigned to them in the Exchange Offer.

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

The Bank of New York Trust

Corporate Trust Dept. – Reorganization Unit

101 Barclay Street, 7E

New York, NY 10286

Phone: 212-815-3738

Fax: 212-298-1915

     
Delivery of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to an address
other than as set forth above or transmission of this Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery via a facsimile number other than the number
listed above will not constitute a valid delivery.

     
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to
guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal
is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as
defined therein) under the instructions thereto, such signature
guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the
signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     
The undersigned hereby tenders to XTRA Finance Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the aggregate
principal amount of Outstanding Notes indicated below pursuant
to the guaranteed delivery procedures and upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus
dated           ,
2007 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, the “Prospectus”) and in the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitute the
“Exchange Offer”), receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.

     
The undersigned hereby represents, warrants and agrees that the
undersigned has full power and authority to tender, exchange,
sell, assign, and transfer the tendered Outstanding Notes and
that the Company will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered
title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions,
charges and encumbrances when the tendered Outstanding Notes are
acquired by the Company as contemplated herein, and the tendered
Outstanding Notes are not subject to any adverse claims or
proxies. The undersigned warrants and agrees that the
undersigned and each Beneficial Owner will, upon request,
execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the
Company or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to
complete the tender, exchange, sale, assignment and transfer of
the tendered Outstanding Notes, and that the undersigned will
comply with its obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement. The undersigned has read and agrees to all of the
terms of the Exchange Offer.

     
BY TENDERING OUTSTANDING NOTES AND EXECUTING THIS NOTICE OF
GUARANTEED DELIVERY, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS THAT (i) NEITHER THE UNDERSIGNED NOR ANY
BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) IS AN “AFFILIATE” OF THE COMPANY
AS DEFINED IN RULE 405 UNDER OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
(ii) ANY EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE RECEIVED BY THE
UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) ARE BEING ACQUIRED BY
THE UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) IN THE ORDINARY
COURSE OF BUSINESS OF THE UNDERSIGNED AND ANY BENEFICIAL
OWNER(S), (iii) THE UNDERSIGNED AND EACH BENEFICIAL OWNER
HAVE NO ARRANGEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING WITH ANY PERSON TO
PARTICIPATE IN A DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
SECURITIES ACT) OF EXCHANGE NOTES TO BE RECEIVED IN THE
EXCHANGE OFFER, (iv) THE UNDERSIGNED OR ANY SUCH BENEFICIAL
OWNER IS NOT ENGAGED IN, AND DOES NOT INTEND TO ENGAGE IN, A
DISTRIBUTION (WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT) OF SUCH
EXCHANGE NOTES AND (V) THE UNDERSIGNED IS NOT ACTING ON
BEHALF OF ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT COULD NOT TRUTHFULLY MAKE
THESE STATEMENTS. IF THE UNDERSIGNED IS A BROKER-DEALER, IT
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT WILL DELIVER A COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS IN
CONNECTION WITH ANY RESALE OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES.

     
All questions as to the form of documents, validity, eligibility
(including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of
tendered Outstanding Notes will be determined by the Company, in
its sole discretion, whose determination shall be final and
binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right,
in its sole and absolute discretion, to reject any and all
tenders determined by the Company not to be in proper form or
the acceptance of which, or exchange for, may, in the view of
the Company or its counsel, be unlawful.

     
All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall
survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every
obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon
the heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives,
trustees in bankruptcy, legal representatives, successors and
assigns of the undersigned.

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    Name(s) of Registered
    Holder(s):  

  
                                                                                                    Please
    Print

    

    Address(es):  

    

     

 Area
    Code and Tel. No(s): 
	 
	 
	 	 	
    x  
x  

    Signature(s) of Owner(s) or Authorized Signatory

    
 
	 

     
Must be signed by the registered holder(s) of the tendered
Outstanding Notes as their name(s) appear(s) on certificates for
such tendered Outstanding Notes, or on a security position
listing, or by person(s) authorized to become registered
holder(s) by endorsement and documents transmitted with this
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. If signature is by a trustee,
executor, administrator, guardian,
attorney-in-fact,
officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title below.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	Aggregate Principal	 	 
	Certificate No(s)	 	Amount Represented	 	Aggregate Principal
	(if available)	 	by Certificate	 	Amount Tendered
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

 

If Outstanding Notes will be delivered by book-entry transfer to
The Depository Trust Company, provide the following information:

 

 

Signature: ________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Account Number: ________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________

 

 

THE GUARANTEE ON THE REVERSE SIDE MUST BE COMPLETED

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    GUARANTEE
	
    (Not to be used for signature guarantee)
	 
	
    The undersigned, a firm or other entity identified in
    Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
    amended, as an “eligible guarantor institution,”
    including (as such terms are defined therein): (i) a bank;
    (ii) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker,
    municipal securities dealer, government securities broker,
    government securities dealer; (iii) a credit union;
    (iv) a national securities exchange, registered securities
    association or clearing agency; or (v) a savings
    association that is a participant in a Securities Transfer
    Association recognized program (each of the foregoing being
    referred to as an “Eligible Institution”), hereby
    guarantees delivery to the Exchange Agent, at one of its
    addresses set forth above, either certificates for the
    Outstanding Notes tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer,
    or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Outstanding
    Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository
    Trust Company (“DTC”), pursuant to the procedures for
    book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case
    together with one or more properly completed and duly executed
    Letter(s) of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or an
    Agent’s Message in lieu thereof) and any other documents
    required by the Letter of Transmittal, all within three
    (3) business days after the date of execution of this
    Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
	 
	
    The undersigned acknowledges that it must communicate the
    guarantee to the Exchange Agent and must deliver the Letter of
    Transmittal and certificates for the Outstanding Notes tendered
    hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period shown hereon
    and that failure to do so could result in a financial loss to
    the undersigned.
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	
    

     
                                                  Firm

    

    

     
                                             Address

    

    

     
                                             Zip
    Code	 	
    

     
                         Authorized
    Signature

    

    Name:  
                          (Please
    Type or Print)

    

    Title:  

     Dated:
                                                                                ,
    2005
	
    

    Area Code and Tel. No.: 
	 
	 
	 

     
DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR OUTSTANDING NOTES WITH THIS
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ACTUAL SURRENDER OF OUTSTANDING
NOTES MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO, AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY, A
PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND
ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENT.

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