Item 8.01 Other Events.
On June 19, 2019, Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (BHFC) issued (i) £1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.375%
Senior Notes due 2039 and (ii) £750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.625% Senior Notes due 2059 ((i) and (ii) collectively, the Notes) under a registration statement on Form
S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on January 28, 2019 (Registration
No. 333-229396)
(the Registration Statement). The Notes, which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Berkshire), were sold pursuant to an underwriting
agreement entered into on June 12, 2019, by and between (a) BHFC and Berkshire and (b) Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
The Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of January 26, 2016, by and among Berkshire, BHFC and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
(the Indenture) and (i) an officers certificate dated as of June 19, 2019 by BHFC with respect to its 2.375% Senior Notes due 2039 (the 2039 Notes Officers Certificate) and (ii) an officers
certificate dated as of June 19, 2019 by BHFC with respect to its 2.625% Senior Notes due 2059 (the 2059 Notes Officers Certificate and, together with the 2039 Notes Officers Certificate, the Officers
Certificates).
The relevant terms of the Notes and the Indenture are further described under the caption Description of the Notes and
Guarantees in the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, dated June 12, 2019, filed with the Commission by Berkshire on June 13, 2019, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act and in the section entitled
Description of the Debt Securities in the base prospectus relating to debt securities of BHFC, dated January 28, 2019, included in the Registration Statement, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.
A copy of the Indenture is set forth in Exhibit 4.1 of the Registration Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of 2039 Notes Officers
Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the 2059 Notes Officers Certificate is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3 and is incorporated herein by reference. The descriptions of the Indenture,
the Officers Certificates and the Notes in this report are summaries and are qualified in their entirety by the terms of the Indenture, the Officers Certificates and the Notes, respectively.