700,000,000 4.75% Senior Notes Due 2012 $800,000,000 Floating Rate Senior Notes Due 2008 Unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest (including special interest, if any) byExchange and Registration Rights Agreement • August 9th, 2005 • Berkshire Hathaway Inc • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to the Purchaser (as defined herein) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Senior Notes due May 15, 2012 (the “2012 Notes”) and $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due May 16, 2008 (the “2008 Notes” and, together with the 2012 Notes, the “Notes”), which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest (including special interest, if any) by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”).
