0001193125-12-021926.txt : 20120124 0001193125-12-021926.hdr.sgml : 20120124 20120124170424 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-021926 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120124 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120124 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067983 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 470813844 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-164611 FILM NUMBER: 12542521 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NBH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067983 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 470813844 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3555 FARNAM STREET CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NBH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 FWP 1 d289912dfwp.htm FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-164611

Pricing Term Sheet

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Pricing Term Sheet

$1,100,000,000 1.90% Senior Notes due 2017

$600,000,000 3.40% Senior Notes due 2022

 

Issuer:

    Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Rating*

    Aa2/AA+/A+ (Stable/Negative/Stable)

Trade Date:

    January 24, 2012

Settlement Date:

    January 31, 2012 (T+5)

Bookrunners:

   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                    Incorporated

1.90% Senior Notes due 2017   

Principal Amount:

    $1,100,000,000

Maturity Date:

    January 31, 2017

Issue Price (Price to Public):

    99.995%

Gross Spread:

    32.5 bps

Proceeds to Issuer:

    $1,096,370,000

Interest Rate:

    1.90% per annum

Benchmark Treasury:

    0.875% due December 31, 2016

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

    0.901%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

    100 bps

Yield to Maturity:

    1.901%

Interest Payment Dates:

    Each January 31 and July 31, commencing July 31, 2012

Optional Redemption

    None

Minimum Denomination:

    $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

CUSIP:

    084670 BD9

ISIN:

    US084670BD98
3.40% Senior Notes due 2022   

Principal Amount:

    $600,000,000

Maturity Date:

    January 31, 2022

Issue Price (Price to Public):

    99.723%

Gross Spread:

    42.5 bps

Proceeds to Issuer:

    $595,788,000

Interest Rate:

    3.40% per annum

Benchmark Treasury:

    2.000% due November 15, 2021

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

    2.058%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

    137.5 bps

Yield to Maturity:

    3.433%

Interest Payment Dates:

    Each January 31 and July 31, commencing July 31, 2012

Optional Redemption

    None

Minimum Denomination:

    $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof

CUSIP:

    084670 BF4

ISIN:

    US084670BF47

 

*Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be revised or withdrawn at any time.

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling Goldman, Sachs & Co. toll-free at 1-866-471-2526 or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at 1-800-294-1322.