Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation $500,000,000 2.45% Senior Notes due 2015 Unconditionally Guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • December 15th, 2010 • Berkshire Hathaway Inc • Fire, marine & casualty insurance • New York
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), proposes to issue and sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Underwriter”), $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.45% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of February 1, 2010 (including the terms of the Notes to be established pursuant thereto, the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Each of such Notes will have the benefit of an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee (the “Guarantee”) as to the payment of principal and interest from the Guarantor. The Notes and the Guarantee are referred to collectively in this Agreement as the “Securities”.
