BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 

NEWS RELEASE 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 28, 2008 

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Extends Expiration of  

Registered Exchange Offers to June 3, 2008 

Business Editors 

 

  OMAHA, NE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2008—Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 

(“Berkshire”) and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) today announced that they 

have extended the expiration date of two separate registered exchange offers to June 3, 2008.  The 

first is an offer to exchange up to $500,000,000 of BHFC’s newly registered 4.50% Senior Notes 

due 2013 (the “2013 Exchange Notes”) for an equal amount of its privately placed 4.50% Senior 

Notes due 2013 (the “2013 Original Notes”).  The second is an offer to exchange up to 

$1,500,000,000 of BHFC’s newly registered Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2011 (the “2011 

Exchange Notes” and together with the 2013 Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Notes”) for an equal 

amount of its privately placed Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2011 (the “2011 Original Notes” and 

together with the 2013 Original Notes, the “Original Notes”).  The Exchange Notes are 

substantially identical to the Original Notes, except that the Exchange Notes have been registered 

under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will not bear any legend restricting their transfer. 

 

  As of 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) yesterday, May 27, 2008, the original expiration date of these 

two exchange offers, approximately $245 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2013 

Original Notes and $1.48 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Original Notes had 

been tendered for exchange.  Berkshire and BHFC will accept for exchange any and all Original 

Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the new expiration date of the exchange offers at 

5:00 p.m. (Eastern time), on June 3, 2008, unless extended.  Berkshire and BHFC do not currently 

intend to extend these exchange offers any further. 

 

  The terms of the exchange offers and other information relating to Berkshire and BHFC are 

set forth in prospectuses dated April 28, 2008.  Copies of the prospectuses and the related letters of 

transmittal may be obtained from The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., which is serving as 

the exchange agent for each of the exchange offers.  The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.’s 

address, telephone and facsimile number are as follows: 

 

The Bank of New York Trust Company 

Corporate Trust Dept. — Reorganization Unit 

101 Barclay Street, 7E 

New York, NY 10286 

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  This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy or 

exchange the Exchange Notes or the Original Notes.  The exchange offers are made solely pursuant 

to the prospectuses dated April 28, 2008, including any supplements thereto. 

 

Contact 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Marc D. Hamburg, 402-346-1400