0001193125-22-099502.txt : 20220408 0001193125-22-099502.hdr.sgml : 20220408 20220408060759 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-22-099502 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220408 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220408 FILER: 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: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14905 FILM NUMBER: 22815312 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 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001274791 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 450524698 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38989 FILM NUMBER: 22815313 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1440 KIEWITT PLAZA CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 8-A12B 1 d312288d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   47-0813844
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   45-0524698
(State of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3555 Farnam Street

Omaha, Nebraska 68131

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

  

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

1.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (and the guarantee of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. related thereto)   New York Stock Exchange LLC
2.000% Senior Notes due 2034 (and the guarantee of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. related thereto)   New York Stock Exchange LLC

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), please check the following box.   ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), please check the following box.   ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.   ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

333-262384

333-262384-01

(If applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The securities to be registered hereunder are the 1.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and the 2.000% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”) of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (the “Company”) and the guarantee (the “Guarantee” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) of each of the 2030 Notes and the 2034 Notes by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire” and together with the Company, the “Registrants”). The Registrants have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a prospectus supplement dated March 8, 2022 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to a prospectus dated January 28, 2022 (the “Prospectus”) contained in the Registrants’ effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-262384 and 333-262384-01) (the “Registration Statement”), which Registration Statement was filed with the Commission on January 28, 2022, relating to the Securities. The Registrants incorporate by reference the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement to the extent set forth below.

 

Item 1.

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information contained in the sections captioned “Description of the Notes and Guarantees” in the Prospectus Supplement and “Description of the Debt Securities” in the Prospectus.

 

Item 2.

Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   

Exhibit Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of January 28, 2022, by and among Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-262384 and 333-262384-01) filed with the Commission on January 28, 2022).
4.2    Officers’ Certificate of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, dated as of March 18, 2022, including the form of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation’s 1.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 18, 2022).
4.3    Officers’ Certificate of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, dated as of March 18, 2022, including the form of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation’s 2.000% Senior Notes due 2034 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 18, 2022).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
By:    

/s/ Marc D. Hamburg

 

Name: Marc D. Hamburg

Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Marc D. Hamburg

 

Name: Marc D. Hamburg

Title: President

Date: April 8, 2022