EXHIBIT 4.20
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED
DELIVERY
for Tender of
5.40% Senior Notes Due 2018
of Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corporation,
unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway
Inc.
As set forth in the
Exchange Offer (as defined below), this Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery (or a facsimile hereof) or one substantially equivalent
hereto or the electronic form used by The Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”) for this purpose must be used to accept the
Exchange Offer of certificates for 5.40% Senior Notes Due 2018 (the
“Outstanding Notes”) of Berkshire Hathaway Finance
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
not immediately available to the registered holder of such
Outstanding Notes, or if a participant in DTC is unable to complete
the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis of
Outstanding Notes to the account maintained by J.P. Morgan
Trust Company, National Association (the “Exchange
Agent”) at DTC, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on ,
2008, unless extended (the “Expiration Date”). This
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (or a facsimile hereof) or one
substantially equivalent hereto may be delivered by mail
(registered or certified mail is recommended), by facsimile
transmission, by hand or overnight carrier to the Exchange Agent.
See “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering
Outstanding Notes” in the Prospectus (as defined below).
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in the Exchange Offer.
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange
Offer is:
The Bank of New York
Trust
Corporate Trust
Dept. — Reorganization Unit
101 Barclay Street, 7E
New York, NY 10286
Phone: 212-815-3738
Fax: 212-298-1915
Delivery of this Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery to an address other than as set forth above
or transmission of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery via a
facsimile number other than the number listed above will not
constitute a valid delivery.
This Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a
signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed
by an Eligible Institution (as defined therein) under the
instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the
applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of
Transmittal.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby
tenders to Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), the aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Notes indicated below pursuant to the
guaranteed delivery procedures and upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Prospectus
dated ,
2008 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
the “Prospectus”) and in the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitute the
“Exchange Offer”), receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.
The undersigned hereby
represents, warrants and agrees that the undersigned has full power
and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign, and transfer the
tendered Outstanding Notes and that the Company will acquire good,
marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all
liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances when the tendered
Outstanding Notes are acquired by the Company as contemplated
herein, and the tendered Outstanding Notes are not subject to any
adverse claims or proxies. The undersigned warrants and agrees that
the undersigned and each Beneficial Owner will, upon request,
execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company
or the Exchange Agent to be necessary or desirable to
