EXHIBIT 4.13
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE
CORPORATION
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
$1,000,000,000 principal amount of its
4.60% Senior Notes Due 2013
unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway
Inc., which have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, for any and all
4.60% Senior Notes Due 2013,
unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway
Inc.
,
2008
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your
consideration are the Prospectus,
dated ,
2008 (as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to
time, the “Prospectus”), and the related Letter of
Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitutes the
“Exchange Offer”), in connection with the offer by
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), to exchange the Company’s new
4.60% Senior Notes Due 2013 (the “Exchange Notes”)
which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), for any and all of the
Company’s outstanding 4.60% Senior Notes Due 2013 (the
“Outstanding Notes”), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will
expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time,
on ,
2008, unless extended (the “Expiration
Date”).
We are holding
Outstanding Notes for your account. An exchange of the Outstanding
Notes can be made only by us and pursuant to your instructions. The
Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only
and cannot be used by you to exchange the Outstanding Notes held by
us for your account. The Exchange Offer provides a procedure for
holders to tender by means of guaranteed delivery.
We request information
as to whether you wish us to exchange any or all of the Outstanding
Notes held by us for your account upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Exchange Offer.
Your attention is
directed to the following;
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The
forms and terms of the Exchange Notes are the same in all material
respects as the forms and terms of the Outstanding Notes (which
they replace), except that the Exchange Notes have been registered
under the Securities Act. The Exchange Notes will bear interest
from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has
been paid on the Outstanding Notes or, if no interest has been
paid, from May 13, 2008.
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Based on an interpretation by the
staff of the Division of Corporation Fi
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