Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Commences Registered Exchange Offers.OMAHA Omaha, city, United States Omaha (ō`məhä, –hô), city (1990 pop. 335,795), seat of Douglas co., E Nebr., on the west bank of the Missouri River; inc. 1857. , Neb. -- Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA, NYSE: BRKB) is a conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. Inc. ("Berkshire") and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation ("BHFC BHFC Backward Horizontal F Code ") today announced that they have commenced two separate registered exchange offers. The first is an offer to exchange up to $250,000,000 of BHFC's newly registered 5.40% Senior Notes due 2018 (the "2018 Exchange Notes") for an equal amount of its privately placed 5.40% Senior Notes due 2018 (the "2018 Original Notes"). The second is an offer to exchange up to $1,000,000,000 of BHFC's newly registered 4.000% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "2012 Exchange Notes," and together with the 2018 Exchange Notes, the "Exchange Notes") for an equal amount of its privately placed 4.000% Senior Notes due 2012 (the "2012 Original Notes," and together with the 2018 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. Berkshire and BHFC will accept for exchange any and all Original Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offers at 5:00 p.m., New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. time, on August 14, 2009, unless extended. The terms of the exchange offers and other information relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Berkshire and BHFC are set forth in prospectuses dated July 17, 2009. Copies of the prospectuses and the related letters of transmittal may be obtained from The Bank of New York Mellon The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK), is a global financial services company formed on 1 July 2007 as result of the merger of The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial Corporation. Trust Company, N.A., which is serving as the exchange agent for each of the exchange offers. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.'s address, telephone and facsimile number are as follows: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company Corporate Trust Dept. -- Reorganization Unit 101 Barclay Street, 7E New York, NY 10286 Phone: 212-815-3738 Fax: 212-298-1915 This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual 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 July 17, 2009, including any supplements thereto. |
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