Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation Exchange Offer Instructions for 4.50% Senior Notes Due 2013

Summary

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation is offering to exchange $500 million of its 4.50% Senior Notes due 2013, which are registered and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., for any and all outstanding notes of the same series. Noteholders are instructed to tender their notes according to the terms in the prospectus and letter of transmittal. Participants must confirm they are not affiliates, are acting in the ordinary course of business, and are not distributing the notes. Broker-dealers must deliver the prospectus with any resale of the exchanged notes.

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EXHIBIT 4.11
 
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE CORPORATION
 
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
 
$500,000,000 principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Notes Due 2013
unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which have been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, for any and all 4.50% Senior Notes Due 2013,
unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
 
 
Instructions from Beneficial Owner
 
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal in connection with the offer by the Company to exchange the Exchange Notes for Outstanding Notes.
 
This will instruct you to tender the principal amount of Outstanding Notes indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.
 
The undersigned represents that (i) the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of the undersigned’s business, (ii) the undersigned is not engaging, does not intend to engage, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes, (iii) the undersigned is not an “affiliate,” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of the Company and (iv) the undersigned is not acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these statements. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it acknowledges that it will deliver a copy of the Prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes.
 
Sign Here
 
Signatures(s)


 

Securities which are to be tendered:
 
Tender all of the Outstanding Notes
 
Aggregate Principal Amount*
 
o  Outstanding Notes
 
Name(s) (Please Print)
 
Address
 
Zip Code
 
Area Code and Telephone No.
 
Dated: ­ ­, 2008
 
 
Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all of the Outstanding Notes listed are to be tendered.


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