SEC Company Response from BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-A, BRK-B) (CIK 0001067983) (BRK-A) — May 13, 2005
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-A, BRK-B) (CIK 0001067983)
Date: May 13, 2005 · CIK: 0001067983 · Accession: 0000950129-05-005300
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File numbers found in text: 333-123935
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE CORPORATION
1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
May 13, 2005
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-4 (file no. 333-123935) filed
by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FINANCE
CORPORATION (the "Registrants")
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), the Registrants hereby respectfully request that the
effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement be accelerated to
4:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, or as soon thereafter as
possible.
The Registrants hereby confirm that they are aware of their obligations
under the Securities Act. The Registrants further acknowledge that:
(a) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission
from taking any action with respect to the filing;
(b) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the
Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing; and
(c) the Registrants may not assert this action as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.
It would be appreciated if the Commission's staff would advise the
Registrants' counsel, either Mary Ann Todd (213-683-9520) or J. Martin Willhite
(213-683-9282), by telephone upon the Registration Statement becoming effective
or if this timing presents a problem.
Very truly yours,
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation
By: /s/ Marc D. Hamburg By: /s/ Marc D. Hamburg
Marc D. Hamburg Marc D. Hamburg
Vice President and President
Chief Financial Officer
cc: Michael Reedich
Jeffrey Riedler
Division of Corporation Finance
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