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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-159326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRK-B"
cik: "0001067983"
company_name: "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:41:49.858682+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Berkshire issues six tranches of senior notes: ¥265.3B yen notes plus 2B and 5B tranches

## Summary
- Issued ¥128.9B 2.077% notes due 2029, ¥86.8B 2.465% due 2031, ¥22.3B 2.739% due 2033, and ¥27.3B 3.084% due 2036.
- Also issued 2,000,000,000 3.452% notes due 2041 and 5,000,000,000 4.037% notes due 2056 (currency not specified in filing).
- Notes sold via underwriting with Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Merrill Lynch International.
- Issued under existing Form S-3 shelf registration (No. 333-284622); proceeds for general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-159326
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRK-B
- cik: 0001067983
- company_name: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526159326/0001193125-26-159326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526159326/d903301d8k.htm

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