berkshire hathaway June 20, 2005 Registered Exchange Offers Extended

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation have extended the expiration date of three registered exchange offers to June 24, 2005. The exchange offers allow holders to exchange privately placed notes for newly registered notes of equal amounts and substantially identical terms. As of the original June 20 expiration date, approximately $1.18 billion, $1.46 billion, and $977 million of the privately placed notes from 2008, 2010, and 2015, respectively, had been tendered for exchange. Berkshire and BHFC will accept any validly tendered notes by the new June 24 expiration date unless further extended.