NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Aug. 7, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its 'AA' issue-level debt rating to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (BRK) new $750 million senior unsecured notes. BRK will use the net proceeds of this issuance for repayment of $750 million of floating-rate senior unsecured notes maturing on Aug. 15, 2014. BRK's adjusted financial leverage and fixed-charge coverage (excluding the separately rated subsidiaries Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. [formerly MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.] and Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, as well as the borrowings used to fund the finance operations of Vanderbilt Mortgage&Finance Inc. that are treated as operating leverage) are conservative. BRK's adjusted financial leverage was 9% and EBITDA fixed-charge coverage
