NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) March 8, 2016--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it has assigned its 'AA' senior unsecured debt ratings to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s (BRK) and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.'s proposed notes issuances. We expect BRK to be the guarantor of the notes issued under its subsidiary, Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. We expect BRK to use the majority of the net proceeds from the issuances to refinance existing debt, including a $10 billion credit facility it took in early 2016 to help finance the acquisition of Precision Castparts Corp., which closed on Jan. 29, 2016. We don't expect the group's credit protection measures to change materially. We continue to expect its consolidated funds from operations (FFO)-to-debt
