The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway

Warren Buffett: We had by a 45 to one vote we had people which actually surprised me. The shareholders present to do not send in a proxy or wish to withdraw a proxy previously sent in. You may vote in person on the election of directors and other matters to be considered at this meeting. There were 857,848 shares of class A Berkshire Hathaway common stock outstanding with each share entitled to one vote on motions considered at this Meeting. Of that number 601,494 class A shares and 682,365,717 class B shares are represented at this meeting by proxies returned through Thursday evening May 1st. That number represents a quorum and we will therefore directly proceed with the