Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices

NEW YORK, Jan. 26  /PRNewswire/ -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.B) will replace Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE:BNI) in the S&P 100 and S&P 500 indices on a date to be announced. Burlington Northern Santa Fe is being acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in a deal expected to close next month, pending final approvals.

Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/.

Berkshire Hathaway is primarily engaged in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business, and is also engaged in a variety of other businesses. Headquartered in Omaha, NE, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty Insurance Sub-Industry index.

  Following is a summary of the changes:




                  S&P 100 INDEX  -  TBA
                  ---------------------
                           GICS ECONOMIC      GICS SUB-
              COMPANY          SECTOR         INDUSTRY
              -------       -------------      ---------
                                             Property &
             Berkshire                        Casualty
   ADDED      Hathaway      Financials        Insurance
   -----    ----------      ----------      -----------
            Burlington
              Northern
               Santa
  DELETED        Fe         Industrials      Railroads
  -------   -----------     -----------      ---------






                  S&P 500 INDEX  -  TBA
                  ---------------------
                           GICS ECONOMIC      GICS SUB-
              COMPANY          SECTOR         INDUSTRY
              -------       -------------      ---------
                                             Property &
             Berkshire                        Casualty
   ADDED      Hathaway      Financials        Insurance
   -----    ----------      ----------      -----------
            Burlington
              Northern
               Santa
  DELETED        Fe         Industrials      Railroads
  -------   -----------     -----------      ---------


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