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| <NonNumbericText> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 27pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Changes in issued and outstanding Berkshire common stock during the three years ended December 31, 2010 are shown in the table below.</font> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"> </font> </div> <div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> <tr> <td width="29%" valign="middle"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td width="1%" valign="middle"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Conversions of Class A common stock to Class B common stock and other</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(22,023</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">) </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">35,345,800</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="29%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; 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display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">744,701,300</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" width="29%" valign="top"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 18pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Shares issued in the acquisition of BNSF (See Note 2)</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">80,931</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">20,976,621</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="#cceeff"> <td align="left" width="29%" valign="top"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 18pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Conversions of Class A common stock to Class B common stock and other</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(188,752</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">) </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: -18pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Balance December 31, 2010</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </td> <td align="right" width="16%" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">947,460</font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="1%" valign="bottom"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0pt; display: block; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"> </font> </div> </td> <td align="left" width="7%" valign="bottom"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; 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