The first page of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s 1997 Chairman's Letter to Shareholders as originally posted on the Internet at approximately 9:00a.m eastern time contained an error. The error arose during the process of posting the letter and was corrected on the Internet at about 10:00a.m eastern time. Any printed copies of the Chairman's letter made prior to 10:00a.m should be discarded and replaced with the version of the letter which was posted at 10:00a.m . The 1997 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual report which includes the Chairman's letter can be accessed via http://www.berkshirehathaway.com.

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