Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1440 Kiewit Plaza
Omaha, NE 68131

Omaha, Nebraska, June 21, 2000 - Warren E. Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYSE:BRK.A, BRK.B), expects to enter an Omaha hospital in the next month to undergo surgery to remove several benign polyps in his colon. The polyps were discovered on Monday when Mr. Buffett underwent a routine physical examination, which otherwise found him to be in excellent health. The surgery is expected to keep Mr. Buffett in the hospital for several days after which he expects to return quickly to work.

Berkshire Hathaway is releasing these facts to forestall the kind of false rumors about Mr. Buffett’s health that disrupted the market for its stock earlier this year.

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