Summary of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC

ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 5, 2012, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of shareholders. The agenda items for the meeting are shown below along with the vote of Company's Class A and Class B common stock voting together as a single class, with respect to each of the agenda items. There were two agenda items acted on at that meeting as follows: 1) Election of Directors; and 2) a shareholder proposal with respect to amending the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines to adopt and disclose a written and detailed succession planning policy. Berkshire's shareholders reelected all of Berkshire's directors in an uncontested election. Following are the votes cast for and against each director.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors



                                              For        Against
                    Warren E. Buffett        697,967        8,616
                    Charles T. Munger        700,687        5,895
                    Howard G. Buffett        700,739        5,843
                    Stephen B. Burke         705,915          668
                    Susan L. Decker          699,875        6,708
                    William H. Gates III     705,515        1,068
                    David S. Gottesman       700,445        6,137
                    Charlotte Guyman         704,680        1,903
                    Donald R. Keough         704,461        2,121
                    Thomas S. Murphy         697,021        9,561
                    Ronald L. Olson          697,354        9,229
                    Walter Scott, Jr.        699,764        6,818

The results of the vote on the shareholder proposal were as follows.

For Against Abstain Proposal 2 - Shareholder proposal 32,179 672,285 2,118