BNI Burlington Northern Santa FE Corp.

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 ------- ----------- ----------- --------- About Standard & Poor's Index Services Standard & Poor's Index Services, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor needs. Over $1 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed stock market index, the S&P Global 1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline indices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with approximately 11,000 constituents, and the S&P GSCI, the industry's most closely watched commodities index. For more information, please visit http://www.standardandpoors.com/indices. About Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for nearly 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit http://www.standardandpoors.com/. DATASOURCE: Standard & Poor's CONTACT: David M. Blitzer, Ph.D., Managing Director & Chairman of the Index Committee, +1-212-438-3907 Web Site: http://www.standardandpoors.com/

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