Each of the current directors of the Corporation is a nominee for
reelection. Certain information with respect to nominees for election as
drectors is contained in the following table:

WARREN E. BUFFETT, age 69, has been a director of the Corporation since 1965 and
     has been its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 1970. Mr. Buffett
     is a controlling person of the Corporation. He is also a director of The
     Coca-Cola Company, The Gillette Company and The Washington Post
     Company.
 

HOWARD G. BUFFETT, age 45, has been a director of the Corporation since 1993.
     Mr. Buffett is Chairman of the Board of Directors of The GSI Group, a
     company primarily engaged in the manufacture of agricultural equipment.
     From 1992 until July 5, 1995, Mr. Buffett had been Vice President,
     Assistant to the Chairman and a Director of Archer Daniels Midland Company,
     a company engaged principally in the business of processing and
     merchandising agricultural commodities. He is also a director of Coca-Cola
     Enterprises Inc. and Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
 

SUSAN T. BUFFETT, age 67, has been a director of the Corporation since 1991.
     Mrs. Buffett has not been employed in the past five years.
 

MALCOLM G. CHACE, age 65, has been a director of the Corporation since 1992.
     In 1996 Mr. Chace was named Chairman of the Board of Directors of BankRI, a
     community bank located in the State of Rhode Island. Prior to 1996 Mr.
     Chace had been a private investor.
 

CHARLES T. MUNGER, age 76, has been a director and Vice Chairman of the
     Corporation's Board of Directors since 1978. He is Chairman of the Board of
     Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Wesco Financial Corporation,
     approximately 80%-owned by the Corporation. Mr. Munger is also Chairman of
     the Board of Directors of Daily Journal Corporation and a director of
     Costco Wholesale Corporation.
 

RONALD L. OLSON, age 58, was elected a director in 1997. For more than the past
     five years, he has been a partner in the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson
     LLP. He is also a director of Edison International, Western Asset Trust,
     Inc. and Pacific American Income Shares Inc.
 

WALTER SCOTT, JR., age 68, has been a director of the Corporation since 1988.
     For more than the past five years, he has been Chairman of the Board of
     Directors of Level 3 Communications, Inc., a successor to certain
     businesses of Peter Kiewit Sons' Inc. which is engaged in
     telecommunications and computer outsourcing. He is also a director of
     Burlington Resources Inc., Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc.,
     ConAgra, Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., RCN Corporation, U.S. Bancorp and
     Valmont Industries Inc.
 
 
 
 

   Warren E. Buffett and Susan T. Buffett are husband and wife. Howard G.
   Buffett is the son of Warren and Susan Buffett. Otherwise, there is no family
   relationship between any other officer or director of the Corporation.

   Ronald L. Olson, who was elected to the Board of Directors on July 31,
   1997, is a partner of the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP. Munger, Tolles
   & Olson LLP rendered legal services to the Company and its subsidiaries in 1999
   and is expected to render services in 2000.