EXHIBIT 99.2 GENERAL RE CORPORATION PROXY FOR COMMON STOCK SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS SEPTEMBER 18, 1998 The undersigned stockholder of General Re Corporation ("General Re") hereby appoints Ronald E. Ferguson, James E. Gustafson, Charles F. Barr, Elizabeth A. Monrad and Robert D. Graham, as attorneys, agents, and proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution in each of them, to vote, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned at the Special Meeting of Stockholders (the "Special Meeting") of General Re to be held on September 18, 1998 at 10:00 a.m., at Financial Centre, 695 East Main Street, Stamford, Connecticut, and at all adjournments thereof, all of the shares of Common Stock of General Re which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present, with all powers the undersigned would possess if personally present. PROPOSAL: To approve and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Mergers dated June 19, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement") by and between General Re and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Berkshire"), and to approve the transactions contemplated thereby, including either the merger of General Re with Steven Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Merger Sub B"), pursuant to a Plan of Merger between General Re, NBH, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Merger Sub B, or the Alternative Transaction (as defined in the Proxy Statement) involving the merger of General Re with a subsidiary of Berkshire pursuant to a plan of Merger between General Re, Berkshire and such subsidiary. [_] FOR [_] AGAINST [_] ABSTAIN The undersigned hereby acknowledged receipt of the Notice of Special Meeting and the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (the "Proxy Statement") dated August 13, 1998 relating to the Special Meeting. ALL SHARES WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED. IF THE PROXY IS SIGNED AND SENT BUT NO CHOICE IS SPECIFIED, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED FOR APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT. SHARES WILL BE VOTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING FOR WHICH DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY MAY BE GRANTED. PROXIES NOT RECEIVED OR VOTES TO ABSTAIN WILL BE TREATED AS VOTES AGAINST THE PROPOSALS. Any of said proxies or their substitutes who shall be present and act, or if only one shall attend, then that one, shall have and may exercise all the powers of said proxies hereunder. Dated: _______________________ , 1998 _____________________________________ (SIGNATURE) _____________________________________ (JOINT OWNER'S SIGNATURE) Please sign exactly as your name appears. When signing as an attorney, guardian, executor, administrator, or trustee, please give title. If the signer is a corporation, please give the full corporate name, and sign by a duly authorized officer showing the officer's title. EACH joint owner is required to sign. PLEASE EXECUTE AND RETURN THIS PROXY PROMPTLY. YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.