BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE, LLC POWER OF ATTORNEY February 12, 2010
Exhibit
24.1
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
February
12, 2010
WHEREAS, on February 12, 2010,
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 2, 2009, by
and among Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (the “Company”), Berkshire
Hathaway Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Berkshire”), and R
Acquisition Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company wholly owned by
Berkshire (the “Merger
Subsidiary”), the Company merged with and into the Merger Subsidiary,
with the Merger Subsidiary surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire
(the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, upon consummation of
the Merger, the Merger Subsidiary changed its name to “Burlington Northern Santa
Fe, LLC” (“BNSF”);
WHEREAS, BNSF, as the
successor to the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
post-effective amendments (the “Post-Effective
Amendments”) to the Company’s registration statements on Form S-8 having
the following file numbers (the “Registration
Statements”):
333-135897
333-135894
333-135893
333-133434
333-118732
333-108384
333-59854
333-77615
333-19241
333-03277
333-03275
033-63255
033-63253
033-63249
033-63247
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033-62945
033-62941
033-62943
033-62939
033-62937
033-62825
033-62827
033-62829
033-62831
033-62833
033-62835
033-62837
033-62839
033-62841
033-62823
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WHEREAS, upon the completion
of filing the foregoing Post-Effective Amendments, BNSF will cause to be
deregistered all shares of the Company’s common stock under the above
Registration Statements which remain unsold as of the effective time of the
Merger; and
WHEREAS, the undersigned serve
BNSF in the capacities indicated.
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Xxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx as his or her lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of
substitution and reconstitution, to act on behalf of the undersigned, in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, and to sign his or her name, in the
capacity or capacities set forth below, to the Post-Effective Amendments to the
Registration Statements set forth above, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
confirms all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may or shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power
of Attorney has been executed by the undersigned this 12th day of February,
2010.
/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
President,
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer) and Manager
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer) and
Manager
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxx
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxx
X. Xxx
Executive
Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and Manager
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
Executive
Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Manager
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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/s/
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Executive
Vice President Law and Secretary
and
Manager
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Vice
President and Controller
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