In a preliminary proxy statement filed this morning with the SEC, Berkshire gives notice that a special meeting of shareholders will be held at 9:30a on Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at Omaha’s Holland Performing Arts Center.     

Shareholders are being asked to approve a 50-for-1 split of Berkshire’s Class B shares, without splitting the higher-priced Class A shares.

That split would bring Class B shares down from about $3300 each (at today’s price) to roughly $66 each.

In an interview with CNBCjust after the Burlington deal was announced about a month ago, Buffett told us:

“I’m not big on stock splits. But by having this split, it enables anybody that has as little as one share of BNSF to opt for the tax-free exchange… So those small shareholders can have exactly the same availability that otherwise would only have been available to a big shareholder.”

So what?

Well in my opinion this is good news for option sellers. Why? Because Berkshire is a good stable stock. Not volatile and now well priced to sell options on. I am going to be keeping an eye on this one. Who knows? It might become on of my favorite stocks to do income strategies on. Time will tell.

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