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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
1440 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68131
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MAY 4, 1998
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will be held at Aksarben Coliseum, 6800 Mercy Road,
Omaha, Nebraska, on May 4, 1998 at 9:30 a.m. for the following purposes:
1. To elect directors.
2. To consider and act upon any other matters that may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 6, 1998 as
the record date for determining the shareholders having the right to vote at the
meeting or any adjournment thereof. A list of such shareholders will be
available for examination by a shareholder for any purpose germane to the
meeting during ordinary business hours at the offices of the Corporation at 1440
Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, Nebraska during the ten days prior to the meeting.
You are requested to date, sign and return the enclosed proxy which is
solicited by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and will be voted as
indicated in the accompanying proxy statement and proxy. A return envelope is
provided which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. If mailed
elsewhere, foreign postage must be affixed.
By order of the Board of Directors
FORREST N. KRUTTER, Secretary
Omaha, Nebraska
March 18, 1998
A SHAREHOLDER MAY REQUEST ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE MEETING FOR HIMSELF
OR HERSELF AND FAMILY MEMBERS BY COMPLETING AND PROMPTLY RETURNING TO THE
COMPANY THE TICKET INFORMATION ENVELOPE ACCOMPANYING THIS NOTICE. OTHERWISE,
ADMISSION TICKETS MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE MEETING BY PERSONS IDENTIFYING
THEMSELVES AS SHAREHOLDERS AS OF THE RECORD DATE. FOR A RECORD OWNER, POSSESSION
OF A PROXY CARD WILL BE ADEQUATE IDENTIFICATION. FOR A
BENEFICIAL-BUT-NOT-OF-RECORD OWNER, A COPY OF A BROKER'S STATEMENT SHOWING
SHARES HELD FOR HIS OR HER BENEFIT ON MARCH 6, 1998 WILL BE ADEQUATE
IDENTIFICATION.
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
1440 KIEWIT PLAZA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68131
PROXY STATEMENT
FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MAY 4, 1998
This statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board
of Directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (hereinafter "Berkshire" or the
"Corporation") of proxies in the accompanying form for the Annual Meeting of the
Shareholders to be held on Monday, May 4, 1998 and at any adjournment thereof.
This proxy statement and the enclosed form of proxy were first sent to
shareholders on or about March 18, 1998.
If the form of proxy enclosed herewith is executed and returned as
requested, it may nevertheless be revoked at any time prior to exercise by
filing an instrument revoking it or a duly executed proxy bearing a later date.
Solicitation of proxies will be made solely by mail at the Corporation's
expense. The Corporation will reimburse brokerage firms, banks, trustees and
others for their actual out-of-pocket expenses in forwarding proxy material to
the beneficial owners of its common stock.
As of the close of business on March 6, 1998, the record date for the Annual
Meeting, the Corporation had outstanding and entitled to vote 1,199,680 shares
(exclusive of 168,202 shares held in treasury) of Class A Common Stock
(hereinafter called "Class A Stock") and 1,245,081 shares (including 2,717
shares held by BankBoston as Agent for holders of unexchanged shares of
FlightSafety International, Inc. and International Dairy Queen, Inc.) of Class B
Common Stock (hereinafter called "Class B Stock"). Each share of Class A Stock
is entitled to one vote per share and each share of Class B Stock is entitled to
one-two-hundredth (1/200) of one vote per share on all matters submitted to a
vote of shareholders of the Corporation. The Class A Stock and Class B Stock
vote together as a single class. Only shareholders of record at the close of
business on March 6, 1998 are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting or at any
adjournment thereof.
The presence at the meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of Class
A Stock and Class B Stock holding in the aggregate a majority of the voting
power of the Corporation's stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business. A plurality of the votes properly cast for the
election of directors by the shareholders attending the meeting, in person or by
proxy, will elect directors to office. A majority of votes properly cast upon
any question other than election of directors shall decide the question.
Abstentions and broker non-votes will count for purposes of establishing a
quorum, but will not count as votes cast for the election of directors or any
other question and accordingly will have no effect.
Shareholders who send in proxies but attend the meeting in person may vote
directly if they prefer and withdraw their proxies or may allow their proxies to
be voted with the similar proxies sent in by other shareholders.
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1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
At the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, a Board of Directors consisting
of seven members will be elected, each director to hold office until a successor
is elected and qualified, or until the director resigns, is removed or becomes
disqualified.
Each of the current directors of the Corporation is a nominee for
reelection. Certain information with respect to nominees for election as
directors is contained in the following table:
WARREN E. BUFFETT, age 67, 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 43, 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 65, has been a director of the Corporation since 1991.
Mrs. Buffett has not been employed in the past five years.
MALCOLM G. CHACE, age 63, 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 74, 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 Companies, Inc.
RONALD L. OLSON, age 56, 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 66, 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 and Chief Executive Officer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., a
company engaged worldwide in construction, mining, energy and
telecommunications. He is also a director of Burlington Resources Inc.,
CalEnergy Company, Inc., Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises, Inc.,
ConAgra, Inc., RCN Corporation, Valmont Industries Inc., and U.S.
Bancorp.
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 1997
and is expected to render services in 1998. In January 1998, Mr. Olson and his
wife agreed to sell a home owned by them to MS Property Company, a subsidiary of
Wesco Financial Corporation, which is an 80.1% owned subsidiary of Berkshire,
and to purchase another home from MS Property Company. Both homes are located in
a community developed by MS Property Company. The values of the homes and terms
of the exchange were determined by Mr. Munger, approved by Wesco Financial
Corporation's board of directors and accepted by Mr. Olson.
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When the accompanying proxy is properly executed and returned, the
shares it represents will be voted in accordance with the directions indicated
thereon or, if no direction is indicated, the shares will be voted in favor of
the election of the seven nominees identified above. The Corporation expects
each nominee to be able to serve if elected, but if any notifies the Corporation
before this meeting that he or she is unable to do so, then the proxies will be
voted for the remainder of those nominated and, as designated by the Directors,
may be voted (i) for a substitute nominee or nominees, or (ii) to elect such
lesser number to constitute the whole Board as equals the number of nominees who
are able to serve.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS, COMMITTEES AND DIRECTORS COMPENSATION
Board of Directors' actions were taken in 1997 at the Annual Meeting of
Directors that followed the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and upon four
occasions by Directors' unanimous written consent. Each director attended all
meetings of the Board and of the Committees of the Board on which they served.
Mr. Scott is the member of the audit committee. The functions of the
audit committee are to select the independent auditors; review the results of
the annual audit; inquire into important internal control, accounting and
financial reporting matters; and report and make recommendations to the full
Board of Directors. The audit committee met twice during 1997. The Corporation
does not have standing nominating or compensation committees of the Board of
Directors.
Directors who are employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries do
not receive fees for attendance at directors' meetings. Directors who are not
employees receive a fee of $900 for each meeting attended in person and $300 for
participating in any meeting conducted by telephone. A director who serves as a
member of the audit committee receives additional fees of $1,000 quarterly.
Directors are reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending
meetings of directors or shareholders.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table discloses the compensation received for the three
years ended December 31, 1997 by the Corporation's Chief Executive Officer and
its other executive officers.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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NAME AND ANNUAL COMPENSATION OTHER
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PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY BONUS COMPENSATION
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Warren E. Buffett 1997 $100,000 -- $198,000(2)
Chief Executive Officer/ 1996 100,000 -- 167,300(2)
Chairman of the Board 1995 100,000 -- 224,100(2)
Marc D. Hamburg 1997 281,250 -- 9,500(3)
Vice President/Chief 1996 256,250 -- 7,500(3)
Financial Officer 1995 227,500 -- 7,500(3)
Charles T. Munger (1) 1997 100,000 -- 81,300(2)
Vice Chairman of the Board 1996 100,000 -- 65,000(2)
1995 100,000 -- 93,200(2)
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(1) Mr. Munger is compensated by a Berkshire subsidiary.
(2) Represents the value of directors' fees received by Mr. Buffett and Mr.
Munger in cash or deferred phantom equity interests from certain
non-subsidiary companies in which Berkshire has significant investments.
(3) Represents contribution to a subsidiary's defined contribution plan in
which Mr. Hamburg participates.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Berkshire's program regarding compensation of its executive officers is
different from most public corporations' programs. Mr. Buffett recommends to the
Board of Directors the amount of his proposed remuneration and he sets the
remuneration of Berkshire's other executive officers (including both salary and
bonus). Mr. Buffett has been paid an annual salary of $100,000 for each of the
last 17 years. Factors considered by the Board of Directors and Mr. Buffett are
typically subjective, such as their perception of the individual's performance
and any planned change in functional responsibility. Neither the profitability
of the Corporation nor the market value of its stock are considered in setting
executive officer remuneration (including both salary and bonus). Further, it is
the Corporation's policy that all compensation paid to its executive officers be
deductible under Internal Revenue Code Section 162(m).
Submitted by the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Board of Directors
Warren E. Buffett, Chairman Charles T. Munger
Susan T. Buffett Ronald L. Olson
Howard G. Buffett Walter Scott, Jr.
Malcolm G. Chace
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following chart compares the subsequent value of $100 invested in
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. common stock on December 31, 1992 with a similar
investment in the Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index and in the Standard and
Poor's Property - Casualty Insurance Index.
COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE RETURN*
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. $100 $139 $174 $275 $290 $391
S&P Property-Casualty Insurance Index ** 100 98 103 140 170 247
S&P 500 Index 100 110 112 153 189 252
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* Cumulative return for the Standard and Poor's indices based on
reinvestment of dividends.
** It would be difficult to develop a peer group of companies similar to
Berkshire. The Corporation owns subsidiaries engaged in a number of
diverse business activities of which the most important is the property
and casualty insurance business and, accordingly, management has used
the Standard and Poor's Property - Casualty Insurance Index for
comparative purposes.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
Warren E. Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire's Board of Directors, is an
employee of the Corporation. Charles T. Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire's
Board of Directors, is employed by a Berkshire subsidiary.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Warren E. Buffett, whose address is 1440 Kiewit Plaza, Omaha, NE 68131,
a nominee for director, is the only person known to the Corporation to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Corporation's Class A or Class B Stock.
Beneficial ownership of the Corporation's Class A and Class B Stock on February
28, 1998 by Mr. Buffett and by any other executive officers and directors of the
Corporation who own shares is shown in the following table:
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PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
PERCENTAGE OF AGGREGATE OF AGGREGATE
OF OUTSTANDING VOTING POWER ECONOMIC
SHARES STOCK OF OF CLASS A INTEREST
TITLE OF CLASS BENEFICIALLY RESPECTIVE AND OF CLASS A
NAME OF STOCK OWNED (1) CLASS (1) CLASS B (1) AND CLASS B (1)
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Warren E. Buffett Class A 478,232 (2) 39.9
Class B -- * 39.6 (3) 38.5
Susan T. Buffett Class A 36,981 (2) 3.1
Class B 6 (2) * 3.1 (3) 3.0
Howard G. Buffett Class A 14 *
Class B 24 * * *
Malcolm G. Chace Class A 13,030 (4) 1.1
Class B 62 (4) * 1.1 1.1
Marc D. Hamburg Class A -- *
Class B -- * * *
Charles T. Munger Class A 18,390 1.5
Class B -- * 1.5 1.5
Ronald L. Olson Class A 45 *
Class B -- * * *
Walter Scott, Jr Class A 100 (5) *
Class B -- * * *
Directors and
executive officers
as a group Class A 546,792 45.6
Class B 92 * 45.3 44.1
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* less than 0.1%.
(1) Beneficial owners exercise both sole voting and sole investment power
unless otherwise stated. Class A Stock is convertible into thirty shares
of Class B Stock at the option of the shareholder. As a result, pursuant
to Rule 13d-3(d)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, a
shareholder is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares of
Class B Stock which such shareholder may acquire upon conversion of the
Class A Stock. In order to avoid overstatement, the amount of Class B
Stock beneficially owned does not take into account such shares of Class
B Stock which may be acquired upon conversion (an amount which is equal
to 30 times the number of shares of Class A Stock held by a
shareholder). The percentage of outstanding Class B Stock is based on
the total number of shares of Class B Stock outstanding as of March 6,
1998 ( 1,245,081 shares) and does not take into account shares of Class
B Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Class A Stock.
(2) Includes 474,998 shares owned directly and beneficially by Warren E.
Buffett, and 3,234 shares owned by three trusts of which Mr. Buffett is
sole trustee but with respect to which Mr. Buffett disclaims any
beneficial economic interest. Mr. Buffett shares investment and voting
power with respect to 36,981 Class A shares and 6 Class B shares owned
by Susan T. Buffett
(3) Mr. and Mrs. Buffett have entered into a voting agreement with Berkshire
providing that, should the combined voting power of shares held by Mr.
and Mrs. Buffett and the trusts exceed 49.9% of Berkshire's total voting
power, they will vote those shares in excess of that percentage
proportionately with votes of the other Berkshire shareholders.
(4) Includes 471 Class A shares for which Mr. Chace has sole investment and
voting power. Also includes 12,399 Class A shares and 62 Class B shares
held by various trusts of which Mr. Chace is a trustee and 160 Class A
shares held by an estate for which Mr. Chace is an executor and for
which he has shared investment and voting power. Excluded are 987 Class
A shares in which Mr. Chace has a pecuniary interest but with respect to
which he possesses neither investment power nor voting power, and also
does not include 54 Class A shares owned by Elizabeth Z. Chace, wife of
Mr. Chace.
(5) Does not include 10 Class A shares owned by Suzanne M. Scott, wife of
Walter Scott, Jr.
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SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNER REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the
Corporation's officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent
of a registered class of the Corporation's equity securities, to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the New York Stock Exchange. Officers, directors and greater than
ten-percent shareholders are required by SEC regulation to furnish the
Corporation with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it,
or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were
required for those persons, the Corporation believes that during 1997 all filing
requirements applicable to its officers, directors, and greater than ten-percent
beneficial owners were complied with.
3. OTHER MATTERS
As of the date of this statement your management knows of no business to
be presented to the meeting that is not referred to in the accompanying notice,
other than the approval of the minutes of the last shareholders' meeting, which
action will not be construed as approval or disapproval of any of the matters
referred to in such minutes. As to other business that may properly come before
the meeting, it is intended that proxies properly executed and returned will be
voted in respect thereof at the discretion of the person voting the proxies in
accordance with the best judgment of the person voting the proxies.
Deloitte & Touche served as the Corporation's independent public
accountants for 1997. Representatives from that firm will be present at the
meeting of shareholders, will be given the opportunity to make a statement if
they so desire, and will be available to respond to any appropriate questions.
The Corporation has not selected auditors for the current year, since its normal
practice is for the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to make such
selection later in the year.
ANNUAL REPORT
The Annual Report to the Shareholders for 1997 accompanies this proxy
statement, but is not deemed a part of the proxy soliciting material. A COPY OF
THE 1997 FORM 10-K REPORT AS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION, EXCLUDING EXHIBITS, WILL BE MAILED TO SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT
CHARGE UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO: FORREST N. KRUTTER, SECRETARY, BERKSHIRE
HATHAWAY INC., 1440 KIEWIT PLAZA, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68131. SUCH REQUEST MUST SET
FORTH A GOOD-FAITH REPRESENTATION THAT THE REQUESTING PARTY WAS EITHER A HOLDER
OF RECORD OR A BENEFICIAL OWNER OF CLASS A OR CLASS B STOCK OF THE CORPORATION
ON MARCH 6, 1998. EXHIBITS TO THE FORM 10-K WILL BE MAILED UPON SIMILAR REQUEST
AND PAYMENT OF SPECIFIED FEES. THE 1997 FORM 10-K IS ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S WORLD WIDE WEB SITE (http://www.sec.gov).
PROPOSALS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Any shareholder proposal intended to be considered for inclusion in the
proxy statement for presentation at the 1999 Annual Meeting must be received by
the Corporation by November 18, 1998. The proposal must be in accordance with
the provisions of Rule 4a-8 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It is suggested the
proposal be submitted by certified mail -- return receipt requested.
By order of the Board of Directors
Omaha, Nebraska FORREST N. KRUTTER, Secretary
March 18, 1998
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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON MAY 4, 1998
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned hereby appoints Marc D. Hamburg and Walter Scott, Jr.,
or either of them, as proxies, with power of substitution to each proxy and
substitute, to vote the Class A Common Stock (CLA) and Class B Common Stock
(CLB) of the undersigned at the 1998 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Berkshire
Hathaway Inc. and at any adjournment thereof, as indicated on the reverse hereof
on the proposal for Election of Directors and as said proxies may determine in
the exercise of their best judgment on any other matters which may properly come
before the meeting.
IF PROPERLY EXECUTED AND RETURNED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS SPECIFIED
OR, IF NOT SPECIFIED, WILL BE VOTED FOR ELECTING ALL NOMINEES.
PLEASE SIGN ON REVERSE SIDE AND MAIL PROMPTLY
IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE
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1. Election of Directors:
NOMINEES: Warren E. Buffett, Charles T. Munger, Susan T. Buffett, Howard G.
Buffett, Malcolm G. Chace, Ronald L. Olson and Walter Scott, Jr.
[ ] FOR [ ] WITHHELD
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