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SHAW INDUSTRIES INC.
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RECORD DATE SHARES:
With- For All
For hold Except
1. Election of four Class III Directors : [ ] [ ] [ ]
William C. Lusk, Jr., W. Norris Little
Robert R. Harlin, Roberto Garza
(Instruction: To withhold authority to vote for any nominee, mark the
"For All Except" box and strike a line through the nominee's name in
the list provided above.)
Form Against Abstain
2. Proposal to adopt 2000 stock incentive plan: [ ] [ ] [ ]
3. In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote on such other
business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s).
This Proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the voting thereof.
Mark box at right if address change has been noted on the
reverse side of this card. [ ]
Please be sure to sign and date this Proxy. Date: April , 2000
Shareholder sign here Co-owner sign here
DETACH CARD
SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.
Dear Shareholder:
Please take note of the important information enclosed with this Proxy Card.
There are a number of issues related to the management and operation of your
Company that require your immediateattention and approval. These are
discussed in detail in the enclosed proxy materials.
Your vote counts, and you are strongly encouraged to exercise your right to
vote your shares.
Please mark the boxes on the proxy card to indicate how your shares should be
voted. Then sign and date the card, detach it and return your proxy vote in
the enclosed postage paid envelope.
Your vote must be received prior to the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, April
27, 2000.
Thank you in advance for your prompt consideration of these matters.
Sincerely,
/s/ ROBERT E. SHAW
Robert E. Shaw
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
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PROXY PROXY
SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC.
This Proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the 2000 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement and does hereby appoint Robert E.
Shaw and J.C. Shaw, and either of them, with full power of substitution, as
proxy or proxies of the undersigned to represent the undersigned and to vote
all shares of Shaw Industries, Inc. Common Stock which the undersigned would
be entitled to vote if personally present at the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders of Shaw Industries, Inc., to be held at the administrative
offices of the Company, 616 East Walnut Avenue, Dalton, Georgia at 11:00
o'clock a.m., on April 27, 2000 and at any adjournment(s) thereof:
IF NO PREFERENCE IS INDICATED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" ALL OF THE
NOMINEES AND "FOR" PROPOSAL 2.
Important:Please sign this Proxy exactly as your name or names appear
thereon. If shares are held by more than one owner, each must sign.
Executors, administrators, trustees or guardians, and others signing in a
representative capacity should give their full titles.
HAS YOUR ADDRESS CHANGED?
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