Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-054877
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Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 mechanism for reporting known or suspected ethical or legal violations. Berkshire’s Board does not believe that conducting an evaluation and issuing a civil rights and non-discriminationreport is a valuable use of time or resources and recommends that our shareholders vote against this proposal. Proxies given without instruction will be voted AGAINST this shareholder proposal.

| 5. | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL |

National Center for Public Policy Research, owner of shares of Berkshire Common Stock with a value in excess of $2,000 for at least three years intends to present for action at the meeting the following proposal. WHEREAS:The US Supreme Court ruled in SFFA v. Harvardthat discriminating on the basis of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. 19 Attorneys General of 13 States warned Fortune 100 companies that SFFAimplicates corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. 20 Prior legal advice regarding the legality of racially discriminatory programs has been called into question post- SFFA. 21 The Supreme Court ruled in Muldrow v. City of St. Louisthat Title VII of the Civil Rights Act protected against discriminatory job transfers 22and lowered the bar for employees to successfully sue their employers for discrimination. 23 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”) owns subsidiaries that may be engaging in unethical and illegal racial discrimination under the guise of DEI. For example: (1) GEICO includes on its website race-based employee resource groups; 24(2) Shaw Industries Group, Inc., also offers race-based employee groups, 25and has a supplier diversity program that tracks supplier spend on the basis of race and includes performance goals “set around increasing spend with diverse suppliers”; 26(3) Fruit of the Loom, Inc., includes increasing representation of “ethnically diverse talent” across the organization as one of its sustainability goals. 27 RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board of Directors oversee an independent racial discrimination audit analyzing Berkshire’s legal and reputational risks stemming from its subsidiaries’ race-based initiatives. A report on the audit, prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential or proprietary information, should be publicly disclosed on Berkshire’s website. SUPPORING STATEMENT: In 2023, a corporation was successfully sued for a single case of discrimination against a white employee resulting in an award of more than $25 million, 28and the risk of being sued for such discrimination appears only to be rising. 29Berkshire’s subsidiaries