Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-054877
Chunk: 30

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 30
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 entirely in response to sustained customer dissatisfaction and public pressure. 18In light of these risks, the Company must take immediate steps to assess potential shortcomings and allay these concerns. Resolved:Shareholders request the Board of Directors conduct an evaluation and issue a civil rights and non-discriminationreport within the next year, at reasonable cost and excluding proprietary and confidential information, evaluating how Berkshire Hathaway’s policies and Practices impact employees and prospective employees based on their race, color, religion (including religious views), sex, national origin, or political views and the risks those impacts present to Berkshire Hathaway’s business. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY FAVORS A VOTE AGAINSTTHE PROPOSAL FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: Berkshire’s Board recommends a “no” vote on this proposal. The Board believes that conducting an evaluation and issuing a civil rights and non-discriminationreport is not necessary or in the best interests of shareholders. Berkshire is mindful of and committed to compliance with all laws and monitors changes to its legal obligations. Berkshire’s Audit Committee has the duty and responsibility to discuss guidelines and policies governing the process by which senior management of the Company assesses and manages the Company’s exposure to risk, including social risks such as diversity. Berkshire’s approach is simple – follow the law and do the right thing. The proposal incorrectly asserts that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has stated that it maintains a “resource library” that promotes things like “unconscious bias” and learning about “social injustice.” Berkshire does not maintain such a library. 13https://www.viewpointdiversityscore.org/ 14https://www.viewpointdiversityscore.org/polling 15 https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/diversity-equity-dei-companies-blum-2040b173 16 https://econjwatch.org/articles/mckinsey-s-diversity-matters-delivers-wins-results-revisited 17 https://www.wsj.com/business/diversity-goals-are-disappearing-from-companies-annual-reports-459d1ef3 18 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13812241/american-brand-dei-rules-backlash.html 15

The Berkshire Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, applicable to directors, officers and employees of Berkshire and its subsidiaries, emphasizes, among other things, the commitment to ethics and compliance with government laws and regulations and provides standards for ethical and legal behavior of its employees, as well as providing a