Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-054877
Chunk: 32

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 32
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 have as many as 30,000 employees. 30Even if only a fraction of employees file suit, and only some of those prove successful, the cost to the subsidiaries could reach tens of billions of dollars. And that does not include non-employeesuits, such as from vendors negatively impacted by a subsidiary’s race-based policies. 19 https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/students-for-fair-admissions-inc-v-president-fellows-of-harvard-college/ 20https://ag.ks.gov/docs/default-source/documents/corporate-racial-discrimination-multistate letter.pdf 21 https://freebeacon.com/democrats/starbucks-hired-eric-holder-to-conduct-a-civil-rights-audit-the-policies-he blessed-got-the-coffee-maker-sued/ 22 https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-193_q86b.pdf 23 https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2024/06/quarterly-insights/supreme-court-lowers-the-bar; https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/17/supreme-court-just-made-easier-sue-employers-dei-policies/ 24 https://www.geico.com/about/diversity-and-inclusion/ 25https://shawinc.com/Diversity 26https://shawinc.com/shaw-suppliers/supplier-resources 27https://cdn.fotlinc.com/pdf/sustainability/2023-Fruitful-Futures-Annual-Sustainability-Summary.pdf 28 https://whyy.org/articles/starbucks-shannon-phillips-lawsuit-new-jersey-federal-judge/ 29See, e.g., cases set forth at https://aflegal.org/litigation/?datefilter=&orderby=woke-corporations. 30 https://www.marmon.com/about-us/ 16

Sensibly, many major companies have rolled back their DEI commitments and are laying off DEI departments. 31Alphabet and Meta cut DEI staff and DEI-relatedinvestments; 32Microsoft and Zoom laid off their entire DEI teams; 33Harley Davidson ceased its DEI efforts 34as did Jack Daniels. 35Since Muldrow, John Deere publicly halted DEI-relatedpolicies 36after Tractor Supply explicitly stated that it “eliminate[d] DEI roles and retire[d] our current DEI goals.” 37Notably