Company: BRK-A
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-054877
Chunk: 36

Company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 process by which senior management of the Company and the relevant departments of the Company assess and manage the Company’s exposure to risk, including diversity and inclusion. Further, to ensure long-term success for our shareholders, Berkshire encourages its leaders to execute policies and strategies that are tailored to the unique aspects of their business. The policies and practices adopted by Berkshire’s operating subsidiaries are appropriately established to reflect business needs. Since Berkshire’s Audit Committee Charter already includes a review of policies and guidelines related to diversity, further designation of a Board committee to oversee the Company’s diversity and inclusion strategy is unnecessary. Accordingly, the Board recommends that our shareholders vote against this proposal. Proxies given without instruction will be voted AGAINST this shareholder proposal. 40 https://www.asyousow.org/report-page/2023-capturing-the-diversity-benefit 41https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380115625_ENHANCING_ORGANIZATIONAL_PERFORMANCE_THROUGH_ DIVERSITY_AND_INCLUSION_INITIATIVES_A_META-ANALYSIS 42https://www.americanbanker.com/diversity-&-inclusion-yields-strongest-returns; https://www.pwc.com/us/en/governance-insights-center/annual-corporate-directors-survey/assets/pwc-2017-annual-corporate--directors--survey.pdf; https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-17/when-companies-improve-their-diversity-stock-prices-get-a-boost 43https://www.wsj.com/articles/berkshire-hathaway-owned-mortgage-lender-settles-redlining-allegations-11658940230; https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Geico-pays-6M-to-settle-insurance-discrimination-6465467.php 18

| 7. | SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL |

As You Sow Foundation, owner of shares of Berkshire Common Stock with a value in excess of $15,000 for at least two years intends to present for action at the meeting the following proposal. WHEREAS:The United States is facing a nationwide, climate-related insurance crisis. Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 exceeded $100 billion for the fourth consecutive year. 44These growing losses have translated into dramatic insurance cost increases. Premiums nationwide rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, with prices increasing at a rate 40% faster than inflation. 45Insurance coverage