Form 8-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED) May 5, 2012

 

 

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-14905   47-0813844

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION

OF INCORPORATION)

  

(COMMISSION

FILE NUMBER)

  

(I.R.S. EMPLOYER

IDENTIFICATION NO.)

 

3555 Farnam Street  
Omaha, Nebraska   68131
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)   (ZIP CODE)

(402) 346-1400

REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On May 5, 2012, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders. The agenda items for the meeting are shown below along with the vote of Company’s Class A and Class B common stock voting together as a single class, with respect to each of the agenda items. There were two agenda items acted on at that meeting as follows: 1) Election of Directors; and 2) a shareholder proposal with respect to amending the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines to adopt and disclose a written and detailed succession planning policy. Berkshire’s shareholders reelected all of Berkshire’s directors in an uncontested election. Following are the votes cast for and against each director.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

 

      For      Against  

Warren E. Buffett

      697,967         8,616   

Charles T. Munger

      700,687         5,895   

Howard G. Buffett

      700,739         5,843   

Stephen B. Burke

      705,915         668   

Susan L. Decker

      699,875         6,708   

William H. Gates III

      705,515         1,068   

David S. Gottesman

      700,445         6,137   

Charlotte Guyman

      704,680         1,903   

Donald R. Keough

      704,461         2,121   

Thomas S. Murphy

      697,021         9,561   

Ronald L. Olson

      697,354         9,229   

Walter Scott, Jr.

      699,764         6,818   

The results of the vote on the shareholder proposal were as follows.

 

     For      Against      Abstain  

Proposal 2 – Shareholder proposal

      32,179         672,285         2,118   

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

May 8, 2012     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.
      /s/ Marc D. Hamburg
     

By: Marc D. Hamburg

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer