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
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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 | ||||||