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Berkshire Hathaway shareholder proposals
What shareholders asked Berkshire Hathaway to do, and how the funds inside American retirement plans voted on it — with the filing behind every vote.
3 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should the gap between Berkshire Hathaway’s top executive pay and its typical worker’s pay count for something?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the ratio between its highest-paid executive and its median employee — and, in the versions filed as a “pay ratio factor”, to take that ratio into account when the board sets executive pay rather than treating it as a footnote.
“Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company disclose the highest NEO's pay ratio.”
0 of 18 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Fund | AGAINST | 47,422,707 |
| Vanguard 500 Index Fund | AGAINST | 43,178,192 |
| Fidelity 500 Index Fund | AGAINST | 22,982,113 |
| Vanguard Value Index Fund | AGAINST | 13,115,539 |
| Vanguard Institutional Index Fund | AGAINST | 11,345,977 |
| Vanguard Balanced Index Fund | AGAINST | 993,563 |
| Nuveen Large Cap Value Index Fund | AGAINST | 771,055 |
| T. Rowe Price U.S. Equity Research Fund | AGAINST | 376,508 |
The same proposal was put to Comcast, Gilead Sciences, Comcast.
3 May 2025 · put on the ballot by shareholder · Pay equity & inclusion
Should the gap between Berkshire Hathaway’s top executive pay and its typical worker’s pay count for something?
Shareholders asked the company to disclose the ratio between its highest-paid executive and its median employee — and, in the versions filed as a “pay ratio factor”, to take that ratio into account when the board sets executive pay rather than treating it as a footnote.
“Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company disclose the highest NEO's pay ratio.”
0 of 3 funds we track voted for it.
| Fund | Vote | Shares voted |
|---|---|---|
| JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund | AGAINST | 2,804,472 |
| 500 Index Trust | AGAINST | 382,083 |
| AMG Yacktman Fund | AGAINST | 270,000 |
The same proposal was put to Comcast, Gilead Sciences, Comcast.
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