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Issuer:     BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC (BRK-B)
CIK:        0001067983
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-212148
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Berkshire Hathaway discloses CFO succession, annual meeting results
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- Charles C. Chang to succeed Marc Hamburg as CFO on June 1, 2026; annual salary $8M.
- Hamburg retirement benefit: up to 30 flight hours/year on NetJets through 2037, cost ~$490k/yr plus tax gross-up.
- All 13 director nominees elected; shareholder proposal on human-capital management defeated (65k for, 367k against).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed 403k-30k; shareholders recommend triennial frequency (288k for 3 years).
- Bylaws amended to update officer roles and responsibilities, effective May 3, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526212148/0001193125-26-212148-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1067983/000119312526212148/d74313d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-212148

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