-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Od73u9Rc/n0I/HUxyU19qi/AboC21+Ja5JvTvduK9sJTdWTKaFsm0y2HQh5VpiJp Ve6ifanamRWctgkZttUDuQ== /in/edgar/work/0000950144-00-012740/0000950144-00-012740.txt : 20001031 0000950144-00-012740.hdr.sgml : 20001031 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-00-012740 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20001019 FILED AS OF DATE: 20001030 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SHAW INDUSTRIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000089498 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [2273 ] IRS NUMBER: 581032521 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06853 FILM NUMBER: 749358 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 616 E WALNUT AVE STREET 2: P O DRAWER 2128 CITY: DALTON STATE: GA ZIP: 30722 BUSINESS PHONE: 7062783812 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 616 E WALNUT AVE STREET 2: P O DRAWER 2128 CITY: DALTON STATE: GA ZIP: 30720 COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067983 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6331 ]OWNER IRS NUMBER: 470813844 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1440 KIEWIT PLZ CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 BUSINESS PHONE: 4023461400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1440 KIEWIT PLAZA CITY: OMAHA STATE: NE ZIP: 68131 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NBH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980810 3 1 g64910e3.txt SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. / BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 1 - -------- FORM 3 - -------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2. Date of Event Requiring |4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | | | Statement | | | Berkshire Hathaway Inc. | (Month/Day/Year) | | |------------------------------------------| | Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) | | (Last) (First) (Middle) | October 19, 2000 |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date | | 1400 Kiewit Plaza |---------------------------| Person to Issuer | of Original | |------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) | | (Street) | Number of Reporting | | | | | Person, if an Entity |[ ] Director [X] 10% Owner | | | | (voluntary) | | | | | |[ ] Officer [ ] Other (specify| | | | | (give below) |-------------------------| | | | title below) | 7. Individual or Joint/ | | Omaha Nebraska 68131 | | --------------------------- | Group Filing (Check | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Applicable Line) | | (City) (State) (Zip) | | | | [ ] Form filed by | | | One Reporting | | | Person | | | [X] Form filed by | | | More than One | | | Reporting Person | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect | | (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial | | | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 5) | | | | (Instr. 5) | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | Common Stock | 2,194,200* | D | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | * See footnote (1) below | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Over)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. *If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). 2
FORM 3 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 1. Title of Derivative Security |2. Date |3. Title and Amount of |4. Conver- | 5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect| | (Instr. 4) | Exercisable and | Securities Underlying | sion or | ship | Beneficial Owner- | | | Expiration Date | Derivative Securities | Exercise | Form of | ship (Instr. 5) | | | (Month/Day/Year )| (Instr. 4) | Price of | Deriva- | | | | | | Deriva- | tive | | | | | | tive | Security:| | | | | | Security | Direct | | | |--------------------|--------------------------| | (D) or | | | | Date | Expira- | | Amount or | | Indirect | | | | Exercis-| tion | Title | Number of | | (I) | | | | able | Date | | Shares | | (Instr. | | | | | | | | | 5) | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | |---------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------|-----------|------------|-------------|---------------------| | | | | | | | | | - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) In connection with the proposed acquisition of Shaw Industries, Inc. ("Shaw") by an investor group led by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ("Berkshire"), Berkshire and SII Acquisition, Inc. ("SII"), which is currently wholly owned by Berkshire, have entered into (i) an Amended and Restated Voting Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2000 (the "Voting Agreement"), with each of Robert E. Shaw, the Julian D. Saul Family Trust, J.C. Shaw, Shaw Family Holdings, LLC, the Linda Saul Schejola Trust, Julius C. Shaw, Jr., R. Julian McCamy and Eleanor Shaw McCamy (collectively, the "Voting Agreement Shareholders"), and (ii) a Contribution and Participation Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2000 (the "Contribution Agreement"), with each of Robert E. Shaw, Anna Sue Shaw, Robert E. Shaw, Jr., Susan S. Young, Thomas Tripp Shaw, Lewis Clayton Shaw, Robert E. Shaw, L.P., the Julian D. Saul Family Trust, the Anita Saul Family Trust, the Little Family Limited Partnership, William C. Lusk, Vance D. Bell, Gerald Embry, Spright D. Holland, Kenneth G. Jackson, Jeffrey Todd Meadows, Percy D. Merritt, Henry H. Long and Julius C. Shaw, Jr. (collectively, the "Contribution Agreement Shareholders"). In addition to the 2,194,200 shares of Shaw common stock owned (through a wholly owned subsidiary) by Berkshire, as a result of the Voting Agreement and the Contribution Agreement, Berkshire, SII and Warren E. Buffett, who may be deemed to control Berkshire, may be deemed beneficial owners, for purposes of determining status as a 10% holder, of the 37,570,967 shares which are owned by all of the Voting Agreement Shareholders and the Contribution Agreement Shareholders combined. Berkshire and SII do not presently have any pecuniary interest in these shares of common stock. The Voting Agreement and the Contribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby have been previously disclosed in the Schedule 13D filed by Berkshire, SII and Mr. Buffett on October 30, 2000. (Please see the attached pages) October 30, 2000 --------------------------------- ---------------- ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal ** Signature of Reporting Person Date Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a) Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure.
3 JOINT FILER INFORMATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: SII Acquisition, Inc. Name: Warren E. Buffett Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza Address: 1440 Kiewit Plaza Omaha, Nebraska 68131 Omaha, Nebraska 68131 Designated Filer: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Designated Filer: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Date of Event Requiring Statement: October 19, 2000 Date of Event Requiring Statement: October 19, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SIGNATURES OF REPORTING PERSONS Berkshire Hathaway Inc. /s/ Marc D. Hamburg /s/ Warren E. Buffett - ---------------------------------- ------------------------------- By: Marc D. Hamburg Warren E. Buffett Its: Chief Financial Officer SII Acquisition, Inc. /s/ Marc D. Hamburg - ---------------------------------- By: Marc D. Hamburg Its: Vice President -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----