巴菲特致股东的信（1993年）⑪年度股东大会

The Annual Meeting

This year the Annual Meeting will be held at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Omaha at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 25, 1994. A record 2,200 people turned up for the meeting last year, but the theater can handle many more. We will have a display in the lobby featuring many of our consumer products - candy, spray guns, shoes, cutlery, encyclopedias, and the like. Among my favorites slated to be there is a See's candy assortment that commemorates Mrs. B's 100th birthday and that features her picture, rather than Mrs. See's, on the package.

年度股东大会

今年的股东会预计在 1994 年 4 月 25 日周一早上 9 点 30 分，在位于奥马哈市中心的奥芬剧院 Orpheum 召开，去年股东会参加人数又创新高，突破 2200 人，不过这个会场还可以容纳更多的人，会场中将展示我们所销售的许多产品，包含糖果、水枪、鞋子、刀叉、百科全书等，其中喜诗糖果为了庆祝 B 夫人 100 年生日所推出的纪念礼盒是我的最爱，不同于原本喜诗太太的画像，礼盒上所附的是 B 夫人的画像。

We recommend that you promptly get hotel reservations at one of these hotels: (1) The Radisson-Redick Tower, a small (88 rooms) but nice hotel across the street from the Orpheum; (2) the much larger Red Lion Hotel, located about a five-minute walk from the Orpheum; or (3) the Marriott, located in West Omaha about 100 yards from Borsheim's, which is a twenty-minute drive from downtown. We will have buses at the Marriott that will leave at 8:30 and 8:45 for the meeting and return after it ends.

我们建议大家最好先向以下旅馆预订房间：(1)Radisson-Redick 旅馆-就位在奥芬剧院对街拥有 88 个房间的一家小旅馆，(2)较大一点的 RedLion 旅馆-离奥芬剧院约五分钟路程，(3)Marriott 位在奥马哈西区，离波仙珠宝店约 100 公尺，开车到市中心约需 20 分钟，届时将会有巴士接送大家往返股东会会场。

An attachment to our proxy material explains how you can obtain the card you will need for admission to the meeting. With the admission card, we will enclose information about parking facilities located near the Orpheum. If you are driving, come a little early. Nearby lots fill up quickly and you may have to walk a few blocks.

后面附有股东会开会投票的相关资料，跟各位解释如何拿到入场所许的识别证，由于开会当天会场不好停车，如果你开车过来，记得早一点到，否则附近的车位很快就会停满，你可能就必须要停远一点，再走路过来。

As usual, we will have buses to take you to Nebraska Furniture Mart and Borsheim's after the meeting and to take you from there to downtown hotels or the airport later. Those of you arriving early can visit the Furniture Mart any day of the week; it is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and from noon to 5:30 p.m. on Sundays. Borsheim's normally is closed on Sunday but will be open for shareholders and their guests from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 24.

一如往年，会后我们备有巴士带大家到内布拉斯加家具店与波仙珠宝店或是到饭店与机场，我希望大家能有多一点的时间好好探索这两家店的奥妙，当然早几天到的股东也可利用假日逛逛家具店，周六从早上 10 点到下午5 点 30 分，周日则从中午开到下午 5 点 30 分，平时礼拜天不营业的波仙珠宝，在 4 月 24 号当天会特别为股东与来宾开放。

In past trips to Borsheim's, many of you have met Susan Jacques. Early in 1994, Susan was made President and CEO of the company, having risen in 11 years from a $4-an-hour job that she took at the store when she was 23. Susan will be joined at Borsheim's on Sunday by many of the managers of our other businesses, and Charlie and I will be there as well.

过去几年若你去过波仙，应该都碰到过苏珊·雅克斯(Susan Jacques)，23 岁那年她进入公司从 4 美元时薪的店员做起，经过 11 年的工作生涯，在 1994 年初 Susan 成为波仙珠宝公司的 CEO，周日 Susan 连同伯克希尔旗下许多经理人以及查理和我都会出席。

On the previous evening, Saturday, April 23, there will be a baseball game at Rosenblatt Stadium between the Omaha Royals and the Nashville Sounds (which could turn out to be Michael Jordan's team). As you may know, a few years ago I bought 25% of the Royals (a capital-allocation decision for which I will not become famous) and this year the league has cooperatively scheduled a home stand at Annual Meeting time.

在前一天 4 月 23 日，周六晚上，在 Rosenblatt 体育馆将会有一场奥马哈皇家队对 Nashville(就是乔丹后来加入的那只棒球队)，或许大家知道，几年前我个人买下皇家队 25%的股权(一个我自己不太好意思让大家知道的资金分配决策)，今年联盟特地将主场安排在伯克希尔股东年会期间。

I will throw the first pitch on the 23rd, and it's a certainty that I will improve on last year's humiliating performance. On that occasion, the catcher inexplicably called for my "sinker" and I dutifully delivered a pitch that barely missed my foot. This year, I will go with my high hard one regardless of what the catcher signals, so bring your speed-timing devices. The proxy statement will include information about obtaining tickets to the game. I regret to report that you won't have to buy them from scalpers.

我将会担任开场的首发投手，而我绝对保证将一雪去年差劲的表现，记得当时捕手突然向我做出投出下沉球的指示，我遵照指示投出却差点砸到我自己的脚，今年不管捕手做出什么暗号，我都将祭出个人最拿手的上飘速球，所以大家最好把测速器都带来，股东会资料将告诉大家如何取得入场的门票，大家千万不要向黄牛买门票。

Warren E. Buffett
Chairman of the Board
March 1, 1994

沃伦.巴菲特
董事会主席
1994年3月1日

Warren E. Buffett Chairman of the Board March 1, 1994

Warren E. Buffett
Chairman of the Board
March 1, 1994