It seems to me that the realities of stock options can be summarized quite simply: If options aren"t a form of compensation, what are they? If compensation isn"t an expense, what is it? And, if expenses shouldn"t go into the calculation of earnings, where in the world should they go?
总而言之,个人对于认股权的看法可以归纳为以下简单几点。如果认股权不算是对经理人的一种报酬的话,那么它又算是什么? 而如果一家公司可以不必把报酬列为是一种费用的话,那么它又算是什么? 又如果一家公司可以不必把费用列入盈余计算的话,那么它到底又跑到哪里去了呢?
The accounting profession and the SEC should be shamed by the fact that they have long let themselves be muscled by business executives on the option-accounting issue. Additionally, the lobbying that executives engage in may have an unfortunate by-product: In my opinion, the business elite risks losing its credibility on issues of significance to society - about which it may have much of value to say - when it advocates the incredible on issues of significance to itself.
会计学者以及证管会应该对于选择权会计长期受到企业牵制而感到羞愧,此外企业长期不遗余力的游说也会产生相当不良的副作用,个人认为,企业人士竟会为了一己之私利而干冒为社会尽一份心力、失去重大议题公信力的风险。
Miscellaneous其它事项
We have two pieces of regrettable news this year. First, Gladys Kaiser, my friend and assistant for twenty-five years, will give up the latter post after the 1993 annual meeting, though she will certainly remain my friend forever. Gladys and I have been a team, and though I knew her retirement was coming, it is still a jolt.
今年我们有两件遗憾的消息,首先Gladys Kaiser我个人的朋友同时也是我25年的助理决定在1993年股东会后,辞去后面那项职务,虽然她永远都是我的好朋友,长久以来Gladys与我已培养出相当好的团队默契,虽然我老早就知道她准备退休的计画,但一时之间我还是不太能够接受这项事实。
Secondly, in September, Verne McKenzie relinquished his role as Chief Financial Officer after a 30-year association with me that began when he was the outside auditor of Buffett Partnership, Ltd. Verne is staying on as a consultant, and though that job description is often a euphemism, in this case it has real meaning. I expect Verne to continue to fill an important role at Berkshire but to do so at his own pace. Marc Hamburg, Verne"s understudy for five years, has succeeded him as Chief Financial Officer.
第二去年九月Verne McKenzie辞去在本公司长达30年的财务长职位,早期Verne曾担任巴菲特合伙企业的签证会计师,不过他将以顾问的名义继续留在Berkshire,虽然在大部分的情形下,这种顾问名义只是形式性的,但Verne却是真的会在Berkshire扮演重要的角色,只是会稍做调整以符合他本身的步调,而跟在Verne已有五年之久的Marc Hamburg,将会接替Verne担任Berkshire财务长的位置。
I recall that one woman, upon being asked to describe the perfect spouse, specified an archeologist: "The older I get," she said, "the more he"ll be interested in me." She would have liked my tastes: I treasure those extraordinary Berkshire managers who are working well past normal retirement age and who concomitantly are achieving results much superior to those of their younger competitors. While I understand and empathize with the decision of Verne and Gladys to retire when the calendar says it"s time, theirs is not a step I wish to encourage. It"s hard to teach a new dog old tricks.
我一直记得有个女人曾经被问到什么样的男人是最理想的终身伴侣,她回答说:「考古学家!因为我越老,他就越对我有兴趣。」我想她也应该会喜欢我的品味,对于Berkshire这群老早就超过他们退休年龄的资深经理人,我特别珍惜,因为相较之下他们远比那些年轻许多的同侪表现要出色的多,不过我还是相当尊重Verne与Gladys决定退休的想法,时间到了就必须休息,当然我也绝对不鼓励其它人这样做,因为实在很难教新狗老把戏。
I am a moderate in my views about retirement compared to Rose Blumkin, better known as Mrs. B. At 99, she continues to work seven days a week. And about her, I have some particularly good news.
对于退休年龄的看法比起B太太我可算是温和的多,现年99岁的她还是一样每周工作七天,提到她我有一项好消息要报告。
You will remember that after her family sold 80% of Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) to Berkshire in 1983, Mrs. B continued to be Chairman and run the carpet operation. In 1989, however, she left because of a managerial disagreement and opened up her own operation next door in a large building that she had owned for several years. In her new business, she ran the carpet section but leased out other home-furnishings departments.
大家应该记得当B太太家族在1983年买NFM 80%的股权卖给Berkshire时, B太太还是继续留下来担任负责人并经营地毯生意,然而在1989年,她因为管理意见与其它家族成员不合而决定在隔壁自己再开一家店,在那里她亲自经营地毯生意,至于家具的部份则租给其它家具百货业者经营。
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