巴菲特致股东的信-1996年

Buffett's Letters To Berkshire Shareholders 1996
巴菲特致股东的信1996年
Our gain in net worth during 1996 was $6.2 billion, or 36.1%. Per-share book value, however, grew by less, 31.8%, because the number of Berkshire shares increased: We issued stock in acquiringFlightSafety International and also sold new Class B shares.* Over the last 32 years (that is, since present management took over) per-share book value has grown from $19 to $19,011, or at a rate of 23.8% compounded annually.
1996年本公司的净值成长了36.1%，约62亿美元，不过每股净值仅成长了31.8%，原因在于去年我们以发行新股的方式并购了国际飞安公司，同时另外还追加发行了一些B级普通股*，总计过去32年以来，也就是自从现有经营阶层接手之后，每股净值由当初的19元成长到现在的19,011美元，年复合成长率约为23.8%。
Each Class B share has an economic interest equal to 1/30th of that possessed by a Class A share, which is the new designation for the only stock that Berkshire had outstanding before May 1996. Throughout this report, we state all per-share figures in terms of"Class A equivalents," which are the sum of the Class A shares outstanding and 1/30th of the Class B shares outstanding.
* B级普通股拥有A级普通股三十分之一的权利，这是从1996年五月开始伯克希尔新增的股份类型，在年报中所谓的每股数字系以A级普通股约当数为基础，亦即全部流通在外的A级普通股数加上流通在外的B级普通股数的三十分之一。