3 1 g65913e3.txt SHAW INDUSTRIES, INC. 1 -------- ------------------------- FORM 3 OMB APPROVAL -------- OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: October 31, 2001 Estimated Average Burden Hours per response:.... 0.5 ------------------------- U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 | | | Shaw, Robert E.(1) | (Month/Day/Year) | Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) | |------------------------------------------| | | | (Last) (First) (Middle) | 11/30/2000 |-----------------------------------------------------------| | | |5. Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date | | |---------------------------| Person(s) to Issuer | of Original | |------------------------------------------|3. IRS Identification | (Check all applicable) | (Month/Day/Year) | | (Street) | Number of Reporting | | | | | Person, if an Entity |[X] Director [ ] 10% Owner | | | 616 East Walnut Avenue | (Voluntary) | | | | | |[X] Officer [X] Other (specify | | | | | (give below)(2)|-------------------------| | | | title below) |7. Individual or Joint/ | | | | Part of 10% Beneficial | Group Reporting (Check| | | | Owner Group | applicable line) | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | (City) (State) (Zip) | [ ] Form Filed by | | | One Reporting | | Dalton Georgia 30720 | Person | | | [X] Form Filed by | | | More than One | | | Reporting Person | | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities | 3. Ownership Form: | 4. Nature of Indirect | | (Instr. 3) | Beneficially Owned | Direct (D) or | Beneficial | | | (Instr. 4) | Indirect (I) | Ownership (Instr. 5) | | | | (Instr. 5) | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | Common Stock | 6,635,348 | D | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | Common Stock | 100,000 | I | By Partnership | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | Common Stock | 97,395 | I | By 401(k) | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | Common Stock | 567,840 | I | By Spouse | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | |----------------------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* If the form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). Page 1 of 8 2

Page 2 of 8 3 Name: Saul Family Holdings, LLC Address: c/o Shaw Industries, Inc. 616 East Walnut Avenue, Dalton, GA 30720 Designated Filer: Robert E. Shaw Issue and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Date of Event Reporting 11/30/2000 Statement: Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: Other (Part of 10% Beneficial Owner Group)

Signature: By: /s/ Robert R. Harlin Date: 12/11/00 ---------------------- ---------- Attorney-in-fact Page 3 of 8 4 Name: McCamy Capital, LLC Address: c/o Shaw Industries, Inc. 616 East Walnut Avenue, Dalton, GA 30720 Designated Filer: Robert E. Shaw Issue and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Date of Event Reporting 11/30/2000 Statement: Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: Other (Part of 10% Beneficial Owner Group)

Signature: By: /s/ Robert R. Harlin Date: 12/11/00 ---------------------- ---------- Attorney-in-fact Page 4 of 8 5 Name: Legacy Strata, LLC Address: c/o Shaw Industries, Inc. 616 East Walnut Avenue, Dalton, GA 30720 Designated Filer: Robert E. Shaw Issue and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Date of Event Reporting 11/30/2000 Statement: Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: Other (Part of 10% Beneficial Owner Group)

Signature: By: /s/ Robert R. Harlin Date: 12/11/00 ---------------------- ---------- Attorney-in-fact Page 5 of 8 6 Name: Club Development Associates, Inc. Address: Shaw Industries, Inc. 616 East Walnut Avenue, Dalton, GA 30720 Designated Filer: Robert E. Shaw Issue and Ticker Symbol: Shaw Industries, Inc. (SHX) Date of Event Reporting 11/30/2000 Statement: Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer: Other (Part of 10% Beneficial Owner Group)

Signature: By: /s/ Robert R. Harlin Date: 12/11/00 ---------------------- ---------- Attorney-in-fact Page 6 of 8 7 POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby authorizes Robert R. Harlin and Kenneth G. Jackson, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his, her or its behalf and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any Schedule 13E-3, Schedule 13D and Forms 3, 4, or 5, and any and all amendments thereto, of the undersigned relating to the undersigned's stockholdings in Shaw Industries, Inc., the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 19, 2000 by and among SII Acquisition Corp., Shaw Industries, Inc., and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and any related agreements, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the premises. Date: December 5, 2000 LEGACY STRATA, INC. By: /s/ J.C. SHAW ------------------------------- Name: J.C. Shaw Title: Manager SAUL FAMILY HOLDINGS, INC. By: /s/ JULIAN D. SAUL ------------------------------- Name: Julian D. Saul Title: Manager MCCAMY CAPITAL, LLC By: /s/ R. JULIAN McCAMY ------------------------------- Name: R. Julian McCamy Title: Manager Page 7 of 8 8 POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby authorizes Robert R. Harlin and Kenneth G. Jackson, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign on his, her, or its behalf and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any Schedule 13E-3, Schedule 13D and Forms 3, 4, or 5, and any and all amendments thereto, of the undersigned relating to the undersigned's stockholdings in Shaw Industries, Inc., the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 19, 2000 by and among SII Acquisition Corp., Shaw Industries, Inc., and Berkshire Hathaway Inc., and any related agreements, granting to such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the premises. Date: December 5, 2000 CLUB DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. By: /s/ MIKE SANDERS ------------------------------- Name: Mike Sanders Title: President Page 8 of 8

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