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PART II
Item 5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information and Holders
The Company's Class B Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ""WPO.'' The
Company's Class A Common Stock is not publicly traded.
The high and low sales prices of the Company's Class B Common Stock during the last two years were:
2006 2005
Quarter High Low High Low
January Ó MarchÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ $805 $717 $963 $880
April Ó June ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 815 737 900 814
July Ó SeptemberÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 780 690 900 787
October Ó December ÏÏÏ 766 713 806 717
At January 31, 2007, there were 30 holders of record of the Company's Class A Common Stock and 916 holders of
record of the Company's Class B Common Stock.
Dividend Information
Both classes of the Company's Common Stock participate equally as to dividends. Quarterly dividends were paid at the
rate of $1.95 per share during 2006 and $1.85 per share during 2005.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table and the footnote thereto set forth certain information as of December 31, 2006, concerning
compensation plans of the Company under which equity securities of the Company are authorized to be issued.
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Number of Securities to Future Issuance Under
Be Issued Upon Equity Compensation
Exercise of Outstanding Weighted-Average Exercise Plans (Excluding
Options, Warrants and Price of Outstanding Options Securities ReÖected in
Rights Warrants and Rights Column (a))
Plan Category (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders 109,175 $714.79 286,875
Equity compensation plans not approved by security
holders ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ Ì Ì Ì
Total ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 109,175 $714.79 286,875
This table does not include information relating to restricted stock grants awarded under The Washington Post Company Incentive
Compensation Plan, which plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company. At December 31, 2006, there were 12,275 shares
of restricted stock outstanding under the 2003Ó2006 Award Cycle and 12,280 shares of restricted stock outstanding under the 2005Ó2008
Award Cycle that had been awarded to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries under that Plan, and 156,625 shares of restricted
stock were available for future awards. In addition, the Company has from time to time awarded special discretionary grants of restricted stock
to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. At December 31, 2006, there were a total of 4,800 shares of restricted stock outstanding
under special discretionary grants approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.
28 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY