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leased back a portion of this building to house its accounting, production and distribution departments. The lease on this
space will expire in 2007 but is renewable for two 5-year periods at Newsweek's option.
Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation owns two wharves and several warehouses in Alexandria, Virginia. These
facilities are adjacent to the business district and occupy approximately seven acres of land. Robinson also owns two
partially developed tracts of land in Fairfax County, Virginia, aggregating about 20 acres. These tracts are near
The
Washington Post
's Virginia printing plant and include several warehouses. In 1992 Robinson purchased approximately 23
acres of undeveloped land on the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland, for the possible construction of additional
warehouse capacity.
Kaplan owns a total of eight buildings, including a six-story building located at 131 West 56th Street in New York City,
which serves as an educational center primarily for international students, and a 2,300 square foot office condominium in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina which it utilizes for its Test Prep business. Kaplan also owns a 15,000 square foot three-story
building in Berkeley, California utilized for its Test Prep and English Language Training businesses; a 39,000 square foot
four-story brick building and a 19,000 square foot two-story brick building in Lincoln, Nebraska which are used by the
Lincoln School of Commerce; a 25,000 square foot one-story building in Omaha, Nebraska used by the Nebraska
College of Business; a 131,000 square foot five-story brick building in Manchester, New Hampshire used by Hesser
College; and an 18,000 square foot one-story brick building in Dayton, Ohio used by the Ohio Institute of Photography
and Technology. Kaplan's distribution facilities for most of its domestic publications are located in a 169,000 square foot
warehouse in Aurora, Illinois which has been rented under a lease which expires in 2010. Kaplan's headquarters offices
are located at 888 Seventh Avenue in New York City, where Kaplan rents space on three floors under a lease which
expires in 2017. All other Kaplan facilities in the United States and overseas (including administrative offices and
instructional locations) occupy leased premises.
The offices of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive occupies 85,000 square feet of office space in Arlington, Virginia
under a lease which expires in 2010. Express Publications Company subleases part of this space.
Greater Washington Publishing's offices are located in leased space in Fairfax, Virginia.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The Company, its wholly owned subsidiary The Gazette Newspapers, Inc. (now Post-Newsweek Media, Inc.), and the
Washington Suburban Press Network, Inc. (a corporation jointly owned by Post-Newsweek Media and another media
investor) were parties to an antitrust lawsuit filed in February 2001 by the owners of several local Maryland newspapers
in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. This suit alleged violations of the Sherman Act, the Clayton
Act and the Maryland Antitrust Act and asserted state law claims for unfair competition, breach of contract and tortuous
interference. The allegations largely stemmed from the Gazette's acquisition of the
Southern Maryland Newspapers
in
2001 and Press Network's treatment of newspapers published by certain of the plaintiffs in connection with membership in
the network and the placement of newspaper advertising. The District Court granted summary judgment for defendants on
all of plaintiffs' claims in August 2002, which ruling was affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit in August 2003.
The class action lawsuit filed against Kaplan, Inc. in December 2002 in the Superior Court of the State of California,
County of Alameda, which alleged violations of the California wage and hour laws, among other things, was settled in July
2003.
The Company and its subsidiaries are also defendants in various other civil lawsuits that have arisen in the ordinary course
of their businesses, including actions alleging libel, invasion of privacy and violations of applicable wage and hour laws.
While it is not possible to predict the outcome of these lawsuits, in the opinion of management their ultimate disposition
should not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, liquidity or results of operations of the Company.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
20 THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY