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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
During the quarter ended December 31, 2006, the Company purchased shares of its Class B Common Stock as set forth in
the following table:
Total Number of Maximum Number
Shares Purchased as of Shares That May
Total Number of Average Price Part of Publicly Yet Be Purchased
Period Shares Purchased Paid per Share Announced Plan* Under the Plan*
Oct. 2 Ó Nov. 1, 2006ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 0 Ì 0 542,800
Nov. 2 Ó Dec. 1, 2006 ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 65,800 $731.46 65,800 477,000
Dec. 2 Ó 31, 2006 ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 11,500 $732.66 11,500 465,500
Total ÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏÏ 77,300 $731.64 77,300
* On September 22, 2003, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase, on the open market or otherwise, up to
542,800 shares of its Class B Common Stock, and the existence of that authorization was disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 28, 2003. There is no expiration date for that authorization. All purchases made during the quarter ended December 31,
2006, were open-market transactions. Under the Company's Incentive Compensation Plan, the Compensation Committee may permit the recipient of a
vested award of restricted shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock to receive some or all of the value of the award in cash rather than in shares.
In addition, under the Company's Stock Option Plan, the holder of a vested stock option has the right to pay some or all of the exercise price of the option
by surrendering shares of the Company's Class B Common Stock owned by such holder. No conversions of vested restricted shares into cash or
surrenders of owned shares to pay for the exercise price of stock options occurred during the period covered by this table.
Performance Graph
The following graph is a comparison of the yearly percentage change in the Company's cumulative total shareholder return with the
cumulative total return of the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index and the Standard & Poor's Publishing Index. The Standard & Poor's
500 Stock Index is comprised of 500 U.S. companies in the industrial, transportation, utilities and financial industries, and is weighted
by market capitalization. The Standard & Poor's Publishing Index is comprised of Dow Jones & Company, Gannett Co., Inc., Knight-
Ridder, Inc. (through the date of its acquisition by The McClatchy Company in June 2006), The McGraw-Hill Companies, Meredith
Corporation, The New York Times Company and Tribune Company, and also is weighted by market capitalization. The graph reflects
the investment of $100 on December 31, 2001, in the Company's Class B Common Stock, the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index
and the Standard & Poor's Publishing Index. For purposes of this graph, it has been assumed that dividends were reinvested on the
date paid in the case of the Company and on a quarterly basis in the case of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Standard &
Poor's Publishing Index.
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December 31 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
The Washington Post Company 100.00 140.49 151.87 190.14 149.26 146.97
S&P 500 Index 100.00 77.90 100.25 111.15 116.61 135.03
S&P Publishing Index 100.00 106.55 126.59 122.94 107.27 123.70
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