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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:
Quarter High Low High Low
2007 2006
January — March ....... $796 $727 $805 $717
April — June. .......... 779 731 815 737
July — September ....... 885 753 780 690
October — December . . . . 880 727 766 713
At January 31, 2008, there were 29 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 848 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 $2.05 per share during 2007 and $1.95 per share during 2006.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table and the footnote thereto set forth certain information as of December 30, 2007, concerning
compensationplansoftheCompanyunderwhichequitysecuritiesoftheCompanyareauthorizedtobeissued.
Number of Securities to
Be Issued Upon
Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and
Rights
Weighted-Average Exercise
Price of Outstanding Options
Warrants and Rights
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Reflected in
Column (a))
Plan Category (a) (b) (c)
Equity compensation plans
approved by security holders . . 92,275 $606.89 287,500
Equity compensation plans not
approved by security holders . . — — —
Total................. 92,275 $606.89 287,500
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 30, 2007, there were 11,315 shares of restricted stock outstanding under the 2005 — 2008 Award
Cycle and 12,610 shares of restricted stock outstanding under the 2007 — 2010 Award Cycle that had been
awarded to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries under that Plan, and 137,365 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 30, 2007, there were a total of
10,555 shares of restricted stock outstanding under special discretionary grants approved by the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors.
2007 FORM 10-K 33