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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:
2008 2007
Quarter High Low High Low
January — March ...................... $823 $636 $796 $727
April — June ......................... 713 552 779 731
July — September ..................... 667 529 885 753
October — December .................. 557 320 880 727
At January 31, 2009, there were 28 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 820 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 $2.15 per share during 2008 and $2.05 per share during 2007.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table and the footnote thereto set forth certain information as of December 28, 2008, concerning
compensation plans of the Company under which equity securities of the Company are authorized to be issued.
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 .................. 87,025 $581.17 275,500
Equity compensation plans not
approved by security
holders .................. — — —
Total .................. 87,025 $581.17 275,500
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 28,
2008, there were 9,775 shares of restricted stock outstanding under the 2005 – 2008 Award Cycle and 11,430
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. 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 28, 2008, there
were a total of 11,580 shares of restricted stock outstanding under special discretionary grants approved by the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. At December 28, 2008, a total of 133,815 shares of restricted
stock were available for future awards.
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, the Standard & Poor’s Publishing Index,
and a custom peer group index comprised of education companies. 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 Gannett Co., Inc., The McGraw-Hill
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