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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
See the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements at January 3, 2010, and for the periods then ended, together
with the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP thereon and the information contained in Note R to said Consolidated
Financial Statements titled “Summary of Quarterly Operating Results and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited),” which are
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and listed in the index to financial information on page 37 hereof.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Not applicable.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was performed by the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive
Officer (the Company’s principal executive officer) and the Company’s Senior Vice President–Finance (the Company’s
principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), as of January 3, 2010. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief
Executive Officer and Senior Vice President–Finance have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures, as designed and implemented, are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the
Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated and
communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President–Finance, in a manner
that allows timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management’s report set forth on page 53 is incorporated herein by reference.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended January 3,
2010, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information contained under the heading “Executive Officers” in Item 1 hereof and the information contained under
the headings “Nominees for Election by Class A Shareholders,” “Nominees for Election by Class B Shareholders,” “Audit
Committee” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in the definitive Proxy Statement for the
Company’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is incorporated herein by reference thereto.
The Company has adopted codes of conduct that constitute “codes of ethics” as that term is defined in paragraph (b)
of Item 406 of Regulation S-K and that apply to the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller and to any persons performing similar functions. Such codes of conduct are
posted on the Company’s Internet website, the address of which is www.washpostco.com, and the Company intends to
satisfy the disclosure requirements under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K with respect to certain amendments to, and waivers of the
requirements of, the provisions of such codes of conduct applicable to the officers and persons referred to above by
posting the required information on its Internet website.
In addition to the certifications of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer filed as exhibits to
this Annual Report on Form 10-K, on May 22, 2009, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer submitted to the New York
Stock Exchange the annual certification regarding compliance with the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards
required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
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