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2011 Q1 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000010488912000006 Filed on February 29, 2012

Income Statement

Concept	2011 Q1	2010 Q4	2010 Q3
Revenue	$1.182B	$1.184B	$1.194B
YoY Change	-0.34%		7.65%
Cost Of Revenue	$422.1M	$479.5M	$483.4M
YoY Change	-10.06%		4.65%
Gross Profit	$662.5M	$704.0M	$705.9M
YoY Change	-7.6%		9.12%
Gross Profit Margin	56.04%	59.48%	59.14%
Selling, General & Admin	$457.7M	$471.9M	$480.4M
YoY Change	-7.23%		1.96%
% of Gross Profit	69.09%	67.03%	68.06%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$63.70M	$60.75M	$60.87M
YoY Change	-9.26%		-20.84%
% of Gross Profit	9.61%	8.63%	8.62%
Operating Expenses	$457.7M	$471.9M	$480.4M
YoY Change	-18.57%		-12.16%
Operating Profit	$151.0M	$137.5M	$167.6M
YoY Change	-2.5%		67.59%
Interest Expense	$7.693M	$7.633M	$7.598M
YoY Change	-185.48%		-122.22%
% of Operating Profit	5.09%	5.55%	4.53%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$2.157M	$12.49M	-$3.807M
YoY Change	-182.96%		-3907.0%
Pretax Income	$146.4M	$145.1M	$158.8M
YoY Change	2.13%		291.17%
Income Tax	$68.20M	$59.40M	$56.70M
% Of Pretax Income	46.6%	40.95%	35.7%
Net Earnings	$78.99M	$61.15M	$92.14M
YoY Change	-3.32%		432.57%
Net Earnings / Revenue	6.68%	5.17%	7.72%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$9.42	$6.85	$10.00
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$9.42	$6.84	$10.00
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	8.336M shares	8.839M shares	9.126M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	8.385M shares	8.904M shares	9.193M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2011 Q1	2010 Q4	2010 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$811.5M	$977.3M	$1.052B
YoY Change	-1.95%		16.34%
Cash & Equivalents	$437.7M	$577.9M	$659.0M
Short-Term Investments	$373.8M	$399.5M	$392.5M
Other Short-Term Assets	$68.64M	$74.70M	$108.7M
YoY Change	-39.69%		62.24%
Inventory	$4.984M	$5.600M	$9.100M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$379.5M	$402.1M	$374.9M
Other Receivables	$33.30M	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.362B	$1.460B	$1.544B
YoY Change	-1.89%		9.42%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.201B	$1.185B	$1.176B
YoY Change	-3.14%		-4.93%
Goodwill	$1.376B
YoY Change	-1.61%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$31.60M	$45.00M	$42.30M
YoY Change	-42.23%		-23.51%
Other Assets	$56.94M	$467.2M	$497.5M
YoY Change	-87.86%		43.7%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.796B	$3.663B	$3.686B
YoY Change	-0.04%		0.67%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$1.362B	$1.460B	$1.544B
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.796B	$3.663B	$3.686B
Total Assets	$5.158B	$5.122B	$5.230B
YoY Change	-0.54%		3.11%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$626.2M	$623.2M	$552.3M
YoY Change	12.73%		1.1%
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$3.000M	$3.000M	$3.000M
YoY Change	-3.23%		-3.23%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.008B	$1.108B	$1.027B
YoY Change	1.89%		-1.96%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$396.7M	$396.5M	$396.4M
YoY Change	0.11%		0.05%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$119.0M	$407.1M	$423.1M
YoY Change	-71.6%		1.1%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$515.7M	$803.6M	$819.5M
YoY Change	-36.75%		0.59%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$1.008B	$1.108B	$1.027B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$515.7M	$803.6M	$819.5M
Total Liabilities	$2.326B	$2.320B	$2.258B
YoY Change	4.06%		2.3%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$4.520B
YoY Change
Common Stock	$20.00M
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$2.158B
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$2.814B	$2.802B	$2.972B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$5.158B	$5.122B	$5.230B
YoY Change	-0.54%		3.11%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2011 Q1	2010 Q4	2010 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$78.99M	$61.15M	$92.14M
YoY Change	-3.32%		432.57%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$63.70M	$60.75M	$60.87M
YoY Change	-9.26%		-20.84%
Cash From Operating Activities	$150.2M	$226.2M	$138.6M
YoY Change	1.62%		-37.34%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$84.50M	-$74.40M	-$49.80M
YoY Change	12.97%		-2.16%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$5.000M	-$1.200M	$22.40M
YoY Change	-128.9%		-1118.18%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$79.50M	-$75.50M	-$27.50M
YoY Change	-13.59%		-48.31%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-176.5M	-238.8M	-19.80M
YoY Change	116.3%		10.61%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	150.2M	226.2M	138.6M
Cash From Investing Activities	-79.50M	-75.50M	-27.50M
Cash From Financing Activities	-176.5M	-238.8M	-19.80M
Net Change In Cash	-105.8M	-88.10M	91.30M
YoY Change	310.08%		-39.17%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$150.2M	$226.2M	$138.6M
Capital Expenditures	-$84.50M	-$74.40M	-$49.80M
Free Cash Flow	$234.7M	$300.6M	$188.4M
YoY Change	5.44%		-30.76%

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CY2011	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	<p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">1. </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;margin-left:0px;">The Washington Post Company, Inc. (the “Company”) is a diversified education and media company. The Company's Kaplan subsidiary provides a wide variety of educational services, both domestically and outside the United States. The Company's media operations consist of the ownership and operation of cable television systems, newspaper publishing (principally The Washington Post), and television broadcasting (through the ownership and operation of six television broadcast stations).</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">Education</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">—Kaplan, Inc. provides an extensive range of educational services for students and professionals. Kaplan's various businesses comprise four categories: Higher Education, Test Preparation, Kaplan International and Kaplan Ventures.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">Media</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">—The Company's diversified media operations consist of cable television operations, newspaper publishing and television broadcasting.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0px;">Cable television.</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Cable ONE provides cable services that include basic video, digital video, high-speed data and telephone service in the midwestern, western and southern states of the United States.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0px;">Newspaper publishing</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">. </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">Washington Post Media </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">publishes The Washington Post (</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">the Post), which is the largest and most widely circulated morning daily and Sunday newspaper, primarily distributed by home delivery in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area (including large portions of Maryland and northern Virginia). Washington Post Media also produces washingtonpost.com, an Internet site that features news and information products, as well as the</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> full editorial content of the</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> Post. Through the Company's other newspaper publishing businesses, the Company also publishes weekly publications and tabloids distributed within the Washington, DC, metropolitan area and elsewhere, and produces other websites.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin-left:0px;">Television broadcasting</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">.</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">The Company owns six VHF television stations located in Houston, TX; Detroit, MI; Miami, FL; Orlando, FL; San Antonio, TX; and Jacksonville, FL. Other than the Company's Jacksonville station, WJXT, the Company's television stations are affiliated with one of the major national networks.</font></p>
CY2011	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">Use of Estimates</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making estimates, actual results reported in future periods may be affected by changes in those estimates. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions. </font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p>
CY2011	us-gaap	Fiscal Period FiscalPeriod	<p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0px;">Fiscal Year</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">—In 2011, the Company changed its fiscal year from a 52</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> to </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">53</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">-</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">week fiscal year ending on the Sunday nearest December 31 to a quarterly month end, with the new fiscal year ending on December 31 of each year. Fiscal year 2011, which ended on December 31, 2011, included approximately 52 weeks. The fiscal years 2010 and 2009, which ended on January 2, 2011, and January 3, 2010, respectively, included 52 and 53 weeks, respectively. Subsidiaries of the Company report on a calendar-year basis, with the exception of most of the newspaper publ</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">ishing operations, which report</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;"> on a 52 to 53-week fiscal year ending on the Sunday nearest December 31</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;">.</font></p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p><p style='margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt'> </p>
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Graham Holdings Co Stock $ghc