Graham Holdings Co

The Company’s Class B Common Stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “GHC.” The Company’s Class A Common Stock is not publicly traded.

At January 31, 2025, there were 27 holders of record of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and 309 holders of record of the Company’s Class B Common Stock.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, the Company purchased shares of its Class B Common Stock as set forth in the following table:

(1) Average price paid per share includes costs associated with repurchases, including commissions and excise taxes.

(2) On September 12, 2024, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to purchase, on the open market or otherwise, up to 500,000 shares of its Class B Common Stock. This authorization includes shares that remained under the previous authorization. There is no expiration date for this authorization. Share purchases made during the quarter ended December 31, 2024 occurred through open market transactions or to enable employees to obtain the funds necessary to satisfy taxes incurred in connection with the vesting of restricted stock awards. Some of these shares were purchased pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan.

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 (S&P 500 Index) and a custom peer group index comprised of a composite group of education and television broadcasting companies. The S&P 500 Index is comprised of 500 U.S. companies in the industrial, transportation, utilities and financial industries and is weighted by market capitalization. The custom peer group of composite companies includes Adtalem Global Education Inc., Chegg, Inc., The E.W. Scripps Company, Grand Canyon Education Inc., Nexstar Media Group Inc., Gray Media, Inc (formerly Gray Television Inc.), New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., Pearson plc and Tegna Inc. The graph reflects the investment of $100 on December 31, 2019, in the Company’s Class B Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index and the custom peer group index of composite companies. 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 S&P 500 Index and the custom peer group index of composite companies.