Stock Trading
The Washington
Post Company Class B common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
with the symbol WPO.
Stock Transfer
Agent and Registrar
(General
Shareholder Correspondence)
First Chicago Trust Company, a division of EquiServe
P.O. Box 2500
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500
(Transfers by Overnight
Courier)
First Chicago Trust Company, a division of EquiServe
c/o S.T.A.R.S.
100 William Street
New York, NY 10038
(Transfers by Certified
Mail)
First Chicago
Trust Company, a division of EquiServe
P.O. Box 2506
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2506
Shareholder Inquiries
Communications
concerning transfer requirements, lost certificates, dividends, and changes
of address should be directed to First Chicago Trust Company Shareholder
Relations Group. Inquiries may be made by telephone (201) 324-0498, or
by fax (201) 222-4892 or 222-4872. Those who are hearing impaired may
call the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (201) 222-4955.
Internet equiserve.com
Email equiserve@equiserve.com
Form 10-K
The companys
Form 10-K annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission will
be provided to shareholders upon written request to
Treasurer, The Washington Post Company, 1150 15th Street, NW, Washington,
D.C. 20071.
Annual Meeting
The annual
meeting of stockholders will be held on May 10, 2001, at 8: 00 a. m.,
at The Washington Post Company, 9th floor, 1150 15th Street, NW, Washington,
D.C.
Common Stock Prices
and Dividends
The Class
A common stock of the company is not traded publicly. The Class B common
stock of the company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. High and
low sales prices during the last two years were:
During 2000 the company
repurchased 200 outstanding shares of Class B common stock in an unsolicited
transaction.
Both classes of common
stock participate equally as to dividends. Quarterly dividends were paid
at the rate of $1.35 per share in 2000. At February 1, 2001, there were
23 Class A and 1,125 Class B shareholders.
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