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Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 10, 2008

 

 

THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-6714   53-0182885

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1150 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C.   20071
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(202) 334-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

As part of a presentation given at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications Conference on June 10, 2008, The Washington Post Company reported that the estimated expense for the Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program offered to some employees of The Washington Post newspaper and Corporate Office will be approximately $80 million. Most of these charges will be recorded in the second quarter of 2008 and funded primarily from the assets of the Company’s pension plans.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    The Washington Post Company
    (Registrant)
Date June 10, 2008    

/s/ John B. Morse

    John B. Morse, Jr.
    Vice President - Finance
    (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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