- -------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL - -------- ----------------------------- / / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287 LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: DECEMBER 31, 2003 SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5 CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------- INSTRUCTION 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) The Washington Post Company X Director X 10% Owner Graham, Donald E. WPO ---- ---- - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X Officer (give Other (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for ---- title ---- (specify Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year below) below) The Washington Post Company Person, if an entity COB AND CEO 1150 15th Street, N.W. (voluntary) December 30, 2002 ------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------- --------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Street) 5. If Amendment, (Check Applicable Line) Date of Original X Form filed by One Reporting Person (Month/Day/Year) -- ___Form filed by More than One Washington DC 20071 Reporting Person - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED USA - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature Security action action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- (Instr. 3) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct (Instr. 8) Owned Follow- Direct Bene- (Month/ ing Reported (D) or ficial Day/ ------------------------------------------ Transaction(s) Indirect Owner- Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 (I) ship Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class B Common Stock 12/30/02 A** 300 A N/A 900 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5,800 I Trust for Sibing* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 98,923 I Revocable Trust - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 58,860 I Trust for Children* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5,000 I Trust for Third Party - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ** Class B shares awarded as restricted stock under incentive Plan 35,000 I Spouse* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over) * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). SEC 1474 (7-96)
FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (e.g., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer- (Instr. 3) sion or action tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex- Exercise Date (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date Price of (Month/ posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Deriv- Day/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year) ative Year) Security -------------------------------------- ---------------- Date Expira- Exer- tion Code V (A) (D) cisable Date - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 5) Beneficially Securities: Ownership Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 4) Following Indirect (I) Reported (Instr. 4) Transaction(s) ----------------------- (Instr. 4) Title Amount or Number of Shares - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: * The reporting person disclaims any beneficial ownership of these shares. In addition to the direct and indirect ownership of Class B shares herein, I am one of five trustees of a charitable trust which owns 46,339 Class B shares in which I discliam any beneficial ownership. /s/ Donald E. Graham January 2, 2003 ----------------------------------- -------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Donald E. Graham ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this Page 2 form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. SEC 1474 (7-96)