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10-Q


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
 
ý Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2015
or
¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Commission File Number 1-671
GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
53-0182885
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
1300 North 17th Street, Arlington, Virginia
22209
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(703) 345-6300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes  ý.    No  ¨.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý.    No  ¨.  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” accelerated filer” and “small reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨.    No  ý.  
Shares outstanding at October 30, 2015:
Class A Common Stock – 964,001 Shares
Class B Common Stock – 4,876,353 Shares
 



GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
Index to Form 10-Q
 
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
 
 
 
 
a. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014
 
 
 
 
b. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Unaudited) for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014
 
 
 
 
c. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2015 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
d. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014
 
 
 
 
e. Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
 
 
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
 
 
 
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
 
 
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
 
 
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
 
 
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
 
 
 
Item 6.
Exhibits
 
 
Signatures



PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
  
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
  
 
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
 
  
 
  

Education
$
481,687

 
$
543,918

 
$
1,505,914

 
1,609,036

Advertising
68,898

 
72,951

 
205,489

 
216,653

Other
90,847

 
86,336

 
258,344

 
183,718

  
641,432

 
703,205

 
1,969,747

 
2,009,407

Operating Costs and Expenses
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
Operating
302,029

 
326,395

 
922,373

 
944,066

Selling, general and administrative
285,563

 
309,583

 
864,380

 
862,379

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
14,460

 
18,664

 
62,266

 
56,295

Amortization of intangible assets
4,512

 
7,354

 
13,897

 
12,972

Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets
248,591

 
—

 
255,467

 
—

  
855,155

 
661,996

 
2,118,383

 
1,875,712

(Loss) Income from Operations
(213,723
)
 
41,209

 
(148,636
)
 
133,695

Equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates, net
95

 
4,613

 
(662
)
 
100,168

Interest income
481

 
529

 
1,363

 
1,769

Interest expense
(7,830
)
 
(9,298
)
 
(24,679
)
 
(26,610
)
Other (expense) income, net
(40,458
)
 
(10,723
)
 
(29,885
)
 
390,664

(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
(261,435
)
 
26,330

 
(202,499
)
 
599,686

(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes
(30,500
)
 
16,100

 
(10,000
)
 
140,300

(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations
(230,935
)
 
10,230

 
(192,499
)
 
459,386

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
379

 
66,209

 
42,170

 
499,208

Net (Loss) Income
(230,556
)
 
76,439

 
(150,329
)
 
958,594

Net (Income) Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
(287
)
 
121

 
(1,495
)
 
839

Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company
(230,843
)
 
76,560

 
(151,824
)
 
959,433

Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends
—

 
(209
)
 
(631
)
 
(847
)
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
$
(230,843
)
 
$
76,351

 
$
(152,455
)
 
$
958,586

Amounts Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

(Loss) income from continuing operations
$
(231,222
)
 
$
10,142

 
$
(194,625
)
 
$
459,378

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
379

 
66,209

 
42,170

 
499,208

Net (loss) income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders
$
(230,843
)
 
$
76,351

 
$
(152,455
)
 
$
958,586

Per Share Information Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Basic (loss) income per common share from continuing operations
$
(40.32
)
 
$
1.73

 
$
(34.18
)
 
$
66.77

Basic income per common share from discontinued operations
0.07

 
11.45

 
7.99

 
72.53

Basic net (loss) income per common share
$
(40.25
)
 
$
13.18

 
$
(26.19
)
 
$
139.30

Basic average number of common shares outstanding
5,738

 
5,671

 
5,721

 
6,737

Diluted (loss) income per common share from continuing operations
$
(40.32
)
 
$
1.73

 
$
(34.18
)
 
$
66.52

Diluted income per common share from discontinued operations
0.07

 
11.39

 
7.99

 
72.27

Diluted net (loss) income per common share
$
(40.25
)
 
$
13.12

 
$
(26.19
)
 
$
138.79

Diluted average number of common shares outstanding
5,837

 
5,757

 
5,811

 
6,823


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (UNAUDITED)
  
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net (Loss) Income
$
(230,556
)
 
$
76,439

 
$
(150,329
)
 
$
958,594

Other Comprehensive Loss, Before Tax
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
Translation adjustments arising during the period
(10,548
)
 
(9,777
)
 
(17,387
)
 
(7,111
)
Adjustment for sales of businesses with foreign operations
6,026

 
—

 
5,501

 
—

  
(4,522
)
 
(9,777
)
 
(11,886
)
 
(7,111
)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized gains (losses) for the period, net
3,836

 
9,734

 
(16,497
)
 
46,139

Reclassification adjustment for realization of (gain) loss on exchange, sale or write-down of available-for-sale securities included in net income
—

 
—

 
—

 
(265,274
)
  
3,836

 
9,734

 
(16,497
)
 
(219,135
)
Pension and other postretirement plans:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Amortization of net prior service cost (credit) included in net income
68

 
(101
)
 
207

 
(305
)
Amortization of net actuarial gain included in net income
(5,676
)
 
(7,425
)
 
(4,419
)
 
(22,032
)
Curtailment gains included in net income
51

 
—

 
51

 
—

Curtailment and settlement included in distribution to Cable ONE
1,403

 
—

 
1,403

 
—

  
(4,154
)
 
(7,526
)
 
(2,758
)
 
(22,337
)
Cash flow hedge gain
—

 
230

 
179

 
641

Other Comprehensive Loss, Before Tax
(4,840
)
 
(7,339
)
 
(30,962
)
 
(247,942
)
Income tax benefit (expense) related to items of other comprehensive loss
127

 
(975
)
 
7,632

 
96,333

Other Comprehensive Loss, Net of Tax
(4,713
)
 
(8,314
)
 
(23,330
)
 
(151,609
)
Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(235,269
)
 
68,125

 
(173,659
)
 
806,985

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
(287
)
 
121

 
(1,495
)
 
839

Total Comprehensive (Loss) Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company
$
(235,556
)
 
$
68,246

 
$
(175,154
)
 
$
807,824


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
As of
(in thousands)
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
  
(Unaudited)
 
  
Assets
  
 
  
Current Assets
  
 
  
Cash and cash equivalents
$
977,991

 
$
772,751

Restricted cash
25,347

 
24,898

Investments in marketable equity securities and other investments
343,076

 
226,752

Accounts receivable, net
498,710

 
571,357

Income taxes receivable
41,035

 
—

Deferred income taxes
4,595

 
934

Inventories and contracts in progress
12,206

 
11,309

Other current assets
53,171

 
81,462

Current assets held for sale ($1,235 of cash)
—

 
1,240

Total Current Assets
1,956,131

 
1,690,703

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
203,113

 
860,829

Investments in Affiliates
53,198

 
19,811

Goodwill, Net
947,356

 
1,348,710

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net
14,645

 
516,753

Amortized Intangible Assets, Net
81,814

 
96,947

Prepaid Pension Cost
1,189,181

 
1,152,488

Deferred Charges and Other Assets
78,891

 
65,258

Noncurrent Assets Held for Sale
—

 
820

Total Assets
$
4,524,329

 
$
5,752,319

 
 
 
 
Liabilities and Equity
  

 
  

Current Liabilities
  

 
  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
$
410,192

 
$
464,342

Income taxes payable
—

 
128,895

Deferred revenue
334,328

 
410,146

Dividends declared
6,715

 
—

Short-term borrowings
3,000

 
46,375

Redeemable preferred stock
10,510

 
—

Current liabilities held for sale
—

 
1,034

Total Current Liabilities
764,745

 
1,050,792

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions
38,507

 
37,962

Accrued Compensation and Related Benefits
215,077

 
244,082

Other Liabilities
73,182

 
91,789

Deferred Income Taxes
447,158

 
754,960

Long-Term Debt
399,822

 
399,545

Total Liabilities
1,938,491

 
2,579,130

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
23,415

 
21,904

Redeemable Preferred Stock
—

 
10,510

Preferred Stock
—

 
—

Common Stockholders’ Equity
  

 
  

Common stock
20,000

 
20,000

Capital in excess of par value
345,074

 
303,789

Retained earnings
5,396,508

 
6,008,506

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
 
 
  

Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment
(3,338
)
 
8,548

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities
42,232

 
52,130

Unrealized gain on pensions and other postretirement plans
391,256

 
392,910

Cash flow hedge
—

 
(108
)
Cost of Class B common stock held in treasury
(3,629,309
)
 
(3,645,476
)
Total Common Stockholders’ Equity
2,562,423

 
3,140,299

Noncontrolling Interests
—

 
476

Total Equity
2,562,423

 
3,140,775

Total Liabilities and Equity
$
4,524,329

 
$
5,752,319


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
  
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
  
 
  
Net (Loss) Income
$
(150,329
)
 
$
958,594

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
  
 
  
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
134,019

 
159,917

Amortization of intangible assets
13,958

 
13,847

Goodwill and other long-lived assets impairment charges
255,467

 
7,774

Net pension benefit
(45,081
)
 
(51,637
)
Early retirement program expense
3,734

 
8,374

Stock-based compensation expense, net
38,423

 
13,123

Foreign exchange loss
16,191

 
2,618

Net loss (gain) on sales and disposition of businesses
18,095

 
(354,612
)
Net loss (gain) on disposition or write-downs of marketable equity securities and cost method investments
1,364

 
(266,173
)
Gain on sale of equity affiliate
(4,827
)
 
—

Equity in losses (earnings) of affiliates, net of certain distributions
853

 
(96,315
)
(Benefit) provision for deferred income taxes
(29,152
)
 
8,329

Net loss (gain) on sales or write-downs of property, plant and equipment
1,539

 
(119,158
)
Net gain on sale of intangible assets
—

 
(75,249
)
Change in assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash
(449
)
 
45,174

Increase in accounts receivable, net
(20,480
)
 
(12,867
)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
74,112

 
(46,673
)
(Decrease) increase in deferred revenue
(11,880
)
 
70,011

(Decrease) increase in income taxes payable
(159,490
)
 
68,081

(Increase) decrease in other assets and other liabilities, net
(21,061
)
 
15,300

Other
1,101

 
(1,588
)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
116,107

 
346,870

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
  
 
  
Purchases of marketable equity securities
(135,124
)
 
(57
)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
(120,018
)
 
(172,434
)
Investments in equity affiliates and cost method investments
(19,038
)
 
(8,388
)
Net proceeds from sales of businesses, property, plant and equipment and other assets
(807
)
 
248,938

Investments in commercial paper
—

 
(399,758
)
Proceeds from maturities of commercial paper
—

 
349,793

Investments in certain businesses, net of cash acquired
—

 
(200,793
)
Net distribution from equity affiliate
—

 
93,481

Other
60

 
(5,040
)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
(274,927
)
 
(94,258
)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
  
 
  
Issuance of borrowings
550,000

 
405

Cash distributed to Cable ONE in spin-off
(94,115
)
 
—

Dividends paid
(47,006
)
 
(53,131
)
Repayments of borrowings
(41,815
)
 
(1,315
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
11,308

 
5,056

Payments of financing costs
(9,944
)
 
—

Common shares repurchased, including the Berkshire Exchange transaction
—

 
(327,718
)
Other
5,334

 
567

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities
373,762

 
(376,136
)
Effect of Currency Exchange Rate Change
(10,937
)
 
(2,936
)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents
204,005

 
(126,460
)
Beginning Cash and Cash Equivalents
773,986

 
569,719

Ending Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
977,991

 
$
443,259


See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
 
1. ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Graham Holdings Company (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 comprise the ownership and operation of five television broadcasting stations. The Company's other business operations include home health and hospice services and manufacturing.
On July 1, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary, Cable One, Inc. (Cable ONE), by way of a distribution of all the issued and outstanding shares of Cable ONE common stock, on a pro rata basis, to the Company's stockholders. The operating results of Cable ONE have been presented in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, for all periods presented.
On September 3, 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its Kaplan Higher Education (KHE) Campuses business, consisting of 38 nationally accredited ground campuses and certain related assets, to Education Corporation of America (ECA) in exchange for a preferred equity interest in ECA. The loss on the sale of the KHE Campuses business is included in other (expense) income, net, in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Basis of Presentation – The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with: (i) generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP) for interim financial information; (ii) the instructions to Form 10-Q; and (iii) the guidance of Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for financial statements required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They include the assets, liabilities, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, including its domestic and foreign subsidiaries that are more than 50% owned or otherwise controlled by the Company. As permitted under such rules, certain notes and other financial information normally required by GAAP have been condensed or omitted. Management believes the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of and for the periods presented herein. The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 may not be indicative of the Company’s future results. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
The year-end condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.
Certain amounts in previously issued financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation, which includes the reclassification of the results of operations of certain businesses as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported herein. 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.
Revision of Prior Period Amounts – During the preparation of the 2014 financial statements, the Company concluded that its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, that was previously included in the Company's quarterly reports, should be revised to correct the impact of accounts payable and accrued expenses related to capital expenditures. The Company revised its Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 to properly eliminate noncash capital expenditures. The result of this correction for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was an increase in net cash used in investing activities of $10.0 million, with an offsetting increase recorded to net cash provided by operating activities during the same period.
Management has concluded that this error is not material to the previously issued Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and, as a result, the Company has revised the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. There was no impact on the previously reported total cash

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and cash equivalents, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet or Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
As detailed below, these revisions impacted the following consolidated cash flow items:
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
 
As
 
 
 
 
 
Previously
 
 
 
As
(in thousands)
Reported
 
Revision
 
Revised
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
  
 
  
 
  
Increase (decrease) in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
$
(56,666
)
 
$
9,993

 
$
(46,673
)
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
336,877

 
9,993

 
346,870

 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases of Property, Plant and Equipment
$
(162,441
)
 
$
(9,993
)
 
$
(172,434
)
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
(84,265
)
 
(9,993
)
 
(94,258
)
Recently Adopted and Issued Accounting Pronouncements – In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued new guidance that simplifies the accounting for measurement period adjustments for an acquirer in a business combination. The new guidance requires an acquirer to recognize any adjustments to the provisional purchase accounting in the reporting period the adjustment amounts are determined, by eliminating the requirement to retrospectively account for those adjustments. The guidance requires that the acquirer records, in the financial statements of the same period the adjustment is determined, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change in the provisional amounts. The amount of the change is calculated as if the accounting has been completed at the acquisition date. The guidance is effective for interim and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect this guidance to have an impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued comprehensive new guidance that supersedes all existing revenue recognition guidance. In August 2015, the FASB issued an amendment to the guidance that defers the effective date by one year. The new guidance requires revenue to be recognized when the Company transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance also significantly expands the disclosure requirements for revenue recognition. The guidance is effective for interim and fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The standard permits two implementation approaches, one requiring retrospective application of the new guidance with a restatement of prior years and one requiring prospective application of the new guidance with disclosure of results under the old guidance. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of this new guidance on its Consolidated Financial Statements and believes such evaluation will extend over several future periods because of the significance of the changes to the Company’s policies and business processes.
In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance that requires management to assess the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related disclosures in certain circumstances. This guidance is effective for interim and fiscal years ending after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect this guidance to have an impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
2. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Cable ONE Spin-Off. On July 1, 2015 (the “Distribution Date”), the Company completed the spin-off of Cable ONE as an independent, publicly traded company. The transaction was structured as a tax-free spin-off of Cable ONE to the stockholders of the Company as one share of Cable ONE common stock was distributed for every share of Class A and Class B common stock of Graham Holdings outstanding on the June 15, 2015, record date. Cable ONE is now an independent public company trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CABO”. After the spin, the Company does not beneficially own any shares of Cable ONE common stock.
The results of operations of Cable ONE are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, for all periods presented. The Company did not reclassify its Statements of Cash Flows or prior Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to reflect the various discontinued operations.
In order to implement the Spin-Off, the Company entered into certain agreements with Cable ONE to give effect to the legal and structural separation and to allocate various assets, liabilities and obligations between the Company and Cable ONE. In addition to executing the Spin-Off in the manner provided in the agreements, in June 2015, Cable ONE distributed $450 million in cash to the Company using the proceeds from their issuance of unsecured notes of $450 million in June 2015.  Also, in connection with the spin-off, the Company modified the terms

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of 10,830 restricted stock awards in the second quarter of 2015 affecting 21 Cable ONE employees. The modification resulted in the acceleration of the vesting period of 6,324 restricted stock awards and the forfeiture of 4,506 restricted stock awards. The Company recorded incremental stock compensation expense, net of forfeitures, in the second quarter of 2015 amounting to $3.7 million, which is reflected as discontinued operations in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
The spin-off resulted in a modification of some of the Company’s outstanding restricted stock awards and stock options due to the equity restructuring on July 1, 2015. The holders of restricted stock awards received Cable ONE restricted common stock, on a pro rata basis, as part of the distribution, while the stock options were modified to add an antidilution provision. The modification of the restricted stock awards resulted in an estimated incremental stock compensation expense of $3.0 million that will be recognized over the remaining service periods of the unvested restricted stock awards through the end of 2018. The modification of some of the stock options resulted in an incremental stock compensation expense of $23.5 million, of which $18.8 million related to fully vested stock options was recognized as a one-time expense in the third quarter of 2015, with the remaining $4.7 million to be recognized over the remaining service periods of the unvested stock options through the end of 2018. The $18.8 million expense is included in the Company's corporate office segment results and in selling, general and administrative in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
As a result of the spin-off, Cable ONE assumed the liability related to their employees participating in the Company’s SERP, and the Company eliminated the accrual of pension benefits for all Cable ONE employees related to their future service. As a result, the Company remeasured the accumulated and projected benefit obligation of the pension and SERP as of July 1, 2015. A pension curtailment gain of $2.2 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2015 in discontinued operations, net of tax.
On July 1, 2015, the Company divested the following assets and liabilities which net to $406.5 million, or $312.3 million net of cash retained by Cable ONE on the Distribution Date:
 
 
As of
(in thousands)
 
July 1, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
94,115

Accounts receivable, net
 
29,778

Other current assets
 
14,182

Total current assets
 
138,075

Property, plant and equipments, net
 
612,812

Goodwill, net
 
85,488

Indefinite-lived intangible assets, net
 
496,321

Amortized intangible assets, net
 
510

Deferred charges and other assets
 
22,541

Total Assets
 
$
1,355,747

 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
$
70,920

Income taxes payable
 
2,962

Deferred revenue
 
21,883

Short-term borrowings
 
2,500

Total current liabilities
 
98,265

Accrued compensation and related benefits
 
24,227

Other liabilities
 
57

Deferred income taxes
 
279,245

Long-term debt
 
547,500

Total Liabilities
 
$
949,294

 
 
 
Net assets divested in the Spin-Off
 
$
406,453

Cash flows from Cable ONE for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are combined with the cash flows from operations within each of the categories presented. Cash flows from Cable ONE are as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30
 
September 30
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Operating Activities
 
$
(4,468
)
 
$
59,863

 
$
111,665

 
$
187,153

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
 
—

 
51,283

 
(74,416
)
 
(35,705
)

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Spin-Off Costs: One-time Spin-Off transaction and financing and related costs of $7.4 million and $3.5 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively, are included in discontinued operations, net of tax.
Other Discontinued Operations: In the third quarter of 2014, Kaplan completed the sale of three of its schools in China that were previously included as part of Kaplan International that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $4.4 million. An additional school in China was sold by Kaplan in January of 2015 that resulted in a pre-tax loss of $0.7 million.
On June 30, 2014, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. completed a transaction, as described in Note 4, in which Berkshire acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that included, among other things, WPLG, a Miami-based television station; a $375.0 million gain from the WPLG sale was recorded in the second quarter of 2014.
The results of operations of the schools in China and WPLG are included in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax, for all periods presented. The Company did not reclassify its Statements of Cash Flows or prior Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to reflect the various discontinued operations.In the first quarter of 2014, an after-tax adjustment of $3.0 million was made to reduce the $100.0 million after-tax gain on the sale of the Publishing Subsidiaries previously reported in the fourth quarter of 2013, as a result of changes in estimates related to liabilities retained as part of the sale.
The summarized income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, is presented below:
  
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
  
 
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Operating revenues
$
—

 
$
196,960

 
$
397,404

 
$
647,128

Operating costs and expenses
1,662

 
(157,819
)
 
(325,379
)
 
(511,981
)
Operating income
1,662

 
39,141

 
72,025

 
135,147

Non-operating income (expense)
—

 
75,217

 
(1,288
)
 
75,153

Income from discontinued operations
1,662

 
114,358

 
70,737

 
210,300

Provision for income taxes
1,283

 
42,331

 
27,783

 
77,271

Net Income from Discontinued Operations
379

 
72,027

 
42,954

 
133,029

(Loss) gain on sales of discontinued operations
—

 
(4,352
)
 
(732
)
 
349,875

Expense (benefit) from income taxes on sales of discontinued operations
—

 
1,466

 
52

 
(16,304
)
Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
$
379

 
$
66,209

 
$
42,170

 
$
499,208


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The following table summarizes the 2015 quarterly operating results of the Company following the reclassification of the operations discussed above as discontinued operations:
 
March 31,
 
June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2015
 
2015
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
Education
$
500,602

 
$
523,625

Advertising
66,454

 
70,137

Other
80,369

 
87,128

  
647,425

 
680,890

Operating Costs and Expenses
  

 
  

Operating
309,223

 
311,121

Selling, general and administrative
302,405

 
276,412

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
22,197

 
25,609

Amortization of intangible assets
4,738

 
4,647

Impairment of long-lived assets
—

 
6,876

  
638,563

 
624,665

Income from Operations
8,862

 
56,225

Equity in losses of affiliates, net
(404
)
 
(353
)
Interest income
559

 
323

Interest expense
(8,501
)
 
(8,348
)
Other (expense) income, net
(1,105
)
 
11,678

(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes
(589
)
 
59,525

Provision for Income Taxes
900

 
19,600

(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations
(1,489
)
 
39,925

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
23,289

 
18,502

Net Income
21,800

 
58,427

Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
(774
)
 
(434
)
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company
21,026

 
57,993

Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends
(420
)
 
(211
)
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
$
20,606

 
$
57,782

Amounts Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
 
 
 
(Loss) income from continuing operations
$
(2,683
)
 
$
39,280

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
23,289

 
18,502

Net income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders
$
20,606

 
$
57,782

Per Share Information Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
 
 
  

Basic (loss) income per common share from continuing operations
$
(0.58
)
 
$
6.74

Basic income per common share from discontinued operations
4.09

 
3.18

Basic net income per common share
$
3.51

 
$
9.92

Diluted (loss) income per common share from continuing operations
$
(0.58
)
 
$
6.71

Diluted income per common share from discontinued operations
4.06

 
3.16

Diluted net income per common share
$
3.48

 
$
9.87


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The following table summarizes the 2014 quarterly operating results of the Company following the reclassification of the operations discussed above as discontinued operations:
  
March 31,
 
June 30,
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2014
 
2014
 
2014
 
2014
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Education
$
522,154

 
$
542,964

 
$
543,918

 
$
551,381

Advertising
70,115

 
73,587

 
72,951

 
91,561

Other
40,351

 
57,031

 
86,336

 
84,683

  
632,620

 
673,582

 
703,205

 
727,625

Operating Costs and Expenses
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Operating
296,507

 
321,163

 
326,395

 
317,687

Selling, general and administrative
276,294

 
276,502

 
309,583

 
269,779

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
19,430

 
18,201

 
18,664

 
18,618

Amortization of intangible assets
2,682

 
2,936

 
7,354

 
5,215

Impairment of intangible and other long-lived assets
—

 
—

 
—

 
17,302

  
594,913

 
618,802

 
661,996

 
628,601

Income from Operations
37,707

 
54,780

 
41,209

 
99,024

Equity in earnings of affiliates, net
4,052

 
91,503

 
4,613

 
202

Interest income
599

 
641

 
529

 
367

Interest expense
(8,788
)
 
(8,525
)
 
(9,298
)
 
(8,922
)
Other (expense) income, net
133,273

 
268,114

 
(10,723
)
 
387,346

Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes
166,843

 
406,513

 
26,330

 
478,017

Provision for Income Taxes
62,300

 
61,900

 
16,100

 
172,000

Income from Continuing Operations
104,543

 
344,613

 
10,230

 
306,017

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
27,762

 
405,237

 
66,209

 
28,649

Net Income
132,305

 
749,850

 
76,439

 
334,666

Net Loss (Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
219

 
499

 
121

 
(256
)
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company
132,524

 
750,349

 
76,560

 
334,410

Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends
(426
)
 
(212
)
 
(209
)
 
—

Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
$
132,098

 
$
750,137

 
$
76,351

 
$
334,410

Amounts Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
104,336

 
$
344,900

 
$
10,142

 
$
305,761

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
27,762

 
405,237

 
66,209

 
28,649

Net income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders
$
132,098

 
$
750,137

 
$
76,351

 
$
334,410

Per Share Information Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Basic income per common share from continuing operations
$
14.10

 
$
46.35

 
$
1.73

 
$
52.76

Basic income per common share from discontinued operations
3.75

 
54.45

 
11.45

 
4.95

Basic net income per common share
$
17.85

 
$
100.80

 
$
13.18

 
$
57.71

Diluted income per common share from continuing operations
$
14.05

 
$
46.20

 
$
1.73

 
$
52.48

Diluted income per common share from discontinued operations
3.74

 
54.28

 
11.39

 
4.93

Diluted net income per common share
$
17.79

 
$
100.48

 
$
13.12

 
$
57.41



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The following table summarizes the annual operating results of the Company following the reclassification of operations discussed above as discontinued operations:
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2014
 
2013
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
Education
$
2,160,417

 
$
2,163,734

Advertising
308,214

 
275,024

Other
268,401

 
161,844

  
2,737,032

 
2,600,602

Operating Costs and Expenses
  

 
  

Operating
1,261,753

 
1,210,863

Selling, general and administrative
1,132,157

 
1,123,965

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
74,913

 
101,171

Amortization of intangible assets
18,187

 
11,919

Impairment of intangible and other long-lived assets
17,302

 
3,250

  
2,504,312

 
2,451,168

Income from Operations
232,720

 
149,434

Equity in earnings of affiliates, net
100,370

 
13,215

Interest income
2,136

 
2,264

Interest expense
(35,533
)
 
(35,931
)
Other income (expense), net
778,010

 
(23,751
)
Income from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes
1,077,703

 
105,231

Provision for Income Taxes
312,300

 
40,500

Income from Continuing Operations
765,403

 
64,731

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
527,857

 
172,614

Net Income
1,293,260

 
237,345

Net Loss (Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
583

 
(480
)
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company
1,293,843

 
236,865

Redeemable Preferred Stock Dividends
(847
)
 
(855
)
Net Income Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
$
1,292,996

 
$
236,010

Amounts Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
765,139

 
$
63,396

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
527,857

 
172,614

Net income attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders
$
1,292,996

 
$
236,010

Per Share Information Attributable to Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders
 
 
  

Basic income per common share from continuing operations
$
115.88

 
$
8.62

Basic income per common share from discontinued operations
79.93

 
23.48

Basic net income per common share
$
195.81

 
$
32.10

Diluted income per common share from continuing operations
$
115.40

 
$
8.61

Diluted income per common share from discontinued operations
79.63

 
23.44

Diluted net income per common share
$
195.03

 
$
32.05

3. INVESTMENTS
As of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had commercial paper and money market investments of $804.7 million and $594.3 million, respectively, that are classified as cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Investments in marketable equity securities comprised the following:
  
As of
  
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
(in thousands)
 
Total cost
$
242,505

 
$
106,909

Gross unrealized gains
74,263

 
86,884

Gross unrealized losses
(3,876
)
 
—

Total Fair Value
$
312,892

 
$
193,793

The Company invested $135.6 million in marketable equity securities during the first nine months of 2015. There were no new investments in marketable equity securities during the first nine months of 2014. There were no sales of marketable equity securities in the first nine months of 2015. In the first quarter of 2014, the Company recorded a $0.5 million write-down of the Company's investment in Corinthian Colleges, Inc., a publicly traded company. In the second quarter of 2014, the Company sold its remaining investment in Corinthian Colleges, Inc. During the first nine

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months of 2014, the proceeds from sales of these marketable securities were $5.8 million and net realized losses were $2.6 million.
On June 30, 2014, the Company completed a transaction with Berkshire Hathaway, as described in Note 4, that included the exchange of 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by the Company; a $266.7 million gain was recorded.
In the second quarter of 2015, the Company acquired an approximate 20% in HomeHero, a company that created and manages an online senior home care marketplace, which is accounted for as an investment in affiliate. As of September 30, 2015, the Company also held a 40% interest in Residential Home Health Illinois, a 42.5% interest in Residential Hospice Illinois, a 40% interest in the joint venture formed between Celtic Healthcare and Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and interests in several other affiliates (see Note 4).
On April 1, 2014, the Company received a gross cash distribution of $95.0 million from Classified Ventures' sale of apartments.com. In connection with this sale, the Company recorded a pre-tax gain of $90.9 million in the second quarter of 2014.
4. ACQUISITIONS, DISPOSITIONS, EXCHANGES AND OTHER
Acquisitions.  In the first nine months of 2015, the Company did not make any acquisitions. In the first nine months of 2014, the Company acquired seven businesses totaling $204.9 million, comprised of four businesses in other businesses, two businesses in Kaplan Test Prep, and one business in Kaplan Higher Ed. The purchase price allocation mostly comprised goodwill, other intangible assets, and other current assets.
On April 1, 2014, Celtic Healthcare acquired VNA-TIP Healthcare, a provider of home health and hospice services in Missouri and Illinois. On May 30, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of Joyce/Dayton Corp., a Dayton, OH-based manufacturer of screw jacks and other linear motion systems. On July 3, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of an 80% interest in Residential Healthcare Group, Inc., the parent company of Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice, providers of skilled home health care and hospice services in Michigan and Illinois. The operating results of these businesses are included in other businesses. Residential Healthcare Group, Inc. has a 40% ownership interest in Residential Home Health Illinois and a 42.5% ownership interest in Residential Hospice Illinois, which are accounted for as investments in affiliates.
Dispositions. On July 1, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of Cable ONE, by way of a distribution of all the issued and outstanding shares of Cable ONE common stock, on a pro rata basis, to the Company's stockholders (see Note 2).
On September 3, 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its KHE Campuses business, consisting of 38 nationally accredited ground campuses and certain related assets, in exchange for a preferred equity interest in Education Corporation of America (ECA). KHE Campuses schools that have been closed or are in the process of closing are not included in the sale transaction. In connection with the sale agreement, if required by the ED in connection with its post-closing review of the transaction, Kaplan will provide a letter of credit or other credit support with the ED of up to approximately $45 million; any such letter of credit or other credit support could be drawn by the ED in the event that ECA defaults on its obligations to students. If issued, such letter of credit or other credit support would have a term of two years, after which Kaplan would have no further obligations.
The revenue and operating losses related to schools that are being sold as part of the ECA transaction are as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30
 
September 30
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenue
 
$
43,121

 
$
66,314

 
$
167,244

 
$
202,577

Operating loss
 
629

 
(2,474
)
 
(6,672
)
 
(9,981
)
In the second quarter of 2015, Kaplan recorded a $6.9 million long-lived assets impairment charge in connection with the KHE Campuses business.
In the third quarter of 2015, Kaplan sold Franklyn Scholar, which was part of Kaplan International. In the second quarter of 2015, the Company sold The Root, a component of Slate, and Kaplan sold two small businesses, Structuralia, which was part of Kaplan International, and Fire and EMS Training, which was part of Kaplan Higher Education. As a result of these sales, the Company reported gains (losses) in other non-operating (expense) income (see Note 10). In the third quarter of 2014, Kaplan completed the sale of three of its schools in China that were previously included as part of Kaplan International. In January 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of an additional school in China.

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Exchanges. On June 30, 2014, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. completed a previously announced transaction in which Berkshire acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that included, among other things, WPLG, a Miami-based television station, 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by Graham Holdings and $327.7 million in cash, in exchange for 1,620,190 shares of Graham Holdings Class B common stock owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire exchange transaction).
Other. In January 2015, Celtic and Allegheny Health Network closed on the formation of a joint venture to combine each other’s home health and hospice assets in the western Pennsylvania region. Although Celtic manages the operations of the joint venture, Celtic holds a 40% interest in the joint venture, so the operating results of the joint venture are not consolidated and the pro rata operating results are included in the Company’s equity in earnings of affiliates. Celtic’s revenues from the western Pennsylvania region that are now part of the joint venture made up 29% of total Celtic revenues in 2014.
The Company’s income from continuing operations excludes Cable ONE, the sold Kaplan China schools and WPLG, which have been reclassified to discontinued operations, net of tax (see Note 2). 
5. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
As a result of continued declines in student enrollments at KHE and the challenging industry operating environment, the Company performed an interim impairment review of its goodwill and long-lived assets at the KHE reporting unit. Due to the complexity and effort required to estimate the fair value of the KHE reporting unit in step one of the impairment test and the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the KHE reporting unit in the step two analysis, the Company derived the fair value estimates based on preliminary assumptions and analysis that are subject to change. The KHE reporting unit failed the preliminary step one goodwill test. As a result of the preliminary step two analysis, the Company recorded an estimated $248.6 million goodwill impairment charge. The Company estimated the fair value of the KHE reporting unit utilizing a discounted cash flow model, supported by a market approach. A substantial portion of the estimated impairment charge is due to the amount of unrecognized intangible assets identified in the preliminary step two analysis. Any adjustment to the estimated impairment charge will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.
In the second quarter of 2014, as a result of regulatory changes impacting Kaplan's operations in China, Kaplan recorded an intangible asset impairment charge of $7.8 million, reported in discontinued operations. The Company estimated the fair value of the student and customer relationships using an income approach.
Amortization of intangible assets for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $4.5 million and $7.4 million, respectively. Amortization of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $13.9 million and $13.0 million, respectively. Amortization of intangible assets is estimated to be approximately $4 million for the remainder of 2015, $17 million in 2016, $14 million in 2017, $13 million in 2018, $12 million in 2019 and $22 million thereafter.
In July 2014, the cable division sold wireless spectrum licenses that were purchased in 2006; a pre-tax non-operating gain of $75.2 million was recorded in the third quarter of 2014 in connection with these sales. As a result of the Cable spin-off, this amount is now recorded in discontinued operations.
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill, by segment, were as follows:
(in thousands)
Education
 
Cable
 
Television
Broadcasting
 
Other
Businesses
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Goodwill
$
1,057,226

 
$
85,488

 
$
168,345

 
$
145,992

 
$
1,457,051

Accumulated impairment losses
(102,259
)
 
—

 
—

 
(6,082
)
 
(108,341
)
 
954,967

 
85,488

 
168,345

 
139,910

 
1,348,710

Measurement period adjustment
—

 
—

 
—

 
4,570

 
4,570

Impairment
(248,591
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(248,591
)
Dispositions
(33,502
)
 
(85,488
)
 
—

 
(7,819
)
 
(126,809
)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes
(30,524
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(30,524
)
Balance as of September 30, 2015
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Goodwill
993,200

 
—

 
168,345

 
142,743

 
1,304,288

Accumulated impairment losses
(350,850
)
 
—

 
—

 
(6,082
)
 
(356,932
)
 
$
642,350

 
$
—

 
$
168,345

 
$
136,661

 
$
947,356

The Company recorded a $4.6 million measurement period adjustment in the second quarter of 2015 upon the finalization of the purchase accounting related to deferred income taxes in connection with the acquisition of Residential Healthcare, Inc. The balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 has not been revised for the measurement period adjustment as the Company believes it is not material to the Company's financial position.

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The changes in carrying amount of goodwill at the Company’s education division were as follows:
(in thousands)
Higher
Education
 
Test
Preparation
 
Kaplan
International
 
Total
Balance as of December 31, 2014
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Goodwill
$
409,884

 
$
166,098

 
$
481,244

 
$
1,057,226

Accumulated impairment losses
—

 
(102,259
)
 
—

 
(102,259
)
 
409,884

 
63,839

 
481,244

 
954,967

Impairment
(248,591
)
 
—

 
—

 
(248,591
)
Dispositions
(28,738
)
 
—

 
(4,764
)
 
(33,502
)
Foreign currency exchange rate changes
(280
)
 
—

 
(30,244
)
 
(30,524
)
Balance as of September 30, 2015
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Goodwill
380,866

 
166,098

 
446,236

 
993,200

Accumulated impairment losses
(248,591
)
 
(102,259
)
 
—

 
(350,850
)
 
$
132,275

 
$
63,839

 
$
446,236

 
$
642,350

Other intangible assets consist of the following:
 
 
 
As of September 30, 2015
 
As of December 31, 2014
(in thousands)
Useful Life
Range
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net
Carrying
Amount
Amortized Intangible Assets
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Noncompete agreements
2–5 years
 
$
1,681

 
$
1,232

 
$
449

 
$
2,500

 
$
1,590

 
$
910

Student and customer relationships
2–10 years
 
86,839

 
37,528

 
49,311

 
104,685

 
47,539

 
57,146

Databases and technology
3–5 years
 
10,518

 
9,367

 
1,151

 
10,501

 
8,827

 
1,674

Trade names and trademarks
2–10 years
 
53,140

 
22,709

 
30,431

 
55,452

 
19,724

 
35,728

Other
1–6 years (1)
 
2,184

 
1,712

 
472

 
8,969

 
7,480

 
1,489

  
  
 
$
154,362

 
$
72,548

 
$
81,814

 
$
182,107

 
$
85,160

 
$
96,947

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets
  
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  
 
  

 
  

Franchise agreements
  
 
$
—

 
  

 
  

 
$
496,321

 
  

 
  

Licensure and accreditation
  
 
994

 
  

 
  

 
6,781

 
  

 
  

Other
  
 
13,651

 
  

 
  

 
13,651

 
  

 
  

 
  
 
$
14,645

 
 
 
 
 
$
516,753

 
 
 
 
____________
(1)
The Company’s other amortized intangible assets maximum useful life was 25 years as of December 31, 2014.
6. DEBT
The Company’s borrowings consist of the following:
  
As of
  
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
(in thousands)
 
7.25% unsecured notes due February 1, 2019
$
398,619

 
$
398,308

AUD Revolving credit borrowing
—

 
40,927

Other indebtedness
4,203

 
6,685

Total Debt
402,822

 
445,920

Less: current portion
(3,000
)
 
(46,375
)
Total Long-Term Debt
$
399,822

 
$
399,545

The Company’s other indebtedness at September 30, 2015 is at an interest rate of 6% and matures from 2015 to 2017. The Company’s other indebtedness at December 31, 2014 is at interest rates from 0% to 6% and matures from 2015 to 2017.
On June 30, 2015, the Company's debt included $550 million related to Cable ONE. With the Cable ONE spin-off effective on July 1, 2015, the Cable ONE debt is no longer an obligation of the Company.
On June 17, 2015, the Company terminated its U.S. $450 million, AUD 50 million four-year revolving credit facility dated June 17, 2011. No borrowings were outstanding under the 2011 Credit Agreement at the time of termination. On June 29, 2015, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) providing for a new U.S. $200 million five-year revolving credit facility (the Facility) with each of the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent (Wells Fargo), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Documentation Agent (the Credit Agreement). The Company is required to pay a commitment fee on a quarterly basis, based on the Company's leverage ratio, of between 0.15% and 0.25% of the amount of the Facility. Any borrowings are made on an unsecured basis and bear interest at the

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Company’s option, either at (a) a fluctuating interest rate equal to the highest of Wells Fargo’s prime rate, 0.50 percent above the Federal funds rate or the one-month Eurodollar rate plus 1%, or (b) the Eurodollar rate for the applicable interest period as defined in the Credit Agreement which is generally a periodic rate equal to LIBOR, in each case plus an applicable margin that depends on the Company’s consolidated debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA (as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement, “leverage ratio”). The Company may draw on the Facility for general corporate purposes. The Facility will expire on July 1, 2020, unless the Company and the banks agree to extend the term. Any outstanding borrowings must be repaid on or prior to the final termination date. The Credit Agreement contains terms and conditions, including remedies in the event of a default by the Company, typical of facilities of this type and requires the Company to maintain a leverage ratio of not greater than 3.5 to 1.0 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio of at least 3.5 to 1.0 based upon the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2015, the Company is in compliance with all financial covenants.
On March 9, 2015, the Company repaid the AUD 50 million borrowed under its revolving credit facility. On the same day, the AUD 50 million interest rate swap agreements matured.
During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company had average borrowings outstanding of approximately $404.2 million and $450.9 million, respectively, at average annual interest rates of approximately 7.2% and 7.0%, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred net interest expense of $7.3 million and $8.8 million, respectively.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company had average borrowings outstanding of approximately $436.3 million and $451.4 million, respectively, at average annual interest rates of approximately 7.0%. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred net interest expense of $23.3 million and $24.8 million, respectively.
At September 30, 2015, the fair value of the Company’s 7.25% unsecured notes, based on quoted market prices, totaled $422.0 million, compared with the carrying amount of $398.6 million. At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the Company’s 7.25% unsecured notes, based on quoted market prices, totaled $450.3 million, compared with the carrying amount of $398.3 million. The carrying value of the Company’s other unsecured debt at September 30, 2015 approximates fair value.
7. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:
 
As of September 30, 2015
(in thousands)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Total
Assets
  
 
  
 
  
Money market investments (1) 
$
—

 
$
554,913

 
$
554,913

Commercial paper (2)
249,827

 
—

 
249,827

Marketable equity securities (3) 
312,892

 
—

 
312,892

Other current investments (4) 
16,031

 
14,153

 
30,184

Total Financial Assets
$
578,750

 
$
569,066

 
$
1,147,816

Liabilities
  
 
  
 
  
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (5) 
$
—

 
$
48,765

 
$
48,765

____________
(1)
The Company’s money market investments are included in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
(2)
The Company's commercial paper investments with original maturities of 90 days or less are included in cash and cash equivalents.
(3)
The Company’s investments in marketable equity securities are classified as available-for-sale.
(4)
Includes U.S. Government Securities, corporate bonds, mutual funds and time deposits.
(5)
Includes Graham Holdings Company's Deferred Compensation Plan and supplemental savings plan benefits under the Graham Holdings Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, which are included in accrued compensation and related benefits. These plans measure the market value of a participant's balance in a notional investment account that is comprised primarily of mutual funds, which are based on observable market prices. However, since the deferred compensation obligations are not exchanged in an active market, they are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on deferred compensation are included in operating income.

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As of December 31, 2014
(in thousands)
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Total
Assets
  
 
  
 
  
Money market investments (1) 
$
—

 
$
368,131

 
$
368,131

Commercial paper (2)
226,197

 
—

 
226,197

Marketable equity securities (3) 
193,793

 
—

 
193,793

Other current investments (4) 
11,788

 
21,171

 
32,959

Total Financial Assets
$
431,778

 
$
389,302

 
$
821,080

Liabilities
  
 
  
 
  
Deferred compensation plan liabilities (5) 
$
—

 
$
70,661

 
$
70,661

Interest rate swap (6) 
—

 
179

 
179

Total Financial Liabilities
$
—

 
$
70,840

 
$
70,840

____________
(1)
The Company’s money market investments are included in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash.
(2)
The Company's commercial paper investments with original maturities of 90 days or less are included in cash and cash equivalents.
(3)
The Company’s investments in marketable equity securities are classified as available-for-sale.
(4)
Includes U.S. Government Securities, corporate bonds, mutual funds and time deposits.
(5)
Includes Graham Holdings Company's Deferred Compensation Plan and supplemental savings plan benefits under the Graham Holdings Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, which are included in accrued compensation and related benefits. These plans measure the market value of a participant's balance in a notional investment account that is comprised primarily of mutual funds, which are based on observable market prices. However, since the deferred compensation obligations are not exchanged in an active market, they are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on deferred compensation are included in operating income.
(6)
Included in Other liabilities. The Company utilized a market approach model using the notional amount of the interest rate swap multiplied by the observable inputs of time to maturity and market interest rates.
In the third quarter of 2015, the Company recorded an estimated preliminary goodwill impairment charge of $248.6 million. In the second quarter of 2015, the Company recorded a long-lived asset impairment charge of $6.9 million. In the second quarter of 2014, the Company recorded an intangible asset impairment charge of $7.8 million, reported in discontinued operations (see Note 5). The remeasurements of the goodwill and other long-lived assets are classified as Level 3 fair value assessments due to the significance of unobservable inputs developed in the determination of the fair values. The Company used a discounted cash flow model to determine the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. A market value approach was also utilized to supplement the discounted cash flow model. The Company made estimates and assumptions regarding future cash flows, discount rates, long-term growth rates and market values to determine the reporting unit’s estimated fair value.
8. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Stock Awards. As a result of the Cable ONE spin-off, the number of Class B common stock authorized for issuance under the 2012 Incentive Compensation Plan (the 2012 Plan) was increased from 500,000 shares to 772,588 shares. The individual award limits under the 2012 Plan was also increased from 50,000 shares to 77,258 shares per calendar year.
Redeemable Preferred Stock. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company notified the holders of the Series A preferred stock of its intention to redeem the shares. On October 1, 2015, the Company redeemed the remaining 10,510 Series A preferred stock, with a par value of $1.00 per share and a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, for $10.5 million. The Company reclassified the Series A preferred stock to current liabilities in the third quarter of 2015.
(Loss) Earnings Per Share. On June 30, 2014, the Company acquired 1,620,190 of its Class B common stock owned by Berkshire Hathaway, as described in Note 4.
The Company's unvested restricted stock awards contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends and, therefore, are considered participating securities for purposes of computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The diluted earnings per share computed under the two-class method is lower than the diluted earnings per share computed under the treasury stock method, resulting in the presentation of the lower amount in diluted earnings per share. The computation of the earnings per share under the two-class method excludes the income attributable to the unvested restricted stock awards from the numerator and excludes the dilutive impact of those underlying shares from the denominator.

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The following reflects the Company's income from continuing operations and share data used in the basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share computations using the two-class method:
 
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Numerator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator for basic (loss) earnings per share:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
(Loss) income from continuing operations attributable to Graham Holdings Company common stockholders
$
(231,222
)
 
$
10,142

 
$
(194,625
)
 
$
459,378

Less: Dividends-common stock outstanding and unvested restricted shares
(6,736
)
 
(14,773
)
 
(53,090
)
 
(67,267
)
Undistributed (loss) earnings
(237,958
)
 
(4,631
)
 
(247,715
)
 
392,111

Percent allocated to common stockholders(1)
100.00
%
 
100.00
%
 
100.00
%
 
97.89
%
 
(237,958
)
 
(4,631
)
 
(247,715
)
 
383,842

Add: Dividends-common stock outstanding
6,621

 
14,462

 
52,180

 
66,021

Numerator for basic (loss) earnings per share
$
(231,337
)
 
$
9,831

 
$
(195,535
)
 
$
449,863

Add: Additional undistributed earnings due to dilutive stock options
—

 
—

 
—

 
36

Numerator for diluted (loss) earnings per share
$
(231,337
)
 
$
9,831

 
$
(195,535
)
 
$
449,899

Denominator:
  

 
  

 
 
 
 
Denominator for basic (loss) earnings per share:


 


 


 


Weighted average shares outstanding
5,738

 
5,671

 
5,721

 
6,737

Add: Effect of dilutive stock options
—

 
25

 
—

 
25

Denominator for diluted (loss) earnings per share
5,738

 
5,696

 
5,721

 
6,762

Graham Holdings Company Common Stockholders:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Basic (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations
$
(40.32
)
 
$
1.73

 
$
(34.18
)
 
$
66.77

Diluted (loss) earnings per share from continuing operations
$
(40.32
)
 
$
1.73

 
$
(34.18
)
 
$
66.52

____________
(1)
Percent of undistributed losses allocated to common stockholders is 100% in the third quarter of 2015 and 2014 and first nine months of 2015 as participating securities are not contractually obligated to share in losses.
Diluted (loss) earnings per share excludes the following weighted average potential common shares, as the effect would be antidilutive, as computed under the treasury stock method:
 
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Weighted average restricted stock
50

 
61

 
53

 
61

Weighted average stock options
49

 
—

 
37

 
—

The diluted loss per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 exclude the effects of 77,258 stock options outstanding as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. The diluted earnings per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 exclude the effects of 5,000 stock options outstanding as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. The diluted loss per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 exclude the effects of 5,050 restricted stock awards as their inclusion would have been antidilutive. The diluted earnings per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 exclude the effects of 6,075 restricted stock awards, as their inclusion would have been antidilutive.
In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 the Company declared regular dividends totaling $1.15 and $9.10, respectively. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company declared regular dividends totaling $2.55 and $10.20, respectively.
9. PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT PLANS
Cable ONE Spin-Off. On July 1, 2015, as part of the spin-off, Cable ONE assumed the liability related to their employees participating in the Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP). The Company also eliminated the accrual of pension benefits for all Cable ONE employees related to their future service. As a result of the spin-off of Cable ONE, the Company remeasured the accumulated and projected benefit obligation of the pension plan and SERP as of July 1, 2015, and recorded curtailment and settlement gains. The new measurement basis was used for the recognition of the SERP cost recorded in the third quarter of 2015 and the pension benefit recorded for the first two months of the third quarter of 2015. The curtailment gain on the spin-off of Cable ONE is included in (loss) income from discontinued operations, net of tax. The settlement gain on the spin-off of Cable ONE is included in the SERP liability distributed to Cable ONE (see Note 2).

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KHE Campuses Sale. On September 3, 2015, the Company eliminated the accrual of pension benefits for almost all of the KHE Campus employees related to their future service. As a result, the Company remeasured the accumulated and projected benefit obligation of the pension plan as of September 3, 2015, and the Company recorded a curtailment gain in the third quarter of 2015. The new measurement basis was used for the recognition of the Company's pension benefit beginning in September 2015. The curtailment gain on the sale of the KHE Campuses is included in the loss on the sale of the KHE Campuses and reported in Other (expense) income, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Defined Benefit Plans. The total benefit arising from the Company’s defined benefit pension plans, including a portion included in discontinued operations, consists of the following components:
  
Three Months Ended September 30
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost
$
6,090

 
$
6,976

 
$
20,593

 
$
21,489

Interest cost
13,516

 
12,894

 
39,077

 
38,870

Expected return on assets
(33,673
)
 
(29,877
)
 
(96,771
)
 
(90,644
)
Amortization of prior service cost
79

 
83

 
241

 
247

Recognized actuarial gain
(6,057
)
 
(7,280
)
 
(6,057
)
 
(21,599
)
Net Periodic Benefit
(20,045
)
 
(17,204
)
 
(42,917
)
 
(51,637
)
Curtailment gains
(3,267
)
 
—

 
(3,267
)
 
—

Early retirement programs and special separation benefit expense
3,734

 
3,884

 
3,734

 
8,374

Total Benefit
$
(19,578
)
 
$
(13,320
)
 
$
(42,450
)
 
$
(43,263
)
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the net periodic benefit for the Company's pension plans, as reported above, includes benefits of $0.1 million and costs of $1.9 million, respectively, reported in discontinued operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the net periodic benefit for the Company's pension plans, as reported above, includes costs of $0.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, reported in discontinued operations. The curtailment gain of $2.2 million related to the Cable spin-off is also included in discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. The curtailment gain of $1.1 million related to the sale of the KHE Campuses business is included in Other (expense) income, net.
In the third quarter of 2015, the Company recorded $3.7 million related to a Separation Incentive Program for certain Kaplan employees, which is being funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan. In the first quarter of 2014, the Company recorded $4.5 million related to a Separation Incentive Program for certain Corporate employees, which is being funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan. In the third quarter of 2014, the Company recorded $3.9 million related to a Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program (VRIP) for certain Corporate employees, which is being funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan.
The total cost arising from the Company’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP), including a portion included in discontinued operations, consists of the following components:
  
Three Months Ended September 30
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost
$
464

 
$
373

 
$
1,482

 
$
1,119

Interest cost
1,140

 
1,086

 
3,410

 
3,257

Amortization of prior service cost
115

 
12

 
343

 
35

Recognized actuarial loss
630

 
374

 
2,385

 
1,124

Net Periodic Cost
2,349

 
1,845

 
7,620

 
5,535

Special separation benefit expense
—

 
2,422

 
—

 
2,422

Total Cost
$
2,349

 
$
4,267

 
$
7,620

 
$
7,957

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the net periodic cost for the Company's SERP, as reported above, includes costs of $0.2 million reported in discontinued operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the net periodic cost for the Company's SERP, as reported above, includes costs of $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively, reported in discontinued operations.

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Defined Benefit Plan Assets. The Company’s defined benefit pension obligations are funded by a portfolio made up of a relatively small number of stocks and high-quality fixed-income securities that are held by a third-party trustee. The assets of the Company’s pension plan were allocated as follows:
  
As of
  
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
  
 
U.S. equities
54
%
 
59
%
U.S. fixed income
13
%
 
13
%
International equities
33
%
 
28
%
  
100
%
 
100
%
Essentially all of the assets are actively managed by two investment companies. The goal of the investment managers is to produce moderate long-term growth in the value of these assets, while protecting them against large decreases in value. Both of these managers may invest in a combination of equity and fixed-income securities and cash. The managers are not permitted to invest in securities of the Company or in alternative investments. The investment managers cannot invest more than 20% of the assets at the time of purchase in the stock of Berkshire Hathaway or more than 10% of the assets in the securities of any other single issuer, except for obligations of the U.S. Government, without receiving prior approval by the Plan administrator. As of September 30, 2015, the managers can invest no more than 24% of the assets in specified international exchanges, at the time the investment is made, and no less than 10% of the assets could be invested in fixed-income securities. None of the assets is managed internally by the Company.
In determining the expected rate of return on plan assets, the Company considers the relative weighting of plan assets, the historical performance of total plan assets and individual asset classes and economic and other indicators of future performance. In addition, the Company may consult with and consider the input of financial and other professionals in developing appropriate return benchmarks.
The Company evaluated its defined benefit pension plan asset portfolio for the existence of significant concentrations (defined as greater than 10% of plan assets) of credit risk as of September 30, 2015. Types of concentrations that were evaluated include, but are not limited to, investment concentrations in a single entity, type of industry, foreign country and individual fund. At September 30, 2015, the pension plan held common stock in one investment that exceeded 10% of total plan assets, valued at $580.6 million, or 24% of total plan assets. At December 31, 2014, the pension plan held common stock in two investments that exceeded 10% of total plan assets, valued at $730.6 million, or 30% of total plan assets. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the pension plan held investments in one foreign country that exceeded 10% of total plan assets. These investments were valued at $582.0 million and $468.0 million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, or approximately 24% and 19%, respectively, of total plan assets.
Other Postretirement Plans. The total cost arising from the Company’s other postretirement plans consists of the following components:
  
Three Months Ended September 30
 
Nine Months Ended September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost
$
333

 
$
375

 
$
999

 
$
1,125

Interest cost
325

 
362

 
974

 
1,086

Amortization of prior service credit
(126
)
 
(196
)
 
(377
)
 
(587
)
Recognized actuarial gain
(249
)
 
(519
)
 
(747
)
 
(1,557
)
Net Periodic Cost
$
283

 
$
22

 
$
849

 
$
67


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10. OTHER NON-OPERATING (EXPENSE) INCOME
A summary of non-operating (expense) income is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Net losses on sales of businesses
$
(26,253
)
 
$
—

 
$
(23,335
)
 
$
—

Foreign currency loss, net
(12,972
)
 
(10,564
)
 
(16,191
)
 
(2,618
)
Gain on formation of joint venture
—

 
—

 
5,972

 
—

Additional gain on sale of Classified Ventures
—

 
—

 
4,827

 
—

Gain on Berkshire marketable equity securities exchange
—

 
—

 
—

 
266,733

Gain on sale of headquarters building
—

 
—

 
—

 
127,670

Losses on sales or write-down of marketable equity securities
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3,044
)
Other, net
(1,233
)
 
(159
)
 
(1,158
)
 
1,923

Total Other Non-Operating (Expense) Income
$
(40,458
)
 
$
(10,723
)
 
$
(29,885
)
 
$
390,664

In the third quarter of 2015, Kaplan sold the KHEC Campuses business, and Franklyn Scholar, which was part of Kaplan International, for a loss of $26.3 million.
In the second quarter of 2015, the Company sold The Root and Kaplan sold two small businesses for a total gain of $2.9 million.
In the second quarter of 2015, the Company benefited from a favorable $4.8 million out of period adjustment to the gain on the sale of Classified Ventures related to the fourth quarter of 2014. With respect to this error, the Company has concluded that it was not material to the Company's financial position or results of operations for 2015 and 2014 and the related interim periods, based on its consideration of quantitative and qualitative factors.
In January 2015, Celtic contributed assets to a joint venture entered into with AHN in exchange for a 40% equity interest, resulting in the Company recording a $6.0 million gain (see Note 4). The Company used an income and market approach to value the equity interest. The measurement of the equity interest in the joint venture is classified as a Level 3 fair value assessment due to the significance of unobservable inputs developed in the determination of the fair value.
On June 30, 2014, the Company completed a transaction with Berkshire Hathaway, as described in Note 4 that included the exchange of 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by the Company; a $266.7 million gain was recorded.
On March 27, 2014, the Company completed the sale of its headquarters building for $158 million. In connection with the sale, the Company recorded a $127.7 million pre-tax gain.

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11. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
The other comprehensive loss consists of the following components:
 
Three Months Ended September 30
  
2015
 
2014
  
Before-Tax
 
Income
 
After-Tax
 
Before-Tax
 
Income
 
After-Tax
(in thousands)
Amount
 
Tax
 
Amount
 
Amount
 
Tax
 
Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Translation adjustments arising during the period
$
(10,548
)
 
$
—

 
$
(10,548
)
 
$
(9,777
)
 
$
—

 
$
(9,777
)
Adjustment for sales of businesses with foreign operations
6,026

 
—

 
6,026

 
—

 
—

 
—

  
(4,522
)
 
—

 
(4,522
)
 
(9,777
)
 
—

 
(9,777
)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Unrealized gains for the period, net
3,836

 
(1,535
)
 
2,301

 
9,734

 
(3,894
)
 
5,840

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pension and other postretirement plans:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Amortization of net prior service cost (credit) included in net income
68

 
(27
)
 
41

 
(101
)
 
41

 
(60
)
Amortization of net actuarial gain included in net income
(5,676
)
 
2,271

 
(3,405
)
 
(7,425
)
 
2,970

 
(4,455
)
Curtailment gains included in net income
51

 
(21
)
 
30

 
—

 
—

 
—

Curtailment and settlement included in distribution to Cable ONE
1,403

 
(561
)
 
842

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(4,154
)
 
1,662

 
(2,492
)
 
(7,526
)
 
3,011

 
(4,515
)
Cash flow hedge:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Gain for the period
—

 
—

 
—

 
230

 
(92
)
 
138

Other Comprehensive Loss
$
(4,840
)
 
$
127

 
$
(4,713
)
 
$
(7,339
)
 
$
(975
)
 
$
(8,314
)
  
Nine Months Ended September 30
  
2015
 
2014
  
Before-Tax
 
Income
 
After-Tax
 
Before-Tax
 
Income
 
After-Tax
(in thousands)
Amount
 
Tax
 
Amount
 
Amount
 
Tax
 
Amount
Foreign currency translation adjustments:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Translation adjustments arising during the period
$
(17,387
)
 
$
—

 
$
(17,387
)
 
$
(7,111
)
 
$
—

 
$
(7,111
)
Adjustment for sales of businesses with foreign operations
5,501

 
—

 
5,501

 
—

 
—

 
—

  
(11,886
)
 
—

 
(11,886
)
 
(7,111
)
 
—

 
(7,111
)
Unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities:
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Unrealized (losses) gains for the period, net
(16,497
)
 
6,599

 
(9,898
)
 
46,139

 
(18,456
)
 
27,683

Reclassification adjustment for realization of (gain) loss on exchange, sale or write-down of available-for-sale securities included in net income
—

 
—

 
—

 
(265,274
)
 
106,110

 
(159,164
)
  
(16,497
)
 
6,599

 
(9,898
)
 
(219,135
)
 
87,654

 
(131,481
)
Pension and other postretirement plans:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Amortization of net prior service cost (credit) included in net income
207

 
(82
)
 
125

 
(305
)
 
122

 
(183
)
Amortization of net actuarial gain included in net income
(4,419
)
 
1,768

 
(2,651
)
 
(22,032
)
 
8,813

 
(13,219
)
Curtailment gains included in net income
51

 
(21
)
 
30

 
—

 
—

 
—

Curtailment and settlement included in distribution to Cable ONE
1,403

 
(561
)
 
842

 
—

 
—

 
—

  
(2,758
)
 
1,104

 
(1,654
)
 
(22,337
)
 
8,935

 
(13,402
)
Cash flow hedge:
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Gain for the period
179

 
(71
)
 
108

 
641

 
(256
)
 
385

Other Comprehensive Loss
$
(30,962
)
 
$
7,632

 
$
(23,330
)
 
$
(247,942
)
 
$
96,333

 
$
(151,609
)

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The accumulated balances related to each component of other comprehensive (loss) income are as follows:
(in thousands, net of taxes)
Cumulative
Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
 
Unrealized Gain
on Available-for- Sale Securities
 
Unrealized Gain
on Pensions
and Other
Postretirement
Plans
 
Cash Flow
Hedge
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
Balance as of December 31, 2014
$
8,548

 
$
52,130

 
$
392,910

 
$
(108
)
 
$
453,480

Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
(17,387
)
 
(9,898
)
 
842

 
29

 
(26,414
)
Net amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
5,501

 
—

 
(2,496
)
 
79

 
3,084

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
(11,886
)
 
(9,898
)
 
(1,654
)
 
108

 
(23,330
)
Balance as of September 30, 2015
$
(3,338
)
 
$
42,232

 
$
391,256

 
$
—

 
$
430,150

The amounts and line items of reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income are as follows:
  
Three Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Nine Months Ended 
 September 30
 
Affected Line Item in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
  
 
 
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments:
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Adjustment for sales of businesses with foreign operations
$
6,026

 
$
—

 
$
5,501

 
$
—

 
Other (expense) income, net
Unrealized Gains on Available-for-sale Securities:
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Realized gain for the period
—

 
—

 
—

 
(265,274
)
 
Other (expense) income, net
  
—

 
—

 
—

 
106,110

 
(1)
  
—

 
—

 
—

 
(159,164
)
 
Net of Tax
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans:
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
Amortization of net prior service cost (credit)
68

 
(101
)
 
207

 
(305
)
 
(2)
Amortization of net actuarial gain
(5,676
)
 
(7,425
)
 
(4,419
)
 
(22,032
)
 
(2)
Curtailment gains
51

 
—

 
51

 
—

 
(2)
  
(5,557
)
 
(7,526
)
 
(4,161
)
 
(22,337
)
 
Before tax
  
2,223

 
3,011

 
1,665

 
8,935

 
(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes
  
(3,334
)
 
(4,515
)
 
(2,496
)
 
(13,402
)
 
Net of Tax
Cash Flow Hedge
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  
—

 
217

 
132

 
645

 
Interest expense
  
—

 
(87
)
 
(53
)
 
(258
)
 
(Benefit) Provision for Income Taxes
  
—

 
130

 
79

 
387

 
Net of Tax
Total reclassification for the period
$
2,692

 
$
(4,385
)
 
$
3,084

 
$
(172,179
)
 
Net of Tax
____________
(1)
Benefits of $1.2 million were recorded in Provision for Income Taxes related to the realized loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The remaining $107.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, relates to the reversal of income taxes previously recorded on the unrealized gain of the Company’s investment in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. marketable equity securities as part of the Berkshire exchange transaction (see Note 4).
(2)
These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and postretirement plan cost (see Note 9).
12. CONTINGENCIES
Litigation and Legal Matters.  The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of its business. Although the outcomes of the legal claims and proceedings against the Company cannot be predicted with certainty, based on currently available information, management believes that there are no existing claims or proceedings that are likely to have a material effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Also, based on currently available information, management is of the opinion that the exposure to future material losses from existing legal proceedings is not reasonably possible, or that future material losses in excess of the amounts accrued are not reasonably possible.
Certain Kaplan subsidiaries are subject to two unsealed cases filed by former employees that include, among other allegations, claims under the False Claims Act relating to eligibility for Title IV funding. The U.S. Government declined to intervene in all cases, and, as previously reported, court decisions either dismissed the cases in their entirety or narrowed the scope of their allegations. The two cases are captioned: United States of America ex rel. Carlos Urquilla-Diaz et al. v. Kaplan University et al. (unsealed March 25, 2008) and United States of America ex rel. Charles Jajdelski v. Kaplan Higher Education Corp. et al. (unsealed January 6, 2009).

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On August 17, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a series of rulings in the Diaz case, which included three separate complaints: Diaz, Wilcox and Gillespie. The court dismissed the Wilcox complaint in its entirety; dismissed all False Claims Act allegations in the Diaz complaint, leaving only an individual employment claim; and dismissed in part the Gillespie complaint, thereby limiting the scope and time frame of its False Claims Act allegations regarding compliance with the U.S. Federal Rehabilitation Act. On October 31, 2012, the court entered summary judgment in favor of the Company as to the sole remaining employment claim in the Diaz complaint. On July 16, 2013, the court likewise entered summary judgment in favor of the Company on all remaining claims in the Gillespie complaint. Diaz and Gillespie each appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Court. Arguments on both appeals were heard on February 3, 2015. On March 11, 2015, the court issued a decision affirming the lower court's dismissal of all of Gillespie's claims and three of the four Diaz claims but reversing and remanding on one remaining claim. In September 2015, Diaz filed an amended complaint and Kaplan filed a motion to dismiss.
On July 7, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada dismissed the Jajdelski complaint in its entirety and entered a final judgment in favor of Kaplan. On February 13, 2013, the U.S. Circuit Court for the Ninth Judicial Circuit affirmed the dismissal in part and reversed the dismissal on one allegation under the False Claims Act relating to eligibility for Title IV funding based on claims of false attendance. The surviving claim was remanded to the District Court, where Kaplan has moved for summary judgment, which the court granted on March 9, 2015; the plaintiff filed a notice of appeal in the second quarter of 2015.
ED Program Reviews.  The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has undertaken program reviews at various KHE locations. Currently, there are five open program reviews, four of which are at campuses that were part of the KHE Campuses business, including the ED’s final reports on the program reviews at KHE’s Broomall, PA, and Pittsburgh, PA, locations. Kaplan retains responsibility for any financial obligation resulting from the ED program reviews at the KHE Campuses business.
The ED conducted a program review at Kaplan University in the first quarter of 2015, covering all aspects of Kaplan University's financial aid systems and on the standards for determining student attendance in online programs. A failure to properly determine student attendance under the federal Title IV rules could result in a failure to refund the proper amount of Title IV aid to the ED when a student withdraws from the program.
The Company does not expect the open program reviews to have a material impact on KHE; however, the results of open program reviews and their impact on Kaplan’s operations are uncertain.
The 90/10 Rule.  Under regulations referred to as the 90/10 rule, a KHE school would lose its eligibility to participate in Title IV programs for a period of at least two fiscal years if the institution derives more than 90% of its receipts from Title IV programs, as calculated on a cash basis in accordance with the Higher Education Act and applicable ED regulations, in each of two consecutive fiscal years. An institution with Title IV receipts exceeding 90% for a single fiscal year would be placed on provisional certification and may be subject to other enforcement measures. The 90/10 rule calculations are performed for each OPEID unit. KHE is taking various measures to reduce the percentage of its receipts attributable to Title IV funds, including modifying student payment options; emphasizing direct-pay and employer-paid education programs; encouraging students to carefully evaluate the amount of their Title IV borrowing; eliminating some programs; cash-matching; and developing and offering additional non-Title IV-eligible certificate preparation, professional development and continuing education programs. While there can be no guarantee that these measures will be adequate to prevent the 90/10 ratio at some of the schools from exceeding 90% in the future, management currently estimates that each of KHE's continuing operations campuses will be 90/10 compliant in 2015.

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13. BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company has five reportable segments: Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan Test Preparation, Kaplan International, television broadcasting and other businesses.
Cable. Due to the spin-off of Cable ONE on July 1, 2015, the cable division is no longer included as a separate segment as its results have been reclassified to discontinued operations, net of tax, for all periods presented.
The following table summarizes the 2015 quarterly financial information related to each of the Company’s business segments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
March 31,
 
June 30,
 
September 30,
(in thousands)
2015
 
2015
 
2015
Operating Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
500,602

 
$
523,625

 
$
481,746

Television broadcasting
83,564

 
90,753

 
89,693

Other businesses
63,259

 
66,512

 
70,052

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

Intersegment elimination
—

 
—

 
(59
)
  
$
647,425

 
$
680,890

 
$
641,432

Income (Loss) From Operations
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
(22,849
)
 
$
15,848

 
$
(242,777
)
Television broadcasting
38,562

 
42,014

 
40,526

Other businesses
(5,162
)
 
(2,161
)
 
(3,059
)
Corporate office
(1,689
)
 
524

 
(8,413
)
  
$
8,862

 
$
56,225

 
$
(213,723
)
Equity in (Losses) Earnings of Affiliates, Net
(404
)
 
(353
)
 
95

Interest Expense, Net
(7,942
)
 
(8,025
)
 
(7,349
)
Other (Expense) Income, Net
(1,105
)
 
11,678

 
(40,458
)
(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
$
(589
)
 
$
59,525

 
$
(261,435
)
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
18,528

 
$
21,980

 
$
10,637

Television broadcasting
2,109

 
2,125

 
2,237

Other businesses
1,302

 
1,254

 
1,335

Corporate office
258

 
250

 
251

  
$
22,197

 
$
25,609

 
$
14,460

Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-lived Assets
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
1,507

 
$
8,343

 
$
249,930

Television broadcasting
63

 
63

 
63

Other businesses
3,168

 
3,117

 
3,110

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

  
$
4,738

 
$
11,523

 
$
253,103

Net Pension (Credit) Expense
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
3,947

 
$
3,947

 
$
7,525

Television broadcasting
391

 
391

 
425

Other businesses
193

 
186

 
328

Corporate office
(16,938
)
 
(16,939
)
 
(24,533
)
  
$
(12,407
)
 
$
(12,415
)
 
$
(16,255
)










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The following table summarizes the 2014 quarterly financial information related to each of the Company’s business segments:
  
March 31,
 
June 30,
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
(in thousands)
2014
 
2014
 
2014
 
2014
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Education
$
522,154

 
$
542,964

 
$
543,918

 
$
551,381

Television broadcasting
85,651

 
88,297

 
87,442

 
102,446

Other businesses
24,913

 
42,351

 
71,845

 
73,798

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Intersegment elimination
(98
)
 
(30
)
 
—

 
—

  
$
632,620

 
$
673,582

 
$
703,205

 
$
727,625

Income (Loss) from Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
1,862

 
$
17,637

 
$
12,551

 
$
33,413

Television broadcasting
44,386

 
44,088

 
44,979

 
54,380

Other businesses
(10,747
)
 
(6,995
)
 
(9,292
)
 
5,948

Corporate office
2,206

 
50

 
(7,029
)
 
5,283

  
$
37,707

 
$
54,780

 
$
41,209

 
$
99,024

Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Net
4,052

 
91,503

 
4,613

 
202

Interest Expense, Net
(8,189
)
 
(7,884
)
 
(8,769
)
 
(8,555
)
Other Expense, Net
133,273

 
268,114

 
(10,723
)
 
387,346

Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
$
166,843

 
$
406,513

 
$
26,330

 
$
478,017

Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
16,416

 
$
15,372

 
$
15,237

 
$
14,713

Television broadcasting
1,994

 
2,039

 
2,148

 
2,228

Other businesses
520

 
780

 
1,201

 
1,430

Corporate office
500

 
10

 
78

 
247

  
$
19,430

 
$
18,201

 
$
18,664

 
$
18,618

Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Intangibles and Other Long-lived Assets
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Education
$
1,924

 
$
1,798

 
$
1,927

 
$
19,292

Television broadcasting
—

 
—

 
—

 
32

Other businesses
758

 
1,138

 
5,427

 
3,193

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

  
$
2,682

 
$
2,936

 
$
7,354

 
$
22,517

Net Pension (Credit) Expense
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Education
$
4,143

 
$
3,566

 
$
3,854

 
$
3,855

Television broadcasting
320

 
358

 
338

 
338

Other businesses
164

 
202

 
191

 
191

Corporate office
(17,679
)
 
(22,933
)
 
(18,620
)
 
(23,070
)
  
$
(13,052
)
 
$
(18,807
)
 
$
(14,237
)
 
$
(18,686
)


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The following table summarizes financial information related to each of the Company's business segments:
  
Nine Months Ended September 30
 
Year Ended December 31
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2014
 
2013
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Education
$
1,505,973

 
$
1,609,036

 
$
2,160,417

 
$
2,163,734

Television broadcasting
264,010

 
261,390

 
363,836

 
308,306

Other businesses
199,823

 
139,109

 
212,907

 
128,803

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Intersegment elimination
(59
)
 
(128
)
 
(128
)
 
(241
)
  
$
1,969,747

 
$
2,009,407

 
$
2,737,032

 
$
2,600,602

(Loss) Income from Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
(249,778
)
 
$
32,050

 
$
65,463

 
$
50,989

Television broadcasting
121,102

 
133,452

 
187,833

 
145,192

Other businesses
(10,382
)
 
(27,034
)
 
(21,086
)
 
(23,468
)
Corporate office
(9,578
)
 
(4,773
)
 
510

 
(23,279
)
  
$
(148,636
)
 
$
133,695

 
$
232,720

 
$
149,434

Equity in (Losses) Earnings of Affiliates, Net
(662
)
 
100,168

 
100,370

 
13,215

Interest Expense, Net
(23,316
)
 
(24,841
)
 
(33,397
)
 
(33,667
)
Other (Expense) Income, Net
(29,885
)
 
390,664

 
778,010

 
(23,751
)
(Loss) Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes
$
(202,499
)
 
$
599,686

 
$
1,077,703

 
$
105,231

Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Education
$
51,145

 
$
47,024

 
$
61,737

 
$
89,622

Television broadcasting
6,471

 
6,181

 
8,409

 
8,746

Other businesses
3,891

 
2,501

 
3,931

 
2,177

Corporate office
759

 
589

 
836

 
626

  
$
62,266

 
$
56,295

 
$
74,913

 
$
101,171

Amortization of Intangible Assets and Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-lived Assets
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Education
$
259,780

 
$
5,649

 
$
24,941

 
$
11,753

Television broadcasting
189

 
—

 
32

 
—

Other businesses
9,395

 
7,323

 
10,516

 
3,416

Corporate office
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

  
$
269,364

 
$
12,972

 
$
35,489

 
$
15,169

Net Pension (Credit) Expense
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Education
$
15,419

 
$
11,563

 
$
15,418

 
$
16,538

Television broadcasting
1,207

 
1,016

 
1,355

 
3,961

Other businesses
707

 
557

 
748

 
610

Corporate office
(58,410
)
 
(59,231
)
 
(82,301
)
 
(41,836
)
  
$
(41,077
)
 
$
(46,095
)
 
$
(64,780
)
 
$
(20,727
)

Asset information for the Company’s business segments are as follows:
  
As of
(in thousands)
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Identifiable Assets
  
 
  
Education
$
1,249,359

 
$
1,781,543

Television broadcasting
309,232

 
305,426

Other businesses
472,272

 
518,807

Corporate office
938,195

 
1,778,391

  
$
2,969,058

 
$
4,384,167

Investments in Marketable Equity Securities
312,892

 
193,793

Investments in Affiliates
53,198

 
19,811

Prepaid Pension Cost
1,189,181

 
1,152,488

Assets Held for Sale
—

 
2,060

Total Assets
$
4,524,329

 
$
5,752,319


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The Company’s education division comprises the following operating segments:
  
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
  
September 30
 
September 30
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Operating Revenues
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Higher education
$
203,529

 
$
249,882

 
$
681,814

 
$
755,597

Test preparation
83,706

 
85,108

 
233,313

 
234,010

Kaplan international
192,702

 
207,615

 
585,486

 
615,507

Kaplan corporate and other
1,905

 
1,492

 
5,723

 
4,891

Intersegment elimination
(96
)
 
(179
)
 
(363
)
 
(969
)
  
$
481,746

 
$
543,918

 
$
1,505,973

 
$
1,609,036

Income (Loss) from Operations
 
 
  

 
  

 
  

Higher education
$
3,153

 
$
5,391

 
$
28,510

 
$
39,487

Test preparation
13,620

 
6,980

 
16,365

 
(3,552
)
Kaplan international
8,295

 
13,853

 
33,585

 
40,609

Kaplan corporate and other
(267,882
)
 
(13,651
)
 
(328,333
)
 
(44,608
)
Intersegment elimination
37

 
(22
)
 
95

 
114

  
$
(242,777
)
 
$
12,551

 
$
(249,778
)
 
$
32,050

Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Higher education
$
4,066

 
$
7,320

 
$
13,688

 
$
22,140

Test preparation
2,052

 
2,865

 
7,205

 
9,721

Kaplan international
4,277

 
4,951

 
14,004

 
14,546

Kaplan corporate and other
242

 
101

 
16,248

 
617

  
$
10,637

 
$
15,237

 
$
51,145

 
$
47,024

Amortization of Intangible Assets
$
1,339

 
$
1,927

 
$
4,313

 
$
5,649

Impairment of Goodwill and Other Long-lived Assets
$
248,591

 
$
—

 
$
255,467

 
$
—

Pension Expense
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Higher education
$
3,964

 
$
2,628

 
$
9,028

 
$
7,885

Test preparation
775

 
722

 
2,325

 
2,166

Kaplan international
114

 
89

 
326

 
267

Kaplan corporate and other
2,672

 
415

 
3,740

 
1,245

  
$
7,525

 
$
3,854

 
$
15,419

 
$
11,563

In the third quarter of 2015, a favorable $3.0 million out of period revenue adjustment was included at the test preparation segment that related to prior periods from 2011 through the second quarter of 2015. With respect to this error, the Company has concluded that it was not material to the Company's financial position or results of operations for 2015 and prior years and the related interim periods, based on its consideration of quantitative and qualitative factors.
Identifiable assets for the Company’s education division consist of the following:
  
As of
(in thousands)
September 30,
2015
 
December 31,
2014
Identifiable assets
  
 
  
Higher education
$
227,406

 
$
749,421

Test preparation
147,998

 
167,055

Kaplan international
811,672

 
838,148

Kaplan corporate and other
62,283

 
26,919

  
$
1,249,359

 
$
1,781,543



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
This analysis should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto.
Results of Operations
The Company reported a loss from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $231.2 million ($40.32 per share) for the third quarter of 2015, compared to income of $10.1 million ($1.73 per share) for the third quarter of 2014. Net loss attributable to common shares was $230.8 million ($40.25 per share) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015, compared to income of $76.4 million ($13.12 per share) for the third quarter of last year. Net (loss) income includes $0.4 million ($0.07 per share) and $66.2 million ($11.39 per share) in income from discontinued operations for the third quarter of 2015 and 2014, respectively. (Refer to “Discontinued Operations” discussion below.)
As a result of continued declines in student enrollments at Kaplan Higher Education (KHE) and the challenging industry operating environment, Kaplan completed an interim impairment review of KHE's goodwill in the third quarter of 2015 that resulted in a preliminary $248.6 million goodwill impairment charge. Due to the complexity and effort required to estimate the fair value of KHE, the Company derived the fair value estimate based on preliminary assumptions and analysis that are subject to change. Any adjustment to the estimated impairment charge will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Items included in the Company’s loss from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2015 are listed below:
•
$248.6 million preliminary goodwill impairment charge related to the KHE business (after-tax impact of $217.1 million, or $37.85 per share);
•
$9.5 million in restructuring charges at the education division (after-tax impact of $5.8 million, or $1.00 per share);
•
$18.8 million in expense related to the modification of stock options awards related to the cable spin-off (after-tax impact of $11.6 million, or $1.99 per share);
•
$26.3 million in net non-operating losses arising from the sales of two businesses (after-tax impact of $24.3 million, or $4.16 per share); and
•
$13.0 million in non-operating unrealized foreign currency losses (after-tax impact of $8.0 million, or $1.37 per share).
Items included in the Company’s income from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2014 are listed below:
•
$13.6 million in restructuring charges at the education division and early retirement program expense and related charges at the corporate office (after-tax impact of $8.7 million, or $1.50 per share); and
•
$10.6 million in non-operating unrealized foreign currency losses (after-tax impact of $6.8 million, or $1.16 per share).
Revenue for the third quarter of 2015 was $641.4 million, down 9% from $703.2 million in the third quarter of 2014. Revenues declined at the education division and in other businesses, offset by an increase at the television broadcasting division. The Company reported an operating loss of $213.7 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared to operating income of $41.2 million for the third quarter of 2014. Operating results were down at the education and television broadcasting divisions, offset by improvement in other businesses.
For the first nine months of 2015, the Company reported a loss from continuing operations attributable to common shares of $194.6 million ($34.18 per share), compared to income of $459.4 million ($66.52 per share) for the first nine months of 2014. Net loss attributable to common shares was $152.5 million ($26.19 per share) for the first nine months of 2015, compared to income of $958.6 million ($138.79 per share) for the same period of 2014. Net (loss) income includes $42.2 million ($7.99 per share) and $499.2 million ($72.27 per share) in income from discontinued operations for the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively. (Refer to “Discontinued Operations” discussion below.)
In connection with the Berkshire exchange transaction that closed on June 30, 2014, the Company acquired 1,620,190 shares of its Class B common stock, resulting in 15% fewer diluted shares outstanding in the first nine months of 2015, versus the same period in 2014.

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Items included in the Company’s loss from continuing operations for the first nine months of 2015 are listed below:
•
$255.5 million preliminary goodwill and long-lived asset impairment charges related to the KHE business (after-tax impact of $221.5 million, or $38.57 per share);
•
$36.8 million in restructuring charges and accelerated depreciation at the education division (after-tax impact of $23.3 million, or $4.01 per share);
•
$18.8 million in expense related to the modification of stock options awards related to the cable spin-off (after-tax impact of $11.6 million, or $2.00 per share);
•
$12.5 million in net non-operating losses arising from the sales of five businesses and an investment, and on the formation of a joint venture (after-tax impact of $15.7 million, or $2.82 per share); and
•
$16.2 million in non-operating unrealized foreign currency losses (after-tax impact of $10.1 million, or $1.73 per share).
Items included in the Company’s income from continuing operations for the first nine months of 2014 are listed below:
• $28.6 million in early retirement program expense, restructuring charges and software asset write-offs at the education division and the corporate office (after-tax impact of $18.3 million, or $2.65 per share);
• $90.9 million gain from the Classified Ventures’ sale of apartments.com (after-tax impact of $58.2 million, or $8.43 per share);
• $266.7 million gain from the Berkshire exchange transaction (after-tax impact of $266.7 million, or $38.61 per share);
• $127.7 million gain on the sale of the corporate headquarters building (after-tax impact of $81.8 million, or $11.85 per share); and
• $2.6 million in non-operating unrealized foreign currency losses (after-tax impact of $1.7 million, or $0.24 per share).
Revenue for the first nine months of 2015 was $1,969.7 million, down 2% from $2,009.4 million in the first nine months of 2014. Revenues were down at the education division, but increased in other businesses and at the television broadcasting division. The Company reported an operating loss of $148.6 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to operating income of $133.7 million for the first nine months of 2014. Operating results declined at the education and television broadcasting divisions, but improved in other businesses.
On July 1, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of Cable ONE as an independent, publicly traded company. The transaction was structured as a tax-free spin-off of Cable ONE to the stockholders of the Company as one share of Cable ONE common stock was distributed for every share of Class A and Class B common stock of Graham Holdings outstanding on the June 15, 2015, record date. The historical operating results of the Company's cable division are included in discontinued operations, net of tax, for all periods presented.
On February 12, 2015, Kaplan entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Education Corporation of America (ECA) to sell substantially all of the assets of its KHE Campuses business, consisting of thirty-eight nationally accredited ground campuses, and certain related assets, in exchange for a preferred equity interest in ECA. The transaction closed on September 3, 2015.
On June 30, 2014, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. completed a transaction in which Berkshire acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that included, among other things, WPLG, a Miami-based television station, 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by Graham Holdings and $327.7 million in cash, in exchange for 1,620,190 shares of Graham Holdings Class B common stock owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire exchange transaction). As a result, income from continuing operations for the first nine months of 2014 includes a $266.7 million gain from the exchange of the Berkshire Hathaway shares, and income from discontinued operations for the first nine months of 2014 includes a $375.0 million gain from the WPLG exchange.

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Division Results
Education  
Education division revenue totaled $481.7 million for the third quarter of 2015, down 11% from revenue of $543.9 million for the same period of 2014. Kaplan reported an operating loss of $242.8 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared to operating income of $12.6 million for the third quarter of 2014. Operating results for the third quarter of 2015 include a preliminary $248.6 million goodwill impairment charge related to Kaplan Higher Education (KHE). Operating results for the third quarter of 2015 and 2014 also include restructuring costs of $9.5 million and $3.3 million, respectively.
For the first nine months of 2015, education division revenue totaled $1,506.0 million, down 6% from revenue of $1,609.0 million for the same period of 2014. Kaplan reported an operating loss of $249.8 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to operating income of $32.1 million for the first nine months of 2014. The operating results for the first nine months of 2015 include preliminary $255.5 million in goodwill and other long-lived asset impairment charges related to KHE. Restructuring costs totaled $36.8 million and $13.8 million for the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively.
A summary of Kaplan’s operating results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 compared to 2014 is as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
  
September 30
 
  
 
September 30
 
  
(in thousands)
2015
 
2014
 
% Change
 
2015
 
2014
 
% Change
Revenue
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Higher education
$
203,529

 
$
249,882

 
(19
)
 
$
681,814

 
$
755,597

 
(10
)
Test preparation
83,706

 
85,108

 
(2
)
 
233,313

 
234,010

 
0

Kaplan international
192,702

 
207,615

 
(7
)
 
585,486

 
615,507

 
(5
)
Kaplan corporate and other
1,905

 
1,492

 
28

 
5,723

 
4,891

 
17

Intersegment elimination
(96
)
 
(179
)
 
—

 
(363
)
 
(969
)
 
—

  
$
481,746

 
$
543,918

 
(11
)
 
$
1,505,973

 
$
1,609,036

 
(6
)
Operating Income (Loss)
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Higher education
$
3,153

 
$
5,391

 
(42
)
 
$
28,510

 
$
39,487

 
(28
)
Test preparation
13,620

 
6,980

 
95

 
16,365

 
(3,552
)
 
—

Kaplan international
8,295

 
13,853

 
(40
)
 
33,585

 
40,609

 
(17
)
Kaplan corporate and other
(17,952
)
 
(11,724
)
 
(53
)
 
(68,553
)
 
(38,959
)
 
(76
)
Amortization of intangible assets
(1,339
)
 
(1,927
)
 
31

 
(4,313
)
 
(5,649
)
 
24

Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets
(248,591
)
 
—

 
—

 
(255,467
)
 
—

 
—

Intersegment elimination
37

 
(22
)
 
—

 
95

 
114

 
—

  
$
(242,777
)
 
$
12,551

 
—

 
$
(249,778
)
 
$
32,050

 
—

KHE includes Kaplan’s domestic postsecondary education businesses, made up of fixed-facility colleges and online postsecondary and career programs. KHE also includes the domestic professional and other continuing education businesses.
Since 2012, KHE has continued to close campuses, consolidate facilities and reduce its workforce. On September 3, 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of substantially all of the remaining assets of its KHE Campuses business. In connection with these and other plans, KHE incurred $3.8 million and $9.2 million in restructuring costs for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015, respectively, and $2.0 million and $4.5 million in restructuring costs in the third quarter and first nine months of 2014. For the third quarter of 2015, these costs included severance ($3.1 million, $1.7 million of which will be funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan), lease obligation losses ($0.5 million) and accelerated depreciation ($0.2 million). For the first nine months of 2015, these costs included severance ($5.3 million, $1.7 million of which will be funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan), lease obligation losses ($2.3 million), accelerated depreciation ($1.5 million) and other items ($0.1 million). For the third quarter of 2014, these costs included severance ($1.0 million), accelerated depreciation ($0.9 million) and other items ($0.1 million). For the first nine months of 2014, these costs included severance ($3.0 million), accelerated depreciation ($1.2 million), lease obligation losses ($0.1 million) and other items ($0.2 million).
As a result of continued declines in student enrollments at KHE and the challenging industry operating environment, Kaplan completed an interim impairment review of KHE's remaining long-lived assets in the third quarter of 2015 that resulted in a preliminary $248.6 million goodwill impairment charge. Any adjustment to the estimated impairment charge will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015. This goodwill impairment charge followed a $6.9 million long-lived asset impairment charge that was recorded in the second quarter of 2015 in connection with the KHE Campuses business.

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KHE results include revenue and operating losses related to all KHE Campuses, those sold to ECA or closed, including Mount Washington College and Bauder College, as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30
 
September 30
(in thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenue
 
$
45,341

 
$
72,960

 
$
176,800

 
$
227,198

Operating loss
 
$
(14,745
)
 
$
(7,333
)
 
$
(33,808
)
 
$
(25,635
)
In the third quarter and first nine months of 2015, KHE revenue declined 19% and 10%, respectively, due to campus sales and closings, and declines in average enrollments at Kaplan University, reflecting weaker market demand. KHE operating results declined in the third quarter of 2015 due to increased losses at the KHE Campuses business. KHE operating results were down in the first nine months of 2015 due to revenue declines, and increased restructuring costs , partially offset by improved results at the domestic professional and other continuing education businesses.
New higher education student enrollments at Kaplan University declined 11% in each of the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 due to lower demand across Kaplan University programs.
Total students at Kaplan University were down 7% at September 30, 2015 compared to September 30, 2014. A summary of student enrollments is as follows:
  
 
As of September 30
 
 
2015
 
2014
Kaplan University
 
42,931

 
46,342

Kaplan University enrollments at September 30, 2015 and 2014, by degree and certificate programs, are as follows:
  
As of September 30
  
2015
 
2014
Certificate
3.5
%
 
2.7
%
Associate’s
27.4
%
 
31.4
%
Bachelor’s
47.3
%
 
43.3
%
Master’s
21.8
%
 
22.6
%
  
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
Kaplan Test Preparation (KTP) includes Kaplan’s standardized test preparation programs. KTP revenue declined 2% for the third quarter of 2015 and was flat for the first nine months of 2015. Excluding revenues from acquired businesses, KTP revenue decreased 2% in the first nine months of 2015. Enrollments, excluding the new economy skills training offerings, were down 13% for first nine months of 2015 due primarily to declines in graduate programs; however, unit prices were generally higher. In comparison, KTP operating results improved in the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 due to a reduction in operating expenses and the inclusion of a $7.7 million software asset write-off in the second quarter of 2014 that did not recur in 2015.
Kaplan International includes English-language programs, and postsecondary education and professional training businesses largely outside the United States. Kaplan International revenue declined 7% in the third quarter and 5% in the first nine months of 2015, respectively, due to the adverse impact of foreign exchange rates. On a constant currency basis, Kaplan International revenue increased 2% and 4% for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015, respectively, due to enrollment growth in Australia and in Singapore higher education programs, offset by enrollment declines in English-language programs. Kaplan International operating income declined in the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 due largely to the declines in English-language results.
Kaplan corporate and other represents unallocated expenses of Kaplan, Inc.’s corporate office, other minor businesses and certain shared activities. In the third quarter of 2015, Kaplan corporate recorded $5.3 million in severance expense, $2.1 million of which will be funded from the assets of the Company’s pension plan. In the first nine months of 2015, Kaplan corporate recorded $26.5 million in restructuring charges, including accelerated depreciation ($16.2 million) and lease obligation losses ($4.9 million) related to office space managed by Kaplan corporate, and severance ($5.4 million, $2.1 million of which will be funded from the assets of the Company’s pension plan).
In the first nine months of 2015, Kaplan sold four businesses, including the KHE Campuses business and a small business that was part of KHE, and two business that were part of Kaplan International. The net loss on the sale of these businesses totaled $26.3 million and $24.9 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2015, respectively, that is included in other non-operating expense for the relevant periods.

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Kaplan continues to evaluate its cost structure and is pursuing additional cost savings opportunities that will result in additional restructuring plans and related costs in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Television Broadcasting
Revenue at the television broadcasting division increased 3% to $89.7 million in the third quarter of 2015, from $87.4 million in the same period of 2014; operating income for the third quarter of 2015 was down 10% to $40.5 million, from $45.0 million in the same period of 2014. The revenue increase is due to $4.8 million in increased retransmission revenues and an overall increase in advertising revenue in several key sectors, including automotive, offset by an $8.9 million decrease in political advertising revenue. The decline in operating income is due to an increase in spending on digital initiatives and increased network fees.
Revenue at the television broadcasting division increased 1% to $264.0 million in the first nine months of 2015, from $261.4 million in the same period of 2014; operating income for the first nine months of 2015 was down 9% to $121.1 million, from $133.5 million in the same period of 2014. The revenue increase is due to $11.5 million in increased retransmission revenues, revenues from the Super Bowl at the Company’s NBC affiliates in February 2015 and an overall increase in advertising revenue in several key sectors, offset by a $13.1 million decrease in political advertising revenue and $9.5 million in incremental winter Olympics-related advertising revenue at the Company’s NBC affiliates booked in the prior year. The decline in operating income is due to an increase in spending on digital initiatives and increased network fees.
In the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s WKMG station in Orlando, FL renewed their network affiliation agreement with CBS for a four-year term ending in April 2019.  
Other Businesses
Other businesses includes the following:
- Celtic Healthcare (Celtic) and Residential Healthcare Group, Inc. (Residential, acquired in July 2014), providers of home health and hospice services;
- Joyce/Dayton Corp., a Dayton, OH-based manufacturer of screw jacks and other linear motion systems (acquired in June 2014), and Forney, a global supplier of products and systems that control and monitor combustion processes in electric utility and industrial applications; and
- SocialCode, a marketing solutions provider helping companies with marketing on social-media platforms; The Slate Group and Foreign Policy Group, which publish online and print magazines and websites; and Trove, a digital innovation team that builds products and technologies in the news space.
The increase in revenues for the first nine months of 2015 is primarily due to newly acquired businesses in 2014 and growth at SocialCode. The improved operating results for the first nine months of 2015 is also due to newly acquired businesses in 2014 and improved results at SocialCode and Celtic.
In January 2015, Celtic Healthcare and Allegheny Health Network formed a joint venture to combine each other’s home health and hospice assets in the western Pennsylvania region. Celtic manages the operations of the joint venture for a fee and holds a 40% interest. The pro rata operating results of the joint venture are included in the Company’s equity in earnings of affiliates. In connection with this transaction, the Company recorded a noncash pre-tax gain of $6.0 million in the first quarter of 2015 that is included in other non-operating expense.
In the second quarter of 2015, the Company sold The Root, an online magazine; the related gain on disposition is included in other non-operating expense.
Corporate Office
Corporate office includes the expenses of the Company’s corporate office, the pension credit for the Company’s traditional defined benefit plan and certain continuing obligations related to prior business dispositions. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company recorded $18.8 million in incremental stock option expense, due to stock option modifications that resulted from the Cable ONE spin-off. In the first quarter of 2014, the corporate office implemented a Separation Incentive Program that resulted in early retirement program expense of $4.5 million, which is being funded from the assets of the Company’s pension plan. In the third quarter of 2014, the Company recorded $10.3 million in early retirement program expense and other related charges, a portion of which was funded from the assets of the Company's pension plan. Excluding early retirement program expense, the total pension credit for the Company’s traditional defined benefit plan was $58.7 million and $68.0 million in the first nine months of 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Excluding the $18.8 million incremental stock option expense in 2015, the pension credit, early retirement program expense and other related charges in 2014, corporate office expense declined in the first nine months of 2015. The

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decline is from lower compensation costs, and 2014 costs related to certain acquisitions, the Berkshire exchange transaction and the corporate office headquarters move to Arlington, VA. These costs did not recur in 2015.
Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Affiliates
At September 30, 2015, the Company held a 40% interest in the Celtic joint venture and Residential Home Health Illinois, a 42.5% interest in Residential Hospice Illinois, and interests in several other affiliates. In the second quarter of 2015, the Company acquired an approximate 20% interest in HomeHero, a company that created and manages an online senior home care marketplace. At September 30, 2014, the Company held a 16.5% interest in Classified Ventures, LLC (CV) and interests in several other affiliates. On October 1, 2014, the Company and the remaining partners in CV completed the sale of their entire stakes in CV.
The Company recorded equity in earnings of affiliates of $0.1 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared to $4.6 million for the third quarter of 2014. The Company recorded equity in losses of affiliates of $0.7 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to income of $100.2 million for the first nine months of 2014. The equity in earnings of affiliates for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014 was from the Company’s CV investment, which included a pre-tax gain of $90.9 million from Classified Ventures’ sale of apartments.com in the second quarter of 2014.
Other Non-Operating (Expense) Income
The Company recorded total other non-operating expense, net, of $40.5 million for the third quarter of 2015, compared to $10.7 million for the third quarter of 2014. The 2015 amounts included $26.3 million in losses from the sales of businesses, $13.0 million in unrealized foreign currency losses and other items. The 2014 amounts included $10.6 million in unrealized foreign currency losses and other items.
The Company recorded total other non-operating expense, net, of $29.9 million for the first nine months of 2015, compared to income of $390.7 million for the first nine months of 2014. The 2015 amounts included $23.3 million in losses from the sales of businesses, $16.2 million in unrealized foreign currency losses and other items, offset by a $6.0 million gain on the Celtic joint venture transaction and a $4.8 million increase to the CV gain. The 2014 amounts included the pre-tax gain of $266.7 million in connection with the Company’s exchange of Berkshire shares, the pre-tax $127.7 million gain on the sale of the headquarters building, offset by $2.6 million in unrealized foreign currency losses and other items.
Net Interest Expense and Related Balances 
The Company incurred net interest expense of $7.3 million and $23.3 million for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015, respectively, compared to $8.8 million and $24.8 million for the same periods of 2014. At September 30, 2015, the Company had $402.8 million in borrowings outstanding at an average interest rate of 7.2% and cash, marketable equity securities and other investments of $1,346.4 million.
Provision for Income Taxes
The Company's effective tax rate on the loss for continuing operations for the first nine months of 2015 was 4.9%, as a large portion of the goodwill impairment charge and the goodwill included in the loss on the KHE Campuses sale are permanent differences. Excluding the effect of these permanent differences, the effective tax rate for continuing operations for the first nine months of 2015 was 38.0%, compared to 23.4% for the first nine months of 2014. The lower effective tax rate in 2014 relates to the Berkshire exchange transaction. The pre-tax gain of $266.7 million related to the disposition of the Berkshire shares was not subject to income tax as the exchange qualifies as a tax-free distribution.
Discontinued Operations
On July 1, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of Cable ONE as an independent, publicly traded company.
In the third quarter of 2014, Kaplan completed the sale of three of its schools in China that were previously part of Kaplan International. An additional school was sold by Kaplan in January 2015.
In the second quarter of 2014, the Company closed on the Berkshire exchange transaction, which included the disposition of WPLG, the Company’s Miami-based television station.
As a result of these transactions, income from continuing operations excludes the operating results and related gain (loss), if any, on dispositions of these businesses, which have been reclassified to discontinued operations, net of tax, for all periods presented.

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(Loss) Earnings Per Share
The calculation of diluted (loss) earnings per share for the third quarter and first nine months of 2015 was based on 5,837,107 and 5,810,672 weighted average shares outstanding, respectively, compared to 5,756,682 and 6,823,248 for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014. At September 30, 2015, there were 5,839,104 shares outstanding. On May 14, 2015, the Board of Directors authorized the Company to acquire up to 500,000 shares of its Class B common stock; the Company has remaining authorization for all 500,000 shares as of September 30, 2015.
Kaplan Higher Education (KHE) Regulatory Matters
The Department of Education (ED) convened a negotiated rulemaking committee in September 2013 to develop new proposed gainful employment regulations. A final regulation was released on October 31, 2014. The final regulation implements debt-to-earnings thresholds that, effective July 1, 2015, require each program subject to the GE regulations (which include most of KHE's programs) to show that its graduates’ debt payments on loans taken to attend the program are no more than specified percentages of annual or discretionary income. The ED will calculate this debt-to-earnings ratio using income information gained from the Social Security Administration and federal Title IV and private loan data provided by the schools. If a program’s graduates’ debt payments exceed 8% of the graduates’ mean and median annual earnings and 20% of the graduates’ mean and median discretionary earnings, the program will be placed on a warning status requiring certain disclosures to the public. Four consecutive years on a warning status will result in the program becoming ineligible for federal aid Title IV participation. If a program’s graduates’ debt payments exceed 12% of the graduates’ mean and median annual earnings and 30% of the graduates’ mean and median discretionary earnings, the program will fail the gainful employment test. If a program fails the test two times within three years, it will become ineligible for federal aid Title IV participation. The regulation also includes revised requirements for program approval and public disclosure of certain outcomes (graduation, placement, repayment rates and other consumer information).
Some of the data needed to compute program eligibility under the regulatory language are not readily accessible, including graduate incomes, which will be compiled by the Social Security Administration. In addition, the continuing eligibility of programs for Title IV funding may be affected by factors beyond Kaplan’s control, such as changes in the actual or deemed income level of its graduates, changes in student borrowing levels, increases in interest rates, changes in the U.S. Federal poverty income level relevant for calculating one of the proposed metrics and other factors. As a result, the ultimate outcome of GE regulations and their impact on Kaplan’s operations are still uncertain. Kaplan is making efforts to mitigate the potential negative impact of GE. These efforts include increasing career services support, implementing financial literacy counseling, creating program-specific tuition reductions and scholarships, and revising the pricing model to implement a tuition cap for at-risk programs. Although Kaplan is taking these and other steps to address compliance with GE regulations, there can be no guarantee that these measures will be adequate to prevent a material number of programs from either failing the GE tests or being put on warning status. This could cause Kaplan to eliminate or limit enrollments in certain educational programs at some or all of its schools, result in the loss of student access to Title IV programs and have a material adverse effect on KHE's revenues, operating income, cash flows and the estimated fair value of the reporting unit.
In the third quarter of 2015, Kaplan submitted data to the ED beginning with the 2008-2009 through the 2014-2015 award years, as required under the GE regulations. In October 2015, Kaplan University received a letter from the ED indicating that that it had failed to report data on a number of programs and that Kaplan University cannot start any new programs until the matter is resolved. Kaplan has submitted additional data to the ED and is awaiting a formal response and resolution of the matter. Failure to properly resolve the matter could result in administrative actions by the ED.
Financial Condition: Capital Resources and Liquidity
Acquisitions, Dispositions and Exchanges
Acquisitions.  In the first nine months of 2015, the Company did not make any acquisitions. In the first nine months of 2014, the Company acquired seven businesses totaling $204.9 million, comprised of four businesses in other businesses, two businesses in Kaplan Test Prep, and one business in Kaplan Higher Ed. The purchase price allocation mostly comprised goodwill, other intangible assets, and other current assets.
On April 1, 2014, Celtic Healthcare acquired VNA-TIP Healthcare, a provider of home health and hospice services in Missouri and Illinois. On May 30, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of Joyce/Dayton Corp., a Dayton, OH-based manufacturer of screw jacks and other linear motion systems. On July 3, 2014, the Company completed its acquisition of an 80% interest in Residential Healthcare Group, Inc., the parent company of Residential Home Health and Residential Hospice, providers of skilled home health care and hospice services in Michigan and Illinois. The operating results of these businesses are included in other businesses. Residential Healthcare Group, Inc. has

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a 40% ownership interest in Residential Home Health Illinois and a 42.5% ownership interest in Residential Hospice Illinois, which are accounted for as investments in affiliates.
Dispositions. On July 1, 2015, the Company completed the spin-off of Cable ONE, by way of a distribution of all the issued and outstanding shares of Cable ONE common stock, on a pro rata basis, to the Company's stockholders.
On September 3, 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of its KHE Campuses business, consisting of 38 nationally accredited ground campuses and certain related assets, in exchange for a preferred equity interest in Education Corporation of America (ECA). KHE Campuses schools that have been closed or are in the process of closing are not included in the sale transaction. In connection with the sale agreement, if required by the ED in connection with its post-closing review of the transaction, Kaplan will provide a letter of credit or other credit support with the ED of up to approximately $45 million; any such letter of credit or other credit support could be drawn by the ED in the event that ECA defaults on its obligations to students. If issued, such letter of credit or other credit support would have a term of two years, after which Kaplan would have no further obligations.
In the second quarter of 2015, Kaplan recorded a $6.9 million long-lived assets impairment charge in connection with the KHE Campuses business.
In the third quarter of 2015, Kaplan sold Franklyn Scholar, which was part of Kaplan International. In the second quarter of 2015, the Company sold The Root, a component of Slate, and Kaplan sold two small businesses, Structuralia, which was part of Kaplan International, and Fire and EMS Training, which was part of Kaplan Higher Education. As a result of these sales, the Company reported gains (losses) in other non-operating (expense) income (see Note 10). In the third quarter of 2014, Kaplan completed the sale of three of its schools in China that were previously included as part of Kaplan International. In January 2015, Kaplan completed the sale of an additional school in China.
Exchanges. On June 30, 2014, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. completed a previously announced transaction in which Berkshire acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that included, among other things, WPLG, a Miami-based television station, 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by Graham Holdings and $327.7 million in cash, in exchange for 1,620,190 shares of Graham Holdings Class B common stock owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire exchange transaction).
Other. In January 2015, Celtic and Allegheny Health Network closed on the formation of a joint venture to combine each other’s home health and hospice assets in the western Pennsylvania region. Although Celtic manages the operations of the joint venture, Celtic holds a 40% interest in the joint venture, so the operating results of the joint venture are not consolidated and the pro rata operating results are included in the Company’s equity in earnings of affiliates. Celtic’s revenues from the western Pennsylvania region that are now part of the joint venture made up 29% of total Celtic revenues in 2014.
Capital Expenditures
During the first nine months of 2015, the Company’s capital expenditures totaled $114.0 million. This amount includes assets acquired during the year, whereas the amounts reflected in the Company's Condensed Statements of Cash Flows are based on cash payments made during the relevant periods. The Company estimates that its capital expenditures will be in the range of $125 million to $135 million in 2015.
Liquidity
The Company’s borrowings decreased by $43.1 million, to $402.8 million at September 30, 2015, as compared to borrowings of $445.9 million at December 31, 2014, primarily due to the payoff of the AUD 50 million borrowing in March 2015.
At September 30, 2015, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and investments in marketable securities and other investments totaling $1,346.4 million, compared with $1,024.4 million at December 31, 2014. The increase is due to the $447.1 million net distribution from Cable ONE, offset by significant income tax payments in the first quarter of 2015 and other investing and financing activities.
As of September 30, 2014, the Company held investments in commercial paper totaling $50.0 million with original maturities of 91 to 180 days. The Company did not have any investments in commercial paper at September 30, 2015 with original maturities of over 90 days. For the first nine months of 2014, these investments are presented in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as net cash used in investing activities.
On June 17, 2015, the Company terminated its U.S. $450 million, AUD 50 million four-year revolving credit facility dated June 17, 2011. No borrowings were outstanding under the 2011 Credit Agreement at the time of termination. On June 29, 2015, the Company entered into a credit agreement (the Credit Agreement) providing for a new U.S.

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$200 million five-year revolving credit facility (the Facility) with each of the lenders party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent (Wells Fargo), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Documentation Agent (the Credit Agreement). The Company is required to pay a commitment fee on a quarterly basis, based on the Company's leverage ratio, of between 0.15% and 0.25% of the amount of the Facility. Any borrowings are made on an unsecured basis and bear interest at the Company’s option, either at (a) a fluctuating interest rate equal to the highest of Wells Fargo’s prime rate, 0.50 percent above the Federal funds rate or the one-month Eurodollar rate plus 1%, or (b) the Eurodollar rate for the applicable interest period as defined in the Credit Agreement which is generally a periodic rate equal to LIBOR, in each case plus an applicable margin that depends on the Company’s consolidated debt to consolidated adjusted EBITDA (as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement, “leverage ratio”). The Company may draw on the Facility for general corporate purposes. The Facility will expire on July 1, 2020, unless the Company and the banks agree to extend the term. Any outstanding borrowings must be repaid on or prior to the final termination date. The Credit Agreement contains terms and conditions, including remedies in the event of a default by the Company, typical of facilities of this type and requires the Company to maintain a leverage ratio of not greater than 3.5 to 1.0 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio of at least 3.5 to 1.0 based upon the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense as determined pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
As a result of the Cable ONE spin-off, the Company reduced its regular quarterly dividend to be paid in the fourth quarter of 2015 to $1.15 per share. The Company retired the Series A redeemable preferred stock with a cash payment of $10.5 million in October 2015.
In July 2014, the cable division sold its wireless spectrum licenses for $99 million.
On June 30, 2014, the Company and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. completed a previously announced transaction in which Berkshire acquired a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that included, among other things, WPLG, a Miami-based television station, 2,107 Class A Berkshire shares and 1,278 Class B Berkshire shares owned by Graham Holdings and $327.7 million in cash, in exchange for 1,620,190 shares of Graham Holdings Class B common stock owned by Berkshire Hathaway (Berkshire exchange transaction).
On March 27, 2014, the Company completed the sale of its headquarters building for approximately $158.0 million. On April 1, 2014, the Company received a gross cash distribution of $95.0 million from Classified Ventures' sale of apartments.com.
On March 12, 2014, Moody’s placed the Company’s senior unsecured rating and its Prime-2 commercial paper rating on review for downgrade. On June 26, 2014, Moody’s downgraded the Company’s long-term credit ratings by two levels from “Baa1” to “Baa3” and the short-term rating by one level from Prime-2 to Prime-3 and changed the outlook to stable. In November 2014, S&P placed the Company’s “BBB” corporate credit rating and “A-2” short-term rating on Credit Watch with negative implications, and Moody’s placed the Company’s “Baa3” senior unsecured rating under review for possible downgrade. On June 24, 2015, due to the pending Cable spin-off, Moody’s downgraded the Company’s long-term credit ratings from “Baa3” to “Ba1” and the short-term rating from “Prime-3” to “NP”. On July 1, 2015, due to the Cable ONE spin-off, S&P lowered its corporate credit rating from “BBB” to “BB+” and its short-term rating from “A-2” to “B”. In addition, S&P removed the ratings from Credit Watch. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company decided to no longer have the rating agencies provide a short-term rating on the Company.
The Company’s current credit ratings are as follows:
 
Moody’s
 
Standard
& Poor’s
Long-term
Ba1
 
BB+
At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had working capital of $1,191.4 million and $639.9 million, respectively. The Company maintains working capital levels consistent with its underlying business requirements and consistently generates cash from operations in excess of required interest or principal payments. The Company expects to fund its estimated capital needs primarily through existing cash balances and internally generated funds. In management’s opinion, the Company will have sufficient liquidity to meet its various cash needs throughout 2015.
At December 31, 2014, total contractual obligations for the Cable division were $637.6 million. Except for the reduction in contractual obligations due to the spin-off of Cable ONE, there were no significant changes to the Company’s contractual obligations or other commercial commitments from those disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company performed an interim review of the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets at its KHE Reporting Unit for possible impairment, as a result of continued declines in student enrollments at KHE and the challenging industry operating environment. Due to the complexity and effort required to estimate the fair value of the KHE reporting unit in step one of the impairment test and the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the KHE reporting unit in the step two analysis, the Company derived the fair value estimates based on preliminary assumptions and analysis that are subject to change. The Company used a discounted cash flow model to determine the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. A market value approach was also utilized to supplement the discounted cash flow model. The Company made estimates and assumptions regarding future cash flows, discount rates, long-term growth rates and market values to determine the reporting unit’s estimated fair value. The methodology used to estimate the fair value of the Company’s KHE reporting unit was consistent with the one used during the Company’s 2014 annual goodwill impairment test.
The key assumptions used by the Company were as follows:
•
Expected cash flows underlying the reporting unit’s business plans for the periods 2015 through 2025. The expected cash flows took into account historical growth rates, forecasts and long-term business plans, but also included an estimate for the possible impact of the gainful employment regulations on the Company’s higher education business.
•
Cash flows beyond 2025 were projected to grow at a long-term growth rate, which the Company estimated by considering historical market growth trends, anticipated reporting unit performance and expected market conditions.
•
The Company used a discount rate of 13% to risk adjust the cash flow projections in determining the estimated fair value. This took into account the Company’s assessment of the risks inherent in the future cash flows of the reporting unit and the weighted average cost of capital of market participants in businesses similar to the reporting unit.
The KHE reporting unit failed the preliminary step one interim goodwill impairment review, and the Company performed a step two analysis. The Company recorded an estimated preliminary goodwill impairment charge of $248.6 million related to the reporting unit. A substantial portion of the estimated impairment charge is due to the amount of unrecognized intangible assets identified in the preliminary step two analysis. Following the preliminary impairment, the remaining goodwill balance at the reporting unit as of September 30, 2015 was $132.3 million. Any adjustment to the estimated impairment charge will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains certain forward-looking statements that are based largely on the Company’s current expectations. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and achievements to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. For more information about these forward-looking statements and related risks, please refer to the section titled “Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
The Company is exposed to market risk in the normal course of its business due primarily to its ownership of marketable equity securities, which are subject to equity price risk; to its borrowing and cash-management activities, which are subject to interest rate risk; and to its foreign business operations, which are subject to foreign exchange rate risk. The Company’s market risk disclosures set forth in its 2014 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K have not otherwise changed significantly.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was performed by the Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the Company’s principal executive officer) and the Company’s Senior Vice President-Finance (the Company’s principal financial officer), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), as of September 30, 2015. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President-Finance have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as designed and implemented, are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief

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Executive Officer and Senior Vice President-Finance, in a manner that allows timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in the Comapny's internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2015 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
The Company faces a number of significant risks and uncertainties in connection with its operations. If any of the events or developments described below occurs, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition or results of operations.
Other than as subsequently discussed, there have been no material changes to the Risk Factors disclosed in our 2014 Form 10-K and our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2015.
•
Program Reviews, Audits, Investigations and Other Reviews of KHE Schools Could Result in Findings of Failure to Comply With Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
KHE schools are subject to program reviews, audits, investigations and other compliance reviews conducted by various regulatory agencies and auditors, including, among others, the ED, the ED’s Office of the Inspector General, accrediting bodies and state and various other agencies, as well as annual audits by an independent certified public accountant of each OPEID unit’s compliance with Title IV statutory and regulatory requirements. These compliance reviews can result in findings of noncompliance with statutory and regulatory requirements that can, in turn, result in proceedings to impose fines, liabilities, civil or criminal penalties or other sanctions against the school, including loss or limitation of its eligibility to participate in Title IV programs. Certain KHE schools are the subject of ongoing compliance reviews and lawsuits related to their compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and may be subject to future compliance reviews. Although substantially all of the assets of KHE on-ground schools were sold on September 3, 2015, Kaplan retained liability for pre-sale conduct of those schools.
KHE schools also have been, and may in the future be, subject to complaints and lawsuits by present or former students or employees or other people related to compliance with statutory, common law and regulatory requirements that, if successful, could result in monetary liabilities or fines or other sanctions.
•
ED Rules Regarding Gainful Employment Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Kaplan's Business and Operations
In October 2014, the ED issued final regulations that tie an education program’s Title IV eligibility to whether the program leads to gainful employment. The regulations define an education program that leads to gainful employment as one that complies with gainful employment metrics relating to loan repayment rates of program graduates. 
Under the regulation effective July 1, 2015, if a program’s graduates’ debt payments exceed 8% of the graduates’ mean and median annual earnings and 20% of the graduates’ mean and median discretionary earnings, the program will be placed on a warning status requiring certain disclosures to the public. If a program is in a warning status for four consecutive years, it will become ineligible for Federal aid Title IV participation. In addition, if a program’s graduates’ debt payments exceed 12% of the graduates’ mean and median annual earnings and 30% of the graduates’ mean and median discretionary earnings, the program will fail the gainful employment test. If a program fails the test two times within three years, it will become ineligible for Federal aid Title IV participation. This has caused Kaplan to eliminate or limit enrollments in certain educational programs at some or all of its schools and could have a materially adverse effect on its business and operations. On October 9, 2015, Kaplan University received a letter from the ED indicating that it failed to report data on a significant number of programs that were listed as active in the ED’s system. The letter states that until this issue is resolved, Kaplan University cannot start any new programs and failure to resolve could result in material administrative actions.



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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number 
Description 
 
 
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated November 13, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003).
 
 
3.2
Certificate of Amendment, effective November 29, 2013, to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s current Report on Form 8-K dated November 29, 2013).
 
 
3.3
Certificate of Designation for the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock dated September 22, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 22, 2003).
 
 
3.4
By-Laws of the Company as amended and restated through November 29, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 29, 2013).
 
 
4.1
Second Supplemental Indenture dated January 30, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 30, 2009).
 
 
4.2
Five Year Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2015, among the Company, and certain of its domestic subsidiaries as guarantors, the several lenders from time to time party thereto, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agent. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 29, 2015).
 
 
31.1
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
 
 
31.2
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
 
 
32
Section 1350 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. *
 
 
101
The following financial information from Graham Holdings Company Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2015, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed “furnished” and not “filed” or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, are deemed “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise are not subject to liability under these sections.
* Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
GRAHAM HOLDINGS COMPANY
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: November 5, 2015
 
/s/ Donald E. Graham
 
 
Donald E. Graham,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
Date: November 5, 2015
 
/s/ Hal S. Jones
 
 
Hal S. Jones,
Senior Vice President-Finance
(Principal Financial Officer)

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Exhibit
Exhibit 31.1
RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Donald E. Graham, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of Graham Holdings Company (the “Registrant”), certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

/s/ Donald E. Graham                 
Donald E. Graham
Chief Executive Officer
November 5, 2015



Exhibit


EXHIBIT 31.2

RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Hal S. Jones, Senior Vice President-Finance (principal financial officer) of Graham Holdings Company (the “Registrant”), certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

/s/  Hal S. Jones                    
Hal S. Jones
Senior Vice President–Finance
November 5, 2015




Exhibit
Exhibit 32
SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Graham Holdings Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2015 (the “Report”), Donald E. Graham, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and Hal S. Jones, Senior Vice President-Finance of the Company, each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
/s/   Donald E. Graham            
Donald E. Graham
Chief Executive Officer
November 5, 2015
 
/s/    Hal S. Jones                   
Hal S. Jones
Senior Vice President-Finance
November 5, 2015