---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000104889-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GHC"
cik: "0000104889"
company_name: "Graham Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T15:41:05.097241+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graham Holdings authorizes repurchase of up to 500,000 Class B shares

## Summary
- Board approved repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of Class B common stock.
- No ceiling price or time limit set for the buyback program.
- As of April 28, 2023, 3,778,767 Class B shares outstanding.
- Authorization represents ~13.2% of outstanding Class B shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104889-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GHC
- cik: 0000104889
- company_name: Graham Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488923000036/0000104889-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488923000036/ghc-20230504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-23-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-23-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-23-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Graham Holdings Co shareholders approved Advisory Vote by the Class A stockholders to Approve 2022 Compensation Awarded to Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote by the Class A stockholders to Approve 2022 Compensation Awarded to Named Executive Officers The Company’s Class A stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers for 2022, as set forth below: Class A Common Stock For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 964,001 — — —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488923000036/0000104889-23-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Graham Holdings Co shareholders approved Advisory vote by the Class A stockholders to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory vote by the Class A stockholders to determine the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation awarded to the Company’s named executive officers The Company’s Class A stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, that an annual vote be held on compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below: Class A Common Stock 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 964,001 — — — — 2
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488923000036/0000104889-23-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Graham Holdings Co shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The Company’s stockholders elected the nine persons nominated as Directors of the Company as set forth below: Class A Common Stock Nominees For Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes Thomas S. Gayner 964,001 — — — Donald E. Graham 964,001 — — — Anne M. Mulcahy 964,001 — — — Timothy J. O'Shaughnessy 964,001 — — — G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. 964,001 — — — Katharine Weymouth 964,001 — — — Class B Common Stock Nominees For Withheld Abstain Broker Non-Votes Tony Allen 2,050,989 976,511 — — Danielle Conley 2,797,283 230,217 — — Christopher C. Davis 1,847,541 1,179,959 — —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488923000036/0000104889-23-000036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.