---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000104889-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GHC"
cik: "0000104889"
company_name: "Graham Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T08:33:26.284201+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graham Holdings shareholders elect all nine director nominees, approve advisory say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected at May 7, 2024 annual meeting; Class A nominees received unanimous support.
- Class B nominees Tony Allen, Danielle Conley, Christopher C. Davis elected with majority but some withheld votes (e.g., Davis received ~1.8M for, ~1.0M withheld).
- Advisory vote on 2023 named executive officer compensation approved by Class A stockholders (964,001 for, 0 against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000104889-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GHC
- cik: 0000104889
- company_name: Graham Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488924000021/0000104889-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488924000021/ghc-20240507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000104889-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Graham Holdings Co shareholders approved Advisory Vote by the Class A stockholders to Approve 2023 Compensation Awarded to Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote by the Class A stockholders to Approve 2023 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 2023, as set forth below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488924000021/0000104889-24-000021-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Graham Holdings Co shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  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:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104889/000010488924000021/0000104889-24-000021-index.htm

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