Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 23, 2021, Tony Allen was elected to the Board of Directors of Graham Holdings Company (the "Company"). The Board has not yet determined whether Dr. Allen will be a member of any committee of the Board. The Board determined that Dr. Allen qualifies as an "independent director" under New York Stock Exchange listing standards. There are no family relationships between Dr. Allen and any director or executive officer of the Company or any related party transactions involving Dr. Allen and the Company. There is no arrangement or understanding between Dr. Allen and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Dr. Allen's compensation for service as a non-employee director will be consistent with that of the Company's other non-employee directors, which consists of an annual cash retainer and reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses for the meetings that he attends. The Company's non-employee director compensation practices are described in the Proxy Statement for the Company's 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2020 under the heading "Director Compensation."

A copy of the Company's press release announcing the election of Dr. Allen is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K.




Item 9.01      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1   Press release dated February 23, 2021.




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Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1          Press Release dated February 23, 2021

                    Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL and included as
Exhibit 104         Exhibit 101.






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