Company: GHC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000104889-25-000022
Chunk: 146

Company: Graham Holdings Co
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 146
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 of its total revenue earned during the preceding 12-month period, which payment will be made pursuant to a 10-year note, and, at the election of Purdue Global, for no additional consideration, it may receive certain assets used exclusively by KNA to provide the support activities pursuant to the TOSA. Either party may terminate the TOSA at any time if Purdue Global generates (i) $25 million in cash operating losses for three consecutive years or (ii) aggregate cash operating losses greater than $75 million at any point during the initial term. Operating loss is defined as the amount by which the sum of (1) Purdue Global’s and KNA’s respective costs in 

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performing academic and support functions and (2) the $10 million Purdue Priority Payment in each of the first five years following March 22, 2018, exceeds the revenue Purdue Global generates for the applicable fiscal year. Upon termination for any reason, Purdue Global will retain the assets that Kaplan contributed pursuant to the TOSA. Each party also has certain termination rights in connection with a material default or material breach of the TOSA by the other party. Short of termination, Purdue Global has the right to take over from Kaplan the provision of certain back-office support functions at any time with nine months’ notice. Those functions include technology support, human resources, facility and property management, finance and accounting, communications, and default management. In 2022, pursuant to the TOSA, Purdue Global began providing certain functions previously provided by KNA in-house. Those functions include human resources, finance and accounting, facility management, and communications services.

Postsecondary Online Managed Services.  In addition to services provided to Purdue Global through the TOSA, KNA provides specific non-academic managed services to online university programs at institutions including Wake Forest University, Creighton University, Lynn University, University of Massachusetts Global, and Purdue University, serving 80,208 students in 2024. These services include analytics, technology support, marketing, student advising and admissions support, and curriculum development support. Kaplan receives payment from university clients for these services, which may be based in part on the revenue of the programs Kaplan supports.

Higher Education Regulatory Environment.  KNA no longer owns or operates Kaplan University or any other institution participating in student financial aid programs created under Title IV of the U.S. Federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (Higher Education Act), as amended (Title IV). KNA provides services to Purdue Global, Purdue University, Wake Forest