UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

March 8, 2018

 

Laureate Education, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

650 South Exeter Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(410) 843-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

Item 5.08.  Shareholder Director Nominations.

 

Laureate Education, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors has determined that the Company’s first annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) will be held on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time at the AMA New York Executive Conference Center, located at 1601 Broadway, New York, New York 10019. The Board has established the close of business on March 28, 2018 as the record date for the determination of stockholders who are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

If any stockholder of the Company intends to nominate a person for election to the Board of Directors or to propose other business for consideration at the Annual Meeting, including any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the deadline for submitting notice of such nomination or proposal is the close of business on March 19, 2018. Any notice should be delivered to the Company at 650 South Exeter Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, Attention: Corporate Secretary.  Any nomination or proposal must comply with Delaware law, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as applicable.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.
	By:	/s/ Victoria E. Silbey
		Victoria E. Silbey
		Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Counsel

 

Date: March 8, 2018

 

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