SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABS PARTNERS IV LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC [ APEI ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/19/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/19/2008		S		2,109,610	D	$33.5475	4,184,667	I(1)	By ABS Capital Partners IV, LP
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/19/2008		S		70,635	D	$33.5475	140,114	I(1)	By ABS Capital Partners IV-A, LP
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/19/2008		S		121,156	D	$33.5475	240,326	I(1)	By ABS Capital Partners Offshore, LP
Common Stock, par value $.01	02/19/2008		S		82,599	D	$33.5475	163,845	I(1)	By ABS Capital Partners IV Special Offshore, LP
Common Stock, par value $.01								2,752	I(1)	See Footnote 2(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ABS PARTNERS IV LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HEBB DONALD B JR (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* STOBO JOHN D JR (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* EMRY FREDERIS G III (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WITT LAURA (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CLOUGH PHILLIP A (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202-3116 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WEGLICKI TIMOTHY T (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 EAST PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TERKOWITZ RALPH S (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 E. PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GOSWAMI ASHOKE (Last) (First) (Middle) 400 E. PRATT STREET SUITE 910 (Street) BALTIMORE MD 21202 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. ABS Partners IV L.L.C., as the general partner (the "General Partner") of ABS Capital Partners IV, LP, ABS Capital Partners IV-A, LP, ABS Capital IV Offshore, ABS Capital IV Special Offshore, LP (collectively, the "Funds"), and Donald B. Hebb, Jr., Phillip A. Clough, Timothy T. Weglicki, John D. Stobo, Jr., Frederic G. Emry, Ashoke Goswami, Ralph S. Terkowitz and Laura L. Witt, as the managing members of the General Partner (the "Managers"), are indirect beneficial owners of the reported securities. The General Partner and each of the Managers disclaim beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The General Partner of the Funds has voting and dispositive power over these shares.

2. Phillip A. Clough and Timothy T. Weglicki each hold 1,376 shares, which include Restricted Stock Awards to each of them of 1,148 shares granted pursuant to the American Public Education, Inc. 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The awards vest on the earlier of the one year anniversary of the date of grant and immediately prior to the 2008 Annual Meeting of stockholders. The General Partner and the other Managers are indirect beneficial owners of the reported securities. The General Partner and each of the Managers disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Phillip A. Clough and Timothy T. Weglicki except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

This filing constitutes one of two related filings by the following joint reporting persons with respect to the securities of the issuer set forth hereon: ABS Capital Partners IV, L.P., ABS Capital Partners IV-A, L.P., ABS Capital Partners IV Offshore, L.P., ABS Capital Partners IV Special Offshore, L.P., ABS Partners IV, L.L.C., Donald B. Hebb, Jr., Phillip A. Clough, Timothy T. Weglicki, John D. Stobo, Jr., Frederic G. Emry, Ashoke Goswami, Ralph S. Terkowitz and Laura L. Witt. The Funds may each be deemed a director by deputization as a result of Phillip A. Clough and Timothy T. Weglicki, each a manager of the General Partner, serving on the board of directors of American Public Education, Inc.

	Donald B. Hebb, Managing Member of ABS Partners IV, L.L.C.	02/19/2008
	Phillip A. Clough	02/19/2008
	Donald B. Hebb	02/19/2008
	Timothy T. Weglicki	02/19/2008
	John D. Stobo	02/19/2008
	Frederic G. Emry	02/19/2008
	Ashoke Goswami	02/19/2008
	Ralph S. Terkowitz	02/19/2008
	Laura L. Witt	02/19/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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