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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 13, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of American Public Education, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed James Kenigsberg to serve as a director of the Company until the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
Mr. Kenigsberg will be compensated for his service on the Board in accordance with the Company’s non-employee director compensation policy, a description of which is included on page 34 of the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April 1, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, in connection with his appointment to the Board, the Company and Mr. Kenigsberg are entering into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for executive officers and directors.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 16, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Anna Fabrega and Mr. Kenigsberg to the Board and that Tanya Axenson has been named as the Company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release, dated June 16, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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.
| American Public Education, Inc. | ||
| Date: June 16, 2022 | By: | /s/ Richard W. Sunderland, Jr. |
| Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||