---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-061741"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APEI"
cik: "0001201792"
company_name: "AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC"
filed_at: "2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T23:23:38.985916+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Public Education redeems all Series A Preferred shares for $44.5M

## Summary
- Redeemed all 400 outstanding shares of Series A Senior Preferred Stock on June 23, 2025.
- Redemption price of $111,137.88 per share, including $3,415.91 accrued dividends per share.
- Aggregate cash consideration of $44,455,152, inclusive of $1,366,364 in accrued and unpaid dividends.
- Filed Certificate of Elimination to remove Preferred Stock designation from charter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-061741
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APEI
- cik: 0001201792
- company_name: AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC
- filed_at: 2025-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201792/000110465925061741/0001104659-25-061741-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201792/000110465925061741/tm2518540d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-061741.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC: Filed Certificate of Elimination to remove all matters related to Series A Senior Preferred Stock from the Charter (effective 2025-06-23).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-06-23
  source text: On June 23, 2025, American Public Education, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Elimination (the “Certificate of Elimination”) to its Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware eliminating from the Charter all matters set forth in the Certificate of Designation of Series A Senior Preferred Stock, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 28, 2022, with respect to its Series A Senior Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201792/000110465925061741/0001104659-25-061741-index.htm

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