{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-25-100637","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"APEI","cik":"0001201792","company_name":"AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC","filed_at":"2025-10-20T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:38.949393+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T03:11:31.262761+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"APEI appoints Edward H. Codispoti as CFO effective Oct 20, 2025; Sunderland transitions to advisory","bullets":["Edward H. Codispoti appointed EVP and CFO of American Public Education, Inc. effective October 20, 2025.","Codispoti previously served as CFO of NV5 Global from June 2019 to October 2025, leading over 45 M&A transactions.","Compensation includes $530,000 base salary, $70,000 signing bonus (subject to clawback), and $300,000 initial RSU grant.","Outgoing CFO Rick Sunderland will remain a non-executive employee for 90 days to assist transition, then retire.","Codispoti brings over 25 years of financial leadership in technology, engineering, higher education, and financial services."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-100637","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-100637.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-100637.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-100637.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201792/000110465925100637/0001104659-25-100637-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201792/000110465925100637/tm2528895d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T03:11:31.262761+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}