American Public Education, Inc. SEC filings document operating results, education-unit performance, capital-structure changes, governance matters and material-event disclosures for its postsecondary education business. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly and annual results, guidance updates, exhibits to earnings releases, and operational matters tied to enrollment, course registrations and government tuition-assistance exposure.
Proxy and governance filings address shareholder voting matters, board and executive compensation disclosures, and related corporate governance topics. Capital-structure filings include amendments to the company's charter and security-holder rights matters, including the elimination of the Series A Senior Preferred Stock designation following the preferred equity redemption.
American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) has eliminated its Series A Senior Preferred Stock. On 23 June 2025 the company filed a Certificate of Elimination with the Delaware Secretary of State, removing all provisions related to the preferred shares from its Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The elimination follows the full redemption of the outstanding preferred shares on the same date.
Redemption terms: the company repurchased all 400 preferred shares at $111,137.88 per share, a figure that includes $3,415.91 of accrued and unpaid dividends per share. Total cash consideration amounted to $44,455,152, of which $1,366,364 represented accumulated dividends.
The transaction removes the preferred class from APEI’s capital structure and extinguishes any future dividend obligations associated with the series. Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K contains the filed Certificate of Elimination, and Exhibit 104 provides the inline XBRL cover-page data.