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Laureate Education, Inc. filings document the public reporting record for a Nasdaq-listed higher education operator with common stock trading under LAUR. Recent Form 8-K filings furnish earnings releases and related Regulation FD materials covering results of operations, financial condition, outlook, enrollment trends, currency effects, academic calendar timing, and share repurchase authorizations.
The company’s proxy filings cover annual meeting governance matters, including director elections, advisory approval of executive compensation, auditor ratification, and equity incentive plan approvals. These filings also describe shareholder voting procedures, board matters, compensation oversight, and the registered common stock structure disclosed under the Exchange Act.
Laureate Education EVP & COO Marcelo Cardoso reported an open-market sale of 7,300 shares of common stock at $33.91 per share. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on May 14, 2025, to cover taxes owed on performance share awards that vested on March 15, 2026. After the sale, he directly holds 335,930 shares, leaving his remaining stake much larger than the shares sold.
Laureate Education, Inc. executive Leslie S. Brush, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, reported a tax-related share disposition. On March 15, 2026, 2,695 shares of common stock were withheld by the company to cover her tax obligations when performance share units vested. After this withholding, she directly holds 49,560 shares of Laureate common stock. This event reflects tax withholding on equity compensation, not an open-market sale.
Laureate Education, Inc. President and CEO Eilif Serck-Hanssen reported a routine tax-related share disposition. The company withheld 44,478 shares of Common Stock at $34.26 per share to cover his tax obligations when performance share units vested.
After this withholding, Serck-Hanssen directly holds 1,232,398 shares of Common Stock, indicating the event is compensation- and tax-driven rather than an open-market sale.
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. vice president and global controller Gerard M. Knauer reported a routine tax-related share disposition. The company withheld 1,124 shares of common stock at $34.26 per share to cover his tax obligations when previously granted performance share units vested.
After this withholding, Knauer directly holds 21,851 shares of Laureate common stock. This event reflects tax withholding on equity compensation rather than an open-market sale or a change in his investment stance toward the company.
Laureate Education, Inc. reported a routine tax-related share disposition by its Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Richard M. Buskirk. On March 15, 2026, 12,391 shares of Common Stock were withheld at $34.26 per share to satisfy tax obligations from vesting performance share units. After this non-market transaction, Buskirk directly holds 234,186 shares of Laureate common stock.
LAUR reported an insider notice of proposed sale by Marcelo B. Cardoso. The Form 144 lists 7,300 shares tied to restricted stock vesting on 03/15/2026 and discloses a prior sale of 6,543 shares on 01/02/2026 for $219,452.22.
The filing records the source as compensation for the 7,300 shares; timing and distribution mechanics for any future sale are set by the reported notice.
Laureate Education’s SVP & Chief Financial Officer Richard M. Buskirk reported an exercise-and-sell transaction. He exercised employee stock options to acquire 2,803 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $7.64 per share, converting previously granted options into shares.
On the same day, he sold a total of 61,803 common shares in open-market trades at weighted average prices of $33.683 and $34.341 per share, executed across multiple trades within stated price ranges. Following these transactions, he directly holds 246,577 shares of Laureate Education common stock.
LAUR filed a Form 144 reporting an affiliate resale through Fidelity Brokerage Services on 03/11/2026. The filing lists multiple vested restricted stock entries (for example, 3,785, 7,458, 11,309, 12,255, 12,478, 11,715) and an option granted (2,803) noted with the same filing date. The broker listed is Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC.
Laureate Education, Inc. describes its business as operating a portfolio of five degree‑granting higher education institutions in Mexico and Peru, serving approximately 497,700 students as of December 31, 2025. These universities focus on career‑oriented programs, especially in medicine and health sciences, engineering and IT, and business and management.
The company highlights competitive strengths such as strong local brands, scaled country networks, significant online and hybrid teaching capabilities, and a largely private‑pay revenue model. It also outlines growth plans through new programs, campus expansion, and increased online credit hours, while detailing extensive risk factors including regulatory changes, foreign currency volatility, cybersecurity, climate‑related disruptions, and the challenges of operating solely in Latin America.
Laureate Education reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results and raised its stock repurchase authorization. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 28% to $541.4 million, with Adjusted EBITDA up 45% to $204.3 million and net income nearly doubling to $171.5 million, helped by a discrete tax benefit.
For 2025, revenue grew 9% to $1,701.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA increased to $518.9 million, while net income was $283.8 million, slightly below 2024 mainly due to foreign currency effects. New enrollments rose 8% and total enrollments 5%, reaching about 498,000 students across Mexico and Peru.
The company ended 2025 with $146.7 million in cash, $129.1 million of gross debt and net cash of $17.6 million. It generated operating cash flow of $366.2 million and free cash flow of $263.5 million, and repurchased about $217 million of stock.
Laureate’s board increased the share repurchase program by $150 million to $400 million, leaving capacity to buy back roughly $181 million of stock. For 2026, the company targets revenue of $1.89–$1.905 billion, Adjusted EBITDA of $583–$593 million, Adjusted EPS of $1.95–$2.03, and enrollment growth of 4%–5%.