<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-17-067973.txt : 20171113
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-067973
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171106
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171113

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000912766
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200]
		IRS NUMBER:				521492296
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38002
		FILM NUMBER:		171196156

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 S. EXETER STREET
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4108436100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		650 S. EXETER STREET
		CITY:			BALTIMORE
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SYLVAN LEARNING SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930929
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Appointment of Jean-Jacques Charhon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;6, 2017, Jean-Jacques Charhon accepted his appointment as the new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Laureate Education,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) effective January&nbsp;1, 2018.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will report to Eilif Serck-Hanssen, the Company&#146;s current President and Chief Administrative Officer, who will become Chief Executive Officer on that date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Charhon, 52, currently serves as a special advisor to the board of directors of Purdue Pharma.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon served as Chief Financial Officer of Purdue Pharma from June&nbsp;2015 until August&nbsp;2017.&#160; From July&nbsp;2014 until December&nbsp;2014, Mr.&nbsp;Charhon served as Chief Financial Officer of Cnova, and thereafter served as counsel to the chairman of the board of directors from January&nbsp;2015 to June&nbsp;2015.&#160; Prior to joining Cnova, Mr.&nbsp;Charhon worked for four years at Hewlett Packard, where he joined as Chief Financial Officer of the PC division before becoming Chief Operating Officer of Enterprise Services.&#160; This role followed eight years at General Electric, where he most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare for the Americas, and four years at Novartis, where he held various global financial leadership roles of increasing responsibility.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon earned his Baccalaureate in Math, Physics&nbsp;&amp; Chemistry at the French Lyc&#233;e of Brussels, and holds a Commercial Engineer degree from the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles &#151; Solvay School of Management.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will receive an initial annual base salary of $600,000 (the &#147;Base Salary&#148;).&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will also be eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s benefit plans in effect from time to time during his employment to the same extent as similarly situated employees.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will be eligible to earn an annual target cash bonus equal to 50% of his Base Salary for the 2018 performance year and 100% of his Base Salary for subsequent performance years pursuant to the terms of the Company&#146;s annual incentive plan (&#147;AIP&#148;).&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon is also eligible to receive a long-term equity incentive bonus (the &#147;LTI Bonus&#148;) equal to 100% of his Base Salary for the 2018 and 2019 performance years and 150% for subsequent performance years.&#160; The LTI Bonus is payable in restricted stock units, performance share units and/or stock options, each with respect to the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In January&nbsp;2018, Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will receive a one-time, time-based grant of $600,000 in stock options to purchase shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock with an expiration date five years from the grant date.&#160; The stock options will be subject to vesting and other terms established by the Compensation Committee.&#160; The exercise price per share of the stock options will be equal to the fair market value of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock on the grant date.&#160; Subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will also receive a one-time equity award consisting of 32,000 performance share units and 17,000 performance stock options with a strike price per share equal to the higher of (i)&nbsp;$17.89 or (ii)&nbsp;the fair market value of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A common stock on the grant date.&#160; These awards will be subject to vesting and other terms established by the Compensation Committee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, if Mr.&nbsp;Charhon&#146;s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without cause (as defined in the Plan) or due to Mr.&nbsp;Charhon&#146;s disability (as determined by the Company), Mr.&nbsp;Charhon will be eligible to receive severance equal to two times his then current Base Salary.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr.&nbsp;Charhon and any other person pursuant to which Mr.&nbsp;Charhon was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon has no family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company, and has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;8, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Charhon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.&#160; A copy of that press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Charhon&#146;s offer letter will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2017.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effective November&nbsp;9, 2017, the Company entered into a Transitional Employment Agreement (the &#147;TEA&#148;) with Paula Singer, who serves the Company as Chief Learning&nbsp;&amp; Innovation Officer.&#160; Pursuant to the TEA, the Company has agreed to continue to employ Ms.&nbsp;Singer in such position through December&nbsp;31, 2019 (the &#147;Retention Date&#148;) or such earlier date as determined by the Company or Ms.&nbsp;Singer (the &#147;Transition Period&#148;).&#160; The Transition Period may also be extended by the mutual agreement of the parties, subject to the condition that Ms.&nbsp;Singer will not be entitled to any additional payment beyond what is described below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ms.&nbsp;Singer will continue to receive a base salary of $710,495 for the remainder of 2017 (the &#147;2017 Base Salary&#148;).&#160; Effective as of January&nbsp;1, 2018, Ms.&nbsp;Singer&#146;s annual base salary will be $450,000 (the &#147;Transitional Base Salary&#148;).&#160; Ms.&nbsp;Singer will continue to be eligible to participate in the Company&#146;s benefit plans in effect from time to time during her employment to the same extent as similarly situated employees.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the Transition Period, Ms.&nbsp;Singer will be eligible to earn an annual target cash bonus of 100% of her 2017 Base Salary or Transitional Base Salary, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Company&#146;s annual incentive plan.&#160; Ms.&nbsp;Singer is also eligible to receive a special long-term bonus (the &#147;Special LTB&#148;) in the amount of $300,000 if: (i)&nbsp;the Company and Ms.&nbsp;Singer satisfy the performance goals set forth in a separate bonus arrangement agreed to by Ms.&nbsp;Singer and the Company&#146;s Chief Operating Officer; (ii)&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Singer remains employed with the Company through the Retention Date; and (iii)&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Singer otherwise complies with her obligations under the TEA. In addition, in 2018, Ms.&nbsp;Singer will be eligible for an equity grant equal to a grant date fair value of $450,000 payable in stock options or restricted stock units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally, in consideration for Ms.&nbsp;Singer&#146;s execution of the TEA and compliance with its terms, the Company will pay Ms.&nbsp;Singer $500,000 as soon as practicable on or after December&nbsp;31, 2017.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If Ms.&nbsp;Singer&#146;s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason prior to the Retention Date, Ms.&nbsp;Singer will be entitled to receive (i)&nbsp;any accrued but unpaid salary through the date of termination; (ii)&nbsp;any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by Ms.&nbsp;Singer payable in accordance with the Company&#146;s standard expense reimbursement policies; and (iii)&nbsp;any benefits owed to Ms.&nbsp;Singer under any qualified retirement plan or health and welfare benefit plan in which Ms.&nbsp;Singer was a participant in accordance with applicable law and the provisions of such plan (collectively, the &#147;Accrued Obligations&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If Ms.&nbsp;Singer&#146;s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without cause under the TEA prior to the Retention Date, Ms.&nbsp;Singer will be entitled to receive (i)&nbsp;the Accrued Obligations and (ii)&nbsp;subject to her compliance with certain obligations set out in the TEA, an amount equal to the result of $27,500 multiplied by the number of whole months remaining in the term of her employment (the &#147;Severance Benefit&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The TEA will be filed as an exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2017.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As previously disclosed, the Company and Enderson Guimar&#227;es entered into a Separation Agreement and General Release (the &#147;Separation Agreement&#148;) on March&nbsp;23, 2017, whereby Mr.&nbsp;Guimar&#227;es resigned his position as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and agreed to provide transition services to the Company until June&nbsp;30, 2017 or such earlier or later date as determined by the Company.&#160; Effective September&nbsp;30, 2017, Mr.&nbsp;Guimar&#227;es&#146;s employment with the Company terminated pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement.&#160; The Separation Agreement was included as Exhibit&nbsp;10.80 to the Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2017, filed on May&nbsp;11, 2017.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On November&nbsp;9, 2017, Mr.&nbsp;Guimar&#227;es entered into a Release Agreement with the Company (the &#147;Release Agreement&#148;).&#160; In accordance with the terms of the Release Agreement, Mr.&nbsp;Guimar&#227;es will be reimbursed by the Company for up to $200,000 of certain eligible expenses he incurs on or before December&nbsp;31, 2018 relating to the sale of his residence in Miami, Florida and his repatriation to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.&#160; The Company may fulfill its obligations to Mr.&nbsp;Guimar&#227;es by paying him $200,000 in advance of his submitting a request for reimbursement.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Laureate Education,&nbsp;Inc. Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BALTIMORE, MARYLAND &#151; November&nbsp;8, 2017 &#151; Today, Laureate Education,&nbsp;Inc. (Nasdaq: LAUR), the global leader in higher education, announced the appointment of Jean-Jacques Charhon as its new Executive Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charhon will join Laureate on January&nbsp;1, 2018 and will be based in Baltimore. He will report to Eilif Serck-Hanssen, Laureate&#146;s current President and Chief Administrative Officer, who will become Chief Executive Officer on that date.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;I am thrilled to welcome JJ to Laureate&#146;s leadership team,&#148; said Serck-Hanssen. &#147;He brings a wealth of experience in corporate finance, financial planning, internal controls, risk management, and strategic planning. He also has extensive background in international business, change management, and technology-enabled business transformation, all of which are critical skill sets as we embark on our journey to make Laureate the innovation leader in global higher education.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a key member of the executive management team, Charhon will be responsible for Laureate&#146;s overall financial strategy, financial reporting, controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, and investor relations.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;After working across multiple industries,&nbsp;I&#146;m excited to be joining Laureate and the global higher education sector,&#148; said Charhon. &#147;I am proud to be joining a company that is positively impacting millions of students&#146; lives around the world through access to quality higher education.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charhon joins Laureate with more than 25 years of corporate finance experience across industries, with Fortune 100 companies, and with extensive global experience in emerging markets. He spent eight years with General Electric (GE) in senior financial positions, culminating in his role as CFO of GE Healthcare for the Americas. He was Hewlett Packard&#146;s CFO of Personal Systems, and then COO of its Enterprise Services division. He worked with Novartis with responsibilities as CFO for Consumer Health and as head of financial planning and analysis, and investor relations. Most recently, Charhon was CFO at Purdue Pharma.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charhon holds a French </font>Baccalaureate in Math, Physics, and Chemistry from the French Lyc&#233;e of Brussels, and a Commercial Engineering degree from the Solvay School of Management at the Universit&#233; Libre de Bruxelles.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">About Laureate Education,&nbsp;Inc.</font></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Laureate Education,&nbsp;Inc. is the largest global network of degree-granting higher education institutions, with more than one million students enrolled across nearly 70 institutions in 25 countries at campuses and online. Laureate offers high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and specialized degree programs in a wide range of academic disciplines that provide attractive employment prospects. Laureate believes that when our students succeed, countries prosper, and societies benefit. This belief is expressed through the company&#146;s philosophy of being <i>Here for Good</i> and is represented by its status as a Certified</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B Corporation</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font>&#160;and conversion in 2015 to a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, a new class of corporation committed to creating a positive impact on society.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Laureate   Education,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Ruder Finn</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Esther   Benjamin</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">esther.benjamin@laureate.net</font></p>    </td>
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