0001123292-16-003084.txt : 20161219 0001123292-16-003084.hdr.sgml : 20161219 20161219191123 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001123292-16-003084 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161209 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161219 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161219 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001201792 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 010724376 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 W CONGRESS STREET CITY: CHARLES TOWN STATE: WV ZIP: 25414 BUSINESS PHONE: (304) 724-3700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 W CONGRESS STREET CITY: CHARLES TOWN STATE: WV ZIP: 25414 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Beckett Thomas CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001490436 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33810 FILM NUMBER: 162060016 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 W. CONGRESS STREET CITY: CHARLES TOWN STATE: WV ZIP: 25414 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2016-12-09 0 0001201792 AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC APEI 0001490436 Beckett Thomas 111 WEST CONGRESS STREET CHARLES TOWN WV 25414 0 1 0 0 SVP, General Counsel Common Stock, par value $.01 4355 D Consists of Restricted Stock Awards made pursuant to the American Public Education, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Incentive Plan, including 310 shares that vest on January 20, 2017, 507 shares that vest on October 1, 2017 and 3,538 shares that vest in three equal annual installments beginning on January 17, 2017. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact 2016-12-19 EX-24 2 beckettpoa.htm
POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of American Public Education, Inc. the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  This Power of Attorney can only be revoked by delivering a signed, original "Revocation of Power of Attorney" to the attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of December, 2016.

 
 
/s/ Thomas Beckett
 
 
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