Subsequent Events

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

Agreement to Sell Universidad Interamericana de Panamá (UIP)

On July 9, 2019, Universidad U Latina, SRL and Education Holding Costa Rica EHCR, SRL, (the UIP Sellers), which are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the UIP Agreement) with Universal Knowledge Systems, Inc. and Global Education Services, Inc. (the UIP Buyers). Pursuant to the UIP Agreement, the UIP Buyers will purchase from the UIP Sellers 100% of the ownership interests of UIP, a higher education institution in Panama. Excelencia y Superacion S.A. (EXSUSA), an affiliate of the UIP Buyers, is also party to the UIP Agreement as a guarantor of the UIP Sellers’ obligations under the UIP Agreement. Also in connection with the UIP Agreement and as a condition to closing, the UIP Sellers agreed to cause Desarrollos Urbanos Educativos S. de R.L. (DUE), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, to enter into a real estate purchase agreement (the DUE Real Estate Purchase Agreement) with the UIP Buyers for the sale of real estate owned by DUE, which serves as the campus of UIP.

The total expected enterprise value under the UIP Agreement and the DUE Real Estate Purchase Agreement is approximately $86,750. The transactions contemplated under the agreements are contingent on customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals, which may take several months.

Inti Education Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (Inti Holdings)

As previously reported, on December 11, 2017, Exeter Street Holdings Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia corporation (Exeter Street), and Laureate Education Asia Limited, a Hong Kong corporation (Laureate Asia), both of which are indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, entered into a sale purchase agreement (as amended on January 17, 2019, the Inti Agreement) with Comprehensive Education Pte. Ltd., a Singapore corporation (Comprehensive, the purchaser) that is an affiliate of Affinity Equity Partners, a private equity firm based in Hong Kong. Pursuant to the Inti Agreement, Comprehensive agreed to purchase from Exeter Street all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Inti Holdings, and Laureate Asia agreed to guarantee certain obligations of Exeter Street. Inti Holdings is the indirect owner of INTI University and Colleges, a higher education institution with five campuses in Malaysia.

The closing of the transaction under the Inti Agreement was subject to certain conditions, including approval by regulators in Malaysia, which approval was obtained on June 24, 2019. On June 25, 2019, the Company notified Comprehensive that the conditions precedent had been duly satisfied and scheduled closing for July 12, 2019. On July 9, 2019, Comprehensive notified the Company that it disagreed with the Company’s position that the conditions precedent had been satisfied and formally moved to terminate the Inti Agreement, an act viewed by the Company as a repudiatory breach of the Inti Agreement. The Company is currently evaluating all options and continues to classify Inti Holdings as a discontinued operation.

Stock Repurchase Program

In July 2019, the Company's board of directors approved a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to $150,000 of the Company’s Class A common stock. The Company's proposed repurchases may be made from time to time on the open market at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally permissible means, depending on market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). Repurchases may be effected pursuant to a trading plan adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Exchange Act. The Company's board of directors will review the share repurchase program periodically and may authorize adjustment of its terms and size or suspend or discontinue the program.