LAUR - Dividend announcements

MIAMI, Sept. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") announced that its board of directors has approved a new stock repurchase program to acquire up to $100 million of the Company's common stock. The Company intends to finance the repurchases with free cash flow, excess cash and liquidity on-hand, including available capacity under its Revolving Credit Facility. The Company has completed the $100 million repurchase program that had previously been announced in February 2024. After giving effect to this new authorization, the Company will have returned nearly $3 billion of capital to shareholders since the beginning of 2019 through a combination o

MIAMI, Oct. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") today announced that its board of directors approved the payment of a special cash dividend (the "Dividend") equal to $0.68 per each share of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.004 per share, to each holder of record on November 4, 2022.  The Dividend is scheduled to be paid on November 17, 2022.  Based on the current number of shares outstanding, the aggregate amount of the Dividend is expected to be approximately $112 million. Eilif Serck-Hanssen, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our business is continuing to enjoy strong growth as a result of our proven operating model, market-le

MIAMI, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") today announced that its board of directors approved, pursuant to the previously announced adoption of a plan of partial liquidation (the "Plan") related to the distribution of net proceeds from the Company's sale of Walden e-Learning LLC (the "Sale"), the payment of a special cash distribution (the "Distribution") equal to $0.83 per each share of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.004 per share, to each holder of record on September 28, 2022.  The Distribution is scheduled to be paid on October 12, 2022.  Based on the current number of shares outstanding, the aggregate amount of the Distributi

BALTIMORE, Dec. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") today announced that its board of directors approved, pursuant to the previously announced adoption of a plan of partial liquidation (the "Plan") related to the distribution of net proceeds from the Company's sale of Walden e-Learning LLC (the "Sale"), the payment of a special cash distribution (the "Distribution") equal to $0.58 per each share of the Company's Common Stock, par value $0.004 per share, to each holder of record on December 14, 2021.  The Distribution is scheduled to be paid on December 28, 2021.  Based on the current number of shares outstanding, the aggregate amount of the Distribu

BALTIMORE, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") today announced that, in connection with the Company's recently announced special cash distribution of $7.01 per share (the "Distribution"), Nasdaq has determined that the Company's Class A common stock will trade with "due bills" representing an assignment of the right to receive the Distribution during the period from October 5, 2021 through and including October 29, 2021 (the "Due Bill Period"). As previously announced, the special cash distribution equal to $7.01 per share of the Company's Class A common stock and Class B common stock is scheduled to be paid on October 29, 2021 to each stockh

BALTIMORE, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Laureate Education, Inc. (NASDAQ:LAUR) (the "Company") today announced that its board of directors (the "Board") approved a plan of partial liquidation (the "Plan") in connection with the previously disclosed sale of Walden e-Learning LLC (the "Sale"). Pursuant to the Plan, the gross proceeds from the Sale, less expenses related to the Sale, will be distributed to the Company's stockholders before the end of calendar year 2022. Notwithstanding the adoption of the Plan, the Company expects to continue operating as a going concern and a publicly traded company. The Company also announced today that, after the adoption of the Plan, the Board approved th