UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------
FORM 4 Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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{} Check this box if STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES | 3235-0287 |
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Section 16. Form 4 or | November 30, 2011 |
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continue. See Instruction | burden hours per |
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section -----------------------
17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the
(Print or Type Responses) Investment Company Act of 1940
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|1. Name and Address of | 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) |
| Reporting Person* | | to Issuer (Check all applicable) |
|MacGibbon Craig S |AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION INC APEI | _____ Director _____ 10% Owner |
| | | __X__ Officer _____ Other |
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|(Last) (First) (Middle)|3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) | (give title below) (specify below)|
| | 05-20-2024 |EVP, Chief Information Officer |
|111 WEST CONGRESS STREET, |---------------------------------------------------| |
| (Street) |4.If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)|-------------------------------------------------|
| | | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
|CHARLES TO - WV - 25414 | | (Check Applicable Line) |
|WN | | _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person |
| | | ___ Form filed by More than One |
| (City) (State) (Zip) | | Reporting Person |
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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| 1. | 2. | 2a. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. |
| Title of | Trans- | Deemed | Transaction | Securities Acquired | Amount of Sec | Ownership | Nature of |
| Security | action | Execut. | Code | (A) or Disposed of (D) | Beneficially | Form: | Indirect |
| (Instr. 3) | Date | Date | (Instr. 8) | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) |Owned Following| Direct | Beneficial |
| |----------|----------|---------|----|----------|-----|--------| Transaction(s)| (D) or | Ownership |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | | | (A) | | | Indirect | (Instr. 4) |
| | Day/ | Day/ | | | | or | | (Instr. 3 and | (I) | |
| | Year) | Year) | Code | V | Amount | (D) | Price | 4) | Instr. 4) | |
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|Common Stock, par|05-20-2024| |M | |1,000 |A |$15.74 |43,283 |D | |
| value $.01 | | | | | | | | | | |
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|Common Stock, par|05-20-2024| |S | |1,500 |D |$18.4033|41,783 |D | |
| value $.01 | | | | | | | | | | |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1. |2. | 3. | 3a. |4. | 5. | 6. | 7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
|Title of|Conver- | Trans- | Deemed |Trans- | Number of | Date | Title and |Price |Number |Owner- |Nature of|
|Deriv- |sion or | action | Execu. |action | Deriv- | Exercisable | Amount of |of |of |ship |Indirect |
|ative |Exercise| Date | Date |Code | ative | and Expira- | Underlying |Deriv- |Deriv- |Form |Benefici.|
|Security|Price of| (Month/ | (Month/ |(Instr.| Securities | tion Date | Securities |ative |ative |of |Ownership|
|(Instr. |Deriv- | Day/ | Day/ |8) | Acquired | (Month/Day/ | (Instr. 3 |Secur- |Secur- |Deriv- |(Instr. 4|
| 3) |ative | Year) | Year) | | (A) or | Year) | and 4) |ity |ities |ative | |
| |Security| | | | Disposed of |----------------|--------------|(Instr.|Bene- |Secur- | |
| | | | |-------| (D) (Instr. | | | | | 5) |ficially|ity | |
| | | | | | | 3, 4 and 5) | | | |Amount | |Owned |Direct | |
| | | | | | |--------------| | | |or | |folowing|(D) or | |
| | | | | | | | |Date |Expira- | |Number | |reported|Indirect| |
| | | | | | | | |Exer- |tion | |of | |tran.(s)|(I) | |
| | | | |Code| V| (A) | (D) |cisable|Date |Title |Shares | |(Inst.4)|Instr. 4| |
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|Employee|$15.74 |05-20-202| |M | | |1,000 | |08-07-20|Common|1,000 |$0 |9,460 |D | |
| Stock O| |4 | | | | | | |32 | Stock| | | | | |
|ption (r| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | Relationships |
| Reporting Owner Name / Address +----------+----------+----------+-------- -+
| | Director |10% Owner | Officer | Other |
+--------------------------------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|MacGibbon Craig S | . | . |EVP, Chief| |
| | | | Informati| |
| | | |on Officer| |
|111 WEST CONGRESS STREET | | | | |
|CHARLES TOWN WV 25414 | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1 The price of $18.4033 per share represents a weighted average of sale prices rangin
g from $18.40 to $18.415 per share. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon r
equest by the Commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer full i
nformation regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
2 As of the date hereof, all shares underlying the options were exercisable.
Remarks:
Signatures
/s/ Richard W. Sunderland, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact / 05-22-2024
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