UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 17, 2017
Strayer
Education, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND | 0-21039 | 52-1975978 | ||
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification Number) |
2303
Dulles Station Boulevard
|
20171 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(703)
561-1600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area
code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
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Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On April 17, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Strayer Education, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a First Amendment (“Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to provide stockholders the right to amend the Bylaws with a majority vote of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote on the matter.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the Amendment filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits.
The exhibits required by this item are set forth on the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
Exhibit
Number |
Description | |
3.1 | First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Strayer Education, Inc. |
2 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STRAYER EDUCATION, INC. | |||
Date: | April 17, 2017 | By: | /s/ Daniel W. Jackson |
Daniel W. Jackson | |||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 3.1
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
of
STRAYER EDUCATION, INC.
The Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of Strayer Education, Inc. are hereby amended as follows:
Article VIII, Section 4 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“Section 4. Amendments
(a) By Directors . These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.
(b) By Stockholders . These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by an affirmative vote of stockholders holding a majority of shares of common stock then outstanding and entitled to vote on the matter.”
Except as herein amended, the provisions of the Bylaws shall remain in full force and effect.