LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. 10-Q

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities (in thousands, except per share amounts) The following table provides a summary of the Company’s purchases of its Class A common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 pursuant to the Company’s authorized stock repurchase program: Period Total number of shares purchased Average price paid per share Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs Approximate dollar value of shares yet to be purchased under the plans or programs (1) 1/1/21 - 1/31/21 6,133 $ 14.09 6,133 $ 148,648 2/1/21 - 2/28/21 1,787 13.99 1,787 123,649 3/1/21 - 3/31/21 2,481 13.77 2,481 89,482 Total 10,401 $ 14.00 10,401 $ 89,482 (1) On November 5, 2020, the Company announced that its board of directors had authorized a stock repurchase program to acquire up to $300,000 of the Company’s Class A common stock. See further description of the stock repurchase program in “Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” On April 30, 2021, the Company’s board of directors approved an increase of the above authorization to repurchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock by $200,000, for a total authorization (including the above authorized repurchases) of up to $500,000 of the Company’s Class A common stock. Item 6. Exhibits Exhibit No. Exhibit Description 31.1 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 31.2 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 32 Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 101.INS XBRL Instance Document — the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) 49 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 thereunto duly authorized. /s/ RICHARD M. BUSKIRK Richard M. Buskirk Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Date: May 6, 2021 /s/ GERARD M. KNAUER Gerard M. Knauer Vice President, Accounting and Global Controller Date: May 6, 2021 50