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)
August 2, 2018

ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-13988

36-3150143

(State of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

500 West Monroe

Chicago, IL

60661

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(630) 515-7700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

______________

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Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

          On August 2, 2018, Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (“Adtalem”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Stock Purchase Agreement (“Amendment No. 1”) with Cogswell Education, LLC (“Cogswell”).  Amendment No. 1 amends the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2017 (the “Agreement”), by and between Adtalem and Cogswell. Amendment No. 1 extends the number of days following receipt of a Department of Education Preacquisition Response during which Cogswell may terminate the Agreement from 45 days to 90 days, expands the circumstances under which Adtalem will reimburse Cogswell for certain third party expenses and increases the amount of Cogswell's third party expenses that shall be fully reimbursed by Adtalem in certain circumstances to $750,000 and partially reimbursed to $850,000.

The foregoing description of Amendment No. 1 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 1, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On August 3, 2018, Adtalem issued a press release announcing plans to relocate Ross University School of Medicine’s medical sciences campus from Dominica to Barbados.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

2.1       Amendment No. 1 to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2018, by and between Adtalem and Cogswell

99.1      Press Release of Adtalem, dated August 3, 2018.


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.



ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION INC.

(Registrant)
 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen W. Beard

Stephen W. Beard

Senior Vice President, General Counsel

 
 
 

Date:

August 3, 2018