Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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 Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
KKR Group Ltd
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC. [LAUR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/01/2018
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock 07/01/2018   J(1)   8,902,112 D $ 0 (1) 0 I See Footnotes (2) (8)
Class A Common Stock 07/01/2018   J(1)   97,496 D $ 0 (1) 0 I See Footnote (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock (4) 07/01/2018   J(1)     22,889,952   (4)   (4) Class A Common Stock 22,889,952 $ 0 (1) 0 I See Footnotes (5) (6) (8)
Class B Common Stock (4) 07/01/2018   J(1)     952,623   (4)   (4) Class A Common Stock 952,623 $ 0 (1) 0 I See Footnotes (5) (7)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
KKR Group Ltd
C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P.
9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200
NEW YORK, NY 10019
       
KKR Group Holdings L.P.
C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P.
9 WEST 57TH STREET, SUITE 4200
NEW YORK, NY 10019
       

Signatures

 KKR GROUP LIMITED By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director   07/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 KKR GROUP HOLDINGS L.P. By: KKR Group Limited, its general partner By: /s/ Terence P. Gallagher Name: Terence P. Gallagher Title: Attorney-in-fact for William J. Janetschek, Director   07/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Pursuant to an internal reorganization in connection with the conversion of KKR & Co. L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, into a Delaware corporation named KKR & Co. Inc., which became effective on July 1, 2018, KKR & Co. L.P. contributed all of its interests in two wholly-owned subsidiaries, KKR Group Holdings L.P. and KKR Group Limited, to a newly formed and wholly-owned subsidiary, KKR Group Holdings Corp., and KKR Group Holdings L.P. and KKR Group Limited were liquidated. KKR Group Holdings L.P. and KKR Group Limited are filing this "exit" Form 4 to report that they are no longer beneficial owners of securities of Laureate Education, Inc. (the "Issuer"). KKR Group Holdings Corp. is separately filing a Form 3 to report beneficial ownership of securities of the Issuer in connection with the above reorganization. This internal reorganization did not involve any purchase or sale of securities of the Issuer.
(2) KKR 2006 Fund (Overseas), Limited Partnership directly holds these shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer ("Class A Common Stock").
(3) KKR Partners II (International), L.P. directly holds these shares of Class A Common Stock. KKR PI-II GP Limited is the general partner of KKR Partners II (International), L.P.
(4) Each share of Class B Common Stock ("Class B Common Stock") of the Issuer is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock upon the election of the holder or upon transfer, subject to the terms of the Issuer's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
(5) Shares of Class B Common Stock are held directly by Wengen Alberta, Limited Partnership ("Wengen"). Wengen Investments Limited ("Wengen GP") is the general partner of Wengen. Certain investors, including, but not limited to, certain investment funds and other persons affiliated with or managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., Cohen Private Ventures, LLC, Bregal Investments, Inc., StepStone Group LP, Sterling Fund Management, LLC and Snow Phipps Group, LLC (collectively, the "Wengen Investors") have interests in the Issuer through Wengen. The Reporting Persons and certain of the other Wengen Investors have designated representatives who serve as the members of the board of directors of Wengen GP.
(6) KKR 2006 Fund (Overseas), Limited Partnership may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own these shares of Class B Common Stock by virtue of the limited partnership interests it holds in Wengen.
(7) KKR Partners II (International), L.P. may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own these shares of Class B Common Stock by virtue of the limited partnership interests it holds in Wengen. KKR PI-II GP Limited is the general partner of KKR Partners II (International), L.P.
(8) KKR Associates 2006 (Overseas), Limited Partnership is the general partner of KKR 2006 Fund (Overseas), Limited Partnership. KKR 2006 Limited is the general partner of KKR Associates 2006 (Overseas), Limited Partnership. KKR Fund Holdings L.P. is the sole shareholder of KKR 2006 Limited. KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited is a general partner of KKR Fund Holdings L.P. Prior to the reorganization, KKR Group Holdings L.P. was the general partner of KKR Fund Holdings L.P. and the sole shareholder of KKR Fund Holdings GP Limited and KKR Group Limited was the general partner of KKR Group Holdings L.P.
 
Remarks:
Each of the Reporting Persons may have been deemed to be the beneficial owner of all or a portion of the securities reported herein. The filing of this statement shall not be deemed to be an admission that, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise, the Reporting Persons engaged in any transactions subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or are or were the beneficial owners of any securities reported herein, and the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

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