UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

þ		QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended: September 30, 2010

OR

o		TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From                 to                

Commission File Number: 001-34466

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

Pennsylvania		21-1119571
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
210 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 33rd Floor		15222
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 562-0900

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ       No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o       No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer þ		Smaller reporting company o
				(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.): Yes o No þ

As of November 8, 2010, 140,348,479 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding.

 

 

Explanatory Note

Education Management Corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (the “Form 10-Q”) to correct an inadvertent omission of certain language from paragraph 4 of the certification of its Chief Executive Officer filed as Exhibit 31.1 and the certification of its President and Chief Financial Officer filed as Exhibit 31.2 to the Form 10-Q.

This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-Q, which continues to speak as of the date thereof. Other than as set forth above, this Amendment does not modify or update disclosures in the Form 10-Q. Accordingly, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Form 10-Q or modify or update any related or other disclosures.

PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Number		Document
31.1		Certification of Todd S. Nelson required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2		Certification of Edward H. West required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1		Certification of Todd S. Nelson required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2		Certification of Edward H. West required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

SIGNATURE

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.

		/s/ EDWARD H. WEST
		Edward H. West
		President and Chief Financial Officer