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BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events
[July 25, 2014]

BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Other Events


(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 8.01 Other Information.

On July 21, 2014, Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (the "Company") and Ashford University received from the Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts ("Attorney General") a Civil Investigative Demand relating to the Attorney General's investigation of for-profit educational institutions and whether the university's business practices complied with Massachusetts consumer protection laws. Pursuant to the Investigative Demand, the Attorney General has requested from the Company and Ashford University Massachusetts student information and complaints for the time period January 1, 2006, to present. The Company and the university are evaluating the Investigative Demand and intend to comply with the Attorney General's request.



On July 22, 2014, the Company received from the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") a subpoena relating to certain of the Company's accounting practices, including revenue recognition, receivables and other matters relating to the Company's previously disclosed intention to restate its financial statements for fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and revise its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and the prior revision of the Company's financial statements for fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. Pursuant to the subpoena, the SEC has requested from the Company documents and detailed information for the time period January 1, 2009, to present. The Company is evaluating the subpoena and intends to fully cooperate in the investigation.

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