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10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

¨	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 1-13144

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

36-2061311

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

13000 North Meridian Street

Carmel, Indiana

46032-1404

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (317) 706-9200

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 ¨ No x

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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No x

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23,448,168

Number of shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value, outstanding at October 31, 2014

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

Carmel, Indiana

Quarterly Report to Securities and Exchange Commission

March 31, 2014

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements.

Index


Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 and 2013 (unaudited) and December 31, 2013			2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013			3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013			4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013			5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 (unaudited) and the year ended December 31, 2013			6

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements			7

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)


	As of
	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013			March 31, 2013
	(unaudited)						(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	205,035		$	215,771		$	206,638
Restricted cash		4,293			5,636			6,693
Accounts receivable, net		77,384			99,530			106,308
PEAKS Trust student loans, less allowance for loan losses of $0, $0 and $0		7,713			7,730			7,282
Deferred income taxes		69,708			77,549			71,301
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		34,686			28,400			19,189

Total current assets		398,819			434,616			417,411

Property and equipment, net		164,072			168,509			184,123
PEAKS Trust student loans, excluding current portion, less allowance for loan losses of $29,349, $29,349 and $0		75,619			76,479			105,007
Deferred income taxes		75,607			68,324			45,024
Other assets		64,314			58,923			31,721

Total assets	$	778,431		$	806,851		$	783,286


Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	50,000		$	50,000		$	0
Current portion of PEAKS Trust senior debt		130,692			157,883			103,356
Accounts payable		67,336			58,021			63,713
Accrued compensation and benefits		16,075			18,107			15,425
Other current liabilities		52,415			42,136			52,185
Deferred revenue		141,549			147,630			120,628

Total current liabilities		458,067			473,777			355,307

Long-term debt		0			0			150,000
PEAKS Trust senior debt, excluding current portion		58,782			71,341			123,660
Other liabilities		142,476			146,087			45,634

Total liabilities		659,325			691,205			674,601

Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued		0			0			0
Common stock, $.01 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 37,068,904 issued		371			371			371
Capital surplus		197,954			200,040			194,629
Retained earnings		944,039			940,449			950,202
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		2,908			3,146			(7,835	)
Treasury stock, 13,665,572, 13,698,716 and 13,706,781 shares, at cost		(1,026,166	)		(1,028,360	)		(1,028,682	)

Total shareholders’ equity		119,106			115,646			108,685

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	778,431		$	806,851		$	783,286

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Revenue	$	237,923		$	285,062
Costs and expenses:
Cost of educational services		120,115			124,176
Student services and administrative expenses		99,238			101,721
Legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters		5,547			1,500
Loss related to loan program guarantees		0			3,803

Total costs and expenses		224,900			231,200

Operating income		13,023			53,862
(Loss) on consolidation of PEAKS Trust		0			(73,248	)
Interest income		19			34
Interest (expense)		(6,901	)		(3,574	)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		6,141			(22,926	)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes		2,519			(5,655	)

Net income (loss)	$	3,622		$	(17,271	)


Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	0.15		$	(0.74	)
Diluted	$	0.15		$	(0.74	)

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic		23,447			23,397
Diluted		23,844			23,397

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Net income (loss)	$	3,622		$	(17,271	)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net actuarial pension loss amortization, net of income tax of $0 and $211		0			333
Prior service cost (credit) amortization, net of income tax of $151 and $151		(238	)		(238	)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		(238	)		95

Comprehensive income (loss)	$	3,384		$	(17,176	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	3,622		$	(17,271	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		6,462			7,292
Provision for doubtful accounts		16,615			15,305
Deferred income taxes		(416	)		(15,384	)
Stock-based compensation expense		2,551			3,093
Settlement cost		0			(46,000	)
Accretion of discount on PEAKS Trust student loans		(3,133	)		(1,360	)
Accretion of discount on PEAKS Trust senior debt		1,541			652
Loss on consolidation of PEAKS Trust		0			73,248
Other		(180	)		295
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:
Restricted cash		1,343			(1,512	)
Accounts receivable		6,302			(42,685	)
PEAKS Trust student loans		4,010			1,187
Accounts payable		9,315			409
Other operating assets and liabilities		(3,885	)		(5,912	)
Deferred revenue		(7,229	)		(15,272	)

Net cash flows from operating activities		36,918			(43,915	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Facility expenditures		(12	)		(100	)
Capital expenditures, net		(1,498	)		(1,418	)
Acquisition of company		(4,449	)		0
Proceeds from repayment of notes		96			215
Note advances		0			(1,241	)

Net cash flows from investing activities		(5,863	)		(2,544	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from revolving borrowings		0			10,000
Repayment of PEAKS Trust senior debt		(41,070	)		0
Repurchase of common stock and shares tendered for taxes		(721	)		(368	)

Net cash flows from financing activities		(41,791	)		9,632

Net change in cash and cash equivalents		(10,736	)		(36,827	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		215,771			243,465

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	205,035		$	206,638

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(Dollars and shares in thousands)


	Common Stock				Capital			Retained			Accumulated Other Comprehensive			Common Stock in Treasury
	Shares		Amount		Surplus			Earnings			Income/(Loss)			Shares			Amount			Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012		37,069	$	371	$	197,113		$	967,473		$	(7,930	)		(13,744	)	$	(1,031,262	)	$	125,765
For the three months ended March 31, 2013 (unaudited):
Net (loss)									(17,271	)											(17,271	)
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax												95									95
Equity award vesting and exercises						(2,948	)								59			2,948			0
Tax benefit from equity awards						(2,629	)														(2,629	)
Stock-based compensation						3,093															3,093
Shares tendered for taxes															(22	)		(368	)		(368	)

Balance as of March 31, 2013		37,069		371		194,629			950,202			(7,835	)		(13,707	)		(1,028,682	)		108,685

For the nine months ended December 31, 2013 (unaudited):
Net (loss)									(9,753	)											(9,753	)
Other comprehensive income, net of income tax												10,981									10,981
Equity award vesting and exercises						(349	)								9			349			0
Tax benefit from equity awards						(2,785	)														(2,785	)
Stock-based compensation						8,545															8,545
Shares tendered for taxes															(1	)		(27	)		(27	)

Balance as of December 31, 2013		37,069		371		200,040			940,449			3,146			(13,699	)		(1,028,360	)		115,646

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 (unaudited):
Net income									3,622												3,622
Other comprehensive (loss), net of income tax												(238	)								(238	)
Equity award vesting and exercises						(2,845	)								51			2,845			0
Tax benefit from equity awards						(1,792	)														(1,792	)
Stock-based compensation						2,551															2,551
Shares tendered for taxes															(19	)		(721	)		(721	)
Issuance of shares for Director’s compensation									(32	)					1			70			38

Balance as of March 31, 2014		37,069	$	371	$	197,954		$	944,039		$	2,908			(13,666	)	$	(1,026,166	)	$	119,106

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2014

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data and unless otherwise stated)

1.	The Company and Basis of Presentation

We are a leading proprietary provider of postsecondary degree programs in the United States based on revenue and student enrollment. As of March 31, 2014, we were offering:

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master, bachelor and associate degree programs to approximately 57,000 students at ITT Technical Institute and Daniel Webster College locations; and

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short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals.

In addition, we offered one or more of our online degree programs to students who are located in all 50 states. As of March 31, 2014, we had 149 college locations (including 147 campuses and two learning sites) in 39 states and four training facilities. As of September 30, 2014, we had eliminated all four training facilities by transferring the activities conducted at those training facilities to our college locations. All of our college locations are authorized by the applicable education authorities of the states in which they operate and are accredited by an accrediting commission recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (“ED”). We have provided career-oriented education programs since 1969 under the “ITT Technical Institute” name and since June 2009 under the “Daniel Webster College” name. In August 2013, we acquired all of the membership interests of Cable Holdings, LLC (“Cable Holdings”), an education company that offers short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals. In January 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of CompetenC Solutions, Inc. and Great Equalizer, Inc. CompetenC Solutions, Inc. and Great Equalizer, Inc. were education companies that operated primarily under the name of Ascolta (“Ascolta”) and offered short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals. See Note 3 – Acquisition, for additional discussion of the acquisition of the Ascolta business. Our corporate headquarters are located in Carmel, Indiana.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ITT Educational Services, Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries and, beginning on February 28, 2013, the PEAKS Trust, a variable interest entity (“VIE”) in which ITT Educational Services, Inc. is the primary beneficiary, and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim periods and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures, including significant accounting policies, normally included in a complete presentation of financial statements prepared in accordance with those principles, rules and regulations have been omitted. All significant intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated upon consolidation.

The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013 was derived from audited financial statements but, as presented in this report, may not include all disclosures required by GAAP. Arrangements where we have a variable interest in another party are evaluated in accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC” or “Codification”) 810, “Consolidation” (“ASC 810”), to determine whether we are required to consolidate the other party in our condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of the VIEs in which we held a variable interest and the consolidation of the PEAKS Trust in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning February 28, 2013.

In the opinion of our management, the financial statements contain all adjustments necessary to fairly state our financial condition and results of operations. The interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2013.

2.	New Accounting Guidance

In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, which is included in the Codification under ASC 205, “Presentation of Financial Statements” (“ASC 205”). This guidance was issued to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosure in certain circumstances. Under the new guidance, management is required to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. The guidance will be effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2017. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact that this guidance may have on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, which is included in the Codification under ASC 606, “Revenue Recognition” (“ASC 606”). This guidance requires the recognition of revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance will become effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2017. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact that this guidance may have on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, which is included in the Codification under ASC 205. This update changes the requirements for reporting discontinued operations and clarifies when disposals of groups of assets qualify for a discontinued operations presentation under ASC 205. This guidance will become effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2015, and will be applied to any transactions that meet those requirements beginning January 1, 2015.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, which is included in the Codification under ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). This update provides guidance on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses or tax credit carryforwards exist. This guidance became effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2014. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

3.	Acquisition

On January 31, 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of CompetenC Solutions, Inc. and Great Equalizer, Inc. for approximately $5,186, of which $4,449 was paid in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and the remaining $737 was paid by October 31, 2014. CompetenC Solutions, Inc. and Great Equalizer, Inc. were education companies that operated primarily under the name of Ascolta and offered short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals. The acquisition of the Ascolta business allowed us to expand our offerings in the short-term learning solutions market by integrating the Ascolta operations into the Center for Professional Development @ ITT Technical Institute (the “CPD”).

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the results of the Ascolta business from the acquisition date. The revenue and expenses of the Ascolta business included in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 were not material. Our revenue, net income and earnings per share would not have been materially affected, if the revenue and expenses of the Ascolta business were presented for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. The costs incurred to acquire the Ascolta business were expensed and were not material.

We accounted for the acquisition of the Ascolta business in accordance with ASC 805, “Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”), which requires the use of the acquisition method of accounting for all business combinations. We considered the report of a third-party valuation firm in allocating the purchase price to identifiable net assets. The excess of the consideration paid over the estimated fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired was recognized as goodwill and is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The identifiable intangible assets acquired consist of customer relationships and non-compete agreements, which are being amortized over a weighted-average life of approximately five years. The estimated aggregate amortization expense in each of the next five succeeding fiscal years is not material.

The following table sets forth the estimated fair values allocated to the major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Ascolta business acquisition as of the acquisition date:


	Assets Acquired		Liabilities Assumed
Accounts receivable and other current assets	$	849
Furniture and equipment		370
Identifiable intangible assets		1,670
Goodwill		3,332
Other liabilities			$	1,035

4.	Fair Value

Fair value for financial reporting is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid upon the transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement of our financial assets utilized assumptions categorized as observable inputs under the accounting guidance. Observable inputs are assumptions based on independent market data sources.

The following table sets forth information regarding the recurring fair value measurement of our financial assets as reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014:


			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
			(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Description	As of March 31, 2014		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Cash equivalents:
Money market fund	$	204,967	$	204,967	$	0	$	0
Restricted cash:
Money market fund		2,042		2,042		0		0
Other assets:
Money market fund		8,626		8,626		0		0

	$	215,635	$	215,635	$	0	$	0

The following table sets forth information regarding the recurring fair value measurement of our financial assets as reflected on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013:


			Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
			(Level 1)		(Level 2)		(Level 3)
Description	As of March 31, 2013		Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets		Significant Other Observable Inputs		Significant Unobservable Inputs
Cash equivalents:
Money market fund	$	204,838	$	204,838	$	0	$	0
Restricted cash:
Money market fund		3,374		3,374		0		0
Other assets:
Money market fund		8,623		8,623		0		0

	$	216,835	$	216,835	$	0	$	0

We used quoted prices in active markets for identical assets as of the measurement date to value our financial assets that were categorized as Level 1.

The carrying value for cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate fair value, because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. We did not have any financial assets or liabilities recorded at estimated fair value on a non-recurring basis in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014 or 2013.

As of March 31, 2014, the carrying value of the private education loans (“PEAKS Trust Student Loans”) owned by a trust (the “PEAKS Trust”) that purchased, owns and collects private education loans made under the PEAKS Private Student Loan Program (the “PEAKS Program”) was $83,332 and the fair value was approximately $101,949. As of March 31, 2013, each of the carrying value and estimated fair value of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans was approximately $112,289. The fair value of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans was estimated using the income approach with estimated discounted expected cash flows. We utilized inputs that were unobservable in determining the estimated fair value of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans. The significant inputs used in determining the estimated fair value included the default rate, repayment rate and discount rate. Fair value measurements that utilize significant unobservable inputs are categorized as Level 3 measurements under the accounting guidance.

Each of the carrying value and the estimated fair value of the notes receivable and other receivables included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets or Other assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was approximately $2,500 as of March 31, 2014, $2,500 as of December 31, 2013 and $2,200 as of March 31, 2013. We estimated the fair value of the notes receivable and other receivables by discounting the future cash flows using current rates for similar arrangements. The assumptions used in this estimate are considered unobservable inputs. Fair value measurements that utilize significant unobservable inputs are categorized as Level 3 measurements under the accounting guidance.

Each of the carrying value and the estimated fair value of our debt under our credit agreement was approximately $50,000 as of March 31, 2014, $50,000 as of December 31, 2013 and $150,000 as of March 31, 2013. The fair value of our debt under our credit agreement was estimated by discounting the future cash flows using current rates for similar loans with similar characteristics and remaining maturities. We utilized inputs that were observable or were principally derived from observable market data to estimate the fair value of our debt under our credit agreement. Fair value measurements that utilize significant other observable inputs are categorized as Level 2 measurements under the accounting guidance.

As of March 31, 2014, the carrying value of the senior debt issued by the PEAKS Trust in the initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000 (the “PEAKS Senior Debt”) was $189,474 and the estimated fair value was approximately $199,316. As of March 31, 2013, the carrying value of the PEAKS Senior Debt was $227,016 and the estimated fair value was approximately $226,100. The fair value of the PEAKS Senior Debt was estimated using the income approach with estimated discounted cash flows. We utilized inputs that were unobservable in determining the estimated fair value of the PEAKS Senior Debt. The significant input used in determining the estimated fair value was the discount rate utilized for both credit and liquidity purposes. Fair value measurements that utilize significant unobservable inputs are categorized as Level 3 measurements under the accounting guidance.

5.	Equity Compensation

The stock-based compensation expense and related income tax benefit recognized in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income in the periods indicated were as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Stock-based compensation expense	$	2,551		$	3,093
Income tax (benefit)	$	(982	)	$	(1,191	)

We did not capitalize any stock-based compensation cost in the three months ended March 31, 2014 or 2013.

As of March 31, 2014, we estimated that pre-tax compensation expense for unvested stock-based compensation grants in the amount of approximately $18,000, net of estimated forfeitures, will be recognized in future periods. This expense will be recognized over the remaining service period applicable to the grantees which, on a weighted-average basis, is approximately 2.0 years.

The stock options granted, forfeited, exercised and expired in the period indicated were as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	# of Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Aggregate Exercise Price			Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value ⁽¹⁾
Outstanding at beginning of period		1,332,448		$	81.77	$	108,955
Granted		168,500		$	27.94		4,708
Forfeited		(10,334	)	$	30.29		(313	)
Exercised		0		$	0		0
Expired		(180,239	)	$	66.13		(11,919	)

Outstanding at end of period		1,310,375		$	77.40	$	101,431			2.7	$	1,522

Exercisable at end of period		954,536		$	95.21	$	90,882			2.3	$	0

(1)

The aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options was calculated by identifying those stock options that had a lower exercise price than the closing market price of our common stock on March 31, 2014 and multiplying the difference between the closing market price of our common stock and the exercise price of each of those stock options by the number of shares subject to those stock options that were outstanding or exercisable, as applicable.

The following table sets forth information regarding the stock options granted and exercised in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Shares subject to stock options granted		168,500		0
Weighted average grant date fair value per share	$	12.62	$	0
Shares subject to stock options exercised		0		0
Intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$	0	$	0
Proceeds received from stock options exercised	$	0	$	0
Tax benefits realized from stock options exercised	$	0	$	0

The intrinsic value of a stock option is the difference between the fair market value of the stock and the option exercise price.

The fair value of each stock option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Risk-free interest rates		1.32	%	Not applicable
Expected lives (in years)		4.7		Not applicable
Volatility		55	%	Not applicable
Dividend yield		None		Not applicable

The following table sets forth the number of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that were granted, forfeited and vested in the period indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	# of RSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of period		737,844		$	39.96
Granted		271,636		$	27.97
Forfeited		(54,946	)	$	35.64
Vested		(51,303	)	$	71.02

Unvested at end of period		903,231		$	34.85

The total fair market value of the RSUs that vested and were settled in shares of our common stock was $1,924 in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and $1,003 in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

6.	Variable Interest Entities

Under ASC 810, an entity that holds a variable interest in a VIE and meets certain requirements would be considered to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE and required to consolidate the VIE in its consolidated financial statements. In order to be considered the primary beneficiary of a VIE, an entity must hold a variable interest in the VIE and have both:

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the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of the VIE; and

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the right to receive benefits from, or the obligation to absorb losses of, the VIE that could be potentially significant to the VIE.

We hold variable interests in the PEAKS Trust as a result of:

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a subordinated note issued to us by the PEAKS Trust in exchange for the portion of each private education loan disbursed to us under the PEAKS Program that we transferred to the PEAKS Trust (“Subordinated Note”); and

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our guarantee of the payment of the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt, the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and a minimum required ratio of assets of the PEAKS Trust to outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt (“PEAKS Guarantee”).

We hold variable interests in an unaffiliated entity (the “2009 Entity”) as a result of:

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a risk sharing agreement (the “2009 RSA”) that we entered into with the 2009 Entity on February 20, 2009 in connection with other agreements to create a program that made private education loans available to our students to help pay the students’ cost of education that financial aid from federal, state and other sources did not cover (the “2009 Loan Program”); and

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a revolving note owed to us by the 2009 Entity (the “Revolving Note”).

The PEAKS Trust and the 2009 Entity are VIEs as defined under ASC 810. To determine whether we are the primary beneficiary of the PEAKS Trust or the 2009 Entity, we:

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assessed the risks that the VIE was designed to create and pass through to its variable interest holders;

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identified the variable interests in the VIE;

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identified the other variable interest holders and their involvement in the activities of the VIE;

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identified the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance;

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determined whether we have the power to direct those activities; and

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determined whether we have the right to receive the benefits from, or the obligation to absorb the losses of, the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

We determined that the activities of the PEAKS Trust and the 2009 Entity that most significantly impact the economic performance of the PEAKS Trust and the 2009 Entity involve the servicing (which includes the collection) of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans and loans owned by the 2009 Entity. To make that determination, we analyzed various possible scenarios of student loan portfolio performance to evaluate the potential economic impact on the PEAKS Trust and the 2009 Entity. In our analysis, we made what we believe are reasonable assumptions based on historical data for the following key variables:

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the composition of the credit profiles of the borrowers;

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the interest rates and fees charged on the loans;

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the default rates and the timing of defaults associated with similar types of loans; and

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the prepayment and the speed of repayment associated with similar types of loans.

Based on our analysis, we concluded that we became the primary beneficiary of the PEAKS Trust on February 28, 2013. This was the first date that we had the power to direct the activities of the PEAKS Trust that most significantly impact the economic performance of the PEAKS Trust, because we could have exercised our right to terminate the servicing agreement that governs the servicing activities of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans (the “PEAKS Servicing Agreement”), due to the failure of the entity that performs those servicing activities for the PEAKS Trust Student Loans on behalf of the PEAKS Trust to meet certain performance criteria specified in the PEAKS Servicing Agreement. We have not, however, exercised our right to terminate the PEAKS Servicing Agreement. As a result of our primary beneficiary conclusion, we consolidated the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013 (the “Consolidation”). Prior to February 28, 2013, the PEAKS Trust was not required to be consolidated in our consolidated financial statements, because we concluded that we were not the primary beneficiary of the PEAKS Trust prior to that time. The PEAKS Trust is discussed in more detail below.

The PEAKS Trust is a tax-exempt entity and, therefore, is not included in our consolidated income tax returns. We do not recognize income tax expense or benefit for the PEAKS Trust in the provision for income taxes included in our Consolidated Statements of Income, even though the PEAKS Trust is included in our consolidated financial statements. As a result, our effective income tax rate as a percentage of income is affected.

Our consolidated financial statements for periods as of and after February 28, 2013 include the PEAKS Trust, because we were considered to have control over the PEAKS Trust beginning on February 28, 2013 under ASC 810, as a result of our substantive unilateral right to terminate the PEAKS Servicing Agreement. We do not, however, actively manage the operations of the PEAKS Trust, and the assets of the consolidated PEAKS Trust can only be used to satisfy the obligations of the PEAKS Trust. Our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect, until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full. See Note 11 – Contingencies.

Based on our analysis, we also concluded that we were not the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Entity as of March 31, 2014, because we did not have the power to direct the servicing activities on the private education loans owned by the 2009 Entity. As a result, we are not required under ASC 810 to consolidate the 2009 Entity in our condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014. Our conclusion that we were not the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Entity did not change from the prior reporting period. Therefore, there was no effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements arising from our conclusion that we were not the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Entity. The 2009 Entity is discussed in more detail below.

We may become the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Entity, if the entity that performs the servicing activities for the 2009 Entity (the “2009 Loan Program Servicer”) fails to meet certain performance criteria specified in the servicing agreement that governs the servicing activities of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program (the “2009 Servicing Agreement”). If the 2009 Loan Program Servicer fails to meet those performance criteria, we have the right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement and, therefore, would be considered to have the power to direct the activities of the 2009 Entity that most significantly impact the economic performance of the 2009 Entity. If that occurs, we would be required to consolidate the 2009 Entity in our consolidated financial statements. As of March 31, 2014, we believed that the performance criteria specified in the 2009 Servicing Agreement were met and, therefore, we did not have the right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement. Based on preliminary loan performance data as of September 30, 2014 that we have received regarding the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, however, we believe that, as of September 30, 2014, the 2009 Loan Program Servicer may not have met the performance criteria specified in the 2009 Servicing Agreement. As a result, it appears likely that the 2009 Loan Program Servicer either has failed, or within the foreseeable future will fail, to meet the performance criteria in the 2009 Servicing Agreement. Once that occurs, following a cure period and assuming that no cure occurs, we will have the right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement. As a result of that right, we will be required to consolidate the 2009 Entity into our consolidated financial statements. We believe that our right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement will become operative in late 2014 or early 2015.

PEAKS Trust. On January 20, 2010, we entered into agreements with unrelated third parties to establish the PEAKS Program, which was a private education loan program for our students. Under the PEAKS Program, an unrelated lender originated private education loans to our eligible students and, subsequently, sold those loans to the PEAKS Trust. The PEAKS Trust issued the PEAKS Senior Debt to investors. The lender disbursed the proceeds of the private education loans to us for application to the students’ account balances with us that represented their unpaid education costs. We transferred a portion of the amount of each private education loan

disbursed to us under the PEAKS Program to the PEAKS Trust in exchange for the Subordinated Note. No new private education loans were or will be originated under the PEAKS Program after July 2011, but immaterial amounts related to loans originated prior to that date were disbursed by the lender through March 2012.

The Subordinated Note issued by the PEAKS Trust to us does not bear interest and was recorded net of an unamortized discount based on an imputed interest rate of 9.0% prior to the Consolidation. The maturity date of the Subordinated Note is in March 2026. The carrying value of the Subordinated Note was eliminated from our consolidated balance sheet when we consolidated the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013. In the three months ended December 31, 2012, we determined it was probable that we would not collect the carrying value of the Subordinated Note and, therefore, recorded an impairment charge for the total carrying value of the Subordinated Note.

The PEAKS Trust utilized the proceeds from the issuance of the PEAKS Senior Debt and the Subordinated Note to purchase the private education loans made by the lender to our students. The assets of the PEAKS Trust (which include, among other assets, the PEAKS Trust Student Loans) serve as collateral for, and are intended to be the principal source of, the repayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt and the Subordinated Note.

Under the PEAKS Guarantee, we guarantee payment of the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt, the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and a minimum required ratio of assets of the PEAKS Trust to outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt. Our guarantee obligations under the PEAKS Program remain in effect until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full. At such time, we will be entitled to repayment of the amounts we paid under the PEAKS Guarantee (which do not include Payments on Behalf of Borrowers, as defined below), to the extent of available funds remaining in the PEAKS Trust.

We concluded that we became the primary beneficiary of the PEAKS Trust on February 28, 2013 and, therefore, were required to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements. In accordance with ASC 810, the consolidation of the PEAKS Trust was treated as an acquisition of assets and liabilities and, therefore, the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust were included in our consolidated financial statements at their fair value as of February 28, 2013. The following table sets forth the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust as of February 28, 2013 that were included on our consolidated balance sheet on that date:


	As of February 28, 2013
	Assets		Liabilities
Restricted cash	$	1,703
PEAKS Trust student loans, less allowance for loan losses of $0		7,282
PEAKS Trust student loans, excluding current portion, less allowance for loan losses of $0		104,834
Current portion of PEAKS Trust senior debt			$	103,356
Other current liabilities				471
PEAKS Trust senior debt, excluding current portion				122,740

Total	$	113,819	$	226,567

The following table sets forth the carrying value of the assets and liabilities related to the PEAKS Program as of February 28, 2013 that we eliminated from our consolidated balance sheet when we consolidated the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements, and the line items within which those assets and liabilities were included:


	As of February 28, 2013
	Assets		Liabilities
Other assets	$	6,614
Other current liabilities			$	3,060
Other liabilities				43,054

Total	$	6,614	$	46,114

The fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s liabilities exceeded the fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s assets as of February 28, 2013 by $112,748. The amount of this excess was reduced by $39,500, which represented the net amount of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities related to the PEAKS Program that had been recorded in our consolidated financial statements as of February 28, 2013 and were eliminated upon the Consolidation. As a result, we recognized a total loss of $73,248 in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 related to the Consolidation.

The following table sets forth the carrying value of assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust that were included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates indicated:


	As of March 31,
	2014		2013
Assets
Restricted cash	$	1,640	$	2,600
PEAKS Trust student loans, less allowance for loan losses of $0 and $0		7,713		7,282
PEAKS Trust student loans, excluding current portion, less allowance for loan losses of $29,349 and $0		75,619		105,007

Total assets	$	84,972	$	114,889

Liabilities
Current portion of PEAKS Trust senior debt	$	130,692	$	103,356
Other current liabilities		449		519
PEAKS Trust senior debt, excluding current portion		58,782		123,660

Total liabilities	$	189,923	$	227,535

The assets of the PEAKS Trust can only be used to satisfy the obligations of the PEAKS Trust. Payment of the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt are guaranteed by us under the PEAKS Guarantee.

The following table sets forth the revenue and expenses of the PEAKS Trust, excluding the loss on consolidation of the PEAKS Trust, that were included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Revenue	$	3,133		$	1,360
Student services and administrative expenses		1,416			519
Interest expense		6,106			2,422

(Loss) before provision for income taxes	$	(4,389	)	$	(1,581	)

The revenue of the PEAKS Trust consists of interest income on the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, which is the accretion of the accretable yield on the PEAKS Trust Student Loans. The servicing, administrative and other fees incurred by the PEAKS Trust are included in Student services and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Interest expense of the PEAKS Trust represents interest expense on the PEAKS Senior Debt, which includes the contractual interest obligation and the accretion of the discount on the PEAKS Senior Debt.

Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing through January 2014, we made payments on behalf of certain student borrowers under the PEAKS Program to the PEAKS Trust to avoid defaults by those borrowers on their PEAKS Trust Student Loans (“Payments on Behalf of Borrowers”), which defaults would have triggered much larger contractually required payments by us under the PEAKS Guarantee. At the time we made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers, we believed that those payments were contractually permitted and a form of payment to the PEAKS Trust that would satisfy obligations that were contractually required. Since that time, however, we have determined that Payments on Behalf of Borrowers are not permitted or required to support the PEAKS Trust. If we had not made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers, we would have had to make contractually required payments under the PEAKS Guarantee in greater amounts. We made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers after assessing:

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the likelihood of us being contractually required to make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee in the near future;

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the effect on our liquidity that would result from making payments under the PEAKS Guarantee compared to making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers;

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the effect that Payments on Behalf of Borrowers may have on the funds available to the PEAKS Trust to repay the Subordinated Note to us following full payment of the PEAKS Trust’s other obligations; and

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the fact that we will not be able to recover Payments on Behalf of Borrowers from the PEAKS Trust or the student borrowers on whose behalf we made those payments.

Payments on Behalf of Borrowers assisted in:

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maintaining the ratio of assets of the PEAKS Trust to outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt at the required level (the “Asset/Liability Ratio”); and

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satisfying the following month’s required payment of interest on the PEAKS Senior Debt and administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust.

Prior to the Consolidation, Payments on Behalf of Borrowers were reflected on our financial statements as a reduction to our contingent liability accrual. Following the Consolidation, Payments on Behalf of Borrowers were not reflected on our financial statements, since those payments were intercompany transactions that were eliminated from our financial statements as a result of the Consolidation.

The following table sets forth the PEAKS Guarantee payments and Payments on Behalf of Borrowers that were made in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
PEAKS Guarantee	$	40,713	$	1,239	⁽¹⁾
Payments on Behalf of Borrowers		1,832		1,855	⁽²⁾

Total	$	42,545	$	3,094

⁽¹⁾	Of this amount, $854 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

⁽²⁾	Of this amount, $532 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

In January 2014, we made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers of $1,832. In March 2014, we entered into a letter agreement, dated as of March 17, 2014, with the trustee under the PEAKS Program and the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt (the “Letter Agreement”), in order to resolve differing interpretations of the permissibility of the Payments on Behalf of Borrowers under the PEAKS Program documents. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the trustee agreed to waive, and the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt consented to the waiver of, any:

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breach of the PEAKS Program documents caused by us making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers, including any failure to make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee as a result thereof; and

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event of default under the PEAKS Program documents that may have arisen or resulted by us making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers.

In the Letter Agreement, we agreed, after the date of the Letter Agreement, not to make any further payments of any kind on behalf of any borrower in respect of a private education loan made under the PEAKS Program. In accordance with the terms of the Letter Agreement, we paid $40,000 on March 20, 2014, which is considered to be a payment under the PEAKS Guarantee and was applied primarily to make a mandatory prepayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt.

2009 Entity. On February 20, 2009, we entered into agreements with the 2009 Entity to create the 2009 Loan Program. Under the 2009 Loan Program, an unrelated lender originated private education loans to our eligible students and, subsequently, sold those loans to the 2009 Entity. The 2009 Entity purchased the private education loans from the lender utilizing funds received from its owners in exchange for participation interests in the private education loans acquired by the 2009 Entity. The lender disbursed the proceeds of the private education loans to us for application to the students’ account balances with us that represented their unpaid education costs. No new private education loans were or will be originated under the 2009 Loan Program after December 31, 2011, but immaterial amounts related to loans originated prior to that date were disbursed by the lender through June 2012.

In connection with the 2009 Loan Program, we entered into the 2009 RSA with the 2009 Entity. Under the 2009 RSA, we guarantee the repayment of any private education loans that are charged off above a certain percentage of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, based on the annual dollar volume. Under the 2009 RSA, we have an obligation to make the monthly payments due and unpaid on those private education loans that have been charged off above a certain percentage (“Regular Payments”). Instead of making Regular Payments, however, we may elect to:

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pay the then outstanding balance (plus accrued and unpaid interest) of those private education loans that have been charged off above a certain percentage and, with respect to which, an amount equal to at least ten monthly payments has not been paid, plus any interest that would otherwise have been payable until ten monthly payments had been made, discounted at the rate of 10% per annum,

(collectively, “Discharge Payments”). We determined that the ability to make Discharge Payments as of March 31, 2014 did not give us the power to direct the activities that most significantly impacted the economic performance of the 2009 Entity and, therefore, did not change our conclusion that we were not the primary beneficiary of the 2009 Entity.

Pursuant to the 2009 RSA, we are entitled to all amounts that the 2009 Entity recovers from loans in a particular loan pool made under the 2009 Loan Program that have been charged off, until all payments that we made under the 2009 RSA with respect to that loan pool have been repaid to us by the 2009 Entity. We have the right to offset payment amounts that we owe under the 2009 RSA by the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that are owed, but have not been paid, to us. We did not, however, exercise this offset right in the three months ended March 31, 2014 or 2013. The following table sets forth the payments that we made to the 2009 Entity related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA and the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans paid to us by the 2009 Entity in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Regular Payments	$	1,158	$	306
Discharge Payments		0		0
Recoveries from Charged-Off Loans		0		(103	)

Total	$	1,158	$	203

In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $219 of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $54 of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. We recorded all of the amounts owed to us from the 2009 Entity for recoveries from charged-off loans in Prepaid expenses and other current assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014 and 2013. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we offset $538 owed by us under the 2009 RSA against amounts owed to us by the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note, instead of making additional Regular Payments in that amount. See Note 11 – Contingencies, for a further discussion of the offset and 2009 RSA. We recorded all of the amounts claimed as offsets in Other current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013. We determined that claiming an offset against the Revolving Note for Regular Payments did not give us the power to direct the activities that most significantly impacted the economic performance of the 2009 Entity.

In addition, we have made advances to the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note. We did not make any advances in the three months ended March 31, 2014 or 2013 to the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note that we were not contractually required to make. Certain of the assets of the 2009 Entity serve as collateral for the Revolving Note. The Revolving Note bears interest, is subject to customary terms and conditions and is currently due and payable in full. The advances under the Revolving Note were primarily used by the 2009 Entity to purchase additional private education loans under the 2009 Loan Program that otherwise may not have been originated. The period of time during which we could make additional advances under the Revolving Note ended on January 1, 2014.

The amount owed to us under the Revolving Note, excluding the offsets described above, was approximately $8,200 as of March 31, 2014, $8,200 as of December 31, 2013 and $7,600 as of March 31, 2013.

7.	PEAKS Trust Student Loans

We concluded that we were required to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of the Consolidation. As a result, the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust were included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013. The PEAKS Trust Student Loans are included in the line items related to the PEAKS Trust Student Loans on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

A significant number of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans were determined to be credit impaired upon consolidation. Loans determined to be credit impaired upon consolidation or acquisition (“Purchased Credit Impaired Loans” or “PCI Loans”), are initially measured at fair value in accordance with ASC 310-30, “Receivables – Loans and Debt Securities Acquired with Deteriorated Credit Quality” (“ASC 310-30”). A loan is considered a PCI Loan, if it has evidence of deteriorated credit quality following the loan’s origination date. As a result, at the date of consolidation or acquisition, it is probable that all contractually required payments under a PCI Loan will not be collected.

The PEAKS Trust Student Loans that did not individually have evidence of deteriorated credit quality at the time of consolidation were also initially measured at fair value and are accounted for in accordance with ASC 310-30. We believe that following the guidance of ASC 310-30 by analogy with respect to those loans provides the most reasonable presentation of the value of those loans, primarily due to:

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the evidence of deteriorated credit quality of a significant number of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans; and

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the probability that all contractually required payments with respect to those loans will not be collected.

All of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans are, therefore, considered to be, and reported as, PCI Loans.

This accounting treatment is consistent with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (the “AICPA”) December 18, 2009 confirmation letter (the “Confirmation Letter’), in which the AICPA summarized the SEC staff’s view regarding the accounting in subsequent periods for discount accretion associated with loan receivables acquired in a business combination or asset purchase. In this letter, the AICPA states that it understands that the SEC staff will not object to an accounting policy based on contractual or expected cash flow. We believe that following ASC 310-30 by analogy with respect to the PEAKS Trust Student Loans that did not individually have evidence of deteriorated credit quality at the time of consolidation is an appropriate application of the accounting guidance to determine the initial measurement of the value of those loans.

PCI Loans recognized upon consolidation or acquisition in the same fiscal quarter may be aggregated into one or more pools, provided that the PCI Loans in each pool have common risk characteristics. The PEAKS Trust Student Loans were considered to be PCI Loans upon consolidation and were aggregated into 24 separate pools of loans, based on common risk characteristics of the loans, which included:

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the fiscal quarter in which the PEAKS Trust Student Loan was originated; and

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the consumer credit score of the borrower.

PCI Loans that do not have evidence of deteriorated credit quality are not aggregated in the same pools with PCI Loans that have evidence of deteriorated credit quality. The same aggregation criteria, however, were used to determine those loan pools. Each loan pool is accounted for as a single asset with a single composite interest rate and an aggregate expectation of cash flows.

Upon the Consolidation on February 28, 2013, the PEAKS Trust Student Loans were recorded at their estimated fair value. The estimated fair value of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans as of February 28, 2013 was determined using an expected cash flow methodology. Projected default rates and forbearances were considered in applying the estimated cash flow methodology. Prepayments of loans were not considered when estimating the expected cash flows, because, historically, few PEAKS Trust Student Loans have been prepaid. No allowance for loan loss was established as of February 28, 2013, because all of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans were recorded at fair value and future credit losses are considered in the estimate of fair value.

The following table sets forth the estimated fair value, accretable yield and expected cash flows for the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, in total and for those loans pursuant to which ASC 310-30 was applied by analogy, as of the date indicated:


	As of February 28, 2013
	Total		ASC 310-30 Applied By Analogy
Estimated fair value	$	112,116	$	60,177
Accretable yield	$	100,953	$	58,843
Expected cash flows	$	213,069	$	119,020

The excess of any cash flows expected to be collected with respect to a loan pool of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans over the carrying value of the loan pool is referred to as the accretable yield. The accretable yield is not reported on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, but it is accreted and included as interest income using the effective interest method, which is at a level rate of return over the remaining estimated life of the loan pool.

The contractually required future principal and interest payments for all PEAKS Trust Student Loans outstanding at February 28, 2013 totaled approximately $487,800. The contractually required future principal and interest payments for the PEAKS Trust Student Loans outstanding at February 28, 2013 pursuant to which ASC 310-30 was applied by analogy totaled approximately $213,600. The excess of the contractually required payments of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans over the expected cash flows is referred to as the nonaccretable difference. As of February 28, 2013, the nonaccretable difference was approximately $274,700 for all outstanding PEAKS Trust Student Loans and approximately $94,600 for those outstanding PEAKS Trust Student Loans pursuant to which ASC 310-30 was applied by analogy.

On a quarterly basis subsequent to February 28, 2013, we estimate the principal and interest expected to be collected over the remaining life of each loan pool. These estimates include assumptions regarding default rates, forbearances and other factors that reflect then-current market conditions. Prepayments of loans were not considered when estimating the expected cash flows, because, historically, few PEAKS Trust Student Loans have been prepaid.

If a decrease in the expected cash flows of a loan pool is probable and would cause the expected cash flows to be less than the expected cash flows at the end of the previous fiscal quarter, we would record the impairment as:

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a provision for PEAKS Trust student loan losses in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income; and

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an increase in the allowance for loan losses on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The provision or benefit for PEAKS Trust student loan losses represents the increase or decrease in the allowance for loan losses that occurred during the period. The allowance for loan losses is the difference between the carrying value and the total present value of the expected principal and interest collections of each loan pool, discounted by the loan pool’s effective interest rate at the end of the previous fiscal quarter. If a significant increase in the expected cash flows of a loan pool is probable and would cause the expected cash flows to be greater than the expected cash flows at the end of the previous fiscal quarter, we would:

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first reverse any allowance for loan losses with respect to that loan pool that was previously recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet, up to the amount of that allowance; and

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record any remaining increase prospectively as a yield adjustment over the remaining estimated lives of the loans in the loan pool.

The following table sets forth information regarding changes in the allowance for loan losses of the loan pools of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans in the aggregate in the period indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	29,349	$	0
Loans charged off		0		0
Recoveries from charged off loans		0		0
Provision (benefit) for loan losses		0		0

Balance at end of period	$	29,349	$	0

Adjustments to the interest income of a loan pool are recognized prospectively, if those adjustments are due to:

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changes in variable interest rates; or

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any other changes in the timing of the expected cash flows of the loan pools.

Modifications were made to PCI Loans in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 and were primarily due to forbearances granted with respect to the payment of those loans. We consider the impact of any modifications made to PCI Loans as part of our quarterly assessment of whether:

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a probable and significant change in the expected cash flows of the PCI Loans has occurred; and

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the loans should continue to be accounted for and reported as PCI loans.

In evaluating the impact of modifications made to PCI Loans on the expected cash flows of those loans, we consider the effect of any foregone interest and the potential for future default. These default estimates are used to calculate expected credit losses with respect to each loan pool. In developing these probabilities of default estimates, we considered the relationship between the credit quality characteristics of the loans in the loan pool and certain assumptions based on the performance history of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans and industry data related to the severity and recovery lag of defaults applicable to private education loans. Loans for which Payments on Behalf of Borrowers were made were assumed to be defaulted loans in our default estimates.

The charge off of a PCI Loan results in the removal of that loan from the underlying PCI Loan pool and reduces the loan pool discount. If the discount for principal losses for a particular PCI Loan pool has been fully depleted, the charge off of a PCI Loan will reduce the PCI Loan pool’s allowance for loan losses. Removal of a PCI Loan from the underlying PCI Loan Pool does not change the effective yield of the PCI Loan Pool.

As of March 31, 2014, the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, including accrued interest, was approximately $263,960. The carrying amount of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans included under the line items related to the PEAKS Trust Student Loans on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was $83,332 as March 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth information regarding aggregate changes in accretable yield of the loan pools of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, in total, and for those loans pursuant to which ASC 310-30 was applied by analogy, for the period indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014						Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Total			ASC 310-30 Applied By Analogy			Total			ASC 310-30 Applied By Analogy
Balance at beginning of period	$	70,580		$	42,274		$	0		$	0
Additions resulting from the Consolidation		0			0			100,953			58,843
Accretion		(3,133	)		(1,803	)		(1,360	)		(732	)
Reclassification from nonaccretable difference and changes in expected cash flows		5,904			4,153			0			0

Balance at end of period	$	73,351		$	44,624		$	99,593		$	58,111

Debt

Credit Facility. On March 21, 2012, we entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) that provided for a $325,000 senior revolving credit facility. We entered into amendments to the Credit Agreement on March 31, 2014, May 29, 2014, June 30, 2014 (the “Third Amendment”), July 30, 2014 (the “Fourth Amendment”) and September 15, 2014 (the “Fifth Amendment”). We entered into a Consent to Credit Agreement effective October 15, 2014 (the “October Consent”) and a Consent to Credit Agreement as of November 14, 2014 (the “November Consent” and, together with the October Consent, the “Consents”). The Credit Agreement, as so amended and including the Consents, is referred to herein as the “Amended Credit Agreement.” The Amended Credit Agreement has a maturity date of March 21, 2015.

A portion of the borrowings under the Credit Agreement were used to prepay the entire outstanding indebtedness under a prior credit agreement which was terminated on March 21, 2012. In addition to the prepayment of the outstanding indebtedness under the prior credit agreement, borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement are being used for general corporate purposes.

Under the Amended Credit Agreement, the aggregate commitment of the lenders, effective June 30, 2014, is reduced to $135,000, and the portion of the commitments available for letters of credit is increased from $25,000 to $85,000. Certain letters of credit in an aggregate amount of approximately $2,352 previously issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. are deemed to be letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement. We caused a letter of credit payable to the ED (“ED Letter of Credit”) in the amount of $79,708 to be issued on October 31, 2014. See Note 11 – Contingencies, for a further discussion of the ED Letter of Credit. In addition, the commitments of the lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement will be reduced to the extent that borrowings are repaid by us using proceeds from certain types of transactions, as described further below.

As of March 31, 2014, the outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement totaled $50,000. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest, at our option, at the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin or at an alternative base rate, as defined under the Amended Credit Agreement, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement is determined based on the ratio of our total Indebtedness (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement and which primarily includes outstanding borrowings, recorded contingent liabilities related to our guarantee obligations, letters of credit and surety bonds) to EBITDA (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) (the “Leverage Ratio”) as of the end of each fiscal quarter. We also pay a commitment fee on the amount of the unutilized commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement. The amount of the commitment fee is determined based on the Leverage Ratio as of the end of each quarter. The effective interest rate on our borrowings was approximately:

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4.90% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2014; and

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3.20% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

The commitment fee under the Amended Credit Agreement was 0.40% as of March 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth the total amount of interest expense and fees (including the commitment fee) that we recognized on our borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable, in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Interest expense and fees	$	656	$	1,013

The ED Letter of Credit provides that the ED may draw on the ED Letter of Credit upon certification by the ED that the drafted funds will be used for one or more of the following purposes:

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to pay refunds of institutional or non-institutional charges owed to or on behalf of current or former students of our institutions, whether our institutions remain open or have closed;

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to provide for the “teach-out” of students enrolled at the time of closure of our institutions; and

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to pay any liabilities owing to the ED arising from acts or omissions by our institutions, on or before the expiration of the ED Letter of Credit, in violation of requirements set forth in the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (“HEA”), including the violation of any agreement entered into by our institutions with the ED regarding the administration of programs under Title IV of the HEA (“Title IV Programs”).

In addition to the participation fee required to be paid by us pursuant to the original terms of the Credit Agreement related to letters of credit, which accrues at the same rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement), the Fifth Amendment provides that an additional participation fee is required to be paid by us related to the ED Letter of Credit, which accrues at a ticking fee rate on the average daily amount of the lenders’ letter of credit exposure with respect to the ED Letter of Credit. The ticking fee rate is defined as:

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0.00% per annum for the period from September 15, 2014 through and including March 21, 2015;

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1.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2015 through and including March 21, 2016;

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2.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2016 through and including March 21, 2017;

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3.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2017 through and including March 21, 2018;

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4.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2018 through and including March 21, 2019; and

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5.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2019 through November 15, 2019.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains, among other things, covenants, representations and warranties and events of default customary for credit facilities. We are required to maintain compliance with a maximum Leverage Ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a minimum liquidity amount, and several covenants related to the ED’s regulations. We were in compliance with those covenants as of March 31, 2014 after giving effect to the amendments to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Third Amendment provides that we are not required to satisfy a maximum Leverage Ratio or a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio as of March 31, 2014. In addition, among other things, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment and the Consents, taken together:

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provide that our condensed consolidated financial statements (and related certificates) as of and for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014, do not have to be furnished by us to the lenders until November 15, 2014;

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provide that our condensed consolidated financial statements (and related certificates) as of and for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, do not have to be furnished by us to the lenders until November 21, 2014;

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provide that our condensed consolidated financial statements (and related certificates) as of and for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2014, do not have to be furnished by us to the lenders until December 15, 2014;

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amend certain covenants to allow for the Consolidation beginning on February 28, 2013, and for other factors; and

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waive certain defaults related to our financial reporting.

The Amended Credit Agreement:

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is secured by a pledge of the equity interests of our subsidiaries;

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is guaranteed by one of our subsidiaries;

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is secured by security interests in substantially all of our personal property and the personal property of the subsidiary guarantor; and

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is secured by the mortgages on 30 separate parcels of land owned by us, including all of the improvements thereto and fixtures thereon (the “Mortgaged Property”).

The Fourth Amendment provides that an event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement will occur, if, among other things, the ED imposes a delay of more than five days in our receipt of Title IV Program funds. The Fifth Amendment provides that an event of default under the Amended Credit Agreement will occur if, among other things, we do not engage a financial advisor acceptable to the administrative agent before November 15, 2014 (or another date not later than December 15, 2014, if acceptable to the administrative agent). The administrative agent has extended the date by which we must engage a financial advisor to December 5, 2014. Based on our discussions with the administrative agent, we understand that the financial advisor would be retained to assist us in our ongoing efforts to identify and secure alternative financing.

Under the Amended Credit Agreement, we are required to provide cash collateral (in an amount equal to 109% of the face amount of the ED Letter of Credit and 103% of the face amount of all other letters of credit) for any letter of credit issued under the Amended Credit Agreement:

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after July 30, 2014, immediately upon issuance, except for the ED Letter of Credit, for which cash collateral is not required, until the earlier of December 31, 2014 or when net cash proceeds are received from certain transactions described in the next paragraph; and

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before July 30, 2014, by the earlier of December 31, 2014 or when net cash proceeds are received from certain transactions described in the next paragraph.

All amounts posted as cash collateral for letters of credit will be treated as cash for purposes of determining our compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant of the Amended Credit Agreement.

Under the Fourth Amendment and the Fifth Amendment, in the event that any net cash proceeds are received by us or a material subsidiary of ours in connection with any sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of the Mortgaged Property, including in connection with any sale and leaseback transaction, any mortgage financing or similar transaction with respect to the Mortgaged Property or the incurrence by us of indebtedness that is not permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement, those net cash proceeds will:

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first, be delivered to the administrative agent in order to cash collateralize all then outstanding letters of credit under the Amended Credit Agreement, until such time as the administrative agent holds cash collateral equal to 109% of the face amount of the ED Letter of Credit and 103% of the face amount of all other letters of credit; and

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second, be used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement, which repayments will be accompanied by a corresponding pro rata reduction of the commitment of each lender under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The Fourth Amendment also implements additional restrictions on us, including, without limitation:

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the exception to the limitation on asset dispositions not otherwise permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement is reduced from $75,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement to $5,000 in the aggregate during the period from July 30, 2014 through the remaining term of the Amended Credit Agreement, and all of those asset dispositions must be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, as reasonably determined by the administrative agent, provided that those limitations do not apply to an asset disposition of the Mortgaged Property, if that asset disposition generates net cash proceeds of at least 75% of the appraised value of that Mortgaged Property;

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in addition to the existing limitation on sale and leaseback transactions that the net cash proceeds received therefrom may not exceed $125,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement, any sale and leaseback transaction must be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, as reasonably determined by the administrative agent, provided that any sale and leaseback transaction of the Mortgaged Property will be deemed to be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, if it generates net cash proceeds of at least 75% of the appraised value of that Mortgaged Property;

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the permitted indebtedness consisting of secured indebtedness at any time outstanding (and not otherwise permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement) is reduced from $25,000 to $5,000 in aggregate principal amount; and

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permitted liens to secure indebtedness, obligations and/or liabilities at any one time outstanding (which liens are not otherwise permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement) may not secure debt in excess of $5,000 in aggregate principal amount, reduced from the original $25,000.

If any collateral is sold in a transaction permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement or is financed by indebtedness permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement, the administrative agent will release the mortgage on, or other security interest in, that collateral.

If we are not in compliance with one or more covenants and are unable to obtain a waiver of our noncompliance or an amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement that would allow us to be in compliance with those covenants or otherwise not be in default under the Amended Credit Agreement, the lenders would have various remedies, including:

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the lending commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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our ability to request the issuance of letters of credit and to obtain amendments, extensions or renewals of letters of credit already issued under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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all then outstanding borrowings and other amounts owed under the Amended Credit Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable; and

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we could be required to provide cash collateral (in an amount equal to 109% of the face amount of the ED Letter of Credit and 103% of the face amount of all other letters of credit) for our obligations with respect to outstanding letters of credit, if that cash collateral has not already been posted.

In the event that we or our subsidiary guarantor do not pay in full, upon demand, all of our outstanding borrowings and other amounts owed under the Amended Credit Agreement or we, or our subsidiary guarantor, do not provide, upon demand, the cash collateral for our letter of credit obligations, the lenders would be entitled to recourse against the collateral security, including the Mortgaged Property, that we and our subsidiary guarantor have provided, in order to obtain payment of amounts we owe or are required to provide as cash collateral.

PEAKS Trust Senior Debt. Beginning on February 28, 2013, the PEAKS Trust was consolidated in our consolidated financial statements. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of the Consolidation. In January 2010, the PEAKS Trust issued PEAKS Senior Debt in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 to investors. The PEAKS Senior Debt matures in January 2020 and bears interest at a variable rate based on the LIBOR, plus a 550 basis point margin. The minimum LIBOR rate applied to the PEAKS Senior Debt cannot be less than 2.00%. There are no scheduled principal repayment requirements for the PEAKS Senior Debt prior to the January 2020 maturity date. Under the terms of the PEAKS Program documents, however, amounts received on a monthly basis by the PEAKS Trust that exceed the fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust then due and the interest then due on the PEAKS Senior Debt are to be paid to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt. The assets of the PEAKS Trust (which include, among other assets, the PEAKS Trust Student Loans) serve as collateral for, and are intended to be the principal source of, the repayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt. Payment of the PEAKS Senior Debt may be accelerated by the indenture trustee of the PEAKS Trust or by the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt in response to certain events of default under the indenture under the PEAKS Program (the “PEAKS Indenture”), including, among other things:

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a payment default by the PEAKS Trust;

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a default in the performance or observation of the PEAKS Trust’s covenants, agreements or conditions under the PEAKS Indenture;

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a breach of our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee; and

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certain bankruptcy events with respect to the PEAKS Trust or us.

An acceleration of the payment of the PEAKS Senior Debt would result in an acceleration of our obligation to pay the full amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt pursuant to the terms of the PEAKS Guarantee, if the PEAKS Trust was not able to make that payment (and we believe that it is unlikely that the PEAKS Trust would be able to make that payment). The acceleration of our obligation to pay the full amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt, and/or our inability to make that payment, could also result in cross-defaults under the Amended Credit Agreement.

The PEAKS Trust must maintain a minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio. The minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio is 1.05/1.00. The applicable required Asset/Liability Ratio as of each monthly measurement date, however, is based on our compliance, as of the prior quarterly measurement date, with certain metrics specified in the PEAKS Program documents, including maximum leverage ratios and minimum liquidity amounts. If we are not in compliance with those metrics as of the end of a fiscal quarter, the required Asset/Liability Ratio increases to 1.40/1.00, until the monthly measurement date following the end of a succeeding quarter at which we are in compliance with those metrics. As a result of the Consolidation and other factors, we were not in compliance with those metrics as of March 31, 2014. We do not expect to be in compliance with those metrics prior to December 31, 2014.

If the amount of the assets of the PEAKS Trust does not equal or exceed the outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt by the applicable required Asset/Liability Ratio on a monthly measurement date, we are required to make a payment under the PEAKS Guarantee in an amount that would reduce the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt to the extent necessary to cause the ratio of the assets of the PEAKS Trust to the resulting outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt to equal or exceed the applicable required Asset/Liability Ratio. See Note 11 – Contingencies, for a further discussion of the PEAKS Guarantee.

amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt could be accelerated, which would trigger our obligation to pay the full amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt pursuant to our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee, additional remedies could be sought against us and there could be a cross-default under the Amended Credit Agreement, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. We believe that the delivery of the corrected quarterly reports and the payments we made under the PEAKS Guarantee through October 9, 2014 satisfied our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to these matters and cured the breach of the PEAKS Guarantee and event of default under the PEAKS Indenture. We cannot predict, however, whether the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt will assert other breaches of the PEAKS Guarantee by us or that any breach of the PEAKS Guarantee or event of default under the PEAKS Indenture was not properly cured.

We estimate that we have made, and will make, payments under the PEAKS Guarantee of approximately $158,800 in the year ending December 31, 2014 to cause the PEAKS Trust to maintain the applicable required Asset/Liability Ratio. That estimated amount includes the:

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$40,000 that we paid in March 2014 pursuant to the Letter Agreement, which was applied primarily to make a mandatory prepayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt (see Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Letter Agreement);

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payments totaling approximately $51,700 that we made from July 2014 through September 2014 to satisfy our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to the increased minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio in prior periods; and

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$50,000 that we paid in October 2014, as described in the immediately preceding paragraph.

As of March 31, 2014, the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt was approximately $214,516 and the carrying value was $189,474. We recorded $130,692 as a current liability as of March 31, 2014, which represented our estimate of the amount of the carrying value that would have been due in the 12 months following March 31, 2014 after giving consideration to the effects of the restatement, as described above. The PEAKS Senior Debt was recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as of February 28, 2013 at its estimated fair value on that date, which was approximately $226,096. The outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt as of February 28, 2013 was $257,533. The $31,437 difference between the estimated fair value and the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt as of February 28, 2013 was recorded as an accrued discount on our consolidated balance sheet and will be recognized as Interest expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income using an effective interest rate method over the term of the PEAKS Senior Debt. The effective interest rate on the PEAKS Senior Debt was approximately 9.6% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and approximately 12.40% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2013. We recognized interest expense on the PEAKS Senior Debt of:

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$6,106 in the three months ended March 31, 2014, which included $1,541 of discount accretion; and

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$2,422 in the three months ended March 31, 2013, which included $652 of discount accretion.

9.	Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

Earnings (loss) per common share for all periods have been calculated in conformity with ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” This data is based on historical net income (loss) and the weighted average number of shares of our common stock outstanding during each period as set forth in the following table:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
	(In thousands)
Shares:
Weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding		23,447		23,397
Shares assumed issued (less shares assumed purchased for treasury) for stock-based compensation		397		Not applicable

Outstanding shares for diluted earnings (loss) per share calculation		23,844		23,397

A total of approximately 1,162,000 shares in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and approximately 1,598,000 shares in the three months ended March 31, 2013 were excluded from the calculation of our diluted earnings (loss) per common share because the effect was anti-dilutive.

10.

Employee Pension Benefits

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic pension benefit of the ESI Pension Plan and ESI Excess Pension Plan in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Interest cost	$	506		$	452
Expected return on assets		(1,312	)		(1,097	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		0			544
Amortization of prior service (credit)		(389	)		(389	)

Net periodic pension benefit (income)	$	(1,195	)	$	(490	)

The benefit accruals under the ESI Pension Plan and ESI Excess Pension Plan were frozen effective March 31, 2006. As a result, no service cost has been included in the net periodic pension benefit.

We did not make any contributions to the ESI Pension Plan or the ESI Excess Pension Plan in the three months ended March 31, 2014 or 2013. We do not expect to make any material contributions to the ESI Pension Plan or the ESI Excess Pension Plan in 2014.

The following table sets forth the changes in the components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in the three months ended March 31, 2014:


	Defined Benefit Pension Items
	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Income Tax Benefit (Expense)			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Net of Income Tax
Balance at January 1, 2014	$	5,032		$	(1,886	)	$	3,146
Amortization of:
Prior service costs (credits)		(389	)		151			(238	)

Balance at March 31, 2014	$	4,643		$	(1,735	)	$	2,908

The reclassification of prior service costs or credits from Accumulated other comprehensive income are included in the computation of net periodic pension income. Net periodic pension income was included in compensation expense in Cost of educational services and Student services and administrative expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income in the three months ended March 31, 2014.

11.

Contingencies

As part of our normal operations, one of our insurers issues surety bonds for us that are required by various education authorities that regulate us. We are obligated to reimburse our insurer for any of those surety bonds that are paid by the insurer. As of March 31, 2014, the total face amount of those surety bonds was approximately $20,500. As of March 31, 2014, we also had caused approximately $2,246 of letters of credit to be issued to our workers’ compensation insurers.

We caused the ED Letter of Credit in the amount of $79,708 to be issued on October 31, 2014. We also caused a letter of credit in the amount of $106 to be issued and submitted to one of our state regulatory agencies in September 2014. As of October 31, 2014, the total amount of the outstanding letters of credit that we have caused to be issued was $82,060.

We are also subject to various claims and contingencies, including those related to litigation, government investigations, business transactions, guarantee arrangements and employee-related matters, among others. We record a liability for those claims and contingencies, if it is probable that a loss will result and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Although we believe that our estimates related to any claims and contingencies are reasonable, we cannot make any assurances with regard to the accuracy of our estimates, and actual results could differ materially.

The following table sets forth the components of our recorded liability related to our claims and contingencies and where the amounts were included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of the dates indicated:


	As of March 31, 2014		As of December 31, 2013		As of March 31, 2013
2009 RSA	$	115,930	$	116,923	$	31,832
Other		13,585		8,957		6,816

Total	$	129,515	$	125,880	$	38,648


Other current liabilities	$	32,409	$	25,893	$	35,573
Other liabilities		97,106		99,987		3,075

Total	$	129,515	$	125,880	$	38,648

Other current liabilities primarily represented our estimate of the loss that we believed we would realize during the 12-month period following the dates indicated. As of March 31, 2014, amounts in Other current liabilities included approximately $8,500 that we claimed as an offset against amounts owed to us under the Revolving Note. See “— Guarantees,” for a further discussion of the amounts we claimed as offsets under the Revolving Note. The amounts included in Other liabilities primarily related to our estimated contingent liabilities for the 2009 RSA as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, and represented our estimate of the loss that we believed we would realize after the 12-month period following the dates indicated and over a period that could exceed 10 years.

The following table sets forth the activity with respect to our recorded liability related to our claims and contingencies in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	125,880		$	126,978
Increases (decreases) from:
Additional accruals:
2009 RSA		0			3,803
Other		8,764			4,313
Payments, other ⁽¹⁾		(3,971	)		(2,743	)
Payments, net of recoveries of $0 and $103 ⁽²⁾		(1,158	)		(203	)
Payments under PEAKS Guarantee, net of estimated recoveries of $0 and $723		(40,713	)		(516	)
Payments on Behalf of Borrowers		(1,832	)		(1,855	)
Settlement payment - 2007 RSA		0			(46,000	)
Elimination of intercompany transactions ⁽³⁾		42,545			985
Elimination of PEAKS Guarantee accrual⁽⁴⁾		0			(46,114	)

Balance at end of period	$	129,515		$	38,648

(1)	Consists of payments for legal and other contingencies, net of recoveries from charged-off loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that were owed, but had not been remitted, to us.

(2)	Consists of payments, net of recoveries, under the 2009 RSA.

(3)

We consolidated the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements as of February 28, 2013 and, as a result, we eliminated from our consolidated financial statements the amount of payments under the PEAKS Guarantee and Payments on Behalf of Borrowers that we made following the Consolidation. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of the Consolidation.

(4)	As a result of the Consolidation, in the three months ended March 31, 2013, we eliminated from our consolidated financial statements the contingent liability related to the PEAKS Guarantee that we had previously recorded.

We had guaranteed the repayment of private education loans made by a lender to our students in 2007 and early 2008 (the “2007 RSA”) that the lender charged off above a certain percentage of the total dollar volume of private education loans made under the 2007 RSA. In January 2013, we paid $46,000 in a settlement to absolve us from any further obligations with respect to our guarantee obligations under the 2007 RSA, which amount is included in the Settlement payment – 2007 RSA line item in the three months ended March 31, 2013 in the table above.

In order to determine the amount of the contingent liability to record related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA, we utilize estimates of, among other things, the projected repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, which projections involve numerous assumptions. Based on those projections and other factors, we estimate the amount of payments that we expect to make and the amounts that we expect to be repaid to us.

Under the 2009 RSA, we are entitled to all amounts that the 2009 Entity recovers from loans in a particular loan pool made under the 2009 Loan Program that have been charged off, until all payments that we made under the 2009 RSA with respect to that loan pool have been repaid to us by the 2009 Entity.

In connection with determining the amount of the contingent liability to record related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA, we also consider the payment options available to us under the 2009 Loan Program, including our ability to make Discharge Payments under the 2009 RSA. To the extent that we project that we will have sufficient funds available to make Discharge Payments under the 2009 RSA, we incorporate an assumption that we will make Discharge Payments into our estimate of the amount of payments that we expect to make when determining the contingent liability. If we do not believe that we will have sufficient funds available to make Discharge Payments, we assume that we will make Regular Payments to satisfy our obligations under the 2009 RSA. We discount the amount of those expected future monthly Regular Payments at a risk-free rate of interest. Making Discharge Payments may result in us paying a lesser amount than we otherwise would have been required to pay under our guarantee obligations in future periods under the 2009 RSA and, therefore, results in an estimated contingent liability amount that is less than if we had assumed that we would make Regular Payments in future periods.

We discount the amounts that we expect will be repaid to us under the 2009 RSA to reflect a risk-free rate of interest. The difference between the amount of the guarantee payments that we expect to make and the discounted amount that we expect will be repaid to us under the 2009 RSA is included in our estimate of the amount of our contingent liability related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA.

In connection with estimating our recorded liability for claims and contingencies as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, we considered whether additional losses for claims and contingencies were reasonably possible, could be estimated and might be material to our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. In order to estimate the possible range of losses under the 2009 RSA, we made certain assumptions with respect to the performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program over the life of those loans. The life of a private education loan made under the 2009 Loan Program may be in excess of ten years from the date of disbursement. Therefore, our estimate of the possible range of losses under the 2009 RSA was based on assumptions for periods in excess of ten years, and those assumptions included, among other things, the following:

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the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program;

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the timing and rate at which those private education loans will be paid;

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the changes in the variable interest rates applicable to the private education loans;

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the amounts and timing of collections in the future on those private education loans that have defaulted; and

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our ability to utilize the available options for payment of our obligations under the 2009 RSA.

We consulted with third-party consumer credit consulting firms in arriving at our assumptions and estimates. The assumptions have changed, and may continue to change, significantly over time as actual results become known, which would affect our estimated range of possible losses related to the 2009 RSA. With respect to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA, we believe that it is reasonably possible that we may incur losses in an estimated range of $10,000 less than to $28,000 greater than the liability recorded as of March 31, 2014 for the 2009 RSA. As with any estimate, as facts and circumstances change, the recorded liability and estimated range of reasonably possible losses could change significantly. With respect to legal proceedings, we determined that we cannot provide an estimate of the possible losses, or the range of possible losses, in excess of the amount, if any, accrued, for various reasons, including but not limited to some or all of the following:

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there are significant factual issues to be resolved;

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there are novel or unsettled legal issues presented;

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the proceedings are in the early stages;

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there is uncertainty as to the likelihood of a class being certified or decertified or the ultimate size and scope of the class;

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there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals or motions; and

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in many cases, the plaintiffs have not specified damages in their complaint or in court filings.

Litigation. We are subject to various litigation in the ordinary course of our business. We cannot assure you of the ultimate outcome of any litigation involving us. Although we believe that our estimates related to any litigation are reasonable, deviations from our estimates could produce a materially different result. Any litigation alleging violations of education or consumer protection laws and/or regulations, misrepresentation, fraud or deceptive practices may also subject our affected campuses to additional regulatory scrutiny. The following is a description of pending litigation that falls outside the scope of litigation incidental to the ordinary course of our business.

On December 22, 2008, we were served with a qui tam action that was filed on July 3, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana by a former employee (“relator”) on behalf of herself and the federal government under the following caption: United States of America ex rel. Debra Leveski v. ITT Educational Services, Inc. (the “Leveski Litigation”). We were served with the Leveski Litigation after the U.S. Department of Justice declined to intervene in the litigation. On June 3, 2008, the relator filed an amended complaint in the Leveski Litigation. On September 23, 2009, the court dismissed the Leveski Litigation without prejudice and gave the relator an opportunity to replead her complaint. On October 8, 2009, the relator filed a second amended complaint. In the second amended complaint, the relator alleges that we violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., and the HEA by compensating our sales representatives and financial aid administrators with commissions, bonuses or other incentive payments based directly or indirectly on success in securing enrollments or federal financial aid. The relator alleges that all of our revenue derived from the federal student financial aid programs from July 3, 2001 through July 3, 2007 was generated as a result of our violating the HEA. The relator seeks various forms of recovery on behalf of herself and the federal government, including:

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treble the amount of unspecified funds paid to us for federal student grants;

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treble the amount of unspecified default payments, special allowance payments and interest received by lenders with respect to federal student loans received by our students;

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all civil penalties allowed by law; and

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attorney’s fees and costs.

A qui tam action is a civil lawsuit brought by one or more individuals (a qui tam “relator”) on behalf of the federal or state government for an alleged submission to the government of a false claim for payment. A qui tam action is always filed under seal and remains under seal, until the government decides whether to intervene in the litigation. Whenever a relator files a qui tam action, the government typically initiates an investigation in order to determine whether to intervene in the litigation. If the government intervenes, it has primary control over the litigation. If the government declines to intervene, the relator may pursue the litigation on behalf of the government. If the government or the relator is successful in the litigation, the relator receives a portion of the government’s recovery.

On August 8, 2011, the district court granted our motion to dismiss all of the relator’s claims in the Leveski Litigation for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and issued a judgment for us. On February 16, 2012, the relator in the Leveski Litigation filed a Notice of Appeal with the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the final judgment entered by the district court dismissing all claims against us. On March 26, 2012, the district court in the Leveski Litigation awarded us approximately $395 in sanctions against the relator’s attorneys for filing a frivolous lawsuit. Relator’s attorneys also appealed this award to the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 8, 2013, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s dismissal of the Leveski Litigation for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and the award of sanctions against relator’s attorneys. In addition, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the Leveski Litigation back to the district court for further proceedings.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On March 11, 2013, a complaint in a securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the caption: William Koetsch, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. (the “Koetsch Litigation”). On April 17, 2013, a complaint in a securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the following caption: Massachusetts Laborers’ Annuity Fund, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al (the “MLAF Litigation”). On July 25, 2013, the court consolidated the Koetsch Litigation and MLAF Litigation under the caption: In re ITT Educational Services, Inc. Securities Litigation (the “Securities Litigation”), and named the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund as the lead plaintiffs. On October 7, 2013, an amended complaint was filed in the Securities Litigation, and on January 15, 2014, a second amended complaint was filed in the Securities Litigation. The second amended complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by:

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our failure to properly account for the 2007 RSA, 2009 RSA and PEAKS Program;

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employing devices, schemes and artifices to defraud;

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making untrue statements of material facts, or omitting material facts necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

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making the above statements intentionally or with reckless disregard for the truth;

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engaging in acts, practices, and a course of business that operated as a fraud or deceit upon lead plaintiffs and others similarly situated in connection with their purchases of our common stock;

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deceiving the investing public, including lead plaintiffs and the purported class, regarding, among other things, our artificially inflated statements of financial strength and understated liabilities; and

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causing our common stock to trade at artificially inflated prices and causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at inflated prices.

The putative class period in this action is from April 24, 2008 through February 25, 2013. The plaintiffs seek, among other things, the designation of this action as a class action, an award of unspecified compensatory damages, interest, costs and expenses, including counsel fees and expert fees, and such equitable/injunctive and other relief as the court deems appropriate. On July 22, 2014, the district court denied most of our motion to dismiss all of the plaintiffs’ claims for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted. On August 5, 2014, we filed our answer to the second amended complaint denying all of the plaintiffs’ claims and the parties are currently engaged in discovery. All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the second amended complaint.

On September 30, 2014, a complaint in a securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: David Banes, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. (the “Banes Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by:

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misleading investors regarding the integrity of our financial reporting, including the reporting of the PEAKS Trust;

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knowingly or recklessly making materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business operations and prospects, including that:

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our financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and the PEAKS Program; and

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we lacked adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

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knowingly or recklessly engaging in acts, transactions, practices and courses of business that operated as a fraud or deceit upon the plaintiff and the purported class;

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employing devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock;

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deceiving the investing public, including the plaintiff and the purported class; and

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artificially inflating and maintaining the market price of our common stock and causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices.

The putative class period in this action is from April 26, 2013 through September 19, 2014. The plaintiff seeks, among other things, the designation of this action as a class action, an award of unspecified damages, interest, costs and expenses, including counsel fees and expert fees, and such other relief as the court deems proper. All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On October 3, 2014, a complaint in a securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: Babulal Tarapara, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. (the “Tarapara Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by knowingly or recklessly making false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business, operations, prospects and financial results. In particular, the complaint alleges that:

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we failed to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements;

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our consolidated financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and PEAKS Program;

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we improperly accounted for our guarantee obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee;

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our financial results were overstated;

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we lacked adequate internal and financial controls;

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our consolidated financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times;

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we artificially inflated and maintained the market price of our common stock, causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices;

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we deceived the investing public, including the plaintiff and the purported class; and

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we employed devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock.

The putative class period in this action is from February 26, 2013 through September 18, 2014. The plaintiff seeks, among other things:

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the designation of this action as a class action;

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an award of unspecified compensatory damages, including interest;

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an award of reasonable costs and expenses, including counsel fees and expert fees; and

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such other relief as the court deems proper.

All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On October 9, 2014, a complaint in a securities class action lawsuit was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: Kumud Jindal, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. (the “Jindal Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by knowingly or recklessly making false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business, operations, prospects and financial results. In particular, the complaint alleges that:

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our financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and PEAKS Program;

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we lacked adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

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our financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times;

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we engaged in acts, transactions, practices and courses of business which operated as a fraud and deceit upon the plaintiff and the purported class;

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we employed devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock; and

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we artificially inflated and maintained the market price of our common stock, causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices.

The putative class period in this action is from April 26, 2013 through September 19, 2014. The plaintiff seeks, among other things, the designation of this action as a class action, an award of unspecified damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, expert fees and other costs, and such other relief as the court deems proper. All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On November 7, 2014, the parties in the Banes Litigation, Tarapara Litigation and Jindal Litigation filed a stipulation to consolidate the Tarapara Litigation and Jindal Litigation into the Banes Litigation.

On May 8, 2013, a complaint in a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed against two of our current executive officers and all but one of our current Directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the following caption: Sasha Wilfred, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant ITT Educational Services, Inc. v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. (the “Wilfred Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that from April 24, 2008 through February 25, 2013, the defendants violated state law, including breaching their fiduciary duties to us, grossly mismanaging us, wasting our corporate assets and being unjustly enriched, by:

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causing or allowing us to disseminate to our shareholders materially misleading and inaccurate information relating to a series of risk-sharing agreements through SEC filings, press releases, conference calls, and other public statements and disclosures;

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willfully ignoring obvious and pervasive problems with our internal controls and practices and procedures, and failing to make a good faith effort to correct these problems or prevent their recurrence;

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violating and breaching fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, reasonable inquiry, oversight, good faith and supervision;

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causing or allowing us to misrepresent material facts regarding our financial position and business prospects; and

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abandoning their responsibilities and duties with regard to prudently managing our businesses in a manner imposed upon them by law.

The complaint seeks:

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unspecified damages;

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restitution;

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disgorgement of all profits, benefits and other compensation obtained by the individual defendants;

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an order directing us to take all necessary actions to reform and improve our corporate governance and internal procedures; and

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costs and disbursements, including attorneys’, accountants’ and experts’ fees, costs and expenses.

On August 6, 2013, the parties agreed to stay the Wilfred Litigation, until the Securities Litigation was dismissed with prejudice or the defendants filed an answer in the Securities Litigation. On September 8, 2014, the district court approved the parties’ agreement for an additional stay of the Wilfred Litigation, until the earlier of:

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a final disposition of the Securities Litigation; or

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30 days after written notice terminating the stay has been provided by any of the parties in the Wilfred Litigation to all other parties.

On October 15, 2014, the plaintiff gave the requisite notice terminating the additional stay.

On May 27, 2014, a complaint in a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed against two of our current executive officers, all but one of our current Directors and one former Director in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware under the following caption: Janice Nottenkamper, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant ITT Educational Services, Inc. v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. (the “Nottenkamper Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that from 2008 to May 27, 2014, the defendants engaged in illicit conduct, made false and misleading statements, concealed the truth and failed to disclose material information concerning:

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our exposure under guarantees entered into with third-party lenders to obtain financing for our students;

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increases in our bad debt expense caused by increases in student loan defaults;

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our reserves associated with our obligations under third-party private education loan programs and internal student financing;

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the unwillingness of third-party lenders to provide private education loans to our students; and

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our pushing students into high-cost private loans that were likely to default.

As a result of this conduct, the complaint alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to us, were unjustly enriched, abused their control of us and grossly mismanaged us by:

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violating and breaching fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, good faith, diligence and candor;

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causing or allowing us to misrepresent material facts regarding our financial position and business prospects; and

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abandoning and abdicating their responsibilities and duties with regard to prudently managing our businesses in a manner imposed upon them by law.

The complaint seeks:

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unspecified damages;

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restitution;

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disgorgement of all profits, benefits and other compensation obtained by the individual defendants;

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an order directing us to take all necessary actions to reform and improve our corporate governance and internal procedures; and

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costs and disbursements, including attorneys’, accountants’ and experts’ fees, costs and expenses.

Although the Wilfred Litigation and Nottenkamper Litigation are each brought nominally on behalf of us, we expect to incur defense costs and other expenses in connection with those actions.

On May 18, 2012, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (the “Original CID”) from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”). In September 2013, the CFPB withdrew the Original CID, and we received a new Civil Investigative Demand (the “New CID”) from the CFPB. Both the Original CID and the New CID provided that the purpose of the CFPB’s investigation was, in part, “to determine whether for-profit post-secondary companies, student loan origination and servicing providers, or other unnamed persons have engaged or are engaging in unlawful acts or practices relating to the advertising, marketing, or origination of private student loans.” Both the Original CID and the New CID contained broad requests for oral testimony, production of documents and written reports related to private education loans made to our students, internal financing provided to our students and certain other aspects of our business. We provided documentation and other information to the CFPB, while preserving our rights to object to its inquiry.

On February 26, 2014, the CFPB filed a complaint against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the following caption: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. ITT Educational Services, Inc. (the “CFPB Litigation”). The complaint alleges, among other things, that we violated:

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Section 1036(a)(1) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (the “CFPA”), 12 U.S.C. § 5536(a)(1), which prohibits unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and practices, from July 21, 2011 through December 2011, by:

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subjecting consumers to undue influence or coercing them into taking out private education loans through a variety of unfair acts and practices designed to interfere with the consumers’ ability to make informed, uncoerced choices;

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taking unreasonable advantage of consumers’ inability to protect their interest in selecting or using the private education loans; and

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taking unreasonable advantage of consumers’ reasonable reliance on us to act in the consumers’ interests; and

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the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq., and Regulation Z thereunder, 12 C.F.R. Part 1026, which require certain disclosures to be made in writing to consumers in connection with the extension of consumer credit, since March 2009, by failing to disclose a discount that constituted a finance charge.

On April 28, 2014, we filed a motion to dismiss the CFPB Litigation for, among other reasons, lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On February 27, 2014, the New Mexico Attorney General filed a complaint against us in the District Court of New Mexico under the following caption: State of New Mexico, ex rel. Gary K King, Attorney General v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. (the “New Mexico Litigation”). On April 4, 2014, we removed the New Mexico Litigation to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. In April 2014, the Attorney General filed a motion to remand the New Mexico Litigation to the District Court of New Mexico. The complaint alleges, among other things, that we engaged in a pattern and practice of exploiting New Mexico consumers by using deceptive, unfair, unconscionable and unlawful business practices in the marketing, sale, provision and financing of education goods and services in violation of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act. In particular, the complaint contains allegations that:

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we misrepresented matters related to our nursing education program, including, without limitation, its programmatic accreditation status, the transferability of credits earned in the program and the curriculum of the program;

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we misrepresented the terms of the financial aid available to students and the cost of our programs;

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we engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices;

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we failed to issue refunds; and

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our form enrollment agreement contained unenforceable and unconscionable provisions.

The complaint seeks:

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an order declaring portions of our enrollment agreement illusory, unconscionable and unenforceable;

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preliminary and permanent injunctive relief;

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disgorgement of unjust enrichment amounts;

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unspecified civil penalty amounts;

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restitution; and

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reasonable costs, including investigative costs.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On December 17, 2013, a complaint was filed against us in a purported class action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles under the following caption: La Sondra Gallien, an individual, James Rayonez, an individual, Giovanni Chilin, an individual, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. (the “Gallien Litigation”). The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 13, 2014. The amended complaint alleges, among other things, that under California law, we:

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failed to pay wages owed;

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failed to pay overtime compensation;

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failed to provide meal and rest periods;

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failed to provide itemized employee wage statements;

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engaged in unlawful business practices; and

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are liable for civil penalties under the California Private Attorney General Act.

The purported class includes recruiting representatives employed by us during the period of December 17, 2009 through December 17, 2013. The amended complaint seeks:

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compensatory damages, including lost wages and other losses;

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general damages;

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pay for missed meal and rest periods;

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restitution;

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liquidated damages;

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statutory penalties;

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interest;

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attorneys’ fees, cost and expenses;

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civil and statutory penalties;

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injunctive relief; and

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such other and further relief as the court may deem equitable and appropriate.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the amended complaint.

There can be no assurance that the ultimate outcome of the Leveski Litigation, Securities Litigation, Banes Litigation, Tarapara Litigation, Jindal Litigation, Wilfred Litigation, Nottenkamper Litigation, CFPB Litigation, New Mexico Litigation, Gallien Litigation or other actions (including other actions under federal or state securities laws) will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

The current officers named in the Securities Litigation, Banes Litigation, Tarapara Litigation, Jindal Litigation, Wilfred Litigation and Nottenkamper Litigation include Daniel M. Fitzpatrick and Kevin M. Modany.

Certain of our current and former officers and Directors are or may become a party in the actions described above and/or are or may become subject to government investigations. Our By-laws and Restated Certificate of Incorporation obligate us to indemnify our officers and Directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, provided that their conduct complied with certain requirements. We are obligated to advance defense costs to our officers and Directors, subject to the individual’s obligation to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that the individual was not entitled to indemnification. In addition, our indemnity obligation can, under certain circumstances, include indemnifiable judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with those actions and investigations.

Government Investigations. We are subject to investigations and claims of non-compliance with regulatory standards and other actions brought by regulatory agencies. Some of the more significant pending investigations, claims and actions are described below. If the results of any investigations, claims and/or actions are unfavorable to us, we may be required to pay money damages or be subject to fines, penalties, injunctions, operational limitations, loss of eligibility to participate in federal or state financial aid programs, debarments, additional oversight and reporting, or other civil and criminal sanctions. Those sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

On October 30, 2012, we received a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) from the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (“MAG”). The MAG’s CID provides that the MAG is investigating allegations that we may have violated Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 93A, Section 2(a) by “engaging in unfair or deceptive practices in connection with marketing and advertising job placement and student outcomes, the recruitment of students, and the financing of education.” The MAG’s CID contains broad requests for production of documents related to our students in Massachusetts, including the financial aid available to those students, our recruitment of those students, the career services that we offer to those students, our marketing and advertising, the retention and graduation rates of those students and many other aspects of our business. We are cooperating with the MAG in its investigation, and we have provided documentation, communications and other information to the MAG in response to the CID. We believe that our acts and practices relating to our students in Massachusetts are lawful. There can be no assurance, however, that the ultimate outcome of the MAG investigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.

In January, February, April and May 2014, we received subpoenas and/or CIDs from the Attorneys General of Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington under the authority of each state’s consumer protection statutes. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has informed us that it will serve as the point of contact for the multistate group to respond to questions relating to the subpoenas and CIDs. The subpoenas and CIDs contain broad requests for information and the production of documents related to our students and practices, including marketing and advertising, recruitment, financial aid, academic advising, career services, admissions, programs, licensure exam pass rates, accreditation, student retention, graduation rates and job placement rates, as well as many other aspects of our business. We believe that several other companies in the proprietary postsecondary education sector have received similar subpoenas and CIDs. We are cooperating with the Attorneys General of the states involved. The ultimate outcome of the state Attorneys General investigation, however, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.

On February 8, 2013, we received the first of many subpoenas from the SEC. In a letter accompanying each of the subpoenas, the SEC states that it is conducting an investigation of us. The SEC’s subpoenas requested the production of documents and communications that, among other things, relate to our actions and accounting associated with:

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agreements that we entered into with the 2009 Entity to create the 2009 Loan Program, including, without limitation, the 2009 RSA;

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agreements that we entered into to create the PEAKS Program;

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certain accounting-related documents associated with the 2009 Loan Program, the PEAKS Program and internal student financing; and

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our board of directors-related materials associated with the 2009 Loan Program, the PEAKS Program and internal student financing.

We have provided the information requested, including testimony of senior employees. On August 7, 2014, we received a “Wells Notice” from the Staff of the SEC notifying us that the Staff had made a preliminary determination to recommend that the SEC file an enforcement action against us. According to the Staff, the enforcement action would allege violations of Sections 10(b), 13(a) and 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act and Rules 10b-5, 12b-20, 13a-1, 13a-11, 13a-13 and 13a-15 under the Exchange Act. The proposed action relates primarily to certain disclosures and accounting surrounding the PEAKS Program and 2009 Loan Program. On October 23, 2014, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer received similar Wells Notices. The Wells Notices said that the Staff’s recommendation may:

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involve a civil injunctive action, public administrative proceeding and/or cease-and-desist proceeding; and

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seek remedies that include an injunction, a cease-and-desist order and monetary relief, including civil monetary penalties.

A Wells Notice is neither a formal allegation nor a finding of wrongdoing. Instead, it is a preliminary determination by the Staff to recommend that the SEC file a civil enforcement action or administrative proceeding against the recipient. Under the SEC’s procedures, a recipient of a Wells Notice has an opportunity to respond in the form of a Wells submission that seeks to persuade the SEC that such an action should not be brought. Accordingly, we made a submission to the Staff in response to the Wells Notice we received that set forth why the factual record does not support the enforcement action recommended by the Staff and that any perceived shortcomings were made in good faith. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer each have made a similar submission. All of the recipients of the Wells Notices intend to defend themselves vigorously.

We cannot predict the outcome of any legal action or whether the matters will result in any settlement. We cannot assure you that the ultimate outcome of the SEC investigation, any legal action by the SEC or any settlement will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.

Guarantees. We entered into the PEAKS Guarantee in connection with the PEAKS Program and the 2009 RSA in connection with the 2009 Loan Program. Under the PEAKS Guarantee, we guarantee payment of the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt, the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and a minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio. The PEAKS Guarantee contains, among other things, representations and warranties and events of default that we believe are customary for guarantees of this type. In addition, under the PEAKS Program, some or all of the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt could require us to purchase their PEAKS Senior Debt, if the law is changed to reduce the maximum allowable percentage of our annual revenue derived from Title IV Program funds from 90% to 75% or less. At this time, we believe that the likelihood of such a change in the law is remote. Our guarantee and purchase obligations under the PEAKS Program remain in effect until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full. At such time, we will be entitled to repayment of the amount of any payments we made under the PEAKS Guarantee (which do not include Payments on Behalf of Borrowers) to the extent that funds are remaining in the PEAKS Trust. The PEAKS Senior Debt matures in January 2020 and, therefore, we do not expect to begin receiving any repayment of amounts that we previously paid under the PEAKS Guarantee until February 2020.

We concluded that we were required to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of the Consolidation. As a result, the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust have been included on, and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated from, our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013. While we no longer record a contingent liability for the PEAKS Guarantee on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet beginning on February 28, 2013, our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect.

We entered into the 2009 RSA in connection with the 2009 Loan Program. Under the 2009 RSA, we guarantee the repayment of the principal amount (including capitalized origination fees) and accrued interest payable on any private education loans that are charged off above a certain percentage of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, based on the annual dollar volume. The total initial principal amount of private education loans that the 2009 Entity purchased under the 2009 Loan Program was approximately $141,000. No new private education loans were or will be originated under the 2009 Loan Program after December 31, 2011, but immaterial amounts related to loans originated prior to that date were disbursed by the lender through June 2012. Our obligations under the 2009 RSA will remain in effect, until all private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program are paid in full or charged off. The standard repayment term for a private education loan made under the 2009 Loan Program is ten years, with repayment generally beginning six months after a student graduates or three months after a student withdraws or is terminated from his or her program of study.

Under the 2009 RSA, we have the right to elect to make Discharge Payments with respect to private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that have been charged off. The effect of a making a Discharge Payment related to a private education loan is to reduce the aggregate amount that we may have to pay under our guarantee obligations with respect to that loan. We have claimed as an offset against amounts owed to us under the Revolving Note amounts that would have the effect of discharging our obligations with respect to certain charged off loans under the 2009 RSA. In addition, in the three months ended December 31, 2013, we made Discharge Payments to the 2009 Entity. Making Discharge Payments may result in us paying amounts to the 2009 Entity in advance of when a guarantee payment would be due, which would negatively impact our liquidity in a particular period, but may result in us paying a lesser amount than we otherwise would have been required to pay under our guarantee obligation in future periods under the 2009 RSA. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for a further discussion of Discharge Payments.

We are not able to estimate the undiscounted maximum potential amount of future payments that we could be required to make under the 2009 RSA, because those payments will be affected by:

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the timing of future defaults;

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the use, timing and length of forbearances granted to borrowers;

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the use, timing and length of deferral periods;

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changes in the interest rate on the loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, since those loans are based on the prime rate plus a margin; and

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the fact that those loans will consist of a large number of loans of individually immaterial amounts.

We believe that it is probable that we will make additional payments under the 2009 RSA. Pursuant to the 2009 RSA, we have the right to offset amounts that we owe under the 2009 RSA by the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that are owed, but have not been paid, to us. The following table sets forth, in the periods indicated, our projections as of March 31, 2014 of the estimated amounts of Regular Payments and Discharge Payments that we expected to pay (or that we expected will be owed by us, which amounts could be reduced prior to payment thereof by the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans owed to us as described in the immediately preceding sentence) and the estimated amounts of recoveries from charged-off loans that we expected to be paid to us by the 2009 Entity (or that we may utilize to offset a portion of the amounts of Regular Payments or Discharge Payments owed by us):


Year	Estimated Regular Payments		Estimated Discharge Payments			Estimated Total Payments		Estimated Recoveries
2014⁽¹⁾	$	7,452	$	0	⁽²⁾	$	7,452	$	(791	)
2015		14,251		0			14,251		(1,200	)
2016		16,060		0			16,060		(1,200	)
2017		16,333		0			16,333		(1,200	)
2018 and later		0		75,194			75,194		(300	)

Total	$	54,096	$	75,194	⁽²⁾	$	129,290	$	(4,691	)

⁽¹⁾	Estimated payments and recoveries between April 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014.

⁽²⁾	The Discharge Payment that we made on November 12, 2014 pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA (as defined below) is not included, because the amounts in this table represent our projections as of March 31, 2014.

We believe that the vast majority of the $75,194 of estimated payments projected to be paid after 2017 will be made by us in 2018. The estimated future payment amounts and timing related to the 2009 RSA assume, among other factors, that we do not make any Discharge Payments until 2018 and do make Discharge Payments to the fullest extent possible in 2018 and later years. If we do not make the Discharge Payments as assumed in 2018 and later years, we estimate that we would make approximately $97,400 of Regular Payments in 2018 through 2027. Of this amount, approximately $15,100 to $16,400 would be paid annually in each of 2018 through 2022, and approximately $16,600, in the aggregate, would be paid in 2023 through 2027.

The amounts of the estimated Regular Payments and the estimated recoveries were discounted at a risk-free rate of interest in determining our contingent liability for the 2009 RSA. The total amount of the discount as of March 31, 2014 was approximately $8,674.

The estimated amount and timing of future payments and recoveries with respect to the 2009 RSA discussed above are only estimates, are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to change. As with any estimate, as facts and circumstances change, the estimated amounts and timing could change. We made a number of assumptions in preparing the estimates, which assumptions may not be correct. The assumptions included, among other things, the following:

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the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program;

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the timing and rate at which those private education loans will be paid;

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the changes in the variable interest rates applicable to those private education;

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the amounts and timing of collections in the future on those private education loans that have been charged off; and

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our ability to utilize the available options for payment of our obligations under the 2009 RSA.

Pursuant to the 2009 RSA, we are required to maintain collateral to secure our guarantee obligation in an amount equal to a percentage of the outstanding balance of the private education loans disbursed to our students under the 2009 Loan Program. As of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, the total collateral maintained in a restricted bank account was approximately $8,600. This amount was included in Other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of each of those dates. The 2009 RSA also requires that we comply with certain covenants, including that we maintain certain financial ratios which are measured on a quarterly basis and that we deliver compliance certificates on a quarterly basis setting forth the status of our compliance with those financial ratios. If we are not in compliance with those covenants at the end of each fiscal quarter, we are required to increase the amount of collateral maintained in the restricted bank account to a predetermined amount, until the end of a succeeding quarter at which we are in compliance with those covenants. The predetermined amount is based on the percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that exceeds a certain percentage as of the end of each fiscal quarter. We were in compliance with those covenants as of March 31, 2014, after giving effect to the amendment to the 2009 RSA that we entered into with the 2009 Entity, as discussed below.

As a consequence of the restatement of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013, certain quarterly compliance certificates that we were required to deliver to the 2009 Entity under the 2009 RSA were inaccurate. Those inaccuracies did not affect our compliance with the financial ratio covenants in the 2009 RSA as of March 31, 2013. We were not, however, in compliance with certain financial ratio covenants in the 2009 RSA as of June 30, 2013 or subsequent fiscal quarter measurement dates through June 30, 2014. Further, due to our failure to timely file our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014, we did not timely deliver the required compliance certificates under the 2009 RSA with respect to those periods. As a result of our noncompliance with certain financial ratio covenants as of June 30, 2013 and subsequent fiscal quarter measurement dates through June 30, 2014, the amount of collateral required to be maintained in the restricted bank account would have been increased by approximately $2,600. On November 6, 2014, we and the 2009 Entity entered into a Fourth Amendment to the 2009 RSA (the “Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA”). The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA provides that we are not required to comply with certain financial ratio covenants under the 2009 RSA that we otherwise would not have been in compliance with from June 30, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and that we do not expect to be in compliance with as of September 30, 2014 or December 31, 2014. The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA also provides that the failure to comply with those financial ratio covenants during those periods will not require an increase in the amount of collateral required to be maintained under the 2009 RSA. In lieu of such an increase in the required collateral, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA, we made a payment of $2,577 to the 2009 Entity on November 12, 2014, which payment was considered a Discharge Payment under the 2009 RSA.

The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate amount of guarantee payments, Discharge Payments and Payments on Behalf of Borrowers that were made related to the PEAKS Program and 2009 RSA and the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans paid to us by the 2009 Entity, in the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
Type of Payment (Receipt)	2014		2013
Guarantee:
PEAKS Program	$	40,713	$	1,239	⁽¹⁾
2009 RSA Regular Payments		1,158		306
2009 RSA Discharge Payments		0		0
Payments on Behalf of Borrowers		1,832		1,855	⁽²⁾
2009 RSA-Recoveries from Charged-Off Loans		0		(103	)

Total	$	43,703	$	3,297

⁽¹⁾	Of this amount, $854 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

⁽²⁾	Of this amount, $532 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $219 of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $54 of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. We recorded all of the amounts owed to us from the 2009 Entity for recoveries from charged-off loans in Prepaid expenses and other current assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we offset $538 owed by us under the 2009 RSA against amounts owed to us by the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note, instead of making additional Regular Payments in that amount. See below for a further discussion of the offset. We recorded all of the amounts claimed as offsets in Other current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013.

In the first quarter of 2013, we notified the 2009 Entity that:

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we had determined that the 2009 Entity was in default of its obligations to us under the loan and security agreement pursuant to which the Revolving Note was issued (the “2009 Loan Agreement”);

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as a result of that default, all amounts under the Revolving Note were immediately due and payable; and

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we would not make payments under the 2009 RSA, until we received credit for the full amount due us under the Revolving Note, based on the provisions of the 2009 Loan Agreement and the 2009 RSA that allow us to set off amounts owed by us under the 2009 RSA against amounts owed to us by the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note.

At that time, the outstanding amount of the Revolving Note due to us was approximately $8,200, representing principal and accrued interest. In response to our notification, the 2009 Entity:

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denied that it had defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement and, therefore, our ability to accelerate the payment of the Revolving Note; and

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refused our demand to immediately pay the Revolving Note in full.

As a consequence, over the period from February 2013 through August 2013, we offset our then current payment obligations under the 2009 RSA and the amount of Discharge Payments we elected to make during that period against all of the 2009 Entity’s obligations owed to us under the Revolving Note (the “Offset”).

We understand that the 2009 Entity’s position is that the Offset was improper, because:

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it has not defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement; and

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even if it had defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement, the assets of the 2009 Entity against which we could offset or exercise our other remedies, were limited.

We further understand the 2009 Entity’s position to be that, because the Offset was improper, we are in default under the 2009 RSA. In April 2013, the 2009 Entity notified us that it had taken control of the restricted account containing the cash collateral that we deposited to secure our obligations under the 2009 RSA (the “Collateral”). At that time, the amount of funds in that account was approximately $8,600. To our knowledge, the 2009 Entity has taken no further action related to the Collateral. We believe that our good faith exercise of our right of offset provided for in the 2009 Loan Agreement and the 2009 RSA does not constitute an event of default under the 2009 RSA, and that the 2009 Entity’s seizure of control of the restricted account containing the Collateral constitutes an additional default by the 2009 Entity. We cannot assure you, however, that the Offset will ultimately be determined to have been proper. In the event of a default by us under the 2009 RSA related to the Offset, we may be required to pay to the 2009 Entity approximately $8,600, representing the amount of the Offset, net of approximately $800 of recoveries from charged-off loans that are owed, but have not been paid, to us. If, instead, the 2009 Entity was to withdraw Collateral in that amount from the restricted bank account, we would be required to deposit that amount of cash in the account to maintain the required level of Collateral. Any such payment or deposit would reduce the amount of our contingent liability related to the 2009 RSA.

At the end of each reporting period, we assess whether we should recognize a contingent liability related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA and, if so, in what amount. As with any assessment, as facts and circumstances change, the recorded liability could change, and has changed, significantly. In order to make this assessment, we made certain assumptions with respect to the performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program over the life of those loans. The life of a private education loan made under the 2009 Loan Program may be in excess of ten years from the date of disbursement. Therefore, our assessment was based on assumptions for periods in excess of ten years, and those assumptions included, among other things, the following:

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the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program;

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the timing and rate at which those private education loans will be paid;

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the changes in the variable interest rates applicable to those private education loans;

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the amounts and timing of collections that will be collected in the future on those private education loans that have defaulted; and

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our ability to utilize the available options for payment of our obligations under the 2009 RSA.

We consulted with third-party consumer credit consulting firms in arriving at our assumptions. The assumptions have changed, and may continue to change, significantly over time as actual results become known. Our recorded liability for our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA was included in Other current liabilities and Other liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

12.

Risks and Uncertainties

Many of the amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses reported in our condensed consolidated financial statements are based on estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. We are subject to risks and uncertainties that could affect amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements in future periods. Our future performance, results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, liquidity, capital resources, ability to meet our obligations and ability to comply with covenants, metrics and regulatory requirements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from our estimated results, including, but not limited to, the following:

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The Consolidation and other factors, among other things:

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have caused violations by us of covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement, for which we have obtained waivers and amendments relating to those violations;

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have negatively impacted our compliance with:

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the ED’s financial responsibility measurements, primarily our institutions’ composite score; and

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our compliance with the financial requirements of certain state education and professional licensing authorities (“SAs”); and

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have negatively impacted the financial metrics to which we are subject under the PEAKS Program and 2009 RSA.

See Note 8 – Debt and Note 11 – Contingencies, for additional information.

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We believe that we will be required to consolidate the 2009 Entity into our consolidated financial statements in the foreseeable future, which could impact our compliance with:

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covenants under the Amended Credit Agreement;

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the ED’s financial responsibility measurements, primarily our institutions’ composite score;

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the financial requirements of certain SAs; and

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the financial metrics to which we are subject under the PEAKS Program and 2009 RSA.

See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, for additional information.

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Our institutions’ failure to submit their 2013 audited consolidated financial statements and Compliance Audits to the ED by the due date resulted in sanctions imposed by the ED on our institutions that include, among other things, our institutions having to submit a letter of credit payable to the ED, being placed on heightened cash monitoring (“HCM”) and being provisionally certified. We have caused the letter of credit to be issued and have implemented procedures to address HCM, which requirements are not expected to significantly impact the timing of our receipt of Title IV Program funds. See Note 8 – Debt, for additional information.

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We caused the ED Letter of Credit to be issued on October 31, 2014. The term of the letter of credit ends on November 4, 2019. With respect to any letter of credit issued under the Amended Credit Agreement, we are required to provide cash collateral in an amount equal to 109% of the face amount of the ED Letter of Credit and 103% of the face amount of all other letters of credit. Based on the amount of the ED Letter of Credit and other letters of credit outstanding as of the date of this filing, the amount of the cash collateral that we will have to provide is approximately $89,300. The cash collateral may be provided from available funds. See Note 8 – Debt, for additional information.

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We are subject to various claims and contingencies, including those related to litigation, government investigations, business transactions, guarantee arrangements and employee-related matters, among others. We cannot provide an estimate of the possible losses, or range of possible losses, in excess of the amounts, if any, accrued with respect to those matters. See the subsections entitled “Litigation” and “Government Investigations” in Note 11 - Contingencies, for a further discussion of certain litigation and government investigations to which we are subject.

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The significant guarantee obligations that we have under the PEAKS Guarantee and 2009 RSA. Based on various assumptions, including the historical and projected performance and collection of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, we believe that we will make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee of approximately $163,239 in 2014 and approximately $9,813 in 2015. In addition, based on various assumptions, including the historical and projected performance and collections of the private education loans under the 2009 Loan Program, we believe that we will make payments under the 2009 RSA of approximately $8,610 in 2014 and $14,251 in 2015. The Discharge Payment made under the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA is not included in the amount of payments that were estimated, as of March 31, 2014, to be made in 2014. See Note 8 – Debt and Note 11 – Contingencies, for a further discussion of the PEAKS Guarantee and 2009 RSA (collectively, the “RSAs”), estimated payment amounts and contingent liabilities.

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As of March 31, 2014, the outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement totaled $50,000 and were classified as a current liability. If we are not in compliance with one or more covenants and are unable to obtain a waiver of our noncompliance or an amendment to the Amended Credit Agreement that would allow us to be in compliance with those covenants or otherwise not be in default under the Amended Credit Agreement, the lenders would have various remedies, including:

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the lending commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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our ability to request the issuance of letters of credit and obtain amendments, extensions or renewals of letters of credit already issued under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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all then outstanding borrowings and other amounts owed under the Amended Credit Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable; and

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We incurred a net loss in the year December 31, 2013 and we had negative working capital as of December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, primarily due to the impact of the Consolidation and the loss that we recorded related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA.

Based on our current projections, we believe that cash generated from operations will be sufficient for us to satisfy our RSA payments, letters of credit cash collateralization, working capital, loan repayment and capital expenditure requirements over the 12-month period following the date that this report was filed with the SEC. We also believe that any reduction in cash and cash equivalents that may result from their use to make payments under the RSAs, provide cash collateral for letters of credit, construct facilities or repay loans will not have a material adverse effect on our expansion plans, planned capital expenditures, ability to meet any applicable regulatory financial responsibility standards or ability to conduct normal operations over the 12-month period following the date that this report was filed with the SEC. Accordingly, our condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this report were prepared on the basis that we will continue to operate as a going concern. There can be no assurance, however, that the ultimate outcome of those events, whether individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements, trend analyses and other information contained in this report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are made based on our management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. You can identify those statements by the use of words such as “could,” “should,” “would,” “may,” “will,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “potential,” “intend,” “continue” and “contemplate,” as well as similar words and expressions. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and do not guarantee future performance. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those anticipated by our management. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements are the following:

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the impact of the adverse actions by the ED related to our failure to submit our 2013 audited financial statements and compliance audits to it by the due date;

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the impact of our consolidation of a variable interest entity on us and the regulations, requirements and obligations that we are subject to;

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our inability to obtain further required amendments or waivers of noncompliance with covenants under our credit agreement;

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actions by the New York Stock Exchange to delist our common stock;

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our inability to remediate material weaknesses, or the discovery of additional material weaknesses, in our internal control over financial reporting;

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issues related to the restatement of our financial statements for the first three quarters of 2013;

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our exposure under our guarantees related to private education loan programs;

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the outcome of litigation, investigations and claims against us;

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changes in federal and state governmental laws and regulations with respect to education and accreditation standards, or the interpretation or enforcement of those laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the level of government funding for, and our eligibility to participate in, student financial aid programs utilized by our students;

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business conditions in the postsecondary education industry and in the general economy;

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our failure to comply with the extensive education laws and regulations and accreditation standards that we are subject to;

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effects of any change in our ownership resulting in a change in control, including, but not limited to, the consequences of such changes on the accreditation and federal and state regulation of our campuses;

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our ability to implement our growth strategies;

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our failure to maintain or renew required federal or state authorizations or accreditations of our campuses or programs of study;

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receptivity of students and employers to our existing program offerings and new curricula; and

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our ability to collect internally funded financing from our students.

Readers are also directed to other risks and uncertainties discussed in other documents we file with the SEC, including, without limitation, those discussed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC and in Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Overview

You should keep in mind the following points as you read this report:

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References in this document to “we,” “us,” “our” and “ITT/ESI” refer to ITT Educational Services, Inc., its subsidiaries and the VIE of which it is the primary beneficiary, unless the context requires or indicates otherwise.

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The terms “ITT Technical Institute” or “Daniel Webster College” (in singular or plural form) refer to an individual school or campus owned and operated by ITT/ESI, including its learning sites, if any. The term “institution” (in singular or plural form) means a main campus and its additional locations, branch campuses and/or learning sites, if any.

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the same titled section contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as amended, filed with the SEC for discussion of, among other matters, the following items:

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cash receipts from financial aid programs;

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nature of capital additions;

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components of income statement captions;

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federal regulations regarding:

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timing of receipt of funds from the Title IV Programs;

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percentage of applicable revenue that may be derived from the Title IV Programs;

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return of Title IV Program funds for withdrawn students; and

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Title IV Program loan cohort default rates;

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private loan programs;

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investments; and

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repurchase of shares of our common stock.

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions.

In this management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, when we discuss factors that contributed to a change in our financial condition or results of operations, we disclose the primary factors that materially contributed to that change in the order of significance.

Consolidation and Core Operations

Our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013 include the PEAKS Trust, because we were considered to have control over the PEAKS Trust beginning on February 28, 2013 under ASC 810, as a result of our substantive unilateral right to terminate the PEAKS Servicing Agreement. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. We do not, however, actively manage the operations of the PEAKS Trust and the assets of the consolidated PEAKS Trust can only be used to satisfy the obligations of the PEAKS Trust. Our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect, until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full, as discussed further under “— Private Education Loan Program Obligations” and Note 11—Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Unless otherwise noted, the information in this management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is presented and discussed on a consolidated basis, including the PEAKS Trust. Certain information is also provided, however, regarding our results of operations on a basis that excludes the impact of the PEAKS Trust. We identify and describe our education programs and education-related services on this basis as our core operations (“Core Operations”). The presentation of the Core Operations financial measures differs from the presentation of our condensed consolidated financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe that the presentation of the Core Operations information assists investors in comparing current period information against prior periods during which the PEAKS Trust was not consolidated. In addition, our management believes that the Core Operations information provides useful information to investors, because it:

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allows more meaningful information about our ongoing operating results, financial condition and cash flows;

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helps in performing trend analyses and identifying trends that may otherwise be masked or distorted by items that are not part of the Core Operations; and

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provides a higher degree of transparency of our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The following tables set forth selected data from our statements of income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013, regarding:

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the Core Operations on a stand-alone basis;

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the PEAKS Trust on a stand-alone basis;

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the elimination of transactions between the PEAKS Trust and Core Operations in the three months ended March 31, 2013, as a result of the Consolidation; and

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the Core Operations and the PEAKS Trust consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

The information presented also constitutes the reconciliation of our non-GAAP Core Operations data to the related consolidated GAAP financial measures. Following the tables, we describe the effect of the Consolidation on the financial statement information presented, including the components attributable to the Core Operations and the PEAKS Trust.


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Core Operations			PEAKS Trust			GAAP Consolidated
	(In Thousands)
Statement of Income Data:
Revenue	$	234,790		$	3,133		$	237,923
Costs and expenses:
Cost of educational services		120,115			0			120,115
Student services and administrative expenses		97,822			1,416			99,238
Legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters		5,547			0			5,547

Total costs and expenses		223,484			1,416			224,900

Operating income		11,306			1,717			13,023
Interest income		19			0			19
Interest (expense)		(795	)		(6,106	)		(6,901	)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	$	10,530		$	(4,389	)	$	6,141


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Core Operations			PEAKS Trust			Eliminations		GAAP Consolidated
	(In Thousands)
Statement of Income Data:
Revenue	$	283,702		$	1,360		$	0	$	285,062
Costs and expenses:
Cost of educational services		124,176			0			0		124,176
Student services and administrative expenses		101,202			519			0		101,721
Legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters		1,500			0			0		1,500
Loss related to loan program guarantees		3,803			0			0		3,803

Total costs and expenses		230,681			519			0		231,200

Operating income		53,021			841			0		53,862
(Loss) on consolidation of PEAKS Trust		0			(112,748	)		39,500		(73,248	)
Interest income		34			0			0		34
Interest (expense)		(1,152	)		(2,422	)		0		(3,574	)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes	$	51,903		$	(114,329	)	$	39,500	$	(22,926	)

Following the Consolidation, our revenue consists of:

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revenue from the Core Operations, primarily from tuition, tool kit sales and student fees; and

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student loan interest income on the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, which is the accretion of the accretable yield on the PEAKS Trust Student Loans.

Following the Consolidation, our student services and administrative expenses are comprised of:

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expenses related to the Core Operations, including marketing expenses, an expense for uncollectible accounts and administrative expenses incurred primarily at our corporate headquarters; and

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expenses incurred by the PEAKS Trust, primarily related to fees for servicing the PEAKS Trust Student Loans and various other administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust.

The loss related to loan program guarantees represents the additional contingent liability accruals that we recorded related to the 2009 RSA, because the contingent liability related to the PEAKS Guarantee was eliminated from our condensed consolidated financial statements as a result of the Consolidation (though our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect).

In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recognized a loss upon the Consolidation that represented the amount by which the fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s liabilities exceeded the fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s assets as of February 28, 2013, partially reduced by the net amount of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities related to the PEAKS Program that had been recorded in our consolidated financial statements as of February 28, 2013 and were eliminated upon the Consolidation. Following the Consolidation, our interest expense includes:

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interest expense from matters related to the Core Operations, primarily the interest expense on the outstanding balance under the Amended Credit Agreement; and

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interest expense on the PEAKS Senior Debt, which includes the contractual interest obligation and the accretion of the discount on the PEAKS Senior Debt.

Since the inception of the PEAKS Program, we have guaranteed, and continue to guarantee, the payment of the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt, the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and the minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio, pursuant to the terms of the PEAKS Guarantee. Our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect, until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full.

Background

We are a leading proprietary provider of postsecondary degree programs in the United States based on revenue and student enrollment. As of March 31, 2014, we were offering:

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master, bachelor and associate degree programs to approximately 57,000 students; and

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short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals.

As of March 31, 2014, we had 149 college locations (including 147 campuses and two learning sites) in 39 states and four training facilities. As of September 30, 2014, we had eliminated all four training facilities by transferring the activities conducted at those training facilities to our college locations. In addition, we offered one or more of our online programs to students who are located in all 50 states. All of our college locations are authorized by the applicable education authorities of the states in which they operate, and are accredited by an accrediting commission recognized by the ED. We design our education programs, after consultation with employers and other constituents, to help graduates prepare for careers in various fields involving their areas of study. We have provided career-oriented education programs since 1969 under the “ITT Technical Institute” name and since June 2009 under the “Daniel Webster College” name. In August 2013, we acquired all of the membership interests of Cable Holdings, an education company that offers short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals. In January 2014, we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Ascolta, two education companies that offered short-term information technology and business learning solutions for career advancers and other professionals. See Note 3 – Acquisition of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Our strategy is to pursue multiple opportunities for growth. We are implementing a growth strategy designed to:

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improve the academic outcomes of our students;

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increase the value proposition of our education programs for our students; and

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increase access to high-quality, career-based education.

We intend to pursue this strategy by:

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increasing student enrollment in existing programs at existing campuses;

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increasing the number and types of program and other educational offerings that are delivered in residence and/or online;

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increasing our students’ engagement in their programs of study;

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enhancing the relevancy of our educational offerings;

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assessing student achievement and learning;

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improving the flexibility and convenience of how our institutions deliver their educational offerings;

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increasing our students’ access to financial aid;

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helping our graduates obtain entry-level employment involving their fields of study at higher starting annual salaries;

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operating new campuses across the United States; and

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investing in other education-related opportunities.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates and judgments under different assumptions or conditions. We have discussed the critical accounting policies that we believe affect our more significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of the Operations – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, as amended, filed with the SEC. There have been no material changes to those critical accounting policies or the underlying accounting estimates or judgments.

New Accounting Guidance

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, which is included in the Codification under ASC 205. This guidance was issued to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosure in certain circumstances. Under the new guidance, management is required to evaluate, at each annual and interim reporting period, whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures. The guidance will be effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2017. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact that this guidance may have on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, which is included in the Codification under ASC 606. This guidance requires the recognition of revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those goods or services. This guidance will become effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2017. We have not completed our evaluation of the impact that this guidance may have on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, which is included in the Codification under ASC 740. This update provides guidance on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses or tax credit carryforwards exist. This guidance became effective for our interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2014. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

The information in this “—Results of Operations” section has not been updated in this report to reflect operational data for periods following March 31, 2014.

The following table sets forth the percentage relationship of certain statement of income data to revenue for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Revenue		100.0	%		100.0	%
Cost of educational services		50.5	%		43.6	%
Student services and administrative expenses		41.7	%		35.7	%
Legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters		2.3	%		0.5	%
Loss related to loan program guarantees		0.0	%		1.3	%

Operating income		5.5	%		18.9	%
(Loss) on consolidation of PEAKS Trust		0.0	%		(25.7	%)
Interest (expense), net		(2.9	%)		(1.2	%)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes		2.6	%		(8.0	%)

The following table sets forth our total student enrollment as of the dates indicated:


	2014					2013
Total Student Enrollment as of:	Total Student Enrollment		(Decrease) To Prior Year			Total Student Enrollment		(Decrease) To Prior Year
March 31		57,125		(6.4	%)		61,039		(14.2	%)
June 30		Not applicable		Not applicable			58,617		(11.7	%)
September 30		Not applicable		Not applicable			60,997		(7.1	%)
December 31		Not applicable		Not applicable			57,542		(5.8	%)

Total student enrollment includes all new and continuing students. A continuing student is any student who, in the academic term being measured, is enrolled in a program of study at one of our campuses and was enrolled in the same program at any of our campuses at the end of the immediately preceding academic term. A new student is any student who, in the academic term being measured, enrolls in and begins attending any program of study at one of our campuses:

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for the first time at that campus;

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after graduating in a prior academic term from a different program of study at that campus; or

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after having withdrawn or been terminated from a program of study at that campus.

The following table sets forth our new student enrollment in the periods indicated:


	2014					2013
New Student Enrollment in Education Programs in the Three Months Ended:	New Student Enrollment in Education Programs		(Decrease) To Prior Year			New Student Enrollment in Education Programs		Increase (Decrease) To Prior Year
March 31		16,746		(3.8	%)		17,412		(3.6	%)
June 30		Not applicable		Not applicable			16,883		7.5	%
September 30		Not applicable		Not applicable			20,307		5.2	%
December 31		Not applicable		Not applicable			13,995		4.5	%

Total for the year		Not applicable		Not applicable			68,597		3.2	%

We believe that the 3.8% decrease in new student enrollment in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to a decrease in the number of prospective students who inquired about our programs of study in the three months ended March 31, 2014, which was partially offset by:

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an increase in the rate at which prospective students who applied for enrollment actually began attending classes in their programs of study; and

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increased availability to and use by our students of institutional scholarships and awards, which have the effect of reducing the students’ cost of our programs of study.

We believe that the decrease in new student enrollment in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013 was also due to our prospective students’:

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greater sensitivity to the cost of postsecondary education; and

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uncertainty about the value of a postsecondary education due to the prolonged economic and labor market disruptions.

A continued decline in new and total student enrollment could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, revenue and other results of operations and cash flows. We have taken a number of steps in an attempt to reverse the decline in total and new student enrollment, including, without limitation:

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increasing the availability of institutional scholarships, primarily the Opportunity Scholarship, which are intended to help reduce the cost of an ITT Technical Institute education and increase student access to our programs of study; and

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refining our marketing, advertising and communications to focus more on the student value proposition and outcomes of an ITT Technical Institute education.

At the vast majority of our campuses, we generally organize the academic schedule for programs of study offered on the basis of four 12-week academic quarters in a calendar year. The academic quarters typically begin in early March, mid-June, early September and late November or early December. To measure the persistence of our students, the number of continuing students in any academic term is divided by the total student enrollment in the immediately preceding academic term.

The following table sets forth the rates of our students’ persistence as of the dates indicated:


	Student Persistence as of:
Year	March 31			June 30			September 30			December 31
2012		72.4	%		71.3	%		69.8	%		72.6	%
2013		71.5	%		68.4	%		69.4	%		71.4	%
2014		70.2	%		Not applicable			Not applicable			Not applicable

We believe that the decrease in student persistence as of March 31, 2014 compared to March 31, 2013 was primarily due to a decrease in student retention in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the same prior year period, primarily attributed to lower student retention in a few courses that are delivered in the early portions of certain associate degree programs of study.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2013. Revenue decreased $47.1 million, or 16.5%, to $237.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $285.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The primary factors that contributed to this decrease included:

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an increase in institutional scholarships and awards provided to our students, which reduced revenue by $50.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the same prior year period;

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a 5.8% decrease in total student enrollment as of December 31, 2013 compared to December 31, 2012; and

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a 6.4% decrease in total student enrollment as of March 31, 2014 compared to March 31, 2013.

The increase in institutional scholarships and awards was primarily due to the introduction of the Opportunity Scholarship at the vast majority of the ITT Technical Institute campuses in the academic quarter that began in March 2013 and the expanded availability and increased utilization of the Opportunity Scholarship since its introduction.

Revenue of the PEAKS Trust is comprised of interest income on the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, which is the accretion of the accretable yield of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans. Revenue of the PEAKS Trust increased $1.8 million, or 130.4%, to $3.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. This increase was primarily due to the consolidation of the PEAKS Trust beginning on February 28, 2013, and, therefore, only one month of revenue of the PEAKS Trust was included in our condensed consolidated financial statements in the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to three months of revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Cost of educational services decreased $4.1 million, or 3.3%, to $120.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $124.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The primary factor that contributed to this decrease was a decrease in compensation and benefit costs resulting from fewer employees.

Cost of educational services as a percentage of revenue increased 690 basis points to 50.5% in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to 43.6% in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The primary factor that contributed to this increase was a decline in revenue, which was partially offset by a decrease in compensation and benefit costs.

Student services and administrative expenses decreased $2.5 million, or 2.4%, to $99.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $101.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The principal cause of this decrease was a decrease in media advertising expenses, which was partially offset by an increase in bad debt expense. Approximately $1.4 million of expenses of the PEAKS Trust were included in student services and administrative expenses in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $0.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. Those expenses primarily represented fees for servicing the PEAKS Trust Student Loans and various other administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust. The amount of the fees for servicing the PEAKS Trust Student Loans are based on the outstanding balance of non-defaulted PEAKS Trust Student Loans, and the amount of the other administrative fees and expenses are based on the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt.

Student services and administrative expenses increased to 41.7% of revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to 35.7% of revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The principal causes of this increase were a decline in revenue and an increase in bad debt expense, which were partially offset by a decrease in media advertising expenses. Bad debt expense as a percentage of revenue increased to 7.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to 5.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of an increase in student account balances that were determined to be uncollectible.

Legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters increased $4.0 million, or 269.8%, to $5.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. In the three months ended March 31, 2014, these expenses related primarily to legal and professional fees associated with:

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the SEC investigation;

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the state Attorneys General investigations;

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the New Mexico Litigation;

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the Securities Litigation;

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the CFPB Litigation;

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certain accounting matters, including the Consolidation and contingent liability analyses;

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the Letter Agreement; and

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certain other legal and regulatory matters.

In the three months ended March 31, 2013, these expenses related primarily to legal fees associated with the Securities Litigation and the SEC investigation.

In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded a loss related to loan program guarantees of $3.8 million with respect to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA. The entire amount of the loss recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2013 related to a change in our accounting estimate of the amount of our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA. We did not record a loss related to loan program guarantees in the three months ended March 31, 2014, because no additional amounts were accrued with respect to the 2009 RSA in that period. See “— Private Education Loan Program Obligations,” for a further discussion of the loss.

We did not record a provision for PEAKS Trust student loan losses in the three months ended March 31, 2014 or 2013. Based upon our methodology, the expected loan loss analysis as of March 31, 2014 indicated that the allowance for loan losses should be $2.9 million lower than the $29.4 million allowance for loan losses recorded as of December 31, 2013. The apparent improvement in the expected PEAKS Trust student loan losses that would have resulted in a benefit in the three months ended March 31, 2014, however, does not appear, at this time, to be sustainable. Therefore, we did not record a benefit for the PEAKS Trust student loan losses or

reduce the allowance for loan losses in the three months ended March 31, 2014. We expect to increase the allowance for loan losses and record a provision for PEAKS Trust student loan losses of approximately $9.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014 and $4.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2014. See Note 7 – PEAKS Trust Student Loans of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a discussion of the allowance for loan losses.

Operating income decreased $40.8 million, or 75.8%, to $13.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $53.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the impact of the factors discussed above in connection with revenue, cost of educational services, student services and administrative expenses, legal and professional fees related to certain lawsuits, investigations and accounting matters, loss related to loan program guarantees and benefit for PEAKS Trust student loan losses. Our operating margin decreased to 5.5% in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to 18.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of the impact of the factors discussed above.

In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded a loss upon the Consolidation of $73.2 million. This loss represented the amount by which the fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s liabilities exceeded the fair value of the PEAKS Trust’s assets upon the Consolidation, partially reduced by the net amount of the carrying value of the assets and liabilities related to the PEAKS Program that had been recorded in our consolidated financial statements as of February 28, 2013 and were eliminated upon the Consolidation. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Consolidation.

Interest income was less than $0.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013.

Interest expense increased $3.3 million, or 93.1%, to $6.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $3.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to:

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interest expense of approximately $6.1 million on the PEAKS Senior Debt, which includes the contractual interest obligation and the accretion of the discount on the PEAKS Senior Debt, in the three months ended March 31, 2014, compared to $2.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013; and

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a decrease in our weighted average outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement, which was partially offset by an increase in the effective interest rate under the Amended Credit Agreement.

Our combined federal and state effective income tax rate was 41.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to 24.7% in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The effective income tax rate was higher in the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to the recognition of certain losses related to the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements for which an income tax benefit was not recognized.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash and cash equivalents were $205.0 million as of March 31, 2014 compared to $215.8 million as of December 31, 2013 and $206.6 million as of March 31, 2013. Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2014 decreased $10.7 million compared to December 31, 2013, primarily due to:

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the $40.0 million payment we made in March 2014 pursuant to the Letter Agreement; and

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the purchase of Ascolta for approximately $4.4 million.

These decreases were partially offset by cash generated from operating activities. Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31, 2014 decreased $1.6 million compared to March 31, 2013, primarily due to a net repayment of $100.0 million in outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement and the $40.0 million payment made pursuant to the Letter Agreement, which were partially offset by cash generated from operating activities.

As of March 31, 2014, restricted cash included approximately $1.6 million of funds held by the PEAKS Trust. Those funds can only be used to satisfy the obligations of the PEAKS Trust.

We are required to recognize the funded status of our defined benefit postretirement plans on our balance sheet. We recorded an asset of $28.4 million for the ESI Pension Plan, a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan commonly referred to as a cash balance plan, and a liability of $0.3 million for the ESI Excess Pension Plan, a nonqualified, unfunded retirement plan, on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014.

We do not expect to make any material contributions to the ESI Pension Plan or ESI Excess Pension Plan in 2014. In 2013, we did not make any contributions to either the ESI Pension Plan or ESI Excess Pension Plan.

Our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 included the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust. The assets of the PEAKS Trust can only be used to satisfy the obligations of the PEAKS Trust. We

have significant payment obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee and the 2009 RSA. See “— Private Education Loan Program Obligations” and Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee and the 2009 RSA.

In addition, the ED Letter of Credit in the amount of $79.7 million was issued on October 31, 2014. Under the Amended Credit Agreement, the aggregate commitment of the lenders is $135.0 million and the portion of the aggregate commitment that may be used by us for letters of credit is $85.0 million. We are required to provide cash collateral in an amount equal to 109% of the face amount of the ED Letter of Credit and 103% of the face amount of all other letters of credit. See “- Financing,” for a discussion of the Amended Credit Agreement. Based on the amount of the ED Letter of Credit and other letters of credit outstanding as of the date of this filing, the amount of the cash collateral that we will have to provide is approximately $89.3 million.

Operations. Net cash generated from operating activities was $36.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to net cash used in operating activities of $43.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The $80.8 million increase in net cash flows from operating activities was primarily due to:

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a settlement payment made in the three months ended March 31, 2013 to resolve all of our guarantee obligations under the 2007 RSA; and

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lower income tax payments in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013.

Accounts receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts was $77.4 million as of March 31, 2014 compared to $106.3 million as of March 31, 2013. Days sales outstanding decreased 4.3 days to 29.3 days at March 31, 2014 compared to 33.6 days at March 31, 2013. Our accounts receivable balance and days sales outstanding decreased as of March 31, 2014, primarily due to:

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a decrease in internal student financing caused by an increase in the utilization of the Opportunity Scholarship by our students; and

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a decrease in total student enrollment.

Investing. In the three months ended March 31, 2014 we spent less than $0.1 million to renovate, expand and construct buildings compared to $0.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

Capital expenditures, excluding facility and land purchases and facility construction, totaled $1.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. These expenditures consisted primarily of classroom and laboratory equipment (such as computers and electronic equipment), classroom and office furniture, software and leasehold improvements. We also spent approximately $4.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 to acquire certain assets of Ascolta.

We plan to continue to upgrade our current facilities and equipment in 2014. Cash generated from operating activities is expected to be sufficient to fund our capital expenditure requirements.

Financing. On March 21, 2012, we entered into the Credit Agreement that provided for a $325.0 million senior revolving credit facility. We entered into amendments to the Credit Agreement on March 31, 2014, May 29, 2014, June 30, 2014, July 30, 2014 and September 15, 2014, and we entered into the October Consent effective October 15, 2014 and the November Consent as of November 14, 2014. The Amended Credit Agreement has a maturity date of March 21, 2015.

Under the Amended Credit Agreement, the aggregate commitment of the lenders, effective June 30, 2014, is reduced to $135.0 million, and the portion of the commitments available for letters of credit is increased from $25.0 million to $85.0 million. Certain letters of credit in an aggregate amount of approximately $2.4 million previously issued by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. are deemed to be letters of credit issued pursuant to the Amended Credit Agreement. We caused the ED Letter of Credit in the amount of $79.7 million to be issued on October 31, 2014. See Note 11 – Contingencies, for a further discussion of the ED Letter of Credit. In addition, the commitments of the lenders under the Amended Credit Agreement will be reduced to the extent that borrowings are repaid by us using proceeds from certain types of transactions, as described further below.

As of March 31, 2014, the outstanding borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement totaled $50.0 million. Borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement bear interest, at our option, at the LIBOR plus an applicable margin or at an alternative base rate, as defined under the Amended Credit Agreement, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement is determined based on the Leverage Ratio as of the end of each fiscal quarter. We also pay a commitment fee on the amount of the unutilized commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement. The amount of the commitment fee is determined based on the Leverage Ratio as of the end of each quarter. The effective interest rate on our borrowings was approximately:

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4.90% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2014; and

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3.20% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

The commitment fee under the Amended Credit Agreement was 0.40% as of March 31, 2014.

The ED Letter of Credit provides that the ED may draw on the ED Letter of Credit upon certification by the ED that the drafted funds will be used for one or more of the following purposes:

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to pay refunds of institutional or non-institutional charges owed to or on behalf of current or former students of our institutions, whether our institutions remain open or have closed;

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to provide for the “teach-out” of students enrolled at the time of closure of our institutions; and

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to pay any liabilities owing to the ED arising from acts or omissions by our institutions, on or before the expiration of the ED Letter of Credit, in violation of requirements set forth in the HEA, including the violation of any agreement entered into by our institutions with the ED regarding the administration of Title IV Programs.

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0.00% per annum for the period from September 15, 2014 through and including March 21, 2015;

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1.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2015 through and including March 21, 2016;

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2.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2016 through and including March 21, 2017;

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3.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2017 through and including March 21, 2018;

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4.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2018 through and including March 21, 2019; and

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5.00% per annum for the period from March 22, 2019 through November 15, 2019.

The Amended Credit Agreement contains, among other things, covenants, representations and warranties and events of default customary for credit facilities. We are required to maintain compliance with a maximum Leverage Ratio, a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, a minimum liquidity amount, and several covenants related to the ED’s regulations. We were in compliance with those covenants as of March 31, 2014, after giving effect to the amendments to the Amended Credit Agreement. The Third Amendment provides that we are not required to satisfy a maximum Leverage Ratio or a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio as of March 31, 2014. In addition, among other things, the Third Amendment, the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment and the Consents, taken together:

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amend certain covenants to allow for the Consolidation beginning on February 28, 2013, and for other factors; and

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waive certain defaults related to our financial reporting.

The Amended Credit Agreement:

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is secured by a pledge of the equity interests of our subsidiaries;

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is guaranteed by one of our subsidiaries;

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is secured by security interests in substantially all of our personal property and the personal property of the subsidiary guarantor; and

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is secured by the Mortgaged Property.

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before July 30, 2014, by the earlier of December 31, 2014 or when net cash proceeds are received from certain transactions described in the next paragraph.

All amounts posted as cash collateral for letters of credit will be treated as cash for purposes of determining our compliance with the minimum liquidity covenant of the Amended Credit Agreement.

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The Fourth Amendment also implements additional restrictions on us, including, without limitation:

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the exception to the limitation on asset dispositions not otherwise permitted under the Amended Credit Agreement is reduced from $75.0 million in the aggregate during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement to $5.0 million in the aggregate during the period from July 30, 2014 through the remaining term of the Amended Credit Agreement, and all of those asset dispositions must be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, as reasonably determined by the administrative agent, provided that those limitations do not apply to an asset disposition of the Mortgaged Property, if that asset disposition generates net cash proceeds of at least 75% of the appraised value of that Mortgaged Property;

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in addition to the existing limitation on sale and leaseback transactions that the net cash proceeds received therefrom may not exceed $125.0 million in the aggregate during the term of the Amended Credit Agreement, any sale and leaseback transaction must be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, as reasonably determined by the administrative agent, provided that any sale and leaseback transaction of the Mortgaged Property will be deemed to be for fair market value and an adequate cash purchase consideration, if it generates net cash proceeds of at least 75% of the appraised value of that Mortgaged Property;

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the permitted indebtedness consisting of secured indebtedness at any time outstanding (and not otherwise permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement) is reduced from $25.0 million to $5.0 million in aggregate principal amount; and

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permitted liens to secure indebtedness, obligations and/or liabilities at any one time outstanding (which liens are not otherwise permitted by the Amended Credit Agreement) may not secure debt in excess of $5.0 million in aggregate principal amount, reduced from the original $25.0 million.

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the lending commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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our ability to request the issuance of letters of credit and to obtain amendments, extensions or renewals of letters of credit already issued under the Amended Credit Agreement may be terminated;

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all then outstanding borrowings and other amounts owed under the Amended Credit Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable; and

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Beginning on February 28, 2013, we have consolidated the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Consolidation. In January 2010, the PEAKS Trust issued PEAKS Senior Debt in the aggregate principal amount of $300.0 million to investors. The PEAKS Senior Debt matures in January 2020 and bears interest at a variable rate based on the LIBOR, plus a 550 basis point margin. The minimum LIBOR rate applied to the PEAKS Senior Debt cannot be less than 2.00%. There are no scheduled principal repayment requirements for the PEAKS Senior Debt prior to the January 2020 maturity date. Under the terms of the PEAKS Program documents, however, amounts received on a monthly basis by the PEAKS Trust that exceed the fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust then due and the interest then due on the PEAKS Senior Debt are to be paid to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt. We estimate that the amounts received in 2014 by the PEAKS Trust from the PEAKS Trust Student Loan borrowers that could be used to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt, will not be material. The assets of the PEAKS Trust (which include, among other assets, the PEAKS Trust Student Loans) serve as collateral for, and are intended to be the principal source of, the repayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt. Payment of the PEAKS Senior Debt may be accelerated by the indenture trustee of the PEAKS Trust or by the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt in response to certain events of default under the PEAKS Indenture, including, among other things:

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a payment default by the PEAKS Trust;

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a default in the performance or observation of the PEAKS Trust’s covenants, agreements or conditions under the PEAKS Indenture;

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a breach of our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee; and

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certain bankruptcy events with respect to the PEAKS Trust or us.

September 2014, had we delivered accurate quarterly reports. The delivery of inaccurate quarterly reports constituted a breach of the PEAKS Guarantee and an event of default under the PEAKS Indenture. In the event of a default under the PEAKS Indenture, the payment of the entire amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt could be accelerated, which would trigger our obligation to pay the full amount of the PEAKS Senior Debt pursuant to our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee, additional remedies could be sought against us and there could be a cross-default under the Amended Credit Agreement, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows. We believe that the delivery of the corrected quarterly reports and the additional guarantee payments we made under the PEAKS Guarantee through October 9, 2014 satisfied our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to these matters and cured the breach of the PEAKS Guarantee and event of default under the PEAKS Indenture. We cannot predict, however, whether the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt will assert other breaches of the PEAKS Guarantee by us or that any breach of the PEAKS Guarantee or event of default under the PEAKS Indenture was not properly cured.

We estimate that we have made, and will make, payments under the PEAKS Guarantee of approximately $158.8 million in the year ending December 31, 2014 to cause the PEAKS Trust to maintain the applicable required Asset/Liability Ratio. That estimated amount includes the:

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$40.0 million that we paid in March 2014 pursuant to the Letter Agreement, which was applied primarily to make a mandatory prepayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt (see Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Letter Agreement);

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payments totaling approximately $51.7 million that we made from July 2014 through September 2014 to satisfy our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to the increased minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio in prior periods; and

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$50.0 million that we paid in October 2014, as described in the immediately preceding paragraph.

The amount of the assets of the PEAKS Trust for purposes of computing the Asset/Liability Ratio was $265.6 million as of March 31, 2014 and $160.9 million as of September 30, 2014. The outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt was approximately $214.5 million as March 31, 2014 and $162.8 million as of September 30, 2014. The carrying value of the PEAKS Senior Debt was approximately $189.5 million as of March 31, 2014. We recorded $130.7 million of the total carrying value of the PEAKS Senior Debt as a current liability as of March 31, 2014, which represented our estimate of the amount of the carrying value that would have been due in the 12 months following March 31, 2014 after giving consideration to the effects of the restatement, as described above. The PEAKS Senior Debt was recorded on our consolidated balance sheet as of February 28, 2013 at its estimated fair value on that date, which was approximately $226.1 million. The outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt as of February 28, 2013 was approximately $257.5 million. The $31.4 million difference between the estimated fair value and the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt as of February 28, 2013 was recorded as an accrued discount on our consolidated balance sheet and will be recognized as Interest expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income using an effective interest rate method over the term of the PEAKS Senior Debt. The effective interest rate on the PEAKS Senior Debt was approximately 9.6% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 12.40% per annum in the three months ended March 31, 2013. We recognized interest expense on the PEAKS Senior Debt of:

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$6.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014, which included $1.5 million of discount accretion; and

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$2.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, which included $0.7 million of discount accretion.

Based on our current projections, we believe that cash generated from operations will be sufficient for us to satisfy our 2009 RSA and PEAKS Guarantee payments, letter of credit cash collateralization, working capital, loan repayment and capital expenditure requirements over the 12-month period following the date this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was filed with the SEC. We also believe that any reduction in cash and cash equivalents that may result from their use to make payments under the 2009 RSA and PEAKS Guarantee, provide cash collateral for letters of credit, construct facilities, or repay loans will not have a material adverse effect on our expansion plans, planned capital expenditures, ability to meet any applicable regulatory financial responsibility standards or ability to conduct normal operations over the 12-month period following the date this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was filed with the SEC. Our projections, however, are estimates, which are based are numerous assumptions and, therefore, may not prove to be accurate or reliable and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.

Student Financing Update. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we introduced an institutional scholarship program, called the Opportunity Scholarship, which is intended to help reduce the cost of an ITT Technical Institute education and increase student access to our programs of study. As of June 2013, the Opportunity Scholarship was being offered to students at all of the ITT Technical Institute campuses. We believe that the Opportunity Scholarship has and will continue to reduce our students’ need and use of private education loans, as well as decrease the internal student financing that we provide to our students. As an institutional scholarship, our revenue is reduced by the amount of the Opportunity Scholarship awarded. In addition, no cash payments are received and students will not be obligated to make payments to us of the amounts awarded under the Opportunity Scholarship. We believe that the amounts receivable from students to us have decreased, and will continue to decrease in future periods, as more students utilize the Opportunity Scholarship, instead of internal student financing.

Our revenue decreased in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the same period in the prior year, partially as a result of the increase in institutional scholarships and awards provided to our students. As a result of the increase in institutional scholarships and awards, our revenue decreased $50.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2013. The increase in institutional scholarships and awards in the three months ended March 31, 2014 was primarily due to the introduction of the Opportunity Scholarship at the vast majority of the ITT Technical Institute campuses in the academic quarter that began in March 2013 and the expanded availability and increased utilization of the Opportunity Scholarship since its introduction.

We believe that the amount of institutional scholarships that we expect to award in 2014 and, to a lesser extent, other factors will have the effect of reducing our Core Operations revenue per student in 2014 compared to 2013.

In 2013 and 2012 we increased the amount of internal student financing that we provided to our students. The internal student financing that we provide to our students consists of non-interest bearing, unsecured credit extended to our students and is included in Accounts receivable, net on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of March 31, 2014, our accounts receivable less allowance for doubtful accounts decreased $28.9 million, or 27.2%, to $77.4 million compared to $106.3 million as of March 31, 2013, primarily due to:

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a decrease in internal student financing caused by an increase in the utilization of the Opportunity Scholarship by our students; and

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a decrease in total student enrollment.

The internal student financing provided to a student is generally due and payable by the student at the end of the student’s academic year (which is generally nine months) or enrollment, whichever occurs first. Both the delay in our receipt of internal student financing payments compared to our receipt of private education loan proceeds and the increased amount of internal student financing that we provide to our students have negatively impacted our liquidity and cash flows from operating activities. The increased amount of internal student financing that we have provided to our students has also exposed us to greater credit risk. In addition, we have the risk of collection with respect to our internal student financing which resulted in an increase in our bad debt expense as a percentage of revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2014 to 7.0% compared to 5.4% in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The 4.3-day decrease in our days sales outstanding to 29.3 days at March 31, 2014 compared to 33.6 days at March 31, 2013 was primarily attributable to the decrease in internal student financing caused by an increase in the utilization of the Opportunity Scholarship by our students.

We plan to continue offering the Opportunity Scholarship and other scholarships, which we believe will reduce the amount of internal student financing that we provide to our students. The increased use of institutional scholarships and awards by our students and any additional internal student financing provided to our students could result in a continuation of the adverse factors that are described above, including a material adverse effect on our financial condition and cash flows.

Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth our specified contractual obligations as of March 31, 2014:


	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		More than 5 Years
	(In thousands)
Operating lease obligations	$	157,063	$	42,676	$	66,391	$	35,655	$	12,341
Debt under Amended Credit Agreement^(a)		52,682		52,682		0		0		0
PEAKS Trust senior debt ^(b)		250,448		143,165		25,031		24,758		57,494
Claims and contingencies-2009 RSA^(c)		129,290		10,731		31,104		87,455		0

Total	$	589,483	$	249,254	$	122,526	$	147,868	$	69,835

(a)

The Debt under Amended Credit Agreement represents the borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement and assumes that the $50.0 million outstanding balance under the Amended Credit Agreement as of March 31, 2014 will be outstanding at all times through the date of maturity. The amounts shown include the principal payments that will be due upon maturity as well as interest payments and commitment fees. Interest payments and commitment fees have been calculated based on their scheduled payment dates using the interest rate charged on our borrowings and the rate charged on unutilized commitments as of March 31, 2014.

(b)

The PEAKS Trust Senior Debt represents the PEAKS Senior Debt issued by the PEAKS Trust. Beginning on February 28, 2013, the PEAKS Trust was consolidated in our consolidated financial statements, and the PEAKS Senior Debt was included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013. There is no separate liability recorded on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013 for the PEAKS Guarantee, because this liability was eliminated upon the Consolidation. We do, however, have significant payment obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee, as further discussed under “— Private Education Loan Program Obligations.” See also Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities and Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information on the PEAKS Guarantee and the Consolidation. The assets of the PEAKS Trust serve as collateral for, and are intended to be the principal source of, the repayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt. There are no scheduled principal repayment requirements for the PEAKS Senior Debt prior to the January 2020 maturity date. The amounts shown in the above table represent our estimate of the total PEAKS Senior Debt interest and principal payments that may be made by the PEAKS Trust in the periods indicated. We estimated the interest due on the PEAKS Senior Debt in each of the periods based on our estimate of the outstanding balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt during those periods. Interest payments have been calculated using the interest rate charged on the PEAKS Senior Debt as of March 31, 2014. We estimated the amount of PEAKS Senior Debt principal payments in each of the periods based on an estimate of the excess cash flows generated by the PEAKS Trust. Cash flows generated by the PEAKS Trust in any month that exceed the amounts needed to pay various administrative fees and expenses and the interest due on the PEAKS Senior Debt for the month must be applied to reduce the outstanding balance on the PEAKS Senior Debt. We also considered whether any payments would be required to be made under the PEAKS Guarantee in order to maintain the required Asset/Liability Ratio. Payments made under the PEAKS Guarantee to maintain the required Asset/Liability Ratio reduce the amount of the outstanding PEAKS Senior Debt and have been included as principal payments in the above table. In order to estimate the PEAKS Senior Debt interest and principal payments shown above, we made certain assumptions regarding the timing and amount of the cash flows generated by the PEAKS Trust. The cash flows of the PEAKS Trust are dependent on the performance of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans and, therefore, are subject to change. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities, Note 8 – Debt and Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the PEAKS Senior Debt and PEAKS Guarantee.

(c)

The $129.3 million in the Claims and contingencies-2009 RSA line item represents our estimate of the amounts that we believe will be owed by us in the periods indicated related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA. These estimated amounts were included in the calculation of the amount to record as contingent liabilities, as were estimated collections from charged-off loans. Our contingent liability for the 2009 RSA includes the total estimated payments and estimated recoveries, net of a $8.7 million discount representing the time value of money, and was included in Other current liabilities and Other liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014. The amounts shown in the table have not been reduced by amounts from the recovery of charged-off loans under the 2009 Loan Program, which can be used to offset amounts owed by us under the 2009 RSA and which we estimate could be approximately $4.7 million and paid to us over the seven-year period following March 31, 2014. See Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for additional information on the 2009 RSA. The estimated timing and amounts shown in the above table were based on various assumptions and, therefore, are subject to change.

The table above does not reflect unrecognized tax benefits of $22.2 million and accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits of $6.6 million, because we cannot reasonably predict the timing of the resolution of the related tax positions.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2014, we leased our non-owned facilities under operating lease agreements. A majority of the operating leases contain renewal options that can be exercised after the initial lease term. Renewal options are generally for periods of one to five years. All operating leases will expire over the next 10 years and management believes that:

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those leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases in the normal course of business;

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we may purchase the facilities represented by those leases; or

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we may purchase or build other replacement facilities.

There are no material restrictions imposed by the lease agreements, and we have not entered into any significant guarantees related to the leases. We are required to make additional payments under the terms of certain operating leases for taxes, insurance and other operating expenses incurred during the operating lease period.

As part of our normal course of operations, one of our insurers issues surety bonds for us that are required by various education authorities that regulate us. We are obligated to reimburse our insurer for any of those surety bonds that are paid by the insurer. As of March 31, 2014, the total face amount of those surety bonds was approximately $20.5 million. As of March 31, 2014, we also had caused approximately $2.2 million of letters of credit to be issued to our workers’ compensation insurers.

We caused the ED Letter of Credit in the amount of $79.7 million to be issued on October 31, 2014. We also caused a letter of credit in the amount of $0.1 million to be issued and submitted to one of our state regulatory agencies in September 2014. As of October 31, 2014, the amount of the outstanding letters of credit that we have caused to be issued was $82.1 million. See “— Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources – Financing,” for a further discussion of the ED Letter of Credit.

As of March 31, 2014, we concluded that we were not required to consolidate the 2009 Entity in our condensed consolidated financial statements. Based on preliminary loan performance data as of September 30, 2014 that we have received regarding the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, however, we believe that, as of September 30, 2014, the 2009 Loan Program Servicer may not have met the performance criteria specified in the 2009 Servicing Agreement. As a result, it appears likely that the 2009 Loan Program Servicer either has failed, or within the foreseeable future will fail, to meet the performance criteria in the 2009 Servicing Agreement. Once that occurs, following a cure period and assuming that no cure occurs, we will have the right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement. As a result of that right, we will be required to consolidate the 2009 Entity into our consolidated financial statements. We believe that our right to terminate the 2009 Servicing Agreement will become operative in late 2014 or early 2015. At this time, we are unable to quantify the impact of a consolidation of the 2009 Entity into our consolidated financial statements, but it could have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements. See “— Private Education Loan Program Obligations” and Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities and Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Private Education Loan Program Obligations

On January 20, 2010, we entered into the PEAKS Guarantee in connection with the PEAKS Program. We entered into the PEAKS Program to offer our students another source of private education loans that they could use to help pay their education costs owed to us and to supplement the limited amount of private education loans available to our students under other private education loan programs, including the 2009 Loan Program. Under the PEAKS Program, our students had access to a greater amount of private education loans, which resulted in a reduction in the amount of internal financing that we provided to our students in 2010 and 2011. No new private education loans were or will be originated under the PEAKS Program after July 2011, but immaterial amounts related to loans originated prior to that date were disbursed by the lender through March 2012.

Under the PEAKS Program, an unrelated lender originated private education loans to our eligible students and, subsequently, sold those loans to the PEAKS Trust. The PEAKS Trust issued the PEAKS Senior Debt to investors. The lender disbursed the proceeds of the private education loans to us for application to the students’ account balances with us that represented their unpaid education costs. We transferred a portion of the amount of each private education loan disbursed to us under the PEAKS Program to the PEAKS Trust in exchange for the Subordinated Note. The Subordinated Note does not bear interest, and principal is due on the Subordinated Note following:

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the repayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt;

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the repayment of fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust; and

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the reimbursement of the amounts of any payments made by us under the PEAKS Guarantee, other than Payments on Behalf of Borrowers.

The PEAKS Trust utilized the proceeds from the issuance of the PEAKS Senior Debt and the Subordinated Note to purchase the student loans from the lender. In the three months ended December 31, 2012, we determined that it was probable that we would not collect the amount of the Subordinated Note and, therefore, recorded an impairment charge for the total amount of the Subordinated Note.

Under the PEAKS Guarantee, we guarantee payment of the principal and interest owed on the PEAKS Senior Debt, the administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust and a minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio. The PEAKS Guarantee contains, among other things, representations and warranties and events of default that we believe are customary for guarantees of this type. In addition, under the PEAKS Program, some or all of the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt could require us to purchase their PEAKS Senior Debt, if the law is changed to reduce the maximum allowable percentage of our annual revenue derived from Title IV Program funds from 90% to 75% or less. At this time, we believe that the likelihood of such a change in the law is remote.

Our guarantee and purchase obligations under the PEAKS Program remain in effect until the PEAKS Senior Debt and the PEAKS Trust’s fees and expenses are paid in full. At such time, we will be entitled to repayment of the amount of any payments we made under the PEAKS Guarantee (which do not include Payments on Behalf of Borrowers) to the extent that funds remain in the PEAKS Trust.

We concluded that we were required to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements beginning on February 28, 2013. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Consolidation. As a result, the assets and liabilities of the PEAKS Trust were included on, and all intercompany transactions were eliminated from, our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013. While we no longer record a contingent liability for the PEAKS Guarantee on our consolidated balance sheet beginning on February 28, 2013, our obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee remain in effect.

The amount of future payments that we could be required to make under the PEAKS Guarantee will be affected by:

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the repayment performance of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans, the proceeds from which will be used to repay the PEAKS Senior Debt and to pay the fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust, and the performance of which also affects the Asset/Liability Ratio;

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the fact that those loans will consist of a large number of loans of individually immaterial amounts;

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the fact that the interest rate on the PEAKS Senior Debt is a variable rate based on the LIBOR plus a margin; and

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the amount of fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust, much of which is based on the principal balance of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans.

Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012 and continuing through the first quarter of 2014, we made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers in connection with the PEAKS Program. We made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers to avoid defaults by those borrowers on their PEAKS Trust Student Loans, which defaults would have triggered much larger contractually required payments by us under the PEAKS Guarantee. We made Payments on Behalf of Borrowers after assessing:

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the likelihood of us being contractually required to make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee in the near future;

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the effect on our liquidity that would result from making payments under the PEAKS Guarantee compared to making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers;

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the fact that we will not be able to recover Payments on Behalf of Borrowers from the PEAKS Trust or the student borrowers on whose behalf we made those payments.

Payments on Behalf of Borrowers assisted in:

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maintaining the required Asset/Liability Ratio; and

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satisfying the following month’s required payment of interest on the PEAKS Senior Debt and administrative fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust.

In March 2014, we entered into the Letter Agreement in order to resolve differing interpretations of the permissibility of the Payments on Behalf of Borrowers under the PEAKS Program documents. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the trustee agreed to waive, and the holders of the PEAKS Senior Debt consented to the waiver of, any:

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breach of the PEAKS Program documents caused by us making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers, including any failure to make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee as a result thereof; and

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event of default under the PEAKS Program documents that may have arisen or resulted by us making Payments on Behalf of Borrowers.

In the Letter Agreement, we agreed, after the date of the Letter Agreement, not to make any further payments of any kind on behalf of any borrower in respect of a private education loan made under the PEAKS Program. In accordance with the terms of the Letter Agreement, we paid $40.0 million on March 20, 2014, which is considered to be a payment under the PEAKS Guarantee and was applied primarily to make a mandatory prepayment of the PEAKS Senior Debt.

We believe that it is probable that we will make payments under the PEAKS Guarantee and estimate that those payments may be approximately $163.2 million in 2014, $9.8 million in 2015 and $46.7 million in 2020. The vast majority of these payments are expected to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt, which would result in an outstanding principal balance of the PEAKS Senior Debt of approximately $94.4 million as of December 31, 2014 and $0.0 million as of January 31, 2020. See Note 8 – Debt and Note 11 –Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Asset/Liability Ratio. After the PEAKS Senior Debt matures in January 2020, the PEAKS Trust will continue to collect on PEAKS Trust Student Loans that remain in repayment and collect recoveries on PEAKS Trust Student Loans that have been charged off. The only obligation of the PEAKS Trust, at that time, will be the payment of the fees and expenses of the PEAKS Trust. As a result, we believe that, after that time, we may recover from the PEAKS Trust, in the aggregate, approximately $47.9 million of the amount that we have paid or will pay under the PEAKS Guarantee. See below for information regarding the assumptions on which those estimates are based. Included in the estimated amount to be paid in 2014 are:

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the $40.0 million payment we made in March 2014 pursuant to the Letter Agreement, which is considered to be a payment under the PEAKS Guarantee;

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the payments totaling $51.7 million that we made from in July 2014 through September 2014 to satisfy our obligation under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to the increased minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio in prior periods; and

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the $50.0 million payment we made in October 2014 to satisfy our obligation under the PEAKS Guarantee with respect to the increased minimum required Asset/Liability Ratio in prior periods.

On February 20, 2009, we entered into the 2009 RSA in connection with the 2009 Loan Program. Under the 2009 RSA, we guarantee the repayment of the principal amount (including capitalized origination fees) and accrued interest payable on any private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that are charged off above a certain percentage of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, based on the annual dollar volume. The total initial principal amount of private education loans that the 2009 Entity purchased under the 2009 Loan Program was approximately $141.0 million. No new private education loans were or will be originated under the 2009 Loan Program after December 31, 2011, but immaterial amounts related to loans originated prior to that date were disbursed by the lender through June 2012. Our obligations under the 2009 RSA will remain in effect, until all private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program are paid in full or charged off. The standard repayment term for a private education loan made under the 2009 Loan Program is ten years, with repayment generally beginning six months after a student graduates or three months after a student withdraws or is terminated from his or her program of study.

In addition, beginning in the second quarter of 2009, we made advances to the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note. We made the advances, which bear interest, so that the 2009 Entity could use those funds primarily to provide additional funding to the 2009 Entity to purchase additional private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program. The Revolving Note bears interest at a rate based on the prime rate plus an applicable margin. Certain of the assets of the 2009 Entity serve as collateral for the Revolving Note. The Revolving Note is subject to customary terms and conditions and is currently due and payable in full. The period of time during which we could have made additional advances under the Revolving Note ended on January 1, 2014.

Under the 2009 RSA, we have the right to elect to make Discharge Payments with respect to private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that have been charged off. The effect of making a Discharge Payment related to a private education loan is to reduce the aggregate amount that we may have to pay under our guarantee obligations with respect to that loan. Making Discharge Payments may result in us paying amounts to the 2009 Entity in advance of when a guarantee payment would be due, which would negatively impact our liquidity in a particular period, but may result in us paying a lesser amount than we otherwise would have been required to pay under our guarantee obligations in future periods under the 2009 RSA. See Note 6 – Variable Interest Entities of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the Discharge Payments.

We believe that it is probable that we will make additional payments under the 2009 RSA. We are entitled to all amounts that the 2009 Entity recovers from loans in a particular loan pool made under the 2009 Loan Program that have been charged off, until all payments that we made under the 2009 RSA with respect to that loan pool have been repaid to us by the 2009 Entity. Pursuant to the 2009 RSA, we have the right to offset amounts that we owe under the 2009 RSA by the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that are owed, but have not been paid, to us. The following table sets forth, in the periods indicated, our projections as of March 31, 2014 of the estimated amounts of Regular Payments and Discharge Payments that we expected to pay (or that we expected will be owed by us, which amounts could be reduced prior to payment thereof by the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans owed to us as described in the immediately preceding sentence) and the estimated amounts of recoveries from charged-off loans that we expected to be paid to us by the 2009 Entity (or that we may utilize to offset a portion of the amounts of Regular Payments or Discharge Payments owed by us):


Year	Estimated Regular Payments		Estimated Discharge Payments			Estimated Total Payments		Estimated Recoveries
	(In Thousands)
2014⁽¹⁾	$	7,452	$	0	⁽²⁾	$	7,452	$	(791	)
2015		14,251		0			14,251		(1,200	)
2016		16,060		0			16,060		(1,200	)
2017		16,333		0			16,333		(1,200	)
2018 and later		0		75,194			75,194		(300	)

Total	$	54,096	$	75,194	⁽²⁾	$	129,290	$	(4,691	)

⁽¹⁾	Estimated payments and recoveries between April 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014.

⁽²⁾	The $2.6 million Discharge Payment that we made on November 12, 2014 pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA is not included, because the amounts in this table represent our projections as of March 31, 2014.

We believe that the vast majority of the $75.2 million of estimated payments projected to be paid after 2017 will be made by us in 2018. The estimated future payment amounts and timing related to the 2009 RSA assume, among other factors, that we do not make any Discharge Payments until 2018 and do make Discharge Payments to the fullest extent possible in 2018 and later years. If we do

not make the Discharge Payments as assumed in 2018 and later years, we estimate that we would make approximately $97.4 million of Regular Payments in 2018 through 2027. Of this amount, approximately $15.1 million to $16.4 million would be paid annually in each of 2018 through 2022, and approximately $16.6 million, in the aggregate, would be paid in 2023 through 2027.

The estimated amount and timing of future payments and recoveries with respect to the RSAs discussed above and elsewhere in this report are only estimates, are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to change. As with any estimate, as facts and circumstances change, the estimated amounts and timing could change. We made a number of assumptions in preparing the estimates, which assumptions may not be correct. The assumptions included, among other things, the following:

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the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the applicable private education loan program;

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the timing and rate at which those private education loans will be paid;

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the changes in the variable interest rates applicable to those private education loans and, with respect to the PEAKS Program, the PEAKS Senior Debt;

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the amounts and timing of collections in the future on those private education loans that have been charged off;

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the fees and expenses associated with servicing those private education loans; and

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our ability to utilize the available options for payment of our obligations under the 2009 RSA.

If we are required to pay amounts that exceed the amounts that we estimated could be due under the RSAs, we may not have cash and other sources of funds sufficient to make those payments. Failure to make required payments:

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would constitute a default under the applicable program documents;

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could, potentially, result in cross-defaults under the Amended Credit Agreement; and

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could have a material adverse effect on our compliance with the regulations of the ED, state education and professional licensing authorities, the accrediting commissions that accredit our institutions and other agencies that regulate us.

In addition, payments that we do make under the RSAs will reduce the cash we have available to use for other purposes. If we are required to pay material amounts under the RSAs, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Pursuant to the 2009 RSA, we are required to maintain collateral to secure our guarantee obligation in an amount equal to a percentage of the outstanding balance of the private education loans disbursed to our students under the 2009 Loan Program. As of March 31, 2014, December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2013, the total collateral maintained in a restricted bank account was approximately $8.6 million. This amount was included in Other assets on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of each of those dates. The 2009 RSA also requires that we comply with certain covenants, including that we maintain certain financial ratios which are measured on a quarterly basis and deliver compliance certificates on a quarterly basis setting forth the status of our compliance with those financial ratios. If we are not in compliance with those covenants at the end of each fiscal quarter, we are required to increase the amount of collateral maintained in the restricted bank account to a predetermined amount, until the end of a succeeding quarter at which we are in compliance with those covenants. The predetermined amount is based on the percentage of the aggregate principal balance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program that exceeds a certain percentage as of the end of each fiscal quarter. We were in compliance with those covenants as of March 31, 2014 after giving effect to the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA.

As a consequence of the restatement of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013, certain quarterly compliance certificates that we were required to deliver to the 2009 Entity under the 2009 RSA were inaccurate. Those inaccuracies did not affect our compliance with the financial ratio covenants in the 2009 RSA as of March 31, 2013. We were not, however, in compliance with certain financial ratio covenants in the 2009 RSA as of June 30, 2013 or subsequent fiscal quarter measurement dates through June 30, 2014. Further, due to our failure to timely file our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014, we did not timely deliver the required compliance certificates under the 2009 RSA with respect to those periods. As a result of our noncompliance with certain financial ratio covenants as of June 30, 2013 and subsequent fiscal quarter measurement dates through June 30, 2014, the amount of collateral required to be maintained in the restricted bank account would have been increased by approximately $2.6 million. On November 6, 2014, we and the 2009 Entity entered into the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA. The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA provides that we are not required to comply with certain financial ratio covenants under the 2009 RSA that we otherwise would not have been in compliance with from June 30, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and that we do not expect to be in compliance with as of September 30, 2014 or December 31, 2014. The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA also provides that the failure to comply with those financial ratio covenants during those periods will not require an increase in the amount of collateral required to be maintained under the 2009 RSA. In lieu of such an increase in the required collateral, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA, we made a payment of $2.6 million to the 2009 Entity on November 12, 2014, which payment was considered a Discharge Payment under the 2009 RSA.

The following table sets forth the approximate aggregate amount of the guarantee payments, Discharge Payments and Payments on Behalf of Borrowers that we made related to the PEAKS Program and 2009 RSA and the amount of recoveries from charged-off loans paid to us by the 2009 Entity, in the periods indicated:


	Three Months
	Ended March 31,
Type of Payment (Receipt)	2014		2013
	(In Thousands)
Guarantee:
PEAKS Program	$	40,713	$	1,239	⁽¹⁾
2009 RSA Regular Payments		1,158		306
2009 RSA Discharge Payments		0		0
Payments on Behalf of Borrowers		1,832		1,855	⁽²⁾
2009 RSA-Recoveries from Charged-Off Loans		0		(103	)

Total	$	43,703	$	3,297

⁽¹⁾	Of this amount, $854 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

⁽²⁾	Of this amount, $532 was paid prior to the Consolidation.

In the three months ended March 31, 2014, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $0.2 million of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, the 2009 Entity did not remit to us $0.1 million of recoveries from charged-off loans that were owed to us. We recorded all of the amounts owed to us from the 2009 Entity for recoveries from charged-off loans in Prepaid expenses and other current assets on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013. In the three months ended March 31, 2013, we offset $0.5 million owed by us under the 2009 RSA against amounts owed to us by the 2009 Entity under the Revolving Note, instead of making additional Regular Payments in that amount. See below for a further discussion of the Offset. We recorded all of the amounts claimed as offsets in Other current liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013.

In the first quarter of 2013, we notified the 2009 Entity that:

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we had determined that the 2009 Entity was in default of its obligations to us under the 2009 Loan Agreement;

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as a result of that default, all amounts under the Revolving Note were immediately due and payable; and

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At that time, the outstanding amount of the Revolving Note due to us was approximately $8.2 million, representing principal and accrued interest. In response to our notification, the 2009 Entity:

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denied that it had defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement and, therefore, our ability to accelerate the payment of the Revolving Note; and

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refused our demand to immediately pay the Revolving Note in full.

We understand that the 2009 Entity’s position is that the Offset was improper, because:

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it has not defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement; and

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even if it had defaulted under the 2009 Loan Agreement, the assets of the 2009 Entity against which we could offset or exercise our other remedies, were limited.

We further understand the 2009 Entity’s position to be that, because the Offset was improper, we are in default under the 2009 RSA. In April 2013, the 2009 Entity notified us that it had taken control of the restricted account containing the Collateral. At that time, the amount of funds in that account was approximately $8.6 million. To our knowledge, the 2009 Entity has taken no further action related to the Collateral. We believe that our good faith exercise of our right of offset provided for in the 2009 Loan Agreement and

the 2009 RSA does not constitute an event of default under the 2009 RSA, and that the 2009 Entity’s seizure of control of the restricted account containing the Collateral constitutes an additional default by the 2009 Entity. We cannot assure you, however, that the Offset will ultimately be determined to have been proper. In the event of a default by us under the 2009 RSA related to the Offset, we may be required to pay to the 2009 Entity approximately $8.6 million, representing the amount of the Offset, net of approximately $0.8 million of recoveries from charged-off loans that are owed, but have not been paid, to us. If, instead, the 2009 Entity was to withdraw Collateral in that amount from the restricted bank account, we would be required to deposit that amount of cash in the account to maintain the required level of Collateral.

Under the 2007 RSA, we guaranteed the repayment of private education loans made by a lender to our students in 2007 and early 2008 that the lender charged off above a certain percentage of the total dollar volume of private education loans made under the 2007 RSA. The 2007 RSA was terminated effective February 22, 2008, and no private education loans have been or will be made under the 2007 RSA after that date. Based on information that we received from the lender, we believe that the total original principal amount of private education loans made under the 2007 RSA, net of amounts refunded under those loans, was approximately $180.0 million. We settled all of our guarantee obligations under the 2007 RSA through a payment of $46.0 million in January 2013.

At the end of each reporting period, we assess whether we should recognize a contingent liability related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA and, if so, in what amount. As with any assessment, as facts and circumstances change, the recorded liability could change, and has changed, significantly. In order to make this assessment, we made certain assumptions with respect to the performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program over the life of those loans. The life of a private education loan made under the 2009 Loan Program or PEAKS Program may be in excess of ten years, and those assumptions included, among other things:

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the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program;

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the timing and rate at which those private education loans will be paid;

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the changes in the variable interest rates applicable to those private education loans;

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the amounts and timing of collections in the future on those private education loans that have defaulted; and

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our ability to utilize the available options for payment of our obligations under the 2009 RSA.

We consulted with third-party consumer credit consulting firms in arriving at our assumptions. The assumptions have changed, and may continue to change, significantly over time as actual results become known. The principal factor that we review is the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program. In determining the estimated default rate used in the assumptions to establish our contingent liability for our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA, we considered the payment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program. As each portfolio of private education loans matures, additional data related to the performance of the loans and other information regarding the loans becomes available to us that we utilize to estimate the related contingent liability. In certain prior reporting periods, there have been disruptions in the servicing of a portion of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program, which we believe had a negative impact on the repayment performance of those private education loans. We cannot predict with any certainty whether other servicing disruptions will occur in the future. If additional servicing disruptions occur or other factors negatively impact the repayment performance of the private education loans made under the 2009 Loan Program in the future, the contingent liability associated with our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA would increase and we could be required to pay additional material amounts under those guarantee obligations, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

The recorded liability related to our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA was approximately $115.9 million as of March 31, 2014, compared to $116.9 million as of December 31, 2013 and $31.8 million as of March 31, 2013. The recorded liability for our guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA was included in Other current liabilities and Other liabilities on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 11 – Contingencies of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, for a further discussion of the recorded liability.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

In the normal course of our business, we are subject to fluctuations in interest rates that could impact the cost of our financing activities and guarantee obligations. Our primary interest rate risk exposure results from changes in short-term interest rates, the LIBOR and the U.S. prime rate.

Changes in the LIBOR would affect the borrowing costs associated with the Amended Credit Agreement and the PEAKS Senior Debt. Changes in the U.S. prime rate would affect the interest cost of the PEAKS Trust Student Loans. We estimate that the market risk can best be measured by a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in the LIBOR or U.S. prime rate. If such a hypothetical increase in the LIBOR or U.S. prime rate were to occur, the effect on our results from operations and cash flows would not have been material for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (“DCP”) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act is: (a) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and (b) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating our DCP, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and implemented, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

At the time that our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 was filed on October 16, 2014, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our DCP were not effective at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2013, because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”), as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act, described below. We have also conducted an evaluation pursuant to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act of the effectiveness of our DCP as of March 31, 2014. This evaluation was conducted under the supervision (and with the participation) of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, because the previously identified material weaknesses in our ICFR had not been fully remediated as of March 31, 2014, our DCP were not effective as of March 31, 2014.

Notwithstanding the material weaknesses described below, our management concluded, based on work performed during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 and during the restatement and revision process completed for our 2013 fiscal year, that our condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods covered by and included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are fairly stated in all material respects in accordance with GAAP for each of the periods presented in this report.

Material Weaknesses in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, our management concluded that we did not maintain effective ICFR as of December 31, 2013, because of material weaknesses in our ICFR. Specifically, we did not maintain effective controls related to:

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the assessment of events that could affect the determination of whether we are the primary beneficiary of VIEs in which we hold a variable interest;

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the assessment of the completeness and accuracy of the data maintained by the servicer of the private education loans that are owned by a VIE that we were required to consolidate;

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the review of assumptions and methodologies developed by third-party consultants to project guarantee obligations under the 2009 RSA; and

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the timely identification and communication of information relevant to the private education loan programs to those members of our management who are responsible for our financial reporting process.

Our management determined that these material weaknesses resulted in adjustments to multiple line items on our financial statements during the preparation of our annual consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and the restatement of our interim consolidated financial statements as of and for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2013, or could result in a material misstatement of our annual or interim consolidated financial statements that would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As a result, our management determined that each of these deficiencies constituted a material weakness in our ICFR as of December 31, 2013. See “Management’s Plan for Remediation” of the deficiencies, below.

Management’s Plan for Remediation

Our management and Board of Directors are committed to the remediation of the material weaknesses, as well as the continued improvement of our overall system of ICFR. We are in the process of implementing measures to remediate the underlying causes of the control deficiencies that gave rise to the material weaknesses, primarily through additional review procedures and engaging supplemental resources. We believe these measures will remediate the control deficiencies. We have not, however, completed all of the corrective processes, procedures and related evaluation or remediation that we believe are necessary. Therefore, the material weaknesses have not been remediated as of the date of this report. As we continue to evaluate and work to remediate the control deficiencies that gave rise to the material weaknesses, we may determine that additional measures are required to address the control deficiencies.

We are committed to maintaining a strong internal control environment, and believe that these remediation actions will represent improvements in our ICFR when they are fully implemented. Certain remediation steps, however, have not been implemented or have not had sufficient time to be fully integrated in the operations of our ICFR. As a result, the identified material weaknesses will not be considered remediated, until controls have been designed and/or controls are in operation for a sufficient period of time for our management to conclude that the control environment is operating effectively. Additional remediation measures may be required, which may require additional implementation time. We will continue to assess the effectiveness of our remediation efforts in connection with our evaluation of our ICFR and DCP.

As we continue to evaluate and work to remediate the material weaknesses and enhance our ICFR and DCP, we may determine that we need to modify or otherwise adjust the remediation measures described above. As a result, we cannot assure you that our remediation efforts will be successful or that our ICFR or DCP will be effective as a result of those efforts.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our ICFR.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

We are subject to various claims and contingencies in the ordinary course of our business, including those related to litigation, government investigations, business transactions, employee-related matters and taxes, among others. We cannot assure you of the ultimate outcome of any litigation or investigations involving us. Any litigation alleging violations of education or consumer protection laws and/or regulations, misrepresentation, fraud or deceptive practices may also subject our affected campuses to additional regulatory scrutiny.

On December 22, 2008, we were served with a qui tam action in the Leveski Litigation that was filed on July 3, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana by a former employee (“relator”) on behalf of herself and the federal government under the following caption: United States of America ex rel. Debra Leveski v. ITT Educational Services, Inc. We were served with the Leveski Litigation after the U.S. Department of Justice declined to intervene in the litigation. On June 3, 2008, the relator filed an amended complaint in the Leveski Litigation. On September 23, 2009, the court dismissed the Leveski Litigation without prejudice and gave the relator an opportunity to replead her complaint. On October 8, 2009, the relator filed a second amended complaint. In the second amended complaint, the relator alleges that we violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., and the HEA by compensating our sales representatives and financial aid administrators with commissions, bonuses or other incentive payments based directly or indirectly on success in securing enrollments or federal financial aid. The relator alleges that all of our revenue derived from the federal student financial aid programs from July 3, 2001 through July 3, 2007 was generated as a result of our violating the HEA. The relator seeks various forms of recovery on behalf of herself and the federal government, including:

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treble the amount of unspecified funds paid to us for federal student grants;

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treble the amount of unspecified default payments, special allowance payments and interest received by lenders with respect to federal student loans received by our students;

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all civil penalties allowed by law; and

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attorney’s fees and costs.

On August 8, 2011, the district court granted our motion to dismiss all of the relator’s claims in the Leveski Litigation for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and issued a judgment for us. On February 16, 2012, the relator in the Leveski Litigation filed a Notice of Appeal with the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the final judgment entered by the district court dismissing all claims against us. On March 26, 2012, the district court in the Leveski Litigation awarded us approximately $0.4 million in sanctions against the relator’s attorneys for filing a frivolous lawsuit. Relator’s attorneys also appealed this award to the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals. On July 8, 2013, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s dismissal of the Leveski Litigation for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and the award of sanctions against relator’s attorneys. In addition, the 7^th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the Leveski Litigation back to the district court for further proceedings.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On March 11, 2013, a complaint in the Koetsch Litigation was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the following caption: William Koetsch, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. On April 17, 2013, a complaint in the MLAF Litigation was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the following caption: Massachusetts Laborers’ Annuity Fund, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. On July 25, 2013, the court consolidated the Koetsch Litigation and the MLAF Litigation into the Securities Litigation under the following caption: In re ITT Educational Services, Inc. Securities Litigation, and named the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Retirement Fund as the lead plaintiffs. On October 7, 2013, an amended complaint was filed in the Securities Litigation, and on January 15, 2014, a second amended complaint was filed in the Securities Litigation. The second amended complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by:

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our failure to properly account for the 2007 RSA, 2009 RSA and PEAKS Program;

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employing devices, schemes and artifices to defraud;

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making untrue statements of material facts, or omitting material facts necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

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making the above statements intentionally or with reckless disregard for the truth;

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engaging in acts, practices, and a course of business that operated as a fraud or deceit upon lead plaintiffs and others similarly situated in connection with their purchases of our common stock;

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causing our common stock to trade at artificially inflated prices and causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at inflated prices.

On September 30, 2014, a complaint in the Banes Litigation was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: David Banes, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by:

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misleading investors regarding the integrity of our financial reporting, including the reporting of the PEAKS Trust;

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knowingly or recklessly making materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business operations and prospects, including that:

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our financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and the PEAKS Program; and

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we lacked adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

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knowingly or recklessly engaging in acts, transactions, practices and courses of business that operated as a fraud or deceit upon the plaintiff and the purported class;

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employing devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock;

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deceiving the investing public, including the plaintiff and the purported class; and

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artificially inflating and maintaining the market price of our common stock and causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices.

On October 3, 2014, a complaint in the Tarapara Litigation was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: Babulal Tarapara, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by knowingly or recklessly making false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business, operations, prospects and financial results. In particular, the complaint alleges that:

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we failed to consolidate the PEAKS Trust in our consolidated financial statements;

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our consolidated financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and PEAKS Program;

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we improperly accounted for our guarantee obligations under the PEAKS Guarantee;

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our financial results were overstated;

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we lacked adequate internal and financial controls;

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our consolidated financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times;

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we artificially inflated and maintained the market price of our common stock, causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices;

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we deceived the investing public, including the plaintiff and the purported class; and

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we employed devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock.

The putative class period in this action is from February 26, 2013 through September 18, 2014. The plaintiff seeks, among other things:

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the designation of this action as a class action;

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an award of unspecified compensatory damages, including interest;

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an award of reasonable costs and expenses, including counsel fees and expert fees; and

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such other relief as the court deems proper.

All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On October 9, 2014, a complaint in the Jindal Litigation was filed against us and two of our current executive officers in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana under the caption: Kumud Jindal, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by knowingly or recklessly making false and/or misleading statements and failing to disclose material adverse facts about our business, operations, prospects and financial results. In particular, the complaint alleges that:

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our financial statements contained errors related to the accounting of the PEAKS Trust and PEAKS Program;

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we lacked adequate internal controls over financial reporting;

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our financial statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times;

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we engaged in acts, transactions, practices and courses of business which operated as a fraud and deceit upon the plaintiff and the purported class;

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we employed devices, schemes and artifices to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of our common stock; and

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we artificially inflated and maintained the market price of our common stock, causing the plaintiff and other putative class members to purchase our common stock at artificially inflated prices.

The putative class period in this action is from April 26, 2013 through September 19, 2014. The plaintiff seeks, among other things, the designation of this action as a class action, an award of unspecified damages, interest, attorneys’ fees, expert fees and other costs, and such other relief as the court deems proper. All of the defendants have defended, and intend to continue to defend, themselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On May 8, 2013, a complaint in the Wilfred Litigation was filed against two of our current executive officers and all but one of our current Directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the following caption: Sasha Wilfred, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant ITT Educational Services, Inc. v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. The complaint alleges, among other things, that from April 24, 2008 through February 25, 2013, the defendants violated state law, including breaching their fiduciary duties to us, grossly mismanaging us, wasting our corporate assets and being unjustly enriched, by:

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violating and breaching fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, reasonable inquiry, oversight, good faith and supervision;

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causing or allowing us to misrepresent material facts regarding our financial position and business prospects; and

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abandoning their responsibilities and duties with regard to prudently managing our businesses in a manner imposed upon them by law.

The complaint seeks:

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unspecified damages;

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restitution;

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disgorgement of all profits, benefits and other compensation obtained by the individual defendants;

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an order directing us to take all necessary actions to reform and improve our corporate governance and internal procedures; and

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costs and disbursements, including attorneys’, accountants’ and experts’ fees, costs and expenses.

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a final disposition of the Securities Litigation; or

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30 days after written notice terminating the stay has been provided by any of the parties in the Wilfred Litigation to all other parties.

On October 15, 2014, the plaintiff gave the requisite notice terminating the additional stay.

On May 27, 2014, a complaint in the Nottenkamper Litigation was filed against two of our current executive officers, all but one of our current Directors and one former Director in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware under the following caption: Janice Nottenkamper, Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant ITT Educational Services, Inc. v. Kevin M. Modany, et al. The complaint alleges, among other things, that from 2008 to May 27, 2014, the defendants engaged in illicit conduct, made false and misleading statements, concealed the truth and failed to disclose material information concerning:

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our exposure under guarantees entered into with third-party lenders to obtain financing for our students;

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increases in our bad debt expense caused by increases in student loan defaults;

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our reserves associated with our obligations under third-party private education loan programs and internal student financing;

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the unwillingness of third-party lenders to provide private education loans to our students; and

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our pushing students into high-cost private loans that were likely to default.

As a result of this conduct, the complaint alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to us, were unjustly enriched, abused their control of us and grossly mismanaged us by:

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violating and breaching fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, good faith, diligence and candor;

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causing or allowing us to misrepresent material facts regarding our financial position and business prospects; and

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abandoning and abdicating their responsibilities and duties with regard to prudently managing our businesses in a manner imposed upon them by law.

The complaint seeks:

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unspecified damages;

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restitution;

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disgorgement of all profits, benefits and other compensation obtained by the individual defendants;

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an order directing us to take all necessary actions to reform and improve our corporate governance and internal procedures; and

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costs and disbursements, including attorneys’, accountants’ and experts’ fees, costs and expenses.

Although the Wilfred Litigation and Nottenkamper Litigation are each brought nominally on behalf of us, we expect to incur defense costs and other expenses in connection with those actions.

On May 18, 2012, we received the Original CID from the CFPB. In September 2013, the CFPB withdrew the Original CID and we received the New CID. Both the Original CID and the New CID provided that the purpose of the CFPB’s investigation was, in part, “to determine whether for-profit post-secondary companies, student loan origination and servicing providers, or other unnamed persons have engaged or are engaging in unlawful acts or practices relating to the advertising, marketing, or origination of private student loans.” Both the Original CID and the New CID contained broad requests for oral testimony, production of documents and written reports related to private education loans made to our students, internal financing provided to our students and certain other aspects of our business. We provided documentation and other information to the CFPB, while preserving our rights to object to its inquiry.

On February 26, 2014, a complaint in the CFPB Litigation was filed against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. The complaint alleges, among other things, that we violated:

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Section 1036(a)(1) of the CFPA, 12 U.S.C., §5536(a)(1), which prohibits unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and practices, from July 21, 2011 through December 2011, by:

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taking unreasonable advantage of consumers’ inability to protect their interest in selecting or using private education loans; and

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taking unreasonable advantage of consumers’ reasonable reliance on us to act in the consumers’ interests; and

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On February 27, 2014, the New Mexico Attorney General filed a complaint in the New Mexico Litigation against us in the District Court of New Mexico under the following caption: State of New Mexico, ex rel. Gary K King, Attorney General v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. On April 4, 2014, we removed the New Mexico Litigation to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. In April 2014, the Attorney General filed a motion to remand the New Mexico Litigation to the District Court of New Mexico. The complaint alleges, among other things, that we engaged in a pattern and practice of exploiting New Mexico consumers by using deceptive, unfair, unconscionable and unlawful business practices in the marketing, sale, provision and financing of education goods and services in violation of New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act. In particular, the complaint contains allegations that:

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we misrepresented the terms of the financial aid available to students and the cost of our programs;

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we engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices;

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we failed to issue refunds; and

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our form enrollment agreement contained unenforceable and unconscionable provisions.

The complaint seeks:

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an order declaring portions of our enrollment agreement illusory, unconscionable and unenforceable;

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preliminary and permanent injunctive relief;

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disgorgement of unjust enrichment amounts;

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unspecified civil penalty amounts;

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restitution; and

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reasonable costs, including investigative costs.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the complaint.

On December 17, 2013, a complaint in the Gallien Litigation was filed against us in a purported class action in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles under the following caption: La Sondra Gallien, an individual, James Rayonez, an individual, Giovanni Chilin, an individual, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all persons similarly situated v. ITT Educational Services, Inc., et al. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on February 13, 2014. The amended complaint alleges, among other things, that under California law, we:

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failed to pay wages owed;

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failed to pay overtime compensation;

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failed to provide meal and rest periods;

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failed to provide itemized employee wage statements;

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engaged in unlawful business practices; and

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are liable for civil penalties under the California Private Attorney General Act.

The purported class includes recruiting representatives employed by us during the period of December 17, 2009 through December 17, 2013. The amended complaint seeks:

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compensatory damages, including lost wages and other losses;

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general damages;

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pay for missed meal and rest periods;

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restitution;

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liquidated damages;

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statutory penalties;

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interest;

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attorneys’ fees, cost and expenses;

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civil and statutory penalties;

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injunctive relief; and

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such other and further relief as the court may deem equitable and appropriate.

We have defended, and intend to continue to defend, ourselves vigorously against the allegations made in the amended complaint.

On October 30, 2012, we received a CID from the MAG. The MAG’s CID provides that the MAG is investigating allegations that we may have violated Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 93A, Section 2(a) by “engaging in unfair or deceptive practices in connection with marketing and advertising job placement and student outcomes, the recruitment of students, and the financing of education.” The MAG’s CID contains broad requests for production of documents related to our students in Massachusetts, including the financial aid available to those students, our recruitment of those students, the career services that we offer to those students, our marketing and advertising, the retention and graduation rates of those students and many other aspects of our business. We are cooperating with the MAG in its investigation, and we have provided documentation, communications and other information to the MAG in response to the CID. We believe that our acts and practices relating to our students in Massachusetts are lawful. There can be no assurance, however, that the ultimate outcome of the MAG investigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In January, February, April and May 2014, we received subpoenas and/or CIDs from the Attorneys General of Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington under the authority of each state’s consumer protection statutes. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has informed us that it will serve as the point of contact for the multistate group to respond to questions relating to the subpoenas and CIDs. The subpoenas and CIDs contain broad requests for information and the production of documents related to our students and practices, including marketing and advertising, recruitment, financial aid, academic advising, career services, admissions, programs, licensure exam pass rates, accreditation, student retention, graduation rates and job placement rates, as well as many other aspects of our business. We believe that several other companies in the proprietary postsecondary education sector have received similar subpoenas and CIDs. We are cooperating with the Attorneys General of the states involved. There can be no assurance, however, that the ultimate outcome of the state Attorneys General investigation will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and/or cash flows.

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agreements that we entered into with the 2009 Entity to create the 2009 Loan Program, including, without limitation, the 2009 RSA;

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agreements that we entered into to create the PEAKS Program;

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certain accounting-related documents associated with the 2009 Loan Program, the PEAKS Program and internal student financing; and

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our board of directors-related materials associated with the 2009 Loan Program, the PEAKS Program and internal student financing.

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involve a civil injunctive action, public administrative proceeding and/or cease-and-desist proceeding against us; and

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seek remedies that include an injunction, a cease-and-desist order and monetary relief, including civil monetary penalties.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties we describe in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 before deciding to invest in, or retain, shares of our common stock. Additional risks and uncertainties that we do not currently know about, we currently believe are immaterial or we have not predicted may also harm our business operations or adversely affect us. If any of these risks or uncertainties actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or stock price could be materially adversely affected. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

If the ED’s new gainful employment regulations withstand challenge, and if any of our programs of study fail to qualify as programs that lead to gainful employment in a recognized occupation under those regulations, students attending those programs of study will be unable to use Title IV Program funds to help pay their education costs.

On October 31, 2014, the ED issued final regulations that will become effective on July 1, 2015, specifying requirements related to programs of study that are intended to lead to gainful employment in a recognized occupation (the “New GE Rule”). Those requirements include two debt-to-earnings rates (“D/E Rates”) to be calculated every year, consisting of a debt-to-annual earnings (“aDTE”) rate and a debt-to-discretionary income (“dDTI”) rate.

The aDTE rate is calculated by comparing (i) the annual loan payment required on the median student loan debt incurred by students receiving Title IV Program funds who completed a particular program and (ii) the higher of the mean or median of those students’ annual earnings approximately two to four years after they graduate, to arrive at a percentage rate. The dDTI rate is calculated by comparing (i) the annual loan payment required on the median student loan debt incurred by students receiving Title IV Program funds who completed a particular program and (ii) the higher of the mean or median of those students’ discretionary income approximately two to four years after they graduate to arrive at a percentage rate. The ED receives the earnings data used to calculate the aDTE and dDTI rates from the Social Security Administration (“SSA”). Institutions do not have access to the SSA earnings information.

A program must achieve an aDTE rate at or below 8%, or a dDTI rate at or below 20%, to be considered “passing.” A program with an aDTE rate greater than 8% but less than or equal to 12%, or a dDTI rate greater than 20% but less than or equal to 30%, is considered “in the zone.” A program with an aDTE rate greater than 12% and a dDTI rate greater than 30%, is considered “failing.” A program will cease to be eligible for students to receive Title IV Program funds, if its aDTE rate and dDTI rate are failing in two out of any three consecutive award years or both of those rates are either failing or in the zone for four consecutive award years for which the ED calculates D/E Rates. An award year under the Title IV Programs begins on July 1^st and ends on June 30^th of the immediately succeeding calendar year.

If a program could become ineligible for students to use Title IV Program funds based on its D/E Rates for the next award year, which could occur based on the program’s D/E Rates for a single year, the institution must:

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deliver a warning to current and prospective students in that program at the prescribed time and by a prescribed method which, among other things, states that students may not be able to use Title IV Program funds to attend or continue to attend the program (“Warning”); and

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not enroll, register or enter into a financial commitment with a prospective student in the program, until three business days after (a) a Warning is provided to the prospective student or (b) a subsequent Warning is provided to the prospective student, if more than 30 days have passed since the Warning was first provided to the prospective student.

The New GE Rule also requires institutions to make additional public disclosures and report additional information to the ED with respect to each program that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation. We believe that the additional disclosure and reporting requirements will be administratively burdensome, will increase our compliance costs, and could cause fewer students to enroll in our programs of study.

If a program becomes ineligible for students to use Title IV Program funds, the institution cannot seek to reestablish the eligibility of that program, or establish the eligibility of a similar program, based on having a classification of instructional program (“CIP”) code that has the same first four digits as the CIP code of the ineligible program, until three years following the date on which the program became ineligible.

We cannot predict with any certainty which or how many of our programs of study may become ineligible or subject to a Warning under the New GE Rule. While we are evaluating the potential impact of the New GE Rule, we cannot predict what the impact will be on our operations. Compliance with the New GE Rule could reduce our enrollments, increase our cost of doing business and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

In response to the predecessor of the New GE Rule that was issued in 2011, we made significant changes to the programs of study that we offer. This prior rule also put downward pressure on our tuition prices, to help prevent students from incurring debt that exceeded the levels required for a program to remain eligible for students to receive Title IV Program funds. This, in turn, increased the percentage of our revenue that is derived from Title IV Programs, which could adversely impact our compliance with other ED regulations. We have also limited enrollment in certain programs of study and substantially increased our efforts to promote student loan repayment. These pressures and other factors are likely to continue under the New GE Rule. Any or all of these factors could reduce our enrollment and/or increase our cost of doing business, perhaps materially, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and stock price.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

In the three months ended March 31, 2014, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock. Our Board of Directors has authorized us to repurchase shares of our common stock in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act under the Repurchase Program. The shares that remained available for repurchase under the Repurchase Program were 7,771,025 as of March 31, 2014. Unless earlier terminated by our Board of Directors, the Repurchase Program will expire when we repurchase all shares authorized for repurchase thereunder.

Item 5.

Other Information.

On November 6, 2014, we and the 2009 Entity entered into the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA. The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA provides that we are not required to comply with certain financial ratio covenants under the 2009 RSA that we otherwise would not have been in compliance with from June 30, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and that we do not expect to be in compliance with from September 30, 2014 through December 31, 2014. The Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA also provides that the failure to comply with those financial ratio covenants during those periods will not require an increase in the amount of collateral required to be maintained under the 2009 RSA. In lieu of such an increase in the required collateral, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA, we made a payment of $2.6 million to the 2009 Entity on November 12, 2014, which payment was considered a Discharge Payment under the 2009 RSA. The above summary of the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Fourth Amendment to 2009 RSA, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and incorporated herein by reference.

We entered into the November Consent with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The November Consent provides that our internally prepared consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows, and the certificate of a financial officer as described in Section 5.01(c) of the Amended Credit Agreement, in each case, as of and for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014, required to be furnished by us, are required to be furnished by November 21, 2014, instead of November 15, 2014 (the date established by the October Consent).

On November 14, 2014, our Board of Directors designated Angela K. Knowlton as our principal accounting officer. Ms. Knowlton, age 52, has served as our Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer since March 2010. She served as our Vice President, Controller and Treasurer from February 2006 to March 2010. Prior to the designation of Ms. Knowlton as our principal accounting officer, Daniel M. Fitzpatrick, our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, served as both our principal financial officer and our principal accounting officer. Mr. Fitzpatrick continues to serve as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and as our principal financial officer.

Item 6.

Exhibits.

A list of exhibits required to be filed as part of this report is set forth in the Index to Exhibits, which immediately precedes the exhibits, and is incorporated herein by reference.

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.


	ITT Educational Services, Inc.

Date: November 14, 2014

	By:	/s/ Daniel M. Fitzpatrick
		Daniel M. Fitzpatrick
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
		(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.	Description

3.1	Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as Amended to Date (incorporated herein by reference from the same exhibit number to ITT/ESI’s 2005 second fiscal quarter report on Form 10-Q)

3.2	Restated By-Laws, as Amended to Date (incorporated herein by reference from the same exhibit number to ITT/ESI’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 22, 2011)

10.1	Letter Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2014, between ITT Educational Services, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as indenture trustee and collateral agent, and the holders of the senior debt signatory thereto (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to ITT/ESI’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2014)

10.2	First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2014, by and among ITT Educational Services, Inc., the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to ITT/ESI’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 4, 2014)

10.3	Form of Amendment to Certain Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements (incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.22 to ITT/ESI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013)

10.4	Fourth Amendment to Risk Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2014, by and between ITT Educational Services, Inc. and Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC

10.5	Consent to Credit Agreement, entered into as of October 15, 2014, by and among ITT Educational Services, Inc., the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent

31.1	Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

31.2	Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

32.1	Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

32.2	Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

101	The following materials from ITT Educational Services, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting language):

		(i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (v) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity; and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements