PITTSBURGH, Pa., Oct. 23, 2000 (PRIMEZONE) -- Education Management Corporation (Nasdaq:EDMC) plans to release its first quarter 2001 earnings on Tuesday, October 24, 2000 prior to the opening of U.S. financial markets. The Company will host a conference call on October 24, 2000 at 10:30 a.m. EDT to discuss its first quarter results.
A live webcast of the conference call will be broadcast on Education Management's web site, www.edumgt.com. To access the webcast, click on the live webcast link located on the home page. The webcast of the conference call also will be available for replay approximately one hour after the call.
EDMC is among the largest providers of proprietary post-secondary education in the United States, based on student enrollment and revenue. EDMC's 23 education institutions offer bachelor's and associate's degree programs and non-degree programs in the areas of design, media arts, culinary arts, fashion and paralegal studies. The Company has provided career-oriented education programs for over 35 years, and its Art Institutes (www.artinstitutes.edu ) have more than 100,000 graduates.
This press release may include information that could constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements may involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results encompassed within the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those matters disclosed in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.