Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Certification Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

EX-99.01 12 dex9901.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Certification Pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Exhibit 99.01

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

In connection with the Annual Report of Education Management Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), on Form 10-K for the year ending June 30, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Robert B. Knutson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. § 1350), that to my knowledge:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.



		/S/ ROBERT B. KNUTSON
		Robert B. Knutson Chief Executive Officer September 27, 2002