SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 3, 2011 (October 28, 2011)

Education Management Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania	001-34466	25-1119571
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

210 Sixth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	15222
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip code)

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

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Education Management Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 28, 2011 (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the matters the shareholders voted on and the final voting results.

Item 1 – Election of Directors

Each of the following ten Directors, who were nominated to hold office for a term of one year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, were elected by the following votes:

Nominee	Votes For		Votes Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Todd S. Nelson		110,683,780		1,523,992		92.00
Mick J. Beekhuizen		110,642,011		1,565,761		91.96
Samuel C. Cowley		111,670,698		537,074		92.82
Adrian M. Jones		110,232,835		1,974,937		91.62
Jeffrey T. Leeds		110,227,945		1,979,827		91.62
John R. McKernan, Jr.		110,666,710		1,541,062		91.98
Leo F. Mullin		111,634,488		573,284		92.79
Paul J. Salem		110,293,859		1,913,913		91.67
Peter O. Wilde		110,262,963		1,944,809		91.65
Joseph R. Wright		111,670,206		537,566		92.82

Item 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 was ratified by the following votes:

Votes For	Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
112,884,469		25,521		1,491		0

Item 3 – Advisory vote on executive compensation

The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement pertaining to the Annual Meeting, were as follows:

Votes For	Votes Against		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
112,061,106		129,841		16,826		703,708

Item 4 – Advisory vote on the frequence of the advisory vote on executive compensation

The results of the non-binding avisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

Number of Votes
One Year	Two Years		Three Years		Abstentions		Broker Non-Votes
3,150,982		5,397		109,032,602		18,592		703,908

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By:	/s/ J. Devitt Kramer
Name: Title:	J. Devitt Kramer SVP, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: November 3, 2011