UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K/A


(Amendment No. 1)


(Mark One)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016


or


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


Commission File Number: 001-34272


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BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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Delaware(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)59-3551629(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)





8620 Spectrum Center Blvd.


San Diego, CA 92123


(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)





(858) 668-2586


(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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None


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


(Title of Each Class)(Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered)Common Stock $0.01 par valueNew York Stock Exchange





Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


None


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes  ☐    No ☒


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes  ☐    No ☒


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 ☐


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 ☐


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. Yes ☒    No ☐


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ☐Accelerated filer ☒Non-accelerated filer ☐(Do not check if asmaller reporting company)Smaller reporting company ☐Emerging growth company ☐


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ☐    No ☒


The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2016, the last business day of the registrant’s second fiscal quarter, was approximately $128.8 million, based on the closing price of the registrant’s common stock as reported on such date by the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of common stock held by officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded from the calculation of this amount because such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.


As of March 1, 2017, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, was 46,516,319, net of treasury shares.


Documents Incorporated by Reference


None.








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EXPLANATORY NOTE


Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Form 10-K/A”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2017 (the “Form 10-K”) solely to amend Exhibit 23.2, the Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“Exhibit 23.2”). The Company is amending the Form 10-K due to a typographical error in  Exhibit 23.2 included in the Form 10-K, which resulted in Exhibit 23.2 not conforming to the consent provided by the auditors. In connection with the filing of this Form 10-K/A and pursuant to the rules of the SEC, we are including with this Form 10-K/A certain new certifications by our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Accordingly, Part IV, Item 15 of the Form 10-K is being amended to reflect the filing of a new Exhibit 23.2 and the new certifications.


Other than with respect to the foregoing, this Form 10-K/A does not modify or update in any way the disclosures made in the Form 10-K, including the disclosures contained in Part I, Part II and Part III of the Form 10-K. This Form 10-K/A speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-K and does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to such original filing date.





PART IV





Item 15.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.


(a)(3)    Exhibits.


ExhibitDescription of Document23.2Consent of independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP31.1Certification of Andrew S. Clark, CEO and President, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.31.2Certification of Kevin Royal, Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.





SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.


BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION, INC./s/ ANDREW S. CLARKAndrew S. Clark(CEO and President)


Dated: June 6, 2017