Education Management Corporation announced that, due to his other business commitments, William R. Johnson did not intend to stand for re-election to the Company's Board of Directors at the Company's 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The timing of that meeting has been delayed due to the Company's ongoing debt restructuring. Accordingly, Mr. Johnson has informed the Company that he intends to resign from the Board of Directors effective as of November 1, 2014.