<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-13-199248.txt : 20130503
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-199248
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130503
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130503
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130503

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CAREER EDUCATION CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001046568
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200]
		IRS NUMBER:				363932190
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23245
		FILM NUMBER:		13813075

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD
		CITY:			SCHAUMBURG
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60173
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8477813600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD
		CITY:			SCHAUMBURG
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60173
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting Material under &#167;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>Career Education Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Name of
Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of
Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P>
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filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Annual Meeting of Stockholders </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>May&nbsp;14, 2013 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Supplemental Information Regarding Proposals 1 and 2:
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Election of Directors </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>and </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Explanatory Note </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Commencing
on or about May&nbsp;4, 2013, Career Education Corporation (the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;our&#148;) sent the following communication to certain stockholders of the Company. </I></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Purpose of this Outreach </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At our
2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our stockholders will vote on Proposals 1 and 2 included in our proxy statement for our 2013 Annual Meeting (&#147;2013 Proxy Statement&#148;), which are the election of directors and a nonbinding stockholder
advisory vote to approve executive compensation paid by us to our named executive officers. Our Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of all of the nominees named in the 2013 Proxy Statement for election as directors and FOR the
approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation paid by us to our named executive officers, as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in the 2013 Proxy Statement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ISS Proxy Advisory Services (&#147;ISS&#148;) and Glass Lewis&nbsp;&amp; Co. (&#147;Glass Lewis&#148;), proxy advisory firms, have recommended that
stockholders vote against the election of Messrs. Devonshire, Gross, Jackson and Lally as directors pursuant to Proposal 1 and against Proposal 2. For the reasons set forth below and in our 2013 Proxy Statement, we strongly disagree with the
recommendation of ISS and Glass Lewis and respectfully request that you vote FOR all of the director nominees named in Proposal 1 and FOR the approval of Proposal 2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation Committee has structured the compensation program for our executive officers to reflect Company and the individual executive&#146;s
performance, align our executives&#146; interests with those of our long-term stockholders, motivate our executives to achieve our operational and strategic goals, and provide for upside and downside compensation potential based on our performance
against pre-defined objectives. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ISS and Glass Lewis express concern regarding a disconnect between executive pay and corporate performance. Please note, however, that:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation Committee considered the challenges facing the Company and expected performance results when determining its 2012 compensation program, leading the
Committee to, among other things, reduce the potential payments under our annual incentive program by 50% and reduce the long-term incentive award targets by 25% </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">While the Compensation Committee continued its focus on aligning pay and performance, in 2012 executive retention became an important objective, leading the Committee
to dedicate a higher portion of the annual equity grant to time-based awards </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total 2012 CEO compensation is below the median CEO pay within both the ISS selected peer group and the Company defined peer group, and 3-year weighted average
compensation for the CEO as well as the other named executive officers in the aggregate is below that for the Glass Lewis selected peer group </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Weighted average 1- and 3-year CEO compensation is within the range that ISS indicates there is pay and performance alignment </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As noted by ISS, 72% of our 2012 CEO equity pay was performance-based </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ISS and Glass Lewis express concern regarding Compensation Committee communication and/or responsiveness. Please note, however, that:
</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We increased the scope of our outreach process with stockholders, targeting our 20 largest institutional investors </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Compensation Committee reviewed stockholder and other stakeholder feedback along with the results of the 2012 &#147;Say-on-Pay&#148; vote in making subsequent
compensation decisions, including the design of 2013 compensation programs which align with our 2013 operating plan and three-year strategic plan and incorporate a long-term cash-based incentive award determined by relative Total Shareholder Return
(&#147;TSR&#148;) over a three-year performance period </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ISS notes that we disclose our metrics and goals for annual and long-term incentives, have a robust anti-hedging and pledging policy and have both a clawback policy and
stock ownership guidelines </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ISS expresses concern regarding our 2012 and 2013 CEO compensation arrangements. Please note, however, that: </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Steven Lesnik&#146;s role as president and Chief Executive Officer was of an interim nature and because of this he did not participate in our annual incentive award
program during his tenure </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As noted above, Mr.&nbsp;Lesnik&#146;s total 2012 CEO compensation is below the median CEO pay within both the ISS selected peer group and the Company defined peer
group </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The separation of a CEO, compensating an interim CEO and recruiting a new CEO often require non-recurring compensation arrangements </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors determined that it was in the best interests of the Company to retain Mr.&nbsp;Lesnik to facilitate a transition in connection with the
engagement of a new, external CEO candidate given his knowledge of the Company and our industry </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Due to the challenges facing the Company, it was important to structure compensation for a new external CEO to provide for both inducement and performance-based
compensation </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We believe the 2013 compensation arrangements entered into with Scott Steffey, the Company&#146;s current President and Chief Executive Officer, are a reasonable pay
package for inducing an external CEO candidate to join the Company </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The terms of our 2012 and 2013 CEO compensation arrangements were the result of arms length negotiations with the assistance of an outside compensation consulting firm,
and were approved by the Compensation Committee (which is comprised solely of independent directors) and by the full Board of Directors (a majority of which are independent) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Messrs. Devonshire, Gross, Jackson and Lally are the incumbent members of the Compensation Committee and the recommendation by ISS and Glass Lewis to
withhold votes from these director nominees is related to their recommendation to vote against Proposal 2. For the reasons identified above and in our 2013 Proxy Statement, we strongly disagree with this recommendation. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>


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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We urge you to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of the 2013 Proxy Statement, which
discusses how our executive compensation programs, policies and procedures implement our executive compensation philosophy. As disclosed in the 2013 Proxy Statement, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors and the full Board of
Directors believe that these policies and procedures are effective in implementing our executive compensation philosophy and in achieving the Company&#146;s goals. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Conclusion </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Your vote is important. In light of the foregoing, we strongly
recommend that you vote FOR all of the director nominees and FOR the approval, on an advisory basis, of the executive compensation paid by us to our named executive officers. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you for your ongoing support of Career Education Corporation. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>When the preceding communication was sent to certain stockholders via email, the following was included
at the beginning thereof: </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Georgeson is working with Career Education Corporation (ticker CECO), in advance of their annual shareholder
meeting on May&nbsp;14th. The company is providing supplemental information regarding proposals #1 and #2, election of directors and the advisory vote to approve executive compensation (see the direct link and text below from the SEC filing), and is
now reaching out to their top institutional investors in an effort to discuss these proposals on the ballot. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CECO&#146;s management team is
very interested in speaking with you directly about this issue. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please let me know when you are available for a call with CECO. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you in advance. </FONT></P>
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