Edgar Filing: CAREER EDUCATION CORP

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

MCCRAY RONALD D

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CAREER EDUCATION CORP [CECO]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Interim Pres. & CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION, 231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/06/2015

(Street)

SCHAUMBURG, IL 60173

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/06/2015		A		250,000 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	266,619 ⁽²⁾	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Cash Settled RSU

⁽³⁾

03/06/2015

11,324

⁽⁴⁾

03/14/2016

Common Stock

11,324

$ 0

11,324

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MCCRAY RONALD D CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION 231 N. MARTINGALE ROAD SCHAUMBURG, IL 60173	X		Interim Pres. & CEO

Signatures

By: Jeffrey D. Ayers For: Ronald D. McCray		03/11/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Restricted stock units granted pursuant to the Career Education Corporation 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, with each restricted stock unit representing a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. The restricted stock units shall vest on March 14, 2016 based on the level of achievement of an EBITDA performance measure and the number of restricted stock units eligible for vesting will be based on the length of Reporting Person's tenure as Interim President and CEO.
(2)	Includes 250,000 restricted stock units ("RSU") and 14,619 deferred stock units ("DSU") granted pursuant to the Career Education Corporation 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, with each RSU representing a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock and each DSU representing a contingent right to receive one share of Issuer's common stock upon Reporting Person's termination of service from the Issuer.
(3)	Each cash-settled RSU is the economic equivalent of one share of Issuer's common stock.
(4)	This grant of cash-settled RSUs was approved by the Compensation Committee of Issuer's Board of Directors on March 6, 2015. These cash-settled RSUs vest on March 14, 2016 based on the level of achievement of an EBITDA performance measure and the number of restricted stock units eligible for vesting will be based on the length of Reporting Person's tenure as Interim President and CEO.

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