ITEM 8 INFORMATION

EXHIBIT 99.1

ITEM 8 INFORMATION

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board is a party to a Shareholders Agreement, dated as of October 7, 2009, by and among Education Management Corporation (the “Company”), funds associated with Providence Equity Partners, funds associated with The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc., funds associated with Leeds Equity Partners, funds associated with AlpInvest Partners N.V. and funds associated with Citigroup Private Equity LP and Xxxxxx Xxxxx Co-Investment Partnership, L.P., and General Electric Pension Trust (the “Shareholders Agreement” and all such shareholders, collectively, the “Shareholder Agreement Parties”).

The Shareholders Agreement provides that certain of the funds associates with Providence Equity Partners and certain of the funds associated with The Xxxxxxx Sachs Group, Inc. will each have the right to designate up to two of the Company’s directors and certain of the funds associated with Leeds Equity Partners will have the right to designate one of the Company’s directors.  Subject to certain exceptions, the Shareholders Agreement requires all Shareholder Agreement Parties to vote their shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”) for directors that are designated in accordance with the provisions of the Shareholders Agreement.  The Shareholders Agreement also contains certain provisions regarding transfer restrictions, drag-along rights and tag-along rights with respect the shares of Common Stock owned by the Shareholder Agreement Parties.

The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned collectively by funds associates with The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, Inc., funds associated with Providence Equity Partners and funds associated with Leeds Equity Partners (collectively, the “Significant Holders”), based on available information, is 105,018,466, which represents approximately 73.5% of the outstanding Common Stock and the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned collectively by the Significant Holders and other parties to the Shareholders Agreement, based on available information, is 117,792,522, which represents approximately 82.5% of the outstanding Common Stock.

The share ownership reported for Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board does not include any shares of Common Stock owned by the other Shareholder Agreement Parties, except to the extent disclosed in this Schedule 13G.  Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock owned by the other Shareholder Agreement Parties, except to the extent disclosed in this Schedule 13G.

See also, Item 4.