-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, APBQeeGZIxD+P6byf1YGWM1RVymNQ+xvHvKtz4UT+T7Mj4v2LV5ct0D8dMc03NAr HgQGff8z75jrSxZ9nnuoAw== 0001104659-09-023785.txt : 20090529 0001104659-09-023785.hdr.sgml : 20090529 20090413134541 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-023785 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090413 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bridgepoint Education Inc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001305323 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 593551629 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13500 EVENING CREEK DR. #600 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92128 BUSINESS PHONE: 858-668-2586 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 13500 EVENING CREEK DR. #600 CITY: SAN DIEGO STATE: CA ZIP: 92128 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

April 13, 2009

 

 

Via EDGAR

 

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention:

Celeste M. Murphy, Legal Branch Chief

 

 

Scott Hodgdon, Staff Attorney

 

 

 

Re:

Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

 

 

Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-156408)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the undersigned, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as the representatives of the several underwriters (the “Representatives”) of the offering pursuant to the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”), hereby join in the request of Bridgepoint Education, Inc. that the effective time of the Registration Statement be accelerated so that the Registration Statement becomes effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 14, 2009 or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

In connection with this acceleration request and pursuant to Rule 460 under the Securities Act, the following information is provided with respect to the distribution to date of the preliminary prospectus included in the Registration Statement filed with the Commission on April 1, 2009:

 

 

To Whom Distributed

 

Number of Copies

 

Institutions/Brokers and Other

 

6,786

 


 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

 

 

 

 

 

by

/s/ Adam J. Nordin

 

 

 

 

Name: Adam J. Nordin

 

 

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

 

 

 

 

by

/s/ Joseph Heyer

 

 

 

 

Name: Joseph Heyer

 

 

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

[Acceleration Request]

 

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