Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   July 16, 2009

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 0-25283 33-0717312
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
6 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 400, Santa Ana, California   92707
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (714) 427-3000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 6, 2009, the United States District Court for the Central District of California preliminarily approved a settlement of Corinthian Colleges, Inc.’s (the "Company’s") previously-disclosed shareholder derivative litigation captioned Adolf, Derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Corinthian Colleges, Inc., v. David Moore, et al.; Gunkel, Derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant Corinthian Colleges, Inc., v. David Moore, et al.; Pfeiffer, derivatively on behalf of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., v. David Moore, et al.; and M. Alvin Edwards, III, derivatively on behalf of Corinthian Colleges, Inc., v. David Moore, et al.

A summary Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Derivative Actions is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and describes the material terms of the settlement. The settlement documentation in its entirety is available at the Company’s web site, under the Investor Relations heading, at the following web address:

http://investors.cci.edu/phoenix.zhtml?c=115380&p=irol-irhome.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibit is listed in the Exhibit Index set forth on the following page of this Current Report.





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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
          
July 16, 2009   By:   Stan A. Mortensen
       
        Name: Stan A. Mortensen
        Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99.1
  Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Derivative Actions