Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (BPI) CEO Andrew Clark on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Bridgepoint Education, Inc. (BPI) Q4 2018 Results Earnings Conference Call March 12, 2019 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Dori Abel - Vice President of Corporate Communications
Andrew Clark - Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Royal - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Chris Howe - Barrington
Kevin Estok - Piper Jaffray

Operator

Good afternoon and welcome to Bridgepoint Education's Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Ms. Dori Abel, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Bridgepoint Education. Please go ahead.

Dori Abel

Thank you, Jason, and good afternoon. Bridgepoint Education's full year and fourth quarter 2018 earnings release was issued earlier today and is posted on the Company's website at www.bridgepointeducation.com. Joining me on the call today are Andrew Clark, Chief Executive Officer; and Kevin Royal, Chief Financial Officer.

We would like to remind you that some of the statements we make today may be considered forward-looking, including statements regarding performance of our marketing strategy, new enrollments, retention, education partnerships and other programs and services, enrollment growth, our future receipt of regulatory approval of the planned separation and conversion of Ashford, our ability to close on the planned separation and conversion and its timing and impact, our ability to transition to being an education technology services provider, our ability to grow through acquisition, future revenue growth, financial and related guidance and commentary regarding fiscal year 2019 and later.

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Please note that these forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this presentation and we undertake no obligation to update these