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            <com:city>Greenwich</com:city>
            <com:stateOrCountry>CT</com:stateOrCountry>
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      <remarks>Line 3(c) represents the closing price on March 14, 2023.</remarks>
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        <noticeDate>03/15/2023</noticeDate>
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text: 144
  0001794034
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001286613
  LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP
  000-51371
  14 Sylvan Way, Suite A
  Parsippany
  NJ
  07054
  973-736-9340
  Junipter Investment Company, LLC
  10% Shareholder
  Common Stock
  Interactive Brokers LLC
  Two Pickwick Plaza
  Greenwich
  CT
  06830
  14000
  84140.00
  31512401
  03/14/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common Stock
  11/10/2021
  Open Market Purchase
  Open Market
  N
  14000
  11/12/2021
  Broker Payment
  Y
  Line 3(c) represents the closing price on March 14, 2023.
  03/15/2023
  /s/ John A. Bartholdson