SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* SPERLING JOHN G (Last) (First) (Middle) 4025 S. RIVERPOINT PKWY (Street) PHOENIX AZ 85040 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol APOLLO GROUP INC [ APOL ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Exec Chrmn of the Board
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/30/2009
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	07/30/2009		S		172,854	D	$69.6367(1)	12,348,137(2)(3)	D
Class A Common Stock	07/30/2009		S		27,146	D	$70.4316(4)	12,320,991(2)(3)	D
Class A Common Stock								1,578,036	I	Aurora Foundation(5)
Class A Common Stock								1,357,339	I	John Sperling 1994 Irrevocable Trust(6)
Class A Common Stock								585,974	I	John Sperling Revocable Trust(7)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the weighted average sale price per share. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $69.25 to a high of $70.24. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or any security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

2. Includes (i) 37,500 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to restricted stock units (RSUs) granted July 3, 2007, (ii) 10,251 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted October 31, 2008, and (iii) 31,852 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted July 2, 2009. The 37,500 shares underlying the July 3, 2007 RSUs will be issued when those units vest in three successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 31, 2009, August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2011 vesting dates. The 10,251 shares underlying the October 31, 2008 RSUs will be issued when those units vest (subject to an initial performance-vesting requirement) in three successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 31, 2009, August 31, 2010 and August 31, 2011 vesting dates. (footnote continued below)

3. (continued from Note 2 above). The 31,852 shares underlying the July 2, 2009 RSUs will be issued as those units vest (subject to an initial performance-vesting requirement) in four successive equal installments on each of the August 31, 2010, July 2, 2011, July 2, 2012 and July 2, 2013 vesting dates. All of the RSUs are subject to accelerated vesting upon certain changes in ownership or control of the Issuer.

4. Represents the weighted average sale price per share. The actual sale prices ranged from a low of $70.26 to a high of $70.68. The Reporting Person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or any security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

5. By self as trustee of the Aurora Foundation dated May 22, 1997.

6. By self as co-trustee and beneficiary of the John Sperling 1994 Irrevocable Trust dated April 27, 1994.

7. By self as trustee and beneficiary of the John Sperling Revocable Trust dated January 31, 1995.

	by Brian L. Swartz for John G. Sperling	07/31/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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