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* Newton Frederick James (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) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SR VP, Chief HR Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/25/2011
	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	10/25/2011		S		4,194	D	$48.39(1)	27,134(2)(3)(4)	D

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 $48.34 to a high of $48.48. 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) 8,848 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to the RSUs granted July 6, 2011 award, (ii) 9,456 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted January 14, 2011, (iii) 5,028 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted July 6, 2010, and (iv) 3,802 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted March 25, 2009. The 8,848 shares underlying the July 6, 2011 RSUs will be issued when those units vest (subject to an initial performance-vesting requirement) in a series of four successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 31, 2012, July 6, 2013, July 6, 2014, and July 6, 2015 vesting dates. The 9,456 shares underlying the January 14, 2011 RSUs will be issued when those units vest in two equal successive installments over the Reporting Person's period of service with the Issuer through each of the September 15, 2012 and September 15, 2013 vesting dates. (footnote continued below)

3. (continued from footnote 2 above) The January 14, 2011 RSUs will vest in full on an accelerated basis upon an involuntary termination of the Reporting Person's service without cause. The 5,028 shares underlying the July 6, 2010 RSUs will be issued when those units vest (subject to an initial performance-vesting requirement) in four successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 31, 2011, July 6, 2012, July 6, 2013 and July 6, 2014 vesting dates. The 3,802 shares underlying the March 25, 2009 RSUs will be issued when those units vest in two successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the March 25, 2012, and March 25, 2013 vesting dates. All of the RSUs are subject to accelerated vesting upon certain changes in ownership or control of the Issuer (footnote continued below).

4. (continued from footnote 3 above) Does not include (i) 357 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to the performance share award made to the Reporting Person on Oct 5, 2011 (ii) 1,266 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to the performance share award made to the Reporting Person on July 6, 2011, and (iii) 1,776 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to the performance share award made to the Reporting Person on July 6, 2010. Those awards will not actually convert into any shares unless the applicable performance goals are attained at threshold level or above.

	By Brian L. Swartz for Frederick James Newton	10/27/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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