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FORM 4UNITED 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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Edelstein Charles B.

(Last)(First)(Middle)
4025 S. RIVERPOINT PKWY

(Street)
PHOENIXAZ85040

(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)
XDirector10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Co-Chief Executive Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/29/2009
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm 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)
CodeVAmount(A) or (D)Price
Class A Common Stock 10/29/2009 F  11,238 (1) D$ 58.15 70,225 (2) (3) D  
Class A Common Stock 10/29/2009 F  1,263 (1) D$ 58.15 68,962 (2) (3) 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 Security3. 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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
CodeV(A)(D)Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock withheld to satisfy the Reporting Person's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of restricted stock units and the issuance of the underlying shares of Class A common stock.
2. Includes (i) 4,800 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to restricted stock units (RSUs) granted October 31, 2008 and (ii) 42,728 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted October 31, 2008. 3,200 of the 4,800 shares underlying the October 31, 2008 RSUs will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through August 26, 2010, and the remaining 1,600 shares will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through August 26, 2011. (footnote continued below)
3. (continued from Note 2 above). 28,485 of the 42,728 shares underlying the October 31, 2008 RSUs will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through August 26, 2010 and the remaining 14,243 shares will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through August 26, 2011. All of the RSUs are subject to accelerated vesting upon certain changes in ownership or control of the Issuer.
by Joseph L. D'Amico for Charles B. Edelstein11/02/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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Power of Attorney style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the following executive officers of Apollo Group, Inc. (the “Company”): Joseph L. D’Amico, Brian L. Swartz, and P. Robert Moya, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an executive officer of the Company and/or a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, any and all Form 4, Form 5 and other reports required to be filed by the undersigned in accordance with Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 4, Form 5 or other required report and timely file such report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to this Power of Attorney, shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in his discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that no such attorney in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is hereby assuming, nor is the Company hereby assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 4, Form 5 or other reports with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 25th day of February, 2009.

/s/ Charles B. Edelstein
Signature

 

 


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