SEC FORM 4

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

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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^*

Newton Frederick James

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

4025 S. RIVERPOINT PKWY

(Street)

PHOENIX

85040

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
APOLLO EDUCATION 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)
07/17/2015

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Class A Common Stock	07/17/2015		S⁽¹⁾		1,250	D	$13.88	50,201⁽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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reported transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on October 23, 2014.

2. Includes (i) 22,068 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted August 12, 2014, (ii) 21,126 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted August 13, 2013, and (iii) 3,371 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted July 2, 2012. The 22,068 shares listed in (i) above 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, 2015, August 12, 2016, August 12, 2017, and August 12, 2018 vesting dates. (footnote continued below)

3. (continued from footnote 2 above) The 21,126 shares listed in (ii) above will be issued when those units vest in a series of three successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 13, 2015, August 13, 2016, and August 13, 2017 vesting dates. The August 12, 2014 and August 13, 2013 RSUs are also subject to accelerated vesting in the event the Reporting Person's employment terminates under certain specified circumstances during the service-vesting period. The 3,371 shares listed in (iii) above will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through the July 2, 2016 vesting date. All of the RSUs are subject to accelerated vesting upon certain changes in ownership or control of the Issuer.

4. Does not include 2,478 target shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to the performance share award made to the Reporting Person on July 2, 2012. The award will not actually convert into any shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock unless the applicable performance goals are attained at threshold level or above.

Remarks:

	By Gregory J. Iverson for Frederick James Newton	07/21/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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