-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UaownKm+cADkk3jet9Mkh1fEympF7TuvOtafe8IWbilMT5HlvUOJjX6B4PWOJBrd dTCH82xyOYG9Nxfy1k2TJQ== 0000950123-09-071795.txt : 20091218 0000950123-09-071795.hdr.sgml : 20091218 20091218114909 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-071795 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091218 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20091218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091218 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: APOLLO GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000929887 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-EDUCATIONAL SERVICES [8200] IRS NUMBER: 860419443 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25232 FILM NUMBER: 091249116 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4615 EAST ELWOOD ST CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85040 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029665394 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4615 E ELWOOD STREET CITY: PHOENIX STATE: AZ ZIP: 85040 8-K 1 p16523e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 18, 2009
Apollo Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Arizona   0-25232   86-0419443
         
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
4025 S. Riverpoint Parkway, Phoenix,
Arizona 		      85040
         
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (480) 966-5394
 
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 

 

Section 8 — Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.
     Dismissal of the False Claims Act lawsuit filed in 2003 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California against Apollo Group, Inc. subsidiary, University of Phoenix, Inc., entitled United States of America ex rel. Mary Hendow and Julie Albertson v. University of Phoenix.
     On December 17, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued its order dismissing the above lawsuit pursuant to the supplemental joint stipulation of dismissal filed by University of Phoenix and the two private plaintiffs on December 16, 2009. The dismissal follows a settlement agreement entered into by the parties effective December 11, 2009, which is described more fully in the Form 8-K filed by Apollo Group with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2009.
     The information in Item 8.01 of this Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  Apollo Group, Inc.
 		  
December 18, 2009  By:   /s/ Brian L. Swartz    
    Name:   Brian L. Swartz   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer 		  
 

 

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