Earnings Per Share (Table)

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Earnings Per Share (Table) [Abstract]

Earnings per share

The components of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:

	Year Ended August 31,
($ in thousands)	2011		2010		2009
Net income attributable to Apollo (basic and diluted)	$	572,427	$	553,002	$	598,319
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	141,269		151,955		157,760
Dilutive effect of stock options	99		652		1,482
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units and performance share awards	382		299		272
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	141,750		152,906		159,514
Earnings per share:
Basic income per share attributable to Apollo	$	4.05	$	3.64	$	3.79
Diluted income per share attributable to Apollo	$	4.04	$	3.62	$	3.75