Apollo Education Form 4 APOLLO EDUCATION / Frederick James Newton ownership change

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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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 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)
SVP, Chief HR Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/12/2016

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	08/12/2016		F(1)		2,050	D	$9.04	39,178(2)(3)(4)	D
Class A Common Stock	08/13/2016		F(1)		2,120	D	$9.04	37,058(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 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 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock withheld to satisfy the Issuer's tax withholding obligation upon the vesting of restricted stock units ("RSUs") and the issuance of the underlying shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock.

2. Includes (i) 11,034 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted August 12, 2014 and (ii) 7,042 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted August 13, 2013. The 11,034 shares listed in (i) above will be issued when those units vest in a series of two successive equal installments upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through each of the August 12, 2017 and August 12, 2018 vesting dates. (footnote continued below)

3. (continued from footnote 2 above) The 7,042 shares listed in (ii) above will be issued when those units vest upon the Reporting Person's continuation in service with the Issuer through the August 13, 2017 vesting date. All of the 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 or upon certain changes in ownership or control of the Issuer.

4. Also includes 7,042 shares of the Issuer's Class A common stock subject to RSUs granted August 13, 2013 which were issued when those units vested on August 13, 2016.

Remarks:

	By Gregory J. Iverson for Frederick James Newton	08/16/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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