UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 10-Q
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(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended
February 28,
2011
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission File Number: 0-25232
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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ARIZONA
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86-0419443
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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4025 S. RIVERPOINT
PARKWAY, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85040
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(480) 966-5394
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed
since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any,
every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated
filer and smaller reporting company in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
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AS OF
March 17, 2011, THE FOLLOWING SHARES OF STOCK WERE
OUTSTANDING:
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Apollo Group Class A common stock, no par value
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141,128,000 Shares
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Apollo Group Class B common stock, no par value
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475,000 Shares
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-Q
INDEX
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Special
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q,
including Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
(MD&A), contains certain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements
other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking
statements. Such forward-looking statements include, among
others, those statements regarding future events and future
results of Apollo Group, Inc. (the Company,
Apollo Group, Apollo, APOL,
we, us or our) that are
based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts, and the
beliefs and assumptions of us and our management, and speak only
as of the date made and are not guarantees of future performance
or results. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be
identified by terminology such as may,
will, should, could,
believe, expect, anticipate,
estimate, plan, predict,
target, potential, continue,
objectives, or the negative of these terms or other
comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are
necessarily estimates based upon current information and involve
a number of risks and uncertainties. Such statements should be
viewed with caution. Actual events or results may differ
materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of a variety of factors. While it is
impossible to identify all such factors, factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated
by us include but are not limited to:
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changes in the regulation of the U.S. education
industry, including the regulatory and other requirements
discussed in Item 1, Business, of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended August 31, 2010, under
Accreditation and Jurisdictional Authorizations,
Financial Aid Programs, and Regulatory
Environment and in Part II, Item 1A, Risk
Factors, in this
Form 10-Q;
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the impact of our initiative to enhance the student
experience and outcomes, including the implementation of
University Orientation and changes in the manner in which we
evaluate and compensate our admissions personnel, as more fully
described in Part I, Item 2, Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, in this
Form 10-Q
and Item 1A, Risk Factors Risks Related to Our
Business Ongoing and contemplated changes to our
business may adversely affect our growth rate, profitability,
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, in
our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the
year ended August 31, 2010;
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each of the factors discussed in Item 1A, Risk Factors,
of our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the
year ended August 31, 2010 and Part II, Item 1A,
Risk Factors, in this Form
10-Q;
and
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those factors set forth in Item 7, Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended August 31, 2010 and Part I,
Item 2, Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in this
Form 10-Q.
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The cautionary statements referred to above also should be
considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral
forward-looking statements that may be issued by us or persons
acting on our behalf. We undertake no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements for any facts,
events, or circumstances after the date hereof that may bear
upon forward-looking statements. Furthermore, we cannot
guarantee future results, events, levels of activity,
performance, or achievements.
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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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Financial
Statements
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
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As of
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February 28,
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August 31,
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($ in thousands)
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2011
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2010
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ASSETS:
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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1,033,343
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$
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1,284,769
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Restricted cash and cash equivalents
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465,689
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444,132
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Accounts receivable, net
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217,800
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264,377
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Deferred tax assets, current portion
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150,830
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166,549
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Prepaid taxes
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38,702
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39,409
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Other current assets
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41,576
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38,031
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Assets held for sale from discontinued operations
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15,945
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Total current assets
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1,947,940
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2,253,212
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Property and equipment, net
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654,465
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619,537
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Long-term restricted cash and cash equivalents
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126,560
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126,615
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Marketable securities
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5,946
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15,174
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Goodwill
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131,285
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322,159
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Intangible assets, net
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125,894
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150,593
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Deferred tax assets, less current portion
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106,086
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99,071
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Other assets
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17,923
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15,090
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Total assets
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$
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3,116,099
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$
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3,601,451
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY:
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Current liabilities
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Short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
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$
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23,254
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$
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416,361
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Accounts payable
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79,300
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90,830
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Accrued liabilities
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388,193
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375,461
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Student deposits
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496,922
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493,245
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Deferred revenue
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317,278
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359,724
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Other current liabilities
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51,323
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53,416
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Liabilities held for sale from discontinued operations
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4,474
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Total current liabilities
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1,356,270
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1,793,511
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Long-term debt
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167,708
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168,039
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Deferred tax liabilities
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32,621
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38,875
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Other long-term liabilities
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237,060
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212,286
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Total liabilities
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1,793,659
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2,212,711
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
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Shareholders equity
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Preferred stock, no par value
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Apollo Group Class A nonvoting common stock, no par value
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103
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103
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Apollo Group Class B voting common stock, no par value
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1
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Additional paid-in capital
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69,646
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46,865
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Apollo Group Class A treasury stock, at cost
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(2,647,563
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(2,407,788
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Retained earnings
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3,919,420
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3,748,045
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(26,607
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(31,176
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Total Apollo shareholders equity
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1,315,000
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1,356,050
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Noncontrolling interests
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7,440
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32,690
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Total equity
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1,322,440
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1,388,740
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity
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$
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3,116,099
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$
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3,601,451
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
4
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended February 28,
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Six Months Ended February 28,
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(In thousands, except per share data)
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2011
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2010
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2011
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2010
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Net revenue
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$
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1,048,629
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$
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1,070,336
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$
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2,375,064
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$
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2,328,995
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Costs and expenses:
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Instructional and student advisory
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421,644
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415,458
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877,456
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846,133
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Marketing
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157,215
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141,308
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323,358
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292,925
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Admissions advisory
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102,283
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118,152
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216,035
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233,423
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General and administrative
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84,344
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68,800
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169,218
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139,459
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Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
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45,540
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73,884
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102,449
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136,582
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Depreciation and amortization
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39,142
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35,244
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76,244
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69,924
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Goodwill and other intangibles impairment
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219,927
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219,927
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Estimated litigation loss
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1,574
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44,500
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2,455
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44,500
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Restructuring
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3,846
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Total costs and expenses
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1,071,669
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897,346
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1,990,988
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1,762,946
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Operating (loss) income
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(23,040
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172,990
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384,076
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566,049
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Interest income
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785
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525
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1,768
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1,457
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Interest expense
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(1,654
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(3,220
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(3,824
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(6,128
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Other, net
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313
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(79
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259
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(749
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(Loss) income from continuing operations before income
taxes
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(23,596
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170,216
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382,279
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560,629
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Provision for income taxes
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(76,052
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(69,064
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(245,631
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(219,045
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(Loss) income from continuing operations
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(99,648
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101,152
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136,648
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341,584
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
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2,575
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(10,638
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1,947
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(10,938
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Net (loss) income
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(97,073
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90,514
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138,595
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330,646
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Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
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33,035
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2,092
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32,780
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2,102
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Net (loss) income attributable to Apollo
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$
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(64,038
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$
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92,606
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$
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171,375
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$
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332,748
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Earnings (loss) per share Basic:
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Continuing operations attributable to Apollo
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$
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(0.47
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$
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0.67
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$
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1.17
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$
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2.22
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Discontinued operations attributable to Apollo
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0.02
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(0.07
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0.02
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(0.07
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Basic (loss) income per share attributable to Apollo
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$
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(0.45
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$
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0.60
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$
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1.19
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$
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2.15
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Earnings (loss) per share Diluted:
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Continuing operations attributable to Apollo
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$
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(0.47
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$
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0.67
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$
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1.17
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$
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2.21
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Discontinued operations attributable to Apollo
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0.02
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(0.07
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0.01
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(0.07
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Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to Apollo
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$
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(0.45
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$
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0.60
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$
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1.18
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$
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2.14
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Basic weighted average shares outstanding
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142,354
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154,119
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144,364
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154,473
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Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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142,354
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155,168
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144,658
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155,621
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
5
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended February 28,
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Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(97,073
|
)
|
|
$
|
90,514
|
|
|
$
|
138,595
|
|
|
$
|
330,646
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) (net of tax):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency translation gain (loss)
|
|
|
1,871
|
|
|
|
(23,666
|
)
|
|
|
4,761
|
|
|
|
(19,045
|
)
|
Change in fair value of auction-rate securities
|
|
|
463
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
463
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive (loss) income
|
|
|
(94,739
|
)
|
|
|
66,848
|
|
|
|
143,819
|
|
|
|
311,601
|
|
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling
interests
|
|
|
32,791
|
|
|
|
5,368
|
|
|
|
32,125
|
|
|
|
4,765
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Apollo
|
|
$
|
(61,948
|
)
|
|
$
|
72,216
|
|
|
$
|
175,944
|
|
|
$
|
316,366
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
6
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS
FROM CONTINUING AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
138,595
|
|
|
$
|
330,646
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
|
30,490
|
|
|
|
29,115
|
|
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
|
|
|
(569
|
)
|
|
|
(338
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
76,244
|
|
|
|
71,179
|
|
Amortization of lease incentives
|
|
|
(7,023
|
)
|
|
|
(6,518
|
)
|
Impairment on discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,400
|
|
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment
|
|
|
219,927
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred gain on sale-leasebacks
|
|
|
(822
|
)
|
|
|
(883
|
)
|
Non-cash foreign currency (gain) loss, net
|
|
|
(267
|
)
|
|
|
534
|
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
102,449
|
|
|
|
136,582
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
|
2,455
|
|
|
|
44,500
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
843
|
|
|
|
(19,675
|
)
|
Changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the impact of
disposition:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(32,443
|
)
|
|
|
(116,879
|
)
|
Prepaid taxes
|
|
|
(856
|
)
|
|
|
(2,241
|
)
|
Other assets
|
|
|
(9,399
|
)
|
|
|
(5,606
|
)
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
(6,210
|
)
|
|
|
(89,675
|
)
|
Student deposits
|
|
|
2,831
|
|
|
|
31,378
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
(53,403
|
)
|
|
|
18,443
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
21,305
|
|
|
|
4,902
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
484,147
|
|
|
|
434,864
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions to property and equipment
|
|
|
(81,422
|
)
|
|
|
(68,032
|
)
|
Maturities of marketable securities
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(21,502
|
)
|
|
|
(74,847
|
)
|
Proceeds from disposition
|
|
|
6,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(86,674
|
)
|
|
|
(142,879
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments on borrowings
|
|
|
(419,454
|
)
|
|
|
(423,850
|
)
|
Proceeds from borrowings
|
|
|
8,129
|
|
|
|
17,819
|
|
Issuance of Apollo Group Class A common stock
|
|
|
6,082
|
|
|
|
8,567
|
|
Apollo Group Class A common stock purchased for treasury
|
|
|
(252,003
|
)
|
|
|
(201,111
|
)
|
Noncontrolling interest contributions
|
|
|
6,875
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
|
|
|
569
|
|
|
|
338
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(649,802
|
)
|
|
|
(598,237
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
903
|
|
|
|
(1,150
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(251,426
|
)
|
|
|
(307,402
|
)
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
|
|
1,284,769
|
|
|
|
968,246
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$
|
1,033,343
|
|
|
$
|
660,844
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds
|
|
$
|
222,442
|
|
|
$
|
243,435
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
5,590
|
|
|
$
|
3,583
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing
activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued purchases of property and equipment
|
|
$
|
10,608
|
|
|
$
|
6,741
|
|
Credits received for tenant improvements
|
|
$
|
8,021
|
|
|
$
|
8,756
|
|
Restricted stock units vested and released
|
|
$
|
1,602
|
|
|
$
|
2,802
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed
consolidated financial statements.
7
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
Note 1.
|
Nature of
Operations
|
Apollo Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned and controlled
subsidiaries, collectively referred to in this report as
the Company, Apollo Group,
Apollo, APOL, we,
us or our, has been an education
provider for more than 35 years. We offer innovative and
distinctive educational programs and services both online and
on-campus at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral
levels through our wholly-owned subsidiaries:
|
|
|
|
|
The University of Phoenix, Inc. (University of
Phoenix);
|
|
|
|
Institute for Professional Development
(IPD); and
|
|
|
|
The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation
(CFFP).
|
In addition to these wholly-owned subsidiaries, we have an 85.6%
ownership interest in Apollo Global, Inc. (Apollo
Global), which pursues investments primarily in the
international education services industry, and which we
consolidate in our financial statements. Apollo Global operates
the following educational institutions:
|
|
|
|
|
BPP Holdings plc (BPP) in the United Kingdom;
|
|
|
|
Western International University, Inc. (Western
International University) in the U.S.;
|
|
|
|
Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación
(UNIACC) in Chile; and
|
|
|
|
Universidad Latinoamericana (ULA) in Mexico.
|
During the six months ended February 28, 2011, we completed
the sale of Insight Schools, Inc. (Insight Schools)
and initiated a plan to cease operations at Meritus University,
Inc. (Meritus). Refer to Note 5, Discontinued
Operations, and Note 17, Segment Reporting, respectively,
for further discussion.
|
|
Note 2.
|
Significant
Accounting Policies
|
Basis
of Presentation
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Apollo Group, Inc., its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, and subsidiaries that we control.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
and, in the opinion of management, contain all adjustments,
consisting of normal, recurring adjustments, necessary to fairly
present the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows for the periods presented.
Certain information and note disclosures normally included in
these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America
(GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to
Securities and Exchange Commission rules. We believe that the
disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented
not misleading. We consistently applied the accounting policies
described in Item 8,
Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data,
in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
October 21, 2010 in preparing these unaudited interim
condensed consolidated financial statements. For a discussion of
our critical accounting policies, please refer to our 2010
Annual Report on
Form 10-K
and Item 2,
Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
, included in
this filing.
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP
requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues
and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from these estimates.
8
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
statements and accompanying notes should be read in conjunction
with Item 2,
Managements Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
, included
in this filing and the audited consolidated financial statements
and notes thereto contained in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Our fiscal year is from September 1 to August 31. Unless
otherwise noted, references to particular years or quarters
refer to our fiscal years and the associated quarters of those
fiscal years.
Our operations are generally subject to seasonal trends. We
experience, and expect to continue to experience, fluctuations
in our results of operations, principally as a result of
seasonal variations in the level of University of Phoenix
enrollments. Although University of Phoenix enrolls students
throughout the year, its net revenue is generally lower in our
second fiscal quarter (December through February) than the other
quarters due to holiday breaks in December and January.
Because of the seasonal nature of our business, the results of
operations for the three and six months ended February 28,
2011 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected
for the entire fiscal year.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update
(ASU)
No. 2010-06,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820):
Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements
(ASU
2010-06).
ASU
2010-06
is an interpretation of the fair value guidance that we fully
adopted on September 1, 2009 and amends Accounting
Standards Codification (ASC) 820, Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) to add
new disclosure requirements for significant transfers in and out
of Level 1 and 2 measurements and to provide a gross
presentation of the activities within the Level 3
rollforward. ASU
2010-06
also
clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of
disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to
measure fair value. We adopted the disclosure requirements in
ASU
2010-06
on March 1, 2010, which did not have a material impact on
our fair value measurement disclosures. The requirement to
present the Level 3 rollforward on a gross basis is
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2010, and is effective for us on September 1, 2011. We do
not believe that the full adoption of ASU
2010-06,
with respect to the Level 3 rollforward, will have a
material impact on our fair value measurement disclosures.
|
|
Note 3.
|
Reclassifications
|
In executing our strategy, we have recently implemented and are
continuing to implement a number of important changes and
initiatives to transition our business to more effectively
support our students and improve their educational outcomes. One
of our most significant initiatives is to better align our
admissions personnel with our students success. Effective
September 1, 2010, we eliminated enrollment factors in
evaluating the performance and any related compensation
adjustments for our admissions personnel. This represents a
significant change as admissions personnel have been
transitioned to more of an advisory function for prospective
students during the admissions process, which includes potential
students that do not matriculate into one of our educational
programs.
Based on our business transition, we evaluated the presentation
of our operating expenses and determined that additional
disaggregation will provide more meaningful information and
increased transparency of our operations. The following details
the additional disaggregation and a description of the costs
included in our operating expense categories:
|
|
|
|
|
Instructional and student advisory
We
previously reported our provision for uncollectible accounts
receivable and a portion of our depreciation and amortization in
instructional costs and services on our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations. We have disaggregated and
are presenting separately our provision for uncollectible
accounts receivable and depreciation and amortization, which are
discussed
|
9
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
in more detail below. Effective during the first quarter of
fiscal year 2011, we have renamed the remaining costs
instructional and student advisory. This category
primarily consists of costs related to the delivery and
administration of our educational programs and include costs
related to faculty, student advisory and administrative
compensation, classroom and administration lease expenses
(including facilities that are shared and support both
instructional and admissions functions), financial aid
processing costs, costs related to the development of our
educational programs and other related costs. Tuition costs for
all employees and their eligible family members are recorded as
an expense within instructional and student advisory.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admissions advisory
We previously
reported costs related to our admissions advisory personnel in
selling and promotional on our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations. Effective during the
first quarter of fiscal year 2011, we began separately stating
such costs on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations as admissions advisory. Based on the
strategic initiative discussed above, we believe the
disaggregation of admissions personnel costs better represents
our admissions advisory function and provides a more transparent
view of our operations. The substantial majority of costs
included in this disaggregated presentation consist of
compensation for admissions personnel. The category also
includes other costs directly related to admissions advisory
functions.
|
|
|
|
Marketing
The costs associated with
admissions personnel represented a significant portion of our
previously reported selling and promotional expense.
As discussed above, we began presenting such costs separately on
our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Considering
the substantial majority of the remaining costs represent
advertising and other marketing activities, we believe the
disaggregation of our marketing costs provides additional
transparency. Specifically, effective during the first quarter
of fiscal year 2011, we have renamed the remaining costs
marketing, which were previously referred to as
selling and promotional. The substantial majority of
costs included in the disaggregated presentation of marketing
consist of advertising expenses, compensation for marketing
personnel including personnel responsible for establishing
relationships with selected employers, which we refer to as our
Workforce Solutions team, and production of marketing materials.
The category also includes other costs directly related to
marketing functions. Based on this disaggregation, we also
identified certain costs previously included in selling
and promotional that we believe are now more appropriately
represented as general and administrative in our revised
presentation of operating expenses. These costs principally
include compensation associated with our External Affairs
employees and other costs related our External Affairs
activities.
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
Excluding
the reclassification noted above related to External Affairs and
the disaggregation of depreciation and amortization discussed
below, there are no additional changes to our presentation of
general and administrative expense. General and administrative
costs consist primarily of corporate compensation, occupancy
costs, legal and professional fees, and other related costs.
|
|
|
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts
receivable
We previously reported our
provision for uncollectible accounts receivable in
instructional costs and services on our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations. We believe the
disaggregated presentation of our provision for uncollectible
accounts receivable is meaningful and provides a more
transparent view of our operations.
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
We
previously reported depreciation and amortization in a
combination of all of our operating expense categories on our
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The assets
associated with our depreciation and amortization often possess
characteristics that can be associated with multiple operating
expense categories. We expect this trend to continue as we
implement various strategic initiatives that enhance our
operational efficiencies as well as improve the student
experience. Accordingly, we believe the disaggregated
presentation of our depreciation and amortization provides a
more transparent view of our operations.
|
10
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
We have reclassified our operating expenses for prior periods to
conform to the above disaggregation and revisions to our
presentation. There were no changes to total operating expenses
or operating income as a result of these reclassifications. The
following table presents our operating expenses as previously
reported and as reclassified on our Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations for the three months ended:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2009
|
|
|
February 28, 2010
|
|
|
May 31, 2010
|
|
|
August 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Instructional and student advisory
|
|
$
|
519,444
|
|
|
$
|
430,675
|
|
|
$
|
517,344
|
|
|
$
|
415,458
|
|
|
$
|
540,594
|
|
|
$
|
441,700
|
|
|
$
|
547,700
|
|
|
$
|
445,301
|
|
Marketing
|
|
|
274,075
|
|
|
|
151,617
|
|
|
|
263,549
|
|
|
|
141,308
|
|
|
|
273,480
|
|
|
|
151,668
|
|
|
|
301,562
|
|
|
|
179,150
|
|
Admissions advisory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
115,271
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
118,152
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116,344
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116,591
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
72,081
|
|
|
|
70,659
|
|
|
|
71,953
|
|
|
|
68,800
|
|
|
|
79,712
|
|
|
|
75,362
|
|
|
|
91,049
|
|
|
|
86,295
|
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,698
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,884
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72,011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,035
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,680
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,244
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,701
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,939
|
|
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,712
|
|
|
|
8,712
|
|
|
|
175,858
|
|
|
|
175,858
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,500
|
|
|
|
44,500
|
|
|
|
132,600
|
|
|
|
132,600
|
|
|
|
882
|
|
|
|
882
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
$
|
865,600
|
|
|
$
|
865,600
|
|
|
$
|
897,346
|
|
|
$
|
897,346
|
|
|
$
|
1,035,098
|
|
|
$
|
1,035,098
|
|
|
$
|
1,117,051
|
|
|
$
|
1,117,051
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 30, 2008
|
|
|
February 28, 2009
|
|
|
May 31, 2009
|
|
|
August 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
|
As
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Reported
|
|
|
Reclassified
|
|
|
Instructional and student advisory
|
|
$
|
368,976
|
|
|
$
|
315,099
|
|
|
$
|
364,416
|
|
|
$
|
308,968
|
|
|
$
|
390,642
|
|
|
$
|
334,156
|
|
|
$
|
443,720
|
|
|
$
|
375,696
|
|
Marketing
|
|
|
226,363
|
|
|
|
113,728
|
|
|
|
224,567
|
|
|
|
113,328
|
|
|
|
241,259
|
|
|
|
126,492
|
|
|
|
260,695
|
|
|
|
144,020
|
|
Admissions advisory
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
108,807
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
107,495
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,499
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
112,107
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
57,866
|
|
|
|
55,796
|
|
|
|
69,450
|
|
|
|
67,676
|
|
|
|
70,862
|
|
|
|
68,012
|
|
|
|
88,315
|
|
|
|
86,403
|
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,857
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,578
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,740
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,918
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,388
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,758
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,764
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80,500
|
|
|
|
80,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
$
|
653,205
|
|
|
$
|
653,205
|
|
|
$
|
658,433
|
|
|
$
|
658,433
|
|
|
$
|
702,763
|
|
|
$
|
702,763
|
|
|
$
|
873,230
|
|
|
$
|
873,230
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As discussed in Note 3, Reclassifications, we have recently
implemented a number of important operational changes and
initiatives to transition our business to more effectively
support our students and improve their educational outcomes. As
part of this transition, we implemented a strategic reduction in
force primarily at University of Phoenix in November 2010 that
eliminated approximately 700 full-time positions,
principally among admissions personnel. The personnel reductions
are designed to streamline our operations and to better align
our operations with our business strategy, refined business
model and outlook. In connection with this reduction in force,
we incurred a $3.8 million restructuring charge consisting
of severance and other fringe benefit costs. This charge is
presented separately on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations and was paid in the second quarter of fiscal year
2011.
|
|
Note 5.
|
Discontinued
Operations
|
In the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, we initiated a formal
plan to sell Insight Schools, engaged an investment bank and
also began the process of actively marketing Insight Schools as
we determined that the business was no longer consistent with
our long-term strategic objectives. We completed the sale of
Insight Schools during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011
and do not expect to have significant continuing involvement
after the sale. We
11
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
began presenting Insight Schools assets and liabilities as
held for sale on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in
the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, and Insight
Schools operating results are presented as discontinued
operations on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations for all periods presented. We determined cash flows
from discontinued operations are not material and are included
with cash flows from continuing operations on our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows from Continuing and
Discontinued Operations. Insight Schools was previously
presented as its own reportable segment.
We sold all of Insight Schools issued and outstanding
shares for $6.3 million, plus $3.0 million that will
be held in escrow for one year following the sale, and
$15.3 million of additional working capital consideration.
We expect to receive the majority of the working capital
consideration during the remainder of fiscal year 2011. The
funds held in escrow and the working capital consideration are
included in other current assets and accounts receivable,
respectively, on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. We
realized a $0.1 million loss on sale, which is included in
income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax on our
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The major components of Insight Schools assets and
liabilities presented separately as held for sale on our
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 31, 2010
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
$
|
3,851
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
6,037
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
3,342
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,715
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Insight Schools assets
|
|
$
|
15,945
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Insight Schools liabilities
|
|
$
|
4,474
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes Insight Schools operating
results for the three and six months ended February 28,
2011 and 2010, which are presented in income (loss) from
discontinued operations, net of tax on our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended February 28,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Net revenue
|
|
$
|
8,097
|
|
|
$
|
9,031
|
|
|
$
|
20,494
|
|
|
$
|
20,673
|
|
Goodwill
impairment
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,400
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,400
|
)
|
Costs and
expenses
(2)
|
|
|
(7,157
|
)
|
|
|
(11,133
|
)
|
|
|
(20,482
|
)
|
|
|
(23,232
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued operations income (loss)
|
|
|
940
|
|
|
|
(11,502
|
)
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
(11,959
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income
taxes
|
|
|
940
|
|
|
|
(11,505
|
)
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
(11,964
|
)
|
Benefit from income
taxes
(1),(3)
|
|
|
1,635
|
|
|
|
867
|
|
|
|
1,926
|
|
|
|
1,026
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
$
|
2,575
|
|
|
$
|
(10,638
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,947
|
|
|
$
|
(10,938
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
We did not record a tax benefit associated with the goodwill
impairment charge because Insight Schools goodwill was not
deductible for tax purposes.
|
|
(2)
|
Costs and expenses during the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011 includes a $0.1 loss on sale.
|
12
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
Benefit from income taxes during the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011 includes a $1.6 million tax benefit
as a result of the Insight Schools sale generating a capital
loss for tax purposes.
|
We include only revenues and costs directly attributable to the
discontinued operations, and not those attributable to the
ongoing entity. Accordingly, no interest expense or general
corporate overhead have been allocated to Insight Schools.
Additionally, we ceased depreciation and amortization on
property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets at
Insight Schools when we determined it was held for sale.
|
|
Note 6.
|
Accounts
Receivable, Net
|
Accounts receivable, net consist of the following as of
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Student accounts receivable
|
|
$
|
331,763
|
|
|
$
|
419,714
|
|
Less allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
(159,882
|
)
|
|
|
(192,857
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net student accounts receivable
|
|
|
171,881
|
|
|
|
226,857
|
|
Other receivables
|
|
|
45,919
|
|
|
|
37,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accounts receivable, net
|
|
$
|
217,800
|
|
|
$
|
264,377
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student accounts receivable is composed primarily of amounts due
related to tuition and educational services.
The following table summarizes the activity in the related
allowance for doubtful accounts for the three and six months
ended February 28, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
$
|
176,336
|
|
|
$
|
138,405
|
|
|
$
|
192,857
|
|
|
$
|
110,420
|
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
45,540
|
|
|
|
73,884
|
|
|
|
102,449
|
|
|
|
136,582
|
|
Write-offs, net of recoveries
|
|
|
(61,994
|
)
|
|
|
(41,292
|
)
|
|
|
(135,424
|
)
|
|
|
(76,005
|
)
|
Included in assets held for sale
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(859
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(859
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts
|
|
$
|
159,882
|
|
|
$
|
170,138
|
|
|
$
|
159,882
|
|
|
$
|
170,138
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note 7.
|
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
|
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the
amount assigned to the net assets acquired and liabilities
assumed. Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by
reportable segment from August 31, 2010 to
February 28, 2011 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of
|
|
|
Apollo Global
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Phoenix
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Schools
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
Goodwill as of August 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
37,018
|
|
|
$
|
241,204
|
|
|
$
|
28,627
|
|
|
$
|
15,310
|
|
|
$
|
322,159
|
|
Impairment
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(197,674
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(197,674
|
)
|
Currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,359
|
|
|
|
1,441
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,800
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill as of February 28, 2011
|
|
$
|
37,018
|
|
|
$
|
48,889
|
|
|
$
|
30,068
|
|
|
$
|
15,310
|
|
|
$
|
131,285
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we recorded an
impairment of BPPs goodwill. See below for further
discussion.
|
13
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Intangible assets consist of the following as of
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28, 2011
|
|
|
August 31, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Gross
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currency
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Translation
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Translation
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Finite-lived intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Student and customer relationships
|
|
$
|
19,935
|
|
|
$
|
(15,672
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,452
|
)
|
|
$
|
2,811
|
|
|
$
|
19,935
|
|
|
$
|
(12,891
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1,624
|
)
|
|
$
|
5,420
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyrights
|
|
|
20,891
|
|
|
|
(8,839
|
)
|
|
|
(542
|
)
|
|
|
11,510
|
|
|
|
20,891
|
|
|
|
(6,039
|
)
|
|
|
(1,066
|
)
|
|
|
13,786
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
20,676
|
|
|
|
(11,960
|
)
|
|
|
(1,280
|
)
|
|
|
7,436
|
|
|
|
20,676
|
|
|
|
(9,342
|
)
|
|
|
(1,591
|
)
|
|
|
9,743
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total finite-lived intangible assets
|
|
|
61,502
|
|
|
|
(36,471
|
)
|
|
|
(3,274
|
)
|
|
|
21,757
|
|
|
|
61,502
|
|
|
|
(28,272
|
)
|
|
|
(4,281
|
)
|
|
|
28,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indefinite-lived intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trademarks
(1)
|
|
|
98,849
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,959
|
)
|
|
|
96,890
|
|
|
|
121,879
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,191
|
)
|
|
|
114,688
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accreditations and designations
|
|
|
7,456
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(209
|
)
|
|
|
7,247
|
|
|
|
7,456
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(500
|
)
|
|
|
6,956
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total indefinite-lived intangible assets
|
|
|
106,305
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,168
|
)
|
|
|
104,137
|
|
|
|
129,335
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,691
|
)
|
|
|
121,644
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total intangible assets, net
|
|
$
|
167,807
|
|
|
$
|
(36,471
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,442
|
)
|
|
$
|
125,894
|
|
|
$
|
190,837
|
|
|
$
|
(28,272
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11,972
|
)
|
|
$
|
150,593
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we recorded a
$22.2 million impairment of BPPs trademark. See below
for further discussion.
|
BPP
Reporting Unit
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, BPP experienced
lower than expected rates of enrollment for its finance and
accountancy professional training programs for the upcoming
semi-annual qualification exams. As a result, we have revised
our outlook for BPP and reduced forecasted revenues and
operating cash flows for the remainder of fiscal year 2011.
The majority of students take multiple years to complete these
programs and, as a result, the lower than expected rates of
enrollment in these programs are expected to negatively impact
revenue growth for the next couple of years. In addition, we
have also reduced our forecasts for future years from what we
had previously anticipated, as we now believe that we will
likely experience further near term declines. Currently, finance
professional training programs account for approximately
one-half of BPPs revenues and a significant portion of
BPPs operating cash flows. For these reasons, we performed
an interim goodwill impairment analysis for BPP in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011.
To determine the fair value of our BPP reporting unit in our
interim step one analysis, we used a combination of the
discounted cash flow valuation method and the market-based
approach, to which we applied weighting factors of 80% and 20%,
respectively. These weighting factors are consistent with those
used in our previous annual goodwill impairment analysis. For a
further description of the valuation methods we employ and the
critical assumptions and estimates used in those methods, please
refer to Part II, Item 7,
Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Critical Accounting Policies and
Estimates Goodwill and Intangible Assets in our 2010
Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
We used assumptions in our interim step one analysis to reflect
what we believe to be a reasonable market participants
view of the increased uncertainty in the broader market
conditions impacting BPP. Specifically, the key assumptions used
in our revised cash flow estimates include the following:
|
|
|
|
a)
|
the markets in which BPPs professional training programs
operate in will experience further declines in the near term,
and a recovery in the market for such programs will take longer
than previously expected,
|
14
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
b)
|
decreased our pricing assumptions for degree programs at
BPPs University college, given the emerging competitive
landscape and the implementation of the U.K. governments
review of funding for Higher Education, and
|
|
|
c)
|
a 13.5% discount rate and 3.0% terminal growth rate.
|
Incorporating these assumptions into our interim step one
goodwill impairment analysis resulted in a lower estimated fair
value for the BPP reporting unit as compared to its carrying
value. This is the second time that we have received new
information that has caused us to revise our forecasts for BPP
and record impairment charges. Although our projections assume
that these markets will ultimately stabilize, we may be required
to record additional impairment charges or write-off the
remaining goodwill and other intangibles balances of
$48.9 million and $114.2 million, respectively, for
the BPP reporting unit if there are further deteriorations in
the professional training program markets, if economic
conditions in the U.K. further decline, or we are unable to
achieve the projected revenue growth at BPPs University
College.
Accordingly, we performed an interim step two analysis which
required us to value BPPs assets and liabilities,
including identifiable intangible assets, using the fair value
derived from the interim step one analysis as the purchase price
in a hypothetical acquisition of the BPP reporting unit. The
amount of the goodwill impairment charge is derived by comparing
the implied fair value of goodwill from the hypothetical
purchase price allocation to its carrying value. The significant
hypothetical purchase price adjustments included in the interim
step two analysis consisted of:
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusting the carrying value of land and buildings included in
property and equipment to estimated fair value using the market
approach and based on appraisals.
|
|
|
|
Adjusting the carrying value of the trademark and accreditations
and designation indefinite-lived intangible assets to estimated
fair value using the relief-from-royalty and cost savings
valuation methods. Our interim impairment tests for these
indefinite-lived intangible assets utilized the same assumptions
used in the BPP reporting unit goodwill impairment analysis
which resulted in a lower fair value estimate for BPPs
trademark.
|
|
|
|
Adjusting all other finite-lived intangible assets to estimated
fair value using a variety of methods under the income approach.
As a result of this analysis, we determined that all significant
finite-lived intangible assets were not impaired in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011.
|
Based on our analysis, we recorded impairment charges during the
second quarter of fiscal year 2011 for BPPs goodwill and
trademark of $197.7 million and $22.2 million,
respectively. As BPPs goodwill is not deductible for tax
purposes, we did not record a tax benefit associated with the
goodwill impairment charge. In the second quarter of fiscal year
2011, BPPs goodwill and other intangibles impairment
charges in the aggregate approximate $214.7 million (net of
$5.2 million benefit for income taxes associated with the
other intangibles impairment charge).
15
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
Note 8.
|
Fair
Value Measurements
|
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring
basis consist of the following as of February 28, 2011:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Active
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Markets for
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identical Assets/
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents (including restricted cash equivalents):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
1,625,592
|
|
|
$
|
1,625,592
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Marketable securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auction-rate securities
|
|
|
5,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
$
|
1,631,538
|
|
|
$
|
1,625,592
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swap
|
|
$
|
3,709
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,709
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
$
|
3,709
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,709
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring
basis consist of the following as of August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Active
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Markets for
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identical Assets/
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents (including restricted cash equivalents):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
1,468,992
|
|
|
$
|
1,468,992
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Marketable securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auction-rate securities
|
|
|
15,174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
$
|
1,484,166
|
|
|
$
|
1,468,992
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
15,174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swap
|
|
$
|
5,148
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,148
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
$
|
5,148
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,148
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We measure our money market funds included in cash and
restricted cash equivalents, auction-rate securities included in
marketable securities and interest rate swap included in other
liabilities on a recurring basis at fair value. A portion of the
money market funds are included in long-term restricted cash,
which represents funds used to collateralize a letter of credit
of approximately $126 million in favor of the
U.S. Department of Education. The letter of credit was
required in connection with a program review of University of
Phoenix by the Department and must be maintained until at least
June 30, 2012.
16
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
Classified within
Level 1 and were valued primarily using real-time quotes
for transactions in active exchange markets involving identical
assets.
|
|
|
|
Auction-rate securities
Classified
within Level 3 due to the illiquidity of the market and
were valued using a discounted cash flow model that encompassed
significant unobservable inputs to determine probabilities of
default and timing of auction failure, probabilities of a
successful auction at par
and/or
repurchase at par value for each auction period,
collateralization of the underlying security and credit
worthiness of the issuer. The assumptions used to prepare the
discounted cash flows include estimates for interest rates,
credit spreads, timing and amount of cash flows, liquidity
premiums, expected holding periods and default risk. These
assumptions are subject to change as the underlying data sources
and market conditions evolve. Additionally, as the market for
auction-rate securities continues to be inactive, our discounted
cash flow model also factored the illiquidity of the
auction-rate securities market by adding a spread of
500 basis points to the applicable discount rate.
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swap
We have an interest
rate swap with a notional amount of $49.8 million as of
February 28, 2011 used to minimize the interest rate
exposure on a portion of BPPs variable rate debt. The
interest rate swap is used to fix the variable interest rate on
the associated debt. The swap is classified within Level 2
and is valued using readily available pricing sources which
utilize market observable inputs including the current variable
interest rate for similar types of instruments.
|
At February 28, 2011, the carrying value of our debt,
excluding capital leases, was $174.0 million. Substantially
all of our debt is variable interest rate debt and the carrying
amount approximates fair value.
We did not change our valuation techniques associated with
recurring fair value measurements from prior periods.
Changes in the assets measured at fair value on a recurring
basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
during the six months ended February 28, 2011 are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at August 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
15,174
|
|
Reversal of unrealized loss on redemption
|
|
|
772
|
|
Redemptions at par value
|
|
|
(10,000
|
)
|
Transfers in (out) of Level 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at February 28, 2011
|
|
$
|
5,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings related to
assets held as of February 28, 2011
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis during
the six months ended February 28, 2011 consist of the
following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in Active
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
Losses for Six
|
|
|
|
Fair Value at
|
|
|
Markets for
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
Measurement
|
|
|
Identical Assets
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Date
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
$
|
48,889
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
48,889
|
|
|
$
|
(197,674
|
)
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP trademark
|
|
|
90,658
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90,658
|
|
|
|
(22,253
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
139,547
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
139,547
|
|
|
$
|
(219,927
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
In the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we recorded
impairment charges for BPPs goodwill and trademark.
Accordingly, BPPs goodwill balance was written down to the
implied fair value and BPPs trademark was measured at fair
value. We measured the implied fair value for BPPs
goodwill and the fair value of BPPs trademark using
Level 3 inputs included in the valuation methods used to
determine fair value for the respective assets. Refer to
Note 7, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for further
discussion.
|
|
Note 9.
|
Accrued
Liabilities
|
Accrued liabilities consist of the following as of
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
$
|
179,937
|
|
|
$
|
177,982
|
|
Salaries, wages and benefits
|
|
|
85,555
|
|
|
|
80,773
|
|
Accrued advertising
|
|
|
40,414
|
|
|
|
52,472
|
|
Accrued professional fees
|
|
|
35,057
|
|
|
|
30,895
|
|
Student refunds, grants and scholarships
|
|
|
8,113
|
|
|
|
9,842
|
|
Other accrued liabilities
|
|
|
39,117
|
|
|
|
23,497
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
388,193
|
|
|
$
|
375,461
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt and short-term borrowings consist of the following as of
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Bank Facility, see terms below
|
|
$
|
101,991
|
|
|
$
|
497,968
|
|
BPP Credit Facility, see terms below
|
|
|
49,893
|
|
|
|
52,925
|
|
Capital lease obligations
|
|
|
16,984
|
|
|
|
7,827
|
|
Other, various maturities from 2011 to 2019
|
|
|
22,094
|
|
|
|
25,680
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt
|
|
|
190,962
|
|
|
|
584,400
|
|
Less short-term borrowings and current portion of long-term debt
|
|
|
(23,254
|
)
|
|
|
(416,361
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
$
|
167,708
|
|
|
$
|
168,039
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank Facility
In fiscal year 2008, we
entered into a syndicated $500 million credit agreement
(the Bank Facility). The Bank Facility is an
unsecured revolving credit facility used for general corporate
purposes including acquisitions and stock buybacks. The Bank
Facility has an expansion feature for an aggregate principal
amount of up to $250 million. The term is five years and
will expire on January 4, 2013. The Bank Facility provides
a multi-currency
sub-limit
facility for borrowings in certain specified foreign currencies.
|
We borrowed our entire credit line under the Bank Facility as of
August 31, 2010, which included £63.0 million
denominated in British Pounds (equivalent to $97.9 million
as of August 31, 2010). We repaid the U.S. dollar
denominated debt on our Bank Facility of $400.1 million
during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
The Bank Facility fees are determined based on a pricing grid
that varies according to our leverage ratio. The Bank Facility
fee ranges from 12.5 to 17.5 basis points and the
incremental fees for borrowings under the facility range from
LIBOR + 50.0 to 82.5 basis points. The weighted average
interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Bank Facility
at February 28, 2011 was 1.1%.
18
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The Bank Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants,
including the following financial covenants: maximum leverage
ratio, minimum coverage interest and rent expense ratio, and a
U.S. Department of Education financial responsibility
composite score. In addition, there are covenants restricting
indebtedness, liens, investments, asset transfers and
distributions. We were in compliance with all covenants related
to the Bank Facility at February 28, 2011.
|
|
|
|
|
BPP Credit Facility
In fiscal year
2010, we refinanced BPPs debt by entering into a
£52.0 million (equivalent to $84.2 million as of
February 28, 2011) credit agreement (the BPP
Credit Facility). The BPP Credit Facility contains term
debt, which was used to refinance BPPs existing debt, and
revolving credit facilities used for working capital and general
corporate purposes. The term of the agreement is three years and
will expire on August 31, 2013. The interest rate on
borrowings varies according to a financial ratio and range from
LIBOR + 250 to 325 basis points. The weighted average
interest rate on BPPs outstanding borrowings at
February 28, 2011 was 4.0%.
|
The BPP Credit Facility contains financial covenants that
include minimum cash flow coverage ratio, minimum fixed charge
coverage ratio, maximum leverage ratio, and maximum capital
expenditure ratio. We were in compliance with all covenants
related to the BPP Credit Facility at February 28, 2011.
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Other debt includes
$9.2 million of variable rate debt and $12.9 million
of fixed rate debt as of February 28, 2011, and
$8.7 million of variable rate debt and $17.0 million
of fixed rate debt as of August 31, 2010. The weighted
average interest rate of these debt instruments at
February 28, 2011 was 7.8%.
|
Please refer to Note 8, Fair Value Measurements, for
discussion of the fair value of our debt.
|
|
Note 11.
|
Other
Liabilities
|
Other liabilities consist of the following as of
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Reserve for uncertain tax positions
|
|
$
|
145,918
|
|
|
$
|
126,999
|
|
Deferred rent and other lease incentives
|
|
|
83,827
|
|
|
|
81,218
|
|
Other
|
|
|
58,638
|
|
|
|
57,485
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other liabilities
|
|
|
288,383
|
|
|
|
265,702
|
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(51,323
|
)
|
|
|
(53,416
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other long-term liabilities
|
|
$
|
237,060
|
|
|
$
|
212,286
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We exercise significant judgment in determining our income tax
provision due to transactions, credits and calculations where
the ultimate tax determination is uncertain.
The adverse change in our effective income tax rate for the
three and six months ended February 28, 2011 versus the
comparable periods in fiscal year 2010 was primarily
attributable to the BPP goodwill impairment for which we do not
receive a tax benefit. Refer to Note 7, Goodwill and
Intangible Assets, for discussion of the BPP goodwill impairment.
During the first six months of fiscal year 2011, our
unrecognized tax benefits increased $17.9 million,
excluding interest and penalties, primarily due to uncertainty
related to the apportionment of income for Arizona corporate
income tax purposes. As of February 28, 2011,
$126.4 million of our total unrecognized tax benefits would
favorably affect our effective tax rate if recognized. However,
if amounts accrued are less than amounts ultimately
19
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
assessed by the taxing authorities, we would record additional
income tax expense in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
We are subject to numerous ongoing audits by federal, state,
local and foreign tax authorities. Although we believe our tax
accruals to be reasonable, the final determination of tax audits
in the U.S. or abroad and any related litigation could be
materially different from our historical income tax provisions
and accruals.
|
|
Note 13.
|
Shareholders
Equity
|
The following tables detail changes in shareholders equity
during the six months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A
|
|
|
Class B
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Class A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total Apollo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
|
|
|
Total
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Interests
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance as of August 31, 2010
|
|
$
|
103
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
46,865
|
|
|
$
|
(2,407,788
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,748,045
|
|
|
$
|
(31,176
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,356,050
|
|
|
$
|
32,690
|
|
|
$
|
1,388,740
|
|
Treasury stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(252,003
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(252,003
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(252,003
|
)
|
Treasury stock issued under stock purchase plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,310
|
)
|
|
|
4,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,237
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,237
|
|
Treasury stock issued under stock incentive plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,836
|
)
|
|
|
7,681
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,845
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,845
|
|
Tax effect for stock incentive plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,563
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,563
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,563
|
)
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,490
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,490
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,490
|
|
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,106
|
|
|
|
4,106
|
|
|
|
655
|
|
|
|
4,761
|
|
Change in fair value of auction-rate securities, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
463
|
|
|
|
463
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
463
|
|
Noncontrolling interest
contributions
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,875
|
|
|
|
6,875
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
171,375
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
171,375
|
|
|
|
(32,780
|
)
|
|
|
138,595
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of February 28, 2011
|
|
$
|
103
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
69,646
|
|
|
$
|
(2,647,563
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,919,420
|
|
|
$
|
(26,607
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,315,000
|
|
|
$
|
7,440
|
|
|
$
|
1,322,440
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
There was no change in our 85.6% ownership interest in Apollo
Global during the six months ended February 28, 2011.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Treasury
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class A
|
|
|
Class B
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Class A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
Total Apollo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Stated
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
Shareholders
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
|
|
|
Total
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Earnings
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Interests
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
Balance as of August 31, 2009
|
|
$
|
103
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1,139
|
|
|
$
|
(2,022,623
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,195,043
|
|
|
$
|
(13,740
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,159,923
|
|
|
$
|
64,690
|
|
|
$
|
1,224,613
|
|
Treasury stock purchases
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(201,111
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(201,111
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(201,111
|
)
|
Treasury stock issued under stock purchase plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
133
|
|
|
|
2,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,752
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,752
|
|
Treasury stock issued under stock incentive plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,508
|
)
|
|
|
10,323
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,815
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,815
|
|
Tax effect for stock incentive plans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(690
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(690
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(690
|
)
|
Tax benefit related to IRS dispute settlement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,484
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,484
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,484
|
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,115
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,115
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,115
|
|
Currency translation adjustment, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,382
|
)
|
|
|
(16,382
|
)
|
|
|
(2,663
|
)
|
|
|
(19,045
|
)
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
332,748
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
332,748
|
|
|
|
(2,102
|
)
|
|
|
330,646
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of February 28, 2010
|
|
$
|
103
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
52,673
|
|
|
$
|
(2,210,792
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,527,791
|
|
|
$
|
(30,122
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,339,654
|
|
|
$
|
59,925
|
|
|
$
|
1,399,579
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Share
Reissuances
During both the three months ended February 28, 2011 and
2010, we issued approximately 0.1 million shares, and
during both the six months ended February 28, 2011 and
2010, we issued approximately 0.2 million shares of our
Apollo Group Class A common stock from our treasury stock
as a result of stock option exercises, release of shares covered
by vested restricted stock units, and purchases under our
employee stock purchase plan.
Share
Repurchases
Our Board of Directors has authorized us to repurchase
outstanding shares of Apollo Group Class A common stock,
from time to time, depending on market conditions and other
considerations. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011,
our Board of Directors authorized an increase in the amount
available under our share repurchase program up to an aggregate
amount of $600 million of Apollo Group Class A common
stock. There is no expiration date on the repurchase
authorizations and repurchases occur at our discretion.
We repurchased approximately 1.8 million and
6.5 million shares of our Apollo Group Class A common
stock at a total cost of $75.0 million and
$251.5 million during the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011, respectively. This represented weighted
average purchase prices of $42.75 and $38.99 per share during
the three and six months ended February 28, 2011,
respectively. During the three and six months ended
February 28, 2010, we repurchased 3.4 million shares
of our Class A common stock at a total cost of
approximately $200 million, representing a weighted average
purchase price of $59.61 per share.
As of February 28, 2011, approximately $525 million
remained available under our share repurchase authorization. The
amount and timing of future share repurchases, if any, will be
made as market and business conditions warrant. Repurchases may
be made on the open market through various methods including but
not limited to accelerated share repurchase programs, or in
privately negotiated transactions, pursuant to the applicable
Securities and Exchange Commission rules, and may include
repurchases pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission
Rule 10b5-1
nondiscretionary trading programs.
In connection with the release of vested shares of restricted
stock, we repurchased approximately 1,000 shares for
$0.1 million and 14,000 shares for $0.5 million
during the three and six months ended February 28, 2011,
respectively. During the three and six months ended
February 28, 2010, we repurchased approximately
2,000 shares for $0.1 million and 19,000 shares
for $1.1 million, respectively. These repurchases relate to
tax withholding requirements on the restricted stock units and
do not fall under the repurchase program described above, and
therefore do not reduce the amount that is available for
repurchase under that program.
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Note 14.
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Earnings
Per Share
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Apollo
Group Common Stock
Our outstanding shares consist of Apollo Group Class A and
Class B common stock. Our Articles of Incorporation treat
the declaration of dividends on the Apollo Group Class A
and Class B common stock in an identical manner. As such,
both the Apollo Group Class A and Class B common stock
are included in the calculation of our earnings per share.
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GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding includes the
incremental effect of shares that would be issued upon the
assumed exercise of stock options and the vesting and release of
restricted stock units and performance share awards. The
components of basic and diluted earnings per share are as
follows:
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Three Months Ended February 28,
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Six Months Ended February 28,
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(In thousands, except per share data)
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2011
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2010
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2011
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2010
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Net (loss) income attributable to Apollo (basic and
diluted)
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$
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(64,038
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$
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92,606
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$
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171,375
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$
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332,748
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142,354
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154,119
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144,364
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154,473
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Dilutive effect of stock options
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808
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102
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927
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Dilutive effect of restricted stock units and performance share
awards
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241
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192
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221
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Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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142,354
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155,168
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144,658
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155,621
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Earnings per share:
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0.60
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1.19
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2.15
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0.60
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1.18
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2.14
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Due to the loss from continuing operations attributable to
Apollo in the three months ended February 28, 2011, no
dilutive share-based awards were included in the calculation of
diluted loss per share for the respective period because they
would have been anti-dilutive.
During the three months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010,
approximately 9,613,000 and 5,232,000, respectively, of our
stock options outstanding and approximately 718,000 and 4,000,
respectively, of our restricted stock units and performance
share awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted
earnings per share because their inclusion would have been
anti-dilutive. These share-based awards could be dilutive in the
future.
During the six months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010,
approximately 9,568,000 and 4,875,000, respectively, of our
stock options outstanding and approximately 297,000 and 3,000,
respectively, of our restricted stock units and performance
share awards were excluded from the calculation of diluted
earnings per share because their inclusion would have been
anti-dilutive. These share-based awards could be dilutive in the
future.
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Note 15.
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Share-Based
Compensation
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The table below details share-based compensation expense for the
three and six months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010:
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2011
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5,507
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1,323
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1,317
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2,709
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2,810
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601
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314
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1,157
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755
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7,294
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7,823
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In accordance with our Apollo Group, Inc. Amended and Restated
2000 Stock Incentive Plan, we granted approximately 11,000 and
82,000 stock options during the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011,
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GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
respectively. The weighted average grant date fair value was
$15.88 and $15.02 for the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011, respectively, and the weighted average
exercise price of these options was $39.13 and $36.82 for the
three and six months ended February 28, 2011, respectively.
As of February 28, 2011, there was approximately
$42.4 million of total unrecognized share-based
compensation expense, net of forfeitures, related to unvested
stock options.
In accordance with our Apollo Group, Inc. Amended and Restated
2000 Stock Incentive Plan, we granted approximately 671,000 and
728,000 restricted stock units and performance share awards
during the three and six months ended February 28, 2011,
respectively, that had a weighted average grant date fair value
of $42.08 and $41.64 per unit, respectively. As of
February 28, 2011, there was approximately
$69.3 million of total unrecognized share-based
compensation expense, net of forfeitures, related to unvested
restricted stock units and performance share awards.
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Note 16.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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Sale-Leaseback
Agreement
On March 24, 2011, we entered into an agreement to sell our
principal office buildings in Phoenix, Arizona plus the related
land and parking facilities comprising approximately
600,000 square feet of office space for approximately
$170 million. Pursuant to the agreement, we have
simultaneously leased back the facilities for an initial term of
20 years, with four five-year renewal options. We are
required to pay rent of $12 million for the initial year,
which is increased 2% per year until the end of the initial
lease term. We expect to generate a gain on the sale of
approximately $28 million, which will be deferred and
recognized over the initial lease term.
Contingencies
Related to Litigation and Other Proceedings
The following is a description of pending litigation,
settlements, and other proceedings that fall outside the scope
of ordinary and routine litigation incidental to our business.
Pending
Litigation and Settlements
Securities
Class Action (Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
In October 2004, three class action complaints were filed in the
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The
District Court consolidated the three pending class action
complaints under the caption
In re Apollo Group, Inc.
Securities Litigation
, Case
No. CV04-2147-PHX-JAT
and a consolidated class action complaint was filed on
May 16, 2005 by the lead plaintiff. The consolidated
complaint named us, Todd S. Nelson, Kenda B. Gonzales and Daniel
E. Bachus as defendants. On March 1, 2007, by stipulation
and order of the Court, Daniel E. Bachus was dismissed as a
defendant from the case. Lead plaintiff represents a class of
our shareholders who acquired their shares between
February 27, 2004 and September 14, 2004. The
complaint alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
Rule 10b-5
promulgated under the Act by us for defendants allegedly
material false and misleading statements in connection with our
failure to publicly disclose the contents of a preliminary
U.S. Department of Education program review report. The
case proceeded to trial on November 14, 2007. On
January 16, 2008, the jury returned a verdict in favor of
the plaintiffs awarding damages of up to $5.55 for each share of
common stock in the class suit, plus pre-judgment and
post-judgment interest. The class shares are those purchased
after February 27, 2004 and still owned on
September 14, 2004. The judgment was entered on
January 30, 2008, subject to an automatic stay until
February 13, 2008. On February 13, 2008, the District
Court granted our motion to stay execution of the judgment
pending resolution of our motions for post-trial relief, which
were also filed on February 13, 2008, provided that we post
a bond in the amount of $95.0 million. On February 19,
2008, we posted the $95.0 million bond with the District
Court. Oral arguments on our post-trial motions occurred on
August 4, 2008, during which the District Court vacated the
earlier judgment based on the jury verdict and entered judgment
in favor of Apollo and the other defendants. The
$95.0 million bond posted in February was
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GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
subsequently released on August 11, 2008. Plaintiffs
lawyers filed a Notice of Appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals on August 29, 2008. A hearing before a panel of the
Court of Appeals took place on March 3, 2010. On
June 23, 2010, the Court of Appeals reversed the District
Courts ruling in our favor and ordered the District Court
to enter judgment against us in accordance with the jury
verdict. On July 21, 2010, we filed a petition for a
rehearing en banc by the Ninth Circuit, which was denied on
August 17, 2010. On November 15, 2010, we filed a
petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, which
was denied on March 7, 2011. As a result, the case has now
returned to the District Court to enter judgment against us and
address issues related to shareholder claims.
Liability in the case is joint and several, which means that
each defendant, including us, is liable for the entire amount of
the judgment. As a result, we may be responsible for payment of
the full amount of damages as ultimately determined. We do not
expect to receive material amounts of insurance proceeds from
our insurers to satisfy any amounts ultimately payable to the
plaintiff class and we expect our insurers to seek repayment of
amounts advanced to us to date for defense costs. The actual
amount of damages will not be known until the District Court
proceedings have been completed and eligible members of the
class have presented the necessary information and documents to
receive payment of the award. We have estimated for financial
reporting purposes, using statistically valid models and a 60%
confidence interval, that the damages could range from
$127.2 million to $228.0 million, which includes our
estimates of (a) damages payable to the plaintiff class;
(b) the amount we may be required to reimburse our
insurance carriers for amounts advanced for defense costs; and
(c) future defense costs. Accordingly, in the third quarter
of fiscal year 2010, we recorded a charge for estimated damages
in the amount of $132.6 million, which, together with the
existing reserve of $44.5 million recorded in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2010, represented the mid-point of the
estimated range of damages payable to the plaintiffs, plus the
other estimated costs and expenses. We elected to record an
amount based on the mid-point of the range of damages payable to
the plaintiff class because under statistically valid modeling
techniques the mid-point of the range is in fact a more likely
estimate than other points in the range, and the point at which
there is an equal probability that the ultimate loss could be
toward the lower end or the higher end of the range. Our range
of damages estimate included estimated post-judgment interest
through June 23, 2010. We have recorded charges in
subsequent periods for estimated incremental post-judgment
interest and additional estimated future legal costs, including
$1.6 million and $2.5 million in the three and six
months ended February 28, 2011, respectively. The final
amount of damages payable may be more, or less, than the
estimated range.
We believe we have adequate liquidity to fund the satisfaction
of the judgment.
Securities
Class Action (Apollo Institutional Investors
Group)
On August 13, 2010, a securities class action complaint was
filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Arizona by Douglas N. Gaer naming us, John G. Sperling, Gregory
W. Cappelli, Charles B. Edelstein, Joseph L. DAmico, Brian
L. Swartz and Gregory J. Iverson as defendants for allegedly
making false and misleading statements regarding our business
practices and prospects for growth. That complaint asserted a
putative class period stemming from December 7, 2009 to
August 3, 2010. A substantially similar complaint was also
filed in the same court by John T. Fitch on September 23,
2010 making similar allegations against the same defendants for
the same purported class period. Finally, on October 4,
2010, another purported securities class action complaint was
filed in the same court by Robert Roth against the same
defendants as well as Brian Mueller, Terri C. Bishop and Peter
V. Sperling based upon the same general set of allegations, but
with a defined class period of February 12, 2007 to
August 3, 2010. The complaints allege violations of
Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and
Rule 10b-5
promulgated thereunder. On October 15, 2010, three
additional parties filed motions to consolidate the related
actions and be appointed the lead plaintiff.
On November 23, 2010, the Gaer, Fitch and Roth actions were
all consolidated, with Gaer as the case, and the Court appointed
the Apollo Institutional Investors Group consisting
of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, the
Mineworkers Pension Scheme, and Amalgamated Bank as lead
plaintiff. The case is now entitled,
In re Apollo Group, Inc.
Securities Litigation.
On February 18, 2011, the Lead
Plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint naming
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Apollo, John G. Sperling, Peter V. Sperling, Joseph L.
DAmico, Gregory W. Cappelli, Charles B. Edelstein, Brian
L. Swartz, Brian E. Mueller, Gregory J. Iverson, and William J.
Pepicello as defendants. The consolidated complaint asserts a
putative class period stemming from May 21, 2007 to
October 13, 2010. Apollos response to the
consolidated complaint is currently due on April 19, 2011.
Discovery in this case has not yet begun. We anticipate that the
plaintiffs will seek substantial damages. Because of the many
questions of fact and law that may arise, the outcome of this
legal proceeding is uncertain at this point. Based on
information available to us at present, we cannot reasonably
estimate a range of loss for this action and accordingly have
not accrued any liability associated with these actions.
Securities Class Action (Teamsters Local 617 Pensions
and Welfare Funds)
On November 2, 2006, the Teamsters Local 617 Pension and
Welfare Funds filed a class action complaint purporting to
represent a class of shareholders who purchased our stock
between November 28, 2001 and October 18, 2006. The
complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Arizona, is entitled
Teamsters Local 617
Pension & Welfare Funds v. Apollo Group, Inc. et
al.
, Case Number 06-cv-02674-RCB, and alleges that we and
certain of our current and former directors and officers
violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and
Rule 10b-5
promulgated thereunder by purportedly making misrepresentations
concerning our stock option granting policies and practices and
related accounting. The defendants are Apollo Group, Inc., J.
Jorge Klor de Alva, Daniel E. Bachus, John M. Blair, Dino J.
DeConcini, Kenda B. Gonzales, Hedy F. Govenar, Brian E. Mueller,
Todd S. Nelson, Laura Palmer Noone, John R. Norton III, John G.
Sperling and Peter V. Sperling. On September 11, 2007, the
Court appointed The Pension Trust Fund for Operating
Engineers as lead plaintiff. Lead plaintiff filed an amended
complaint on November 23, 2007, asserting the same legal
claims as the original complaint and adding claims for
violations of Section 20A of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and allegations of breach of fiduciary duties and civil
conspiracy.
On January 22, 2008, all defendants filed motions to
dismiss. On March 31, 2009, the Court dismissed the case
with prejudice as to Daniel Bachus, Hedy Govenar, Brian E.
Mueller, Dino J. DeConcini, and Laura Palmer Noone. The Court
also dismissed the case as to John Sperling and Peter Sperling,
but granted plaintiffs leave to file an amended complaint
against them. Finally, the Court dismissed all of
plaintiffs claims concerning misconduct before November
2001 and all of the state law claims for conspiracy and breach
of fiduciary duty. On April 30, 2009, plaintiffs filed
their Second Amended Complaint, which alleges similar claims for
alleged securities fraud against the same defendants. On
June 15, 2009, all defendants filed another motion to
dismiss the Second Amended Complaint. On February 22, 2010,
the Court partially granted the plaintiffs motion for
reconsideration, but withheld a final determination on the
individual defendants pending the Courts ruling on the
motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint.
Discovery in this case has not yet begun. We
anticipate that the plaintiff will seek substantial damages.
Because of the many questions of fact and law that may arise,
the outcome of this legal proceeding is uncertain at this point.
Based on information available to us at present, we cannot
reasonably estimate a range of loss for this action and
accordingly have not accrued any liability associated with this
action.
Patent
Infringement Litigation
On March 3, 2008, Digital-Vending Services International
Inc. filed a complaint against University of Phoenix and Apollo
Group Inc., as well as Capella Education Company, Laureate
Education Inc., and Walden University Inc. in the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
since transferred on plaintiffs motion to the Eastern
District of Virginia. The case is entitled,
Digital Vending
Services International, LLC vs. The University of Phoenix, et
al
. The complaint alleges that we and the other defendants
have infringed and are infringing various patents relating to
managing courseware in a shared use operating environment. We
filed an answer to the complaint on May 27, 2008, in which
we denied that Digital-Vending Services Internationals
patents were duly and lawfully issued, and
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
asserted defenses of non-infringement and patent invalidity,
among others. We also asserted a counterclaim seeking a
declaratory judgment that the patents are invalid,
unenforceable, and not infringed by us.
On March 18, 2010, we filed our opening claim construction
brief and on June 10, 2010, the Court issued its claim
construction ruling. Discovery is now concluded and we filed a
motion for summary judgment on August 13, 2010. A hearing
on our motion for summary judgment was held on November 12,
2010, and on January 7, 2011, the Court granted our motion
for summary judgment and dismissed the case with prejudice,
citing plaintiffs failure to point to admissible evidence
that could support a finding of infringement.
Plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal on February 4, 2011 and
during the quarter ended February 28, 2011, we accrued an
immaterial amount which reflects our settlement offer in
connection with this action.
Sabol
Wage and Hour Class Action
On July 31, 2009, several former employees filed an action
in Federal District Court in Philadelphia alleging wage and hour
claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act for failure to pay
overtime and other violations, entitled,
Sabol, et
al. v. Apollo Group, Inc., et al
. We filed an answer
denying the asserted claim on September 29, 2009. During
the course of the action, all but one of the former employees
voluntarily opted out of the lawsuit. On January 24, 2010,
we filed a motion for partial summary judgment with respect to
plaintiffs claim that the Academic Counselor
position is incorrectly classified as exempt. On
February 9, 2010, plaintiff filed a Rule 56(f) motion
seeking leave to conduct additional discovery before response to
our motion for partial summary judgment. On March 3, 2010,
the Court granted plaintiff leave to conduct additional
discovery on issues related to the motion for partial summary
judgment until April 5, 2010. The Court also ordered
plaintiff to file his response to the motion for summary
judgment on or before April 20, 2010. On February 15,
2010, plaintiff filed a motion for class certification and we
filed our opposition on March 5, 2010.
On April 19, 2010, the parties agreed to dismiss with
prejudice their claims regarding employment as an Academic
Counselor and to withdraw their pending motion for conditional
certification to the extent it seeks to certify a class of
Academic Counselors. On May 12, 2010, the Court granted
plaintiffs motion to conditionally certify a collective
action to include current and former admissions personnel at all
of University of Phoenixs nationwide locations. The
deadline for prospective class members to submit a claim form
and opt in was December 9, 2010 and we received
notice of approximately 700 opt-ins. In January 2011, the
parties agreed to settle the case for an immaterial amount,
which was accrued in our financial statements during the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011. The parties are currently
finalizing the settlement terms, which must be approved by the
Court.
Adoma
Wage and Hour Class Action
On January 8, 2010, Diane Adoma filed an action in United
States District Court, Eastern District of California alleging
wage and hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act and
California law for failure to pay overtime and other violations,
entitled
Adoma et al. v. University of Phoenix, et
al
. On March 5, 2010, we filed a motion to dismiss, or
in the alternative to stay or transfer, the case based on the
previously filed Sabol and Juric actions. On May 3, 2010,
the Court denied the motion to dismiss
and/or
transfer. On April 12, 2010, plaintiff filed her motion for
conditional collective action certification. The Court denied
class certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act and
transferred these claims to the District Court in Pennsylvania.
On August 31, 2010, the Court granted plaintiffs
motion for class action certification of the California claims.
On September 14, 2010, we filed a petition for permission
to appeal the class certification order with the Ninth Circuit,
which was denied on November 3, 2010. As a result, notice
of the lawsuit was mailed to 1,554 current and former employees
explaining that they will remain a part of the lawsuit unless
they complete an opt-out form within 45 days of
receiving the notice.
Because of the many questions of fact and law that may arise,
the outcome of this legal proceeding is uncertain at this point.
Based on information available to us at present, we cannot
reasonably estimate a range of loss for this action and,
accordingly, we have not accrued any liability associated with
this action.
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GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Shareholder
Demand Letters
On November 12, 2010 and December 8, 2010, we received
separate demands on behalf of two different shareholders to
investigate, address and commence proceedings against each of
our directors and certain of our officers for violation of any
applicable laws, including in connection with the subject matter
of the report of the Government Accountability Office prepared
for the U.S. Senate in August 2010, our withdrawal of the
outlook we previously provided for our fiscal year 2011, the
investigation into possible unfair and deceptive trade practices
associated with certain alleged practices of University of
Phoenix by the State of Florida Office of the Attorney General
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the participation by the State
of Oregon Office of the Attorney General in the Securities
Class Action (Apollo Institutional Investors Group), and
the informal inquiry by the Enforcement Division of the
Securities and Exchange Commission commenced in October 2009.
The demands are a condition precedent under applicable Arizona
law to the filing of a derivative lawsuit on behalf of Apollo
Group seeking damages from directors and officers for breach of
fiduciary duty. We are evaluating the demands.
K.K. Modi Investment and Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.
On November 8, 2010, a suit was filed by K.K. Modi
Investment and Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. (Modi)
in the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi against defendants
Apollo Group, Inc., Western International University, Inc.,
University of Phoenix, Inc., Apollo Global, Inc., Modi Apollo
International Group Pvt. Ltd., Apollo International, Inc., John
G. Sperling, Peter G. Sperling and Jorge Klor De Alva, seeking
to permanently enjoin the defendants from making investments in
the education industry in the Indian market in breach of an
exclusivity and noncompete provision which plaintiff alleges is
applicable to Apollo Group and its subsidiaries. The case is
entitled,
K.K. Modi Investment and Financial Services Pvt.
Ltd. v. Apollo International, et. al
. On
December 14, 2010, the court declined to enter an
injunction, but the matter is set for a further hearing on
May 27, 2011. We believe that the relevant exclusivity and
noncompete provision is inapplicable to us and our affiliates
and we have moved to dismiss this action. We do not currently
conduct significant business in India. If plaintiff ultimately
obtains the requested injunctive relief, our ability to conduct
business in India may be adversely affected.
Other
We are subject to various claims and contingencies in the
ordinary course of business, including those related to
regulation, litigation, business transactions, employee-related
matters and taxes, among others. We do not believe any of these
are material for separate disclosure.
Regulatory
and Other Matters
Our domestic postsecondary operations are subject to significant
regulations. Changes in or new interpretations of applicable
laws, rules, or regulations could have a material adverse effect
on our eligibility to participate in Title IV programs,
accreditation, authorization to operate in various states,
permissible activities, and operating costs. The failure to
maintain or renew any required regulatory approvals,
accreditation, or state authorizations could have a material
adverse effect on us.
These federal and state regulatory requirements cover virtually
all phases of our U.S. operations, including educational
program offerings, branching and classroom locations,
instructional and administrative staff, administrative
procedures, marketing and recruiting, financial operations,
payment of refunds to students who withdraw, maintenance of
restricted cash, acquisitions or openings of new schools,
commencement of new educational programs and changes in our
corporate structure and ownership.
Student
Financial Aid
All U.S. federal financial aid programs are established by
Title IV of the Higher Education Act and regulations
promulgated thereunder. In August 2008, the Higher Education Act
was reauthorized through September 30, 2013
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
by the Higher Education Opportunity Act. The U.S. Congress
must periodically reauthorize the Higher Education Act and
annually determine the funding level for each Title IV
program. Changes to the Higher Education Act are likely to
result from subsequent reauthorizations, and the scope and
substance of any such changes cannot be predicted.
The Higher Education Opportunity Act specifies the manner in
which the U.S. Department of Education reviews institutions
for eligibility and certification to participate in
Title IV programs. Every educational institution involved
in Title IV programs must be certified to participate and
is required to periodically renew this certification.
University of Phoenix was recertified in November 2009 and
entered into a new Title IV Program Participation Agreement
which expires on December 31, 2012.
Western International University was recertified in May 2010 and
entered into a new Title IV Program Participation Agreement
which expires on September 30, 2014.
U.S.
Department of Education New Rulemaking Initiative
In November 2009, the U.S. Department of Education convened
two new negotiated rulemaking teams related to Title IV
program integrity issues and foreign school issues. The team
addressing program integrity issues, which included
representatives of the various higher education constituencies,
was unable to reach consensus on all of the rules addressed by
that team. Accordingly, under the negotiated rulemaking
protocol, the Department was free to propose rules without
regard to the tentative agreement reached regarding certain of
the rules. The final program integrity rules address numerous
topics. The most significant for our business are the following:
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Modification of the standards relating to the payment of
incentive compensation to employees involved in student
recruitment and enrollment;
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Implementation of standards for state authorization of
institutions of higher education; and
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Adoption of a definition of gainful employment for
purposes of the requirement of Title IV student financial
aid that a program of study offered by a proprietary institution
prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation.
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On June 18, 2010, the Department issued a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in respect of the program
integrity issues, other than the metrics for determining
compliance with the gainful employment requirement. On
July 26, 2010, the Department published a separate NPRM in
respect of the gainful employment metrics. The Department
published final regulations on October 29, 2010, excluding
significant sections related to gainful employment metrics which
the Department previously indicated that it expected to publish
in early calendar year 2011. Most of the October 29, 2010
final rules, including some reporting and disclosure rules
related to gainful employment, are effective July 1, 2011.
If the regulations regarding the gainful employment metrics are
published in final form prior to November 1, 2011, they
could be effective as early as July 1, 2012.
In March 2011, the Department issued Dear Colleague
Letters to provide
sub-regulatory
guidance on certain areas of the program integrity final
regulations. The guidance is provided to assist institutions
with understanding the changes to the regulations in these
areas, and does not make any changes to the regulations. The
Department has indicated that it expects to provide further
information on other provisions of the program integrity
regulations in future Dear Colleague Letters.
We cannot predict the form of the rules on gainful employment
metrics that ultimately may be adopted by the Department
following public comment. Compliance with these gainful
employment rules could reduce our enrollment, increase our cost
of doing business, and have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows. Refer to Part II, Item IA,
Risk Factors
,
for further discussion.
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
U.S.
Congressional Hearings
Beginning last year, there has been increased focus by the
U.S. Congress on the role that proprietary educational
institutions play in higher education. In June 2010, the
U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions (HELP Committee) held the first in a series
of hearings to examine the proprietary education sector. At a
subsequent hearing in August 2010, the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) presented a report of its review of
various aspects of the proprietary sector, including recruitment
practices and the degree to which proprietary institutions
revenue is composed of Title IV funding. Following the
August hearing, Sen. Tom Harkin, the Chairman of the HELP
Committee, requested a broad range of detailed information from
30 proprietary institutions, including Apollo Group. We have
been and intend to continue being responsive to the requests of
the HELP Committee. Sen. Harkin has held subsequent hearings and
we believe that future hearings may be held. In addition, other
Congressional hearings have been or are expected to be held
regarding various aspects of the education industry that may
affect our business, including hearings before the Senate
Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal
Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services
and International Security and the House Education and the
Workforce Committee.
We cannot predict what legislation, if any, will emanate from
these Congressional committee hearings or what impact any such
legislation might have on the proprietary education sector and
our business in particular. Any action by Congress that
significantly reduces Title IV program funding or the
eligibility of our institutions or students to participate in
Title IV programs would have a material adverse effect on
our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Congressional action could also require us to modify our
practices in ways that could increase our administrative costs
and reduce our operating income, which could have a material
adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows.
90/10
Rule
One requirement of the Higher Education Act, commonly referred
to as the 90/10 Rule, applies to proprietary
institutions such as University of Phoenix and Western
International University. Under this rule, a proprietary
institution will be ineligible to participate in Title IV
programs if for any two consecutive fiscal years it derives more
than 90% of its cash basis revenue, as defined in the rule, from
Title IV programs. An institution that exceeds this limit
for any single fiscal year will be automatically placed on
provisional certification for two fiscal years and will be
subject to additional sanctions. Please refer to Part I,
Item 1, Business Regulatory
Environment Domestic Postsecondary The
90/10 Rule in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
and Item 2,
Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations
, in this
Form 10-Q
for further discussion.
Cohort
Default Rates
To remain eligible to participate in Title IV programs, an
educational institutions student loan cohort default rates
must remain below certain specified levels. Each cohort is the
group of students who first enter into student loan repayment
during a federal fiscal year (ending September 30). The
currently applicable cohort default rate for each cohort is the
percentage of the students in the cohort who default on their
student loans prior to the end of the following federal fiscal
year, which represents a two-year measuring period. An
educational institution will lose its eligibility to participate
in some or all Title IV programs if its student loan cohort
default rate equals or exceeds 25% for three consecutive cohorts
or 40% for any given cohort. If our student loan default rates
approach these limits, we may be required to increase efforts
and resources dedicated to improving these default rates. Please
refer to Item 2,
Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
,
in this
Form 10-Q,
and Part I, Item 1, Business Regulatory
Environment Domestic Postsecondary
Student Loan Defaults in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further discussion, including a discussion of the transition
to three-year cohorts which will begin with the 2011 cohort.
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
U.S.
Department of Education Program Review
The U.S. Department of Education periodically reviews
institutions participating in Title IV programs for
compliance with applicable standards and regulations. In
December 2010, the Department commenced a new program review of
policies, procedures and practices of University of Phoenix
relevant to participation in Title IV programs, including
specific procedures relating to distance education. The review
covered federal financial aid years 2009 2010 and
2010 2011 through October 31, 2010. In February
2011, University of Phoenix received an Expedited Final Program
Review Determination Letter from the Department. There were no
significant adverse findings in the program review. The
Department concluded that University of Phoenix has initiated or
completed acceptable corrective actions in respect of each
compliance item identified in the review and each finding has
been closed. No economic or other sanctions were imposed.
Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
In August 2010, University of Phoenix received a letter from HLC
requiring University of Phoenix to provide certain information
and evidence of compliance with HLC accreditation standards. The
letter related to the August 2010 report published by the GAO of
its undercover investigation into the enrollment and recruiting
practices of a number of proprietary institutions of higher
education, including University of Phoenix. We submitted the
response to HLC on September 10, 2010 and subsequently
received a request for additional information. We have also
responded to the supplemental request. Based on our discussions
with HLC, we believe that our response will be evaluated by a
special committee in mid calendar year 2011, and that the
committee will make recommendations, if any, to the HLC Board.
If, after review, HLC determines that our response is
unsatisfactory, HLC has informed us that it may impose
additional unspecified monitoring or sanctions. In addition,
pending this review, HLC imposed additional requirements on
University of Phoenix with respect to approval of new or
relocated campuses and additional locations. These requirements
may lengthen or make more challenging the approval process for
these sites.
State of
Florida Office of the Attorney General Investigation
On October 22, 2010, University of Phoenix received notice
that the State of Florida Office of the Attorney General in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida had commenced an investigation
into possible unfair and deceptive trade practices associated
with certain alleged practices of University of Phoenix. The
notice included a subpoena to produce documents and detailed
information for the time period of January 1, 2006 to the
present about a broad spectrum of University of Phoenixs
business. We are cooperating with the investigation, but have
also filed a suit to quash or limit the subpoena and to protect
information sought that constitutes propriety or trade secret
information. We cannot predict the eventual scope, duration or
outcome of the investigation at this time.
Securities
and Exchange Commission Informal Inquiry
During October 2009, we received notification from the
Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission
indicating that they had commenced an informal inquiry into our
revenue recognition practices. The Securities and Exchange
Commission has requested various information and documents from
us
and/or
our auditors, including information regarding our revenue
recognition practices, our policies and practices relating to
student refunds, the return of Title IV funds to lenders
and bad debt reserves, our insider trading policies and
procedures, a chronology of the internal processing and
availability of information about the U.S. Department of
Education program review of University of Phoenix commenced in
early 2009, certain information relating to non-Title IV
revenue sources and other matters. Based on these requests, the
eventual scope, duration and outcome of the inquiry cannot be
predicted at this time. We are cooperating fully with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the
inquiry.
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
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Note 17.
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Segment
Reporting
|
We operate primarily in the education industry. We have
organized our segments using a combination of factors primarily
focusing on the type of educational services provided and
products delivered. Our six operating segments are managed in
the following four reportable segments:
1. University of Phoenix;
Apollo Global:
2. BPP;
3. Other; and
4. Other Schools.
The Apollo Global Other reportable segment includes
Western International University, UNIACC, ULA and Apollo Global
corporate operations. The Other Schools reportable segment
includes IPD, CFFP and Meritus. The Corporate caption in our
segment reporting includes adjustments to reconcile segment
results to consolidated results, which primarily consist of net
revenue and corporate charges that are not allocated to our
reportable segments. Please refer to our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for further discussion of our segments.
In the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we initiated a plan
to cease operations at Meritus. We have provided the opportunity
for Meritus students to enroll in University of Phoenix and
expect to complete the closure of Meritus in the third quarter
of fiscal year 2011. Based on our expected continuing
involvement with Meritus students, we have not presented
Meritus as discontinued operations. In connection with our
closure of Meritus, we recorded an insignificant charge in the
second quarter of fiscal year 2011 and we do not expect
significant charges in future periods resulting from the closure.
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
A summary of financial information by reportable segment is as
follows:
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|
|
|
|
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Three Months Ended February 28,
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Six Months Ended February 28,
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($ in thousands)
|
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2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Net revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
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$
|
962,684
|
|
|
$
|
977,476
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|
|
$
|
2,160,475
|
|
|
$
|
2,099,846
|
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
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|
|
52,027
|
|
|
|
53,647
|
|
|
|
131,765
|
|
|
|
142,320
|
|
Other
|
|
|
13,650
|
|
|
|
18,398
|
|
|
|
37,138
|
|
|
|
40,833
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
65,677
|
|
|
|
72,045
|
|
|
|
168,903
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|
|
|
183,153
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|
Other Schools
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|
|
18,926
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|
|
|
20,815
|
|
|
|
44,195
|
|
|
|
45,996
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|
Corporate
|
|
|
1,342
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,491
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net revenue
|
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$
|
1,048,629
|
|
|
$
|
1,070,336
|
|
|
$
|
2,375,064
|
|
|
$
|
2,328,995
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss):
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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University of Phoenix
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$
|
231,639
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|
|
$
|
246,418
|
|
|
$
|
639,073
|
|
|
$
|
637,433
|
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
(1)
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|
|
(225,665
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)
|
|
|
(10,793
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)
|
|
|
(209,093
|
)
|
|
|
4,809
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(12,062
|
)
|
|
|
(6,721
|
)
|
|
|
(19,851
|
)
|
|
|
(8,960
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
(237,727
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)
|
|
|
(17,514
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)
|
|
|
(228,944
|
)
|
|
|
(4,151
|
)
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
(2,882
|
)
|
|
|
(1,221
|
)
|
|
|
1,381
|
|
|
|
1,896
|
|
Corporate
(2)
|
|
|
(14,070
|
)
|
|
|
(54,693
|
)
|
|
|
(27,434
|
)
|
|
|
(69,129
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating (loss) income
|
|
|
(23,040
|
)
|
|
|
172,990
|
|
|
|
384,076
|
|
|
|
566,049
|
|
Reconciling items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
785
|
|
|
|
525
|
|
|
|
1,768
|
|
|
|
1,457
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1,654
|
)
|
|
|
(3,220
|
)
|
|
|
(3,824
|
)
|
|
|
(6,128
|
)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
313
|
|
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
|
259
|
|
|
|
(749
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income
taxes
|
|
$
|
(23,596
|
)
|
|
$
|
170,216
|
|
|
$
|
382,279
|
|
|
$
|
560,629
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
BPPs operating loss in the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011 includes a $219.9 million goodwill
and other intangibles impairment charge. Refer to Note 7,
Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for further discussion.
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(2)
|
The operating loss for Corporate in the three and six months
ended February 28, 2011 includes charges associated with
the Securities Class Action
(Policemans Annuity
and Benefit Fund of Chicago)
matter of $1.6 million and
$2.5 million, respectively. The Corporate operating loss
during the three and six months ended February 28, 2010
includes a $44.5 million charge associated with the same
matter. See Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies, for
further discussion.
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APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
A summary of our consolidated assets by reportable segment is as
follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
|
|
$
|
1,195,182
|
|
|
$
|
1,263,024
|
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
(1)
|
|
|
304,347
|
|
|
|
511,124
|
|
Other
|
|
|
148,639
|
|
|
|
116,483
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
452,986
|
|
|
|
627,607
|
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
30,429
|
|
|
|
33,114
|
|
Corporate
|
|
|
1,437,502
|
|
|
|
1,677,706
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
3,116,099
|
|
|
$
|
3,601,451
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
We recorded a $219.9 million impairment charge for
BPPs goodwill and other intangibles during the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011. Refer to Note 7, Goodwill and
Intangible Assets, for further discussion.
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Item 2.
|
Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) is
intended to help investors understand our results of operations,
financial condition and present business environment. The
MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in
conjunction with, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.
The MD&A is organized as follows:
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Overview:
From managements point of view, we
discuss the following:
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An overview of our business and the sectors of the education
industry in which we operate; and
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Key trends, developments and challenges.
|
|
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|
|
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates:
A discussion
of our accounting policies that require critical judgments and
estimates.
|
|
|
|
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
A discussion of
recently issued accounting pronouncements.
|
|
|
|
Results of Operations:
An analysis of our results of
operations as reflected in our condensed consolidated financial
statements.
|
|
|
|
Liquidity, Capital Resources, and Financial Position:
An
analysis of cash flows and contractual obligations and other
commercial commitments.
|
OVERVIEW
Apollo is one of the worlds largest private education
providers and has been a provider of education services for more
than 35 years. We offer innovative and distinctive
educational programs and services at the undergraduate,
masters and doctoral levels at our various campuses and
learning centers, and online throughout the world. Our principal
wholly-owned subsidiaries and subsidiaries that we control
include the following:
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|
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The University of Phoenix, Inc. (University of
Phoenix),
|
|
|
|
Apollo Global, Inc. (Apollo Global):
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP Holdings, plc (BPP),
|
|
|
|
Western International University, Inc. (Western
International University),
|
|
|
|
Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación
(UNIACC), and
|
|
|
|
Universidad Latinoamericana (ULA),
|
|
|
|
|
|
Institute for Professional Development
(IPD), and
|
|
|
|
The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation
(CFFP).
|
Substantially all of our net revenue is composed of tuition and
fees for educational services. In fiscal year 2010, University
of Phoenix accounted for approximately 91% of our total
consolidated net revenue. University of Phoenix generated 88% of
its cash basis revenue for eligible tuition and fees during
fiscal year 2010 from receipt of Title IV financial aid
program funds, as calculated under the 90/10 Rule, excluding the
benefit from the permitted temporary exclusion of revenue
associated with the increased annual student loan limits, which
occurred in July 2008.
We believe that a critical element of generating successful
long-term growth and attractive returns for our stakeholders is
to provide high quality educational products and services for
our students in order for them to maximize the benefits of their
educational experience. Accordingly, we are intensely focused on
student success and more effectively identifying and enrolling
students who have a greater likelihood to succeed in our
educational programs. We are continuously enhancing and
expanding our current service offerings and investing in
academic quality. We have developed customized systems for
academic quality management, faculty recruitment and training,
student tracking, and marketing to help us more effectively
manage toward this objective. We believe we
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utilize one of the most comprehensive postsecondary learning
assessment programs in the U.S. We seek to improve student
retention by enhancing student services, promoting instructional
innovation and improving academic support. All of these efforts
are designed to help our students stay in school and succeed.
Key
Trends, Developments and Challenges
The following developments and trends present opportunities,
challenges and risks as we work toward our goal of providing
attractive returns for all of our stakeholders:
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Initiative to Enhance Student Experience and Outcomes.
We
are intensely focused on improving student outcomes. In
furtherance of this focus, in fiscal year 2010 we began to
implement a number of important changes and initiatives to
transition our business to more effectively support our students
and improve their educational outcomes, which efforts have
continued in fiscal year 2011. These initiatives include the
following:
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Upgrading our learning and data platforms;
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Adopting new tools to better support students financing
decisions for educational costs, such as our Responsible
Borrowing Calculator, which is designed to help students
calculate the amount of student borrowing necessary to achieve
their educational objectives and to motivate them to not incur
unnecessary student loan debt;
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Marketing approaches to more effectively identify students who
have a greater likelihood to succeed in our educational
programs, including reduced emphasis on the utilization of third
parties for lead generation;
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Requiring all students who enroll in University of Phoenix with
fewer than 24 credits to first attend a free, three-week
University Orientation program which is designed to help
inexperienced prospective students better understand the time
commitments and rigors of higher education prior to enrollment.
After piloting the program for the past year, we implemented
this policy university-wide in November 2010; and
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Better aligning our admissions personnel and other employees
with our students success, including eliminating all
enrollment factors in evaluating the performance and any related
compensation adjustments for our admissions personnel effective
September 1, 2010.
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We believe the 43.6% reduction in University of Phoenix
aggregate New Degreed Enrollment for the first two quarters of
fiscal year 2011 compared to the first two quarters of fiscal
year 2010 is principally due to the change in the evaluation and
compensation structure for our admissions personnel, the full
implementation of University Orientation, and the changes in our
marketing approaches. We expect that these initiatives will
continue to reduce University of Phoenix enrollment for the
remainder of fiscal year 2011 and net revenue, operating income
and cash flow in fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and potentially
beyond. However, we believe that these efforts are in the best
interests of our students and, over the long-term, will improve
student retention and completion rates, reduce bad debt expense,
reduce the risks to our business associated with our regulatory
environment, and position us for more stable long-term growth.
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New Rulemaking Initiative.
In November 2009, the
Department convened two new negotiated rulemaking teams related
to Title IV program integrity issues and foreign school
issues. The team addressing program integrity issues, which
included representatives of the various higher education
constituencies, was unable to reach consensus on all of the
rules addressed by that team. Accordingly, under the negotiated
rulemaking protocol, the Department was free to propose rules
without regard to the tentative agreement reached regarding
certain of the rules.
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The final program integrity rules address numerous topics. The
most significant for our business are the following:
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Modification of the standards relating to the payment of
incentive compensation to employees involved in student
recruitment and enrollment;
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Implementation of standards for state authorization of
institutions of higher education; and
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Adoption of a definition of gainful employment for
purposes of the requirement of Title IV student financial
aid that a program of study offered by a proprietary institution
prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation.
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On June 18, 2010, the Department issued a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in respect of the program
integrity issues, other than the metrics for determining
compliance with the gainful employment requirement. On
July 26, 2010, the Department published a separate NPRM in
respect of the gainful employment metrics. The Department
published final regulations on October 29, 2010, excluding
significant sections related to gainful employment metrics which
the Department previously indicated that it expected to publish
in early calendar year 2011. Most of the October 29, 2010
final rules, including some reporting and disclosure rules
related to gainful employment, are effective July 1, 2011.
We have been developing and implementing various procedures to
enable us to be in compliance with the provisions by the
effective date.
In March 2011, the Department issued Dear Colleague
Letters to provide
sub-regulatory
guidance on certain areas of the program integrity final
regulations. The guidance is provided to assist institutions
with understanding the changes to the regulations in these
areas, and does not make any changes to the regulations. The
Department has indicated that it expects to provide further
information on other provisions of the program integrity
regulations in future Dear Colleague Letters.
We cannot predict the form of the rules on the gainful
employment metrics that ultimately may be adopted by the
Department following public comment. Compliance with these
gainful employment rules could reduce our enrollment, increase
our cost of doing business, and have a material adverse effect
on our business, financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows. Refer to Part II, Item 1A,
Risk
Factors
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U.S. Congressional Hearings.
Beginning last year,
there has been increased focus by the U.S. Congress on the
role that proprietary educational institutions play in higher
education. In June 2010, the U.S. Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP
Committee) held the first in a series of hearings to
examine the proprietary education sector. At a subsequent
hearing in August 2010, the Government Accountability Office
(GAO) presented a report of its review of various
aspects of the proprietary sector, including recruitment
practices and the degree to which proprietary institutions
revenue is composed of Title IV funding. Following the
August hearing, Sen. Tom Harkin, the Chairman of the HELP
Committee, requested a broad range of detailed information from
30 proprietary institutions, including Apollo Group. We have
been and intend to continue being responsive to the requests of
the HELP Committee. Sen. Harkin has held subsequent hearings and
we believe that future hearings may be held. In addition, other
Congressional hearings have been or are expected to be held
regarding various aspects of the education industry that may
affect our business, including hearings before the Senate
Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal
Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services
and International Security and the House Education and the
Workforce Committee.
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90/10 Rule
. One requirement of the Higher Education Act,
commonly referred to as the 90/10 Rule, applies to
proprietary institutions such as University of Phoenix and
Western International University. Under this rule, a proprietary
institution will be ineligible to participate in
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Title IV programs if for any two consecutive fiscal years
it derives more than 90% of its cash basis revenue, as defined
in the rule, from Title IV programs. An institution that
exceeds this limit for any single fiscal year will be
automatically placed on provisional certification for two fiscal
years and will be subject to possible additional sanctions
determined to be appropriate under the circumstances by the
U.S. Department of Education in the exercise of its broad
discretion. While the Department has broad discretion to impose
additional sanctions on such an institution, there is only
limited precedent available to predict what those sanctions
might be, particularly in the current regulatory environment.
The Department could specify any additional conditions as a part
of the provisional certification and the institutions
continued participation in Title IV programs. These
conditions may include, among other things, restrictions on the
total amount of Title IV program funds that may be
distributed to students attending the institution; restrictions
on programmatic and geographic expansion; requirements to obtain
and post letters of credit; additional reporting requirements to
include additional interim financial reporting; or any other
conditions imposed by the Department. Should an institution be
subject to a provisional certification at the time that its
current program participation agreement expired, the effect on
recertification of the institution or continued eligibility in
Title IV programs pending recertification is uncertain. In
recent years, the
90/10
Rule
percentages for University of Phoenix have trended closer to 90%
and for fiscal year 2010, the percentage for University of
Phoenix was 88%, excluding the benefit from the permitted
temporary exclusion of revenue associated with the recently
increased annual student loan limits. This temporary relief
expires in July 2011, and including this relief the percentage
for University of Phoenix was 85%.
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Based on currently available information, we expect that the
90/10
Rule
percentage for University of Phoenix, net of the temporary
relief, will approach 90% for fiscal year 2011. We have
implemented various measures intended to reduce the percentage
of University of Phoenixs cash basis revenue attributable
to Title IV funds, including emphasizing employer-paid and
other direct-pay education programs, encouraging students to
carefully evaluate the amount of necessary Title IV
borrowing, and continued focus on professional development and
continuing education programs. Although we believe these
measures will favorably impact the
90/10
Rule
calculation, they have had only limited impact to date and there
is no assurance that they will be adequate to prevent the
90/10
Rule
calculation from exceeding 90% in the future. We are considering
other measures to favorably impact the
90/10
Rule
calculation for University of Phoenix, including tuition price
increases; however, we have substantially no control over the
amount of Title IV student loans and grants sought by or
awarded to our students.
The University of Phoenix
90/10
Rule
percentage for the first half of fiscal year 2011 is slightly
lower than it was for the comparable period in fiscal year 2010,
which we believe may be attributable in part to the reduction in
the proportion of our students who are enrolled in our
associates degree programs. Based on currently available
information, we do not expect the
90/10
Rule
percentage for University of Phoenix, net of the temporary
relief which expires in July 2011, to exceed 90% for fiscal year
2011. However, the
90/10
Rule
percentage for University of Phoenix remains near 90% and could
exceed 90% in the future depending on the degree to which our
various initiatives are effective, the impact of future changes
in our enrollment mix, and regulatory and other factors outside
our control.
Our efforts to reduce the
90/10
Rule
percentage for University of Phoenix, especially if the
percentage exceeds 90% for a fiscal year, may involve taking
measures which reduce our revenue, increase our operating
expenses, or both, in each case perhaps significantly. If the
90/10
Rule
is not changed to provide relief for proprietary institutions,
we may be required to make structural changes to our business in
order to remain in compliance, which changes may materially
alter the manner in which we conduct our business and materially
and adversely impact our business, financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows. Furthermore,
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these required changes could make more difficult our ability to
comply with other important regulatory requirements.
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Student Loan Cohort Default Rates
. To remain eligible to
participate in Title IV programs, an educational
institutions student loan cohort default rates must remain
below certain specified levels. Each cohort is the group of
students who first enter into student loan repayment during a
federal fiscal year (ending September 30). The currently
applicable cohort default rate for each cohort is the percentage
of the students in the cohort who default on their student loans
prior to the end of the following federal fiscal year, which
represents a two-year measuring period. An educational
institution will lose its eligibility to participate in some or
all Title IV programs if its student loan cohort default
rate equals or exceeds 25% for three consecutive cohorts or 40%
for any given cohort. If our student loan default rates approach
these limits, we may be required to increase efforts and
resources dedicated to improving these default rates.
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For University of Phoenix, the 2008 cohort default rate was
12.9% and the draft 2009 cohort default rate, which will be
finalized in September 2011, was 19%. The University of Phoenix
cohort default rate has been increasing over the past several
years and we expect this upward pressure may continue due to the
continued challenging economic climate, the lagging effect of
the growth in recent years in our associates degree
student population and changes in the manner in which student
loans are serviced. However, we believe that our continuing
efforts to shift our student mix to a higher proportion of
bachelor and graduate level students, the full implementation of
our University Orientation program in November 2010 and our
implementation of other student protection initiatives will
favorably impact our rate over time. Based on the available
preliminary data and assuming the continuing favorable impact of
recently implemented internal loan servicing enhancements, we do
not expect the University of Phoenix 2010 cohort default rate to
exceed 25%.
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Federal and State Financial Aid Funding.
The federal
government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution
that will expire on April 8, 2011, while Congress debates
various spending reduction proposals to deal with the current
unprecedented federal budget deficit. The federal Pell Grant
program is one of the largest non-defense discretionary spending
programs and therefore is a target for reduction as Congress
addresses the budget deficit. Although the Obama Administration
has not proposed cuts in the Pell Grant program in its proposed
fiscal year 2012 budget, there have been proposals in Congress
to roll back the Pell Grant program to 2008 funding levels,
which would reduce the maximum annual Pell Grant by $800 from
its current maximum level of $5,500, perhaps as early as July
2011. Any action by Congress that significantly reduces
Title IV program funding or the eligibility of our
institutions or students to participate in Title IV
programs would have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows. In addition to
possible reductions in federal student financial aid, we believe
that the availability of state-funded student financial aid will
continue to decline as states deal with historic budget
shortfalls. These reductions may reduce our enrollment and, to
the extent that Title IV funds replace any state funding
sources for our students, may adversely impact our 90/10 Rule
calculation. We cannot predict the outcome of the federal or
state budget negotiations.
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Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
. In August
2010, University of Phoenix received a letter from HLC requiring
University of Phoenix to provide certain information and
evidence of compliance with HLC accreditation standards. The
letter related to the August 2010 report published by the GAO of
its undercover investigation into the enrollment and recruiting
practices of a number of proprietary institutions of higher
education, including University of Phoenix. We submitted the
response to HLC on September 10, 2010 and subsequently
received a request for additional information. We have also
responded to the supplemental request. Based on our discussions
with HLC, we believe that our response will be evaluated by a
special committee in mid calendar year 2011, and that the
committee will make recommendations, if any, to the HLC Board.
If, after review, HLC determines that our response is
unsatisfactory,
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HLC has informed us that it may impose additional unspecified
monitoring or sanctions. In addition, pending this review, HLC
imposed additional requirements on University of Phoenix with
respect to approval of new or relocated campuses and additional
locations. These requirements may lengthen or make more
challenging the approval process for these sites.
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Economic Recovery.
The U.S. and much of the world
economy have been in the midst of an economic downturn in recent
years. These conditions contributed to a portion of our
enrollment growth in recent fiscal years as an increased number
of working learners sought to advance their education to improve
their job security or reemployment prospects. We believe that
the recent, albeit uneven, improvements in the U.S. economy
have reduced this effect on demand for educational services
among potential working learners and are a contributing factor
in the decline we have experienced in our New Degreed Enrollment
in the last two quarters. A more robust economic recovery in the
U.S. may further impact demand among potential working
learners for our services.
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Opportunities to Expand into New Markets.
We believe that
there is a growing demand for high quality education outside the
U.S. and that we have capabilities and expertise that can
be useful in providing these services beyond our current reach.
We believe we can deploy our key capabilities in student
services, technology and marketing to expand into new markets to
further our mission of providing high quality, accessible
education. We intend to actively pursue quality opportunities to
acquire
and/or
partner with existing institutions of higher learning where we
believe we can achieve long-term attractive growth and value
creation.
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For a more detailed discussion of trends, risks and
uncertainties, and our strategic plan, please refer to our 2010
Annual Report on
Form 10-K,
and Part II, Item 1A,
Risk Factors
, included in
this report.
Fiscal
Year 2011 Significant Events
In addition to the items discussed above, we experienced the
following significant events during fiscal year 2011:
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University of Phoenix Academic Annual Report
. In
December 2010, University of Phoenix published its third
Academic Annual Report which contains a variety of comparative
performance measures related to student outcomes and university
initiatives related to quality and accountability.
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University of Phoenix Program Review
. In February
2011, University of Phoenix received an Expedited Final Program
Review Determination Letter from the Department in respect of
the Departments December 2010 program review. There were
no significant adverse findings. The Department concluded that
University of Phoenix has initiated or completed acceptable
corrective actions in respect of each compliance item identified
in the review and each finding has been closed. No economic or
other sanctions were imposed. Refer to Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
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additional information.
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Changes in Directors
. The following changes in
directors have occurred during fiscal year 2011:
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During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, Stephen J. Giusto
resigned from the Board of Directors in connection with his
acceptance of employment with Apollo in a senior management
position to manage, expand and grow Apollos educational
services offerings;
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During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, James R. Reis
ceased to serve as a director of Apollo when his term expired
upon the annual meeting of our Class B
shareholders; and
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On March 24, 2011, Darby Shupp was appointed to our Board
of Directors.
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BPP Goodwill and Other Intangibles Impairment
.
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, we recorded
impairment charges of BPPs goodwill and other intangibles
totaling $219.9 million. Refer to Note 7, Goodwill and
Intangible Assets, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
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for additional information.
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Securities Class Action (Policemans Annuity and
Benefit Fund of Chicago)
.
On
March 7, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court denied our
petition for certiorari in a securities class action lawsuit,
In re Apollo Group, Inc. Securities Litigation
, which we
refer to as the Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
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Chicago matter. As a result, the case has now returned to the
District Court to enter judgment against us and address issues
related to shareholder claims. We have estimated for financial
reporting purposes, using statistically valid models and a 60%
confidence interval, that the damages could range from
$127.2 million to $228.0 million. The final amount of
damages payable may be more, or less, than the estimated range.
We believe we have adequate liquidity to fund the satisfaction
of the judgment. Refer to Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
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additional information.
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Sale-Leaseback
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On
March 24, 2011, we entered into an agreement to sell our
principal office buildings in Phoenix, Arizona plus the related
land and parking facilities comprising approximately
600,000 square feet of office space for approximately
$170 million. Pursuant to the agreement, we have
simultaneously leased back the facilities for an initial term of
20 years, with four five-year renewal options. We are
required to pay rent of $12 million for the initial year,
which is increased 2% per year until the end of the initial
lease term. We expect to generate a gain on the sale of
approximately $28 million, which will be deferred and
recognized over the initial lease term.
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Apollo Global Change in
Management
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During the second quarter
of fiscal year 2011, Timothy F. Daniels was hired to serve as
President of Apollo Global, succeeding Jeff Langenbach who
accepted a new assignment with Apollo Group as both Chief of
Staff for the Office of the CEO and Chief Administration Officer.
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CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
For a detailed discussion of our critical accounting policies
and estimates, please refer to our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Included below is an update for certain of our Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates as of February 28, 2011.
Goodwill
and Intangible Assets
Our goodwill and intangible assets by reportable segment are
summarized below:
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BPP
(1)
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We recorded a $219.9 million impairment charge for
BPPs goodwill and other intangibles during the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011. See further discussion below.
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BPP
Reporting Unit
During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011, BPP experienced
lower than expected rates of enrollment for its finance and
accountancy professional training programs for the upcoming
semi-annual qualification exams. As a result, we have revised
our outlook for BPP and reduced forecasted revenues and
operating cash flows for the remainder of fiscal year 2011.
The majority of students take multiple years to complete these
programs and, as a result, the lower than expected rates of
enrollment in these programs are expected to negatively impact
revenue growth for the next couple of years. In addition, we
have also reduced our forecasts for future years from what we
had previously anticipated, as we now believe that we will
likely experience further near term declines. Currently, finance
professional training programs
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account for approximately one-half of BPPs revenues and a
significant portion of BPPs operating cash flows. For
these reasons, we performed an interim goodwill impairment
analysis for BPP in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011.
To determine the fair value of our BPP reporting unit in our
interim step one analysis, we used a combination of the
discounted cash flow valuation method and the market-based
approach, to which we applied weighting factors of 80% and 20%,
respectively. These weighting factors are consistent with those
used in our previous annual goodwill impairment analysis. For a
further description of the valuation methods we employ and the
critical assumptions and estimates used in those methods, please
refer to Part II, Item 7,
Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Critical Accounting Policies and
Estimates Goodwill and Intangible Assets in our 2010
Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
We used assumptions in our interim step one analysis to reflect
what we believe to be a reasonable market participants
view of the increased uncertainty in the broader market
conditions impacting BPP. Specifically, the key assumptions used
in our revised cash flow estimates include the following:
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the markets in which BPPs professional training programs
operate in will experience further declines in the near term,
and a recovery in the market for such programs will take longer
than previously expected,
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decreased our pricing assumptions for degree programs at
BPPs University college, given the emerging competitive
landscape and the implementation of the U.K. governments
review of funding for Higher Education, and
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a 13.5% discount rate and 3.0% terminal growth rate.
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Incorporating these assumptions into our interim step one
goodwill impairment analysis resulted in a lower estimated fair
value for the BPP reporting unit as compared to its carrying
value. This is the second time that we have received new
information that has caused us to revise our forecasts for BPP
and record impairment charges. Although our projections assume
that these markets will ultimately stabilize, we may be required
to record additional impairment charges or write-off the
remaining goodwill and other intangibles balances of
$48.9 million and $114.2 million, respectively, for
the BPP reporting unit if there are further deteriorations in
the professional training program markets, if economic
conditions in the U.K. further decline, or we are unable to
achieve the projected revenue growth at BPPs University
College.
Accordingly, we performed an interim step two analysis which
required us to value BPPs assets and liabilities,
including identifiable intangible assets, using the fair value
derived from the interim step one analysis as the purchase price
in a hypothetical acquisition of the BPP reporting unit. The
amount of the goodwill impairment charge is derived by comparing
the implied fair value of goodwill from the hypothetical
purchase price allocation to its carrying value. The significant
hypothetical purchase price adjustments included in the interim
step two analysis consisted of:
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Adjusting the carrying value of land and buildings included in
property and equipment to estimated fair value using the market
approach and based on appraisals.
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Adjusting the carrying value of the trademark and accreditations
and designation indefinite-lived intangible assets to estimated
fair value using the relief-from-royalty and cost savings
valuation methods. Our interim impairment tests for these
indefinite-lived intangible assets utilized the same assumptions
used in the BPP reporting unit goodwill impairment analysis
which resulted in a lower fair value estimate for BPPs
trademark.
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Adjusting all other finite-lived intangible assets to estimated
fair value using a variety of methods under the income approach.
As a result of this analysis, we determined that all significant
finite-lived intangible assets were not impaired in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011.
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Based on our analysis, we recorded impairment charges during the
second quarter of fiscal year 2011 for BPPs goodwill and
trademark of $197.7 million and $22.2 million,
respectively. As BPPs goodwill is not deductible for tax
purposes, we did not record a tax benefit associated with the
goodwill impairment charge. In the second quarter of fiscal year
2011, BPPs goodwill and other intangibles impairment
charges in the aggregate approximate
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$214.7 million (net of $5.2 million benefit for income
taxes associated with the other intangibles impairment charge).
As shown in the table above, we will prepare our annual goodwill
impairment analyses for all of our reporting units in the second
half of fiscal year 2011. Goodwill impairment tests are
subjective and require the use of considerable judgment and
estimates. Depending upon the outcome of our annual goodwill
impairment analysis, we may be required to record impairment
charges for our goodwill and intangible assets.
RECENT
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Please refer to Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in
Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for recent accounting
pronouncements.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
We have included below a discussion of our operating results and
significant items which explain the material changes in our
operating results during the three and six months ended
February 28, 2011 compared to the three and six months
ended February 28, 2010.
Our operations are generally subject to seasonal trends. We
experience, and expect to continue to experience, fluctuations
in our results of operations, principally as a result of
seasonal variations in the level of University of Phoenix
enrollments. Although University of Phoenix enrolls students
throughout the year, its net revenue is generally lower in our
second fiscal quarter (December through February) than the other
quarters due to holiday breaks in December and January.
Effective during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, we
revised our presentation of operating expenses and reclassified
prior periods to conform to our revised presentation. There were
no changes to total operating expenses or operating income as a
result of these reclassifications. Please refer to Note 3,
Reclassifications, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
,
for further discussion. We categorize our operating expenses as
follows:
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Instructional and student
advisory
consist primarily of costs related
to the delivery and administration of our educational programs
and include costs related to faculty, student advisory and
administrative compensation, classroom and administration lease
expenses (including facilities that are shared and support both
instructional and admissions functions), financial aid
processing costs, costs related to the development of our
educational programs and other related costs. Tuition costs for
all employees and their eligible family members are recorded as
an expense within instructional and student advisory.
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Marketing
the substantial majority of
costs consist of advertising expenses, compensation for
marketing personnel including personnel responsible for
establishing relationships with selected employers, which we
refer to as our Workforce Solutions team, and production of
marketing materials. The category also includes other costs
directly related to marketing functions.
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Admissions advisory
the substantial
majority of costs consist of compensation for admissions
personnel. The category also includes other costs directly
related to admissions advisory functions.
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General and administrative
consist
primarily of corporate compensation, occupancy costs, legal and
professional fees, and other related costs.
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Provisions for uncollectible accounts
receivable
consist of expense charged to
reduce our accounts receivable to our estimate of the amount we
expect to collect.
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Depreciation and amortization
consist of
depreciation expense on our property and equipment and
amortization of our finite-lived intangible assets.
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For
the three months ended February 28, 2011 compared to the
three months ended February 28, 2010
Analysis
of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
The table below details our consolidated results of operations.
For a more detailed discussion by reportable segment, refer to
our
Analysis of Operating Results by Reportable Segment
.
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Three Months Ended February 28,
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
% of Net Revenue
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|
|
%
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|
($ in thousands)
|
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2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Net revenue
|
|
$
|
1,048,629
|
|
|
$
|
1,070,336
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
(2.0
|
%)
|
Costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Instructional and student advisory
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|
421,644
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|
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|
415,458
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|
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40.2
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%
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|
38.8
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%
|
|
|
1.5
|
%
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Marketing
|
|
|
157,215
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|
|
|
141,308
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|
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15.0
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%
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|
|
13.2
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%
|
|
|
11.3
|
%
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Admissions advisory
|
|
|
102,283
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|
|
|
118,152
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|
|
|
9.8
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%
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|
|
11.0
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%
|
|
|
(13.4
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%)
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General and administrative
|
|
|
84,344
|
|
|
|
68,800
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|
|
|
8.0
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%
|
|
|
6.4
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%
|
|
|
22.6
|
%
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
45,540
|
|
|
|
73,884
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|
|
|
4.3
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%
|
|
|
6.9
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%
|
|
|
(38.4
|
%)
|
Depreciation and amortization
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|
|
39,142
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|
|
|
35,244
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|
|
|
3.7
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%
|
|
|
3.3
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%
|
|
|
11.1
|
%
|
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment
|
|
|
219,927
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.0
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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
|
1,574
|
|
|
|
44,500
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|
|
|
0.2
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%
|
|
|
4.2
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
|
1,071,669
|
|
|
|
897,346
|
|
|
|
102.2
|
%
|
|
|
83.8
|
%
|
|
|
19.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating (loss) income
|
|
|
(23,040
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)
|
|
|
172,990
|
|
|
|
(2.2
|
%)
|
|
|
16.2
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
Interest income
|
|
|
785
|
|
|
|
525
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
49.5
|
%
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1,654
|
)
|
|
|
(3,220
|
)
|
|
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
|
|
(48.6
|
%)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
313
|
|
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income
taxes
|
|
|
(23,596
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)
|
|
|
170,216
|
|
|
|
(2.3
|
%)
|
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
(76,052
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)
|
|
|
(69,064
|
)
|
|
|
(7.2
|
%)
|
|
|
(6.4
|
%)
|
|
|
(10.1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations
|
|
|
(99,648
|
)
|
|
|
101,152
|
|
|
|
(9.5
|
%)
|
|
|
9.5
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
|
2,575
|
|
|
|
(10,638
|
)
|
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
|
(1.0
|
%)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
|
(97,073
|
)
|
|
|
90,514
|
|
|
|
(9.3
|
%)
|
|
|
8.5
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
33,035
|
|
|
|
2,092
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income attributable to Apollo
|
|
$
|
(64,038
|
)
|
|
$
|
92,606
|
|
|
|
(6.1
|
%)
|
|
|
8.7
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Revenue
Our net revenue decreased $21.7 million, or 2.0%, in the
second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second
quarter of fiscal year 2010. The decrease was primarily
attributable to University of Phoenixs 1.5% decrease in
net revenue principally due to lower enrollments. The remaining
decrease was principally attributable to decreased net revenue
at subsidiaries of Apollo Global. See further discussion of net
revenue by reportable segment below at
Analysis of Operating
Results by Reportable Segment
.
Instructional
and Student Advisory
Instructional and student advisory increased $6.2 million,
or 1.5%, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to
the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which represents a
140 basis point increase as a percentage of net revenue.
The increase in expense was primarily due to various strategic
initiatives implemented to more
43
effectively support our students and improve their educational
outcomes. These initiatives have increased compensation related
to certain student advisory and infrastructure support
functions, and increased curriculum development and delivery
costs.
Marketing
Marketing increased $15.9 million, or 11.3%, in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010, which represents a 180 basis point
increase as a percentage of net revenue. The increase as a
percentage of net revenue was primarily the result of higher
advertising expenditures driven by the increased costs
associated with our efforts to more effectively identify
students who have a greater likelihood to succeed in our
educational programs. Additionally, advertising rates for
traditional and online media increased due to more competition
for higher degree level students and general increases in
advertising rates due to improving economic conditions. The
increase was partially offset by lower employee compensation
costs as a percentage of net revenue.
Admissions
Advisory
Admissions advisory decreased $15.9 million, or 13.4%, in
the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second
quarter of fiscal year 2010, which represents a 120 basis
point decrease as a percentage of net revenue. The decrease as a
percentage of net revenue was a result of lower admissions
advisory headcount primarily attributable to a strategic
reduction in force implemented during the first quarter of
fiscal year 2011 that eliminated approximately
700 full-time positions, principally among admissions
personnel. We realized a compensation expense reduction of
approximately $8 million in the second quarter of fiscal
year 2011 related to this reduction in force, the majority of
which was in Admissions Advisory. The decrease in admissions
advisory was partially offset by higher average employee
compensation costs, as we elevate the educational profile for
admissions personnel.
General
and Administrative
General and administrative increased $15.5 million, or
22.6%, in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the
second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which represents a
160 basis point increase as a percentage of net revenue.
The increase as a percentage of net revenue is primarily
attributable to expenses as we invest in our information
technology resources and capabilities, as well as various
expenses related to regulatory and external affairs activities.
Provision
for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable decreased
$28.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011
compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010, which
represents a 260 basis point decrease as a percentage of
net revenue. The decrease was primarily attributable to
reductions in gross accounts receivable as a result of decreases
in New Degreed Enrollment and improvements in student retention,
partially due to the full implementation of University
Orientation. See
Overview
in this MD&A for further
discussion of University Orientation. Improved collection rates
at University of Phoenix also contributed to the decrease as a
result of improved effectiveness of our collection efforts for
aged receivables. University of Phoenix is in the process of
implementing several initiatives that we believe will further
improve the effectiveness of its collections processes, which if
effective should favorably impact our provision for
uncollectible accounts receivable in the future.
Depreciation
and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization increased $3.9 million in the
second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second
quarter of fiscal year 2010, which represents a 40 basis
point increase as a percentage of net revenue. The increase was
primarily due to increased depreciation related to computer
equipment and software. This was partially offset by a decrease
in amortization of BPP intangible assets.
Goodwill
and Other Intangibles Impairment
We recorded impairment charges of BPPs goodwill and other
intangible assets of $197.7 million and $22.2 million,
respectively, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. See
Note 7, Goodwill and Intangibles Assets, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further discussion.
44
Estimated
Litigation Loss
We recorded a $1.6 million charge in the second quarter of
fiscal year 2011 for incremental post-judgment interest and
future estimated legal costs related to the
Securities
Class Action (Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
matter. See Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for
further discussion.
Interest
Income
Interest income was essentially flat in the second quarter of
fiscal year 2011 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year
2010.
Interest
Expense
Interest expense decreased $1.6 million in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010 primarily due to a decrease in average
borrowings.
Other,
Net
Other, net in the second quarters of fiscal years 2011 and 2010
primarily consists of net foreign currency gains and losses
related to our international operations.
Provision
for Income Taxes
The adverse change in our effective income tax rate for
continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal year 2011
compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 was primarily
attributable to the BPP goodwill impairment discussed above for
which we do not receive a tax benefit.
Income
(loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, relates
to our Insight Schools business, which we classified as held for
sale and as discontinued operations in the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010. The income from discontinued operations during
the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 was primarily
attributable to a $1.6 million tax benefit realized in
connection with the sale of Insight Schools and income for the
period we owned Insight Schools during the quarter. The loss
from discontinued operations during the second quarter of fiscal
year 2010 was primarily attributable to a $9.4 million
impairment of Insight Schools goodwill. Please refer to
Note 5, Discontinued Operations, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further discussion.
Net Loss
Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
The increase in net loss attributable to noncontrolling
interests during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared
to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 was primarily due to
Apollo Globals noncontrolling shareholders portion
of BPPs goodwill and other intangibles impairment
discussed above.
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Analysis
of Operating Results by Reportable Segment
The table below details our operating results by reportable
segment for the periods indicated:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenue:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
|
|
$
|
962,684
|
|
|
$
|
977,476
|
|
|
$
|
(14,792
|
)
|
|
|
(1.5
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
|
52,027
|
|
|
|
53,647
|
|
|
|
(1,620
|
)
|
|
|
(3.0
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
13,650
|
|
|
|
18,398
|
|
|
|
(4,748
|
)
|
|
|
(25.8
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
65,677
|
|
|
|
72,045
|
|
|
|
(6,368
|
)
|
|
|
(8.8
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
18,926
|
|
|
|
20,815
|
|
|
|
(1,889
|
)
|
|
|
(9.1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
(1)
|
|
|
1,342
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,342
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net revenue
|
|
$
|
1,048,629
|
|
|
$
|
1,070,336
|
|
|
$
|
(21,707
|
)
|
|
|
(2.0
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
|
|
$
|
231,639
|
|
|
$
|
246,418
|
|
|
$
|
(14,779
|
)
|
|
|
(6.0
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
|
(225,665
|
)
|
|
|
(10,793
|
)
|
|
|
(214,872
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(12,062
|
)
|
|
|
(6,721
|
)
|
|
|
(5,341
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
(237,727
|
)
|
|
|
(17,514
|
)
|
|
|
(220,213
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
(2,882
|
)
|
|
|
(1,221
|
)
|
|
|
(1,661
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
(1)
|
|
|
(14,070
|
)
|
|
|
(54,693
|
)
|
|
|
40,623
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating (loss) income
|
|
$
|
(23,040
|
)
|
|
$
|
172,990
|
|
|
$
|
(196,030
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The Corporate caption in our segment reporting includes
adjustments to reconcile segment results to consolidated
results, which primarily consist of net revenue and corporate
charges that are not allocated to our segments. The operating
loss for Corporate in the second quarters of fiscal year 2011
and 2010 includes $1.6 and $44.5 million of charges,
respectively, associated with the securities class action
lawsuit
(Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
. See Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies,
in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further
discussion.
|
University
of Phoenix
The $14.8 million, or 1.5%, decrease in net revenue in our
University of Phoenix segment was primarily due to lower
enrollments partially offset by selective tuition price and
other fee changes implemented July 1, 2010, which varied by
geographic area, program, and degree level. In aggregate, these
tuition price and other fee changes, including increased
discounts to military and other veteran students in selective
programs, were generally in the range of 4-6%.
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The following table details University of Phoenix enrollment in
the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 and the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Degreed
Enrollment
(1)
|
|
|
|
New Degreed
Enrollment
(2)
|
|
|
|
Average Degreed
Enrollment
(3)
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended February 28,
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended February 28,
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
|
Quarter Ended February 28,
|
|
|
%
|
|
(rounded to the nearest hundred)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
Associates
|
|
|
155,500
|
|
|
|
201,300
|
|
|
|
(22.8
|
%)
|
|
|
|
18,900
|
|
|
|
43,100
|
|
|
|
(56.1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
166,400
|
|
|
|
203,400
|
|
|
|
(18.2
|
%)
|
Bachelors
|
|
|
181,200
|
|
|
|
178,000
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
20,900
|
|
|
|
31,300
|
|
|
|
(33.2
|
%)
|
|
|
|
184,200
|
|
|
|
174,500
|
|
|
|
5.6
|
%
|
Masters
|
|
|
61,200
|
|
|
|
71,800
|
|
|
|
(14.8
|
%)
|
|
|
|
7,800
|
|
|
|
12,200
|
|
|
|
(36.1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
63,600
|
|
|
|
71,800
|
|
|
|
(11.4
|
%)
|
Doctoral
|
|
|
7,400
|
|
|
|
7,500
|
|
|
|
(1.3
|
%)
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
(33.3
|
%)
|
|
|
|
7,500
|
|
|
|
7,400
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
405,300
|
|
|
|
458,600
|
|
|
|
(11.6
|
%)
|
|
|
|
48,200
|
|
|
|
87,500
|
|
|
|
(44.9
|
%)
|
|
|
|
421,700
|
|
|
|
457,100
|
|
|
|
(7.7
|
%)
|
|
|
(1)
|
Degreed Enrollment for a quarter is composed of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
students enrolled in a University of Phoenix degree program who
attended a course during the quarter and had not graduated as of
the end of the quarter;
|
|
|
|
students who previously graduated from one degree program and
started a new degree program in the quarter (for example, a
graduate of the associates degree program returns for a
bachelors degree or a bachelors degree graduate
returns for a masters degree); and
|
|
|
|
students participating in certain certificate programs of at
least 18 credits with some course applicability into a related
degree program.
|
|
|
(2)
|
New Degreed Enrollment for each quarter is composed of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
new students and students who have been out of attendance for
more than 12 months who enroll in a University of Phoenix
degree program and start a course in the quarter;
|
|
|
|
students who have previously graduated from a degree program and
start a new degree program in the quarter; and
|
|
|
|
students who commence participation in certain certificate
programs of at least 18 credits with some course applicability
into a related degree program.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Average Degreed Enrollment represents the average of Degreed
Enrollment by quarter from the beginning of the period to the
end of the period (for example, the Average Degreed Enrollment
for the quarter ended February 28, 2011 includes the
average of the Degreed Enrollment for the quarters ended
November 30, 2010 and February 28, 2011).
|
University of Phoenix Average Degreed Enrollment decreased 7.7%
in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the second
quarter of fiscal year 2010 in part due to the 44.9% decrease in
New Degreed Enrollment. We believe the decreases in enrollment
are primarily the result of our operational changes and
initiatives to more effectively support our students and improve
their educational outcomes. These changes and initiatives are
principally the following:
|
|
|
|
|
changes in the evaluation and compensation structure for our
admissions personnel and other employees, including eliminating
all enrollment factors in evaluating the performance and any
related compensation adjustments for our admissions personnel
effective September 1, 2010;
|
|
|
|
the full implementation of University Orientation in November
2010; and
|
|
|
|
our efforts to more effectively identify students who have a
greater likelihood to succeed in our educational programs.
|
We expect that these initiatives will continue to reduce
University of Phoenix enrollment for the remainder of fiscal
year 2011 and net revenue, operating income and cash flow in
fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and potentially beyond. However, we
continue to believe that these efforts are in the best interest
of our students and, over the long-term, will improve student
retention and completion rates, reduce bad debt expense, reduce
the risks to our business associated with the regulatory
environment, and position us for more stable long-term growth.
47
Operating income in our University of Phoenix segment decreased
$14.8 million, or 6.0%, during the second quarter of fiscal
year 2011 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010.
This decrease was primarily attributable to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
The 1.5% decrease in University of Phoenix net revenue;
|
|
|
|
An increase in expense associated with our various strategic
initiatives to more effectively support our students and improve
their educational outcomes. These initiatives have increased
compensation related to certain student advisory and
infrastructure support functions, and increased curriculum
development and delivery costs; and
|
|
|
|
An increase in marketing costs primarily attributable to higher
advertising expenditures driven by the increased costs
associated with our efforts to more effectively identify
students who have a greater likelihood to succeed in our
educational programs. Additionally, advertising rates for
traditional and online media increased due to more competition
for higher degree level students and general increases in
advertising rates due to improving economic conditions.
|
The above factors were partially offset by the following:
|
|
|
|
|
A reduction in bad debt expense primarily attributable to
reductions in gross accounts receivable as a result of decreases
in New Degreed Enrollment and improvements in student retention,
partially due to the full implementation of University
Orientation. See
Overview
in this MD&A for further
discussion of University Orientation. Improved collection rates
at University of Phoenix also contributed to the decrease as a
result of improved effectiveness of our collection efforts for
aged receivables. University of Phoenix is in the process of
implementing several initiatives that we believe will further
improve the effectiveness of its collections processes, which if
effective should favorably impact our provision for
uncollectible accounts receivable in the future; and
|
|
|
|
Lower headcount in admissions advisory and certain marketing
functions primarily attributable to a strategic reduction in
force implemented during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011
that eliminated approximately 700 full-time positions,
principally among admissions personnel.
|
Apollo
Global
The $6.4 million decrease in Apollo Global net revenue
during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011 compared to the
second quarter of fiscal year 2010 was primarily attributable to
decreased revenue at UNIACC and BPP. The decrease at both
subsidiaries was principally due to lower student enrollment.
Apollo Globals operating loss increased
$220.2 million during the second quarter of fiscal year
2011 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 due to
BPPs $219.9 million impairment charge for goodwill
and other intangibles in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011.
The decrease in net revenue at UNIACC and BPP also contributed
to the increased operating loss. This was partially offset by a
$3.2 million decrease in Apollo Global intangible asset
amortization.
Other
Schools
The decrease in net revenue and increased operating loss for our
Other Schools segment during the second quarter of fiscal year
2011 compared to the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 was
principally due to a decrease in the number of client
institutions serviced by IPD. We also incurred costs associated
with our plan to cease operations at Meritus. See Note 17,
Segment Reporting, Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for
further discussion.
48
For
the six months ended February 28, 2011 compared to the six
months ended February 28, 2010
Analysis
of Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
The table below details our consolidated results of operations.
For a more detailed discussion by reportable segment, refer to
our
Analysis of Operating Results by Reportable Segment
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of Net Revenue
|
|
|
%
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Net revenue
|
|
$
|
2,375,064
|
|
|
$
|
2,328,995
|
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
Costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Instructional and student advisory
|
|
|
877,456
|
|
|
|
846,133
|
|
|
|
37.0
|
%
|
|
|
36.3
|
%
|
|
|
3.7
|
%
|
Marketing
|
|
|
323,358
|
|
|
|
292,925
|
|
|
|
13.6
|
%
|
|
|
12.6
|
%
|
|
|
10.4
|
%
|
Admissions advisory
|
|
|
216,035
|
|
|
|
233,423
|
|
|
|
9.1
|
%
|
|
|
10.0
|
%
|
|
|
(7.4
|
%)
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
169,218
|
|
|
|
139,459
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
%
|
|
|
6.0
|
%
|
|
|
21.3
|
%
|
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable
|
|
|
102,449
|
|
|
|
136,582
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
%
|
|
|
5.9
|
%
|
|
|
(25.0
|
%)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
76,244
|
|
|
|
69,924
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
|
|
9.0
|
%
|
Goodwill and other intangibles impairment
|
|
|
219,927
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Estimated litigation loss
|
|
|
2,455
|
|
|
|
44,500
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
Restructuring
|
|
|
3,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and expenses
|
|
|
1,990,988
|
|
|
|
1,762,946
|
|
|
|
83.8
|
%
|
|
|
75.7
|
%
|
|
|
12.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
384,076
|
|
|
|
566,049
|
|
|
|
16.2
|
%
|
|
|
24.3
|
%
|
|
|
(32.1
|
%)
|
Interest income
|
|
|
1,768
|
|
|
|
1,457
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
|
|
21.3
|
%
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(3,824
|
)
|
|
|
(6,128
|
)
|
|
|
(0.2
|
%)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
%)
|
|
|
(37.6
|
%)
|
Other, net
|
|
|
259
|
|
|
|
(749
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
382,279
|
|
|
|
560,629
|
|
|
|
16.1
|
%
|
|
|
24.1
|
%
|
|
|
(31.8
|
%)
|
Provision for income taxes
|
|
|
(245,631
|
)
|
|
|
(219,045
|
)
|
|
|
(10.3
|
%)
|
|
|
(9.4
|
%)
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income from continuing operations
|
|
|
136,648
|
|
|
|
341,584
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
14.7
|
%
|
|
|
(60.0
|
%)
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
|
1,947
|
|
|
|
(10,938
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.5
|
%)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
138,595
|
|
|
|
330,646
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
14.2
|
%
|
|
|
(58.1
|
%)
|
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
32,780
|
|
|
|
2,102
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
%
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income attributable to Apollo
|
|
$
|
171,375
|
|
|
$
|
332,748
|
|
|
|
7.2
|
%
|
|
|
14.3
|
%
|
|
|
(48.5
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Revenue
Our net revenue increased $46.1 million, or 2.0%, in the
first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six
months of fiscal year 2010. The increase was due to University
of Phoenixs 2.9% net revenue growth principally due to
selective tuition price increases, which was partially offset by
lower University of Phoenix enrollment. The net revenue increase
at University of Phoenix was partially offset by a decrease in
BPPs net revenue primarily due to lower student enrollment
and the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates. BPPs
student enrollment continues to be adversely impacted by the
economic downturn in the U.K. See further discussion of net
revenue by reportable segment below at
Analysis of Operating
Results by Reportable Segment
.
49
Instructional
and Student Advisory
Instructional and student advisory increased $31.3 million,
or 3.7%, in the first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to
the first six months of fiscal year 2010, which represents a
70 basis point increase as a percentage of net revenue. The
increase in expense was primarily due to various strategic
initiatives implemented to more effectively support our students
and improve their educational outcomes. These initiatives have
increased compensation related to certain student advisory and
infrastructure support functions, and increased curriculum
development and delivery costs.
Marketing
Marketing increased $30.4 million, or 10.4%, in the first
six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six months
of fiscal year 2010, which represents a 100 basis point
increase as a percentage of net revenue. The increase as a
percentage of net revenue was primarily the result of higher
advertising expenditures driven by the increased costs
associated with our efforts to more effectively identify
students who have a greater likelihood to succeed in our
educational programs. Additionally, advertising rates for
traditional and online media increased due to more competition
for higher degree level students and general increases in
advertising rates due to improving economic conditions. The
increase was partially offset by lower employee compensation
costs as a percentage of net revenue.
Admissions
Advisory
Admissions advisory decreased $17.4 million, or 7.4%, in
the first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the first
six months of fiscal year 2010, which represents a 90 basis
point decrease as a percentage of net revenue. The decrease as a
percentage of net revenue was a result of lower admissions
advisory headcount primarily attributable to a strategic
reduction in force during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
See further discussion at
Restructuring
below. The
decrease in admissions advisory was partially offset by higher
average employee compensation costs, as we elevate the
educational profile for admissions personnel.
General
and Administrative
General and administrative increased $29.8 million, or
21.3%, in the first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to
the first six months of fiscal year 2010, which represents a
110 basis point increase as a percentage of net revenue.
The increase as a percentage of net revenue is primarily
attributable to expenses as we invest in our information
technology resources and capabilities, as well as various
expenses related to regulatory and external affairs activities.
Provision
for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable
Provision for uncollectible accounts receivable decreased
$34.1 million in the first six months of fiscal year 2011
compared to the first six months of fiscal year 2010, which
represents a 160 basis point decrease as a percentage of
net revenue. The decrease was primarily attributable to
reductions in gross accounts receivable as a result of decreases
in New Degreed Enrollment and improvements in student retention,
partially due to the full implementation of University
Orientation. See
Overview
in this MD&A for further
discussion of University Orientation. Improved collection rates
at University of Phoenix also contributed to the decrease as a
result of improved effectiveness of our collection efforts for
aged receivables. University of Phoenix is in the process of
implementing several initiatives that we believe will further
improve the effectiveness of its collections processes, which if
effective should favorably impact our provision for
uncollectible accounts receivable in the future. The decrease at
University of Phoenix was partially offset by increased bad debt
during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 at UNIACC due to
additional uncertainty about the collectability of accounts
receivable related to a specific program.
Depreciation
and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization increased $6.3 million in the
first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six
months of fiscal year 2010, which represents a 20 basis
point increase as a percentage of net revenue. The increase was
primarily due to increased depreciation related to computer
equipment and software. This was partially offset by a decrease
in amortization of BPP intangible assets.
50
Goodwill
and Other Intangibles Impairment
We recorded impairment charges of BPPs goodwill and other
intangible assets of $197.7 million and $22.2 million,
respectively, during the second quarter of fiscal year 2011. See
Note 7, Goodwill and Intangibles Assets, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further discussion.
Estimated
Litigation Loss
We recorded aggregate charges of $2.5 million in the first
six months of fiscal year 2011 for incremental post-judgment
interest and additional estimated future legal costs related to
the
Securities Class Action (Policemans Annuity
and Benefit Fund of Chicago)
. In the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010, we recorded a $44.5 million charge
related to this matter. See Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for
further discussion.
Restructuring
We recorded a $3.8 million charge in the first quarter of
fiscal year 2011 associated with a strategic reduction in force
that eliminated approximately 700 full-time positions,
principally among admissions personnel. The personnel reductions
are designed to streamline our operations and to better align
our operations with our business strategy, revised business
model and outlook. We expect to realize related employee
compensation expense reductions of approximately $8 million
per quarter, which began in the second quarter of fiscal year
2011. See Note 4, Restructuring, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further discussion.
Interest
Income
Interest income was essentially flat in the first six months of
fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six months of fiscal year
2010.
Interest
Expense
Interest expense decreased $2.3 million in the first six
months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six months of
fiscal year 2010 primarily due to a decrease in average
borrowings.
Other,
Net
Other, net in the first six months of fiscal years 2011 and 2010
primarily consists of net foreign currency gains and losses
related to our international operations.
Provision
for Income Taxes
The increase in our effective income tax rate for continuing
operations to 64.3% for the first six months of fiscal year 2011
compared to 39.1% for the first six months of fiscal year 2010
was primarily attributable to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
BPP goodwill impairment discussed above for which we do not
receive a tax benefit; and
|
|
|
|
A tax benefit of $11.4 million recorded in the first
quarter of fiscal year 2010 associated with our settlement of a
dispute with the Internal Revenue Service relating to the
deduction of certain stock option compensation on our
U.S. federal income tax returns beginning in fiscal year
2003.
|
Income
(loss) from Discontinued Operations, Net of Tax
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax, relates
to our Insight Schools business, which we classified as held for
sale and as discontinued operations in the second quarter of
fiscal year 2010. The income from discontinued operations during
the first six months of fiscal year 2011 was primarily
attributable to a $1.6 million tax benefit realized in
connection with the sale of Insight Schools. The loss from
discontinued operations during the first six months of fiscal
year 2010 was primarily attributable to a $9.4 million
impairment of Insight Schools goodwill. Please refer to
Note 5, Discontinued Operations, in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further discussion.
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Net Loss
Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
The increase in net loss attributable to noncontrolling
interests during the first six months of fiscal year 2011
compared to the first six months of fiscal year 2010 was
primarily due to Apollo Globals noncontrolling
shareholders portion of BPPs goodwill and other
intangibles impairment discussed above.
Analysis
of Operating Results by Reportable Segment
The table below details our operating results by reportable
segment for the periods indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Net revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
|
|
$
|
2,160,475
|
|
|
$
|
2,099,846
|
|
|
$
|
60,629
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
%
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
|
131,765
|
|
|
|
142,320
|
|
|
|
(10,555
|
)
|
|
|
(7.4
|
%)
|
Other
|
|
|
37,138
|
|
|
|
40,833
|
|
|
|
(3,695
|
)
|
|
|
(9.0
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
168,903
|
|
|
|
183,153
|
|
|
|
(14,250
|
)
|
|
|
(7.8
|
%)
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
44,195
|
|
|
|
45,996
|
|
|
|
(1,801
|
)
|
|
|
(3.9
|
%)
|
Corporate
(1)
|
|
|
1,491
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,491
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net revenue
|
|
$
|
2,375,064
|
|
|
$
|
2,328,995
|
|
|
$
|
46,069
|
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
University of Phoenix
|
|
$
|
639,073
|
|
|
$
|
637,433
|
|
|
$
|
1,640
|
|
|
|
0.3
|
%
|
Apollo Global:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPP
|
|
|
(209,093
|
)
|
|
|
4,809
|
|
|
|
(213,902
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Other
|
|
|
(19,851
|
)
|
|
|
(8,960
|
)
|
|
|
(10,891
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Apollo Global
|
|
|
(228,944
|
)
|
|
|
(4,151
|
)
|
|
|
(224,793
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Other Schools
|
|
|
1,381
|
|
|
|
1,896
|
|
|
|
(515
|
)
|
|
|
(27.2
|
%)
|
Corporate
(1)
|
|
|
(27,434
|
)
|
|
|
(69,129
|
)
|
|
|
41,695
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating income
|
|
$
|
384,076
|
|
|
$
|
566,049
|
|
|
$
|
(181,973
|
)
|
|
|
(32.1
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
The Corporate caption in our segment reporting includes
adjustments to reconcile segment results to consolidated
results, which primarily consist of net revenue and corporate
charges that are not allocated to our segments. The operating
loss for Corporate in the first six months of fiscal year 2011
and 2010 includes $2.5 and $44.5 million of charges,
respectively, associated with the
Securities
Class Action (Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
. See Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies,
in Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for further
discussion.
|
University
of Phoenix
The $60.6 million, or 2.9%, increase in net revenue in our
University of Phoenix segment was primarily due to selective
tuition price and other fee changes implemented July 1,
2010, which varied by geographic area, program, and degree
level, partially offset by decreases in enrollment. In
aggregate, these tuition price and other fee changes, including
increased discounts to military and other veteran students in
selective programs, were generally in the range of 4-6%.
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The following table details University of Phoenix enrollment for
the first six months of fiscal year 2011 and the first six
months of fiscal year 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Degreed
Enrollment
(1)
|
|
|
Aggregate New
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
Degreed
Enrollment
(2)
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
%
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
%
|
(rounded to the nearest hundred)
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
Change
|
|
|
2011
|
|
2010
|
|
Change
|
Associates
|
|
|
177,800
|
|
|
|
202,600
|
|
|
|
(12.2
|
%)
|
|
|
|
42,900
|
|
|
|
95,300
|
|
|
|
(55.0
|
%)
|
Bachelors
|
|
|
187,400
|
|
|
|
170,900
|
|
|
|
9.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
43,700
|
|
|
|
63,400
|
|
|
|
(31.1
|
%)
|
Masters
|
|
|
65,300
|
|
|
|
71,600
|
|
|
|
(8.8
|
%)
|
|
|
|
16,700
|
|
|
|
25,300
|
|
|
|
(34.0
|
%)
|
Doctoral
|
|
|
7,600
|
|
|
|
7,300
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
1,400
|
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
|
(12.5
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
438,100
|
|
|
|
452,400
|
|
|
|
(3.2
|
%)
|
|
|
|
104,700
|
|
|
|
185,600
|
|
|
|
(43.6
|
%)
|
|
|
(1)
|
Average Degreed Enrollment represents the average of Degreed
Enrollment by quarter from the beginning of the period to the
end of the period (for example, the Average Degreed Enrollment
for the six months ended February 28, 2011 includes the
average of the Degreed Enrollment for the quarters ended
August 31, 2010, November 30, 2010 and
February 28, 2011).
|
|
(2)
|
Aggregate New Degreed Enrollment represents the sum of the first
and second quarters New Degreed Enrollment in the respective
fiscal years.
|
University of Phoenix Average Degreed Enrollment decreased 3.2%
in the first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the
first six months of fiscal year 2010 in part due to the 43.6%
decrease in aggregate New Degreed Enrollment. We believe the
decreases in enrollment are primarily the result of our
operational changes and initiatives to more effectively support
our students and improve their educational outcomes. These
changes and initiatives are principally the following:
|
|
|
|
|
changes in the evaluation and compensation structure for our
admissions personnel and other employees, including eliminating
all enrollment factors in evaluating the performance and any
related compensation adjustments for our admissions personnel
effective September 1, 2010;
|
|
|
|
the full implementation of University Orientation in November
2010; and
|
|
|
|
our efforts to more effectively identify students who have a
greater likelihood to succeed in our educational programs.
|
We expect that these initiatives will continue to reduce
University of Phoenix enrollment for the remainder of fiscal
year 2011 and net revenue, operating income and cash flow in
fiscal years 2011 and 2012, and potentially beyond. However, we
continue to believe that these efforts are in the best interest
of our students and, over the long-term, will improve student
retention and completion rates, reduce bad debt expense, reduce
the risks to our business associated with the regulatory
environment, and position us for more stable long-term growth.
Operating income in our University of Phoenix segment increased
$1.6 million, or 0.3%, during the first six months of
fiscal year 2011 compared to the first six months of fiscal year
2010. This increase was primarily attributable to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
The 2.9% increase in University of Phoenix net revenue;
|
|
|
|
A reduction in bad debt expense primarily attributable to
reductions in gross accounts receivable as a result of decreases
in New Degreed Enrollment and improvements in student retention,
partially due to the full implementation of University
Orientation. See
Overview
in this MD&A for further
discussion of University Orientation. Improved collection rates
at University of Phoenix also contributed to the decrease as a
result of improved effectiveness of our collection efforts for
aged receivables. University of Phoenix is in the process of
implementing several initiatives that we believe will further
improve the effectiveness of its collections processes, which if
effective should favorably impact our provision for
uncollectible accounts receivable in the future; and
|
|
|
|
Lower headcount in admissions advisory and certain marketing
functions primarily attributable to a strategic reduction in
force implemented during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011
that eliminated approximately 700 full-time positions,
principally among admissions personnel.
|
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The above factors were partially offset by the following:
|
|
|
|
|
An increase in expense associated with our various strategic
initiatives to more effectively support our students and improve
their educational outcomes. These initiatives have increased
compensation related to certain student advisory and
infrastructure support functions, and increased curriculum
development and delivery costs; and
|
|
|
|
An increase in marketing costs primarily attributable to higher
advertising expenditures driven by the increased costs
associated with our efforts to more effectively identify
students who have a greater likelihood to succeed in our
educational programs. Additionally, advertising rates for
traditional and online media increased due to more competition
for higher degree level students and general increases in
advertising rates due to improving economic conditions.
|
Apollo
Global
The $14.3 million decrease in Apollo Global net revenue
during the first six months of fiscal year 2011 compared to the
first six months of fiscal year 2010 was primarily attributable
to BPP and UNIACC. The decrease at BPP and was principally due
to lower student enrollment and the unfavorable impact of
foreign exchange rates. The decrease at UNIACC was principally
due to lower student enrollment.
Apollo Globals operating loss increased
$224.8 million during the first six months of fiscal year
2011 compared to the first six months of fiscal year 2010 due to
BPPs $219.9 million impairment charge for goodwill
and other intangibles in the second quarter of fiscal year 2011.
Additionally, the decrease in net revenue at BPP and UNIACC, and
an increase in bad debt in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011
at UNIACC due to additional uncertainty about the collectability
of accounts receivable related to a specific program contributed
to the increased operating loss. This was partially offset by a
$6.0 million decrease in Apollo Global intangible asset
amortization.
Other
Schools
The decrease in net revenue and increased operating loss for our
Other Schools segment during the first six months of fiscal year
2011 compared to the first six months of fiscal year 2010 was
principally due to a decrease in the number of client
institutions serviced by IPD.
LIQUIDITY,
CAPITAL RESOURCES, AND FINANCIAL POSITION
We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and available
liquidity will be adequate to satisfy our working capital and
other liquidity requirements associated with our existing
operations through at least the next 12 months. We believe
that the most strategic uses of our cash resources include
investments in the continued enhancement and expansion of our
student offerings, share repurchases, acquisition opportunities
including our commitment to Apollo Global, investments in our
marketing approaches to more effectively identify students who
have a greater likelihood to succeed in our educational
programs, and investments in information technology initiatives.
Additionally, we may have to pay damages associated with the
judgment in our
Securities Class Action
(Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago)
matter.
Although we currently have substantial available liquidity, our
ability to access the credit markets and other sources of
liquidity may be adversely affected if we experience regulatory
compliance challenges, reduced availability of Title IV
funding or other adverse effects on our business from regulatory
or legislative changes.
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Cash and
Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The following table provides a summary of our cash and cash
equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at
February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% of Total Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
February 28,
|
|
|
August 31,
|
|
|
%
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
1,033,343
|
|
|
$
|
1,284,769
|
|
|
|
33.2
|
%
|
|
|
35.7
|
%
|
|
|
(19.6
|
%)
|
Restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
465,689
|
|
|
|
444,132
|
|
|
|
14.8
|
%
|
|
|
12.3
|
%
|
|
|
4.9
|
%
|
Long-term restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
126,560
|
|
|
|
126,615
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
|
|
3.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,625,592
|
|
|
$
|
1,855,516
|
|
|
|
52.1
|
%
|
|
|
51.5
|
%
|
|
|
(12.4
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents (excluding restricted cash) decreased
$251.4 million primarily due to $411.3 million used
for payments on borrowings (net of proceeds from borrowings),
$252.0 million used for share repurchases,
$81.4 million used for capital expenditures, and a
$21.5 million increase in restricted cash, which was
partially offset by $484.1 million of cash provided by
operations.
During fiscal year 2010, we received an unfavorable ruling by
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a securities class action
lawsuit
(Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
. We have estimated that the damages for this matter
could range from $127.2 million to $228.0 million,
plus incremental post-judgment interest and additional estimated
future legal costs since June 23, 2010. The final amount of
damages payable may be more, or less, than the estimated range.
We believe we have adequate liquidity to fund the satisfaction
of the judgment. Refer to Note 16, Commitments and
Contingencies, in Item 1,
Financial Statements,
for
further discussion.
We measure our money market funds included in cash and
restricted cash equivalents at fair value. At February 28,
2011, we had money market funds totaling $1,625.6 million
that were valued primarily using real-time quotes for
transactions in active exchange markets involving identical
assets. We did not record any material adjustments to reflect
these instruments at fair value.
Debt
Bank Facility
In fiscal year 2008, we entered
into a syndicated $500 million credit agreement (the
Bank Facility). The Bank Facility is an unsecured
revolving credit facility used for general corporate purposes
including acquisitions and stock buybacks. The Bank Facility has
an expansion feature for an aggregate principal amount of up to
$250 million. The term is five years and will expire on
January 4, 2013. The Bank Facility provides a
multi-currency
sub-limit
facility for borrowings in certain specified foreign currencies.
We borrowed our entire credit line under the Bank Facility as of
August 31, 2010, which included £63.0 million
denominated in British Pounds (equivalent to $97.9 million
as of August 31, 2010). We repaid the U.S. dollar
denominated debt on our Bank Facility of $400.1 million
during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
The Bank Facility fees are determined based on a pricing grid
that varies according to our leverage ratio. The Bank Facility
fee ranges from 12.5 to 17.5 basis points and the
incremental fees for borrowings under the facility range from
LIBOR + 50.0 to 82.5 basis points. The weighted average
interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the Bank Facility
at February 28, 2011 was 1.1%.
The Bank Facility contains affirmative and negative covenants,
including the following financial covenants: maximum leverage
ratio, minimum coverage interest and rent expense ratio, and a
U.S. Department of Education financial responsibility
composite score. In addition, there are covenants restricting
indebtedness, liens, investments, asset transfers and
distributions. We were in compliance with all covenants related
to the Bank Facility at February 28, 2011.
BPP Credit Facility
In fiscal year 2010, we
refinanced BPPs debt by entering into a
£52.0 million (equivalent to $84.2 million as of
February 28, 2011) credit agreement (the BPP
Credit Facility). The BPP Credit Facility contains term
debt, which was used to refinance BPPs existing debt, and
revolving credit facilities used for working
55
capital and general corporate purposes. The term of the
agreement is three years and will expire on August 31,
2013. The interest rate on borrowings varies according to a
financial ratio and range from LIBOR + 250 to 325 basis
points. The weighted average interest rate on BPPs
outstanding borrowings at February 28, 2011 was 4.0%.
The BPP Credit Facility contains financial covenants that
include minimum cash flow coverage ratio, minimum fixed charge
coverage ratio, maximum leverage ratio, and maximum capital
expenditure ratio. We were in compliance with all covenants
related to the BPP Credit Facility at February 28, 2011.
Other
Other debt includes $9.2 million
of variable rate debt and $12.9 million of fixed rate debt
as of February 28, 2011, and $8.7 million of variable
rate debt and $17.0 million of fixed rate debt as of
August 31, 2010. The weighted average interest rate of
these debt instruments at February 28, 2011 was 7.8%.
Cash
Flows
Operating
Activities
The following table provides a summary of our operating cash
flows during the respective periods:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
138,595
|
|
|
$
|
330,646
|
|
Non-cash items
|
|
|
423,727
|
|
|
|
263,896
|
|
Changes in certain operating assets and liabilities, excluding
the impact of disposition
|
|
|
(78,175
|
)
|
|
|
(159,678
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
$
|
484,147
|
|
|
$
|
434,864
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28, 2011
Our
non-cash items primarily consisted of a $219.9 million
goodwill and other intangibles impairment, a $102.4 million
provision for uncollectible accounts receivable,
$76.2 million of depreciation and amortization, and
$30.5 million of share-based compensation. The changes in
certain operating assets and liabilities primarily consisted of
a $53.4 million decrease in deferred revenue principally
due to decreased enrollment at University of Phoenix, and an
increase in BPPs gross accounts receivable due to the
timing of courses. These items were partially offset by an
increase in other liabilities principally associated with our
uncertain tax benefits.
Six Months Ended February 28, 2010
Our
non-cash items primarily consisted of a $136.6 million
provision for uncollectible accounts receivable,
$71.2 million of depreciation and amortization, a
$44.5 million charge associated with the
Securities
Class Action (Policemans Annuity and Benefit Fund of
Chicago)
matter, and $29.1 million of share-based
compensation. This was partially offset by $19.7 million of
deferred income taxes. The changes in certain operating assets
and liabilities primarily consisted of a $116.9 million
increase in gross accounts receivable primarily due to increased
enrollment and lower collection rates on aged receivables, and
an $89.7 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities due to an $80.5 million lawsuit settlement
payment, including legal fees. These items were partially offset
by increases in student deposits and deferred revenue of
$31.4 million and $18.4 million, respectively,
primarily due to increased enrollment.
We monitor our accounts receivable through a variety of metrics,
including days sales outstanding. We calculate our days sales
outstanding by determining average daily student revenue based
on a rolling twelve month analysis and divide it into the gross
student accounts receivable balance as of the end of the period.
As of February 28, 2011, excluding accounts receivable and
the related net revenue for Apollo Global, our days sales
outstanding was 22 days compared to 30 days as of
August 31, 2010 and February 28, 2010. The decrease in
days sales outstanding is primarily attributable to reductions
in gross accounts receivable as a result of decreases in New
Degreed Enrollment and improvements in student retention,
partially due to the full implementation of University
Orientation. Improved collection rates at University of Phoenix
also contributed to the decrease as a result of improved
effectiveness of our collection efforts for aged receivables.
University of Phoenix is in the process of implementing several
initiatives that we believe will further improve the
effectiveness of its collections processes, which if effective
should favorably impact our days sales outstanding in the future.
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Investing
Activities
The following table provides a summary of our investing cash
flows during the respective periods:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
(81,422
|
)
|
|
$
|
(68,032
|
)
|
Increase in restricted cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(21,502
|
)
|
|
|
(74,847
|
)
|
Maturities of marketable securities
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from disposition
|
|
|
6,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
$
|
(86,674
|
)
|
|
$
|
(142,879
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28, 2011
Cash
used for investing activities primarily consisted of
$81.4 million used for capital expenditures that primarily
related to investments in our information technology, network
infrastructure, and software. Restricted cash and cash
equivalents also increased $21.5 million principally due to
increased student deposits associated with students receiving
financial aid. This was partially offset by maturities of
marketable securities and proceeds from our sale of Insight
Schools.
We have reduced our capital expenditure plans for fiscal year
2011 as a result of better alignment with our business strategy
and refined business model and outlook. We now anticipate that
our fiscal year 2011 capital expenditures will be relatively
consistent with the fiscal year 2010 amount.
Six Months Ended February 28, 2010
Cash
used for investing activities primarily consisted of a
$74.8 million increase in restricted cash and cash
equivalents principally due to increased student deposits
associated with students receiving financial aid, and
$68.1 million used for capital expenditures that primarily
relate to investments in our computer equipment and software.
Financing
Activities
The following table provides a summary of our financing cash
flows during the respective periods:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28,
|
|
($ in thousands)
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
Payments on borrowings, net
|
|
$
|
(411,325
|
)
|
|
$
|
(406,031
|
)
|
Apollo Group Class A common stock purchased for treasury
|
|
|
(252,003
|
)
|
|
|
(201,111
|
)
|
Noncontrolling interest contributions
|
|
|
6,875
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
6,651
|
|
|
|
8,905
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
$
|
(649,802
|
)
|
|
$
|
(598,237
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended February 28, 2011
Cash
used in financing activities primarily consisted of
$411.3 million used for payments on borrowings (net of
proceeds from borrowings), and $252.0 million used for
share repurchases. This was partially offset by
$6.9 million of noncontrolling interest contributions, and
$6.1 million provided by stock option exercises and shares
issued under our employee stock purchase plan.
Six Months Ended February 28, 2010
Cash
used in financing activities primarily consisted of
$406.0 million used for payments on borrowings (net of
proceeds from borrowings), and $201.1 million used for
share repurchases. This was partially offset by
$8.6 million provided by stock option exercises and shares
issued under our employee stock purchase plan.
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Contractual
Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments
During the first six months of fiscal year 2011, we repaid the
U.S. dollar denominated debt on our Bank Facility of
$400.1 million. There have been no other material changes
in our contractual obligations and other commercial commitments
other than in the ordinary course of business since the end of
fiscal year 2010 through February 28, 2011.
On March 24, 2011, we entered into an agreement to sell
office buildings in Phoenix, Arizona plus the related land and
parking facilities comprising approximately 600,000 square
feet of office space for approximately $170 million.
Pursuant to the agreement, we have simultaneously leased back
the facilities for an initial term of 20 years, with four
five-year renewal options. We are required to pay rent of
$12 million for the initial year, which is increased 2% per
year until the end of the initial lease term. We expect to
generate a gain on the sale of approximately $28 million,
which will be deferred and recognized over the initial lease
term.
Information regarding our contractual obligations and commercial
commitments is provided in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
There have been no significant changes to our market risk since
August 31, 2010. For a discussion of our exposure to market
risk, refer to our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
We intend to maintain disclosure controls and procedures
designed to provide reasonable assurance that information
required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the specified time periods and
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
Co-Chief Executive Officers (Principal Executive
Officers) and our Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure. We have established a Disclosure Committee,
consisting of certain members of management, to assist in this
evaluation. Our Disclosure Committee meets on a quarterly basis
and more often if necessary.
Our management, under the supervision and with the participation
of our Principal Executive Officers and Principal Financial
Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(e)
or
15d-15(e)
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act), as of the end of
the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation,
management concluded that, as of that date, our disclosure
controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable
assurance level.
Attached as exhibits to this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
are certifications of our Principal Executive Officers and
Principal Financial Officer, which are required in accordance
with
Rule 13a-14
of the Securities Exchange Act. This Disclosure Controls and
Procedures section includes information concerning
managements evaluation of disclosure controls and
procedures referred to in those certifications and, as such,
should be read in conjunction with the certifications of our
Principal Executive Officers and Principal Financial Officer.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have not been any changes in our internal control over
financial reporting during the quarter ended February 28,
2011, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
Please refer to Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies, in
Part I, Item 1,
Financial Statements
, for legal
proceedings, which is incorporated into this Item 1 of
Part II by this reference.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
In addition to the updated risk factors set forth below, please
see the risk factors included in our 2010 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
Pending
rulemaking by the U.S. Department of Education could result in
regulatory changes that materially and adversely affect our
business.
In November 2009, the U.S. Department of Education convened
two new negotiated rulemaking teams related to Title IV
program integrity issues and foreign school issues. The team
addressing program integrity issues, which included
representatives of the various higher education constituencies,
was unable to reach consensus on all of the rules addressed by
that team. Accordingly, under the negotiated rulemaking
protocol, the Department was free to propose rules without
regard to the tentative agreement reached regarding certain of
the rules. The final program integrity rules address numerous
topics. The most significant for our business are the following:
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Modification of the standards relating to the payment of
incentive compensation to employees involved in student
recruitment and enrollment;
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Implementation of standards for state authorization of
institutions of higher education; and
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Adoption of a definition of gainful employment for
purposes of the requirement for Title IV student financial
aid that a program of study offered by a proprietary institution
prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
occupation.
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On June 18, 2010, the Department issued a Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in respect of the program
integrity issues, other than the metrics for determining
compliance with the gainful employment requirement. On
July 26, 2010, the Department published a separate NPRM in
respect of the gainful employment metrics. The Department
published final regulations on October 29, 2010, excluding
significant sections related to gainful employment metrics which
the Department previously indicated that it expected to publish
in early calendar year 2011. The final regulations, including
some reporting and disclosure rules related to gainful
employment described below will be effective July 1, 2011.
If the regulations regarding the gainful employment metrics are
published in final form prior to November 1, 2011, they
could be effective as early as July 1, 2012.
In March 2011, the Department issued Dear Colleague
Letters to provide
sub-regulatory
guidance on certain areas of the program integrity final
regulations. The guidance is provided to assist institutions
with understanding the changes to the regulations in these
areas, and does not make any changes to the regulations. The
Department has indicated that it expects to provide further
information on other provisions of the program integrity
regulations in future Dear Colleague Letters.
Incentive
Compensation
A school participating in Title IV programs may not pay any
commission, bonus or other incentive payments to any person
involved in student recruitment or admissions or awarding of
Title IV program funds, if such payments are based directly
or indirectly in any part on success in enrolling students or
obtaining student financial aid. The law and regulations
governing this requirement do not establish clear criteria for
compliance in all circumstances, but there currently are twelve
safe harbors that define specific types of compensation that are
deemed to constitute permissible incentive compensation.
Currently, we rely on several of these safe harbors to ensure
that our compensation and recruitment practices comply with the
applicable requirements.
In the final regulations adopted by the Department, these twelve
safe harbors are eliminated and, in lieu of the safe harbors,
some of the relevant concepts relating to the incentive
compensation limitations are defined. These
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changes increase the uncertainty about what constitutes
incentive compensation and which employees are covered by the
regulation. This makes the development of effective and
compliant performance metrics more difficult to establish. In
response to the Departments concern about the impact of
compensation structures that rely on the current safe harbors
and in order to enhance the admissions process for our students,
we began considering an alternative compensation structure for
our admissions personnel in early 2009. We developed this new
structure, which we believe complies with the Departments
new rule, over the past twelve months and implemented it on a
broad scale during the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. In
connection with this, we eliminated enrollment results as a
component of compensation for our admissions personnel effective
September 1, 2010.
This change in our approach to recruiting, with reduced emphasis
on enrollment and increased emphasis on improving the student
experience, has adversely impacted our enrollment rates, which
we expect to continue, particularly in the near-term, and
increase our operating costs, perhaps materially. We believe
this change is in the best interests of our students and it is
consistent with our on-going efforts to lead the industry in
addressing the concerns of the Department and others, including
members of Congress, about admissions practices in the
proprietary sector. We anticipate that this increased cost and
the impact on our revenue from reduced enrollment will be offset
partly by the benefits realized from improved student retention.
However, we are not able to precisely predict the impact.
The elimination of the existing twelve safe harbors also could
affect the manner in which we conduct our business in the
following additional ways:
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Our IPD business currently utilizes a revenue sharing model with
its client institutions, which is expressly permitted under one
of the twelve incentive compensation safe harbors. Prior to the
effectiveness of the new incentive compensation regulations in
July 2011, we will need to modify IPDs business model so
as to comply with the new requirements, which among other things
will require changes to existing customer contracts. This could
materially and adversely affect the IPD business. IPDs net
revenue and operating income represented less than 2% of our
consolidated net revenue and operating income in fiscal year
2010 and for the first six months of fiscal year 2011.
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We pay various third parties for Internet-based services related
to lead generation and marketing. Following the revocation of
the safe harbors described above, payments to a third party for
providing student contact information for prospective students
will still be permissible, but only if such payments are not
based on the number of students who apply or enroll. This change
could reduce our ability to manage the quality of our leads and
decrease our marketing efficiency, which could materially
increase our marketing costs and adversely affect our business.
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State
Authorization
In the U.S., institutions that participate in Title IV
programs must be authorized to operate by the appropriate
postsecondary regulatory authority in each state where the
institution has a physical presence, or be exempt from such
regulatory authorization, usually based on recognized
accreditation. As of February 28, 2011, University of
Phoenix is authorized to operate or has confirmed an exemption
to operate based upon its accreditation and has a physical
presence in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the District of
Columbia. University of Phoenix has held these authorizations or
has confirmed an exemption for specific authority to operate
based upon its accreditation for periods ranging from less than
three years to over 25 years. As of February 28, 2011,
University of Phoenix has also been approved to operate or has
confirmed an exemption to operate based upon its accreditation
in Alaska, Montana and South Dakota, but does not yet have a
physical presence in these states. In five states, including
California, University of Phoenix is qualified to operate
without specific state regulatory approval due to available
state exemptions that permit such operation if certain
programmatic or other accreditation criteria are met. Under new
regulations adopted by the U.S. Department of Education,
which become effective July 1, 2011, we will be required to
seek and obtain specific regulatory approval to operate in four
of these states and would not be entitled to rely on available
exemptions based on accreditation. This includes California,
Colorado, Hawaii and Utah. In addition, we would not be able to
operate under previously confirmed exemptions in Alaska, Montana
and South Dakota if and when we elect to establish a physical
presence in those states and we would be required to seek and
obtain specific regulatory approval. Each of these states now
must adopt additional statutes or regulations in order to comply
with
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the new regulations adopted by the Department in order for us
and other institutions to remain eligible for Title IV
funds in respect of operations within the states. We have no
assurance that these states will be willing or able to adopt
such additional statutes or regulations or that we will be able
to complete the approval process in those states in order to
obtain specific state regulatory approval before the effective
date of the final regulations on July 1, 2011. While there
are annual waivers available in the final regulations that could
allow us to continue to operate without specific state approval
in these states through July 1, 2013, we have no assurance
that the waivers will be granted. If we experience a delay in
obtaining or cannot obtain these approvals or waivers, our
business could be adversely impacted, particularly in
California, the state in which we conduct the most business by
revenue. As a result, the manner in which the Departments
final regulation will apply to our business in these states, and
the impact of such regulation on our business, is uncertain. If
we are unable to operate in California in a manner that would
preserve Title IV eligibility for our students, our
business would be materially and adversely impacted.
Gainful
Employment
Under the Higher Education Act, as reauthorized, proprietary
schools are eligible to participate in Title IV programs
only in respect of educational programs that lead to
gainful employment in a recognized occupation.
Historically, this concept has not been defined in detailed
regulations. On October 29, 2010, the Department published
final regulations covering a portion of the proposed gainful
employment rules with an effective date of July 1, 2011.
These rules would require proprietary institutions of higher
education and public or not-for profit institutions offering
postsecondary non-degree programs to provide prospective
students with each eligible programs occupations, costs,
completion rate, job placement rate, and median loan debt of
program completers. Institutions must annually submit
information to the Department on students who complete a program
leading to gainful employment in a recognized occupation,
including student and program information, amount from private
loans or institutional finance plans, matriculation information,
and end of year enrollment information. Additionally, the final
regulations require institutions to notify the Department at
least 90 days before the first day of class when it intends
to offer new educational programs leading to gainful employment
in recognized occupations. New program notification includes
information on the demand for the program, wage analysis,
institutional program review and approval process, and
demonstration of approval through the schools accreditation.
Unless the Department requires approval for new programs, a
school is not required to get approval after notification is
submitted. If such approval is required, an alert notice will be
sent to the school at least 30 days before the first day of
class with a request for additional information. If a new
program is denied, the Department will explain how the program
failed and provide an opportunity for the school to respond or
request reconsideration.
In its July 26, 2010 NPRM, the U.S. Department of
Education published proposed rules that would define gainful
employment in detail, which rules would apply on a
program-by-program
basis. The Department previously indicated that it expected to
publish final regulations related to gainful employment metrics
in early calendar year 2011. Under the July 26, 2010
proposed rules, gainful employment in respect of a particular
program would be defined by reference to two debt-related tests:
one based on student debt
service-to-income
ratios for program graduates, and the other based on student
loan repayment rates for program enrollees. Based on the
application of these tests, a program may be eligible to
participate in Title IV programs without restriction, may
be eligible to participate with disclosure requirements, may be
on restricted status and only able to participate with material
restrictions (including enrollment limitations), or may be
ineligible to participate.
The proposed debt
service-to-income
test measures the median annual student loan debt service of
graduates of a program, as a percentage of their average annual
earnings
and/or
their
discretionary income (as defined), in each case
measured over the preceding three years or, in some cases, the
three years prior to the preceding three years. The proposed
loan repayment test measures the loan repayment rate for former
enrollees in (and not just graduates of) a program. The
repayment rate is calculated as a percentage of all program
enrollee Title IV loans that entered into repayment during
the preceding four federal fiscal years that are in current
repayment status, determined on a dollar weighted basis by
reference to the original principal amount of such loans. A loan
would be considered to be in current status if it has been fully
repaid or debt service has been paid such that the principal was
reduced during the preceding federal fiscal year.
Under the proposed tests, if a programs median annual
student loan debt service is less than 8% of average annual
earnings or less than 20% of average annual discretionary
income, and the programs loan repayment rate is
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at least 45%, the program would be eligible to participate in
Title IV programs with no new disclosure requirements. If a
programs median annual student loan debt service is above
12% of average annual earnings and above 30% of average annual
discretionary income based on the preceding three years, and the
programs loan repayment rate is below 35%, the program
would be ineligible to participate in Title IV programs.
Programs with test results between these two extremes would,
depending on the precise test outcomes, either be eligible to
participate with disclosure requirements, or be placed on
restricted status and only eligible to participate with material
restrictions (including enrollment limitations).
The proposed rules provide for a two-year phase-in. For the
award year beginning July 1, 2012, only the
lowest-performing programs accounting for 5% of all graduates
during the prior year would be subject to losing eligibility.
The full application of the eligibility rules would commence
with the award year beginning July 1, 2013.
The above descriptions of the proposed gainful employment rules
are qualified in their entirety by the text of the proposed
rules, available at
http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/proprule/2010-3/072610a.pdf.
These
proposed rules are complex and their application involves many
interpretive and other issues, not all of which may be addressed
in any final rulemaking
If these rules are adopted in the form proposed, many of our
programs may be ineligible for Title IV funding or
restricted because they do not meet at least one of the
specified tests. In addition, the continuing eligibility of our
educational programs for Title IV funding would be at risk
due to factors beyond our control, such as changes in the income
level of our graduates, increases in interest rates, changes in
the federal poverty income level relevant for calculating
discretionary income, changes in the percentage of our former
students who are current in repayment of their student loans,
and other factors. The exposure to these external factors would
hinder our ability to effectively manage our business. If a
particular program ceased to be eligible for Title IV
funding, in most cases it would not be practical to continue
offering that program under our current business model. Adoption
of the regulations in the form proposed could result in a
significant realignment of the types of educational programs
that are offered by us and by other proprietary institutions, in
order to comply with the rules or, most prominently, to avoid
the uncertainty associated with compliance over time. This
realignment could reduce our enrollment, perhaps materially.
The Department has not provided access to the income and debt
service information sufficient to determine the impact of these
proposed gainful employment rules on our programs. In August
2010, the Department published estimated loan repayment rates
for all educational institutions participating in Title IV
programs, determined on an institution-wide basis. The reported
estimated rate for University of Phoenix was 44.2%. The actual
application of the proposed loan repayment rate test would be
done on a
program-by-program
basis and, therefore, the estimated rate for the institution is
only a general guide for informational purposes.
We cannot predict the form of the rules on gainful employment
metrics that ultimately may be adopted by the Department
following public comment. Compliance with these gainful
employment rules could reduce our enrollment, increase our cost
of doing business, and have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows.
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Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
Our Board of Directors has authorized us to repurchase
outstanding shares of Apollo Group Class A common stock,
from time to time, depending on market conditions and other
considerations. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2011,
our Board of Directors authorized an increase in the amount
available under our share repurchase program up to an aggregate
amount of $600 million of Apollo Group Class A common
stock. There is no expiration date on the repurchase
authorizations and repurchases occur at our discretion.
During the three months ended February 28, 2011, we
repurchased approximately 1.8 million shares of our
Class A common stock at a total cost of approximately
$75.0 million, representing a weighted average purchase
price of $42.75 per share. The table below details our share
repurchases during the three months ended February 28, 2011:
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Total Number
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of Shares
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Repurchased as
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Part of Publicly
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Maximum Value
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Total # of
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Average
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Announced
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of Shares
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Shares
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Price Paid
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Plans or
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Available for
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(numbers in thousands, except per share amounts)
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Repurchased
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per Share
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Programs
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Repurchase
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Treasury stock as of November 30, 2010
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45,340
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$
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56.91
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45,340
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$
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384,222
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New authorizations
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Shares repurchased
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Shares reissued
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(3
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)
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56.91
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(3
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Treasury stock as of December 31, 2010
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45,337
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56.91
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45,337
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384,222
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New authorizations
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215,778
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Shares repurchased
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1,754
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42.75
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1,754
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(75,000
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)
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Shares reissued
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(48
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)
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56.38
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(48
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Treasury stock as of January 31, 2011
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47,043
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56.38
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47,043
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525,000
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New authorizations
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Shares repurchased
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Shares reissued
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(83
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)
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56.38
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(83
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Treasury stock as of February 28, 2011
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46,960
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$
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56.38
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46,960
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$
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525,000
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We did not have any sales of unregistered equity securities
during the three months ended February 28, 2011.
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 4.
(Removed and Reserved)
Item 5.
Other Information
None.
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Item 6.
Exhibits
APOLLO
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Exhibit Description
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10.1
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Form of Apollo Group, Inc. Restricted Stock Award Agreement
(retention award, version A)
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10.2
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Form of Apollo Group, Inc. Restricted Stock Award Agreement
(retention award, version B)
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31.1
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.3
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.2
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.3
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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101
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The following financial information from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, filed with the SEC on
March 29, 2011, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting
Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets as of February 28, 2011 and August 31, 2010,
(ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
for the three and six months ended February 28, 2011, and
February 28, 2010, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six
months ended February 28, 2011, and February 28, 2010,
(iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
from Continuing and Discontinued Operations for the six months
ended February 28, 2011, and February 28, 2010, and
(v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.(1)
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(1)
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Pursuant to Rule 406T of
Regulation S-T,
the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed
not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for
purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those
sections.
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
Date: March 29, 2011
Brian L. Swartz
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Duly Authorized Signatory)
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By:
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/s/ Gregory
J. Iverson
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Gregory J. Iverson
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Duly Authorized Signatory)
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