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AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

Equity Incentive Plan Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Governing Law: Arizona     Date: 7/1/2008
Industry: Schools     Sector: Services

AMENDED AND RESTATED
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, Parties: apollo group inc
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EXHIBIT 10.2
APOLLO GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
2000 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
     1.1 GENERAL. The Apollo Group, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) was previously approved by the Board and the Company’s shareholders. The Plan’s purpose is to promote the success and enhance the value of Apollo Group, Inc. (the “Company”) by linking the personal interests of its directors, employees, officers, and executives of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company to those of Company shareholders and by providing such individuals with an incentive for outstanding performance in order to generate superior returns to shareholders of the Company. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the services of directors, employees, officers, and executives of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent.
ARTICLE 2
EFFECTIVE DATE
     2.1 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was originally effective as of August 29, 2000 (the “Effective Date”). The Plan has been amended and restated on several occasions since the Effective Date. The effective date of this amended and restated Plan is March 25, 2008.
ARTICLE 3
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
     3.1 DEFINITIONS. When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section or in Sections 1.1 or 2.1 unless a clearly different meaning is required by the context. The following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
          (a) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Share Award, or Performance-Based Award granted to a Participant under the Plan.
          (b) “Award Agreement” means any written agreement, contract, or other instrument or document evidencing an Award.
          (c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
          (d) “Cause” means (except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement) if the Committee, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determines that the employee, consultant, or advisor (i) fails to substantially perform his duties (other than as a result of Disability), after the Board or the executive to which the

 


 
Participant reports delivers to the Participant a written demand for substantial performance that specifically identifies the manner in which the Participant has not substantially performed his duties; (ii) engages in willful misconduct or gross negligence that is materially injurious to the Company or a Subsidiary; (iii) breaches his duty of loyalty to the Company or a Subsidiary; (iv) unauthorized removal from the premises of the Company or a Subsidiary of a document (of any media or form) relating to the Company or a Subsidiary or the customers of the Company or a Subsidiary; or (v) has committed a felony or a serious crime involving moral turpitude.
          (e) “Change of Control” means and includes each of the following (except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement):
               (1) there shall be consummated any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving entity, or pursuant to which Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Company in which the holders of the Company’s Stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of beneficial interest of common stock or interests of the surviving entity immediately after the merger;
               (2) there shall be consummated any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of assets aggregating more than 80% of the assets of the Company;
               (3) the shareholders of the Company shall approve any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
               (4) any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), other than (A) an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary or any entity holding shares of capital stock of the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan in its role as an agent or trustee for such plan, or (B) any affiliate of the Company as of the Effective Date becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of the Stock; or
               (5) during any two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of the period do not constitute a majority of the Board at the end of such period, unless the appointment or the nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period.
          (f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
          (g) “Committee” means the committee of the Board described in Article 4.
          (h) “Covered Employee” means an Employee who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.
          (i) “Disability” shall mean any illness or other physical or mental condition of a Participant which renders the Participant incapable of performing his customary and usual duties for the Company, or any medically determinable illness or other physical or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease, or mental disorder that in the judgment of the Committee is permanent and continuous in nature. The Committee may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of the Participant’s condition.
          (j) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          (k) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any relevant date, the closing price of the Stock on that date as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market (or on any other national securities exchange on which the Stock is at the time listed for trading) or, if no closing price is reported for that date, the closing price per share of Stock on the next preceding date for which a closing price was reported.

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          (l) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.
          (m) “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who qualifies as a “NonEmployee Director” as defined in Rule 16b-3 (b)(3) of the Exchange Act, or any successor definition adopted by the Board.
          (n) “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.
          (o) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
          (p) “Participant” means a person who, as a director, employee, officer, or executive of, or consultant or advisor providing services to, the Company or any Subsidiary, has been granted an Award under the Plan.
          (q) “Performance-Based Awards” means the Performance Share Awards, Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards granted to selected Covered Employees pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 11, but which are subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Article 12. All Performance-Based Awards are intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.
          (r) “Performance Criteria” means the criteria that the Committee selects for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Participant for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish Performance Goals are limited to the following: pre-tax or after-tax net earnings or net income, sales or revenue growth, operating earnings, operating cash flows, return on net assets, return on stockholders’ equity, return on assets, return on capital, Stock price growth, stockholder returns, gross or net profit margin, earnings per share, price per share of Stock, market share, operating income, net operating income or net operating income after tax, operating profit or net operating profit, operating margin, earnings before interest and taxes, earnings before taxes, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and charges for stock-based compensation, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, economic value-added models, cash flow objectives, cost reductions or budget objectives, any of which may be measured either in absolute terms or as compared to any incremental increase or as compared to results of a peer group. The Committee shall, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period for such Participant.
          (s) “Performance Goals” means, for a Performance Period, the goals established in writing by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Depending on the Performance Criteria used to establish such Performance Goals the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of overall Company performance or the performance of a division, business unit, or an individual. The Committee, in its discretion, may, within the time prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code, adjust or modify the calculation of Performance Goals for such Performance Period in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants (i) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event or development or (ii) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles or business conditions.
          (t) “Performance Period” means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance-Based Award.

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          (u) “Performance Share” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9, to receive cash, Stock, or other Awards, the payment of which is contingent upon achieving certain Performance Goals established by the Committee.
          (v) “Plan” means the Apollo Group, Inc. 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.
          (w) “Restricted Stock Award” means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 10 that is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture.
          (x) “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means restricted stock units awarded to a Participant under Article 11 which will entitle the Participant to receive the shares of Stock underlying such Award upon the attainment of designated performance objectives (which may, but need not, include one or more Performance Goals) or the satisfaction of specified employment or service requirements or upon the expiration of a designated time period following the vesting of such Award.
          (y) “Stock” means Apollo Education Group Class A common stock and such other securities of the Company that may be substituted for such stock, pursuant to Article 14.
          (z) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock as of the date of exercise of the SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article 8.
          (aa) “Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Company.
ARTICLE 4
ADMINISTRATION
     4.1 COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered solely and exclusively by a Committee appointed by, and serving at the discretion of, the Board. The Committee shall consist of at least three (3) members, each of whom shall qualify as (i) a Non-Employee Director) and (ii) an “outside director” under Code Section 162(m) and the regulations issued thereunder.
     4.2 ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE. A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, and acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee in lieu of a meeting, shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Each member of the Committee is entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, the Company’s independent certified public accountants, or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan.
     4.3 AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Subject to any specific designation in the Plan, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:
          (a) Designate Participants to receive Awards;
          (b) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant;
          (c) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of shares of Stock to which an Award will relate;

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          (d) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan including but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines; provided, however, that the Committee shall not have the authority to accelerate the vesting or waive the forfeiture of any Performance-Based Awards;
          (e) Amend, modify, or terminate any outstanding Award, with the Participant’s consent unless the Committee has the authority to amend, modify, or terminate an Award without the Participant’s consent under any other provision of the Plan.
          (f) Determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered;
          (g) Prescribe the form of each Award Agreement, which need not be identical for each Participant;
          (h) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award;
          (i) Establish, adopt, or revise any rules and regulations as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the Plan; and
          (j) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to administer the Plan.
     4.4 DECISIONS BINDING. The Committee’s interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Agreement and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.
ARTICLE 5
SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     5.1 NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.1, the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for grant under the Plan shall be 24,079,228 (which number takes into account all stock splits from the Effective Date through January 30, 2008 and after the conversion of the University of Phoenix Online common stock into the Stock). Such authorized share reserve includes an increase of 5,000,000 shares authorized by the Board on March 24, 2008 and approved by the holders of the Company’s Class B common stock, the Company’s only outstanding voting stock, on March 25, 2008.
     5.2 LAPSED AWARDS. To the extent that an Award terminates, expires, or lapses for any reason, any shares of Stock subject to the Award will again be available for the grant of an Award under the Plan.
     5.3 STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market.
     5.4 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO AWARDS. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14.1, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock with respect to one or more Awards that may be granted to any one Participant during the Company’s fiscal year shall be one million (1,000,000).

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ARTICLE 6
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
     6.1 ELIGIBILITY.
          (a) GENERAL. Persons eligible to participate in this Plan include all directors, employees, officers, and executives of, and consultants and advisors to, the Company or a Subsidiary, as determined by the Committee.
          (b) FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS. In order to assure the viability of Awards granted to Participants employed in foreign countries, the Committee may provide for such special terms as it may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy, or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to, or amendments, restatements, or alternative versions of the Plan as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes without thereby affecting the terms of the Plan as in effect for any other purpose; provided, however, that no such supplements, amendments, restatements, or alternative versions shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 5.1 of the Plan.
     6.2 ACTUAL PARTICIPATION. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from among all eligible individuals, those to whom Awards shall be granted and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award. No individual shall have any right to be granted an Award under this Plan.
ARTICLE 7
STOCK OPTIONS
     7.1 GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants on the following terms and conditions:
          (a) EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price per share of Stock under an Option shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall the exercise price per share for any Option be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Stock on the actual grant date of that Option.
          (b) TIME AND CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part. The Committee shall also determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part o

 
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