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APOLLO GROUP, INC. SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

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Title: APOLLO GROUP, INC. SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
Governing Law: Arizona     Date: 11/15/2004
Industry: Schools     Sector: Services

APOLLO GROUP,
INC. SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED 1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN, Parties: apollo group inc
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.5

 

                               APOLLO GROUP, INC.

 

                           SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 

      1. Purpose. The purpose of this 1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the

"Plan") of Apollo Group, Inc. (the "Company") is to encourage stock ownership by

employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries and thereby provide employees with

an incentive to contribute to the profitability and success of the Company. The

Plan, which is intended to qualify as an "employee stock purchase plan" meeting

the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, is for the exclusive benefit of

eligible employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

      2. Definitions. For purposes of the Plan, in addition to the terms defined

in Section 1, terms are defined as set forth below:

 

            (a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

            (b) "Cash Account" means the account maintained on behalf of the

Participant by the Custodian for the purpose of holding cash contributions

pending investment in Stock.

 

            (c) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from

time to time. References to any provision of the Code will be deemed to include

successor provisions thereto and regulations thereunder.

 

            (d) "Custodian" means Smith Barney Inc., or such successor thereto

as may be appointed by the Board.

 

            (e) "Earnings" means that portion of a Participant's salary or wages

which is designated as "regular pay" under the payroll system of the Company and

its Subsidiaries and received by a Participant for services rendered during a

specified pay period during which time the Participant participated in the Plan.

 

            (f) "Enrollment Date" means the first business day of each Offering

Period.

 

            (g) "Fair Market Value" means the closing sale price of Stock

reported in the table entitled "Nasdaq National Market Issues" or any successor

table in the Wall Street Journal (or, if Stock is then principally traded on a

national securities exchange, in the table reporting composite transactions for

such exchange) for such date or, if no shares of Stock were traded on that date,

on the next preceding day on which there was such a trade.

 

            (h) "Offering Period" means the three-month period beginning on

January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1 of each year, with the first Offering

Period to begin on the first such date after the Company's Stock is publicly

traded on the Nasdaq National Market or a national securities exchange.

 

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            (i) "Participant" means an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary

who is participating in the Plan.

 

            (j) "Purchase Date" means the fifth business day after the end of

each Offering Period.

 

            (k) "Purchase Right" means a Participant's option to purchase shares

which is deemed to be outstanding during an Offering Period. A Purchase Right

represents an "option" as such term is used under Section 423 of the Code.

 

            (l) "Stock" means the Company's Apollo Education Group Class A

common stock, no par value per share, and such other securities as may be

substituted or resubstituted for Stock under Section 4.

 

            (m) "Stock Account" means the account maintained on behalf of the

Participant by the Custodian for the purpose of holding Stock acquired upon

investment under the Plan.

 

            (n) "Subsidiary" means any corporation (other than the Company) in

an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each of the

corporations (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns stock

possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of

stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

 

      3. Administration.

 

            (a) Board Administration. The Plan will be administered by the

Board; provided, however, that the Board may delegate any administrative duties

and authority (other than authority to amend the Plan) to any Board committee or

to any officers or employees or committee thereof as the Board may designate (in

which case references herein to the Board will be deemed to mean the

administrator to which such duties and authority have been delegated). The Board

will have full authority to adopt, amend, suspend, waive, and rescind such rules

and regulations and appoint such agents as it may deem necessary or advisable to

administer the Plan, to correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile

any inconsistency in the Plan and to construe and interpret the Plan and rules

and regulations thereunder, to furnish to the Custodian such information as the

Custodian may require, and to make all other decisions and determinations under

the Plan (including determinations relating to eligibility). No person acting in

connection with the administration of the Plan will, in that capacity,

participate in deciding any matter relating to his or her participation in the

Plan.

 

            (b) The Custodian. The Custodian will act as custodian under the

Plan, and will perform such duties as are set forth in the Plan and in any

agreement between the Company and the Custodian. The Custodian will establish

and maintain, as agent for Participants, Cash and Stock accounts and any other

subaccounts as may be necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

 

            (c) Waivers. The Board may waive or modify any requirement that a

notice or election be made or filed under the Plan a specified period in advance

in an individual case or

 

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by adoption of a rule or regulation under the Plan, without the necessity of an

amendment to the Plan.

 

            (d) Other Administrative Provisions. The Company will furnish

information from its records as directed by the Board, and such records,

including as to a Participant's Earnings, will be conclusive on all persons

unless determined by the Board to be incorrect. Each Participant and other

person claiming benefits under the Plan must furnish to the Company in writing

an up-to-date mailing address and any other information as the Board or

Custodian may reasonably request. Any communication, statement, or notice mailed

with postage prepaid to any such Participant or other person at the last mailing

address filed with the Company will be deemed sufficiently given when mailed and

will be binding upon the named recipient. The Plan will be administered on a

reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis and will apply uniform rules to all

persons similarly situated. All Participants will have equal rights and

privileges (subject to the terms of the Plan) with respect to Purchase Right

outstanding during any given Offering Period.

 

      4. Stock Subject to Plan. Subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided,

the aggregate number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance or

which may be otherwise acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights under the Plan

shall be 7,593,750 (which number takes into account all stock splits from the

Effective Date through August 28, 2004 and after the conversion of the

University of Phoenix Online common stock into the Stock). Any shares of Stock

delivered by the Company under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of

authorized and unissued shares or treasury shares. The number and kind of such

shares of Stock subject to the Plan will be proportionately adjusted, as

determined by the Board, in the event of any extraordinary dividend or other

distribution, recapitalization, forward or reverse split, reorganization,

merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or

other similar corporate transaction or event affecting the Stock.

 

      5. Enrollment and Contributions.

 

            (a) Eligibility. An employee of the Company or a Subsidiary may be

enrolled in the Plan for any Offering Period if such employee was continuously

so employed during the 90 days preceding the Enrollment Date, unless one of the

following applies to the employee:

 

                   (i) Such person has been employed for less than one year with

the Company or a Subsidiary;

 

                  (ii) Such person is a "highly compensated employee" of the

Company within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code and was a participant

in the Apollo Group, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan on September 1, 1994;

 

                  (iii) Such person would, immediately upon enrollment, be

deemed to own, for purposes of Section 423(b)(3) of the Code, an aggregate of

five percent or more of the total combined voting power or value of all

outstanding shares of all classes of the Company or any Subsidiary; or

 

                  (iv) Such person is no longer employed by the Company or a

Subsidiary.

 

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The Company will notify an employee of the date as of which he or she is

eligible to enroll in the Plan, and will make available to each eligible

employee the necessary enrollment forms.

 

Notwithstanding the above, any individual who is employed by the Company or a

Subsidiary designated by the Board and who is working outside of the United

States shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan if the laws of the

country in which the employee is working makes the offer of the Purchase Right

or the delivery of Stock under the Plan impractical. Additionally, the offer of

the Purchase Right and the delivery of Stock under the Plan shall be effective

for any individual who is employed by the Company or a Subsidiary and who is

working outside of the United States only after the Company has complied with

the applicable laws of the country in which the employee is working.

 

            (b) Initial Enrollment. An employee who is eligible under Section

5(a) (or who will become eligible on or before a given Enrollment Date) may,

after receiving current information about the Plan, initially enroll in the Plan

by executing and filing with the Company's Human Resources Office a properly

completed enrollment form, including thereon the employee's election as to the

rate of payroll contributions for the Offering Period. To be effective for any

Offering Period, such enrollment form must be filed at least 15 days before the

Enrollment Date for the Offering Period.

 

            (c) Automatic Re-enrollment for Subsequent Offering Periods. A

Participant whose enrollment in and payroll contributions under the Plan

continues throughout an Offering Period will automatically be reenrolled in the

Plan for the next Offering Period unless (i) the Participant terminates

enrollment before the Enrollment Date for the next Offering Period in accordance

with Section 7(a) or (ii) on such Enrollment Date he or she is ineligible to

participate under Section 5(a). The rate of payroll contributions for a

Participant who is automatically re-enrolled for an Offering Period will be the

same as what was in effect at the end of the preceding Offering Period, unless

the Participant files a new enrollment form at least 15 days before the

Enrollment Date for the Offering Period designating a different rate of payroll

contribution.

 

            (d) Payroll Contributions. A Participant will make contributions

under the Plan by means of payroll deductions from each payroll period which

ends during the Offering Period, at the rate elected by the Participant in his

or her enrollment form filed nearest to, but not later than, 15 days before the

Enrollment Date for the Offering Period (except that such rate may be changed

during the Offering Period to the extent permitted below). The rate of payroll

contributions elected by a Participant may not be less than one percent of the

Participant's Earnings for each payroll period ending during an Offering Period,

nor more than the greater of (A) 10 percent of the Participant's year-to-date

Earnings, or (B) $3,000 during any full or partial calendar year during which an

individual is eligible to participate in the Plan, and only whole percentages

may be elected; provided, however, that the Board may specify a lower minimum

rate and higher maximum rate or dollar amount. The foregoing and any election of

a Participant notwithstanding, a Participant's rate of payroll contributions

will be adjusted downward by the Company at any time or from time to time as

necessary to ensure that the limit on the amount of Stock purchased with respect

to an Offering Period set forth in Section 6(a)(iii) is not exceeded. A

Participant may elect to increase, decrease, or discontinue payroll

contributions for future Offering Periods by filing a new enrollment form at

least 15 days before the Enrollment Date for the Offering Period designating a

different rate of payroll contributions. In addition, a

 

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Participant may elect to decrease or discontinue payroll contributions during an

Offering Period by filing a new enrollment form, such change to be effective for

any payroll period beginning at least 15 days after such filing.

 

            (e) Crediting Payroll Contributions to Cash Accounts. All payroll

contributions by a Participant under the Plan will be credited to a Cash Account

maintained by the Custodian on behalf of the Participant. The C


 
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