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Afya Limited and Yduqs Participações S.A. Enter Into Merger Agreement

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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (“Afya” or the “Company”), announced today that it has entered into a binding merger agreement with Yduqs Participações S.A. (B3: YDUQ3) (“Yduqs” and, together with Afya, the “Companies”) providing for a business combination of the two companies (the “Proposed Transaction”). The Proposed Transaction brings together two major Brazilian higher education platforms. Afy…

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Afya and Yduqs signed, at the end of the afternoon of Wednesday, a merger agreement creating a company with a revenue of about R$ 9 billion, according to sources. Check the results and indicators of Yduqs and other open capital companies on the Value Enterprise 360 portal The information was anticipated by columnist Lauro Jardim of Globo. In the business combination, Afya becomes a majority. The new company is now holding 17% of the medical cour…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Fusion between Afya and Yduqs creates education giant with synergies of up to R$ 2.2 billion; see the terms of the agreement

Yduqs, the owner of Estacio and Ibmec, and Afya, the controller of one of the largest medical schools in the country, signed an agreement to combine their business. According to relevant fact released on Wednesday (23), the operation will bring together about 38,000 undergraduate students in medicine and nearly 5,900 annual vacancies authorized in the course. Read more (09/23/2026

·São Paulo, Brazil
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Business unites the owner of Estacio and Ibmec to the leader in medical education and creates group evaluated in more than R$ 9 billion, with strong presence in the medical segment

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Business Wire broke the news in Crystal River, United States on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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