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SOMOS EDUCAÇÃO S.A.

Corporate Taxpayer ID. (CNPJ/MF): 02.541.982/0001-54 Company Registry (NIRE): 3530017583-2

Co Publicly Held Company


NOTICE TO THE MARKET


SOMOS Educação S.A. (BM&FBovespa: SEDU3), hereby ("Company"), pursuant to CVM Instruction No. 308 of May 14, 1999, as amended ("ICVM 308/99"), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on January 27, 2016, it was approved the hiring of KPMG Auditores Independentes ("KPMG") as the Company's independent auditing firm, counted from the first quarter of the 2016 fiscal year on, in replacement of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes ("PwC").


The hiring of KPMG as the Company's independent auditing firm has the purpose to comply with the provisions of article 31 of ICVM 308/99, which sets forth the mandatory rotation of the independent auditing firm every five years. PwC has expressed its consent in respect of the justification for its replacement, in accordance with article 28 of such instruction.


São Paulo, February 03, 2016.


Daniel Cordeiro Amaral Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

Abril Educação SA issued this content on 03 February 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 04 February 2016 00:19:28 UTC

Original Document: http://ri.abrileducacao.com.br/english/Notices/Documents/Comunicado ao Mercado - Mudança de Auditor_ENG.pdf