ANHANGUERA EDUCACIONAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly-held Company Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 35.300.184.092 Corporate Taxpayer’s ID Number (CNPJ) 04.310.392/0001-46 NOTICE TO THE MARKET Anhanguera Educacional Participações S.A. ("Company") hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) affirmed its corporate credit ratings on the Company of “brAA-“ on the National Scale and “BB” on the Global Scale, with a stable outlook. S&P highlighted Company’s stronger credit metrics, and the stable outlook reflects the expectation that the Company will successfully integrate recent acquisitions. More details on the credit rating are available on the website: http://www.anhanguera.com/ir/ Valinhos, July 13, 2012 ____________________________________________ José Augusto Gonçalves de Araújo Teixeira Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer