ABRIL EDUCAÇÃO S.A. CNPJ/MF nº 02.541.982/0001-54 NIRE 3530017583-2 Companhia Aberta de Capital Autorizado NOTICE TO THE MARKET São Paulo, April 04, 2012 - Abril Educação S.A – (BM&FBOVESPA: ABRE11), hereby inform to the market that, in a meeting of the Board of Directors held on April 03, 2012, Mr. Fábio M. C. d’Ávila Carvalho was elected as the CFO, Investor Relations Officer and IT Officer of Abril Educação, replacing Mr. Marcelo Schmidt. Thus, from this date on, Mr. Fábio M. C. d’Ávila Carvalho begins to exert the position to which he was elected. Fabio Carvalho worked for several years in different segments of the Financial Markets, in Brazil and abroad. He began his career as a Foreign Exchange Trader at Banco Pactual. Later, he was the Head of Derivatives Exchange for Latin America at ABN AMRO in Chicago and the Executive Director and partner at Banco BVA in RJ, where he was responsible for HR, IT, Treasury and controlling areas. He was also Director of Banco Fibra in Sao Paulo in charge of the Retail operations. Since 2006 in Abril Group, he was Corporate Financial Director and led the restructuring of the company's debts with the banks. As Financial Director of Dinap, he led the acquisition of Fernado Chinaglia’s and the creation of Treelog, a logistics company that belongs to the Group. Later, he was appointed as General Director of Treelog and Fernando Chinaglia’s where, together with the Abril’s Corporate Structures areas, led the process of the companies integration and the approval by the Brazilian Anti-Trust Body (CADE). Until his transfer to Abril Educação he had been in charge of the Financial and Administrative areas, as a Director, of Abril Media - which includes the Editora Abril, MTV Brazil, brands of digital initiatives, Rede Elemídia and Casa Cor. He is graduated in Computer Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA) in Sao José dos Campos and has an MBA from the University of Chicago. Manoel Amorim Chief Executive Officer