ANHANGUERA EDUCACIONAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly Held Company Corporate Registry (NIRE): 35.300.184.092 Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 04.310.392/0001-46 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 22, 2008 Date, time and venue: On December 22, 2008 at 15:00 p.m. at the Company’s head offices located at Alameda Maria Tereza, 2000, sala 06, bairro Dois Córregos, cep 13278-181, in the city of Valinhos, São Paulo state. Call Notice and Attendance: The call notice was waived given the presence of all members of the Company’s Board of Directors. Presiding: Chairman: Mr. Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh; Secretary: Mr. Ricardo Leonel Scavazza Agenda: (i) To deliberate on a Loan Agreement to be entered into by the Company and its associated company, Escola de Profissões S/A, in the total amount of R$ 4,500,000.00 (four million and five hundred thousand Reais); (ii) To deliberate on the merger, and consequent extinction of the following subsidiaries: SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL CAXIAS DO SUL LTDA., SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL CENTRO AMÉRICA LTDA., CENTRO DE ENSINO SUPERIOR DE RONDONÓPOLIS S/A LTDA, SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ENSINO SUPERIOR LTDA., SBCEC – SOCIEDADE BRASIL CENTRAL DE EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA S/S LTDA., SOESC – SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL SUL SANCAETANENSE S.S. LTDA, CENTRO DE ENSINO UNIFICADO DE TAGUATINGA LTDA., PIONEIRA EDUCACIONAL LTDA., INSTITUIÇÃO DE ENSINO DE SERTAOZINHO LTDA., J.L.P.S.P.E. EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA. and ANHANGUERA EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL LTDA. With the exception of J.L.P.S.P.E. EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA, which will be merged into LFG 1 BUSINESSE E PERTICIPAÇÕES LTDA, with headquarters at Rua Bela Cintra, nº 1149, 10º andar, conjunto 102, Consolação, CEP 01415-001, in the city and state of São Paulo, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under no. 09.343.389/0001-42, and ANHANGUERA EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL LTDA, which will be merged into ESCOLA DE PROFISSÕES S/A., with headquarters at Rua Dr. Alceu de campos Rodrigues nº 46, 9º andar, sala 97, Itaim-Bibi, in the city and state of São Paulo, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under no. 02.016.659/0001-61, all the above-mentioned companies will be merged into ANHANGUERA EDUCACIONAL S.A. “AESA”, a corporation constituted in accordance with the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with headquarters at Alameda Maria Tereza, 2000, sala 01, Bairro Dois Córregos, in the city of Valinhos, state of São Paulo, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under no. 05.808.792/0001-49. Unanimous Resolutions: (i) Pursuant to Article 10, Paragraph 6, Item (xi) of the Company’s Bylaws, the members of the Board of Directors approved the signature of the Loan Agreement to be entered into by the Company and its associated company, Escola de Profissões S/A, in the total amount of R$ 4,500,000.00 (four million and five hundred thousand reais). The associated Company will repay the total amount by January 1, 2009, with interest, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. (ii) Pursuant to Article 10, Paragraph 6, item (vii) of the Company's Bylaws, the members of the Company's Board of Directors unanimously approved the merger and consequent extinction of the following subsidiaries: SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL CAXIAS DO SUL LTDA., a limited-liability company, with headquarters at Avenida Julio de Castilhos, n.º 2.030, sala 401, 4º andar, Centro, CEP 95010-002, in the city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under no. 07.607.404/0001-97; SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL CENTRO AMÉRICA LTDA., a limited-liability company, with headquarters at Rua I, n° 107, in the city of Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 05.859.847/0001-40; CENTRO DE ENSINO SUPERIOR DE RONDONÓPOLIS S/A LTDA, a limited liability company, with headquarters at Av. Ari Coelho, 829, Bairro Cidade Salmem, CEP 78705-050, in the city of de Rondonópolis, state of Mato Grosso, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 00.177.451/0001-07; SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE ENSINO SUPERIOR LTDA., limited liability company, with headquarters at Caxambu, nº 83, Bairro São Cristóvão, CEP 30160-010, in the city of de Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 25.455.536/0001-22; SBCEC – SOCIEDADE BRASIL CENTRAL DE 2 EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA S/S LTDA., a limited liability company, with headquarters at QS 01, Rua 212, Lotes 11, 13 e 15, Taguatinga, Federal District, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 37.113.347/0001-50; SOESC – SOCIEDADE EDUCACIONAL SUL SANCAETANENSE S.S. LTDA, a limited liability company, , with headquarters at Rua Amazonas nº 1.978 a 2000, Bairro Oswaldo Cruz, CEP 09540-203, in the city of de São Caetano do Sul, state of São Paulo, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 03.984.449/0001-20; CENTRO DE ENSINO UNIFICADO DE TAGUATINGA LTDA., a limited liability company, with headquarters at Rua QNJ 17, lotes 01/05, CEP 72.140-170, Taguatinga, Distrito Federal, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 02.308822/0001-60; PIONEIRA EDUCACIONAL LTDA., a limited liability company, with headquarters at Rodovia Regis Bittencourt, n.º 199, Centro, CEP 06768-000, the city of Taboão da Serra, state of São Paulo, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 59.050.526/0001-29; INSTITUIÇÃO DE ENSINO DE SERTAOZINHO LTDA., a limited liability company, , with headquarters at Av. Antônio Paschoal nº 1.954, Jardim Recreio dos Bandeirantes, CEP 14170-000, the city of Sertãozinho, state of São Paulo, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 03.065.916/0001-18; J.L.P.S.P.E. EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA., a limited liability company with headquarters at Rua Pamplona, 818, 9º andar – conjunto 92, Jardim Paulista, CEP 0145-001, the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 10.299.604/0001-34, and ANHANGUERA EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL LTDA., a limited liability company with headquarters at Alameda Maria Tereza nº 2000, sala 11, CEP 13278-181, Dois Córregos, the city of Valinhos, state of São Paulo. With the exception of J.L.P.S.P.E. EMPREENDIMENTOS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA, which will be merged into LFG BUSINESSE E PERTICIPAÇÕES LTDA, with headquarters at Rua Bela Cintra, nº 1149, 10º andar, conjunto 102, Consolação, CEP 01415-001, the city and state of São Paulo, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 09.343.389/0001-42, and ANHANGUERA EDUCAÇÃO PROFISSIONAL LTDA, which will be merged into ESCOLA DE PROFISSÕES S/A., with headquarters at Rua Dr. Alceu de campos Rodrigues nº 46, 9º andar, sala 97, Itaim-Bibi, the city and state of São Paulo, inscribed in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 02.016.659/0001-61, the above-mentioned companies will be merged into ANHANGUERA EDUCACIONAL S.A. “AESA”, a corporation constituted in accordance with the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with headquarters at Alameda Maria Tereza, nº 2000, sala 01, Bairro Dois Córregos, the city of Valinhos, state of São Paulo, in the corporate roll of taxpayers (CNPJ/MF) under number 05.808.792/0001-49. The Board of Directors authorized the Company's Executive Board to undertake any and all acts necessary to effectively implement the resolutions approved herein. 3 Closure: There being no further matters on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned for the drafting of these minutes in summary format on this date. After the reopening of proceedings, the minutes were read, approved and signed by all those present. Signatures: Presiding: Chairman: Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh; and Secretary: Ricardo Leonel Scavazza Members of the Board of Directors: Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh, Luiz Otavio Reis de Magalhães, Olimpio Matarazzo Neto, Otavio Lopes Castello Branco Neto and Sergio Vicente Bicicchi. Valinhos, December 22, 2008. This is a free translation of the minutes drawn up in the Company's records. ____________________________________________ Ricardo Leonel Scavazza Secretary 4