ANHANGUERA EDUCACIONAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly Held Company Company Registry (NIRE): 35.300.184.092 Corporate Taxpayer’s INCLUDE: (CNPJ/MF) 04.310.392/0001-46 MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 3, 2008 Date, time and venue: On October 3, 2008 at 9:00 a.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 Board: Chairman: Mr. Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh; Secretary: Mr. Ricardo Leonel Scavazza Agenda: To resolve on: (i) the acquisition, by the Company or any other member of the group, of LFG BUSINESS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA., a limited liability company with head offices at Rua Bela Cintra, 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 (ii) the granting of Company surety to guarantee the payments resulting from the acquisition referred to in item (i). Resolutions taken by unanimous approval: Pursuant to Article 10, paragraph 6, item (xi) of the Company’s Bylaws, the Board of Directors approved, by unanimous vote, (i) the acquisition by the Company or by any other member of the group, of the entire membership interest representing the capital of LFG BUSINESS E PARTICIPAÇÕES LTDA. (“LFG”), a limited liability company with head offices at Rua Bela Cintra, 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. 09.343.389/0001-4, through the signing of a Private Agreement for the Purchase of 1 Membership Interest, Share Subscription Commitment and Other Covenants” to be entered into with LFG’s partners, subject to the terms agreed between the parties and submitted to this Board; and (ii) the granting of a surety to LFG’s partners to guarantee the fulfillment of the obligations included in the acquisition agreement. Pursuant to the above, the Board of Directors authorized the Company’s Executive Board to take any and all measures necessary for the implementation of the acquisition resolved herein, including the granting of the surety. Closure: There being no further matters on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned for the drafting of these minutes in a summary format, on this date. After the reopening of proceedings, the minutes were read, approved and signed by all those present. Signatures: Presiding Board: 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, October 3, 2008 This is a free translation of the minutes drawn up in the Company's records. ____________________________________________ Ricardo Leonel Scavazza Secretary 2