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Estacio Announces Share Conversion and Listing on the Novo Mercado
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
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The Company further informed that none of its shareholders manifested dissention from the above mentioned decision and therefore the conversion of shares will become effective.
As of
(i) the Company's capital stock will be represented by 78,585,066 registered, book-entry, common shares with no par value;
(ii) the Company's shares will be traded exclusively under the ticker ESTC3 and, consequently, its share deposit certificates, in the form of Units ("ESTC11") will cease to be traded; and
(iii) the Company's shares will start trading on the Novo Mercado segment of the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa).
Joao Carlos de Castro Rosas
Investor Relations Officer
Investor Relations
Carlos Lacerda
Phone: + 55 (21) 2433 9789
Fernando Santino
Phone: +55 (21) 2433 9790/9791
ri@estacioparticipacoes.com
http://www.estacioparticipacoes.com/ir
About Estacio Participacoes
Estacio Participacoes S.A. (BOVESPA: ESTC11), the largest private
post-secondary education institution in
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