6-K

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August, 2019

Commission File Number: 001-38992

Afya Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, Sala 504

Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais

Brazil

+55 (31) 3515 7550

(Address of principal executive office)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXHIBIT
99.1	Press release dated August 13, 2019 – Afya Limited Announces the Acquisition of IPEC—Instituto Paraense de Educação e Cultura Ltda.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Afya Limited
By:	/s/ Virgilio Deloy Capobianco Gibbon
	Name:	Virgilio Deloy Capobianco Gibbon
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 13, 2019

EX-99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Afya Limited Announces the Acquisition of IPEC—Instituto Paraense de Educação e Cultura Ltda.

August 13, 2019 – Afya Limited, or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA) today announced the acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Afya Participações S.A., of 100% of the total share capital of IPEC—Instituto Paraense de Educação e Cultura Ltda., or IPEC. IPEC is a non-operational post-secondary education institution with governmental authorization to offer on-campus, post-secondary undergraduate courses in medicine in the State of Pará. The acquisition contributed approximately 120 medical seats to Afya.

The aggregate purchase price was R$108 million, of which: (i) R$54 million was paid in cash as of the date hereof (the transaction closing date), and (ii) R$54 million is payable in two equal installments, adjusted by the CDI rate, and due annually at the end of the first and the second year from the transaction closing date.

About Afya

Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students to be lifelong medical learners from the moment they join us as medical students through their medical residency preparation, graduation program, and continuing medical education activities.

Contact: Investor Relations: ir@afya.com.br