 NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS, Brazil, May 03, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Afya Limited, or Afya Nasdaq: AFYA, the largest medical education group in Brazil, today announced that SoftBank Latin America Fund Softbank closed on its purchase of US150 million of Afyas Series A perpetual convertible preferred shares set forth in the Certificate of Designations. In addition, Crescera Educacional II Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia and the Esteves Family also closed on the sale of 2,270,208 Class A common shares to SoftBank. In connection with such sale, Paulo Passoni from Softbank will be appointed as a board member of Afya within the next 30 days. 