Anima Educacao [BVMF:ANIM3] has signed an agreement to acquire the Brazilian assets of Laureate Education [NASDAQ:LAUR], the Baltimore-based post-secondary education provider, in a BRL 4.4bn (USD 766m) deal, according to a press release from Anima.

Anima's proposal also includes BRL 203m as an earn-out for 135 medical seats pending approval.

Anima, a Brazil-based education group, also announced that it has sold for BRL 500m Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (FMU) to Farallon.