SÃO PAULO, Brazil, April 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StoneCo Ltd. (NASDAQ:STNE) (“Stone”) today announced the pricing of a follow-on offering of 19,500,000 of its Class A common shares at a public offering price of $40.50 per share. The shares are being offered by certain selling shareholders pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  The offering is expected to close on April 5, 2019. In connection with the offering, certain shareholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,925,000 Class A common shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discount.  Stone will not receive any proceeds from the offering.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as Global Coordinators in this offering.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the final prospectus related to the offering may be obtained from: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: 1-866-803-9204; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014; or Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by phone at 1-800-831-9146.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

This announcement does not, and is not intended to, constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in the United States or elsewhere, and it does not, and is not intended to, constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Stone

Stone is a leading provider of financial technology solutions that empower merchants to conduct commerce seamlessly across multiple channels and help them grow their business over time through technology.

Contact:
ICR, Inc.
646-277-1200
Investor Relations: StoneIR@icrinc.com

Source: StoneCo Ltd.