SEC Form SC 13D filed by DLocal Limited

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.  )*

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

This Schedule 13D (the “Statement”) relates to the Class A common shares, nominal value $0.002 (the “Class A common shares”) of DLocal Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), whose principal executive offices are located at Dr. Luis Bonavita, 1294, 11300, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

(a)-(c), (f) This Statement is being filed by a “group,” as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. The members of the group are:

Each of the foregoing is referred to as a Reporting Person and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.” GAP Bermuda IV, GAP Bermuda EU, GAP Lux, GA Coop LP and GAP 100 are collectively referred to as the “GA Funds.” GAPCO III, GAPCO IV, GAPCO V and GAPCO CDA are collectively referred to as the “Sponsor Coinvestment Funds.”

The address of GAP (Bermuda) LP, GenPar Bermuda, GAP Bermuda IV, GA Coop LP and GAP Bermuda EU is c/o Conyers Client Services (Bermuda) Limited, Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda. The address of GA DO and GA Coop UA is Raamplein 1, 1016 XK, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The address of GA Lux, GA GenPar Lux, and GAP Lux is Luxembourg is 412F, Route d’Esch, L-1471 Luxembourg. The address of each of the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds, GA DLO, GAP 100, GAP SPV, GA GenPar and GA LP is c/o General Atlantic Service Company, L.P., 55 East 52nd Street, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10055.

Each of the Reporting Persons is engaged in acquiring, holding and disposing of interests in various companies for investment purposes.

GA DO is a wholly owned subsidiary of GA Coop UA. The GA Funds, other than GAP 100, and the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds share beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A common shares held of record by GA DO. The GA Funds, other than GAP Bermuda IV and GA Coop LP, and the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds share beneficial ownership of the shares of Class A common shares held of record by GA DLO. GA SPV is the general partner of GA DLO. General Atlantic GenPar is the general partner of GAP 100. GA LP, which is controlled by the Management Committee of GASC MGP LLC, LLC (the “GA Management Committee”), is the sole member of GA SPV, the managing member of GAPCO III, GAPCO IV and GAPCO V and the general partner of GAPCO CDA and GA GenPar. The general partner of GAP Lux is GA GenPar Lux and the general partner of GA GenPar Lux is GA Lux. The general partner of GAP Bermuda IV and GAP Bermuda EU and the sole shareholder of GA Lux is GenPar Bermuda. GAP (Bermuda) LP, which is also controlled by the GA Management Committee, is the general partner of GenPar Bermuda and GA Coop LP. As of the date hereof, there are nine members of the GA Management Committee. By virtue of the foregoing, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share voting power and the power to direct the disposition of the shares that each owns of record. Each of the members of the GA Management Committee disclaims ownership of the Class A common shares reported herein except to the extent that he has a pecuniary interest therein. The information required by General Instruction C to Schedule 13D is attached hereto as Schedule A and is hereby incorporated by reference. The present principal occupation or employment of each of the members of the GA Management Committee is as a managing director of GA LP.

(d)-(e) None of the Reporting Persons and none of the individuals listed on Schedule A have, during the last five years, been (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

The Reporting Persons obtained the funds for the purchases of Class A common shares reported herein from contributions from the GA Funds and the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

The Reporting Persons acquired the Class A common shares reported herein for investment purposes. Consistent with such purposes, the Reporting Persons may engage in communications with, without limitation, one or more shareholders of the Company, management of the Company, one or more members of the board of directors of the Company, and may make suggestions concerning the Company’s operations, prospects, business and financial strategies, strategic transactions, assets and liabilities, business and financing alternatives, the composition of the board of directors of the Company and such other matters as the Reporting Persons may deem relevant to their investment in the Class A common shares. The Reporting Persons expect that they will, from time to time, review their investment position in the Class A common shares or the Company and may, depending on the Company’s performance and other market conditions, increase or decrease their investment position in the Class A common shares. The Reporting Persons may, from time to time, make additional purchases of Class A common shares either in the open market or in privately-negotiated transactions, depending upon the Reporting Persons’ evaluation of the Company’s business, prospects and financial condition, the market for the Class A common shares, other opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, general economic conditions, stock market conditions and other factors. Depending upon the factors noted above, the Reporting Persons may also decide to hold or dispose of all or part of their investments in the Class A common shares and/or enter into derivative transactions with institutional counterparties with respect to the Company’s securities, including the Class A common shares.

Except as set forth in this Item 4 or Item 6 below, the Reporting Persons have no present plans or proposals that relate to, or that would result in, any of the actions specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D of the Exchange Act.

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

(a) The percentages used herein are calculated based upon on an aggregate of 161,930,899 Class A common shares reported by the Company to be outstanding as of September 30, 2022 as reflected in the Company's Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of September 30, 2022 and for the nine-month and three-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, filed on Form 6-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15, 2022.

By virtue of the fact that (i) the GA Funds and the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds contributed the capital to fund the purchases, and share beneficial ownership, of the Class A common shares reported herein, (ii) GAP Bermuda LP is the general partner of GA GenPar Bermuda, and GenPar Bermuda is the general partner of GAP Bermuda EU and GAP Bermuda IV, and is the sole shareholder of GA Lux, (iii) GA Lux is the general partner of GA GenPar Lux and GA GenPar Lux is the general partner of GAP Lux, (iv) GAP Lux has appointed Carne Global Fund Management (Luxembourg) S.A. (the “AIFM”) as the alternative investment fund manager of GAP Lux pursuant to an alternative investment fund management agreement to undertake all functions required of an external alternative investment fund manager under the Luxembourg law of 12 July 2013 on alternative investment fund managers, as amended from time to time and GAP Lux has also entered into a delegated portfolio management and distribution agreement with the AIFM and General Atlantic Service Company, L.P. (“GASC”) in order to appoint GASC to act as the portfolio manager of GAP Lux, (v) GA LP is the sole member of GA SPV, the managing member of GAPCO III, GAPCO IV and GAPCO V, the general partner of GAPCO CDA and GA GenPar, and (vi) the members of the Management Committee control the investment decisions of GA LP, GAP Bermuda LP and, with respect to GAP Lux, GASC, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have the power to vote and direct the disposition of the Class A common shares owned of record by GA DO and GA DLO.

As a result, as of the date hereof, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own the Class A common shares indicated on row (11) on such Reporting Person’s cover page included herein, or the approximate percentage of the aggregate amount of Class A common shares indicated on row (13) on such Reporting Person’s cover page included herein.

(b) Each of the Reporting Persons has the shared power to vote or direct the vote and the shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of the Class A common shares indicated on such Reporting Person’s cover page included herein.

(c) The table below specifies the date, amount and weighted average price of shares of common stock purchased by the Reporting Persons during the 60-day period prior to March 23, 2023. The Reporting Persons effected purchases of shares of common stock through open market transactions and block trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

¹ Reflects the average price of certain Class A common shares sold on each trade date in reliance on Rule 144 pursuant to the 10b5-1 Plan.

(d) No person other than the persons listed is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, any securities owned by any member of the group.

(e) Not applicable.

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to the Issuer.

The information disclosed under Item 3 and Item 4 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 6.

Please see Item 5(a), which is hereby incorporated by reference. The GA Funds, the Sponsor Coinvestment Funds and the members of the Management Committee may, from time to time, consult among themselves and coordinate the voting and disposition of Class A common shares held of record by GA DLO and GA DO as well as such other action taken on behalf of the Reporting Persons with respect to the Class A common shares held by the Reporting Persons as they deem to be in the collective interest of the Reporting Persons.

Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated June 2, 2021, by and among the Company, GA DO and the other shareholders of the Company named therein, the Reporting Persons are entitled to certain customary demand registration and piggyback registration rights with respect to the Class A common shares held of record by GA DO, subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.

On December 22, 2022, GA DLO entered into a 10b5-1 plan (the “10b5-1 Plan”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”). Pursuant to the 10b5-1 Plan, Morgan Stanley may purchase up to $100,000,000 of Class A common shares on behalf of GA DLO. The provisions of the 10b5-1 Plan provide that it will terminate on the earlier of May 22, 2023, the date on which $100,000,000 of Class A common shares have been purchased under the 10b5-1 Plan and the date the 10b5-1 Plan is otherwise terminated.

The Reporting Persons entered into a Joint Filing Agreement on March 23, 2023 (the “Joint Filing Agreement”), pursuant to which they have agreed to file this Statement jointly in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Exchange Act. A copy of the Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

Except as described above or elsewhere in this Statement or incorporated by reference in this Statement, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) between the Reporting Persons or, to the best of their knowledge, any of the persons named in Schedule A hereto and any other person with respect to any securities of the Company, including, but not limited to, transfer or voting of any securities, finder’s fees, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.

Item 7. Materials to be Filed as Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated as of March 23, 2023

SCHEDULE A

Members of the Management Committee (as of the date hereof)