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Business combinations | 12 Months Ended
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5. | Business combinations
Acquisition of Equals S.A. On April 25, 2016, the Company’s subsidiary StoneCo Brasil acquired a 30% interest in Equals S.A. (“Equals”) and an option to acquire up to an additional 20% interest for R$ 2,000 adjusted by inflation, exercisable in full or partially at any moment until April 24, 2019. On September 4, 2018, the Group acquired control of Equals through the exercise of the option and the acquisition of an additional 6% interest of the outstanding equity interest in Equals. In addition, the Group acquired the remaining 44% interest through the issuance of the Company’s shares upon consummation of the Company’s IPO. As a result, the Group obtained the whole ownership of Equals. Equals’ activities are to provide financial reporting and reconciliation solutions to enable clients to monitor all payment flow data from their providers. The objective of the acquisition was to enable the Group to expand in the Brazilian payments market and to offer additional services and value added to its clients and business partners in the industry. The consolidated financial statements include the results of Equals for the period from the acquisition date.
| i) | Consideration transferred
The fair value of the consideration transferred was as follows:
At September 4, 2018 |  |  |
Cash consideration paid to the selling shareholders (a) |  |  | 3,000 |
Shares of the Company issued to selling shareholders (b) |  |  | 22,000 |
Total fair value of consideration transferred to selling shareholders |  |  | 25,000 |
Capital contribution related to option exercised (c) |  |  | 2,184 |
Fair value of previously held interest in Equals |  |  | 22,816 |
Total fair value of consideration |  |  | 50,000 |
(a) | consideration paid in cash for the acquisition of additional 6% interest, representing 3,600 outstanding shares held by the selling shareholders.
(b) | consideration price for the acquisition of the remaining 44% interest in Equals at fair value of R$ 22,000, through the issuance of 1,856 (after share split 233,856) shares of the Company, transferred to the selling shareholders after completion of the Company’s IPO.
(c) | exercise of the option for, whereby 17,142 new shares of Equals were issued, representing an increase of 20% to the previously held interest.
As a result, in 2018, the Group recognized a gain of approximately R$ 21,441 for the difference between the previously held 50% interest in Equals, after option exercise, at fair value, in the amount of R$ 25,000, and its carrying amount, in the amount of R$ 3,559, including the capital contribution at option exercise. The gain was included in other operating income in the statement of profit or loss for the year ended December 31, 2018.
| ii) | Fair value measurement
The fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Equals on the acquisition date was as follows:
|  | Fair value recognized on acquisition |
Assets |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 60 |
Trade accounts receivable |  |  | 798 |
Other current assets |  |  | 312 |
Receivables to related parties |  |  | 1,057 |
Property and equipment |  |  | 428 |
Intangible assets—Software (internally developed) |  |  | 34,539 |
Intangible assets—Customer relationship |  |  | 2,103 |
Intangible assets—Non-compete agreement |  |  | 1,659 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  | 108 |
|  |  | 41,064 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |
Trade accounts payable |  |  | (419 | )
Labor and social security liabilities |  |  | (1,704 | )
Taxes payable |  |  | (225 | )
Payables to related parties |  |  | (244 | )
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (12,960 | )
|  |  | (15,552 | )
Net identifiable assets acquired |  |  | 25,512 |
Goodwill on acquisition |  |  | 24,488 |
Total consideration transferred |  |  | 50,000 |
Goodwill comprises the value of expected synergies and other benefits from combining the assets and activities of Equals with those of the Group and is entirely allocated to the single Cash Generating Unit (“CGU”) of the Group. None of the goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. Intangible assets acquired The following intangible assets met the criteria in IAS 38— Intangible Assets for preliminary recognition:
Assets |  | Amount |  |  | Method |  | Expected amortization period
Software (internally developed) |  |  | 34,355 |  |  | Multi-period Excess Earnings Method—MEEM |  | 10 years
Customer relationship |  |  | 2,103 |  |  | Cost approach |  | 3 years
Non-compete agreement |  |  | 1,659 |  |  | With and without method |  | 5 years
| iii) | Revenue and profit contribution
From the acquisition date, Equals contributed total revenue and income of R$ 5,389 and pretax income of R$ 669 to the Group’s consolidated statement of profit and loss for the year ended December 31, 2018. Had the business combination occurred at the beginning of 2018, Equals would have contributed total revenue and income of R$ 14,370 and pretax loss of R$ 385. Therefore, the Group’s consolidated total revenue and income would have been R$ 1,588,161 and the pretax income would have totaled R$ 441,071 for the year ended December 31, 2018.
| iv) | Purchase consideration—cash outflow
Consideration paid in cash |  |  | (3,000 | )
Net cash acquired |  |  | 60 |
Net cash flow on acquisition (a) |  |  | (2,940 | )
(a) | Included in the cash flow from investing activities.
| v) | Acquisition-related costs
Acquisition-related transaction costs totaling R$ 100 were recognized in other expenses in the statement of profit or loss.

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