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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-24-011244
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240731
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240731
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240731

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			StoneCo Ltd.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001745431
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER PROCESSING & DATA PREPARATION [7374]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38714
		FILM NUMBER:		241159678

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4TH FLOOR, HARBOUR PLACE
		STREET 2:		103 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 10240
		CITY:			GRAND CAYMAN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-1002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		55 3004-9680

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4TH FLOOR, HARBOUR PLACE
		STREET 2:		103 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 10240
		CITY:			GRAND CAYMAN
		STATE:			E9
		ZIP:			KY1-1002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DLP Payments Holdings Ltd.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20180703
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<BR></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 6.85pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -6.85pt"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN
PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">For the month of July 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 22pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>STONECO LTD.</B></P>

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charter)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4th Floor, Harbour Place</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>103 South Church Street, P.O. Box 10240</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Grand Cayman, KY1-1002, Cayman Islands</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>+55 (11) 3004-9680</B></P>

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or will file annual reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form 40-F:</P>

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in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&#9744;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3"><B>StoneCo Ltd.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Mateus Scherer Schwening</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%">Mateus Scherer Schwening</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Date: July 31, 2024</P>

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    <TD><A HREF="dp215734_ex9901.htm">99.1</A></TD>
    <TD><A HREF="dp215734_ex9901.htm">StoneCo Ltd. Press Release dated July 31, 2024.</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-variant: small-caps"><B>STONECO
</B></FONT><B>LTD. ANNOUNCES EXPIRATION AND TENDER OFFER RESULTS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, July 31, 2024 </B>&ndash;
StoneCo Ltd. (Nasdaq: STNE, B3: STOC31) (&ldquo;<U>StoneCo</U>&rdquo; or the &ldquo;<U>Company</U>&rdquo;) announces the expiration and
final results of the tender offer and consent solicitation pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in an offer to
purchase and consent solicitation statement dated July 1, 2024 (the &ldquo;<U>Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation</U>&rdquo;).
Any capitalized term used but not defined in this press release has the respective meaning set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Tender Offer and the Consent Solicitation
expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 30, 2024 (the &ldquo;<U>Expiration Time</U>&rdquo;). Based on the information provided
by D.F. King &amp; Co., Inc., the tender agent and the information agent for the Tender Offer and the Consent Solicitation (the &ldquo;<U>Tender
and Information Agent</U>&rdquo;), tender instructions and Consents in the amounts set forth in the table below were validly delivered
and not validly withdrawn prior to or at the Expiration Time.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>CUSIP and ISIN Numbers</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Principal Amount Outstanding</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Aggregate Principal Amount Tendered</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Percentage of Aggregate Principal Amount Outstanding Tendered</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-left: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">3.950% Senior Notes due 2028</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CUSIP:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">861787 AA7 /</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">G85158 AA4</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">ISIN: US861787AA77 / USG85158AA43</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">US$500,000,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">US$294,558,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; border-right: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">58.91%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in">__________________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">All Notes that were validly tendered and not validly
withdrawn at or before the Expiration Time will be accepted for purchase by the Company on the Final Settlement Date. Payment for all
the Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time will be made on the Final Settlement
Date. It is anticipated that the Final Settlement Date will be on or around July 31, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Registered holders (each, a &ldquo;<U>Holder</U>&rdquo;
and, collectively, the &ldquo;<U>Holders</U>&rdquo;) that have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn their Notes at or prior to the
Early Tender Deadline are eligible to receive the Total Consideration, which includes the Early Tender Consideration. Holders that have
validly tendered and not validly withdrawn their Notes at or prior to the Expiration Time are eligible to receive only the Tender Offer
Consideration (as defined in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation), which excludes the Early Tender Consideration. In addition
to the Tender Offer Consideration or the Total Consideration, as the case may be, Holders whose Notes are accepted for purchase pursuant
to the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will also receive Accrued Interest.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company&rsquo;s obligation to accept for purchase,
and pay for, Notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation was conditioned
upon the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, which
have been satisfied.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company also solicited Consents from Holders
of the Notes to proposed amendments to the indenture governing the Notes (the &ldquo;<U>Indenture</U>&rdquo;), providing for, among other
things, the elimination of substantially all of the restrictive covenants, various events of default and related provisions contained
in the Indenture, as well as allowing the Company to replace itself as principal debtor in respect to the Notes by a substituted debtor;
provided that the Company (and all other existing guarantors) shall guarantee the payment of all sums payable by the substituted debtor
as such principal debtor on the same terms <I>mutatis mutandis</I> as the Notes and subject to certain other conditions (the &ldquo;<U>Proposed
Amendments</U>&rdquo;).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company has received the Requisite Consents
(as defined in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation), as certified in writing by the Company to the Trustee (as defined in the
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation). It is expected that StoneCo Ltd., Stone Institui&ccedil;&atilde;o de Pagamento S.A., MNLT
S.A., Pagar.me Institui&ccedil;&atilde;o de Pagamento S.A. and the Trustee will execute a supplemental indenture (the &ldquo;<U>Supplemental
Indenture</U>&rdquo;) on or around July 31, 2024. The Supplemental Indenture will be effective promptly upon their execution and delivery;
however, the Proposed Amendments will not become operative until amounts payable by</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">the Company pursuant to the Tender Offer and Consent
Solicitation are deposited with the Tender and Information Agent or, upon the Tender and Information Agent&rsquo;s instructions, with
DTC, on the Final Settlement Date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Neither the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation
nor any related documents have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor have any such documents been filed with,
approved or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon
the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal
offense to make any representation to the contrary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Under no circumstances shall this press release
constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any other securities of the Company, the guarantors or
any of their affiliates in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. The Tender Offer and the Consent Solicitation is not being
made to, nor will the Company accept tenders of Notes from, Holders in any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offer and the Consent Solicitation
would not be in compliance with the securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdiction.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Any questions regarding the terms of the Tender
Offer and Consent Solicitation should be directed to the Dealer Managers and Solicitation Agents at the addresses and telephone numbers
set forth below.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>The Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer and Solicitation Agents
for the Consent Solicitation are:</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Banco Bradesco BBI S.A</B>.<BR>
Av Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 1309, 10th floor<BR>
S&atilde;o Paulo, SP, 04543-011<BR>
Attention: International Fixed Income Department<BR>
Collect: +1 (646) 432-6642<BR>
<BR>
</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center; font-size: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.<BR>
</B>66 Hudson Boulevard<BR>
New York, New York 10001 <BR>
Attention: Global Liability Management Group <BR>
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Attention: Latin America Debt<BR>
Capital Markets<BR>
Toll Free: +1 (866) 846-2874<BR>
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such transactions. Neither the Company nor the guarantors undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,
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