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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-26-004077
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260318
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260318
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260318

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Schwening Mateus Scherer
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002002480
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38714
		FILM NUMBER:		26766201

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA RENATO PAES DE BARROS
		STREET 2:		1017, 15TH FLOOR, ITAIM BIBI
		CITY:			SAO PAULO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			04530001

ISSUER:		

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

	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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    <periodOfReport>2026-03-18</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001745431</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>StoneCo Ltd.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>STNE</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol></issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Schwening Mateus Scherer</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4TH FLOOR, HARBOUR PLACE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>103 SOUTH CHURCH STREET, P.O. BOX 10240</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GRAND CAYMAN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>KY1-1002</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CAYMAN ISLANDS</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>830870</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes both restricted stock units that represent a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock, as well as shares of Common Stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List - Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Priscilla Saraiva Godoy, attorney-in-fact for Mateus Scherer Schwening</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-18</signatureDate>
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<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: right"><B>Exhibit 24.1&nbsp;</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</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">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Priscilla Saraiva Godoy, Camila Poente, Danilo de Andrade Borges, Mayra Naomi Sakaguti, Gustavo de Souza Mattos,
Isabella Caldeira de Medeiros, Gabriella Read and Giovanna de Souza Fetter, as the undersigned&rsquo;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
to</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&rsquo;s capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), and the rules thereunder of StoneCo Ltd. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;),
Forms 3, 4 and 5, including any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;do
and perform any and all acts, directly or indirectly including through a delegated entity, account administrator or other designated filing
agent, for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete
and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) and any applicable stock exchange or similar authority;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;prepare,
execute and file, or cause to be prepared, executed and filed, on behalf of the undersigned one or more Forms 144, or any amendments thereto,
relating to any sales orders (including in connection with the exercise of options to purchase the Company&rsquo;s Class A common shares
(&ldquo;common shares&rdquo;), orally or electronically, to sell shares of common shares to the public from time to time in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;take
any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be
of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any
of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(6) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;act
as an account administrator for the undersigned&rsquo;s Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (&ldquo;EDGAR&rdquo;) account, including:
(i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, account users, technical administrators and delegated entities; (ii) maintaining
the security of the undersigned&rsquo;s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying
the accuracy of information on the undersigned&rsquo;s EDGAR account dashboard; (iv) acting as the EDGAR point of contact with respect
to the undersigned&rsquo;s EDGAR account; and (v) performing any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T with respect
to account administrators.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to act separately and to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution, delegation or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes or delegee or delegees of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned&rsquo;s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned&rsquo;s holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney supersedes all other powers of attorney previously executed by the undersigned in
respect of the subject matter described herein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11 day of March, 2026.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-indent: 0in">/s/ Mateus Scherer Schwening</P>

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