Grand Cayman, December 22nd, 2025 - StoneCo Ltd. (Nasdaq: STNE) ("Stone" or "the Company") announces that its Board of Directors, pursuant to written resolutions dated December 18th, 2025, authorized a new share repurchase program, under which Stone mayrepurchase up to R$ 2 billion in outstanding Class Acommon shares. The newlyapproved program does not have a fixed expiration date.
This new share repurchase program replaces the previous program announced by Stone on May 8th, 2025. Under the former program, Stone repurchased a total of 21,872,021 shares at an average price of US$ 16.34 per share, totaling R$ 1.95 billion.
At this point, the Companyhas fully distributed the R$ 3 billion in excess capital related to the 2024 results, as announced on March 18th, 2025, through share repurchases. We remain committed to returning excess capital to shareholders, in accordance with our capital allocation framework, when immediate value-accretive investment opportunities are unavailable. Stone will present an updated excess capital analysis regarding the 2025 results in our upcoming fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release.
About StoneCo Ltd.:StoneCo Ltd. is a leading provider of financial technologysolutions that empower merchants to conduct commerce seamlesslyacross multiple channels and help them grow their businesses with our payments, banking, credit and software solutions.
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12/22/2025 4:31:00 PM