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on June 7, 2021</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; border-bottom: Black 4.5pt double"><B>Registration
No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&nbsp;</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">The Cayman Islands</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">N/A</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
    incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
    Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, Harbour Place&nbsp;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>103 South Church Street, P.O. Box 10240&nbsp;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Grand Cayman, KY1-1002, Cayman Islands&nbsp;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>+55 (11) 3004-9680&nbsp;</B></P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address, including
                                            zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;(Full title of the plans)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.5in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Cogency Global Inc.&nbsp;</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>122 East 42<SUP>nd</SUP> Street, 18<SUP>th
    </SUP>Floor</B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10168</B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 947-7200</B>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code,
    of agent for service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center"><B>Copies to</B>:</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.5in; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Byron B. Rooney, Esq.&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell LLP&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">450 Lexington Avenue&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">New York, NY 10017&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(212) 450-4000&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 63%; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9746;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9744;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;(Do
    not check if a smaller reporting company)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller reporting company </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging Growth Company </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </B></FONT>&#9744;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-top: black 2.25pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title
    of Securities to be Registered</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-top: black 2.25pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    to be Registered (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: black 2.25pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per&nbsp;Share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-top: black 2.25pt double; border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposed
    Maximum&nbsp;&nbsp;Aggregate Offering&nbsp;Price </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; border-top: black 2.25pt double; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amount
    of Registration Fee (3) </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">Class A common shares, par value US$0.000079365 per share</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="4" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-left: 15.75pt; text-indent: -9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">-</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;
    </FONT>Reserved for issuance under the StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4,070,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$64.17
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: black 1pt solid; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$261,171,900
    (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">$28,493.85</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 0.25in; vertical-align: top"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(1)</P></TD><TD>This Registration Statement
                                            on Form S-8 (this &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) covers Class A common shares, par
                                            value US$0.000079365 per share (&ldquo;Class A Common Shares&rdquo;), of StoneCo Ltd. (the
                                            &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) issuable pursuant to the StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan,
                                            as amended and restated May 20, 2021 (as amended, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). Pursuant to Rule
                                            416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this
                                            Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Class A Common Shares that become
                                            issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
                                            pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average
                                            of the high and low prices reported for a Class A Common Share on the NASDAQ Global Select
                                            Market on June 4, 2021.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD>Rounded up to the nearest penny in U.S. dollars.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;)
to register additional Class A Common Shares for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
the contents of the Registrant&rsquo;s registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2019 (Registration
No. 333-230629) and April 7, 2021 (Registration No. 333-255108).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">PART II</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.25in">INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in">Item 8.</TD><TD>Exhibits.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 6%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">Exhibit <BR>
    Number</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 94%; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001745431/000119312518299690/d580263dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001745431/000119312518299690/d580263dex31.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Articles of Association of StoneCo Ltd. (incorporated
    herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-227634) filed with
    the Commission on October 16, 2018)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel of StoneCo Ltd., as
    to the validity of the Class A Common Shares (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex0501.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel of StoneCo Ltd. (included
    in Exhibit 5)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex2302.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex2302.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young Auditores Independentes S.S., an independent
    registered public accounting firm (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex9901.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="dp152063_ex9901.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated May 20,
    2021 (filed herewith)</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</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
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration
Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil, on this 7th day of June, 2021.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">StoneCo Ltd.</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Marcelo Bastianello Baldin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Marcelo Bastianello Baldin</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Vice President, Finance</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><A NAME="a_001"></A><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 42.85pt; background-color: white">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY
THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thiago dos Santos Piau and Marcelo Baldin as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) of the Securities Act and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 42.85pt; background-color: white">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 37%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Signature</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 41%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 19%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Date</U></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Thiago dos Santos Piau</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and
    Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Thiago dos Santos Piau</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Marcelo Bastianello Baldin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President, Finance</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Marcelo Bastianello Baldin</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;(Principal&nbsp;Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Andr&eacute; Street de Anguiar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Andr&eacute; Street de Anguiar</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Danielle Goncalves de Almeida Machado</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Danielle Goncalves de Almeida Machado</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(acting as the Alternate Director to Eduardo Pontes)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ Roberto Moses Thompson Motta</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Roberto Moses Thompson Motta</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Thomas A. Patterson</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ali Mazanderani</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Ali Mazanderani</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Silvio Jos&eacute; Morais</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Silvio Jos&eacute; Morais</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top">/s/ Luciana Ibiapina Lira Aguiar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Luciana Ibiapina Lira Aguiar</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
    Pedro Franceschi</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Pedro Franceschi</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Mateus Scherer
    Schwening</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Mateus Scherer Schwening</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 41%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/
    Colleen A. De Vries</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Senior
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">June 7, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">on behalf of Cogency Global Inc., Authorized
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 7, 2021
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
StoneCo Ltd.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
The Cayman Islands
N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4
th
Floor, Harbour Place
103 South Church Street, P.O. Box 10240
Grand Cayman, KY1-1002, Cayman Islands
+55 (11) 3004-9680
(Address, including
                                            zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Principal Executive Offices)
StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Cogency Global Inc.
122 East 42
nd
Street, 18
th
Floor
New York, New York 10168
(212) 947-7200
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code,
    of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Byron B. Rooney, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 450-4000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
(Do
    not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging Growth Company
☐
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any
new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
    of Securities to be Registered
Amount
    to be Registered (1)
Proposed
    Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed
    Maximum  Aggregate Offering Price
Amount
    of Registration Fee (3)
Class A common shares, par value US$0.000079365 per share
-
Reserved for issuance under the StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan
4,070,000
$64.17
    (2)
$261,171,900
    (2)
$28,493.85
(1)
This Registration Statement
                                            on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") covers Class A common shares, par
                                            value US$0.000079365 per share ("Class A Common Shares"), of StoneCo Ltd. (the
                                            "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan,
                                            as amended and restated May 20, 2021 (as amended, the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule
                                            416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
                                            Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Class A Common Shares that become
                                            issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
                                            pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average
                                            of the high and low prices reported for a Class A Common Share on the NASDAQ Global Select
                                            Market on June 4, 2021.
(3)
Rounded up to the nearest penny in U.S. dollars.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
the Registrant is filing this Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
to register additional Class A Common Shares for issuance under the Plan. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference
the contents of the Registrant's registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on March 29, 2019 (Registration
No. 333-230629) and April 7, 2021 (Registration No. 333-255108).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4
Amended and Restated Articles of Association of StoneCo Ltd. (incorporated
    herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-227634) filed with
    the Commission on October 16, 2018)
5
Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel of StoneCo Ltd., as
    to the validity of the Class A Common Shares (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel of StoneCo Ltd. (included
    in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S., an independent
    registered public accounting firm (filed herewith)
24
Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereto)
99
StoneCo Ltd. Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated May 20,
    2021 (filed herewith)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration
Statement and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
São Paulo, Brazil, on this 7th day of June, 2021.
StoneCo Ltd.
By:
/s/ Marcelo Bastianello Baldin
Name:
Marcelo Bastianello Baldin
Title:
Vice President, Finance
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY
THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thiago dos Santos Piau and Marcelo Baldin as
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his
or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent or his substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thiago dos Santos Piau
Chief Executive Officer and
    Director
June 7, 2021
Thiago dos Santos Piau
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Marcelo Bastianello Baldin
Vice President, Finance
June 7, 2021
Marcelo Bastianello Baldin
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ André Street de Anguiar
Director
June 7, 2021
André Street de Anguiar
/s/ Danielle Goncalves de Almeida Machado
Director
June 7, 2021
Danielle Goncalves de Almeida Machado
(acting as the Alternate Director to Eduardo Pontes)
/s/ Roberto Moses Thompson Motta
Director
June 7, 2021
Roberto Moses Thompson Motta
Director
Thomas A. Patterson
/s/
Ali Mazanderani
Director
June 7, 2021
Ali Mazanderani
/s/ Silvio José Morais
Director
June 7, 2021
Silvio José Morais
/s/ Luciana Ibiapina Lira Aguiar
Director
June 7, 2021
Luciana Ibiapina Lira Aguiar
/s/
    Pedro Franceschi
Director
June 7, 2021
Pedro Franceschi
/s/ Mateus Scherer
    Schwening
Director
June 7, 2021
Mateus Scherer Schwening
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
    Colleen A. De Vries
Senior
Vice President
June 7, 2021
Colleen A. De Vries
Senior Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc.
on behalf of Cogency Global Inc., Authorized
U.S. Representative