INTRODUCTION
This amendment No. 3 (the “Final Amendment”) to the transaction statement pursuant to Rule 13e-3, together with the exhibits hereto (as amended, the “Transaction Statement”), is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) jointly by the following Persons (each, a “Filing Person,” and collectively, the “Filing Persons”): (a) Arco Platform Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), the issuer of the Class A common shares, par value $0.00005 per share (each, a “Class A Share” and collectively, the “Class A Shares” and, together with the Class B common shares of the Company, par value $0.00005 per share (each, a “Class B Share” and collectively, the “Class B Shares”), the “Shares”), that is subject to the transaction pursuant to Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act; (b) Achieve Holdings, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Parent”); (c) Achieve Merger Sub, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”); (d) OSC Investments Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and controlled by Oto Brasil de Sá Cavalcante; (e) Oto Brasil de Sá Cavalcante; (f) Ari de Sá Cavalcante Neto (together with Oto Brasil de Sá Cavalcante, the “Founders”); (g) ASCN Investments Ltd., an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and controlled by Ari de Sá Cavalcante Neto; (h) GA IS Holding, L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GA IS”); (i) GAP (Bermuda) L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GAP Bermuda LP”); (j) GAP Coinvestments III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation (“GAPCO III”); (k) GAP Coinvestments IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation (“GAPCO IV”); (l) GAP Coinvestments V, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation (“GAPCO V”); (m) GAP Coinvestments CDA, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“GAPCO CDA”), (n) General Atlantic L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“GA LP”); (o) General Atlantic Arco (Bermuda) 2, L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GA Arco”); (p) General Atlantic GenPar (Bermuda), L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GenPar Bermuda”); (q) General Atlantic GenPar (Lux) SCSp, a Luxembourg special limited partnership (“GA GenPar Lux”); (r) General Atlantic (Lux) S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (“GA Lux”); (s) General Atlantic Partners (Bermuda) IV, L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GAP Bermuda IV”); (t) General Atlantic Partners (Bermuda) EU, L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“GAP Bermuda EU”); (u) General Atlantic Partners (Lux) SCSp, a Luxembourg special limited partnership (“GAP Lux”); (v) General Atlantic (SPV) GP (Bermuda), LLC, a Bermuda limited liability corporation (“GA SPV Bermuda,” and, together with GA IS, GAP Bermuda LP, GAPCO III, GAPCO IV, GAPCO V, GAPCO CDA, GA LP, GA Arco, GenPar Bermuda, GA GenPar Lux, GA Lux, GAP Bermuda IV, GAP Bermuda EU and GAP Lux, “General Atlantic”); (w) Archery DF Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Archery”); (x) Cardinal DIG CC, LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Cardinal”); (y) Dragoneer CF GP, LLC, a limited liability company established under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“CF GP”); (z) Dragoneer Global Fund II, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“DGF II”); (aa) Dragoneer Global GP II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GP II”); (bb) Dragoneer Global GP II CC, LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (“GP II CC”); (cc) Dragoneer Global GP II Holdings, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“GP II Holdings”); and (dd) Marc Stad (together with Archery, Cardinal, CF GP, DGF II, GP II, GP II CC and GP II Holdings, “Dragoneer”). Filing Persons (d) through (dd) are collectively referred to herein as the “Consortium.”
This Schedule 13E-3 relates to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 10, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”) among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving company (the “Surviving Company”).
This Final Amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 13e-3(d) to report the results and other relevant information of the transaction that is the subject of the Transaction Statement.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Final Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Transaction Statement, including the Proxy Statement attached as exhibit (a)-(1) to the Transaction Statement.