Vitru Limited (“Vitru”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) is a holding company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on March 05, 2020 and whose shares are publicly traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Payments exchange (NASDAQ) under the ticker symbol “VTRU”. Vitru became the parent company of Vitru Brasil Empreendimentos, Participações e Comércio S.A. (hereafter referred to as “Vitru Brazil”) formerly denominated Treviso Empreendimentos, Participações e Comércio S.A., through the completion of the corporate reorganization described below.
Until the contribution of Vitru Brazil shares to Vitru Limited, in September 2020, Vitru Limited did not have commenced operations and had only nominal assets and liabilities and no material contingent liabilities or commitments. Accordingly, Vitru Limited’s consolidated financial information substantially reflect the operations of Vitru Brazil after the corporate reorganization.
Vitru is a holding company jointly controlled by Vinci Partners, through the investments funds “Vinci Capital Partners II FIP Multiestratégia”, “Agresti Investments LLC”, “Botticelli Investments LLC”, Raffaello Investments LLC”, and the Carlyle Group, through the investment funds “Mundi Holdings I LLC” and “Mundi Holdings Ii LLC”
The Company is principally engaged in providing educational services in Brazil, mainly undergraduate and continuing education courses, presentially through its eight campuses in two states, or via distance learning, through 709 (December 31, 2019 – 526) learning centers (“hubs”) across the country.
These consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on March 29th, 2021.
1.1. | Corporate reorganization and initial public offering |
On March 5, 2020, Vitru was incorporated in the Cayman Islands, for the purposes of its initial public offering (“IPO”).
On September 2, 2020, each of Vitru Brazil ́s shareholders had agreed to contribute their respective shares on Vitru Brazil to Vitru Limited, exchanging thirty-one common shares into one ordinary share of Vitru Limited. As a result of this exchange, a reverse share split has been applied retrospectively to all figures in the historical financial statements regarding number of shares (Note 21) and per share data as if the reverse share split had been in effect for all periods presented.
On September 17, 2020, Vitru Limited priced its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 6,000,000 Class A common shares, which began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”) on September 18, 2020 under the symbol “VTRU”. The initial offering price was US$ 16.00 per Class A common share.
On September 22, 2020, the share capital of Vitru Limited was increased by 6,000,000 Class A shares through the proceeds received as a result of the IPO of US$ 96,000 thousand (or R$ 521,558). The net proceeds from the IPO were US$ 90,672 thousand (or R$ 492,612), after deducting US$ 5,328 thousand (or R$ 28,946) in underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses totaled US$ 3,430 thousand (or R$ 18,636). The share issuance costs totaled R$ 47,582.
The Company is closely monitoring the situation of the 2019 novel coronavirus, or Covid-19, and taking the necessary measures for the safety and well-being of employees, students, associates and partners. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving, and the outbreak presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the Company´s future performance and financial results. In particular and in the interest of public health and safety, state and local governments in Brazil have required mandatory school closures, which has resulted in the closure of on-campus learning facilities and hubs.
In response to the outbreak, the Company has efficiently implemented several measures aimed at safeguarding the health of employees, students and hub partners and the stability of operations, including: (1) creating a crisis management committee and a financial committee to discuss the action plan for the Company to address the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic; (2) temporarily replacing in-person weekly meetings at the hubs with online meetings between students and tutors across all units, as a result of which since March 30, 2020 all students have had real-time meetings with their tutors; (3) training teachers and tutors to support students in this new format; (4) remote support to deliver high-quality content to students and maintain high levels of engagement and a superior learning experience; (5) making no changes to the course schedule or curriculum; (6) putting in place remote emotional and psychological support to students and employees, provided by the Company´s psychology department; and (7) making home office available for all the employees.
As of December 31, 2020, there has been no material impact on the Company’s operations, as most of the Company’s services are already delivered remotely (Distance learning undergraduate courses and most of continuing education courses) or capable of being delivered