Form 6-K Vasta Platform Ltd For: Mar 02

 

UNITED STATES  

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the month of March 2021

Commission File Number: 001-39415 

 

Vasta Platform Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Av. Paulista, 901, 5^th Floor

Bela Vista

São Paulo – SP, 01310-100

Brazil
+55 (11) 3047-2655 

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

 

Form 20-F

X

Form 40-F

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

 

Yes

No

X

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ITEM
99.1.	Vasta Platform Limited announces the acquisition of Sociedade Educacional da Lagoa Ltda.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

			Vasta Platform Limited
			By:	/s/ Mario Ghio Junior
				Name:	Mario Ghio Junior
				Title:	Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: March 2, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Vasta announces the acquisition of Sociedade Educacional da Lagoa Ltda.

 

São Paulo, Brazil, March 2, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vasta Platform Limited (“Company”) (NASDAQ: VSTA) announces the acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Somos Sistemas de Ensino S.A., of Sociedade Educacional da Lagoa Ltda. (“SEL”), paying R$65.0 million.

 

SEL provides technical and pedagogic services to education platforms, including the maintenance of such platforms, development and improvement of contents and training of professionals. Founded in 1997, SEL currently serves, direct or indirectly, 441 schools, 272 thousand K-12 students and approximately 503 thousand students in the secondary and continuing education segment. Vasta estimates that the transaction has a 2021E EV/EBITDA multiple of 7.6x.

 

With this acquisition, Vasta takes another important step towards offering a complete digital services to K-12 schools and strengthens its commercial relations with important clients.

 

VASTA’S MISSION

 

Our mission is to help private K-12 schools to be better and more profitable, supporting their digital transformation.

 

ABOUT VASTA

 

Vasta is a leading, high-growth education company in Brazil powered by technology, providing end-to-end educational and digital solutions that cater to all needs of private schools operating in the K-12 educational segment, ultimately benefiting all of Vasta’s stakeholders, including students, parents, educators, administrators and private school owners. Vasta’s mission is to help private K-12 schools to be better and more profitable, supporting their digital transformation. Vasta believes it is uniquely positioned to help schools in Brazil undergo the process of digital transformation and bring their education skill-set to the 21st century. Vasta promotes the unified use of technology in K-12 education with enhanced data and actionable insight for educators, increased collaboration among support staff and improvements in production, efficiency and quality. For more information, please visit ir.vastaplatform.com.

 

CONTACT

 

Investor Relations

+55 11 3133 7311

[email protected]

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “expect,” “should,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate” and “potential,” among others. Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this press release and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations. Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements due to of various factors, including (i) general economic, financial, political, demographic and business conditions in Brazil, as well as any other countries we may serve in the future and their impact on our business; (ii) fluctuations in interest, inflation and exchange rates in Brazil and any other countries we may serve in the future; (iii) our ability to implement our business strategy and expand our portfolio of products and services; (iv) our ability to adapt to technological changes in the educational sector; (v) the availability of government authorizations on terms and conditions and within periods acceptable to us; (vi) our ability to continue attracting and retaining new partner schools and students; (vii) our ability to maintain the academic quality of our programs; (viii) the availability of qualified personnel and the ability to retain such personnel; (ix) changes in the financial condition of the students enrolling in our programs in general and in the competitive conditions in the education industry; (x) our capitalization and level of indebtedness; (xi) the interests of our controlling shareholder; (xii) changes in government regulations applicable to the education industry in Brazil; (xiii) government interventions in education industry programs, that affect the economic or tax regime, the collection of tuition fees or the regulatory framework applicable to educational institutions; (xiv) cancellations of contracts within the solutions we characterize as subscription arrangements or limitations on our ability to increase the rates we charge for the services we characterize as subscription arrangements; (xv) our ability to compete and conduct our business in the future; (xvi) our ability to anticipate changes in the business, changes in regulation or the materialization of existing and potential new risks; (xvii) the success of operating initiatives, including advertising and promotional efforts and new product, service and concept development by us and our competitors; (xviii) changes in consumer demands and preferences and technological advances, and our ability to innovate to respond to such changes; (xix) changes in labor, distribution and other operating costs; our compliance with, and changes to, government laws, regulations and tax matters that currently apply to us; (xx) the effectiveness of our risk management policies and procedures, including our internal control over financial reporting; (xxi) health crises, including due to pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic and government measures taken in response thereto; (xxii) other factors that may affect our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations; and (xxiii) other risk factors discussed under “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information or future developments or to release publicly any revisions to these statements in order to reflect later events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

 

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