Sec Form 13D Filing - Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA filing for Afya Ltd (AFYA) - 2024-05-07

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D/A

 

Under the Securities Exchange of 1934

(Amendment No. 26)

 

Afya Limited
(Name of Issuer)
 
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.00005 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
G01125106
(CUSIP Number)
 

Denise Abel
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270
33311 Gütersloh, Germany

with copies to:

Michael Davis, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017

 

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
     
  May 7, 2024 (May 6, 2024)  
  (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)  

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.¨

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

 

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

CUSIP No. G01125106  

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨
(b) x
3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

WC

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Germany

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

46,112,915

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

46,112,915

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

46,112,915 (1)

12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)

 

¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

61.30% (2)(3)

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

CO

2 

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Erste WV Gütersloh GmbH

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions) (a) ¨
(b) x
3

SEC USE ONLY

 

4

SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

 

WC

5

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)

 

¨
6

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

Germany

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH
7

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

8

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

46,112,915

9

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

46,112,915

10

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

11

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

46,112,915 (1)

12

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)

 

¨
13

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

61.30% (2)(3)

14

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

 

CO

 

(1) Aggregate amount beneficially owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (“Bertelsmann”) and Erste WV Gütersloh GmbH, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Bertelsmann (“Erste” and collectively with Bertelsmann, the “Reporting Person”) consists of 29,074,134 Class B common shares and 17,038,781 Class A common shares held of record by the Reporting Person. Each Class B common share held of record by the Reporting Person is convertible into one Class A common share at the option of its holder at any time.
(2) Represents the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of Class B common shares and Class A common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in Row 11 by (b) the sum of (i) 46,146,590 Class A common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023 as reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 14, 2024 (as reduced by the number of treasury shares as reported therein), and (ii) the aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in clauses “(a)” and “(b)” of this footnote are treated as converted into Class A common shares only for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the Reporting Person. As of September 30, 2023, the number of Class A common shares outstanding was 44,009,699 and the percentage beneficially owned was 58.06%.
(3) Each Class A common share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B common share is entitled to ten votes. The percentage reported does not reflect the ten for one voting power of the Class B common shares because the Class B common shares are treated as converted into Class A common shares for the purpose of this report.

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Explanatory Note

 

This Amendment No. 26 (the “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person on August 10, 2021 (the “Original Schedule 13D”, as further amended on March 4, 2022, “Amendment No. 1”, as further amended on April 18, 2022, “Amendment No. 2”, as further amended on April 25, 2022, “Amendment No. 3,” as further amended on May 4, 2022, “Amendment No. 4,” as further amended on May 23, 2022, “Amendment No. 5,” as further amended on May 27, 2022, “Amendment No. 6,” as further amended on August 1, 2022, “Amendment No. 7,” as further amended on August 31, 2022, “Amendment No. 8,” as further amended on September 23, 2022, “Amendment No. 9,” as further amended on October 24, 2022, “Amendment No. 10,” as further amended on November 9, 2022, “Amendment No. 11,” as further amended on November 29, 2022, “Amendment No. 12,” as further amended on December 16, 2022, “Amendment No. 13,” as further amended on December 21, 2022, “Amendment No. 14,” as further amended on January 12, 2023, “Amendment No. 15,” as further amended on February 23, 2023, “Amendment No. 16,” as further amended on March 29, 2023, “Amendment No. 17,” as further amended on May 1, 2023, “Amendment No. 18,” as further amended on June 20, 2023, “Amendment No. 19,” as further amended on July 25, 2023, “Amendment No. 20,” as further amended on September 7, 2023, “Amendment No. 21,” as further amended on October 31, 2023, “Amendment No. 22,” as further amended on December 12, 2023, “Amendment No. 23,” as further amended on February 12, 2024, “Amendment No. 24,” as further amended on March 19, 2024, “Amendment No. 25,” and, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Schedule 13D”). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 13, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24 or Amendment No. 25. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Schedule 13D. This Schedule 13D relates to the Class A common shares, par value $0.00005, of Afya Limited, an exempted liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Issuer”), having its registered offices at Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, Salas 502, 504, 1,501 and 1,503, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais Brazil.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration 

 

This Amendment No. 24 amends and supplements Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23 and Amendment No. 24) as follows:

 

The Reporting Person purchased an additional 901,501 Class A common shares pursuant to the Trading Plan for a purchase price of $17,269,744.08, or an average of $19.16 per Class A common share. Such price was funded by the Reporting Person through internally generated funds.

 

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

This Amendment No. 24 amends and supplements Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24 and Amendment No. 25) as follows:

 

(a) The information relating to the beneficial ownership of Class A common shares by the Reporting Person as set forth in rows 7 through 13 of the cover pages hereto is incorporated by reference. The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 17,038,781 Class A common shares, which represents 36.92% of the Class A common shares outstanding based on 46,146,590 Class A common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2023 as reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2024 (as reduced by the number of treasury shares as reported therein). Except as set forth in this Item 5(a), the Reporting Person does not own beneficially any Class A common shares. The Reporting Person will provide upon request of the SEC staff the full information regarding the number of shares purchased or sold at each separate price.

 

(b) The Reporting Person has shared power to vote and dispose of 17,038,781 Class A common shares.

 

(c) The Reporting Person has purchased the following Class A common shares in open market transactions pursuant to the Trading Plan since the filing of the Schedule 13D/A on February 12, 2024:

 

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Transaction Date

  Class A Common Shares Purchased   Average Price Per Share
February 8, 2024   15,947   20.48
February 9, 2024   14,000   20.94
February 12, 2024   14,500   21.16
February 13, 2024   6,000   20.35
February 14, 2024   27,800   20.53
February 15, 2024   7,700   20.10
February 16, 2024   16,300   19.82
February 20, 2024   22,400   19.78
February 21, 2024   16,193   19.58
February 22, 2024   16,617   20.15
February 23, 2024   6,655   20.24
February 26, 2024   5,500   20.08
February 27, 2024   5,219   20.35
February 28, 2024   7,762   20.60
February 29, 2024   12,300   20.83
March 1, 2024   13,000   20.61
March 4, 2024   9,300   20.56
March 5, 2024   10,114   20.27
March 6, 2024   6,674   20.47
March 7, 2024   7,600   20.18
March 8, 2024   18,115   20.76
March 11, 2024   8,377   20.52
March 12, 2024   18,000   20.76
March 13, 2024   16,543   20.91
March 14, 2024   18,000   20.38
March 15, 2024   18,000   21.59
March 18, 2024   28,600   21.63
March 19, 2024   19,800   21.45
March 20, 2024   11,650   21.36
March 21, 2024   19,300   21.21
March 22, 2024   17,900   20.69
March 25, 2024   29,900   19.82
March 26, 2024   29,900   18.95
March 27, 2024   29,900   18.70
March 28, 2024   18,900   18.73
April 1, 2024   11,147   18.67
April 2, 2024   10,764   18.30
April 3, 2024   11,806   18.49
April 4, 2024   9,600   18.49
April 5, 2024   22,700   18.14
April 8, 2024   19,600   18.24
April 9, 2024   37,800   17.70
April 10, 2024   13,597   17.56
April 11, 2024   6,437   17.57
April 12, 2024   6,839   17.17
April 15, 2024   12,269   16.85
April 16, 2024   18,431   16.90
April 17, 2024   28,000   16.57
April 18, 2024   28,878   16.19
April 19, 2024   14,549   16.02
April 22, 2024   10,349   16.29
April 23, 2024   10,508   16.26
April 24, 2024   10,617   16.63
April 25, 2024   14,499   17.20
April 26, 2024   11,700   17.77
April 29, 2024   16,100   17.80
April 30, 2024   15,645   17.54
May 1, 2024   15,200   17.32

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SIGNATURES

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated: May 7, 2024  
   
  BERTELSMANN SE & CO. KGAA
   
   
  By:  ppa /s/ Martin Dannhoff
  Name:  Martin Dannhoff
  Title:    SVP Corporate Legal
   

 

  By: ppa /s/ Denise Abel
  Name:  Denise Abel
  Title:    SVP Corporate Legal
   

 

  ERSTE WV GÜTERSLOH GMBH
   
   
  By: /s/ Martin Dannhoff
  Name:  Martin Dannhoff
  Title:    Director

 

  By: /s/ Denise Abel
  Name:  Denise Abel
  Title:    Director

 

  

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