6-K

dLocal Ltd (DLO)

6-K 2022-03-15 For: 2021-12-31
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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 2022

Commission File Number: 001-40451

DLocal Limited

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294

Montevideo

Uruguay 11300

+1 (424) 392-7437

(Address of principal executive office)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXHIBIT

99.1 Press release dated March 14, 2021 - DLocal Limited Reports 2021 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results
99.2 DLocal Limited Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021
99.3 Annual Report 2021 - dLocal Reports 2021 Fourth Quarter & full year Financial results
99.4 dLocal Q4 & FY2021 Earnings Presentation

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.

DLocal Limited
By: /s/ Diego Cabrera Canay
Name: Diego Cabrera Canay
Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 15, 2022

EX-99.1

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dLocal Limited Reports 2021 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

Full Year 2021

US$6.0 billion Total Payment Volume, up 193% year-over-year

Revenues of US$244.1 million, up 134% year-over-year

219% Net Retention Rate

41% Adj EBITDA Margin

Fourth Quarter 2021

US$1.9 billion Total Payment Volume, up 145% year-over-year

Revenues of US$76.3 million, up 120% year-over-year

198% Net Retention Rate

38% Adj EBITDA Margin

dLocal reports in US dollars and in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB

Montevideo, Uruguay March 14, 2022 — DLocal Limited (“dLocal”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) (NASDAQ:DLO), a technology- first payments platform today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021.

“Dear Customers, Partners and Shareholders,

Thank you for your continued support and trust. We started our journey a little over 6 years ago and we are proud of what we have accomplished till date, but we are literally just getting started. We became Uruguay’s first unicorn and debuted as a public company in June 2021. This has set the beginning of a new chapter for dLocal but our priorities and values have not changed. We remain humble and focused as we continue to turn the complex into simple for our merchants and we continue to redefine the online payments experience in emerging markets.

Our vision is to build a network of payments infrastructure such that making or receiving a payment in the emerging markets to and from anywhere in the world is as simple as sending an email. We are doing this country by country and payment method by payment method. Today, we are in 35 countries and connected to 700+ payment methods.

We started in Uruguay but we were born global. Our first significant win was with a U.S. based enterprise merchant that needed us to solve a local payments problem in Brazil. We then realized that the problem we were solving in Brazil also existed in many other places, so we expanded to Latin America. Our merchants faced the same challenges in the rest of the world, so we expanded to Africa and Asia. We continue to expand our footprint in emerging markets.

2021 was a record year. Our TPV almost tripled in 2021, surpassing the US$6 billion threshold, increasing by 193% year-over-year. Revenues for the year reached US$244 million, a 134% year-over-year growth, with an Adjusted EBITDA margin of 41%, compared to 40% in 2020. We continued to make investments in infrastructure and people to support our expansion strategy. These results were supported by the continued growth from both existing and new merchants using our platform.

We serve online global merchants who are looking to do business in multiple geographies. We are agnostic to industry verticals and have built a diversified business across geographies, sectors, and products. We remain committed to agile decision making and providing tailored solutions for our merchants to help them achieve their growth plans in emerging markets. We are a revenue enabler for our clients, and we grow when they grow. Total merchants on our platform have grown steadily from 300+ in 2020 to 400+ in 2021, and we have a robust sales pipeline ahead. This pipeline is supported mainly by the rapid expansion and ramp up of online merchants, by the consistent growth of the global creator economy and by the increased relevance of digital marketing worldwide, which are not limited by geographic boundaries. During the year, we have seen new companies emerge and establish dominance very quickly, and we expect this trend to continue moving forward.

We have continued to expand our footprint in emerging markets, launching operations in nine new countries (six of them outside Latin America) during 2021, bringing the total number of countries in which we make our services available to 35.

Our culture and our people make us who we are. We pride ourselves on our growth mindset and our ability to be flexible, fast and focused. We believe a high-quality team is the cornerstone for our long-term success. Throughout 2021, we have continued to invest in adding talent, with complementary and diverse backgrounds, reaching 535 employees by the year end, a 73% year-over-year increase.

We have built our company with a long-term vision, and as we look ahead, we are very excited with the opportunities we foresee. We remain focused on creating value for our merchants and our shareholders, and we believe we are in a unique position to capture these opportunities and to continue delivering profitable growth and strong financial results as the years go by,” said Sebastian Kanovich.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Highlights

• Total Payment Volume (“TPV”) reached US$1.9 billion in the quarter, representing 145% year-over-year growth compared to US$757 million in the fourth quarter of 2020. For the full year, TPV reached US$6.0 billion, representing 193% year-over-year growth compared to US$2.1 billion in 2020.

• Revenues in the fourth quarter of 2021 amounted to US$76.3 million, representing 120% year-over-year growth compared to US$34.7 million

in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 11% growth compared to $68.6 million in the third quarter of 2021. For the full year, revenues amounted to US$244.1 million, representing 134% year-over-year growth compared to US$104.1 million in 2020.

• Gross profit was US$38.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, representing 88% year-over-year growth compared to US$20.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 13% growth compared to US$34.4 million in the third quarter of 2021. For the full year, gross profit amounted to US$130.4 million compared to US$60.1 million in 2020, representing 117% year-over-year growth.

• Adjusted EBITDA was US$29.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2021, representing 112% year-over-year growth compared to US$13.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 10% growth compared to US$26.3 million in the third quarter of 2021. For the full year, Adjusted EBITDA was US$99.2 million, representing 136% year-over-year growth compared to US$41.9 million in 2020.

• Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 38% in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to 39% in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 38% in the third quarter of 2021. For the full year, Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 41% compared to 40% in 2020.

• Profit for the fourth quarter of 2021 was US$23.5 million, or US$0.08 per diluted share, compared with profit of US$11.6 million, or US$0.04 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2020 and with profit of US$19.7 million, or US$0.06 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2021. For the full year, profit was US$77.9 million, or US$0.25 per diluted share, compared with profit of US$28.2 million, or US$0.10 per diluted share, in 2020.

• Capex for the full year reached US$48.0 million, which includes US$38.7 million for the acquisition of PrimeiroPay. Excluding this acquisition, capex for the full year amounted to US$9.3 million, representing a 141% year-over-year growth compared to US$3.9 million in 2020. Capex accounted for 4% of revenues, in line with 2020.

• As of December 31, 2021, dLocal had US$336.2 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, compared with US$293.1 million as of September 30, 2021 and US$111.7 million as of December 31, 2020. The quarter-over-quarter increase of US$43.1 million reflects an increase of US$40.2 million in our funds and an increase of US$2.9 million in funds due to our merchants with respect to the third quarter of 2021.

The following table summarizes our key performance metrics:

Three months ended Twelve months ended
December 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
(in millions of US except for %)
Key Performance Metrics
TPV 1,856 6,049 2,065
TPV growth YoY 145% 193% 60%
Revenue 76.3 244.1 104.1
Revenue growth YoY 120% 134% 88%
Adj. EBITDA 29.1 99.2 41.9
Adj. EBITDA Margin 38% 41% 40%

All values are in US Dollars.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Business Highlights

• dLocal is well diversified across verticals, so its business does not depend on the performance of any single industry vertical. During the fourth quarter and full year 2021 dLocal saw triple digit year-over-year growth in TPV driven by the performance and continued growth of its merchants across most verticals, particularly in ride hailing, streaming, advertising, SaaS (“software as a service”), on-demand delivery and commerce.

• dLocal is also well diversified across geographies. In 2021 dLocal continued to focus on its expansion efforts and added Pakistan, Tanzania, and Uganda to its geographic network during the fourth quarter, after adding Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam during the first nine months of 2021, bringing the total number of countries in which dLocal makes its services available to 35.

• Revenue increased across all regions during the year, with LatAm growing 140% compared to 2020, accounting for 92% of the total TPV. Asia & Africa revenue, which accounted for the remaining 8%, increased by 86% compared to 2020.

• During the year dLocal continued delivering strong revenue growth both from existing and from new customers. Revenue from Existing Merchants increased by US$33.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. The net revenue retention rate, or NRR, in the fourth quarter of 2021 reached 198%. Revenue from Existing Merchants increased by US$124.0 million during the full year 2021 and the NRR reached 219% in 2021 compared to 159%1 in the fiscal year 2020.

• Revenue from New Merchants was US$7.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 compared to US$6.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2020. For the full year, revenue from New Merchants reached US$16.0 million compared to US$9.5 million in the fiscal year 2020.

• On average, Enterprise Global Merchants used dLocal’s platform in more than seven different countries and 67 payment methods in 2021, compared to nearly six different countries and 44 payment methods in 2020.

• During 2021, dLocal continued to enhance its product portfolio with improvements in our features for pay-ins and pay-outs and launched Issuing-as-a-Service and Defense Suite products, further expanding its product offering to its global merchants.

1 Including the effect in 2019 of a warrant with a merchant (valued at US$4.3 million, which was a contra-revenue for such year), the NRR would have been 171%.

Special Note Regarding Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

dLocal has only one operating segment. dLocal measures its operating segment’s performance by Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, and uses these metrics to make decisions about allocating resources.

Adjusted EBITDA as used by dLocal is defined as the profit from operations before financing and taxation for the year or period, as applicable, before depreciation of property, plant and equipment, amortization of right-of-use assets and intangible assets, and further excluding the changes in fair value of financial assets and derivative instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss, impairment gains/(losses) on financial assets, transaction costs, share-based payment non-cash charges, secondary offering expenses, and inflation adjustment. dLocal defines Adjusted EBITDA Margin as the Adjusted EBITDA divided by consolidated revenues.

Although Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin may be commonly viewed as non-IFRS measures in other contexts, pursuant to IFRS 8, (“Operating Segments”), Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are treated by dLocal as IFRS measures based on the manner in which dLocal utilizes these measures. Nevertheless, dLocal’s Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin metrics should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for net income for the periods presented under IFRS. dLocal also believes that its Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin metrics are useful metrics used by analysts and investors, although these measures are not explicitly defined under IFRS. Additionally, the way dLocal calculates operating segment’s performance measures may be different from the calculations used by other entities, including competitors, and therefore, dLocal’s performance measures may not be comparable to those of other entities.

The table below presents a reconciliation of dLocal’s Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to net income:

Three-months ended December 31 Twelve-months ended December 31
2021 2020 2021 2020
Profit for the period 23,549 11,601 77,853 28,187
Income tax expense 2,114 1,000 7,647 3,231
Depreciation and amortization 1,507 248 4,747 992
Secondary offering expenses 716 453 5,158 453
Transaction costs 22 158 687 158
Share-based payment non-cash charges 2,236 256 7,590 7,295
Other operating (gain)/loss - 65 (2,896) 2,896
Other charges, net (1,072) (100) (1,629) (1,281)
Adjusted EBITDA 29,072 13,681 99,157 41,931
Revenues 76,257 34,653 244,120 104,143
Adjusted EBITDA 29,072 13,681 99,157 41,931
Adjusted EBITDA Margin 38.1% 39.5% 40.6% 40.3%

Earnings per share:

We calculate basic earnings per share by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding during the twelve-months and three-months periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

Our diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders of dLocal by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus the weighted average number of common shares that would be issued on conversion of all dilutive potential common shares into common shares.

The next table presents the information used as base for such calculation

For the three-month period ended December 31 For the twelve-month period ended December 31
2021 2020 2021 2020
Profit attributable to common shareholders (U.S. Dollars) 23,548,950 11,601,000 77,852,950 28,186,840
Weighted average number of common shares 295,028,441 268,598,000 287,121,304 268,598,000
Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share 18,303,500 12,964,000 21,809,000 16,242,000
Weighted average number of common shares for calculating diluted earnings per share 313,331,941 281,562,000 308,930,304 284,840,000
Basic earnings per share 0.08 0.04 0.27 0.10
Diluted earnings per share 0.08 0.04 0.25 0.10

This press release does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standards 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” nor a financial statement as defined by International Accounting Standards 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements”. The financial information in this press release has not been audited.

Conference Call and Webcast

dLocal’s management team will host a conference call and audio webcast on March 15, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (888) 705-0197/ (409) 981-0764 (Conference ID – 3689961 –) and requesting inclusion in the call for dLocal.

The live conference call can be accessed via audio webcast at the investor relations section of dLocal’s website, at https://investor.dlocal.com/. An archive of the webcast will be available for a year following the conclusion of the conference call. The investor presentation will also be filed on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

About dLocal

dLocal powers local payments in emerging markets, connecting global enterprise merchants with billions of emerging market consumers in 35 countries across APAC, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Through the “One dLocal” platform (one direct API, one platform, and one contract), global companies can accept payments, send pay-outs and settle funds globally without the need to manage separate pay-in and pay-out processors, set up numerous local entities, and integrate multiple acquirers and payment methods in each market.

Definition of Selected Operational Metrics

“API” means application programming interface, which is a general term for programming techniques that are available for software developers when they integrate with a particular service or application. In the payments industry, APIs are usually provided by any party participating in the money flow (such as payment gateways, processors, service providers) to facilitate the money transfer process.

“Enterprise Global Merchants” means merchants with at least US$6 million of annual TPV processed through our platform.

“Local payment methods” refers to any payment method that is processed in the country where the end user of the merchant sending or receiving payments is located, which include credit and debit cards, cash payments, bank transfers, mobile money, and digital wallets.

“NRR” means net revenue retention rate, which is the U.S. dollar-based measure of retention and growth of our merchants. We calculate the NRR of a period by dividing the current period revenue by the prior period revenue. The prior period revenue is the revenue billed by us to all of our merchant customers in the corresponding period for the prior fiscal year. The current period revenue is the revenue billed by us in the corresponding period for the current fiscal year to the same merchant customers included in the calculation of the prior period revenue. Current period revenue includes any upsells and cross sells of products, geographies, and payment methods to such merchant customers, and is net of any contractions or attrition, but excludes revenue from new customers on-boarded during the last 12 months.

“Pay-in” means a payment transaction whereby dLocal’s merchant customers receive payment from their customers.

“Pay-out” means a payment transaction whereby dLocal disburses money in local currency to the business partners or customers of dLocal’s merchant customers.

“Revenue from New Merchants”: means the revenue billed by us to merchant customers that we did not bill revenues in the same quarter (or period) of the prior year.

“Revenue from Existing Merchants”: means the revenue billed by us in the last twelve months to the merchant customers that we billed revenue in the same quarter (or period) of the prior year.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements convey dLocal’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements regarding dLocal involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause dLocal’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of dLocal’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, dLocal undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date hereof.

DLocal Limited

Certain financial information

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three month and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)

Twelve-months ended<br><br>December 31
2020 2021 2020
Continuing operations
Revenues 34,653 244,120 104,143
Cost of services (13,981) (113,677) (44,065)
Gross profit 20,672 130,443 60,078
Technology and development expenses (750) (3,386) (2,005)
Sales and marketing expenses (830) (5,916) (2,852)
General and administrative expenses (6,526) (40,637) (22,188)
Impairment (loss)/gain on financial assets (45) (33) 808
Other operating (loss)/gain (65) 3,367 (2,896)
Operating profit 12,456 83,838 30,945
Finance income 148 2,540 502
Finance costs (7) (544) (67)
Inflation adjustment 4 (334) 38
Other results 145 1,662 473
Profit before income tax 12,601 85,500 31,418
Income tax expense (1,000) (7,647) (3,231)
Profit for the period 11,601 77,853 28,187
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the Group 11,601 77,876 28,184
Non-controlling interest - (23) 3
Profit for the period 11,601 77,853 28,187
Earnings per share (in )
Basic Earnings per share 0.04 0.27 0.10
Diluted Earnings per share 0.04 0.25 0.10
Other comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss:
Exchange difference on translation on foreign operations (10) 102 37
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax (10) 102 37
Total comprehensive income for the period
Owners of the Group 11,594 77,969 28,231
Non-controlling interest (3) (14) (7)
Total comprehensive income for the period 11,591 77,955 28,224

All values are in US Dollars.

DLocal Limited

Certain financial information

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)

December 31, 2021 December 31, 2020
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 336,197 111,733
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 1,004 8,319
Trade and other receivables 190,966 72,785
Other assets 1,339 2,017
Total Current Assets 529,506 194,854
Non-Current Assets
Deferred tax assets 133 216
Property, plant and equipment 2,485 913
Right-of-use assets 3,915 188
Intangible assets 46,969 4,153
Other assets - 143
Total Non-Current Assets 53,502 5,613
TOTAL ASSETS 583,008 200,467
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Trade and other payables 277,160 142,865
Lease liabilities 502 201
Tax liabilities 13,126 7,788
Derivative financial instruments 221 2,896
Borrowings 5,014 -
Provisions 1,710 1,393
Contingent considerations liability 665 -
Total Current Liabilities 298,398 155,143
Non-Current Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities 883 259
Lease liabilities 3,426 17
Total Non-Current Liabilities 4,309 276
TOTAL LIABILITIES 302,707 155,419
EQUITY
Share Capital 590 602
Share Premium 157,151 -
Capital Reserve 12,741 12,582
Other Reserves (30) 119
Retained earnings 109,867 31,749
Total Equity Attributable to owners of the Group 280,319 45,052
Non-controlling interest (18) (4)
TOTAL EQUITY 280,301 45,048

dLocal was incorporated on February 10, 2021, as a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, duly registered with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies. The contribution of dLocal Group Limited (a limited liability company incorporated in Malta, the former holding entity or “dLocal Malta”) shares to dLocal was the Cayman Islands company has been finalized as of April 14, 2021. Until the contribution of dLocal Malta shares to it, dLocal had not commenced operations, consequently the historical information previous to that date presented in here corresponds to dLocal Malta, our predecessor. This reorganization was done, among other things, to facilitate the initial public offering of the Group. dLocal had no prior assets, holdings or operations.

Investor Relations Contact:

investor@dlocal.com

Media Contact:

marketing@dlocal.com

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DLocal Limited

Consolidated Financial Statements

as of December 31, 2021 and 2020

and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID1349) -
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 1
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at December 31, 2021 and 2020 2
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 5

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of DLocal Limited

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of DLocal Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021 in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Price Waterhouse & Co. S.R.L.

Gustavo Ariel Vidan (Partner)

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

March 15, 2022

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

DLocal Limited

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars except share data or as otherwise indicated)

Notes For the Year Ended December 31,
2021 2020 2019
Continuing operations
Revenues 6 244,120 104,143 55,289
Cost of services 6 (113,677 ) (44,065 ) (19,413 )
Gross profit 130,443 60,078 35,876
Technology and development expenses 7 (3,386 ) (2,005 ) (1,347 )
Sales and marketing expenses 8 (5,916 ) (2,852 ) (2,057 )
General and administrative expenses 8 (40,637 ) (22,188 ) (14,101 )
Impairment (loss)/gain on financial assets 16 (33 ) 808 (807 )
Other operating gain/(loss) 24 3,367 (2,896 )
Operating profit 83,838 30,945 17,564
Finance income 11 2,540 502 279
Finance costs 11 (544 ) (67 ) (30 )
Inflation adjustment 11 (334 ) 38 10
Other results 1,662 473 259
Profit before income tax 85,500 31,418 17,823
Income tax expense 12 (7,647 ) (3,231 ) (2,221 )
Profit for the year 77,853 28,187 15,602
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the Group 77,876 28,184 15,602
Non-controlling interest (23 ) 3
Profit for the year 77,853 28,187 15,602
Earnings per share
Basic Earnings per share 13 0.27 0.10 0.06
Diluted Earnings per share 13 0.25 0.10 0.05
Other comprehensive Income
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss:
Exchange difference on translation on foreign operations 102 37 27
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax 102 37 27
Total comprehensive income for the year 77,955 28,224 15,629
Total comprehensive income for the year is attributable to:
Owners of the Group 77,969 28,231 15,629
Non-controlling interest (14 ) (7 )
Total comprehensive income for the year 77,955 28,224 15,629

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

DLocal Limited

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

At December 31, 2021 and 2020

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars except share data or as otherwise indicated)

Notes December 31,<br>2021 December 31,<br>2020
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 14 336,197 111,733
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 15 1,004 8,319
Trade and other receivables 16 190,966 72,785
Other assets 17 1,339 2,017
Total Current Assets 529,506 194,854
Non-Current Assets
Deferred tax assets 12 133 216
Property, plant and equipment 18 2,485 913
Right-of-use assets 19 3,915 188
Intangible assets 20 46,969 4,153
Other assets 17 - 143
Total Non-Current Assets 53,502 5,613
TOTAL ASSETS 583,008 200,467
LIABILITIES
Current Liabilities
Trade and other payables 21 277,160 142,865
Borrowings 22 5,014
Lease liabilities 19 502 201
Tax liabilities 23 13,126 7,788
Derivative financial instruments 24 221 2,896
Provisions 25 1,710 1,393
Contingent consideration liability 20 665
Total Current Liabilities 298,398 155,143
Non-Current Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities 12 883 259
Lease liabilities 19 3,426 17
Total Non-Current Liabilities 4,309 276
TOTAL LIABILITIES 302,707 155,419
EQUITY
Share Capital 13 590 602
Share Premium 13 157,151
Capital Reserve 13 12,741 12,582
Other Reserves 13 (30 ) 119
Retained earnings 13 109,867 31,749
Total Equity Attributable to owners of the Group 280,319 45,052
Non-controlling interest (18 ) (4 )
TOTAL EQUITY 280,301 45,048

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

DLocal Limited

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars except share data or as otherwise indicated)

Notes Member<br>Contributed<br>Capital Share<br>Capital Share<br>Premium Capital<br>Reserve Other Reserves Retained<br>Earnings Total Non-<br>controlling<br>interest Total<br>equity
Balance as of January 1st, 2021 602 12,582 119 31,749 45,052 (4 ) 45,048
Comprehensive Income for the year
Profit of the year 77,876 77,876 (23 ) 77,853
Exchange difference on translation on foreign<br>operations (149 ) 242 93 9 102
Total Comprehensive Income for the year (149 ) 78,118 77,969 (14 ) 77,955
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners
Initial public offering, net of underwriting discount<br>and incremental and direct costs 13 9 86,441 86,450 86,450
Issue of ordinary shares 13 45 63,132 63,177 63,177
Par value change from 1.1211 U.S. Dollars to 1<br> U.S. Dollars 13 (70 ) 70
Share-options exercise 6,979 (6,898 ) 81 81
Forfeitures (6 ) (6 ) (6 )
Warrant excercise 13 4 529 (533 ) 0
Share-based payments 9 7,596 7,596 7,596
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners (12 ) 157,151 159 157,298 157,298
Balance as of December 31st, 2021 590 157,151 12,741 (30 ) 109,867 280,319 (18 ) 280,301
Balance as of January 1st, 2020 602 5,287 14 18,460 24,363 166 24,529
Adjustments due to reorganizations (602 ) 602
Adjusted balance as of January 1st, 2020 602 5,287 14 18,460 24,363 166 24,529
Comprehensive Income for the year
Profit of the year 28,184 28,184 3 28,187
Exchange difference on translation on foreign<br>operations 105 (58 ) 47 (10 ) 37
Total Comprehensive Income for the year 105 28,126 28,231 (7 ) 28,224
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners
Share-based payments 9 7,295 7,295 7,295
Distribution of retained earnings 13 (15,000 ) (15,000 ) (15,000 )
Transaction between shareholders 13 163 163 (163 )
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners 7,295 (14,837 ) (7,542 ) (163 ) (7,705 )
Balance as of December 31st, 2020 602 12,582 119 31,749 45,052 (4 ) 45,048
Balance as of January 1st, 2019 588 238 (13 ) 12,858 13,671 166 13,837
Comprehensive Income for the year
Profit of the year 15,602 15,602 15,602
Exchange difference on translation on foreign<br>operations 27 27 27
Total Comprehensive Income for the year 27 15,602 15,629 15,629
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners
Share-based payments 9 5,049 5,049 5,049
Distribution of retained earnings 13 (10,000 ) (10,000 ) (10,000 )
Issue of ordinary shares 13 14 14 14
Transactions with Group owners in their<br>capacity as owners 14 5,049 (10,000 ) (4,937 ) (4,937 )
Balance as of December 31st, 2019 602 5,287 14 18,460 24,363 166 24,529

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

DLocal Limited

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars except share data or as otherwise indicated)

Notes 2021 2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit before income tax 85,500 31,418 17,823
Adjustments:
Interest income from financial instruments (2,556 ) (443 ) (217 )
Interest charges for lease liabilities 142 20 30
Other finance expense / (income) 402 (3 ) (6 )
Amortization of Intangible assets 10 3,917 656 175
Depreciation of Property, plant and equipment 10 377 155 53
Amortization of Right-of-use asset 10 453 181 181
Revenue reduction related to prepaid assets 17 200 67
Share-based payment expense 9 7,590 7,295 5,049
Net exchange differences (19 ) (99 ) (106 )
Fair value (loss)/gain on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 16 (9 ) (56 )
Other operating (gain)/loss 24 (2,896 ) 2,896
Net Impairment loss/(gain) on financial assets 16 33 (808 ) 807
93,159 41,326 23,733
Changes in working capital
Increase in Trade and other receivables 16 (115,355 ) (45,932 ) (10,968 )
Increase / (Decrease) in Other assets 17 581 (1,114 ) (1,113 )
Increase in Trade and other payables 21 134,295 89,888 20,284
Increase in Tax Liabilities 23 5,309 5,877
Increase in Provisions 25 317 595 497
Cash from operating activities 118,306 90,640 32,433
Income tax paid 12 (9,820 ) (2,154 ) (1,710 )
Net cash from operating activities 108,486 88,486 30,723
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisitions of Property, plant and equipment (1,949 ) (876 ) (152 )
Additions of Intangible assets 20 (46,068 ) (3,006 ) (1,554 )
Net collections of financial assets at FVPL 7,520 7,089 1,601
Interest collected from financial instruments 2,556 443 217
Other finance income collected 6
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities (37,941 ) 3,650 118
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of shares 13 63,177 14
Proceeds from initial public offering 1.3 87,088
Initial public offering expenses paid (638 )
Share-options exercise 81
Dividends paid (15,000 ) (10,000 )
Proceeds from borrowings 5,000
Interest payments on lease liability (142 ) (20 ) (30 )
Principal payments on lease liability 29 (430 ) (131 ) (152 )
Payments of loans advanced to shareholders (9,174 )
Other finance expense paid (388 ) (47 )
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities 153,748 (15,198 ) (19,342 )
Net increase in cash flow 224,293 76,938 11,499
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 111,733 34,765 23,305
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 171 30 (39 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 336,197 111,733 34,765

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

DLocal Limited

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

At December 31, 2021

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars except share data or as otherwise indicated)

1. General information, Reorganization and Significant Events of the year

1.1 General information

DLocal Limited (“dLocal” or the “Company”) is a holding company, referred to together with its subsidiaries as the “Group”. dLocal is a limited liability company. The Group was established on October 5, 2016, under the holding company dLocal Group Limited, domiciled and incorporated in Malta, and on April 14, 2021 it was reorganized under dLocal, domiciled and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The Company is the ultimate controlling party of the Group. See detail of subsidiaries in Note 4: Consolidation of subsidiaries.

The Group processes online payment transactions through more than 700 payment methods on December 31, 2021 and 2020, enabling enterprise merchants located in developed economies (mainly United States, Europe and China) to get paid (“payins”) from customers in emerging markets and to make payments (“payouts”) to customers in emerging markets. As of the date of issuance of this Consolidated Financial Statements, the Group continued to focus on its expansion efforts bringing the total number of countries in the geographic network to 35.

In order to conduct its business, the Group has direct connections with banks, acquirers and payments processors to process payments locally in emerging markets. It also operates with financial institutions to expatriate/repatriate the funds to/from the developed economies where the merchant customers elect to settle their funds in the currency of their preference (mainly U.S. Dollar and Euro). These consolidated financial statements include dLocal’s subsidiaries and details of the structure are included under Note 4: Consolidation of subsidiaries.

The Group is licensed and regulated in the EU as an Electronic Money Issuer, or EMI, and Payment Institution, or PI, and registered as a Money Service Business with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, or FinCEN, and we operate and are licensed, as applicable, in more than 25 countries in emerging markets, primarily in the Americas, Asia and Africa.

In addition, the Group is subject to laws aimed at preventing money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorism. This regulatory landscape is constantly changing, including as a consequence of the implementation of the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Directive 2015/849/EU, “MLD4”) and the proposed amendments to the MLD4, often referred to as the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.

As part of the requirements for maintaining its financial institution license, the subsidiary dLocal Limited is subject to externally imposed capital requirements by the regulator, which initially amounted to Euros 400 (USD 453). As at 31 December 2021 the subsidiary calculated its capital requirement at the level of Euros 530 (USD 600). As at 31 December 2021 Tier 1 Capital was temporarily short in respect of its regulatory capital requirement with an amount of USD 37,666. Such position will be rectified upon the signing of the subsidiary's financial statements, due to the fact that profits registered during the year ended 31 December 2021 will be verified as a result of the external audit of the financial statements of the subsidiary, and Tier 1 Capital post verification will be considered to be that of USD 4,621, which is in excess of the externally imposed minimum capital requirement of Euros 530 (USD 600).

1.2 Reorganization

On April 14, 2021, in a series of transactions as further described below, the owners of dLocal Group Limited completed the contribution of 100% of their respective interests in dLocal Group Limited, with par value 1.1211 U.S. Dollars per share, on a pro rata basis to a newly formed entity, dLocal, in exchange for 100% of the common shares of dLocal, with par value 1 U.S. Dollars per share with no additional consideration, is defined as the “Reorganization”. The purpose of the Reorganization was to facilitate the initial public offering of the Group. dLocal had no prior assets, holdings or operations.

In connection with the Reorganization, the Group amended its existing employee share incentive plan, the “2020 Global Share Incentive Plan”. In this context, all obligations of dLocal Group Limited under this plan (including award agreements issued thereunder) have been transferred to dLocal, and options to purchase ordinary shares of dLocal Group Limited have been converted into options to purchase ordinary shares of dLocal. The conversion was based on a ratio intended to maintain in all material respects the same, and in no event greater, economic benefit to optionees as provided under the plans in effect prior to the Reorganization.

Additionally, the written resolution of dLocal’s shareholders dated May 19, 2021 and effective June 2, 2021, approved a 500-for-1 stock split of dLocal’s common shares, whereby every share of capital stock of dLocal was converted into 500 shares, changing the par value of dLocal’s common shares from 1 U.S. Dollars to 0.002 U.S. Dollars. Therefore, dLocal increased total shares outstanding from 577,008 shares to 288,504,000 shares. Consequently the 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan was also amended to reflect such change in the par value of the common shares. References made to outstanding shares and per share amounts in the accompanying financial statements and applicable disclosures have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this stock split.

The Reorganization was limited to entities which were all under the control of the same shareholder group and was implemented in part to facilitate the IPO, it did not qualify as a business combination under common control; rather, it was a Reorganization of the capital of dLocal Group Limited, the existing organization. Therefore, all financial and other information herein relating to December 2020 and 2019 are presented using the historical values from the consolidated financial statements of dLocal Group Limited. However, the issued share capital reflects that of Dlocal as of the Reorganization date.

1.3 Significant events during the year

a) Filing of Form S-8

Effective November 26, 2021, the Company filed a Form S-8 with the SEC, which allows dlocal to register securities it offers as part of its employee benefit plan.

b) Secondary offering

On October 25, 2021 the Company announced the closing of an underwritten public offering of 17,000,000 Class A common shares which were sold by certain selling shareholders at a public offering price of USD 52.25 per share. The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This public offering was secondary for which the Company did not receive any cash in exchange of shares.

In connection with the offering, the selling shareholders have granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to 2,550,000 additional Class A common shares at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

See Note 8.iv).

c) Warrant exercise

On September 2, 2021 a holder of warrants exercised its net issuance right resulting in a net issuance on September 7, 2021 of 2,112,676 shares at a Fair Market Value of U.S. Dollars 65.14 per share, calculated using the average price of 5 business days before the exercise date.

d) Initial Public Offering (IPO)

On June 3, 2021, the Company successfully completed an initial public offering of its shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The Company issued 4,411,765 shares, at a price of 21 U.S. Dollars per share prior to the underwriting discount of 6%. In addition, on June 3, 2021 the over-allotment option was exercised by the underwriters of the initial public offering on a secondary offering.

e) Acquisition of certain assets from PrimeiroPay

On March 11, 2021, dLocal signed a contract to acquire certain assets (mainly merchant agreements) from Primeiropay S.A.R.L and PrimeiroPay Technology GmbH (“Primeiropay”) in accordance to the Transfer of a Going Concern Agreement signed between the parties. The purchase of this acquisition of assets amounted to 40 million U.S. Dollars, of which 1.33 million U.S. Dollars is contingent consideration (subject to the achievement of the “earn-out”) and 38.67 million U.S. Dollars was an immediate cash consideration, with an effective date of April 1, 2021. On August 31, 2021 the earn-out period finalized and the earn-out conditions were not achieved. However, the merchant contracts migration from Primeiropay to Dlocal is in progress, as a consequence the recognized contingent liability, capped in USD 665 thousands, is expected to be paid conditioned to finalizing the migration process estimated during 2022.

Primeiropay is an international payment service provider that delivers payment services for international merchants that want to accept payments from their international customers without setting up a local entity through processing all cards and payment methods domestically in local currencies. The concentration test outlined on IFRS 3 was met and therefore the transaction was classified as an asset acquisition. For further details refer to Note 20: Intangible assets.

f) Loan related to Employee share purchase plan (ESPP)

In November 2020 dLocal Group Limited signed a non-recourse “Loan Agreement” with two officers to fund the acquisition of shares under the ESPP.

During March and April 2021, dLocal received payments for USD 31,644 (equivalent to 15,459,000 common shares) that were considered as the collection of the exercise price of the options under the ESPP for the issuance of shares. Therefore, dLocal recognized for such collections the cash inflow against equity. As of the date of issuance of this Consolidated Financial Statements, the loan and the corresponding accrued interest had been fully repaid.

g) Coronavirus pandemic

As of the date of these Consolidated Financial Statements, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations has had a different impact across our different product offerings and the different verticals the Group serves, with certain industries benefiting from increased adoption (e.g., retail, streaming, gaming, social media) while others suffering initially from decreased usage (e.g., travel, ride hailing), however subsequently recovered to its pre pandemic volumes.

The Group business has far exhibited a net benefit from the shift from in-store shopping and traditional payment methods towards e-commerce and digital payments (and overall higher exposure to online industries benefiting from increased adoption), the ultimate extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts dLocal’s business, financial condition, and results of operations will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, difficult to predict, and subject to change, including, but not limited to, the duration, scope, severity, and geographic spread of the outbreak, its impact on the global economy, actions taken to contain or limit the impact of COVID-19, such as the availability of vaccines or treatments, geographic variation in how countries and states are handling the pandemic, the appearance of new variants of the virus, and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions may potentially resume.

The Group continues to believe that even if the pandemic may adversely affect the Group in the short-term, in the long-term the Group’s assets will be preserved and consequently the going concern basis applied to these financial statements is still applicable.

2. Presentation and preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements and significant accounting policies

2.1. Basis of preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements

These Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and interpretations issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS I C) applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. These Consolidated Financial Statements comply with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share data or as otherwise indicated, which is the functional currency of dLocal Limited.

The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for certain financial assets measured at fair value as explained in Note 2.5: Financial instruments-initial recognition and measurement, and for the Financial Statements of Argentine operations that were adjusted upon IAS 29 requirements as detailed in Note 2.3 Foreign currencies.

The preparation of Financial Statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying dLocal’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the Financial Statements, are disclosed in Note 3: Accounting estimates and judgments.

As mentioned in Note 1.2, a written resolution of dLocal’s shareholders dated May 19, 2021 and effective June 2, 2021, approved a 500-for-1 stock split of dLocal’s common shares, whereby every share of capital stock of dLocal was converted into 500 shares, increasing the authorized share capital to 1,500,000,000 common shares and changing the par value of the common shares from $1.00 to $0.002. As a result, the share capital previously represented by 577,008 common shares was increased to 288,504,244 common shares. The stock split affected all of our existing shareholders uniformly and did not affect any individual shareholder’s percentage ownership interest in the company. References made to outstanding shares and per share amounts in the accompanying financial statements and applicable disclosures have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this stock split.

These Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2021, were approved by dLocal’s Board of Directors on March 14, 2022.

2.2. Basis of consolidation

Business combinations

The Group accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method when control is transferred to the Group. The consideration transferred in the acquisition is generally measured at fair value, as are the identifiable net assets acquired. Any goodwill that arises is tested annually for impairment. Any gain on a bargain purchase is recognized in profit or loss immediately. Transaction costs are expensed as incurred, except if they are related to the issue of debt or equity instruments.

The consideration transferred does not include amounts related to the settlement of pre-existing relationships. Such amounts are generally recognized in profit or loss.

Any contingent consideration payable is measured at fair value at the acquisition date. If the contingent consideration is classified as equity, then it is not remeasured, and settlement is accounted for within equity. Otherwise, subsequent changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss.

There were no significant business combinations during 2021 and 2020.

Subsidiaries

The Group consolidates all entities over which it has control. Control is achieved when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the activities of the entity. Inter-company transactions, balances, income and expenses on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.

Subsidiaries are all entities over which dLocal has control. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date dLocal obtains control of the subsidiary and ceases when dLocal loses control of the subsidiary. The subsidiaries included in the consolidation are described in Note 4: Consolidation of subsidiaries.

A change in the ownership interest of a subsidiary, without a loss of control, is accounted for as an equity transaction.

2.3. Foreign currencies

i) Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the Financial Statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’). The consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollar, which is dLocal’s functional and presentation currency.

ii) Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions, and from the translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at year end exchange rates, are generally recognized in profit or loss.

The Group adopts an allocation policy for foreign exchange differences in order to allocate them to the various line items of its financial statements, based on the nature of the item that generated the exchange difference. For example, exchange differences on trade payables arising from the purchase of services and exchange differences from payins and payouts transactions are included as part of Cost of services while exchange differences arising from loans are allocated to Finance costs. This policy is applied consistently from period to period.

Non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the date when the fair value was determined. Translation differences on assets and liabilities carried at fair value are reported as part of the fair value gain or loss. For example, translation differences on non-monetary assets and liabilities such as equities held at fair value through profit or loss are recognized in profit or loss as part of the fair value gain or loss, and translation differences on non-monetary assets such as equities classified as at fair value through other comprehensive income are recognized in other comprehensive income. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the measurement at period end exchange rates of monetary assets denominated in foreign currencies and measured at fair value through other comprehensive income are recognized in the statement of income.

iii) Argentine operations

Argentina is one of the principal markets of the Group’s business, as measured by revenue. Recently, the economic environment in Argentina has been volatile with weak economic conditions, devaluation of local currency, high interest rates, high level of inflation and a large public deficit which led Argentina to request financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund.

The Group applied IAS 29 “Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies” (“ IAS 29”) to its operations in Argentina. IAS 29 establishes that financial statements of entities whose functional currency is that of a hyperinflationary economy must be adjusted for the effects of changes in the general price index and expressed in terms of the current unit of measurement at the closing date of the reporting period. In order to determine whether an economy is categorized as hyperinflationary under the terms of IAS 29, the standard details a series of factors to be considered, including the existence of a cumulative inflation rate in three years that approximates or exceeds 100%. Argentina experienced a significant increase in inflation during 2018, which exceeded the 100% three-year cumulative inflation rate. The three-year cumulative inflation is expected to significantly exceed 100% at December 31, 2020 and is expected to remain significantly above that threshold in future years.

IAS 29 requires adjustments to non-monetary items in the statement of financial position by applying a general price index from the day they were booked until the end of the reporting period. Additionally, it also requires that all items in the statement of comprehensive income are expressed in terms of the measuring unit current at the end of the reporting period.

The inflation adjustment on the initial balances as of December 31, 2019 and 2020 were calculated by means of conversion factor derived from the Argentine price indexes published by the Argentine Federation of Professional Councils of Economic Sciences National Institute of Statistics (“FACPCE”). The price index for the year ended December 31, 2021, was 1.5 (1.36 and 1.54 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively).

Results of operations in Argentine Pesos, after adjustment for inflation pursuant to IAS 29, were then converted into U.S. Dollars at the closing exchange rate for such reported period. This process is called “translation”.

iv) Group companies

The results and financial position of foreign operations of non-hyperinflationary economies that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

• Assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that statements of financial position

• Income and expenses for each statement of income and statement of comprehensive income are translated at average exchange rates, and

• All resulting exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income.

The results and financial position of foreign operations whose functional currency is the currency of a hyperinflationary economy are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

• All amounts (i.e. assets, liabilities, equity items, income and expenses) are translated at the closing rate at the date of the most recent statement of financial position.

On consolidation, exchange differences arising from the translation of foreign entities are recognized in other comprehensive income. When a foreign operation is sold or any borrowings forming part of the net investment are repaid, the associated exchange differences are reclassified to profit or loss, as part of the gain or loss on sale.

The following is the detail of the exchange rates of the main currencies used by the Group compared to the USD in the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Year-end spot rate
2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020
Argentina (ARS/) 94.9 71.9 102.6 84.1
Brazil (BRL/) 5.4 4.6 5.6 5.2
Chile (CLP/) 758.5 730.0 850.3 711.2
Colombia (COP/) 3,741.8 3,354.8 3,981.2 3,432.5
Ecuador (/) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Egypt (EGP/) 15.7 15.8 15.8 15.7
India (IRN/) 72.2 72.2 74.3 73.1
Israel (NIS/) 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.2
Malta (/) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mexico (MXN/) 20.5 19.4 20.3 19.9
Morocco (MAD/) 9.2 9.2 9.2 8.9
Panama (/) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Peru (PEN/) 4.0 3.5 3.9 3.6
Uruguay (UYU/) 44.7 39.8 43.6 42.3

All values are in US Dollars.

2.4. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other short-term highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less. dLocal classifies as cash equivalents a financial instrument that can be immediately converted into a known amount of cash and the fair value approximates the carrying value. dLocal cash and cash equivalents are measured at amortized cost and are included in current assets due to their short-term nature.

2.5. Financial instruments - initial recognition and subsequent measurement

i) Financial assets

Initial recognition and measurement

Financial assets are classified, at initial recognition and subsequently measured at amortized cost, fair value through other comprehensive income (“OCI”), and fair value through profit or loss (“FVPL”).

The classification of financial assets at initial recognition depends on the financial asset’s contractual cash flow characteristics and the Group’s business model for managing them. The Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs. Except for trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component or for which the Group has applied the practical expedient, the Group initially measures a financial asset at its fair value plus transaction costs, in the case of a financial asset not at FVPL. Trade receivables that do not contain a significant financing component or for which the Group has applied the practical expedient are measured at the transaction price determined under IFRS 15-Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

In order for a financial asset to be classified and measured at amortized cost or fair value through OCI, it needs to give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest (“SPPI”) on the principal amount outstanding. This assessment is referred to as the SPPI test and is performed at an instrument level. Financial assets with cash flows that are not SPPI are classified and measured at fair value through profit or loss, irrespective of the business model.

The Group’s business model for managing financial assets refers to how it manages its financial assets in order to generate cash flows. The business model determines whether cash flows will result from collecting contractual cash flows, selling the financial assets, or both. Financial assets classified and measured at amortized cost are held within a business model with the objective to hold financial assets in order to collect contractual cash flows while financial assets classified and measured at fair value through OCI are held within a business model with the objective of both holding to collect contractual cash flows and selling.

Financial assets as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 include cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables and investments in quoted debt securities.

Subsequent measurement

The subsequent measurement of financial assets depends on their classification, which may be (i) financial assets at amortized cost; (ii) financial assets at fair value through OCI with recycling of cumulative gains and losses (debt instruments); (iii) financial assets designated at fair value through OCI with no recycling of cumulative gains and losses upon derecognition (equity instruments); and (iv) financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial assets at amortized cost

Financial assets at amortized cost are subsequently measured using the effective interest method and are subject to impairment.

The Group’s financial assets at amortized cost for 2021 and 2020 include cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash (included in Other Assets) and trade and other receivables which correspond to receivables fee from merchants originated from transactions through dLocal’s payment and collection platform as well as receivables from payment processors and preferred suppliers.

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets through profit or loss consist of equity investments that are held for trading, debt securities that do not qualify for measurement at either amortized cost or fair value through other comprehensive income, and equity investments for which the company has not elected to recognize fair value gains and losses through other comprehensive income.

The Group’s financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 include investment in quoted debt securities. On disposal of any of the above investments, any gains or losses are recognized in the profit and loss.

Financial assets at fair value through OCI

For debt instruments at fair value through OCI, interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment losses or reversals are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income and computed in the same manner as for financial assets measured at amortized cost. The remaining fair value changes are recognized in OCI. Upon derecognition, the cumulative fair value change recognized in OCI is recycled to profit or loss. The Group did not hold any financial assets within this category as of December 31, 2021 or 2020.

Financial assets designated at fair value through OCI (equity instruments)

Upon initial recognition, the Group can elect to irrevocably present in other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value of its equity investments when they meet the definition of equity under IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentation and are not held for trading. This election is made on an instrument-by-instrument basis. Gains and losses on these financial assets are never recycled to profit or loss. The Group did not hold any financial asset within this category as of December 31, 2021 or 2020.

Derecognition

A financial asset or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets, is derecognized when:

• The rights to receive cash flows from the asset expire; or

• dLocal transfers its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or assumes an obligation to pay the received cash flows in full to a third party under a “pass-through” arrangement; and (a) transfers virtually all the risks and benefits of the asset, or (b) neither transfers nor retains virtually all the risks and benefits of the asset, but transfers control of the asset.

When dLocal has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset and has not transferred or retained substantially all the risks and benefits of the asset, this asset is recognized to the extent of dLocal’s continuing involvement in the asset. In such case, dLocal also recognizes an associated liability.

The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that reflects the rights and obligations that dLocal Group has retained.

Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of the consideration that dLocal may be required to repay.

ii) Impairment of financial assets

dLocal assesses, at the reporting date, if there is objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired. The Group recognizes an allowance for expected credit losses (“ECLs”) for all debt instruments not held at fair value through profit or loss.

ECLs are based on the difference between the cash flows contractually due and all the cash flows that the Group expects to receive, discounted at the original effective interest rate. The expected cash flows will include cash flows from the sale of collateral held or other credit enhancements that are integral to the contractual terms.

The Group applies a simplified approach on trade and other receivables in calculating ECLs, therefore, the Group does not track changes in credit risk, but instead recognizes a loss allowance based on lifetime ECLs and on segmentation of trade receivables. The Group uses historical loss experience in trade receivables and adjusts historical loss rates to reflect information about current conditions and reasonable and bearable forecasts of future economic conditions.

iii) Financial liabilities

Initial recognition and measurement

Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, amortized cost or as derivatives designated as hedging instruments in an effective hedge, as appropriate.

All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value and, in the case of amortized cost, net of directly attributable transaction costs.

The Group’s financial liabilities as of December 31, 2021 include trade and other payables and borrowings. As of December 31, 2020, financial liabilities included trade and other payables.

Subsequent measurement

The subsequent measurement of financial liabilities depends on their classification, as described below:

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss include held-for-trading financial liabilities and financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss at initial recognition.

Financial liabilities are classified as held-for-trading if they are incurred for the purpose of repurchasing in the near term. This category also includes derivative financial instruments entered by the Group that are not designated as hedging instruments in hedge relationships as defined by IFRS 9- Financial Instruments.

Gains and losses on held-for-trading liabilities are recognized in the statement of comprehensive income.

The Group did not have these types of liabilities during 2021 or 2020.

Financial liabilities at amortized cost

After initial recognition, interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate (“EIR”) method. Gains and losses are recognized in profit or loss when the liabilities are derecognized as well as through the EIR amortization process. This category is the most relevant to the Group.

Amortized cost is calculated by considering any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the effective interest rate. The effective interest rate amortization is included in “Financial expenses” in the statement of comprehensive income.

This category for 2021 and 2020 includes all trade and other payables which represent liabilities for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers and short term financial liabilites. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition. Trade and other payables are presented as current liabilities unless payment is not due within 12 months after the reporting period.

The book value of trade payables approximates their fair value due to their short-term nature.

Derecognition

A financial liability is derecognized when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires. When an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as the derecognition of the original liability and the recognition of a new liability. The difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognized in the statement of comprehensive income.

iv) Derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered and are subsequently remeasured at fair value. Derivatives are carried as financial assets when the fair value is positive and as financial liabilities when the fair value is negative.

The Group operates in several foreign currencies and consequently is exposed to foreign currency risk. From time to time, the Group uses derivative financial instruments, such as delivery and non-deliverable forward currency contracts to hedge or reduce exposure to foreign currency risks. For information about derivative financial instruments see Note 24: Derivative financial instruments.

In addition, the Group had an option agreement in place with one shareholder (“Investor”), more fully explained in Note 24, pursuant to which the Investor has outstanding options to purchase shares that are classified as derivative financial liability instruments at the end of the year. dLocal acts as a guarantor for the obligations assumed by certain shareholders and the liability arises due to the potential issue of shares on a cashless basis.

Accordingly, these outstanding derivatives were recognized in the Group’s consolidated balance sheet at fair value through profit or loss, where results and changes in fair value from these contracts are recorded in financial income or loss.

v) Fair value of financial instruments

The Group measures its financial assets at fair value through profit or loss at fair value at each reporting date.

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:

• In the principal market for the asset or liability; or

• In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability.

The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Group.

The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest. The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing the use of unobservable inputs.

All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:

• Level 1 - quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2 - inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

• Level 3 - techniques using inputs that have a significant effect on the recorded fair value that are not based on observable market data.

The Group uses observable market data to the extent possible. For assets and liabilities that are recognized in the financial statements at fair value on a recurring basis, the Group determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing categorization (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period.

vi) Current versus non-current classification

The Group presents financial assets and liabilities in the statement of financial position based on current and non-current classification. An asset is current when it is: (i) expected to be realized or intended to be sold or consumed in the normal operating cycle; (ii) expected to be realized within twelve months after the reporting period; (iii) held primarily for the purpose of trading; or (iv) cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period. All other assets are classified as non-current.

A liability is current when: (i) it is expected to be settled in the normal operating cycle; (ii) it is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period; (iii) it is held primarily for the purpose of trading; or (iv) there is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period. All other liabilities are classified as non-current.

i) Financial instruments-offsetting

Financial assets and liabilities are presented net in the consolidated statement of financial position if, and only if, there is an existing and enforceable legal right to offset the amounts recognized and an intention to offset or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The Group presents trade payables to Merchants net of trade receivables from fees and trade receivables from processing entities net of fees considering that there is an enforceable legal right to offset and the Group expects to cancel such obligations on a net basis. For further detail refer to Note 26: Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities.

2.6. Current and deferred income tax

Current and deferred income tax are recognized in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income.

Current income tax

Tax assets and liabilities for the current year are calculated based on the expected recoverable amount or the amount payable to the tax authorities on the taxable income or loss for the period, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date in the countries where dLocal operates and generates taxable income.

Current income tax related to items recognized directly in equity are recognized in equity. dLocal periodically evaluates the tax positions involving interpretation of tax regulations and establishes provisions when appropriate.

The Group offsets current tax assets and current tax liabilities against the same tax authority when it has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets against current tax liabilities.

Deferred income tax

Deferred income tax is recognized in respect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for taxation purposes.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for all temporary taxable differences, except in the following situations:

• Temporary differences on the initial recognition of assets or liabilities in a transaction that is not a business combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss; and

• Temporary differences relating to investments in subsidiaries and jointly controlled entities to the extent that it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred income tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected to be applied to temporary differences when they reverse, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date and tax loss carryforwards, to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which they can be offset.

The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date to assess whether it is probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax assets to be utilized. Unrecognized deferred tax assets are reassessed, at each reporting date, and are recognized to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profits will be available to allow their utilization.

2.7. Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost, net of accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any, except for items in this category of the Argentine operations that were adjusted upon IAS 29 requirements as detailed in Note 2.3 Foreign currencies. Historical cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the items and the cost of the item is material and can be measured reliably. Repairs and maintenance and all other expenditures are charged to profit or loss during the period in which they are incurred.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with these costs will flow to dLocal and that such benefits can be reliably measured. The carrying amount of replaced items or parts is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance expenses are charged to the statement of comprehensive income during the year in which they are incurred.

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, and adjusted on a prospective basis, if appropriate. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the asset, as follows:

Computer Equipment 3 years
Building Improvements 10 years
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As described in Note 19: Leases, during 2020 the Group signed a contract modification on a lease and incurred in costs for the design and construction of the new offices, such as professional fees of architects and construction suppliers as well as costs of building materials. Such costs were not contingent on obtaining the lease, did not influence the lease contract negotiation and therefore did not qualify as initial direct cost to be included in the right-of -use asset initial measurement. Accordingly, these costs were recognized as “Work in progress” and transferred to a new Property, plant and equipment line item called “Building Improvements” when the asset was ready for use. These assets will be amortized using the straight-line method, over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the remaining term of the lease.

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognized upon disposal or when future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal.

Any gain or loss on disposal (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds with the carrying amount of the asset) is recognized within “Other gains- net” in the statement of comprehensive income when an asset is derecognized.

An asset’s carrying amount is immediately written down to its recoverable amount when the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. For further information see Note 2.9: Impairment of non-financial assets.

2.8. Intangible assets

Externally acquired intangible assets are initially recognized at cost and subsequently amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful economic lives, up to three years. As mentioned in Note 20: Intangible assets, during year 2021 Dlocal acquired certain intangible assets that are amortized on a straight-line bases in 18.75 years.

dLocal’s business is based on digital products and services used to facilitate commercial relationships between international merchants and their customers in emerging markets. dLocal is continuously developing future product releases, enhancements and upgrades to existing software and maintenance oriented to bug fixes for existing products. Internal costs associated with the development of software and projects for which there is a likelihood that future economic benefits will arise are capitalized and amortized over their useful life.

Costs associated with maintaining computer software programs are recognized as an expense as incurred. Development costs that are directly attributable to the design and testing of identifiable and unique software products controlled by dLocal are recognized as intangible assets. Directly attributable costs relating to internal development of software are capitalized as part of the software product, which mainly includes costs incurred with employees and third-party contracted services.

The expenses capitalized are only related to the development phase and are capitalized only if the Group can demonstrate the following:

• The technological feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or sale.

• Its intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it.

• Its ability to use or sell the intangible asset.

• How the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits.

• The availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or sell the intangible asset.

• Its ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development.

Other development expenditures that do not meet the capitalization criteria are expensed as incurred.

Development costs previously recorded as an expense are not recognized as an asset in a subsequent period and are included in the statements of comprehensive income mainly within salaries and wages item. Capitalized computer software development costs are amortized over their estimated useful lives which are reviewed at the end of each reporting period, and adjusted on a prospective basis, if appropriate. dLocal amortizes capitalized software development costs on a straight-line basis over a period of up to three years. Management believes this is a reasonable estimated useful life based on an assessment evaluating expected usage of the asset.

2.9. Impairment of non-financial assets

dLocal considers the ability of the asset to generate future economic benefits related to the internal use of it in the development of dLocal business. The future economic benefits arise from making the service attractive for new or existing merchants, reducing costs by the elimination of unnecessary activities, among others.

An assessment is made at each reporting date to determine whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired or to determine whether previously recognized impairment losses no longer exist or have decreased. If any indication exists, the Group estimates the asset’s recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets.

In determining fair value less costs of disposal, recent market transactions are considered. If no such transactions can be identified, an appropriate valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by valuation multiples or other available fair value indicators.

In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset.

The Group did not record an impairment for non-financial assets during 2021, 2020 and 2019.

2.10. Provisions

Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be reliably estimated. Provisions are not recognized for future operating losses.

Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognized even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any one item included in the same class of obligations may be small.

Provisions are established for all contingencies related to lawsuits or claims for which it is probable that an outflow of funds will be necessary to settle the contingency/obligation and a reasonable estimate can be made.

The assessment of the likelihood of loss includes the evaluation of available evidence, the hierarchy of laws, available case law, recent court decisions and their importance in the legal system, as well as the opinion of outside legal counsel. The provisions are reviewed and adjusted to reflect changes in circumstances.

Provisions are measured at the present value of management’s best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period. The discount rate used to determine the present value is a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognized as interest expense. Provisions are disclosed in the statement of financial position according to its nature.

2.11. Share-based payments and warrants

2.11.1. General description - Share-based payments

Share-based compensation benefits are provided to certain key employees via dLocal’s Employee Share Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) composed of the “Ordinary A Share Purchase Agreement and the Share Restriction Agreement”, several “Share Option Award Agreements” (together referred to as the “Agreements”) and shares granted by the "dLocal Limited amended and restricted 2020 Global Share Incentive Plan" mentioned in note 1.2.

Under these Agreements, some members of the executive management team as defined by the Board of Directors, were granted share options or shares in return for their services to the Group.

dLocal receives services in exchange for its own equity instruments and does not have any obligation to settle the obligation with cash, so the Plan shall be classified as equity settled. The only condition to be met is the delivery of service by the employee during a certain period as defined in the Agreements.

The fair value of options granted under ESPP is measured at grant date and recognized in accordance with the requirements of IFRS 2, as an employee benefits expense, with a corresponding increase in equity.

The total expense is recognized over the vesting period using a graded attribution model, which is the period over which all of the specified vesting conditions are to be satisfied.

When the options are exercised, dLocal issues the shares to the employee. The proceeds received, net of any directly attributable transaction costs, are credited directly to equity.

2.11.2. General description - Warrants

During 2019 the Group issued a warrant (the “Warrant”) to one of its merchants (the “Merchant”) to acquire up to 17,345,000 ordinary shares exercisable through January 24, 2026 at a purchase price per share of either (1) U.S. Dollars 0.57 or (2) upon any reorganization (including any change of control) of the Company, the lesser of (i) U.S. Dollars 0.57 and (ii) sixty percent (60%) of the price per share paid in or implied by such transaction.

The Warrant is exercisable for ordinary shares, either for cash or on a net issuance basis with no net cash proceeds to the Company. The number of ordinary shares to be issued on a net issuance basis is the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the product of the number of ordinary shares as to which the Merchant exercises the Warrant multiplied by the difference between the fair market value per ordinary share at the time of exercise and the exercise price by (ii) the fair market value per ordinary share at the time of exercise.

The Warrant limits the Merchant’s beneficial ownership to 4.999% of the outstanding ordinary shares unless the Merchant waives this limit upon 61 days’ notice.

Concurrent with the Warrant issuance, the Company and the Merchant entered into a service agreement. The Company has determined the Warrant is (i) a payment to a customer related to a revenue contract under IFRS 15, and (ii) an equity-settled share-based payment under IFRS 2. Accordingly, the fair market value of the Warrant was deducted from revenue at the inception of the service agreement.

On September 2, 2021, the holder of the warrant excercised part of the ordinary shares, as described in Note 1.3.c).

2.11.3. Employee Share Purchase Plan (“ESPP”)

Under the Group‘s ESPP certain employees can purchase shares subject to a payment defined in their Share Award Agreement.

In November 2020 dLocal Group Limited signed a non-recourse “Loan Agreement” with two officers in order to fund the shares acquisition under the ESPP. The loan amounted to USD 31.5 million, accrues interest at a nominal annual rate of 1.5%.

Considering the substance of this transaction it was accounted as an option plan. In this sense, neither the shares nor the loan, are outstanding until either the options are exercised by paying the exercise price for the shares - i.e. by repaying the loan - or the options expire. Accordingly, until exercise of the options, the shares ‘issued’ to employees are treated as treasury shares and no financial asset for the loan receivable from the employees is recognized until this time. The loan agreement was cancelled during 2021, as detailed in Note 1.3.f).

Set out below are summaries of options granted under the plan:

2021 2020
Average Average
exercise price exercise price
per share per share
option Number of option Number of
(U.S. Dollars) options and RSUs (U.S. Dollars) options
At the beginning of the year 1.22 17,361,000 1.22 406,500
Granted during the year 3.69 2,371,345 2.17 16,954,500
Exercised during the year 2.03 (15,685,000 )
Forfeited during the year 4.15 (15,000 )
At the end of the year 1.16 4,032,345 2.15 17,361,000
Vested and exercisable at the end of the year 3.54 486,750 2.02 15,685,000

No options expired during the periods covered by the above table.

Share options outstanding at the end of the year have the following expiry dates and exercise prices:

Grant date Vesting period Expiry date Exercise price<br>(U.S. Dollars<br>per A Share) Share options and<br>RSUs December 31,<br>2021 Share options and<br>RSUs December 31,<br>2020
August 1st, 2018 3 years August 1st, 2021 0.74 90,500 271,500
October 1st, 2019 3 years October 1st, 2022 2.18 90,000 135,000
January 31st, 2020 Less than 1 year December 31st, 2024 2.04 15,459,000
August 24th, 2020 5 years August 24th, 2025 3.30 835,000 835,000
November 15th, 2020 4 years November 15th, 2024 4.15 135,000 135,000
November 23rd, 2020 5 years November 23rd, 2025 3.88 525,500 525,500
January 1st, 2021 5 years January 1st, 2026 3.88 210,000
March 1st, 2021 1 year March 1st, 2022 0.002 **5,500
March 2nd, 2021 5 years March 2nd, 2026 7.44 10,000
March 11th, 2021 5 years March 11th, 2026 0.002 **1,031,000
March 11th, 2021 5 years March 11th, 2026 7.44 36,000
March 12nd, 2021 5 years March 12nd, 2026 7.44 7,000
March 15th, 2021 5 years March 15th, 2026 7.44 7,500
March 29th, 2021 5 years March 29th, 2026 7.44 10,000
May 11th, 2021 5 years May 11th, 2026 7.44 927,500
May 11th, 2021 3 years May 11th, 2024 0.002 **22,500
May 18th, 2021 5 years May 18th, 2026 16.17 10,000
December 9th, 2021 5 years December 9th, 2026 0.002 **79,345
Total 4,032,345 17,361,000
Weighted average remaining contractual life of restricted share units and share options outstanding at end of the year 4.24 years 4.02 years
* Retroactively adjusted to reflect the effect of the stock split (Note 1).
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** It corresponds to Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") granted.
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2.11.4. Warrant agreement

Set out below is a summary of the warrants granted:

2021 2020
Average Average
exercise price exercise price
per share per share
warrant Number of warrant Number of
(U.S. Dollars) warrants (U.S. Dollars) warrants
As at January 1 0.57 17,345,000 0.57 17,345,000
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year 0.57 (2,131,413 )
As at December 31 0.57 15,213,587 0.57 17,345,000
Vested and exercisable at December 31 0.57 15,213,587 0.57 17,345,000

No warrants expired during the periods covered by the above table.

All warrants expire on January 1, 2026.

2.12. Leases and right of use assets

dLocal recognizes the liability of the future payments and the right of use of the leased asset for virtually all lease contracts, including operating leases. Lease payments to be made under reasonably certain extension options are also included in the measurement of the liability. Short-term and low-value contracts are recognized as an expense in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income as they accrue. dLocal’s leasing policy is described in detail in Note 19: Leases.

2.13. Equity

Ordinary shares are classified as equity and incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

Provision is made for the amount of any dividend declared, being appropriately authorized and no longer at the discretion of the entity, on or before the end of the reporting period but not distributed at the end of the reporting period.

dLocal calculates and presents basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) information for its ordinary shares. The calculation of earnings per share is the following:

• Basic EPS: results from de division of

a. Profit for the year attributable to shareholders, by

b. the weighted average number of outstanding ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

• Diluted EPS: results from adjusting the Basic EPS for the effects of all dilutive potential ordinary shares which passed on contractual conditions (e.g. vesting). Diluted EPS is calculated as the division of

a. Profit for the year attributable to shareholders, by

b. the weighted average number of outstanding ordinary shares outstanding during the period, adjusted by dilutive effects.

2.14. Revenue

dLocal provides payment processing services to merchants as follows:

• dLocal specializes in local payments so that merchants can reach consumers located in those markets. On a recurring basis merchants and their customers are exchanging goods and services while dLocal provides the payment solution to that relationship. dLocal does not have any obligation to provide such goods or services between the merchant and its customer but is responsible for processing payments through its platform.

• dLocal only processes the payment through its platform when a complete authorization request was made by the merchants. The authorization request shall be made by transmitting the authorization data of the transaction to dLocal.

• dLocal contracts with service providers for the authorization, processing and settlement services performed by payment schemes networks and card issuers.

• dLocal is not responsible for the credit risk or the chargebacks risk of the cardholder (i.e., the merchant customer). The merchant is responsible for the credit checks.

dLocal earns revenues from fees charged to merchants in connection with payment processing services for cross-border and local payment transactions in emerging markets. These fees are primarily generated on a per approved transaction basis as either a fixed fee per transaction or fixed percentage per transaction. dLocal also earns additional fees on cross-border transactions (i.e., transactions in which the merchant and its customer are in different countries) for which we perform foreign currency conversion and transfer of funds between the merchant home country and the emerging market country where the end user is.

Foreign currency conversion fees are usually determined based on a fixed percentage of the transaction value. dLocal’s service offering comprises a single performance obligation to complete payments via its platform for merchants and their customers.

Revenues from contracts with customers are recognized as control of services are transferred to the customer at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Group expects to be entitled in exchange for those services in the ordinary course of Group’s activities.

The Group applies the following five steps:

1. Identification of the contract with a client.

2. Identification of the performance obligations in the contract.

3. Determination of the transaction price.

4. Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

5. Recognition of revenue when or as the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

dLocal performs two types of transactions:

• Payins: are transactions where dLocal collects money in local currency in emerging markets countries from the merchant’s customers and makes it available for merchants in their requested currency and country, which is often U.S. Dollars or European Euro or the local currency if the merchant is in the same country of its customer, after a settlement period. Revenue for this type of transaction is recognized when the authorized transaction is processed (local currency collected from the merchant’s customer). This type of revenue is recognized at a point in time.

• Payouts: are transactions where dLocal collects money from its merchants in the countries and currencies of preference and then disburses money in local currency in emerging markets countries to the merchant´s customers. Revenue for this type of transaction is recognized upon completing the payout of an authorized transaction in local currency. This type of revenue is recognized at a point in time.

Our contracts with merchants are usually open-ended and can be terminated by either party without a termination penalty after the notice period has lapsed. Our contracts are, therefore, defined at the transaction level and do not extend beyond the service already provided.

Revenue from contracts with merchants comprises:

Transaction revenues

We recognize fees charged to merchants as transaction revenue and fees we incur in processing payments as cost of services. Fees earned from merchants are presented as revenue due to the following considerations which indicate we control the payment processing services:

• We bear primary responsibility to merchants for the fulfillment of the payment service.

• We contract directly with merchants and there is no contractual relationship between merchants and payment processors (i.e., our service providers).

• We have independently negotiated arrangements with payment processors.

• Our established fees are independent of the costs we incur from payment processors and we, therefore, have full margin risk for each transaction.

• In cross border transactions, we or the merchants may bear foreign exchange risk depending on each agreement. The foreign currency conversion fees charged to merchants are based on a fixed fee per transaction or fixed percentage of the transaction value. The risk of foreign currency fluctuation, when applicable, occurs from the time the transaction is authorized until we collect the money from the processor (for payins) and from the time we receive the money from the merchant until we convert the money to local currency (for payouts).

• We bear credit risk from the agents and third-party processors, acquirers and collection agents for the payment settlement. These processors collect funds from consumers’ financial institutions and are required to pay the proceeds from these transactions. dLocal is not insured against credit losses. If a processor or acquirer becomes insolvent, files for bankruptcy, commits fraud or otherwise fails to pay amounts owed to dLocal when due, dLocal must nonetheless process the payment transaction for the benefit of merchants and end consumers. Merchants are liable for any charges properly reversed by the card issuer on behalf of the cardholder.

Transaction revenues are recognized as revenue at a point in time when an authorized payment transaction is processed.

Other revenues

Other revenues are mainly composed of minor fees, such as an initial setup fee, installment fee, minimum monthly fee, chargebacks fee, refunds fee and small transfer fees. Other revenues are recognized at a point in time when the respective performance obligation is satisfied.

2.15. New accounting pronouncements

The accounting policies and methods of computation adopted in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Group has not early adopted any standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet effective. A number of new or amended standards became applicable for the current reporting period. The Group did not change its accounting policies or make retrospective adjustments as a result of new accounting standards made applicable on January 1, 2021.

The qualitative impact assessment of the first-time application on January 1, 2021 of new amendments is disclosed below:

Effective for Periods beginning on or after January l, 2021

The following new standard has been issued by IASB and is effective for the twelve-month ended December 31, 2021. As required by IAS 8, the nature and effect of these changes are disclosed below. Those changes, however, did not have material impacts on the consolidated financial statements.

Interbank Offered Rates “IBOR” reform and its effects on financial report – phase 2

‘Phase 2’ of the amendments requires that, for financial instruments measured using amortized cost measurement (that is, financial instruments classified as amortized cost and debt financial assets classified as Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income “FVOCI”), changes to the basis for determining the contractual cash flows required by interest rate benchmark reform is reflected by adjusting their effective interest rate. No immediate gain or loss is recognized. A similar practical expedient exists for lease liabilities. These expedients are only applicable to changes that are required by interest rate benchmark reform, which is the case if, and only if, the change is necessary as a direct consequence of interest rate benchmark reform and the new basis for determining the contractual cash flows is economically equivalent to the previous basis (that is, the basis immediately preceding the change).

Where some or all of a change in the basis for determining the contractual cash flows of a financial asset and liability do not meet the above criteria, the above practical expedient is first applied to the changes required by interest rate benchmark reform, including updating the instrument’s effective interest rate. Any additional changes are accounted for in the normal way (that is, assessed for modification or derecognition, with the resulting modification gain/loss, recognized immediately in profit or loss where the instrument is not derecognized).

For lease liabilities where there is a change to the basis for determining the contractual cash flows, as a practical expedient the lease liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using a discount rate that reflects the change in the interest rate where the change is required by IBOR reform. If lease modifications are made in addition to those required by IBOR reform, the normal requirements of IFRS 16 are applied to the entire lease modification, including those changes required by IBOR reform.

The Group adopted amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, and IFRS 16 Interest Rate Benchmark Reform – Phase 2 as issued in August 2020. All the amendments listed above did not have any impact on the amounts recognized in prior periods and are not expected to significantly affect the current or future periods.

New accounting pronouncements

The Company has not applied the following new and revised IFRSs that have been issued but are not yet mandatorily effective:

Amendments to IAS 8 Definition of Accounting Estimates (1)

Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 Disclosure of Accounting Policies (1)

Amendments to IFRS 16 Covid-19-Related Rent Concessions beyond 30 June 2021(2) Amendments to IAS 12 Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (1)

(1) Effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted.

(2) Effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after April 1, 2021. Earlier application is permitted.

• On February 12, 2021, IASB issued 'Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to IAS 8)' providing a new definition of accounting estimates to help entities to distinguish between accounting policies and accounting estimates. The management of the Company does not anticipate that the application of this amendment will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. This amendment is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted. The Company has not opted for early application.

• On February 12, 2021, the IASB issued 'Disclosure of Accounting Policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2)' to help preparers in deciding which accounting policies to disclose in their financial statements. The management of the Company does not anticipate that the application of this amendment will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. This amendment is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted. The Company has not opted for early application.

• On March 31, 2021, IASB issued 'Covid-19-Related Rent Concessions beyond 30 June 2021 (Amendments to IFRS 16)' extending, by one year, the May 2020 amendment that provides lessees with an exemption from assessing whether a COVID-19-related rent concession is a lease modification.

• The management of the Company does not anticipate that the application of this amendment will have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. This amendment is effective for annual periods beginning on or after April 1, 2021 Earlier application is permitted. The Company has not opted for early application.

• On May 7, 2021, the International Accounting Standards Board (the “IASB”) issued 'Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12)' clarifying that the initial recognition exemption does not apply to transactions in which equal amounts of deductible and taxable temporary differences arise on initial recognition.

This amendment is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Earlier application is permitted. The Company has not opted for early application.

3. Accounting estimates and judgments

Accounting estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Based on assumptions, dLocal makes estimates concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The main estimates and assumptions are addressed below:

3.1. Deferred income tax

dLocal recognizes deferred income tax based on future taxable profit estimates for the next five years using significant judgment from management to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognized, based on the likely timing and level of future taxable profits, together with future tax planning strategies. These projections are periodically reviewed and approved by management.

3.2. Provisions

dLocal recognizes provisions for labor contingent claims. The assessment of the probability of a past event that gives rise to a present obligation of labor lawsuits and claims includes assessing the available evidence and jurisprudence, the hierarchy of laws and most recent court decisions. In order to conclude that assessment, management applies its professional judgment also based on its legal advisors’ opinion.

Provisions are reviewed and adjusted to consider changes in circumstances such as the applicable limitation period, findings of inspections and additional exposures identified based on new issues or court decisions.

3.3. Share-based payment transactions to employees and warrant agreement

dLocal estimates share-based payment transactions and warrant agreements using the most appropriate valuation model and underlying assumptions, which depend on the terms and conditions of the grant and the information available at the grant date.

The Group uses certain methodologies to estimate fair value of the options and warrants granted which include the following:

• Estimation of fair value based on equity transactions with third parties close to the grant date;

• Other valuation techniques including option pricing models such as Black-Scholes.

These estimates also require determination of the most appropriate inputs to the valuation models including assumptions regarding the expected life of a share option and warrants and expected volatility of the price of the Group’s shares.

The model inputs for options granted during the year ended December 31, 2021 included:

(a) Options are granted for no consideration and vest based on historical prices of comparable shares listed on Nasdaq. Vested options are exercisable for a period of five years after vesting.

(b) Average exercise price: 2.17 U.S. Dollars.

(c) Grant date: January 1st, March 1st, March 2nd, March 11th, March 12th, March 15th, March 29th, ;May 11th, ;May 18 and December 9th.

(d) Expiry date: January 1st, 2026, March 1, 2022, March 2nd 2026, March 11, 2026, March 12, 2026, March 15, 2026, March 29, 2026, May 11, 2024, May 18, 2026 and December 9th, 2026. .

(e) Average share price at grant date: 8.3 U.S. Dollars.

(f) Average expected price volatility of the company’s shares: 39.7%.

(g) Average risk-free interest rate: 0.7%.

The model inputs for options granted during the year ended December 31, 2020 included:

(a) Options are granted for no consideration and vest based on Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) of comparable shares listed on Nasdaq. Vested options are exercisable for a period of three years after vesting.

(b) Average exercise price: 2.17 U.S. Dollars.

(c) Grant date: January 31st, August 24th, November 15th and November 23rd .

(d) Expiry date: December 31st, 2024, August 24th, 2025, November 15th, 2024 and November 23rd, 2026.

(e) Share price at grant date: 2.35 U.S. Dollars.

(f) Expected price volatility of the company’s shares: 36.9%.

(g) Risk-free interest rate: 1.49%.

The expected price volatility is based on the historic volatility (based on the remaining life of the options), adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility based on publicly available information.

The model inputs for the warrants granted during the year ended December 31, 2019 included:

(a) Warrants are granted for no consideration and vest based on Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) of comparable shares listed on Nasdaq.

(b) Average exercise price: 0.57 U.S. Dollars.

(c) Grant date: January 24,2019.

(d) Expiry date: January 24, 2024.

(e) Share price at grant date: 0.57 U.S. Dollars.

(f) Expected price volatility of the company’s shares: 40.02%.

(g) Risk-free interest rate: 2.66%.

The expected price volatility is based on the historic volatility (based on the remaining life of the options), adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility based on publicly available information.

During 2021 and 2020 the Group did not grant warrants.

3.4. Fair value measurement of financial instruments

When the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the statement of financial position cannot be measured based on quoted prices in active markets, their fair value is measured using valuation techniques, including the discounted cash models.

The inputs to these models are taken from observable markets where possible, but where this is not feasible, a degree of judgement is required in establishing fair values. Judgements include considerations of inputs such as liquidity risk, credit risk and volatility.

Changes in assumptions relating to these factors could affect the reported fair value of financial instruments.

3.5. Derivative financial instruments

dLocal estimates the fair value of derivative financial instruments using the most appropriate valuation model and underlying assumptions, which depends on the terms and conditions and the information available.

These estimates require determination of the most appropriate inputs to the valuation techniques including assumptions regarding the expected life of a derivative financial instrument and expected volatility of the price of the Group’s shares.

The model inputs for measuring the fair value of the derivative financial instrument during the year ended December 31, 2021 included:

(a) Options are granted for no consideration and vest based on historical prices of comparable shares listed on Nasdaq. Vested options are exercisable for a period of five years after vesting.

(b) Average exercise price: 2.17 U.S. Dollars

(c) Grant date: January 1st, March 1st, March 2nd, March 11th, March 12th, March 15th, March 29th, ;ay 11th, ;ay 18 and December 9th.

(d) Expiry date: January 1st, 2026, March 1, 2022, March 2nd 2026, March 11, 2026, March 12, 2026, March 15, 2026, March 29, 2026, May 11, 2024, May 18, 2026 and December 9th, 2026. .

(e) Average share price at grant date: 8.3 U.S. Dollars

(f) Average expected price volatility of the company’s shares: 39.7%

(g) Average risk-free interest rate: 0.7%

The model inputs for options granted during the year ended December 31, 2020 included:

(a) Options are granted for no consideration and vest based on Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) of comparable shares listed on Nasdaq. Vested options are exercisable for a period of three years after vesting.

(b) Average exercise price: 2.17 U.S. Dollars.

(c) Grant date: January 31st, August 24th, November 15th and November 23rd .

(d) Expiry date: December 31st, 2024, August 24th, 2025, November 15th, 2024 and November 23rd, 2026.

(e) Share price at grant date: 2.35 U.S. Dollars.

(f) Expected price volatility of the company’s shares: 36.9%.

(g) Risk-free interest rate: 1.49%.

The expected price volatility is based on the historic volatility (based on the remaining life of the options), adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility based on publicly available information.

In addition, see Note 24: Derivative financial instruments.

4. Consolidation of subsidiaries

dLocal Limited, located in Cayman Islands, is the parent company of the Group and acts as a holding company for subsidiaries whose main activity is cross-border and local payments, enabling international merchants to access end customers in emerging markets. Its revenue comes from dividends receivable from subsidiaries and share of profit from subsidiary partnership.

The consolidated financial statements of the Group include the following subsidiaries:

% of equity interest held by Dlocal
Entity name Country of incorporation Principal activities 2021 2020
Dlocal Group Limited (1) Malta Holding Company 100% 100%
Dlocal Limited Malta Payments provider 99.999% 99.999%
Dlocal LLP United Kingdom Payments provider 99.999% 99.999%
Dlocal Corp LLP United Kingdom Payments provider 99.99% 99.99%
Dlocal Inc. United States of America Holding Company 100% 100%
Dlocal PTE Limited Singapore Holding Company 100% 100%
Dlocal Technologies S.A. Uruguay Service provider 100% 100%
Dlocal Markets Limited Malta Holding Company 100% 100%
Dlocal Israel Limited Israel Service provider 100% 100%
Dlocal Brasil Instituição de Pagamento S.A. Brazil Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerge Brasil Facilitadora de Pagamentos Ltda. Brazil Collection agent 100% 100%
Dlocal Brasil Holding Financeira Brazil Holding Company 100%
Dlocal Argentina S.A. Argentina Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerge Argentina S.A. Argentina Service provider 100%
Demerge Mexico S.A. de C.V. Mexico Collection agent 99.999% 99.999%
Dlocal Mexico S.A. DE C.V. Mexico Collection agent 99.999% 99.999%
Dlocal Technologies Mexico S.A. DE C.V. Mexico Service provider 100%
Dlocal Chile SPA Chile Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerge Chile SPA Chile Collection agent 100%
Pagos y Servicios Limitada Chile Collection agent 100% 100%
Dlocal Colombia S.A.S. Colombia Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerge Colombia S.A.S. Colombia Collection agent 100% 100%
W-Collect S.A.S. Colombia Collection agent 100%
BH Collect S.A.S. Colombia Collection agent 100%
Demerge Peru S.A.C. Peru Collection agent 99% 99%
Depansum Solutions Private Limited India Collection agent 99% 99%
Dlocal Uruguay S.A. Uruguay Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerege Ecuador S.A. (2) Ecuador Collection agent 0.15% 0.15%
PT Dlocal Solutions Indonesia Indonesia Collection agent 100% 100%
DLocal Bangladesh Limited Bangladesh Collection agent 100% 100%
Dlocal Egypt LLC Egypt Collection agent 100% 100%
DLocal Morocco SARL AU Morocco Collection agent 100% 100%
Demerge Nigeria Limited Nigeria Collection agent 100% 100%
Dlocal Panama S.A. Panama Collection agent 100% 100%
Dlocal Paraguay S.A. Paraguay Collection agent 100%
Demerge República Dominicana SAS República Dominicana Collection agent 99.99%
Depansum PTY Limited South Africa Collection agent 100%
Dlocal India Pvt Limited India Collection agent 99.99%
Dlocal Services Arg S.A. Argentina Service provider 100%

(1) Dlocal Group Limited is the former parent company of the Group, see Note 1.2: Reorganization.

(2) Although Dlocal is the owner of 0.15% of Demerge Ecuador S.A., the Group controls its operations according to the guidelines in IFRS 10.

5. Segment reporting

The Group operates in a single operating segment, which is “payment processing”. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is regularly evaluated by the chief operating decision maker, who in the Group’s case is the Executive Team, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Executive Team is composed of the

Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), the President of Dlocal Limited, the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

The Executive Team evaluates the Group’s financial information and resources and assess the financial performance of these resources on a consolidated basis on the basis of Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin as further described below.

The Group’s revenue, results and assets for this one reportable segment can be determined by reference to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and Consolidated Statement of Financial Position.

As required by IFRS 8 Operating Segments, below are presented applicable entity-wide disclosures related to dLocal’s revenues.

Revenue breakdown by region

The Group’s revenues arise from operations in more than twenty countries, where the merchant customers are based.

Based on the region where payments from /to such customers are processed this is the revenue breakdown:

2021 YoY% 2020 YoY% 2019
LatAm 1 223,602 140.1 % 93,124 82.2 % 51,103
Asia and Africa 20,518 86.2 % 11,019 163.2 % 4,186
Revenues 2 244,120 134.4 % 104,143 88.4 % 55,289

1. In 2019 LatAm revenues contain the warrant negative effect of USD 4,333 as more fully explained in Note 2.11.4. Warrant agreement.

2. During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group had no revenues from customers attributed to the entity’s country of domicile.

Revenue with large customers

During fiscal year 2021 the Group operated with more than 420 merchants (more than 330 merchants in the year ended December 31, 2020).

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Group’s revenue from its top 10 merchants represented 56% of revenue (64% and 70% of revenue in the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively). In 2021 there is one customer (two in 2020 and one in 2019) that on an individual level accounted for more than 10% of the total revenue.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The Executive Team assesses the financial performance of the Group’s sole segment by Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. The Adjusted EBITDA is defined as the consolidated profit from operations before financing and taxation for the year or period, as applicable, before depreciation of property, plant and equipment, amortization of right-of-use assets and intangible assets, and further excluding the changes in fair value of financial assets and derivative financial instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss, impairment gain/loss on financial assets, transaction costs, share-based payment non-cash charges, secondary offering expenses and inflation adjustment. The Group defines Adjusted EBITDA Margin as the Adjusted EBITDA divided by consolidated revenues.

The Group reconciles the segment’s performance measure to profit for the year as presented in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income as follows:

Note December 31,<br>2021 December 31,<br>2020 December 31,<br>2019
Profit for the year 77,853 28,187 15,602
Income tax expense 12 7,647 3,231 2,221
Inflation adjustment 11 334 (38 ) (10 )
Interest charges on leases 11 142 20 30
Interest income from financial assets at FVPL 11 (2,556 ) (443 ) (217 )
Fair value losses / (gains) on financial assets at FVPL 11 16 (9 ) (56 )
Other operating (gain) / loss 24 (2,896 ) 2,896
Other finance expense 11 402 (3 ) (6 )
Impairment loss / (gain) on financial assets 16 33 (808 ) 807
Depreciation and amortization 10 4,747 992 409
Secondary offering expenses (i) 8 5,158 453 574
Transaction costs (ii) 8 687 158
Share-based payment non-cash charges, net of forfeitures 13 7,590 7,295 716
Adjusted EBITDA 99,157 41,931 20,070
Revenues 6 244,120 104,143 55,289
Adjusted EBITDA 99,157 41,931 20,070
Adjusted EBITDA Margin 40.6 % 40.3 % 36.3 %

(i) Corresponds to expenses assumed by dLocal in relation to a secondary offering of its shares.

(ii) Corresponds to costs related to the acquisition of PrimeiroPay explained in Note 20: Intangible Assets and costs related to the potential acquisition of business (whether the acquisition is completed or not).

6. Revenues and Cost of Services

(a) Revenue and Gross profit description

dLocal derives revenue from processing payments for international merchants to enable them to operate in selected emerging markets.

The breakdown of revenue from contracts with customers per type of service is as follows:

2021 2020 2019
Transaction revenues (i) 234,417 98,490 52,048
Other revenues (ii) 9,703 5,653 3,241
Revenues from payment processing (iii) 244,120 104,143 55,289
Cost of services (113,677 ) (44,065 ) (19,413 )
Gross profit 130,443 60,078 35,876

(i) Transaction revenues are comprised of transaction fees, defined either as percentage of the transaction value or a fixed amount per transaction, as well as foreign exchange service fee, usually established as a percentage of the transaction value. These fees are recognized as revenue at a point in time when a payment transaction has been processed.

(ii) Other revenues are mainly comprised of minor fees, such as initial setup fees, installment fee, minimum monthly fees, chargebacks fees, refunds fees and small transfer fees.

(iii) In 2019, total revenues include a non-cash reduction of USD 4,333 related to warrants issued during 2019 with its counterparty recognized in Capital Reserve, in 2020 there were no impact for this item. For further detail refer to Note 2.11.4 Warrant agreement. In 2020 revenues include an amortization charge of USD 67 related to prepaid assets, as detailed in Note 17: Other assets.

(b) Revenue recognized at a point in time and over time

Transaction revenues are recognized at a point in time when the payment transaction is processed. Other revenues are recognized as revenue at a point in time when the respective performance obligation is satisfied. The Group did not recognize revenues over time during 2021, 2020 and 2019.

(c) Cost of services

Cost of services are composed of the following:

2021 2020 2019
Processing costs (i) 107,276 41,655 18,346
Hosting expenses (ii) 3,351 1,257 696
Salaries and wages (iii) 706 497 196
Amortization of intangible assets (iv) 2,344 656 175
Cost of services 113,677 44,065 19,413

(i) Mainly corresponds to fees that financial institutions (banks, local acquirers or payment methods) charge the Group, which are typically a percentage of the transaction value but in some instances, it also could be a fixed fee and are related to payment processing, cash advances, and installment payments. It varies from one institution to another and usually depends on the settlement period contracted with each such institution and the payment method used. For 2021, it includes broker fees and foreign exchange losses of USD 7,272 on the processed volume between the processing date and the expatriation or repatriation of funds date (USD 2,977 loss for 2020 and for 2019 represented a gain of USD 608).

(ii) Expenses related to hosting services for the Group’ s payment platform.

(iii) Consist of salaries and wages of the operations department directly involved in the day-to-day operations. For further detail refer to Note 9: Employee Benefits.

(iv) Amortization of intangible assets corresponds to the amortization of the internally generated software (i.e., d.Local’ s payment platform) by the Group. For further detail refer to Note 20: Intangible Assets.

7. Technology and development expenses

Technology and development expenses are composed of the following:

2021 2020 2019
Salaries and wages (i) 1,381 1,072 596
Software licenses (ii) 487 292 286
Infrastructure expenses (iii) 792 298 207
Information and technology security expenses (iv) 176 161 145
Other technology expenses 550 182 113
Total Technology and development expenses 3,386 2,005 1,347

(i) Consist primarily of FTE’ s compensation related to product and technology development. For further detail on total salaries and wages refer to Note 9: Employee Benefits.

(ii) Consist of software licenses exclusively used by the technology development department for the development of the platform.

(iii) Corresponds to information technology costs to support our infrastructure and back-office operations.

(iv) Comprises expenses of overall monitoring and security of our network and platform.

8. Sales and marketing expenses and General and administrative expenses

Sales and marketing expenses and General and administrative expenses are composed of the following:

Sales and marketing expenses 2021 2020 2019
Salaries and wages (i) 5,126 2,518 1,554
Marketing expenses (ii) 790 334 503
Total Sales and marketing expenses 5,916 2,852 2,057
General and administrative expenses 2021 2020 2019
Salaries and wages (iii) 20,827 14,009 6,759
Third-party services (iv) 12,632 3,615 1,823
Office expenses (v) 2,445 1,325 2,409
Travel and other operating expenses 2,330 2,903 2,875
Amortization and depreciation (vi) 2,403 336 235
Total General and administrative expenses 40,637 22,188 14,101

(i) Salaries and wages related to FTE’s engaged in Sales and marketing department of the Group. For further detail on total salaries and wages refer to Note 9: Employee Benefits.

(ii) Expenses related to the distribution and production of marketing and advertising campaigns mostly related to public relations expenses, commissions to third-party sales force and partners and expenses incurred in relation to trade marketing at events.

(iii) Salaries and wages related to administrative FTE’ s. For further detail on total salaries and wages refer to Note 9: Employee Benefits.

(iv) This includes Advisors’ fees, Legal fees, Auditors’ fees and Human resources services fees. Third-party services also include USD 5,158 of Secondary offering expenses (USD 453 in 2020 and USD 574 in 2019) and USD 687 of transaction costs related to the acquisition of PrimeiroPay assets explained in Note 20: Intangible Assets and costs related to the potential acquisition of business (whether the acquisition is completed or not) (158 in 2020 and 0 in 2019).

(v) Consist of office rent and related expenses.

(vi) Corresponds to amortization of right-of-use assets as well as depreciation of property, plant and equipment. For further detail on total amortization and depreciation charges refer to Note 10: Amortization and Depreciation.

(vii) This mainly includes expenses related to bank charges, taxes and other operating expenses.

9. Employee Benefits

As at December 31, 2021 the Group ‘s fulltime equivalents (FTE’s) were 539 (310 in the year ended December 31, 2020) where 38% corresponded to information technology engineers (38% and 39% in the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively).

Employee benefits is composed of the following:

2021 2020 2019
Salaries, wages and contractor fees (i) 27,535 13,785 9,884
Share-based payments (ii) 7,590 7,295 716
Total employee benefits 35,125 21,080 10,600

(i) Salaries, wages and contractor fees includes social security costs as well as annual bonuses compensations. This line also includes USD 7,085 (USD 2,984 in 2020 and USD 1,494 in 2019) related to capitalized salaries and wages.

(ii) The share-based payments relate to equity-settled compensation expenses. For further information refer to Note 2.11: Share-based payments and warrants.

10. Amortization and Depreciation

Amortization and depreciation expenses are composed of the following:

2021 2020 2019
Amortization of intangible assets 3,917 656 175
Right-of-use asset amortization 453 181 181
Depreciation of Property, plant & equipment 377 155 53
Total Amortization and Depreciation 4,747 992 409

For further information related to depreciation of Property, plant and equipment refer to Note 18: Property, Plant and Equipment related to amortization of right-of-use assets refer to Note 19: Leases and related to amortization of intangible assets refer to Note 20: Intangible Assets.

11. Other results

Other results is composed of the following categories:

2021 2020 2019
Interest Income from Financial Instruments (i) 2,556 443 217
Fair value gains of financial assets at FVPL (i) (16 ) 9 56
Other finance income (ii) - 50 6
Finance income 2,540 502 279
2021 2020 2019
Interest charges for lease liabilities (iii) (142 ) (20 ) (30 )
Other finance expenses (402 ) (47 )
Finance costs (544 ) (67 ) (30 )
Inflation adjustment (iv) (334 ) 38 10
Other results 1,662 473 259

(i) Corresponds to interests and fair value gains from financial assets measured at fair value through profit and loss. dLocal invested in debt instruments during 2021 that generated interest income of USD 2,524 (USD 427 in 2020 and USD 217 in 2019). For further information refer to Note 15: Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

(ii) During 2020, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic the Group agreed with the lessor of the office at WTC Free Zone to have an exoneration of three-monthly installments that amounted to USD 50.

(iii) Interest charges for lease liabilities correspond to the application of IFRS 16 Leases. For further information refer to Note 19: Leases.

(iv) Following IAS 29 requirements, Argentina’s economy is considered hyperinflationary. In this sense, the financial statements of subsidiary dLocal Argentina was restated to reflect the purchasing power of the currency and therefore a gain on net monetary position arose.

12. Income Tax

The charge for current taxation is calculated at the following income tax rates on the taxable profit for the year for the various countries in which the Group operates:

Malta 5 % (a) Israel 23 %
Cayman 0 % Mexico 30 %
United Kingdom 0 % (b) India 25 %
Brazil 34 % (c) Chile 27% and 10% (e)
Colombia 31 % Peru 30 %
Argentina 25% and 35% (d) Morocco 31 % (f)
Ecuador 2 % Egypt 23 %
Uruguay 25 % Southafrica 28 %
Panamá 25 % Nigeria 0 %
Paraguay 10 % Indonesia 22 %
Dominican Republic 27 %

(a) With effect from year of assessment 2020, Dlocal Group Limited made an election in order for itself and its ‘Qualifying subsidiary’ to form a fiscal unit. The total chargeable income of the fiscal unit, resulting in a flat modified corporate tax rate of 5% being applicable directly to the income allocated to the principal taxpayer.

(b) The UK partnership are tax transparent. No charge for current taxation has been made in the other subsidiaries.

(c) Composed of IRPJ (Imposto de Renda de Pessoa Juridica) at the rate of 25% and CSLL (Contribuiyao Social sobre o Lucro Liquido) at the rate of 9%.

(d) Progressive rates: 25% and 35% depending on the tax result.

(e) General tax rate: 27%. Specific rate applicable to Propyme 10%.

(f) Progressive rates: 10%, 20% and 30% depending on the tax result.

The income tax charge recognized in profit and losses is the following:

Current Income Tax 2021 2020 2019
Current Income Tax on profits for the year (6,940 ) (3,172 ) (2,237 )
Total Current Income Tax expense (6,940 ) (3,172 ) (2,237 )
Deferred income tax 2021 2020 2019
Increase in deferred income tax assets (83 ) 200 16
Increase in deferred income tax liabilities (624 ) (259 )
Total Deferred income tax (expense) / benefit (707 ) (59 ) 16
Income Tax expense (7,647 ) (3,231 ) (2,221 )

Deferred Tax Assets

The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to:

2021 2020 2019
Tax Losses 31 98
Accrued Liabilities 318 79 7
Exchange differences 14 9
Other 24 25
Total 373 216 16

Tax losses carry-forwards have a maximum expiration of 4 years.

Movements:

Tax losses Accrued liabilities Exchange differences Other Total
At January 1, 2021 98 79 14 25 216
(Charged) / credited to profit & loss (67 ) 237 (14 ) 1 157
At December 31, 2021 31 316 26 373
Tax losses Accrued liabilities Exchange differences Other Total
At January 1, 2020 12 4 16
(Charged) / credited to profit & loss 98 67 10 25 200
At December 31, 2020 98 79 14 25 216

Deferred Tax Liabilities

The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to:

2021 2020 2019
Accrued receivables 900 259
Other 223
Total 1,123 259

Movements:

Accrued<br>Liabilities Other Total
At January 1, 2021 259 259
(charged) / credited to profit & loss 641 223 864
At December 31, 2021 900 223 1,123
At January 1, 2020
(charged) / credited to profit & loss 259 259
At December 31, 2020 259 259

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, no deferred tax liability has been recognized on investments in subsidiaries. The Company has concluded it has the ability and intention to control the timing of any distribution from its subsidiaries and it is probable that will be no reversal in the foreseeable future in a way that would result in a charge to taxable profit

Reconciliation of effective tax rate

The effective Income Tax rate of dLocal for fiscal year 2021 was 8.9% (10.3% and 12.5% in the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively). For fiscal year 2021, dLocal applied for fiscal consolidation in Malta resulting in a domestic rate of 5% (fiscal consolidation was not applied for 2020 and 2019, resulting in a domestic rate of 35% with a 30% of tax refund). The reconciliation between the effective Income Tax rate and the statutory rate in Malta of 5% for fiscal year 2021, and 35% for fiscal years 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

2021 2020 2019
Profit before Income Tax 85,500 31,418 17,823
Tax at the domestic rates applicable to profit before income tax in the<br>   respective jurisdiction (4,275 ) (4,718 ) (1,246 )
Permanent differences:
Tax effect of non-taxable income 3,369 8,489 2,929
Tax effect on income tax refund on dividends (2,197 ) (1,747 )
Effect from entities taxes in different rates (3,127 ) (4,254 ) (2,321 )
Other permanent differences (3,614 ) (551 ) 164
Total Income Tax Expense (7,647 ) (3,231 ) (2,221 )

(1) Other permanent differences for 2021 comprises taxable income from subsidiaries not included in the Profit before Income Tax for an amount of USD 1,357, non-allowable taxes for USD 921, non-allowable expenses for USD 678 and other differences for USD 658.

13. Capital Management

(a) Share capital and capital reserve

Authorized shares, as well as issued and fully paid up shares, are presented below:

2020
Amount
Authorized Shares of 0.002 each
Class A common shares 1,000,000,000
Class B common shares 250,000,000
Undesignated shares 250,000,000
Authorized Shares of 1.1211 each **
Common shares 618,363
1,500,000,000 618,363
Issued and Fully Paid Up Shares of 0.002 each *
Class A Common Shares 149,065,490 268,598,000
Class B Common Shares 145,962,951
295,028,441 268,598,000
Share Capital evolution
Share Capital as at January 1 268,598,000 268,598,000
i) Issue of common shares at 1.1211 19,906,000
ii) Par value change )
iii) Issue of common shares at the IPO 4,411,765
iv) Warrant excercise 2,112,676
Share capital as of December 31 295,028,441 268,598,000

All values are in US Dollars.

* Retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split (Note 1).

** Amounts do not reflect the effect of the stock split explained in Note1.

The rights of the holders of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares are identical, except with respect to voting, conversion and transfer restrictions applicable to the Class B Common Shares. Each Class A Common Share is entitled to one vote while Class B Common Shares are entitled to five votes each. Each Class B Common Share is convertible into one Class A Common Share automatically upon transfer, subject to certain exceptions. Holders of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares vote together as a single class on all matters unless otherwise required by law.

i) For the year-ended December 31, 2021 and prior to the IPO date (June 3, 2021) dLocal issued 19,906,000 new Class A Common Shares receiving total proceeds of USD 63,177, according to the following details: i) 15,640,000 shares related to the exercise of share-options where dLocal received payments for USD 31,678; ii) 45,000 shares related to the exercise of share-options where dLocal received payments for USD 98; and iii) 4,221,000 shares, issued on March 3rd, 2021, where dLocal received payments for USD 31,401.
ii) On April 14, 2021 existing shareholders of dLocal Group Limited contributed the outstanding shares, with par value of 1.1211 U.S. Dollars, to dLocal, and received the same number of shares with par value of 1 U.S. Dollars.
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iii) On June 3, 2021 the following transactions took place related to the Group’s IPO: i) the Group made a 500-for-1 share split where the shareholders of dLocal exchanged 577,008 shares with par value of 1 U.S. Dollars for 288,504,000 shares of par value 0.002 U.S. Dollars of the same entity; ii) 4,411,765 shares were issued as part of the initial public offering where dLocal received a payment, net of issuance costs, of USD 86,450 based on a market price of 21.0 U.S. Dollars per share.
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iv) On September 2, 2021 a holder of warrants exercised its net issuance right resulting in a net issuance on September 7, 2021 of 2,112,676 shares at a Fair Market Value of U.S. Dollars 65.14 per share, calculated using the average price of 5 business days before the exercise date.
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The Capital reserve corresponds to reserves related to the share-based plans, as described in Note 2.11: Share-based payments and warrants.

(b) Capital Reserve

This reserve is related to share-based payment compensation plans of the Group.

The following table shows a breakdown of the consolidated statement of financial position line item ‘Capital Reserves’ and the movements in these reserves during the year:

2021 2020 2019
Balances as of January 1 12,582 5,287 238
Share-options exercise (i) (6,898 )
Share-based payments charges 7,596 7,295 5,049
Forefeitures (6 )
Warrant exercise (533 )
Balance as at December 31, 2021 12,741 12,582 5,287

(i) During the year-ended December 31, 2021 a total of 15,685,000 share-options under the share-based payments plan were exercised. Consequently, the correspondent charge to Capital reserve was recycled into the Share premium line item within equity.

(c) Other reserves

The Other Reserves for the Group relate to cumulative translation adjustment representing differences on conversion of assets and liabilities at the reporting date.

The following table shows a breakdown of the consolidated statement of financial position line item ‘Reserves’ and the movements in these reserves during the year:

2021 2020 2019
Cumulative Translation Adjustment Cumulative Translation Adjustment Cumulative Translation Adjustment
Balances as of January 1 119 14 (13 )
Movement of other reserves (149 ) 105 27
Balance as at December 31, 2021 (30 ) 119 14

(d) Retained Earnings

Movements in retained earnings were as follows:

Balance as at January 1, 2019 12,858
Comprehensive income for the year 15,602
Distribution of retained earnings (10,000 )
Balance as at December 31, 2019 18,460
Comprehensive income for the year 28,126
Transaction between shareholders 163
Distribution of retained earnings (15,000 )
Balance as at December 31, 2020 31,749
Comprehensive income for the year 78,118
Balance as at December 31, 2021 109,867

(e) Earnings per share

dLocal calculates basic and diluted earnings per share as stated in Note 2.13: Equity.

The next table presents the information used as base for such calculation:

2021 2020 2019
Profit attributable to common shareholders (U.S. Dollars) 77,852,950 28,186,840 15,602,193
Weighted average number of common shares 287,121,304 268,598,000 266,386,541
Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share(1) 21,809,000 16,242,000 9,059,531
Weighted average number of common shares for calculating diluted earnings per share 308,930,304 284,840,000 275,446,073
Basic earnings per share 0.27 0.10 0.06
Diluted earnings per share 0.25 0.10 0.05

(1) As of December 31, 2021, corresponds to the dilutive effect of i) 16,353,000 average shares related to share-based payment warrants; and ii) 5,456,000 average shares related to share-based payment plans with employees (8,491,539 and 567,993, respectively for the year ended December 31, 2020).

14. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents breakdown is presented below:

2021 2020
Own Balances 227,913 43,684
Merchant Clients Funds 108,284 68,049
336,197 111,733

As at December 31, 2021, USD 336,197 (USD 111,733 on December 31, 2020) represents cash on hand, demand deposits with financial institutions and other short -term liquid financial instruments.

Own Balances corresponds to cash and cash equivalents of the Group while Merchant Clients Funds corresponds to freely available funds collected from the merchant customers, that can be invested in secure, liquid low-risk assets until they are transferred to the merchants in accordance with the agreed conditions with them.

15. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

(a) Classification of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assets include the following:

2021 2020
Debt instruments 1,004 8,319
1,004 8,319

For 2021 and 2020, Debt instruments are investments in quoted debt securities.

For further information referred to accounting policies see Note 2.5 Financial instruments-initial recognition and subsequent measurement and related to fair value hierarchies see Note 31: Fair value hierarchy.

(b) Amounts recognized in profit or loss

During the year, the following gains/(losses) were recognized in profit or loss:

2021 2020
Fair Value Movement transferred to profit and loss 16 9
At End of Year 16 9

(c) Risk exposure and fair value measurements

Information about the Group’s exposure to price risk is provided in Note 29: Financial risk management.

16. Trade and Other Receivables

Trade and Other Receivables of the Group are composed of the following:

2021 2020
Trade receivables 179,199 67,553
Loss allowance (322 ) (341 )
Trade receivables net 178,877 67,212
Advances and other receivables 12,089 5,573
190,966 72,785

Trade Receivables correspond to uncollateralized gross amounts due from acquirers, processors, merchants and preferred suppliers for services performed that will be collected in less than one year, so they are classified as current. No financial assets are past due except for some trade receivables. All Trade and other receivables are categorized in “normal” credit risk rating ("normal" credit risk rating comprises financial assets to which significant increase in credit risk has not occured since initial recognition).

Loss allowance and impairment losses

The following table presents the evolution of the loss allowance:

2021 2020
Opening book value as at January 1 (341 ) (807 )
Increase in loss allowance for trade receivables (33 ) (232 )
Reversals for decrease in loss rate 52 698
Total as at December 31 (322 ) (341 )
Net impairment (loss)/gain on financial assets(i) (33 ) 808

(i) 2020 includes a write-off reversal of USD 342 charged directly to the Statement of Comprehensive Income related to Trade receivables.

As disclosed in Note 2.5 Financial instruments-initial recognition and subsequent measurement, the Group applies the simplified approach to determine expected credit losses on trade receivables.

To measure the expected credit losses, trade and other receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due (only 0-30 past due bucket as of December 31st, 2021 and 2020 because there are no other material buckets of the outstanding receivables).

The expected loss rates are based on the payment profiles of debtors over a period of 36 months before year end and the corresponding historical credit losses experienced within this period. The historical loss rate is adjusted to reflect current and forward-looking information on credit risk ratings of the countries in which the Group sells its services which affects the ability of the debtors to settle the receivables. On that basis, the expected credit loss rate of the 0-30 past due bucket was determined at 0.4% (0.5% in the year ended December 31, 2020).

For further information refer to Note 30: Financial risk management - Impairment of financial assets.

Advances and other receivables include payments made in advance as well as tax credits.

17. Other Assets

Other assets are composed of the following:

Current 2021 2020
Money held in escrow for: (i) 211 1,070
-Payment Processing Service Agreements 859
-Requirements for other processors 80 80
-Credit card requirements 131 131
Rental guarantees 561 95
Capitalized transaction costs (ii) 302
Prepaid assets (iii) 567 550
Total current Other Assets 1,339 2,017
Non-current
Prepaid assets (iii) 143
Total non-current Other Assets 143

(i) Comprises money held in escrow in order to constitute a fund required by processors.

(ii) Corresponds to prepaid costs related to an offering process, only associated to primary offering costs.

(iii) In 2020 the Group signed with a Merchant a letter of agreement (the “Agreement”) where the Group agreed to pay USD 400 to the Merchant in exchange of a minimum amount of revenue in the period between August 24th, 2020 and September 30th, 2022. During 2021 and 2020 this asset was reduced in USD 200 and USD 67, respectively, and accounted for as a reduction of revenues. Additionally, the Group signed an agreement with another Merchant where the Group agreed to pay USD 360 to the Merchant in exchange of a minimum amount of revenue during 2021 and 2022 and for being retained as the provider of at least the 90% of the transacted volume in all markets where dLocal offers a complete payment solution in the same. This asset will be reduced impacting revenues during 2022.

18. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment of the Group correspond to computer equipment that is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.

2021 2020
Computer<br>Equipment Building improvements Work in<br>Progress Total Computer<br>Equipment
Cost 645 486 1,131 255
Accumulated depreciation (218 ) (218 ) (63 )
Opening book value, January 1 427 486 913 192
Additions 1,178 771 1,949 876
Transfers 1,257 (1,257 )
Depreciation of the year (335 ) (42 ) (377 ) (155 )
Total as at December 31 1,270 1,215 2,485 913
Cost 1,823 1,257 3,080 1,131
Accumulated depreciation (553 ) (42 ) (595 ) (218 )

Work in progress comprises costs related to design and offices construction costs, such as professional fees of architects and construction suppliers as well as costs of building materials, related to a new lease with a commencement date on September 1, 2021. Such costs were not contingent on obtaining the lease, did not influence the lease contract negotiation and therefore did not qualify as initial direct cost to be included in the right-of-use asset initial measurement. Accordingly, these costs were recognized as “Work in progress” and were transferred to Property, plant and equipment line item called “Building improvements”. These assets are amortized using the straight-line method, over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the remaining term of the lease.

The Group did not recognize losses from impairment of Property, Plant and Equipment during 2021 and 2020, nor reversed any impairment losses. Moreover, dLocal did not have any commitments to purchase any property, plant and equipment at year end.

For further details on accounting policies refer to Note 2.7: Property, plant and equipment.

19. Leases

This Note provides information for leases in which the Group is a lessee.

The Group’s leases contracts refer to the use of explicitly defined office facilities in different countries, where it obtains substantially all of the economic benefits and has the right to direct the use of such offices.

(a) Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

2021 2020
Right-of-use assets
Offices 3,915 188
3,915 188
2021 2020
Lease liabilities
Current 502 201
Non-current 3,426 17
3,928 218

The Group has no additions to the right-of-use assets during 2020, and during 2021 the additions totalized USD 3,727.

(b) Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

The Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income shows the following amounts relating to leases:

2021 2020
Amortization of right-of-use assets
Offices 453 181
453 181
Interest charges for lease liabilities (included within Finance Cost line<br>   item) 142 20
Leases expense for short-term leases (included within General and<br>   administrative expense line item) 173 174

The total cash outflow for leases during 2021 was USD 430 (USD 355 in 2020).

(c) The Groups leasing activities and how these are accounted for

Short-term Leases

The Group has signed leases contracts of one year or less in the following countries: Malta, Israel, Uruguay, Brazil, China, Chile and Argentina.

In those locations, except for Uruguay, the Group uses co-works facilities and seeks to sign short-tenn contracts as a general practice, in order to have flexibility to increase, reduce or terminate leases based on the Group’s operations and plans. The type of facilities used represent low levels of costs to change locations and no relevant modifications or constructions are made to these leased facilities.

In all these markets there are available suitable alternatives since the offices do not require special infrastructure and there are low costs of returning the assets.

Management reviews at the end of each term the need to extend the leasing or not, based on activities undertaken by the Dlocal entity, market trends (economic and health) as well as strategic plans for each country.

For the application of IFRS 16 Leases the Group applies a practical expedient to account for leases for which the lease term ends within 12 months of the date of initial application as short-term leases. For these leases, in subsequent reporting periods, the Group applies the short-tenn exception established in IFRS 16 Leases. Consequently, it recognizes the related lease payments as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease tenn.

Long-term Leases

dLocal Technologies SA (Uruguay) signed on February 15, 2018 a 4-year contract to lease Unit 507 (347,99 m2) of WTC Free Zone in Uruguay.

This contract establishes the following payments structure (all amounts in thousands):

• USD 0,140 monthly during the first year

• USD 0,153 monthly during the second year

• USD 0,171 monthly during the third year

• USD 0,175 monthly during the fourth year

The term of 4 years can be extended for periods of 5 years, unless any of the parties informs the other of its decision to terminate with at least 120 days anticipation of the expiry date.

The incremental borrowing rate, used to discount payments to be made after January 1st, 2019, was estimated in 6.52% (in USD). Since Dlocal did not have loans to consider its costs as a reference such rate was estimated as the rate that dLocal would have had to pay to borrow over a similar tenn, and with a similar security, the funds necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar economic environment.

Related to this contract between dLocal Technologies S.A. and WTC Free Zone S.A. for the use of Unit 507, as at August 11, 2020 a contract modification was signed in order to return such Unit and start using Units 1531 and 1631 of the building WTC Free Zone II, when the latter become available to dLocal.

The commencement date of this new lease occured during April, 2021. The Group incurred in costs for the design and construction of the new offices during 2020 and 2021, identified as "Work in Progress" in line "Property, Plant and Equipment".

Such costs were not contingent on obtaining the lease, did not influence the lease contract negotiation and therefore they do not qualify as initial direct cost to be included in the right-of-use asset initial measurement accounted in 2021.

For subsequent periods the treatment of leases that do not apply for the short-tenn exception is as follows:

• Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured on a present value basis. Lease liabilities include the net present value of the following lease payments:

• fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivable

• variable lease payment that are based on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date

• amounts expected to be payable by the Group under residual value guarantees

• the exercise price of a purchase option if the Group is reasonably certain to exercise that option, and

• payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the Group exercising that option.

• Lease payments to be made under reasonably certain extension options are also included in the measurement of the liability.

• The lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease. If that rate cannot be readily determined, which is generally the case for leases in the Group, the incremental borrowing rate is used, being the rate that the Group would have to pay to borrow the funds necessary to obtain an asset of similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar economic environment with similar terms, security and conditions.

• To determine the incremental borrowing rate, the Group:

• where possible, uses recent third-party financing received by the individual lessee as a starting point, adjusted to reflect changes in financing conditions since third party financing was received; or

• uses a build-up approach that starts with a risk-free interest rate adjusted for credit risk for leases held by the Group, which does not have recent third-party financing, and makes adjustments specific to the lease.

• The Group can be exposed to potential future increases in variable lease payments based on an index or rate, which are not included in the lease liability until they take effect. When adjustments to lease payments based on an index or rate take effect, the lease liability is reassessed and adjusted against the right-of-use asset.

• Lease payments are allocated between principal and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period.

• Right-of-use assets are measured at cost comprising the following:

• the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability

• any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received

• any initial direct costs, and

• restoration costs.

• Right-of-use assets are generally amortized over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis. If the Group is reasonably certain to exercise a purchase option, the right-of-use asset is amortized over the underlying asset’s useful life.

(d) COVID-19-Related Rent Concession

Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic the Group agreed with the lessor of the WTC Free Zone to have an exoneration of three-monthly installments that amounted to USD 50.

The Group has early adopted COVID-19-Related Rent Concessions – Amendment to IFRS 16 issued on 28 May 2020 by the IASB related to such benefit.

Based on such amendment the Group recognized a gain related to the exoneration of USD 50 and reduced the lease liability, maintaining the original accounting treatment for the lease.

20. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets of the Group correspond to capitalized expenses related to internally generated software and the intangible asset acquiered described below in this Note in section "Intangible Asset Acquisition".

The following table provides information about each class of intangible assets held by the Group as of December 31, 2021 and 2020. Intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortization:

2021 2020
At January 1, 2020 Internally generated software Acquired intangible assets (ii) Total Internally generated software
Cost 4,989 4,989 1,983
Accumulated amortization (836 ) (836 ) (180 )
Opening book value as at January 1, 2021 4,153 4,153 1,803
Additions (i) 7,398 39,335 46,733 3,006
Amortization of the year (2,343 ) (1,574 ) (3,917 ) (656 )
Total as at December 31, 2021 9,208 37,761 46,969 4,153
Cost 12,387 39,335 51,722 4,989
Accumulated amortization (3,179 ) (1,574 ) (4,753 ) (836 )

(i) The additions of the year include USD 2,984 (USD 1,494 in 2020) related to capitalized salaries and wages.

(ii) Acquired intangible assets comprises merchant agreements, as detailed in "Intangible Asset Acquisition" below.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020 no indicator of impairment related to intangible assets existed, so the Group did not perform and impairment test. See Note 2. 8: Intangible assets for accounting policies relevant to intangible assets and Note 2.9: Impairment of non-financial assets for policy regarding impairments.

Intangible Asset Acquisition

In addition, on March 11, 2021, with effective date April 1, 2021, dLocal signed a contract to acquire certain assets from Primeiropay S.A.R.L and PrimeiroPay Technology GmbH (“Primeiropay”) in accordance with the Transfer of a Going Concern Agreement (“the Agreement”) signed between the parties, for a consideration of USD 40.0 million, of which USD 1.33 million is contingent consideration (subject to the achievement of the “earn-out”) and USD 38.67 million was an immediate cash consideration, with an effective date of April 1, 2021. According to Management’s estimates, the fair value of the contingent consideration is USD 665, and would be paid during 2022.

Primeiropay is an international payment service provider that delivers payment services for international merchants that want to accept payments from their international customers without setting up a local entity through processing all cards and payment methods domestically in local currencies. The asset acquisition is expected to increase the Group’s market share through the incorporation of new global merchants processing payments in emerging markets. Details of the purchase consideration are as follows:

Purchase consideration
Cash paid
Contingent consideration at fair value
Total Purchase Consideration

All values are in US Dollars.

The Group applied the concentration test detailed on Paragraph B7B of IFRS 3 – Business Combinations, to assess whether the acquired set of activities and assets were or not a business. The concentration test was met since substantially all the fair value of the gross assets acquired was concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets (i.e. intangible assets related to merchant agreements) and the intellectual property that is attached to them. Consequently, the transaction was classified as an asset acquisition, outside of the scope of IFRS 3 (Paragraph 2b).

Recognition of assets acquired

On April 1, 2021 the Group recognized the assets acquired (mainly merchant agreements) as a single intangible asset in accordance with IAS 38 – Intangible Assets. The Group estimated the amortization period for such single intangible asset to be 18.75 years.

21. Trade and Other Payables

Trade and Other Payables are composed of the following:

2021 2020
Trade Payables 269,227 136,727
Accrued Liabilities 3,173 2,928
Other Payables 4,760 3,210
Total Trade and other payables 277,160 142,865

Trade and Other Payables are classified as current liabilities as the payment is due within one year or less. Moreover, the carrying amounts are considered to be the same as fair values, due to their short – term nature.

Trade Payables correspond to liabilities with Merchants, either related to payin transactions processed or payout transactions to be processed at their request. Accrued Liabilities mainly correspond to obligations with legal and tax advisors, and auditors. Other Payables mainly correspond to obligations related to processors’ costs and the acquisitions of office goods and services necessary for the ordinary course of the business.

22. Borrowings

During the year 2021, dLocal has received borrowings from a financial institution in Brazilian Reais (BRZ) amounting to USD 5,000 (BRZ 27 million) for working capital, with expiration date on April 19, 2022 and accruing interest at an annual fixed interest rate of 1.85%. The total outstanding as of December 31, 2021 amounts to USD 5,015 and is disclosed in the line "Borrowings".

23. Tax Liabilities

The tax liabilities breakdown is as follows:

2021 2020
Income tax payable 1,940 1,910
Other tax liabilities 11,186 5,877
Income tax perception (RG 4815) (1) 7,490 3,343
Digital services withholding VAT 2,796 1,579
Other Taxes 900 955
Total Tax Liabilities 13,126 7,787

(1) Corresponds to a perception applicable for transactions processed in Argentina.

24. Derivative financial instruments

Option to purchase common shares

As of the beginning of year-ended December 31, 2021, dLocal Limited had an option agreement in place with one shareholder (“Investor”), pursuant to which the Investor had outstanding options to purchase up to 18,068,000 common shares from certain existing shareholders, or by direct issuance of Company shares, which could be exercised by the Investor on or before December 16, 2021.

On March 3, 2021, the investor exercised the right to purchase 18,068,000 Class A Ordinary shares in dLocal Group Limited, by acquiring them from other existing shareholders, without being required the issuance of new shares by dLocal. In this sense, as of March 3, 2021 the obligations of dLocal under this agreement ceased.

Considering that as of December 31, 2020 the derivative financial instrument represented a liability for dLocal of USD 2,896, a gain for the same amount was recognized within Operating profit in the line item “Other operating gain/(loss)” in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021.

Other derivative financial instruments

During the year-ended December 31, 2021, dLocal entered into short-term derivative contracts (delivery and non-delivery forwards) with different counterparties in different countries in which the Group operates, according to the following detail:

Transaction Type of Forward Transaction Local currency Notional amount in Fair value of transactions recognized in Income Statement during 2021 - (Loss)/Gain Outstanding balance as of December 31, 2021 - Derivative financial liabilities
Non-delivery forwards Buy Brazilian Reais (220 ) (152 )
Non-delivery forwards Buy Argentinean Peso (125 )
Delivery forwards (1) Buy Chilean Peso 40 (8 )
Non-delivery forwards Buy Indian Rupee (59 ) (14 )
Non-delivery forwards Buy Southafrican Rand 120 (47 )
Total (244 ) (221 )

All values are in US Dollars.

(1) dLocal entered into hedge operations of trade and other receivables in Chilean Peso subject to foreign exchange exposure using the delivery forward contracts. The transactions have been elected for hedge accounting and classified as fair value hedge in accordance with IFRS 9. During 2021, dLocal recognized a gain of USD 322 and a derivative financial liability of USD 8 derived from these hedging transactions. .

25. Provisions

(a) Labor provisions

Provisions for the year are related to labor potential contingencies where the management understands, based on the Group’s internal legal advisors’ assessment, that it is more likely than not that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

(b) Movements in labor provisions

Movements in Labor provisions are set out below:

Carrying amount as at January 1, 2020 798
Additional charge to labor provision 595
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2020 1,393
Additional charge to labor provision 317
Carrying amount as at December 31, 2021 1,710

26. Other contingent assets, liabilities and commitments

The Group had no outstanding contingent assets or liabilities as at December 31, 2021 and 2020, except for the contingent consideration liability mentioned in Note 20: Intangible Assets and labor contingencies detailed in Note 25: Provisions.

As at December 31, 2021 the Group’s had cash in Banks as guarantees for USD 6,330 required by Merchants under the corresponding Payment Processing Service Agreements.

Additionally, as at December 31, 2020 the Group’s bankers had issued guarantees for USD 859 (USD 786 in the year ended December 31, 2019), required by certain Merchants under the corresponding Payment Processing Service Agreements.

27. Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position where the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to offset the recognized amounts, and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

The following table presents the recognized financial instruments that are offset as at December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Effects of offsetting on the Consolidated
Statements of Financial Position
Gross amounts Net amounts
2021 Gross amounts set off presented
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial assets at FVPL
Trade and other receivables )
Other assets
Total )
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables )
Financial liabilities
Derivative financial instruments
Total )
Gross amounts Net amounts
2020 Gross amounts set off presented
Financial assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Financial assets at FVPL
Trade and other receivables )
Other assets
Total )
Financial liabilities
Trade and other payables )
Derivative financial instruments
Total )

All values are in US Dollars.

The gross amount set off presented above corresponds to trade receivables from fees that are offset from liabilities with Merchants considering that there is an enforceable legal right to offset and the Group expects to cancel such obligations on a net basis. Additionally, it should be noted that the Group does not have arrangements that do not meet the criteria for offsetting but still allow for the related amounts to be set off in the future.

28. Related parties

(a) Related Party Transactions

Related party transactions are linked to the options agreement that is described in Note 24 of these financial statements.

(b) Key Management compensation

The compensation of the Executive Team during the year can be breakdown as follows:

2021 2020
Short-term employee benefits – Salaries and wages 1,900 871
Long-term employee benefits – Share-based payment 7,590 7,180
9,490 8,051

(c) Transactions with other related parties

The following transactions occurred with related parties:

2021 2020
Transactions with merchants – Revenues 2,030 1,594
Transactions with preferred suppliers (Collection agents) – Costs (561 ) (354 )
Transactions with other related parties – Costs (2 )

(d) Outstanding balances arising from transactions with related parties

The following balances are outstanding at the end of the reporting period in relation to transactions with related parties:

2021 2020
Transactions with merchants – accounts payable (622 ) (598 )
Transactions with preferred suppliers (Collection agents) – accounts payable (125 ) (39 )
Transactions with preferred suppliers (Collection agents) – accounts receivable 6,058 506

All transactions with related parties were made on normal commercial terms and conditions and at market rates. Outstanding balances are unsecured and are repayable in cash.

29. Cash flow disclosures

The most significant non-cash transaction is detailed below:

2021 2020 2019
Right-of-use asset recognition with an increase in Lease liabilities (3,915 ) (188 ) (370 )

Net debt reconciliation:

This section sets out an analysis of net debt and the movements in net debt for each of the periods presented.

Net debt 2021 2020 2019
Cash and cash equivalents 336,197 111,733 34,765
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 1,004 8,319 15,399
Borrowings (5,014 )
Lease liabilities (3,928 ) (218 ) (399 )
Derivative financial instrument (221 ) (2,896 )
Net debt 328,038 116,938 49,765
Cash and liquid investments 337,201 120,052 50,164
Gross debt – fixed interest rates (9,163 ) (3,114 ) (399 )
Net debt 328,038 116,938 49,765

According to the IAS 7, the movements in the debt of the year that impact on the cash flow as part of the financing activities are detailed below:

Interest<br>Bearing<br>Borrowings Lease<br>liabilities Derivative<br>financial<br>instrument Sub-total Cash & Cash<br>Equivalents Financial Assets at FVPL Total
Net debt as at December 31,2018 (9,174 ) (9,174 ) 23,305 16,690 30,821
Leases (551 ) (551 ) (551 )
Cash flows 182 182 11,460 (1,818 ) 9,824
Debt prepaid (i) 9,174 9,174 9,174
Other changes (ii) (30 ) (30 ) 527 497
Net debt as at December 31,2019 (399 ) (399 ) 34,765 15,399 49,765
Cash flows 151 151 76,968 (7,532 ) 69,587
Fair value changes (2,896 ) (2,896 ) 9 (2,887 )
Lease benefit for
COVID-19 50 50 50
Other Changes (20 ) (20 ) 443 423
Net debt as at December 31,2020 (218 ) (2,896 ) (3,114 ) 111,733 8,319 116,938
Cash flows (5,000 ) 572 (4,428 ) 224,464 (10,076 ) 209,960
Fair value changes 2,675 2,675 2,761 5,436
New leases (4,282 ) (4,282 ) (4,282 )
Other Changes (14 ) (14 ) (14 )
Net debt as at December 31,2021 (5,014 ) (3,928 ) (221 ) (9,163 ) 336,197 1,004 328,038

(i) The Group repaid a financial loan with shareholders for a total amount of USD 9,174.

(ii) Other changes include non-cash movements, mainly related to accrued interest expense which are presented as financing cash flows in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows when paid.

30. Financial risk management

(a) Risk Management Framework

The Group’s activities may expose it to a variety of financial risks: credit risk, market risk (including foreign exchange risk, cash flow or fair value interest rate risk, and equity price risk), liquidity risk and fraud risk. The Group’s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the Group’s financial performance.

The Board of Directors (the “Board) has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Group’s risk management objectives and policies.

The Group’s risk management policies are established to identify and analyze the risks faced by the Group, to set appropriate risk limits and controls, and to monitor risks and adherence to limits. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Group’s activities. The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce

risk as much as possible without unduly affecting the Group’s competitiveness and flexibility. Further details of these policies are set out below:

(b) Credit Risk

Credit risk is the risk that customer or a counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. Credit risk arises from the group’s exposures to third parties, including cash and cash equivalents, financial instruments and from its operating activities, primarily related to trade and other receivables.

The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the end of the year was as follows:

2021 2020
Cash and Cash Equivalents 336,197 111,733
Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss 1,004 8,319
Trade and Other Receivables 190,966 72,785
Other Assets 1,339 2,017
529,506 194,854

The table below discloses the credit risk rating for Trade and Other Receivables, based on external risk ratings of the geographical regions in which the Trade and Other Receivables are held:

Risk rating 2021 2020
A 20,839 7,544
B 4,041 834
BB 103,322 32,612
BBB 26,960 9,787
CCC 35,804 22,008
190,966 72,785

Financial Assets at Fair Value through profit or loss and cash and cash equivalents

Credit risk from balances with banks, financial institutions and other is managed by the Group in accordance with the Group’s policy. These financial instruments are debt securities and other financial instruments only conducted with carefully selected financial institutions in order to have an exposure to credit risk within acceptance levels of the Group.

Trade and Other Receivables

The Company operates with high-quality processors which mitigates credit risk. There are no significant concentrations of credit risk, whether through exposure to individual customers, specific industry sectors and/or regions.

The Group applies the IFRS 9 simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance for all trade and other receivables. To measure the expected credit losses, trade and other receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. Finally, historical loss experience is adjusted to reflect information about current conditions and reasonable and bearable forecasts of future economic conditions.

The expected loss rates are based on the payment profiles of sales, country of origin and the corresponding historical credit losses experienced within this period. The historical loss rates are adjusted to reflect current and forward-looking information on macroeconomic factors affecting the ability of the customers to settle the receivables. The Group has identified the credit rating of the countries in which it sells its services to be the most relevant factor, and accordingly adjusts the historical loss rates based on expected changes in credit ratings.

(c) Market Risk

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. For the Group, market risk may comprise interest rate risk and foreign currency risk and other price risk, such as equity price risk.

The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable parameters, while optimizing the return.

Interest Rate Risk

This risk arises from the possibility of the Group incurring losses due to fluctuations in interest rates in respect of fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument. The Group’s cash flows are not exposed to interest rate risk since there are no financial instruments with variable interest rate and debt instruments are measured at fair value through profit and loss.

Foreign Currency Risk

The Group is exposed to currency risk on monetary amounts denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the respective subsidiaries, mainly the Argentinian Peso, Chilean Peso, Euro and the Brazilian Real.

The following table presents the Group’s exposure to foreign currency risk as well as a sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in U.S. Dollar, with all other variables held constant. The impact on the Group’s profit before tax is due to changes in the fair value of monetary assets and liabilities.

2021 Gain/(loss)
Account Currency Amount % increase Amount % decrease Amount
Net balances Brazilian reais 39,017 10% (3,902 ) -10% 3,902
Chilean pesos 23,195 10% (2,320 ) -10% 2,320
Argentine pesos 22,206 10% (2,221 ) -10% 2,221
Mexican pesos 15,048 10% (1,503 ) -10% 1,503
South African rand 7,515 10% (752 ) -10% 752
Indonesian rupiah 4,370 10% (437 ) -10% 437
Peruvian Nuevo Sol 4,021 10% (402 ) -10% 402
Colombian pesos 4,010 10% (401 ) -10% 401
Euros 3,563 10% (356 ) -10% 356
Uruguayan pesos 3,323 10% (332 ) -10% 332
Nigerian nairas 2,295 10% (230 ) -10% 230
Egyptian pounds 562 10% (56 ) -10% 56
Paraguayan guaranís 200 10% (20 ) -10% 20
Dominican pesos 127 10% (13 ) -10% 13
Pakistanee rupees 113 10% (11 ) -10% 11
Bangladeshi takas 38 10% (4 ) -10% 4
Moroccan dirhams 9 10% (1 ) -10% 1
Total 129,612 (12,961 ) 12,961
2020 Gain/(loss)
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Account Currency Amount % increase Amount % decrease Amount
Net balances Argentine pesos 12,538 10% (1,254 ) -10% 1,254
Chilean pesos 10,552 10% (1,055 ) -10% 1,055
Brazilian reais 6,571 10% (657 ) -10% 657
Euros 5,099 10% (510 ) -10% 510
Indian rupee 2,806 10% (281 ) -10% 281
Mexican pesos 1,725 10% (173 ) -10% 173
Uruguayan pesos 1,692 10% (169 ) -10% 169
Nigerian nairas 1,134 10% (113 ) -10% 113
Peruvian Nuevo Sol 1,011 10% (101 ) -10% 101
Colombian pesos 1,008 10% (101 ) -10% 101
Turkish lira 699 10% (70 ) -10% 70
Indonesian rupiah 228 10% (23 ) -10% 23
Chinese yuan renminbi 221 10% (22 ) -10% 22
Paraguayan guaraní 191 10% (19 ) -10% 19
Egyptian pounds 141 10% (14 ) -10% 14
South African rand 55 10% (5 ) -10% 5
Moroccan dirhams 13 10% (1 ) -10% 1
Bolivian Boliviano 12 10% (1 ) -10% 1
Kenyan shilling 3 10% - -10% -
West African CFA franc 2 10% - -10% -
Banbladeshi takas (32 ) 10% 3 -10% (3 )
Israeli New Shekel (103 ) 10% 10 -10% (10 )
Total 45,566 (4,556 ) 4,556

Exposure is presented in thousands of U.S. Dollars and relates to monetary items in foreign currency of each entity of the Group, considering each individual functional currency. As explained in Note 24: Derivative financial instruments, the Company entered into foreign currency exchange forward contracts in order to mitigate this risk and reduce the impact on the financial statements.

Equity price risk

The Group is not exposed to equity price risk since it does not hold investments in equity instruments.

As at December 31st, 2021 and 2020, the Group had an investment in quoted debt securities. As of December 31, 2020 the Group invested in quoted mutual funds. This was a “cumulative” mutual funds that does not pay interest and the holder obtain capital gains. As at December 31st, 2021 and 2020, the exposure to equity price from such investment was considered not material.

(d) Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group encounters difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Group’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Group’s reputation.

The Group invests surplus cash in interest-bearing financial investments, choosing instruments with appropriate maturity or enough liquidity to provide adequate margin as determined by the forecasts.

Exposure to Liquidity Risk

The tables below analyze the Group’s financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on their contractual maturities.

The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual undiscounted cash flows. Balances due within 12 months equal their carrying balances as the impact of discounting is not significant.

Contractual maturities of financial liabilities<br>31 December 2021 Less than 6<br>months 6-12 months Between 1 and<br>2 years More than 2 years Total<br>contractual<br>cash flows Carrying<br>amount
Non-derivatives
Trade and other payables 277,160 277,160 277,160
Financial liabilities 5,014 5,014 5,014
Leases liabilities 204 299 462 3,878 4,843 3,928
Total non-derivatives 282,378 299 462 3,878 287,017 286,102
Derivatives
Derivative financial instruments 221 221 221
Total derivatives 221 221 221
Contractual maturities of financial liabilities<br>31 December 2020 Less than 6<br>months 6-12 months Between 1 and<br>2 years Total<br>contractual<br>cash flows Carrying<br>amount
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Non-derivatives
Trade and other payables 142,865 142,865 142,865
Leases liabilities 104 105 17 226 218
Total non-derivatives 142,969 105 17 143,091 143,083
Derivatives
Derivative financial instruments 2,896 2,896 2,896
Total derivatives 2,896 2,896 2,896

(e) Fraud Risk

The Group’s transactions are susceptible to a fraudulent or improper sale and it uses processes to control the fraud risk. The process consists of monitoring transactions through ‘dLocal Defense’ which is a local data-driven prevention program to maximize fraud detection and minimize false positives. This process review transactions at the time of the authorization, legitimate them and use of external tools that are revised on a periodic basis.

The second process detects chargebacks and disputes. This is a supplemental process and increases the Group’s ability to avoid new frauds.

(f) Capital Management

The Board’s policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The Board’s objectives are to safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares or sell assets to reduce debt. The Board of Directors monitors the return on capital as well as the level of dividends to ordinary shareholders.

As part of the requirements for maintaining its financial institution license, dLocal Limited, the Group’s licensee subsidiary is subject to a minimum capital requirement of EUR 400 imposed by the regulator of Malta.

31. Fair value hierarchy

The following tables show financial instruments recognized at fair value for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, analyzed between those whose fair value is based on:

• Level 1: quoted (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

• Level 2: other techniques for which all inputs which have a significant effect on the recorded fair value are observable, either directly or indirectly.

• Level 3: techniques which use inputs which have a significant. effect on the recorded fair value that are not based upon observable market data.

The table also includes financial instruments measured at amortized cost. The Group understands that the book value of such instruments approximates their fair value.

31 December 2021 FVPL Amortized<br>cost Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets
Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss 1,004 1,004 1,004
Other Assets 1,339 1,339
Trade and Other Receivables 190,966 190,966
Cash and Cash Equivalents 336,197 336,197
1,004 528,502 529,506 1,004
31 December 2020 FVPL Amortized<br>cost Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
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Assets
Financial Assets at Fair Value through
Profit or Loss 8,319 8,319 8,319
Other Assets 2,017 2,017
Trade and Other Receivables 72,785 72,785
Cash and Cash Equivalents 111,733 111,733
8,319 186,535 194,854 8,319
31 December 2021 FVPL Amortized<br>cost Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Liabilities
Trade and Other Payables (277,160 ) (277,160 )
Financial liabilities (5,014 ) (5,014 )
Derivative financial instruments (221 ) (221 ) (221 )
Contingent consideration liability (665 ) (665 ) (665 )
(886 ) (282,174 ) (283,060 ) (221 ) (665 )
31 December 2020 FVPL Amortized<br>cost Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
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Liabilities
Trade and Other Payables (142,865 ) (142,865 )
Derivative financial instruments (2,896 ) (2,896 ) (2,896 )
(2,896 ) (142,865 ) (145,761 ) (2,896 )

Level 3 Financial Instruments

As of December 31, 2021, the Group has recognized a contingent consideration liability, described in Note 20, amounting to USD 665, classified in Level 3. The amount of the Level 3 contingent consideration was calculated by the finance team of the Group, using a discounted cash flow analysis, considering the expected cash flows based on terms of the contract, the entity’s knowledge of the business and how the current conditions are likely to impact it.

There were no changes in level 3 items for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020. Also, there were no transfer of items between level 2 and level 3, acquisitions, disposals nor gains or losses recognized in profit for the period related to level 3 instruments.

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Q4 & FY 2021 Earnings Presentation NASDAQ: DLO

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This presentation may contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements convey DLocal’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements regarding DLocal involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause DLocal’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Certain of these risks and uncertainties are described in the “Risk Factors,” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of DLocal’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unless required by law, DLocal undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date hereof. Safe Harbor 2

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1 dLocal has only one operating segment. Although Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin may be commonly viewed as non-IFRS measures in other contexts, pursuant to IFRS 8, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are treated by dLocal as IFRS measures based on the manner in which dLocal utilizes these measures. See detailed methodology for Adj. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in appendix. SCALE 3 2021: A Record Year FY21 219% NET RETENTION RATE 4Q21 $1.9B TPV 145% YoY Growth 198% NET RETENTION RATE GROWTH RETENTION $76.3M REVENUES 120% YoY Growth $6.0B TPV 193% YoY Growth $244.1M REVENUES 134% YoY Growth 41% ADJUSTED EBITDA MARGIN1 38% ADJUSTED EBITDA MARGIN1 PROFITABILITY

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Strong Growth With Continuous Opportunities to Grow with our Existing Merchants 4 193% YoY TPV ($M) Selected Merchants

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5 Powering Diverse High-Growth Verticals... Commerce Ride Hailing SaaS Gaming Crypto On-demand Delivery Streaming Ride Hailing Advertising Financial Services SaaS Travel eLearning

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...Across 35 Emerging Markets Thailand El Salvador Argentina Brazil Chile China Turkey Uruguay Mexico Colombia Peru Paraguay India Morocco Indonesia Ecuador South Africa Nigeria Bolivia Bangladesh Cameroon Costa Rica Ghana Egypt Kenya Senegal Panama Philippines DR Vietnam Malaysia Guatemala Pakistan Uganda Tanzania Q4 ADDITIONS 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 6

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High Growth Across All Regions 86% YoY 140% YoY Revenue by Region – LatAm ($M) Revenue by Region – Asia & Africa ($M) 7

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New Merchants Increasing Diversification # of Merchants 190+ 300+ 400+ 2019 2020 2021 Revenue Concentration (% Revenue) Note: 1Core merchants consider merchants that during that year surpassed the US$100k TPV threshold. 90+ 150+ 240+ Total Merchants Core Merchants1 8

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All Cohorts Driving Profitable Growth 9 TPV by Cohort1 ($M) 2021 Take Rate Performance by Cohort 1 2 3 4 Each cohort is driving solid TPV growth ’18 and ‘20 vintages experienced the highest YoY growth rates Cohorts with consistently higher starting points Cohort YoY Variation (p.p.) 2018 -0.2 p.p. 2019 -0.2 p.p. 2020 +0.1 p.p 2021 average take rate of 4% (versus 5% in 2020) Minimal variation in each cohort’s take-rate during the year Different cohorts have different pricing points 2021 cohort has a higher take rate than the 2021 average Note: 1Each cohort includes all merchants that began processing TPV in each period, regardless of volume of TPV processed.

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10 Vectors of Future Growth Commercial Efforts Account management Organic growth New clients Products Develop new solutions Enhance portfolio Geographies Enter new countries Enhance presence Inorganic Initiatives

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Consistently Improving Merchant Engagement 11 Note: Yearly figures consider merchants that during that year surpassed for the US$6M TPV threshold. Avg. # of Countries per Merchant Avg. # of Payment Methods per Merchant

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12 Ramping-up Our Existing and New Clients Pipeline Note: For existing clients, includes all existing clients for which dLocal is at different stages of expansion to new markets, products, or payment methods. Retail 60+ 350+ 190+ 640+ Pre-IPO (Mar-21) As of 2022 +3x +2x EXISTING CLIENTS NEW CLIENTS # of Opportunities in our Sales Funnel Streaming Financial institutions Ride Hailing Advertising Travel SaaS Gaming E-Learning Illustrative industries Crypto Pricing proposal Go live

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13 New cards and APMs integrations for processing redundancy, capability enhancements and global expansion Deepen our integration within Pix system in Brazil Network Tokenization E-mandate/Subscriptions management in India TaxManager: enhanced tax handling by country and payment method Increased card and APMs acceptance rates, with better Smart Routing, Chaining, and UX improvements through rigorous A/B testing Enhanced Product Portfolio Expanded Instant Payout offering in more countries Enhanced logics and automations to overcome local rail’s processing limitations Added direct connections with new partners/ banks for processing redundancy, capability enhancements and global expansion Enhanced our pay-in solution Enhanced our pay-out solution

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14 Defense Suite launched Improved fraud prevention capabilities through: New Machine Learning models New API enhancements Device ID and fingerprinting Authentication through 3DS 2.0 and beyond Broaden Product Portfolio Enable merchants to issue prepaid virtual or physical cards, with spend and payment controls and account management B2B initiative focused on our merchants (no credit exposure), no direct issuing to end consumers Partner with local banks as issuers Improved our fraud and data capabilities Launched Issuing-as-a-Service

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Our Ability to Hire Professionals with Diverse Backgrounds Worldwide is a Key Competitive Advantage Note: FTE includes employees and contractors. 1 The total engineers or technology-related roles for 2021 represented 44% of total FTEs, including those outside of Technology & Product team. 73% YoY 118% YoY 61% YoY Technology & Product1 Sales & Marketing Operations & Corporate 535 FTE in 2021 (+73% YoY) We have a wide talent pool We hire anywhere in the world As of 2021YE, we had employees with diverse nationalities FTE Evolution (#) We continue to invest in hiring top talent for Tech & Product and S&M to our team 30+ nationalities 15

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 16

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TPV Almost Tripled in 2021 17 193% YoY 145% YoY Continued growth of our TPV across most verticals, particularly in ride hailing, streaming, advertising, SaaS, on-demand delivery and commerce TPV ($M)

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18 Strong and Steady Growth in Pay-Ins; Short-term Fluctuations in Pay-Outs 64% YoY 242% YoY 124% YoY Pay-ins TPV Pay-outs TPV Pay-Ins and Pay-Outs TPV ($M) 190% YoY

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Triple-Digit-Growth in Revenue 19 134% YoY 120% YoY Revenue ($M) Note: Audited results for the years ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019.

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Note: 1 “NRR” means Net Revenue Retention rate, which is the U.S. dollar-based measure of retention and growth of our merchants. We calculate the NRR of a period by dividing the Current Period Revenue by the Prior Period Revenue. The Prior Period Revenue is the revenue billed by us to all our customers in the prior period. The Current Period Revenue is the revenue billed by us in the current period to the same customers included in the Prior Period Revenue. Current Period Revenue includes any upsells and cross sells of products, geographies, and payment methods to such merchant customers, and is net of any contractions or attrition, but excludes revenue from new customers onboarded in the last 12 months. Existing and New Merchants Driving Growth 20 Existing Merchants: Revenues from merchants that we already processed in the same period of the previous year. New Merchants: Revenues from merchants onboarded during the last twelve months. This is a rolling measure for each new quarter, based on merchants’ classification (new vs. existing) 198% NRR1 Revenue Composition ($M) 219% NRR1

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21 Note: Audited results for the years ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019. Gross Profit Continues to Grow at Sound Rates 117% YoY 88% YoY Gross Profit ($M)

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22 Note: Note: Audited results for the years ended December 31, 2021, December 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019. 1 dLocal has only one operating segment. Although Adj. EBITDA and Adj. EBITDA Margin may be commonly viewed as non-IFRS measures in other contexts, pursuant to IFRS 8, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are treated by dLocal as IFRS measures based on the manner in which dLocal utilizes these measures. See detailed methodology for Adj. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin in appendix. Maintained Strong Margins Amid Continue Investing in Growth 136% YoY 112% YoY Adjusted EBITDA1 ($M) and Adjusted EBITDA Margin (%)

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CLOSING REMARKS 23

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We power a massive and expanding Emerging Markets ecosystem We have built a scalable, single API technology infrastructure that makes the complex simple for merchants across Emerging Markets We are growing rapidly and profitably at scale We are directly integrated with some of the biggest online merchants in the world, driving very strong net revenue retention and strong cohort performance Our business model is well-diversified across industries and clients 24 Investment Highlights

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Thank you!

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APPENDIX 26

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Complex and changing regulatory and tax frameworks Poor conversion and high fraud Multiple local payment methods with rising fragmentation What Problems are we Addressing? 27

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3Q21 Adjusted EBITDA Bridge ($M) 1 4Q21 Adjusted EBITDA Bridge ($M) 2 Note: Adjusted EBITDA excludes one-off expenses and non-cash items. Unaudited results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. 1 Other Adjustments for 4Q21 includes secondary offerings expenses ($0.7M) and M&A transaction costs ($0.02M). 2 Other Adjustments for 3Q21 includes secondary offerings expenses ($0.7M) and M&A transaction costs ($0.2M). Financial Highlights 28

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29 $ in thousands Three-month period ended December 31, Twelve-month period ended December 31, 2021 2020 2021 2020 Profit for the period 23,549 11,601 77,853 28,187 Income tax expense 2,114 1,000 7,647 3,231 Other operating (gain)/loss - 65 (2,896) 2,896 Depreciation and amortization 1,507 248 4,747 992 Secondary offering expenses1 716 453 5,158 453 Transaction costs2 22 158 687 158 Share-based payment charges 2,236 256 7,590 7,295 Other charges, Net3 (1,072) (100) (1,629) (1,281) Adjusted EBITDA 29,072 13,681 99,157 41,931 Note: Although Adj. EBITDA and Adj. EBITDA Margin may be commonly viewed as non-IFRS measures in other contexts, pursuant to IFRS 8, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are treated by dLocal as IFRS measures based on the manner in which dLocal utilizes these measures. Adjusted EBITDA as used by dLocal is defined as the profit from operations before financing and taxation for the year or period, as applicable, before depreciation of property, plant and equipment, amortization of right-of-use assets and intangible assets, and further excluding the changes in fair value of financial assets and derivative instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss, impairment gains/(losses) on financial assets, transaction costs, share-based payment non-cash charges, secondary offering expenses, transaction expenses and inflation adjustment. 1 Corresponds to expenses assumed by dLocal in relation to secondary offerings of its shares. 2 Corresponds to costs related to the acquisition of assets of PrimeiroPay. 3 Corresponds to other minor adjustments (full reconciliation in financial statements) Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Profit