Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0000950103-25-002962
- Form Type:
- 13D Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2025-03-03 19:00:00
- Filed By:
- Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
- Company:
- Afya Limited (NASDAQ:AFYA)
- Filing Date:
- 2025-03-04
- SEC Url:
- 13D Filing
Ownership Summary
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
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Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA | 0 | 60,650,713 | 60,650,713 | 0 | 60,650,713 | 75.34% |
Erste WV Gutersloh GmbH | 0 | 60,650,713 | 60,650,713 | 0 | 60,650,713 | 75.34% |
Filing
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 33)
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Afya Ltd (Name of Issuer) |
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.00005 per share (Title of Class of Securities) |
G01125106 (CUSIP Number) |
Denise Abel Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270 Gutersloh, 2M, 33311 49-0-5241-80-2551 Michael Davis, Esq. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY, 10017 212-450-4184 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
02/28/2025 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) |
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.


The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP No. | G01125106 |
1 |
Name of reporting person
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA | ||||||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
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3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC | ||||||||
5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 | Citizenship or place of organization
GERMANY
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
60,650,713.00 | ||||||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
75.34 % | ||||||||
14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
With reference to Row 11: Aggregate amount beneficially owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (Bertelsmann) and Erste WV Gutersloh GmbH, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Bertelsmann (Erste, and collectively with Bertelsmann, the Reporting Person) consists of 34,074,134 Class B common shares and 26,576,579 Class A common shares held of record by the Reporting Person. Each Class B common share held of record by the Reporting Person is convertible into one Class A common share at the option of its holder at any time.
With reference to Row 13: Represents the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of Class B common shares and Class A common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in Row 11 by (b) the sum of (i) 46,426,830 Class A common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2024 as reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on November 13, 2024 (as reduced by the number of treasury shares reported therein), and (ii) the aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this footnote are treated as converted into Class A common shares only for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the Reporting Person. As of September 30, 2023, the number of Class A common shares outstanding was 44,009,699 and the percentage beneficially owned was 58.06%.
With reference to Row 13: Each Class A common share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B common share is entitled to ten votes. The percentage reported does not reflect the ten for one voting power of the Class B common shares because the Class B common shares are treated as converted into Class A common shares for the purpose of this report.
SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP No. | G01125106 |
1 |
Name of reporting person
Erste WV Gutersloh GmbH | ||||||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
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3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
4 |
Source of funds (See Instructions)
WC | ||||||||
5 |
Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 | Citizenship or place of organization
GERMANY
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
60,650,713.00 | ||||||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
75.34 % | ||||||||
14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
CO |
Comment for Type of Reporting Person:
With reference to Row 11: Aggregate amount beneficially owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (Bertelsmann) and Erste WV Gutersloh GmbH, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Bertelsmann (Erste, and collectively with Bertelsmann, the Reporting Person) consists of 34,074,134 Class B common shares and 26,576,579 Class A common shares held of record by the Reporting Person. Each Class B common share held of record by the Reporting Person is convertible into one Class A common share at the option of its holder at any time.
With reference to Row 13: Represents the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of Class B common shares and Class A common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in Row 11 by (b) the sum of (i) 46,426,830 Class A common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2024 as reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on November 13, 2024 (as reduced by the number of treasury shares reported therein), and (ii) the aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The aggregate number of Class B common shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Person as set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of this footnote are treated as converted into Class A common shares only for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the Reporting Person. As of September 30, 2023, the number of Class A common shares outstanding was 44,009,699 and the percentage beneficially owned was 58.06%.
With reference to Row 13: Each Class A common share is entitled to one vote, and each Class B common share is entitled to ten votes. The percentage reported does not reflect the ten for one voting power of the Class B common shares because the Class B common shares are treated as converted into Class A common shares for the purpose of this report.
SCHEDULE 13D
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Item 1. | Security and Issuer | |
(a) | Title of Class of Securities:
Class A Common Shares, par value $0.00005 per share | |
(b) | Name of Issuer:
Afya Ltd | |
(c) | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
ALAMEDA OSCAR NIEMEYER, NO. 119, 15TH FLOOR, VILA DA SERRA, NOVA LIMA, MINAS GERAIS,
BRAZIL
, 34006-056. | |
Item 1 Comment:
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No. 33 (the "Amendment") amends and supplements the Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Person on August 10, 2021 (the "Original Schedule 13D", as further amended on March 4, 2022, "Amendment No. 1", as further amended on April 18, 2022, "Amendment No. 2", as further amended on April 25, 2022, "Amendment No. 3," as further amended on May 4, 2022, "Amendment No. 4," as further amended on May 23, 2022, "Amendment No. 5," as further amended on May 27, 2022, "Amendment No. 6," as further amended on August 1, 2022, "Amendment No. 7," as further amended on August 31, 2022, "Amendment No. 8," as further amended on September 23, 2022, "Amendment No. 9," as further amended on October 24, 2022, "Amendment No. 10," as further amended on November 9, 2022, "Amendment No. 11," as further amended on November 29, 2022, "Amendment No. 12," as further amended on December 16, 2022, "Amendment No. 13," as further amended on December 21, 2022, "Amendment No. 14," as further amended on January 12, 2023, "Amendment No. 15," as further amended on February 23, 2023, "Amendment No. 16," as further amended on March 29, 2023, "Amendment No. 17," as further amended on May 1, 2023, "Amendment No. 18," as further amended on June 20, 2023, "Amendment No. 19," as further amended on July 25, 2023, "Amendment No. 20," as further amended on September 7, 2023, "Amendment No. 21," as further amended on October 31, 2023, "Amendment No. 22," as further amended on December 12, 2023, "Amendment No. 23," as further amended on February 12, 2024, "Amendment No. 24," as further amended on March 19, 2024, "Amendment No. 25," as further amended on May 7, 2024, "Amendment No. 26," as further amended on May 22, 2024, "Amendment No. 27," as further amended on June 27, 2024, "Amendment No. 28," as further amended on July 23, 2024, "Amendment No. 29," as further amended on September 18, 2024, "Amendment No. 30," as further amended on October 31, 2024, "Amendment No. 31," as further amended on December 20, 2024, "Amendment No. 32," and, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment, the "Schedule 13D"). Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the information previously reported on the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 6, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 13, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24, Amendment No. 25, Amendment No. 26, Amendment No. 27, Amendment No. 28, Amendment No. 29, Amendment No. 30, Amendment No. 31 or Amendment No. 32. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the same meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Schedule 13D. This Schedule 13D relates to the Class A common shares, par value $0.00005, of Afya Limited, an exempted liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the "Issuer"), having its registered offices at Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, Salas 502, 504, 1,501 and 1,503, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais Brazil. | ||
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration | |
This Amendment No. 33 amends and supplements Item 3 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 25, Amendment No. 26, Amendment No. 28, Amendment No. 29, Amendment No. 30, Amendment No. 31 and Amendment No. 32) as follows:
The Reporting Person purchased an additional 918,877 Class A common shares pursuant to the Trading Plan for a purchase price of $14,998,794.17, or an average of $16.32 per Class A common share. Such price was funded by the Reporting Person through internally generated funds. | ||
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer | |
(a) | This Amendment No. 33 amends and supplements Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24, Amendment No. 25, Amendment No. 26, Amendment No. 28, Amendment No. 29, Amendment No. 30, Amendment No. 31 and Amendment No. 32) as follows:
The information relating to the beneficial ownership of Class A common shares by the Reporting Person as set forth in rows 7 through 13 of the cover pages hereto is incorporated by reference. The Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 26,576,579 Class A common shares, which represents 57.24% of the Class A common shares outstanding based on 46,426,830 Class A common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2024 as reported by the Issuer in its Current Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on November 13, 2024 (as reduced by the number of treasury shares reported therein). Except as set forth in this Item 5(a), the Reporting Person does not own beneficially any Class A common shares. The Reporting Person will provide upon request of the SEC staff the full information regarding the number of shares purchased or sold at each separate price. | |
(b) | This Amendment No. 33 amends and supplements Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24, Amendment No. 25, Amendment No. 26, Amendment No. 28, Amendment No. 29, Amendment No. 30, Amendment No. 31 and Amendment No. 32) as follows:
The Reporting Person has shared power to vote and dispose of 26,576,579 Class A common shares. | |
(c) | This Amendment No. 33 amends and supplements Item 5 of the Original Schedule 13D (as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, Amendment No. 7, Amendment No. 8, Amendment No. 9, Amendment No. 10, Amendment No. 11, Amendment No. 12, Amendment No. 14, Amendment No. 15, Amendment No. 16, Amendment No. 17, Amendment No. 18, Amendment No. 19, Amendment No. 20, Amendment No. 21, Amendment No. 22, Amendment No. 23, Amendment No. 24, Amendment No. 25, Amendment No. 26, Amendment No. 28, Amendment No. 29, Amendment No. 30, Amendment No. 31 and Amendment No. 32) as follows:
The Reporting Person has purchased the following Class A common shares in open market transactions pursuant to the Trading Plan since the filing of the Schedule 13D/A on December 20, 2024:
Transaction Date Class A Common Shares Purchased Average Price Per Share
December 19, 2024 20,168 15.09
December 20, 2024 25,682 15.61
December 23, 2024 24,058 15.42
December 24, 2024 16,958 15.70
December 26, 2024 27,788 15.94
December 27, 2024 27,788 15.83
December 30, 2024 27,630 15.83
December 31, 2024 27,439 15.96
January 8, 2025 23,955 15.06
January 10, 2025 21,570 14.96
January 13, 2025 20,837 15.22
January 14, 2025 22,473 15.23
January 15, 2025 21,446 15.52
January 16, 2025 16,336 15.67
January 17, 2025 22,473 15.83
January 21, 2025 13,654 15.77
January 22, 2025 18,541 15.78
January 23, 2025 15,014 15.77
January 24, 2025 18,541 16.32
January 27, 2025 19,280 16.63
January 28, 2025 18,951 16.66
January 29, 2025 18,500 16.32
January 30, 2025 19,280 16.57
January 31, 2025 17,563 16.13
February 3, 2025 19,160 16.00
February 4, 2025 19,352 16.43
February 5, 2025 21,543 16.13
February 6, 2025 21,543 16.44
February 7, 2025 21,125 16.65
February 10, 2025 21,410 16.74
February 11, 2025 21,543 16.71
February 12, 2025 21,543 16.89
February 13, 2025 21,543 17.13
February 14, 2025 19,266 17.57
February 18, 2025 23,860 17.86
February 19, 2025 17,670 17.94
February 20, 2025 23,860 17.68
February 21, 2025 23,860 17.39
February 24, 2025 23,216 17.15
February 25, 2025 24,726 17.39
February 26, 2025 24,726 16.91
February 27, 2025 22,469 17.03
February 28, 2025 20,537 16.86 |
SIGNATURE | |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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