EX-5.1 3 dp175574_0501.htm EXHIBIT 5.1

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

Our ref    ADN/762725-000001/70526491v5

 

XP Inc.
PO Box 309, Ugland House
Grand Cayman KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
 

 

23 June 2022

 

XP Inc.

 

We have acted as counsel as to Cayman Islands law to XP Inc. (the "Company") in connection with the Company's registration statement on Form F-4, including all amendments or supplements thereto, filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") (including its exhibits, the "Registration Statement") in connection with the issue by the Company of an aggregate of up to 19,500,000 Class A common shares of a par value of US$0.00001 in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") in connection with the merger between Banco XP S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Banco Modal S.A. as set out in the Registration Statement.

 

1Documents Reviewed

 

We have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents:

 

1.1The certificate of incorporation with respect to the Company dated 29 August 2019 and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company adopted by special resolution passed on 1 October 2021 (the "Memorandum and Articles").

 

1.2The minutes (the "Minutes") of the meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 6 January 2022 (the "Meeting") and the corporate records of the Company maintained at its registered office in the Cayman Islands.

 

1.3A certificate of good standing with respect to the Company issued by the Registrar of Companies dated 15 June 2022 (the "Certificate of Good Standing").

 

 

 

 

 

1.4A certificate from a director of the Company a copy of which is attached to this opinion letter (the "Director's Certificate").

 

1.5The Registration Statement.

 

2Assumptions

 

The following opinions are given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion letter. These opinions only relate to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion letter. In giving the following opinions, we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy, as at the date of this opinion letter, of the Director's Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1Copies of documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals, and translations of documents provided to us are complete and accurate.

 

2.2All signatures, initials and seals are genuine.

 

2.3There is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Registration Statement.

 

2.4There is nothing under any law (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands) which would or might affect the opinions set out below.

 

2.5The Company has received or will receive money or money's worth in consideration for the issue of the Shares, and none of the Shares were or will be issued for less than par value. At the time of issue of the Shares, the Company had or will have sufficient authorised share capital to accommodate the issue of the Shares.

 

2.6The Shares that will be issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement will be duly registered, and will continue to be registered, in the Company’s register of members (shareholders).

 

2.7No invitation has been or will be made by or on behalf of the Company to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for any of the Shares.

 

Save as aforesaid we have not been instructed to undertake and have not undertaken any further enquiry or due diligence in relation to the transaction the subject of this opinion letter.

 

3Opinions

 

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.2The Shares to be issued by the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement have been duly authorised for issue and when such Shares are issued by

 

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the Company in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles and upon payment in full being made therefor and such Shares being entered as fully-paid on the register of members of the Company, such Shares will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable. As a matter of Cayman Islands law, a share is only issued when it has been entered in the register of members (shareholders).

 

4Qualifications

 

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

4.1To maintain the Company in good standing with the Registrar of Companies under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies within the time frame prescribed by law.

 

4.2Under Cayman Islands law, the register of members (shareholders) is prima facie evidence of title to shares and this register would not record a third party interest in such shares. However, there are certain limited circumstances where an application may be made to a Cayman Islands court for a determination on whether the register of members reflects the correct legal position. Further, the Cayman Islands court has the power to order that the register of members maintained by a company should be rectified where it considers that the register of members does not reflect the correct legal position. As far as we are aware, such applications are rarely made in the Cayman Islands and there are no circumstances or matters of fact known to us on the date of this opinion letter which would properly form the basis for an application for an order for rectification of the register of members of the Company, but if such an application were made in respect of the Shares, then the validity of such shares may be subject to re-examination by a Cayman Islands court.

 

4.3In this opinion letter, the phrase "non-assessable" means, with respect to shares in the Company, that a shareholder shall not, solely by virtue of its status as a shareholder, be liable for additional assessments or calls on the shares by the Company or its creditors (except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

 

4.4We express no opinion as to the meaning, validity or effect of any references to foreign (i.e. non-Cayman Islands) statutes, rules, regulations, codes, judicial authority or any other promulgations and any references to them in the Registration Statement.

 

We express no view as to the commercial terms of the Registration Statement or whether such terms represent the intentions of the parties and make no comment with regard to warranties or representations that may be made by the Company.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the headings "Legal Matters" and “Enforceability of Civil Liabilities” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In providing our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

The opinions in this opinion letter are strictly limited to the matters contained in the opinions section above and do not extend to any other matters. We have not been asked to review and we therefore have not reviewed any of the ancillary documents relating to the Shares and express no opinion or observation upon the terms of any such document.

 

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Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP

 

Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP

 

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XP Inc.

PO Box 309, Ugland House

Grand Cayman KY1-1104

Cayman Islands

 

23 June 2022

 

To: Maples and Calder (Cayman) LLP
  PO Box 309, Ugland House
  Grand Cayman
  KY1-1104
  Cayman Islands

 

Dear Sirs

 

XP Inc. (the "Company")

 

I, the undersigned, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide an opinion letter (the "Opinion") in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this certificate have the respective meanings given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:

 

1The Memorandum and Articles remain in full force and effect and are unamended.

 

2The Minutes are a true and correct record of the proceedings of the Meeting, which was duly convened and held, and at which a quorum was present throughout, in each case, in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles. The resolutions set out in the Minutes were duly passed in the manner prescribed in the Memorandum and Articles (including, without limitation, with respect to the disclosure of interests (if any) by directors of the Company) and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.

 

3The shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") have not restricted the powers of the directors of the Company in any way.

 

4There is no contractual or other prohibition or restriction (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting or restricting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Registration Statement.

 

5The directors of the Company at the date of the Meeting were as follows: Guilherme Dias Fernandes Benchimol, Bruno Constantino Alexandre dos Santos, Bernardo Amaral Botelho, Geraldo José Carbone, Fabrício Cunha de Almeida, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Filho, Martin Emiliano Escobari Lifchitz, Guilherme Sant'Anna Monteiro da Silva, Gabriel Klas da Rocha Leal, Luiz Felipe Amaral Calabró, Guy Almeida Andrade and Luciana Pires Dias.

 

6The directors of the Company at the date of this certificate are as follows: Guilherme Dias Fernandes Benchimol, Bruno Constantino Alexandre dos Santos, Bernardo Amaral Botelho, Geraldo José Carbone, Fabrício Cunha de Almeida, Martin Emiliano Escobari Lifchitz, Guilherme Sant'Anna Monteiro da Silva, Gabriel Klas da Rocha Leal, Luiz Felipe Amaral Calabró, Guy Almeida Andrade and Cristiana Pereira.

 

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7I am an officer of the Company, and pursuant to the authorisations granted to the Company's officers, I hereby authorise and approve the allotment and issuance of the Shares as fully paid and non-assessable in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles and the terms set out in the Registration Statement and that the Register of Members of the Company be updated to reflect the same.

 

8The Company has received or will receive money or money's worth in consideration for the issue of the Shares, and none of the Shares were or will be issued for less than par value. At the time of issue of the Shares, the Company had or will have sufficient authorised share capital to accommodate the issue of the Shares.

 

9The minute book and corporate records of the Company as maintained at its registered office in the Cayman Islands and made available to you are complete and accurate in all material respects, and all minutes and resolutions filed therein represent a complete and accurate record of all meetings of the Shareholders and directors (or any committee thereof) of the Company (duly convened in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles) and all resolutions passed at the meetings or passed by written resolution or consent, as the case may be.

 

10The Company has not entered into any mortgages or charges over its property or assets other than those entered in the register of mortgages and charges of the Company.

 

11Prior to, at the time of, and immediately following the approval of the transactions that are the subject of the Registration Statement, the Company was, or will be, able to pay its debts as they fell, or fall, due and has entered, or will enter, into the transactions that are the subject of the Registration Statement for proper value and not with an intention to defraud or wilfully defeat an obligation owed to any creditor or with a view to giving a creditor a preference.

 

12Each director of the Company considers the transactions contemplated by the Registration Statement to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted in good faith in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company, in relation to the transactions which are the subject of the Opinion.

 

13To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction. Nor have the directors or Shareholders taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation, nor have any steps been taken to wind up the Company. Nor has any receiver been appointed over any of the Company's property or assets.

 

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I confirm that you may continue to rely on this certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you in writing personally to the contrary.

 

Signature: /s/ Fabrício Cunha de Almeida
Name: Fabrício Cunha de Almeida
Title: Director

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