Director Tolda Stelleo was granted 8 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.40% to 2,029 units (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | |||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERCADOLIBRE INC [ MELI ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 08/07/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 08/07/2025 | A | 8(1) | A | $0 | 2,029(2) | D | |||
| Common Stock | 75,840 | I | By Tool, Ltd. | |||||||
| Common Stock | 246 | I | By Didomi Fund | |||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Variable Forward Contract (oblig. to sell variable amount) | (3) | 08/20/2026 | 08/20/2026 | Common Stock | 20,000 | 20,000 | I | By Tool, Ltd. | |||||||
| Restricted Stock Units | $0 | 08/07/2025 | A | 64 | (4) | (4) | Common Stock | 64 | $0 | 64 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents 8 shares of stock, granted to Mr. Tolda as compensation for his service as an independent director on the board of directors of MercadoLibre, Inc. prior to the 2025 annual meeting of the shareholders of MercadoLibre, Inc. |
| 2. Represents 8 shares of common stock and 2,021 shares of common stock subject to forfeiture and transfer restrictions (the "Restricted Stock"). The Restricted Stock will vest in two substantially equal installments on each of the next two anniversaries of the grant date, April 8, 2022, subject to the Reporting Person's continued compliance with the terms of the Restricted Stock grant agreement. |
| 3. On June 5, 2023, the Reporting Person entered into a prepaid variable forward sale contract with an unaffiliated third party buyer (the "counterparty") relating to a maximum of 20,000 shares of MercadoLibre, Inc.'s common stock (the "Number of Shares"). The forward floor price and the forward cap price were determined based on the volume weighted average price at which the counterparty established its initial hedge, which was completed on June 6, 2023, and are, respectively, $955.7895 and $1,656.7018. The contract obligates the Reporting Person to deliver to the buyer up to 20,000 shares of MercadoLibre, Inc. common stock (or, at the Reporting Person's election, an equivalent amount of cash as described below) following the maturity date of the contract, which is May 30, 2025. In exchange for assuming this obligation, the Reporting Person received a cash payment of $17,357,138.00 following entry into the contract. The Reporting Person pledged 20,000 shares of MercadoLibre, Inc. |
| 4. 100% of restricted stock units vest upon the 2026 annual shareholders' meeting of the Company, the date of which has not yet been determined. |
| Remarks: |
| The Power of Attorney for Stelleo is filed as an exhibit to the Form 3 filed by Mr. Tolda with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2024, which is hereby incorporated by reference. |
| /s/ Jacobo Cohen Imach (Attorney-in-fact) | 08/08/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||