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Mercadolibre Inc (MELI)

8-K 2022-06-10 For: 2022-06-08
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K



CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):June 8, 2022



MercadoLibre,Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware 001-33647 98-0212790
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

WTC Free Zone

Dr. Luis Bonavita 1294, Of. 1733, Tower II

Montevideo, Uruguay,11300

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

+598-2-927-2770

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title<br> of Class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share MELI Nasdaq Global Select Market
2.375% Sustainability Notes due 2026 MELI26 The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
3.125% Notes due 2031 MELI31 The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of MercadoLibre, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 8, 2022 for the following purposes:

· to elect the Class II and Class III directors nominated and recommended by the Company’s board of directors, to serve until<br>the 2024 and 2025 Annual Meetings of Stockholders, respectively, or until such time as their respective successors are elected and qualified;
· to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2021; and
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· to ratify the appointment of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.R.L., a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited, as the<br>Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
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The number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote as of April 12, 2022, the record date for the Annual Meeting, was 50,377,981 shares. 42,819,133 shares of common stock were represented either in person (by means of remote communication) or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, which were sufficient to constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business at the Annual Meeting.

At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders elected all Class II and Class III director nominees, approved (on an advisory basis) the Company’s executive compensation for fiscal year 2021 and ratified the appointment of Pistrelli, Henry Martin y Asociados S.R.L., a member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The final voting results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal One — Election of Class II and Class III Directors:

Nominee for Class II Director For Withheld
Richard Sanders 39,183,520 160,307

In addition, there were 3,475,306 broker non-votes associated with the election of the Class II director.

Nominee for Class III Directors For Withheld
Emiliano Calemzuk 35,215,903 4,127,924
Marcos Galperin 37,583,069 1,760,758
Andrea Mayumi Petroni Merhy 38,846,420 497,407

In addition, there were 3,475,306 broker non-votes associated with the election of the Class III directors.

Proposal Two — Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our NamedExecutive Officers:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
36,884,369 2,436,803 22,655 3,475,306

Proposal Three — Ratification of Appointment of IndependentRegistered Public Accounting Firm:

For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes
42,469,926 334,680 14,527 *
* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal Three.
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SIGNATURES


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 hereunto duly authorized.

MercadoLibre, Inc.
Dated: June 10, 2022 By: /s/ Pedro Arnt
Name: Pedro Arnt
Title: Chief Financial Officer