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FORM 4
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b).
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
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Arnt Pedro |
2. Issuer Name
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Ticker or Trading Symbol
MERCADOLIBRE INC [ MELI ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner __ X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive VP and CFO |
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ARIAS 3751 7TH FLOOR |
3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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BUENOS AIRES, C1 C1430CRG |
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed
(MM/DD/YYYY)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable Line)
_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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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. Trans. Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any |
3. Trans. 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 | 3/30/2012 | A | 243 | A | $0.00 (1) | 13114 | D | |||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
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1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) |
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Trans. Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any |
4. Trans. 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 |
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 of Derivative Security: 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 | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: | |
| ( 1) | Shares granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Company's Long Term Retention Plan adopted by the Board of Directors on August 8, 2008. |
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Reporting Owners
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| Reporting Owner Name / Address |
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| Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | ||
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Arnt Pedro
ARIAS 3751 7TH FLOOR BUENOS AIRES, C1 C1430CRG |
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Executive VP and CFO |
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Signatures
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| /s/Jacobo Cohen Imach (attorney-in-fact) | 4/3/2012 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby constitutes and appoints Jacobo Cohen Imach, Marcelo Melamud, Marcos Galperin, Christopher C. Green, Esq., Lisa S. Stockard and Edward W. Elmore, Jr., Esq. and each of them, as the Reporting Person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting Person's capacity as a director and/or officer of MercadoLibre, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the Reporting Person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The Reporting Person grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting Person, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting Person's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the Reporting Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the Reporting Person's holdings of, and transactions in securities issued by, the Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed on May 25, 2011.
By: /s/ Pedro Arnt Name: Pedro Arnt |