---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001099590-24-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MELI"
cik: "0001099590"
company_name: "MERCADOLIBRE INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:28:54.148088+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MercadoLibre appoints Stelleo Tolda to board and audit committee after director death

## Summary
- Director Mario Vázquez died August 3, 2024; he chaired the Audit Committee and served on Compensation and Governance committees.
- Board reduced to 8 members (6 independent); Audit Committee fell to 2 members, below NASDAQ minimum of 3.
- On Sept 12, 2024, Board appointed Stelleo Tolda as Class I director and to Audit Committee under NASDAQ cure provision.
- Tolda previously served as EVP/COO (2009-2019) and Brazil country manager; most recently an advisor at $10,000/month.
- Richard Sanders appointed to Compensation and Governance committees to fill vacancies left by Vázquez.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001099590-24-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MELI
- cik: 0001099590
- company_name: MERCADOLIBRE INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000109959024000030/0001099590-24-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000109959024000030/meli-20240912.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001099590-24-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001099590-24-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001099590-24-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mario Vázquez departed as Director at MERCADOLIBRE INC.
  - Action: died
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Mario Vázquez, one of the directors of the Company, died on August 3, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000109959024000030/0001099590-24-000030-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stelleo Tolda was appointed as Class I Director at MERCADOLIBRE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: the appointment of Mr. Stelleo Tolda as a Class I director of the Company, to serve from September 12, 2024 until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000109959024000030/0001099590-24-000030-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.