---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-044457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MELI"
cik: "0001099590"
company_name: "MERCADOLIBRE INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T14:11:57.075372+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MercadoLibre issues $750M of 4.900% senior unsecured notes due 2033

## Summary
- Notes priced at 4.900% per annum; 7-year tenor expiring January 2033.
- Issuance is the first since achieving investment-grade status (BBB-/BBB- from S&P and Fitch).
- Deal was 3.6x oversubscribed with over 150 institutional investors participating.
- Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes to strengthen liquidity.
- Joint bookrunners: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Allen & Co., BNP Paribas, BofA, Morgan Stanley, Santander.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-044457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MELI
- cik: 0001099590
- company_name: MERCADOLIBRE INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000114036125044457/0001140361-25-044457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000114036125044457/20058389x5_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-044457
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-044457.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-044457.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  MERCADOLIBRE INC entered into Underwriting Agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters valued at $750 million (effective 2025-12-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters
  - Value: $750 million
  - Effective: 2025-12-04
  source text: On December 4, 2025, MercadoLibre, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries MercadoLibre S.R.L., eBazar.com.br Ltda., Mercado Pago Instituição de Pagamento Ltda, DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V., MPFS, S. de R.L. de C.V., MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V., MercadoLibre Chile Ltda. and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda. entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriters”), and the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from the Company $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900% Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000114036125044457/0001140361-25-044457-index.htm

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