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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999371-26-007656"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MELI"
cik: "0001099590"
company_name: "MERCADOLIBRE INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:33:58.937417+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MercadoLibre adopts 2026 LTRP with $41.5M in target awards for NEOs

## Summary
- CEO Ariel Szarfsztejn receives target LTRP award of $14M; Osvaldo Giménez and Daniel Rabinovich $10M each.
- CFO Martin de los Santos $4M, Executive Chairman Marcos Galperin $3.5M under the six-year cash program.
- 2026 bonus payouts for NEOs based on net revenues, income from operations, TPV, and Competitive NPS.
- Each NEO's target bonus is four months of base salary (33.33% of annual base salary).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999371-26-007656
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MELI
- cik: 0001099590
- company_name: MERCADOLIBRE INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000199937126007656/0001999371-26-007656-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1099590/000199937126007656/meli_8k-033126.htm

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