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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(RULE 14a-101)

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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*** Exercise Your Right to Vote ***

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 17, 2014.

 

         

 

Meeting Information

   MERCADOLIBRE, INC.   

Meeting Type:

 

  

 

        Annual Meeting

 

     

For holders as of:

 

  

        April 21, 2014

 

     

Date:    June 17, 2014        Time:    12:00 p.m.

 

      Location:   Hunton & Williams LLP
        1111 Brickell Avenue
        Suite 2500
        Miami, Florida 33131
       
      You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.

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We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

 

     

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT                2013 ANNUAL REPORT

 

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      Voting Items          
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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

the following:

 

  1.    Election of Directors

 

     Nominees:

 

     01)    Susan Segal
    

 

02)

   Michael Spence
    

 

03)

  

 

Mario Eduardo Vazquez

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

  2.    Advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers

 

  3.    Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Co. S.A. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014

 

  NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       


      Voting Instructions            

 

 

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MERCADOLIBRE, INC.

ARIAS 3751 7TH FLOOR

BUENOS AIRES C1430 CRG

ARGENTINA

      VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com        
     

 

Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.

       
     

 

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS

 

If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.

       
     

 

VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903

 

Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.

       
     

 

VOTE BY MAIL

 

Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.

       

TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:

 

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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

 

 

MERCADOLIBRE, INC.

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

  

 

For All

 

 

Withhold All

 

 

For All Except

          To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.                            
                                    
   

 

1.

 

 

Election of Directors

  

 

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Nominees:

                                
     

 

01)   Susan Segal

                                
     

 

02)   Michael Spence

                                
     

 

03)   Mario Eduardo Vazquez

                                
   

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 2:

  

 

For

 

 

Against

 

 

Abstain

                         
   

 

2.

 

 

Advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers

  

 

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 3:

                                
   

 

3.

 

 

Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Co. S.A. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014

  

 

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NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

                                
   

 

Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.

 

                                
             
                                          
   

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Date

 

                      

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MERCADOLIBRE, INC.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

June 17, 2014 12:00 p.m.

This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

 

   

 

The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Marcos Galperin, Pedro Arnt and Jacobo Cohen Imach, or any of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of common stock of MERCADOLIBRE, INC. that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 12:00 p.m. on June 17, 2014, at the offices of Hunton & Williams LLP, 1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 2500, Miami, Florida 33131, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE UNDERSIGNED. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO A NOMINEE OR PROPOSAL, THE PROXIES WILL VOTE (AND ANY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO RECORD HOLDERS WILL BE GIVEN) “FOR” ALL NOMINEES IN PROPOSAL 1, “FOR” PROPOSALS 2 AND 3 AND, IN THEIR DISCRETION, UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS PROPERLY COMES BEFORE THE MEETING.

 

Continued and to be signed on reverse side