0001171843-13-002055.txt : 20130515 0001171843-13-002055.hdr.sgml : 20130515 20130515160531 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001171843-13-002055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130510 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20130515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERCADOLIBRE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001099590 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33647 FILM NUMBER: 13846964 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR CITY: BUENOS AIRES STATE: C1 ZIP: C1430CRG BUSINESS PHONE: 000-000-0000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ARIAS 3751, 7TH FLOOR CITY: BUENOS AIRES STATE: C1 ZIP: C1430CRG 8-K 1 f8k_051513.htm FORM 8-K f8k_051513.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2013

MercadoLibre, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
001-33647
  
98-0212790
         
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Arias 3751, 7th Floor
Buenos Aires, C1430CRG, Argentina
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  011-54-11-4640-8000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     
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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 10, 2013, MercadoLibre SRL., a subsidiary of Meli Participaciones S.L., an entity controlled by MercadoLibre, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a purchase agreement with Ribera Desarrollos S.A. to acquire three floors totaling 3,814 square meters and 36 parking spaces in a building named Torre Al Rio I, located in Avenida Libertador Gral. San Martín, Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina for approximately $17.8 million plus Value Added Tax (“VAT”), to be paid in local currency as follows: (i) $0.4 million plus VAT paid in April 2013 to reserve the property, (ii) $3.2 million plus VAT as of the signing of the purchase agreement and (ii) $14.2 million plus VAT in seven monthly installments commencing on June 10, 2013. MercadoLibre SRL. is funding the purchase price with its own funds and closed the acquisition on May 10, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
MERCADOLIBRE, INC.
(Registrant)
 
  
Date: May 15, 2013
By:
/s/ Pedro Arnt
  
   
Pedro Arnt
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer