On September 9, 2026, MercadoLibre, Inc. entered into an underwriting agreement to issue $1,000 million aggregate principal amount of 5.850% Notes due 2036. The company, along with its subsidiaries MercadoLibre S.R.L., Mercado Livre Brasil Ltda., DeRemate.com de México, S. de R.L. de C.V., MP Agregador, S. de R.L. de C.V., MercadoLibre Chile Ltda., and MercadoLibre Colombia Ltda., agreed to sell the Notes to a syndicate of underwriters.
The offering was led by BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as Global Coordinators and Lead Book-Running Managers. Allen & Company and Santander served as Joint Book-Running Managers. The Notes are registered with the SEC and are senior unsecured obligations of the company.
MercadoLibre stated that the transaction was met with strong demand from more than one hundred institutional investors. The company plans to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes to further strengthen its liquidity. The Notes were priced at the same spread as the company’s previous 7-year issuance, despite the longer tenor.
The Notes are rated BBB- by S&P and Fitch, and Baa3 by Moody’s. The company noted that this marks another step in its consolidation as a full investment grade issuer in the international capital markets.
