SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 18, 2017
Commission File Number: 001-36614
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
(Registrants name)
c/o Alibaba Group Services Limited
26/F Tower One, Times Square
1 Matheson Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o
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SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
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ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED | |
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Date: October 18, 2017 |
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By: |
/s/ Maggie Wei WU |
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Name: |
Maggie Wei WU |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Voting Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting
At Alibaba Group Holding Limiteds (the Company) annual general meeting of shareholders held on October 18, 2017 (the AGM), the Companys shareholders elected each of JackYun Ma, Masayoshi Son and Walter Teh Ming Kwauk to serve as Group III director until the Companys 2020 annual general meeting, or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. The shareholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
A total of 2,469,512,708 ordinary shares, including those underlying American depositary shares (ADSs), representing 96.3% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of August 18, 2017, the record date, were present in person or by proxy at the AGM. The results of the votes are as follows:
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Against |
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Abstain |
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Resolutions |
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Votes |
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% |
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Votes |
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% |
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Votes |
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% |
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Election of Directors |
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Jack Yun Ma (Group III) |
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2,224,863,941 |
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90.09% |
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237,903,836 |
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9.63% |
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6,744,931 |
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0.27% |
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Masayoshi Son (Group III) |
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2,163,597,459 |
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87.61% |
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301,786,556 |
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12.22% |
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4,128,693 |
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0.17% |
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Walter Teh Ming Kwauk (Group III) |
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2,384,808,847 |
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96.57% |
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81,750,296 |
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3.31% |
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2,953,565 |
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0.12% |
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Ratification of appointment of Pricewaterhouse Coopers as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2018 |
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2,465,418,101 |
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99.83% |
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3,381,548 |
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0.14% |
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713,059 |
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0.03% |
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Maggie Wei Wu, as the person designated by the Company, was granted a discretionary proxy by Citibank, N.A., the depositary of the ADSs, pursuant to the Deposit Agreement governing the ADSs, to vote the ordinary shares underlying approximately 431.1 million ADSs for which no voting instructions were given by the holders, and she exercised the discretionary proxy to vote in favor of each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM.