UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

December 6, 2017

Commission File Number: 001-36614

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

(Registrant’s 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 in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) : o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) : o

Explanatory Note

Exhibits 4.1, 5.1 and 5.2 to this report on Form 6-K are incorporated by reference in the registration statement on Form F-3 of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (File No. 333-221742), into the preliminary prospectus supplement filed thereunder on November 27, 2017, and into the prospectus supplement filed thereunder on November 30, 2017 and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

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.

	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED

	By:	/s/ Timothy A. Steinert
		Name: Timothy A. Steinert
		Title: General Counsel and Secretary

Date: December 6, 2017

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Form of Supplemental Indenture
5.1		Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP
5.2		Opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP