Report of Foreign Issuer (6-k)
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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
November 24, 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.
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)
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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)
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Incorporation by Reference
This
Form 6-K, including the exhibits hereto, is incorporated by reference into: (1) the Registration Statement on Form F-3 to be filed by Alibaba Group Holding
Limited (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or around the date hereof; and (2) the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-199133, No. 333-214595
and No. 333-219292) of the Company.
Explanatory Note
In order to conform with requirements contained in an accounting standards update related to the presentation of deferred income taxes, which
became effective subsequent to March 31, 2017, the Company is furnishing Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 6-K to simplify the presentation of certain financial information
previously reported in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017 (the
"2017 Form 20-F"). The updates do not represent a restatement of previously issued financial statements. The audited financial statements are presented in Exhibit 99.1 to this
Form 6-K.
In
November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2015-17, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred
Taxes," which simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes by requiring deferred tax assets and liabilities to be classified as non-current on the consolidated balance sheet. The new guidance
has been adopted by the Company retrospectively to all periods presented.
The
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission require that when a registrant prepares a new registration, proxy or information statement (or amends a previously filed registration,
proxy, or information statement) that includes or incorporates by reference financial statements on or after the date a registrant reports an accounting change, such as the change noted above, the
registrant must reflect the effect of certain reclassifications as a result of the adoption of the new guidance on the financial statements as of March 31, 2016 and 2017.
Exhibit 99.1
to this Form 6-K does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the 2017 Form 20-F and does not modify or update the disclosures therein in any
way, other than to conform with the requirements contained in ASU 2015-17 as described above.
The Company is furnishing its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended September 30, 2017
in Exhibit 99.2 to this report on Form 6-K.
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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By:
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/s/ MAGGIE WEI WU
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Name:
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Maggie Wei Wu
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date:
November 24, 2017
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Updated Part II, Item 18. Financial Statements, from the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 15,
2017
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99.2
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial StatementsAlibaba Group Holding Limited
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99.3
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
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101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
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101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
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101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
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