Form 6-K Alibaba Group Holding For: Jul 15
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
July 15, 2019
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
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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: July 15, 2019 |
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/s/ Timothy A. Steinert |
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Name: |
Timothy A. Steinert |
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Title: |
General Counsel and Secretary |
Voting Results of 2019 Annual General Meeting
At Alibaba Group Holding Limiteds (the Company) annual general meeting of shareholders held on July 15, 2019 (the AGM), the Companys shareholders:
· approved to effect an increase in the number of authorized ordinary shares and a one-to-eight share subdivision of the Companys ordinary shares, including all outstanding options, RSUs and share awards (the Share Subdivision);
· elected each of Daniel Yong Zhang, Chee Hwa Tung, Jerry Yang and Wan Ling Martello to serve as Group II director until the Companys 2022 annual general meeting, or until their successors are duly elected or appointed; and
· ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
As stated in the proxy statement, the Share Subdivision will take effect on a date to be determined at the discretion of the Companys board of directors, which shall be no later than July 15, 2020, at which time the shareholder approval will lapse and be of no effect. Simultaneous with the Share Subdivision, the Company will change its ratio of ordinary shares to American depositary shares (ADSs) from the current one ADS representing one ordinary share to one ADS representing eight ordinary shares.
A total of 2,544,395,090 ordinary shares, including those underlying ADSs, representing 97.7% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of June 7, 2019, 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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Abstain | ||||||
Resolutions |
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Votes |
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Votes |
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% |
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Votes |
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% |
Approval of the Share Subdivision |
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2,541,308,657 |
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99.9% |
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1,653,288 |
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0.1% |
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1,433,145 |
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0.1% |
Election of Directors |
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Daniel Yong Zhang (Group II) |
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2,280,028,456 |
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89.6% |
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262,899,826 |
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10.3% |
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1,466,808 |
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0.1% |
Chee Hwa Tung (Group II) |
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2,522,448,689 |
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99.1% |
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20,463,717 |
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0.8% |
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1,482,684 |
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0.1% |
Jerry Yang (Group II) |
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2,518,761,460 |
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99.0% |
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24,242,243 |
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1.0% |
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1,391,387 |
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0.1% |
Wan Ling Martello (Group II) |
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2,535,938,278 |
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99.7% |
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7,054,431 |
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0.3% |
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1,402,381 |
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0.1% |
Ratification of appointment of Pricewaterhouse Coopers as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2020 |
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2,531,754,814 |
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99.5% |
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11,537,002 |
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0.5% |
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1,103,274 |
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0.0% |
Timothy A. Steinert, 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 555.1 million ADSs for which no voting instructions were given by the holders, and he exercised the discretionary proxy to vote in favor of each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM.