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 30, 2019

 

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 on 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 on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit 99.1 — Effectiveness of Share Subdivision and ADS Ratio Change

 

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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.

 

 

	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Date: July 30, 2019	By:	/s/ Timothy A. Steinert
	Name:	Timothy A. Steinert
	Title:	General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Effectiveness of Share Subdivision and ADS Ratio Change

 

As previously announced, the shareholders of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the “Company”) approved a 1-to-8 share subdivision of the Company’s ordinary shares (the “Share Subdivision”) at the annual general meeting held on July 15, 2018, to be effectuated on a date as determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”).

 

Effective before the commencement of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 30, 2019, the date determined by the Board, the Company subdivided each of its issued and unissued ordinary shares into eight (8) ordinary shares.  Following the Share Subdivision, the Company’s authorized share capital is now US$100,000 divided into 32,000,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of US$0.000003125 each (“Ordinary Shares”).

 

Simultaneously with the Share Subdivision, the previously-announced change in the ratio of the Company’s American depositary share (“ADS”) to Ordinary Share (the “ADS Ratio Change”) also became effective.  Following the ADS Ratio Change, each ADS now represents eight (8) Ordinary Shares.  Previously, each ADS represented one Ordinary Share.

 

Because the ADS Ratio Change was exactly proportionate to the Share Subdivision, no new ADSs were issued to any ADS holder and the total number of the Company’s outstanding ADSs remains unchanged.

 

For additional details, please refer to the Company’s proxy statement that was furnished on Form 6-K on June 17, 2019.