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.
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
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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on November 30, 2017 and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
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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 |
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| By: | /s/ Timothy A. Steinert |
| | Name: Timothy A. Steinert |
| | Title: General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: December 6, 2017
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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 |
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