# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001577552
**File Stem:** 0001104659-25-074564
**Filing Date:** 2025-8
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-25-074564.hdr.sgml**: 20250806

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-25-074564

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 7

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250806

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250806

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250806

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001577552
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** K3

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36614
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251187922

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 26/F TOWER ONE
- **STREET 2:** TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET
- **CITY:** CAUSEWAY BAY
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** K3
- **ZIP:** 00000
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 852-2215-5100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 26/F TOWER ONE
- **STREET 2:** TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET
- **CITY:** CAUSEWAY BAY
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** K3
- **ZIP:** 00000

**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**

**August 6, 2025**

**Commission File Number: 001-36614**

**Alibaba Group Holding Limited**

(Registrant's name)

**26/F Tower One, Times Square**

**1 Matheson Street**

**Causeway Bay**

**Hong Kong S.A.R.**

**People's Republic of China**

(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 ⌧ Form 40-F ◻

**EXHIBITS**

[Exhibit 99.1 – Notice of Annual General Meeting](tm2522605d1_ex99-1.htm)

[Exhibit 99.2 – Proxy Statement for Annual General Meeting](tm2522605d1_ex99-2.htm)

[Exhibit 99.3 – Proxy Form for Annual General Meeting](tm2522605d1_ex99-3.htm)

**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** | **ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED** |
| Date: August 6, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kevin Jinwei ZHANG |
|  | Name: | Kevin Jinwei ZHANG |
|  | Title: | Company Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1**

*Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "**Hong Kong Stock Exchange**") take no responsibility for the contents of this document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this document.*

*We have one class of shares, and each holder of our shares is entitled to one vote per share. As the Alibaba Partnership's director nomination rights are categorized as a weighted voting rights structure (the "**WVR structure**") under the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the "**Hong Kong Listing Rules**"), we are deemed as a company with a WVR structure. Shareholders and prospective investors should be aware of the potential risks of investing in a company with a WVR structure. Our American depositary shares, each representing eight of our shares, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States under the symbol BABA.*

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**ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED**

(*Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability*)

**(NYSE Trading Symbol: BABA;**

**Hong Kong Stock Code: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter))**

**NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING**

**NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN** that an annual general meeting (the "**General Meeting**") of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the "**Company**" or "**we**") will be held on September 25, 2025 at 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, or 9:00 a.m., New York Time.

**The General Meeting will be held virtually by electronic means.** Holders of the Company's Ordinary Shares and American depositary shares ("**ADSs**") as of the relevant record date (as detailed below) are cordially invited to attend, for holders of Ordinary Shares, a live webcast of the General Meeting (the "**Ordinary Shares Virtual Meeting**"), and for holders of ADSs, a separate virtual meeting (the "**ADS Virtual Meeting**" and together with the Ordinary Shares Virtual Meeting, the "**Virtual Meetings**").

Please see below for further details and instructions on sending your proxy forms or voting instructions, and accessing and attending the Virtual Meetings. Please note that holders of ADSs are not able to attend and vote at the General Meeting, and should instruct Citibank, N.A., the holder of record for all the Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs (through a nominee), as to how to vote the Ordinary Shares represented by their ADSs, as described below.

You can review and download this meeting notice, the proxy statement and the proxy form at the "Investor Relations – Annual General Meeting" section of the Company's website at <u>www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/agm</u>, or request a paper or e-mail copy of the proxy statement and other proxy materials, free of charge, by e-mail to <u>shareholdermeeting@alibaba-inc.com</u>. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this meeting notice shall have the same meanings as those defined in the proxy statement, which is incorporated by reference into and as a part of this notice.

**AGENDA**

The General Meeting will be held for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit, passing the below matters by ordinary resolutions (which require a simple majority of the votes cast at the General Meeting), and to consider and transact such other business as may properly come before the General Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

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| **Proposal 1:** | **Share Issuance Mandate** – grant the Board a general mandate, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to issue, allot and/or otherwise deal with additional Ordinary Shares not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares) as of the date of the General Meeting. |
| **Proposal 2:** | **Share Repurchase Mandate** – grant the Board a general mandate, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to repurchase Ordinary Shares not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares of the Company (excluding any Treasury Shares) as of the date of the General Meeting. |
| **Proposal 3:** | **Election of Directors** – elect, as separate resolutions, each of Eddie Yongming WU, Jerry YANG, Wan Ling MARTELLO and Albert Kong Ping NG as directors, to serve until the Company's 2028 annual general meeting. |
| **Proposal 4:** | **Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm** – appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's U.S. and Hong Kong independent registered public accounting firms, respectively, until the next annual general meeting of the Company. |

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Further details of the above proposals are set out in the proxy statement.

**RECORD DATES AND QUORUM**

**Holders of Ordinary Shares**

The Board has fixed the close of business on August 5, 2025, Hong Kong Time, as the record date of Ordinary Shares (the "**Ordinary Shares Record Date**"). Holders of record of the Company's Ordinary Shares as of the Ordinary Shares Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting and any adjourned meeting thereof or send their proxy forms or voting instructions in advance.

**Holders of ADSs**

Holders of record of ADSs as of the close of business on August 5, 2025, New York Time (the "**ADS Record Date**"), who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying Ordinary Shares must give voting instructions to Citibank, N.A., the depositary of the ADSs.

**Quorum**

One or more shareholders holding in aggregate not less than one-third of the voting power of the Ordinary Shares in issue carrying a right to vote at the General Meeting, present in person or by proxy, or if a corporation or other non-natural person, by its duly authorized representative or proxy, and entitled to vote, shall be quorum for all purposes.

**VOTING AND SOLICITATION**

Each Ordinary Share issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the Ordinary Shares Record Date is entitled to one vote at the General Meeting. Each resolution put to the vote at the General Meeting will be decided by poll. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of records of Treasury Shares held by the Company, if any, shall not be entitled to vote (or, if and to the extent that holder of any such Treasury Shares is entitled to vote, shall abstain from voting) at the General Meeting.

Copies of solicitation materials will be furnished to all holders of Ordinary Shares and ADSs, including banks, brokerage houses, fiduciaries and custodians holding in their names Ordinary Shares or ADSs beneficially owned by others, to forward to those beneficial owners.

**Voting by Holders of Ordinary Shares**

If you hold Ordinary Shares directly, you are encouraged to send us the proxy form, which is incorporated by reference into and as a part of this notice. When proxy forms are properly dated, executed and returned by holders of Ordinary Shares to the mailing or e-mail address set forth in the proxy form before 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, on September 23, 2025 (the deadline for the return of such proxy forms), the Ordinary Shares they represent will be voted by the proxy holder at the General Meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder. If no specific instructions are given in such proxy forms, the proxy holder will vote in such proxy holder's discretion. The proxy holder will also vote in such proxy holder's discretion on any other matters that may properly come before the General Meeting, or at any adjournment thereof. Where any holder of Ordinary Shares affirmatively abstains from voting on any particular resolution, the votes attaching to such Ordinary Shares will not be included or counted in the determination of the number of Ordinary Shares present and voting for the purposes of determining whether such resolution has been passed (but they will be counted for the purposes of determining the quorum, as described above). Holders of record of Ordinary Shares may also attend and vote at the General Meeting. Please see information about attending the General Meeting below.

If you hold Ordinary Shares indirectly through a brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution, you must return a voting instruction form to your brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution. Please separately contact your brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution for information on how to vote or attend the General Meeting.

**Voting by Holders of ADSs**

As the holder of record for all the Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs (through a nominee), only Citibank, N.A., in its capacity as depositary of the ADSs, may attend and vote those Ordinary Shares at the General Meeting.

We have requested Citibank, N.A., as depositary of the ADSs, to distribute to all owners of record of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date, the notice of the General Meeting and an ADS voting card ("**ADS Voting Card**"), which is incorporated by reference into and as a part of this notice. Upon the timely receipt from any holders of record of ADSs of voting instructions in the manner specified, Citibank, N.A. will endeavor, to the extent practicable and legally permissible, to vote or cause to be voted the number of Ordinary Shares represented by the ADSs in accordance with such voting instructions. Under the terms of the deposit agreement for the ADSs (the "**Deposit Agreement**"), Citibank, N.A. will not vote or attempt to exercise the right to vote other than in accordance with such voting instructions or such deemed instructions as further described in the paragraphs below.

There is no guarantee that a holder of ADSs will receive the materials described above with sufficient time to enable such holder to return voting instructions to Citibank, N.A. in a timely manner, in which case the Ordinary Shares underlying the ADSs may not be voted in accordance with the wishes of the holder of ADSs.

If an ADS Voting Card is missing voting instructions, Citibank, N.A. shall deem the holder of the ADSs in question to have instructed Citibank, N.A. to vote in favor of the items set forth in the ADS Voting Card. If an ADS Voting Card contains conflicting voting instructions as to any issue to be voted on at the General Meeting, Citibank, N.A. shall deem the holder of the ADSs in question to have instructed Citibank, N.A. to abstain from voting on such issue.

If no timely instructions are received by Citibank, N.A. from a holder of ADSs by 10:00 a.m. New York Time, September 16, 2025, Citibank, N.A. will deem such holder of ADSs to have instructed it to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by the Company to vote the Ordinary Shares represented by such holder's ADSs, unless the Company has informed Citibank, N.A. that (x) the Company does not wish such proxy to be given, (y) substantial opposition exists, or (z) the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares may be materially adversely affected, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Deposit Agreement.

**Revocability of Proxies and ADS Voting Cards**

Any proxy given by a holder of Ordinary Shares by means of a proxy form, and any voting instructions given by a holder ADSs by means of an ADS Voting Card, pursuant to this solicitation may be revoked: (a) for holders of Ordinary Shares or ADSs, by such holder submitting a written notice of revocation or a fresh proxy form or fresh ADS Voting Card, as the case may be, bearing a later date, which must be received by the deadlines for returning the proxy forms or ADS Voting Cards set forth above, or (b) for holders of Ordinary Shares only, by such holder attending the General Meeting and voting in person.

If you hold Ordinary Shares indirectly, please contact your brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution for information about how to revoke your voting instructions.

**Voting Deadlines**

Your vote is important. You are urged to complete, sign, date and return the proxy form to us (for those who hold Ordinary Shares directly), your voting instructions to your brokerage firm, bank or other financial institutions (for those who hold Ordinary Shares indirectly) or your ADS Voting Card to Citibank, N.A. (for holders of ADSs) as promptly as possible and before the prescribed deadline if you wish to exercise your voting rights.

**If you hold Ordinary Shares directly, we must receive your duly completed, signed and dated proxy form by no later than 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, on September 23, 2025 to ensure your representation at the General Meeting.**

**If you hold Ordinary Shares indirectly, please contact your brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution for the relevant voting deadline.**

**For holders of ADSs, Citibank, N.A. must receive your ADS Voting Card by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York Time, on September 16, 2025 to enable the votes attaching to the Ordinary Shares represented by your ADSs to be cast at the General Meeting.**

**ACCESSING THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS**

Holders of Ordinary Shares as of the Ordinary Shares Record Date may attend the General Meeting through accessing the Ordinary Shares Virtual Meeting. Holders of ADSs as of the ADS Record Date may attend the ADS Virtual Meeting. Attendees of the Virtual Meetings may submit questions online. Due to the time limit, only selected questions will be answered at the discretion of the chairman of the meeting.

**Ordinary Shares Virtual Meeting**

Only holders of record of Ordinary Shares as of the Ordinary Shares Record Date are entitled to attend and vote at the General Meeting. Those who hold the Company's Ordinary Shares indirectly should contact their brokerage firm, bank or other financial institution for further information on how to attend and vote at the General Meeting.

Registered holders of Ordinary Shares (i.e., those who hold Ordinary Shares directly) and non-registered holders of Ordinary Shares (i.e., those who hold Ordinary Shares indirectly) can attend, vote and raise questions at the General Meeting through online access by visiting the website – https://meetings.computershare.com/Alibaba2025AGM (the "**Online Platform**"). By logging in the Online Platform, Shareholders will be able to view a live webcast of the General Meeting, submit questions, and cast vote in real-time. The Company strongly encourages holders of Ordinary Shares to attend, participate and vote at the General Meeting by visiting the Online Platform. The Online Platform will be open for login 30 minutes before the commencement of the General Meeting and can be accessed with Internet connection by a smart phone, tablet device or computer.

If shareholders have any enquiries pertaining to the arrangements for the Ordinary Shares Virtual Meeting, or the registration process, please contact the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited as follows:

Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited

17M Floor, Hopewell Centre 183 Queen's Road East

Wanchai, Hong Kong

Telephone: +852 2862 8555

Facsimile: +852 2865 0990

Website: <u>www.computershare.com/hk/contact</u>

***Login details for registered holders of Ordinary Shares***

Login details to access the Online Platform will be included in the Company's notification letter dispatched to the registered holders of Ordinary Shares together with this meeting notice and related documents by the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited.

***Login details for non-registered holders of Ordinary Shares***

Non-registered holders of Ordinary Shares who wish to attend and vote at the General Meeting using the Online Platform should:

(1) contact and instruct their intermediary through which their Ordinary Shares are held to appoint themselves as proxies or corporate
representatives to attend the General Meeting; and

(2) provide their email addresses to their intermediary before the time limit required by the relevant intermediary.

Login details to access the Online Platform will be sent by the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, one day prior to the General Meeting, to the email address of the non-registered holders of Ordinary Shares provided by the intermediary.

***Login details for proxies***

In the event that any holder of Ordinary Shares appoints any person other than the representatives of the Company as set forth in the proxy form to be their proxy, login details to access the Online Platform will be sent by the Hong Kong share registrar of the Company, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, to the email address of such proxy provided in the returned proxy form.

***Voting***

The Online Platform permits a split vote on a resolution. A holder of Ordinary Shares (both registered and non-registered) entitled to more than one vote need not cast all of his/her/its votes or does not have to vote his/her/its shares in the same way. In the case of a proxy, the proxy can vote such number of shares and in a way in respect of which he/she has been appointed as a proxy.

The Company encourages holders of Ordinary Shares to exercise their right to vote at the General Meeting by appointing the representatives of the Company as set forth in the proxy form as their proxy.

Where there are joint registered holders of any Ordinary Share(s), any one of such persons may vote at the General Meeting, either through Online Platform or by proxy, in respect of such Ordinary Share(s) as if he/she is solely entitled to, but if more than one of such joint holders be present at the General Meeting through Online Platform only one device is allowed per login or by proxy. For the avoidance of doubt, holders of Treasury Shares (if any) are not entitled to vote at the General Meeting.

**ADS Virtual Meeting**

Holders of ADSs will not be able to vote through the ADS Virtual Meeting. Therefore, even if you plan on attending and accessing the ADS Virtual Meeting, please send in your ADS Voting Card in advance.

Holders of ADSs may access the ADS Virtual Meeting at https://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/alibaba25. This website will be accessible on or shortly after the date of the proxy statement.

To log into the ADS Virtual Meeting, you will need a unique 16-digit control code, which the holders of ADSs will receive in the mail. With your 16-digit control code, you will be able to submit questions through the ADS Virtual Meeting prior to the meeting and in real-time during the meeting.

**ANNUAL REPORT**

You may obtain a copy of the Company's annual report on Form 20-F and/or Hong Kong annual report, free of charge, from the Company's website at <u>www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/home</u>, or by contacting Alibaba Group Holding Limited, 26/F Tower One, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, attention: Investor Relations, telephone: +852 2215-5100, e-mail: <u>investor@alibaba-inc.com</u>.

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| By order of the Board |
| **Kevin Jinwei ZHANG** |
| *Company Secretary* |

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Hong Kong, China

August 6, 2025

As at the date of this document, our board of directors comprises Mr. Joseph C. TSAI as the chairman, Mr. Eddie Yongming WU, Mr. J. Michael EVANS and Ms. Maggie Wei WU as directors, and Mr. Jerry YANG, Ms. Wan Ling MARTELLO, Mr. Weijian SHAN, Ms. Irene Yun-Lien LEE, Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG and Mr. Kabir MISRA as independent directors.

## Exhibit 99.2

**Exhibit 99.2**

*This document shall also serve as a circular to holders of the ordinary shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited for the purposes of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "**Hong Kong Listing Rules**").*

*Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "**Hong Kong Stock Exchange**") take no responsibility for the contents of this document, make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this document.*

*We have one class of shares, and each holder of our shares is entitled to one vote per share. As the Alibaba Partnership's director nomination rights are categorized as a weighted voting rights structure (the "**WVR structure**") under the Hong Kong Listing Rules, we are deemed as a company with a WVR structure. Shareholders and prospective investors should be aware of the potential risks of investing in a company with a WVR structure. Our American depositary shares, each representing eight of our shares, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "**NYSE**") in the United States under the symbol BABA.*

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**ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED**

**阿里巴巴集團控股有限公司**

(*Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability*)

**(NYSE Trading Symbol: BABA;**

**Hong Kong Stock Code: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter))**

26/F Tower One, Times Square<br> 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay<br> Hong Kong SAR, China

**PROXY STATEMENT**

**SECTION 1. OVERVIEW**

The board of directors (the "**Board**") of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the "**Company**" or "**we**") is soliciting proxies for the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the "**General Meeting**") to be held on September 25, 2025 at 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, or 9:00 a.m., New York Time. **The General Meeting will be held virtually by electronic means.**

We are submitting the following proposals to the General Meeting for our shareholders' approval, in each case by ordinary resolution requiring a simple majority of the votes cast at the General Meeting:

· **Proposal 1: Share Issuance Mandate** – grant the Board a general
mandate, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to issue, allot and/or otherwise deal with additional Ordinary Shares not
exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares) as of the date of the General Meeting;

· **Proposal 2: Share Repurchase Mandate** – grant the Board a general
mandate, until the next annual general meeting of the Company, to repurchase Ordinary Shares not exceeding 10% of the number of issued
Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares) as of the date of the General Meeting;

· **Proposal 3: Election of Directors** – elect, as separate resolutions,
each of Eddie Yongming WU, Jerry YANG, Wan Ling MARTELLO and Albert Kong Ping NG as directors, to serve until the Company's 2028
annual general meeting; and

· **Proposal 4: Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms** – Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's U.S. and Hong Kong independent
registered public accounting firms, respectively, until the next annual general meeting of the Company.

Please see below for further information on the above proposals. For information on attending and voting at the meeting, please refer to the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is incorporated by reference into and as a part of this proxy statement.

You can review and download this proxy statement, the meeting notice and the proxy form at the "Investor Relations – Annual General Meeting" section of the Company's website at www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/agm, or request a paper or e-mail copy of these proxy materials, free of charge, by e-mail to shareholdermeeting@alibaba-inc.com.

**SECTION 2. PROPOSALS TO THE GENERAL MEETING**

**Proposal 1: Share Issuance Mandate (Ordinary Resolution)**

In order to give us the flexibility to issue our ordinary shares, par value US$0.000003125 per share ("**Ordinary Shares**") (including in the form of American depositary shares, each representing eight Ordinary Shares ("**ADS**")), where appropriate, the Board has proposed that the shareholders of the Company grant the Share Issuance Mandate to the Board to issue, allot and/or otherwise deal with additional Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) of the Company (including any sale or transfer of Ordinary Shares repurchased and held by the Company as treasury shares ("**Treasury Shares**")) not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares (excluding any Treasury Shares) as of the date of the General Meeting. Any additional Ordinary Shares to be issued or allotted pursuant to this Share Issuance Mandate shall not be at a discount of more than 10% (with 20% being the maximum permitted under the Hong Kong Listing Rules) to the Benchmarked Price as described below.

For the purposes of this Share Issuance Mandate, the Benchmarked Price means the price which is the higher of:

(i). the closing price of the Ordinary Shares (or in the form of ADSs) on the date of the agreement involving the relevant proposed issue of Ordinary Shares of the Company; and

(ii). the average closing price of the Ordinary Shares (or in the form of ADSs) in the 5 trading days on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange or NYSE (as the case may be) immediately prior to the earlier of:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. the date of announcement of the transaction or arrangement involving the relevant proposed issue of Ordinary Shares (including in
the form of ADSs);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. the date of the agreement involving the relevant proposed issue of Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs); and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c. the date on which the price of the Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) that are proposed to be issued is fixed.

As of August 5, 2025, being the latest practicable date prior to the printing of this proxy statement for ascertaining certain information for inclusion herein (the "**Latest Practicable Date**"), the Company had an aggregate of 19,078,703,484 Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding any Treasury Shares). For illustration purpose only and on the assumption that the number of issued Ordinary Shares remains unchanged between the Latest Practicable Date and the date of the General Meeting, the Company would be allowed under the proposed Share Issuance Mandate to issue or resell (in the case of Treasury Shares) a maximum of 1,907,870,348 Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) of the Company.

If the Company repurchases Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate as set out in proposal 2 below, the Company may, as permitted under the applicable laws and regulations (including the Hong Kong Listing Rules), (i) cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares and/or (ii) hold such Ordinary Shares as Treasury Shares, subject to market conditions and the capital management needs of the Company at the relevant time such repurchases of Ordinary Shares are made. Any sale or transfer of such Treasury Shares will be subject to this Share Issuance Mandate and made in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, including the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

The Share Issuance Mandate shall be effective from the date of the General Meeting until the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or (ii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by shareholders of the Company in a general meeting revoking or varying the Share Issuance Mandate (the "**Issuance Period**").

**THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" GRANTING THE SHARE ISSUANCE MANDATE TO THE BOARD TO ISSUE, ALLOT** **AND/OR OTHERWISE DEAL WITH ADDITIONAL ORDINARY SHARES (INCLUDING IN THE FORM OF ADSs) OF THE COMPANY (INCLUDING ANY SALE OR TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES) DURING THE ISSUANCE PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING 10% OF THE NUMBER OF ISSUED ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY (EXCLUDING TREASURY SHARES) AS OF THE DATE OF PASSING OF THIS ORDINARY RESOLUTION AND ANY ORDINARY SHARES TO BE ISSUED AND ALLOTTED PURSUANT TO THIS MANDATE SHALL NOT BE AT A DISCOUNT OF MORE THAN 10% TO THE BENCHMARKED PRICE.**

**Proposal 2: Share Repurchase Mandate (Ordinary Resolution)**

In order to give us the flexibility to repurchase Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) where appropriate, the Board has proposed that the shareholders of the Company grant the Share Repurchase Mandate to the Board to repurchase our Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares as of the date of the General Meeting (excluding any Treasury Shares). For illustration purpose only and on the assumption that the number of issued Ordinary Shares remains unchanged between the Latest Practicable Date and the date of the General Meeting, the Company would be allowed under the proposed Share Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 1,907,870,348 Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) of the Company.

The Share Repurchase Mandate shall be effective from the date of the General Meeting until the earlier of (i) the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or (ii) the passing of an ordinary resolution by shareholders of the Company in a general meeting revoking or varying the Share Repurchase Mandate (the "**Repurchase Period**").

If the Company repurchases Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate, the Company may, as permitted under the applicable laws and regulations (including the Hong Kong Listing Rules), (i) cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares and/or (ii) hold such Ordinary Shares as Treasury Shares, subject to market conditions and the capital management needs of the Company at the relevant time such repurchases of Ordinary Shares are made. Any sale or transfer of such Treasury Shares will be subject to the Share Issuance Mandate as set out in proposal one and made in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, including the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

An explanatory statement as required under the Hong Kong Listing Rules, giving certain information regarding the Share Repurchase Mandate, is attached as <u>Exhibit A</u> hereto.

**THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" GRANTING THE SHARE REPURCHASE MANDATE TO THE BOARD TO REPURCHASE ORDINARY SHARES (INCLUDING IN THE FORM OF ADSs) OF THE COMPANY DURING THE REPURCHASE PERIOD** **NOT EXCEEDING 10% OF THE NUMBER OF ISSUED ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY (EXCLUDING TREASURY SHARES) AS OF THE DATE OF PASSING OF THIS ORDINARY RESOLUTION.**

**Proposal 3: Election of Directors (each an Ordinary Resolution)**

The term of office of four of the ten directors of the Company will expire at the General Meeting. These four directors have been nominated for re-election at the General Meeting.

According to Article 88 of our Memorandum and Articles of Association ("**Memorandum and Articles**"), the Board is divided into three groups designated as Group I, Group II and Group III, with as nearly equal a number of directors in each group as possible. Currently, the Board consists of three Group I directors, four Group II directors and three Group III directors. The current term of office of the Group II directors, consisting of Eddie Yongming WU, Jerry YANG, Wan Ling MARTELLO and Albert Kong Ping NG will expire at the General Meeting.

Pursuant to Articles 88 and 90 of our Memorandum and Articles, (1) the Company's nominating and corporate governance committee (the "**Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee**") has nominated Mr. Jerry, Ms.Wan Ling and Mr. Albert, and (2) the Alibaba Partnership has nominated Mr. Eddie, in each case for election as a Group II director, to serve for a term of office to expire at the Company's 2028 general meeting, or until such director's successor is elected or appointed, or his earlier resignation or removal.

Pursuant to Article 91 of our Memorandum and Articles, if a director nominee is not elected by the Company's shareholders, the party or group entitled to nominate or appoint that director has the right to appoint a different person to serve as an interim director until the Company's next annual general meeting of shareholders.

Assuming all of the abovementioned director nominees are elected as directors at the General Meeting, the Board will continue to comprise a majority of independent directors. For more information on our directors, including the attendance of our Directors, please see our latest annual report available on our website and the websites of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).

The election of each director nominee who has been nominated for election at the General Meeting will be proposed and voted on as a separate resolution, and the resolutions to elect each such director nominee shall be independent of the resolutions to elect any other director nominee. Holders of Ordinary Shares and holders of ADSs may cast their votes in respect of any resolution to elect a director nominee differently from how they vote on any other resolution to elect any other director nominee.

***Information About the Director Nominees***

In reviewing the composition of the Board and any potential director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers multiple aspects of such candidates, such as professional skills and experiences, culture and diversity (including age, gender and cultural background), among other factors with reference to the principles and criteria set out in the Company's corporate governance guidelines and the charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Jerry has served as our independent director since September 2014, and is currently the chairman of our Compensation Committee and Sustainability Committee and a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Wan Ling has served as our independent director since September 2015, and is currently a member of our Audit Committee. Mr. Albert has served as our independent director since August 2022, and is currently the chairman of our Audit Committee and a member of our Compensation Committee and Compliance and Risk Committee. Both Mr. Jerry and Ms. Wan Ling have served as our independent directors for nine or more years. Mr. Eddie, who is nominated by the Alibaba Partnership, has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since September 2023.

In nominating each of Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert for election as a director at the General Meeting, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has considered, among others, the following factors:

· Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert have confirmed to us
their independence under the requirements set forth in Rule 3.13 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules and Section 303A of the
NYSE Listed Company Manual (the "**Independence Requirements** "); and

· With reference to the Independence Requirements, the Board has assessed and
affirmatively determined that each of Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert is an independent director, and the Board
is not aware of any circumstances which are likely to put into question their independence as independent directors of the Company.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has also considered the following: (i) Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert have been actively attending and participating in meetings of the Board and have discharged their duties as independent directors by providing independent, balanced and objective views in relation to the Company's matters; and (ii) each of Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert has the relevant international experience, business exposure and qualifications in the relevant industries in which the Company conducts its businesses. In particular, Mr. Jerry is a pioneer in the technology industry, while Ms. Wan Ling has a wealth of experience in the retail industry, and Mr. Albert, with his extensive experience in accounting and auditing, is our Audit Committee financial expert as set forth under the applicable rules of the SEC and our independent director with appropriate professional qualifications under the Hong Kong Listing Rules. Moreover, Mr. Jerry, Ms. Wan Ling and Mr. Albert have gained in-depth insight into our operations and various initiatives during their tenure and therefore are well-positioned to offer their perspectives and advice. As a result of their comprehensive understanding of the Company's operations and the macro-environment in which the Company operates, the Company is able to benefit from their valuable insights in forming long-term business strategies. With respect to Mr. Jerry and Ms. Wan Ling, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes, having considered their respective background and experience, their attendance at board meetings and active contributions to the Board, that their long service would not affect their ability to bring fresh perspectives and the exercise of their independent judgment, and as such that both directors are still independent and should be re-elected.

Based on the above, the Board believes that the directorships in the Company of each of the director nominees will continue to provide valuable contributions to the Board.

Biographical information relating to the director nominees is set forth below.

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| **Name** | **Age** | **Position/Title** |
| Eddie Yongming WU<sup>1</sup> | 50 | Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Jerry YANG<sup>2</sup> | 56 | Independent Director |
| Wan Ling MARETELLO<sup>2</sup> | 67 | Independent Director |
| Albert Kong Ping NG<sup>2</sup> | 67 | Independent Director |

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(1) Nominated by the Alibaba Partnership.

(2) Nominated by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Each of these director nominees is an independent director within
the meaning of Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual as well as Rule 3.13 of the Hong Kong Listing Rules, and each
of Mr. Albert and Ms. Wan Ling also meets the criteria for independence for audit committee members set forth in Rule 10A-3
of the U.S. Exchange Act.

**Eddie Yongming WU** has served as our Chief Executive Officer and director since September 2023. Mr. Eddie is one of our co-founders and a member of the Alibaba Partnership. Mr. Eddie was technology director of Alibaba at the company's inception in 1999. He served as chief technology officer of Alipay from December 2004, and became business director of our monetization platform, Alimama, in November 2005 and was promoted to its general manager in December 2007. In September 2008, he became chief technology officer of Taobao, and in October 2011 he took on the role of head of Alibaba Group's search, advertising and mobile business. Mr. Eddie served as a non-executive director of Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, from April 2015 to October 2021 and chairman of Alibaba Health from April 2015 to March 2020. From September 2014 to September 2019, Mr. Eddie was a special assistant to Alibaba Group's chairman. In August 2015, Mr. Eddie founded Vision Plus Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in the areas of advanced technologies, enterprise services and digital healthcare. Mr. Eddie graduated from the College of Information Engineering of Zhejiang University of Technology in June 1996.

**Jerry YANG** has been our director since September 2014. Mr. Jerry previously served as our director from October 2005 to January 2012. Since March 2012, Mr. Jerry has served as the founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures, a venture capital firm. Mr. Jerry is a co-founder of Yahoo! Inc., and served as Chief Yahoo! and as a member of its board of directors from March 1995 to January 2012. In addition, he served as Yahoo!'s Chief Executive Officer from June 2007 to January 2009. From January 1996 to January 2012, Mr. Jerry served as a director of Yahoo! Japan. Mr. Jerry also served as an independent director of Cisco Systems, Inc. from July 2000 to November 2012 and Lenovo Group Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, from November 2014 to November 2023. He is currently an independent director of Workday Inc., a company listed on the NYSE. He also serves as a director of various private companies and foundations. Mr. Jerry received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where he has been currently serving on the university's board of Trustees since October 2017. Mr. Jerry was appointed Chair of Stanford's board of Trustees in July 2021. He was previously on Stanford's board of Trustees from 2005 to 2015, including being a vice chair.

**Wan Ling MARTELLO** has been our director since September 2015. She is a founding partner of BayPine, a private equity firm based in Boston, U.S.A., a role she has held since February 2020. She is also on the board of portfolio companies of BayPine. She served as the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Asia, Oceania, and sub-Saharan Africa region for Nestlé SA from May 2015 to December 2018. She was Nestlé's global chief financial officer from April 2012 to May 2015, and executive vice president from November 2011 to March 2012. Prior to Nestlé, Ms. Wan Ling was a senior executive at Walmart Stores Inc., a global retailer, from 2005 to 2011. Her roles included executive vice president and chief operating officer for Global eCommerce, and senior vice president, chief financial officer and strategy for Walmart International. Before Walmart, she was president, U.S.A. at NCH Marketing Services Inc. She was with the firm from 1998 to 2005. She also worked at Borden Foods Corporation and Kraft Inc. where she held various senior management positions. Ms. Ms. Wan Ling received a master's degree in business administration (management information systems) from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in business administration and accountancy from the University of the Philippines.

**Albert Kong Ping NG** has been our director since August 2022 and chairman of our audit committee since December 2022. Mr. Albert currently serves as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of a number of public companies, including Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and China International Capital Corporation Limited, a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Albert is also an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit and risk committee of Shui On Land Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Albert worked at Ernst & Young China from April 2007 to June 2020, where he was the chairman of Ernst & Young China and a member of Ernst & Young's Global Executive Board. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he was Greater China Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen, Managing Partner - China Operation of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Managing Director of Citigroup - China Investment Banking. Mr. Albert is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), CPA Australia (CPAA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He received a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in business administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Save as disclosed above, there are no other matters concerning each of the director nominees that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders in connection with his or her re-election or to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 13.51(2) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules in relation to his or her re-election as a director.

**THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EACH OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED NOMINEES.**

**Proposal 4: Approval of Appointments of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms of the Company (Ordinary Resolution)**

The Company's audit committee ("**Audit Committee**") proposes to approve the appointments of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's U.S. and Hong Kong independent registered public accounting firms, respectively, until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company.

**THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENTS OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ZHONG TIAN LLP AND PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AS THE U.S. AND HONG KONG INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRMS OF THE COMPANY, RESPECTIVELY, UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE COMPANY AND FOR THE BOARD TO DETERMINE THEIR REMUNERATION.**

**SECTION 3. OTHER MATTERS**

This proxy statement, for which the directors collectively and individually accept full responsibility, includes particulars given in compliance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules for the purpose of giving information with regard to the Company. The directors, having made all reasonable enquiries, confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief the information contained in this proxy statement is accurate and complete in all material respects and not misleading or deceptive, and there are no other matters the omission of which would make any statement herein or this proxy statement misleading.

We know of no other matters to be submitted to the General Meeting. If any other matters properly come before the General Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the form of proxy to vote the Ordinary Shares they represent as the Board may recommend.

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| By order of the Board |
| **Kevin Jinwei ZHANG** |
| Company Secretary |

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Hong Kong, China

August 6, 2025

As at the date of this document, our board of directors comprises Mr. Joseph C. TSAI as the chairman, Mr. Eddie Yongming WU, Mr. J. Michael EVANS and Ms. Maggie Wei WU as directors, and Mr. Jerry YANG, Ms. Wan Ling MARTELLO, Mr. Weijian SHAN, Ms. Irene Yun-Lien LEE, Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG and Mr. Kabir MISRA as independent directors.

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| **exhibit A** | **Explanatory Statement** |

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This explanatory statement contains all the information required pursuant to Rule 10.06(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

**1.** **Share Repurchase Mandate Amount** 

As of the Latest Practicable Date, the total number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) were 19,078,703,484. Subject to the passing of the Share Repurchase Mandate, for illustration purposes only, on the assumption that no further Ordinary Shares are issued or repurchased between the Latest Practicable Date and the date of the General Meeting, the Company would be allowed under the Share Repurchase Mandate to repurchase a maximum of 1,907,870,348 Ordinary Shares during the Repurchase Period. Taking into consideration the Ordinary Shares that may be issued or repurchased between the Latest Practicable Date and the date of the General Meeting, the actual maximum number of Ordinary Shares allowed under the Share Repurchase Mandate (if passed) will be disclosed in the poll results announcement to be published after the General Meeting.

**2.** **Reasons for Repurchase** 

The directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole to have a general authority from its shareholders to enable the directors to repurchase the Ordinary Shares in the market. Such repurchases may, depending on market conditions and funding arrangements at the time, lead to an enhancement of the net assets value attributable per Ordinary Share to the shareholders and/or earnings per Ordinary Share and will only be made when the directors believe that such a repurchase will benefit the Company and its shareholders.

**3.** **Funding of Repurchase** 

Repurchases of Ordinary Shares must be funded out of funds legally available for such purpose in accordance with our Memorandum and Articles, the Hong Kong Listing Rules and all applicable laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands.

In the event that the Share Repurchase Mandate was to be exercised in full at any time during the Repurchase Period, there might be a material adverse impact on the working capital and/or gearing position of the Company as compared with the position of the Company as disclosed in the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025 contained in the fiscal year 2025 annual report of the Company. However, the directors do not propose to exercise the Share Repurchase Mandate to such an extent as would, in the circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the working capital and/or the gearing levels which in the opinion of the directors are from time to time appropriate for the Company.

A - 1

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| **exhibit A** | **Explanatory Statement** |

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**4.** **Share Prices** 

The highest and lowest prices at which the Ordinary Shares were traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange during each of the previous 12 months up to the Latest Practicable Date were as follows:

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|  | **Highest**<br> *(HK$)*** | **Lowest**<br> *(HK$)*** |
| August 2024 | 83.95 | 72.80 |
| September 2024 | 112.80 | 77.65 |
| October 2024 | 118.70 | 93.50 |
| November 2024 | 99.50 | 79.90 |
| December 2024 | 91.40 | 79.35 |
| January 2025 | 88.35 | 77.35 |
| February 2025 | 140.90 | 90.40 |
| March 2025 | 145.90 | 124.50 |
| April 2025 | 132.00 | 95.70 |
| May 2025 | 131.90 | 112.80 |
| June 2025 | 120.50 | 108.60 |
| July 2025 | 122.00 | 101.80 |
| August 1, 2025 up to the Latest Practicable Date | 119.30 | 114.60 |

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**5.** **General** 

The directors will exercise the power of the Company to make repurchases pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate and in accordance with the Hong Kong Listing Rules as well as the applicable laws of the Cayman Islands. Neither this explanatory statement nor the proposed repurchases pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate has any unusual features.

None of the directors nor, to the best of their knowledge having made all reasonable enquires, their close associates, have any present intention to sell any Ordinary Shares to the Company under the Share Repurchase Mandate if such is approved by the shareholders.

No core connected persons of the Company have notified the Company that they have a present intention to sell Ordinary Shares to the Company, or have undertaken not to do so, in the event that the Share Repurchase Mandate is approved by the shareholders.

If the Company repurchases Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate, the Company may (i) cancel the repurchased Ordinary Shares and/or (ii) hold such Ordinary Shares as Treasury Shares, subject to market conditions and the capital management needs of the Company at the relevant time such repurchases of Ordinary Shares are made. Any sale or transfer of such Treasury Shares will be subject to the Share Issuance Mandate as set out in proposal 1 and made in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations, including the Hong Kong Listing Rules.

For any Treasury Shares deposited with the Central Clearing and Settlement System used within the market system of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited ("**CCASS**"), the Company shall (i) procure its broker not to give any instructions to Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited to vote at general meetings of the Company for the Treasury Shares deposited with CCASS; and (ii) in the case of dividends or distributions, withdraw the Treasury Shares from CCASS, and either re-register them in its own name as Treasury Shares or cancel them, in each case before the record date for the dividends or distributions, or take any other measures to ensure that it will not exercise any shareholders' rights or receive any entitlements which would otherwise be suspended under the applicable laws if those Ordinary Shares were registered in its own name as Treasury Shares.

A - 2

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| **exhibit A** | **Explanatory Statement** |

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**6.** **The Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs** 

If on the exercise of the power to repurchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Share Repurchase Mandate, a shareholder's proportionate interest in the voting rights of the Company increases, such increase will be treated as an acquisition for the purposes of Rule 26 of the Code on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs published by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (the "**Takeovers Code**").

As a result, a shareholder or group of shareholders acting in concert, depending on the level of increase in the shareholders' interest, could obtain or consolidate control of the Company and become obliged to make a mandatory offer in accordance with Rule 26 of the Takeovers Code.

Save as aforesaid, the Board is not aware of any consequences which would arise under the Takeovers Code as a result of an exercise of the Share Repurchase Mandate.

**7.** **Share Repurchase made by the Company** 

In May 2019, our Board authorized a share repurchase program which has been upsized and extended a number of times by our Board since then. Most recently, in February 2024, our Board authorized a further upsize of our share repurchase program to US$65.0 billion which is effective through March 2027.

In the six months immediately preceding the Latest Practicable Date, the Company has purchased a total of 10,011,793 ADSs on the NYSE, details of which are as follow:

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| **Date of purchases** | **Number of <br> ADSs <br> purchased** | **Highest price <br> paid (price <br> per ADS)** <br> *(US$)*** | **Lowest price <br> paid (price<br> per ADS)**<br> *(US$)*** |
| February 26, 2025 | 71820 | 139.99 | 138.35 |
| February 27, 2025 | 72500 | 139.77 | 135.98 |
| February 28, 2025 | 75500 | 133.90 | 130.27 |
| March 3, 2025 | 75300 | 134.58 | 129.69 |
| March 4, 2025 | 77100 | 132.03 | 126.54 |
| March 5, 2025 | 48912 | 139.99 | 133.41 |
| March 6, 2025 | 71800 | 139.99 | 138.22 |
| March 7, 2025 | 8827 | 139.99 | 139.48 |
| March 10, 2025 | 74500 | 137.88 | 131.01 |
| March 11, 2025 | 72300 | 139.99 | 136.09 |
| March 12, 2025 | 73000 | 138.84 | 135.30 |
| March 13, 2025 | 72400 | 139.99 | 134.91 |
| March 14, 2025 | 5300 | 139.99 | 139.52 |
| March 20, 2025 | 72700 | 138.92 | 136.39 |
| March 21, 2025 | 73890 | 136.42 | 133.55 |
| March 24, 2025 | 74100 | 135.83 | 133.65 |
| March 25, 2025 | 74675 | 136.17 | 132.39 |
| March 26, 2025 | 75300 | 134.61 | 131.20 |
| March 27, 2025 | 73300 | 137.70 | 133.01 |
| March 28, 2025 | 75400 | 134.14 | 131.44 |
| March 31, 2025 | 75900 | 132.84 | 129.21 |
| April 1, 2025 | 75300 | 134.07 | 131.54 |
| April 2, 2025 | 76600 | 132.56 | 129.26 |

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| **exhibit A** | **Explanatory Statement** |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Date of purchases** | **Number of <br> ADSs <br> purchased** | **Highest price <br> paid (price <br> per ADS)** <br> *(US$)*** | **Lowest price <br> paid (price<br> per ADS)**<br> *(US$)*** |
| April 3, 2025 | 77451 | 130.57 | 126.33 |
| April 4, 2025 | 173300 | 118.47 | 111.34 |
| April 7, 2025 | 187300 | 113.99 | 102.91 |
| April 8, 2025 | 497700 | 107.73 | 97.76 |
| April 9, 2025 | 283682 | 102.92 | 95.78 |
| April 10, 2025 | 188400 | 108.35 | 101.60 |
| April 11, 2025 | 190500 | 108.02 | 102.21 |
| April 14, 2025 | 174600 | 115.98 | 111.84 |
| April 15, 2025 | 177200 | 113.77 | 111.51 |
| April 16, 2025 | 186000 | 108.87 | 105.97 |
| April 17, 2025 | 182600 | 111.37 | 108.49 |
| April 21, 2025 | 184200 | 109.73 | 107.28 |
| April 22, 2025 | 174100 | 117.35 | 113.30 |
| April 23, 2025 | 167100 | 123.67 | 118.78 |
| April 24, 2025 | 168500 | 119.28 | 117.68 |
| April 25, 2025 | 159527 | 119.99 | 118.29 |
| April 28, 2025 | 168800 | 120.63 | 117.29 |
| April 29, 2025 | 167850 | 119.88 | 117.95 |
| April 30, 2025 | 168100 | 119.84 | 118.21 |
| May 1, 2025 | 82975 | 121.34 | 119.36 |
| May 2, 2025 | 79600 | 126.22 | 124.30 |
| May 5, 2025 | 79000 | 127.11 | 124.97 |
| May 6, 2025 | 77800 | 129.68 | 127.52 |
| May 7, 2025 | 80700 | 124.81 | 122.98 |
| May 8, 2025 | 79550 | 126.73 | 124.20 |
| May 9, 2025 | 79300 | 127.73 | 125.40 |
| May 12, 2025 | 75100 | 133.91 | 132.39 |
| May 13, 2025 | 75600 | 133.02 | 130.52 |
| May 14, 2025 | 74890 | 134.32 | 132.69 |
| May 15, 2025 | 80800 | 125.96 | 122.70 |
| May 16, 2025 | 80200 | 125.86 | 123.74 |
| May 19, 2025 | 81900 | 122.86 | 120.18 |
| May 20, 2025 | 80100 | 125.19 | 124.18 |
| May 21, 2025 | 80500 | 125.97 | 122.79 |
| May 22, 2025 | 82300 | 122.02 | 120.97 |
| May 23, 2025 | 82800 | 121.01 | 119.62 |
| May 27, 2025 | 83600 | 119.97 | 118.95 |
| May 28, 2025 | 85300 | 117.89 | 116.58 |
| May 29, 2025 | 85100 | 118.67 | 116.71 |
| May 30, 2025 | 87800 | 114.89 | 112.13 |
| June 2, 2025 | 87200 | 115.26 | 113.72 |
| June 3, 2025 | 86900 | 115.70 | 114.42 |
| June 4, 2025 | 83925 | 119.94 | 116.86 |
| June 5, 2025 | 70224 | 119.99 | 119.21 |
| June 6, 2025 | 83900 | 119.76 | 118.24 |
| June 10, 2025 | 1300 | 119.99 | 119.91 |
| June 12, 2025 | 85700 | 117.38 | 115.97 |
| June 13, 2025 | 88200 | 114.71 | 112.29 |

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| **exhibit A** | **Explanatory Statement** |

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Date of purchases** | **Number of <br> ADSs <br> purchased** | **Highest price <br> paid (price <br> per ADS)** <br> *(US$)*** | **Lowest price <br> paid (price<br> per ADS)**<br> *(US$)*** |
| June 16, 2025 | 85900 | 116.87 | 114.91 |
| June 17, 2025 | 86200 | 116.58 | 115.08 |
| June 18, 2025 | 87800 | 114.29 | 113.03 |
| June 20, 2025 | 88200 | 114.39 | 112.63 |
| June 23, 2025 | 88800 | 113.04 | 111.35 |
| June 24, 2025 | 85900 | 117.31 | 113.69 |
| June 25, 2025 | 86800 | 117.35 | 114.20 |
| June 26, 2025 | 87700 | 114.15 | 113.40 |
| June 27, 2025 | 87500 | 115.46 | 113.33 |
| June 30, 2025 | 88500 | 113.21 | 111.51 |
| July 1, 2025 | 87542 | 114.76 | 113.13 |
| July 2, 2025 | 89892 | 111.80 | 110.40 |
| July 3, 2025 | 92100 | 109.01 | 108.01 |
| July 7, 2025 | 93500 | 108.16 | 105.95 |
| July 8, 2025 | 91900 | 109.08 | 107.95 |
| July 9, 2025 | 96000 | 105.39 | 103.71 |
| July 10, 2025 | 94490 | 106.68 | 104.43 |
| July 11, 2025 | 93700 | 107.31 | 106.32 |
| July 14, 2025 | 92300 | 108.73 | 107.71 |
| July 15, 2025 | 86300 | 117.17 | 113.30 |
| July 16, 2025 | 86572 | 116.02 | 114.08 |
| July 17, 2025 | 85250 | 118.19 | 114.92 |
| July 18, 2025 | 22469 | 119.99 | 119.82 |
| July 21, 2025 | 7161 | 119.99 | 118.27 |
| July 22, 2025 | 14912 | 119.99 | 119.04 |
| July 25, 2025 | 32674 | 119.99 | 119.43 |
| July 29, 2025 | 83300 | 119.99 | 119.06 |
| July 30, 2025 | 84400 | 119.55 | 116.90 |
| July 31, 2025 | 42933 | 119.99 | 117.64 |
| August 1, 2025 | 85300 | 118.29 | 116.15 |
| August 4, 2025 | 85050 | 119.35 | 116.86 |
| August 5, 2025 | 85150 | 118.53 | 116.89 |

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## Exhibit 99.3

**Exhibit 99.3**

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**THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF<br> THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED FOR<br> THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS<br> TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2025**

The undersigned holder of Ordinary Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, a Cayman Islands company (the "**Company**"), hereby acknowledges receipt of the notice of annual general meeting of shareholders and proxy statement, each dated August 5, 2025, and hereby appoints each of Joseph C. TSAI, Eddie Yongming WU, Sara Siying YU or Kevin Jinwei ZHANG or____________________________________(email address:_____________________) as proxy, with full power to each of substitution, on behalf and in the name of the undersigned, to represent the undersigned at the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held virtually by electronic means on September 25, 2025 at 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, or 9:00 a.m., New York Time (the "**General Meeting**"), and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, and to vote all Ordinary Shares which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if then and there personally present, on the matters set forth below (i) as specified by the undersigned below and (ii) in the discretion of the proxy holder upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting, all as set forth in the notice of annual general meeting and in the proxy statement available for review and download on the Company's website <u>www.alibabagroup.com/en/ir/agm</u>. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this proxy shall have the same meanings as those defined in the proxy statement.

This proxy is given in respect of ________________________ Ordinary Shares registered in the name of the undersigned.

**Note: A holder of Ordinary Shares who is entitled to more than one vote need not cast all their votes in the same way. In respect of any of the proposals set out below, the undersigned shareholder may instruct the proxy holder to vote some or all of the shares either "for" or "against" any resolution and/or to "abstain" from voting, and the proxy holder will then cast such votes in respect of those proposals in such different ways as instructed by the undersigned shareholder. In this case, please specify in the voting boxes below the number of shares in respect of which the proxy holder is to vote "for" or "against" or to "abstain" in respect of each proposal. If no such numbers are specified, the proxy holder will cast all of the votes for the Ordinary Shares in respect of which this proxy is given either "for", "against" or "abstained", as indicated. If "abstain" is marked in the voting box, the proxy holder will abstain from voting regarding such relevant resolution and, accordingly, such vote will not be counted for the purposes of determining whether such resolution has been passed.**

**The Ordinary Shares in respect of which this proxy form is given (when properly executed and delivered to the mailing or e-mail address set forth below) will be voted by the proxy holder in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, the Ordinary Shares in respect of which this proxy form is given will be voted in the proxy holder's discretion for the following proposals:**

***AS ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS***

**PROPOSAL 1: to grant a general mandate to the Board to issue, allot and/or otherwise deal with the additional Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) of the Company (including any sale or transfer of Treasury Shares) during the Issuance Period not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares) as of the date of passing of this ordinary resolution and any Ordinary Shares to be issued and allotted pursuant to this mandate shall not be at a discount of more than 10% to the Benchmarked Price, as detailed in the proxy statement.**

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| **FOR** | **AGAINST** | **ABSTAIN** |
| ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |

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**PROPOSAL 2: to grant a general mandate to the Board to repurchase Ordinary Shares (including in the form of ADSs) of the Company during the Repurchase Period not exceeding 10% of the number of issued Ordinary Shares of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares) as of the date of passing of this ordinary resolution, as detailed in the proxy statement.** 

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| **FOR** | **AGAINST** | **ABSTAIN** |
| ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |

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**PROPOSAL 3: to elect each of the following director nominees to serve on the Board.**

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|  | **FOR** | **AGAINST** | **ABSTAIN** |
| **Eddie Yongming WU<sup>1</sup>** | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| **Jerry YANG<sup>1</sup>** | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| **Wan Ling MARETELLO<sup>1</sup>** | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |
| **Albert Kong Ping NG<sup>1</sup>** | ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |

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1. To serve as Group II director for a term of office to expire at the Company's
 2028 annual general meeting.

**PROPOSAL 4: to approve the appointments of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers as the U.S. and Hong Kong independent registered public accounting firms of the Company, respectively, until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company and for the Board to determine their remuneration.**

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| **FOR** | **AGAINST** | **ABSTAIN** |
| ◻ | ◻ | ◻ |

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Dated: _____________________________, 2025 <br>Shareholder Name: Names of other joint owners (if any):

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If you are a current or former employee of the Company or one of its affiliates, please provide your employee ID:

_________________________________________

This proxy form must be signed by the person registered as the holder of the Ordinary Shares in the register of members as at the close of business on August 5, 2025, Hong Kong Time, or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing or, in the case the appointer is a corporation, must be either under seal or executed under the hand of an officer or attorney or other person duly authorized to sign the same. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose, seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand in the Company's register of shareholders in respect of the relevant shares. The senior holder should sign this form, but the names of all other joint holders should be stated in the space provided above.

Please send the completed and signed proxy form to us (i) by mail, to 17M Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, or (ii) by e-mail, to <u>Alibaba.proxy@computershare.com.hk</u>.

**This proxy form must be received no later than 9:00 p.m., Hong Kong Time, on September 23, 2025 to ensure your representation at the General Meeting.**