Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA) Form 6-K — Aug 26, 2026
Alibaba Group completed a HK$80 billion placing of 710,000,000 newly issued ordinary shares in Hong Kong on August 26, 2026, at a placing price of HK$112.70 per share, generating approximately HK$79.7 billion in net proceeds. The company will direct approximately 60% (HK$47,871 million) of net proceeds to expanding its global computing infrastructure and roughly 40% (HK$31,914 million) to building hyperscale AI data centers and upgrading cloud storage, databases, and networking to support its Agentic Cloud architecture. The new shares represent approximately 3.70% of shares in issue before the placing and 3.57% of the enlarged share count, lifting total shares outstanding to 19,884,988,918.
Key figures
- Gross Proceeds
- HK$80.0 billion
- Offering Price
- HK$112.70 per share
- Shares Offered
- 710000000
- Shares Outstanding
- 19884988918
- Ads Ratio
- 1 ADS = 8 ordinary shares
- Net Proceeds
- approximately HK$79.7 billion
- Completion Date
- August 26, 2026
- Minimum Number Of Placees
- 6
- Use Of Proceeds AIData Centers
- approximately 40%, or HK$31,914 million
- Dilution Percent Pre Placement
- approximately 3.70%
- Dilution Percent Post Placement
- approximately 3.57%
- Shares Outstanding Pre Placement
- 19174988918
- Use Of Proceeds Computing Infrastructure
- approximately 60%, or HK$47,871 million
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