Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 6-K, filed Sep 17, 2021
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)
About this 6-K
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd filed this 6-K on September 17, 2021.
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
September 17, 2021
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
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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EXHIBITS
| Exhibit 99.1 – Voting Results of Annual General Meeting |
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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: September 17, 2021 | By: | /s/ Kevin Jinwei ZHANG |
| Name: | Kevin Jinwei ZHANG | |
| Title: | Company Secretary | |
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Exhibit 99.1
Voting Results of 2021 Annual General Meeting
At Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s (the “Company”) annual general meeting of shareholders held on September 17, 2021 (the “AGM”), the Company’s shareholders:
| • | elected each of Joseph C. TSAI, J. Michael EVANS and E. Börje EKHOLM to serve as Group I director for a three year term, or until their successors are elected or appointed or duly qualified; and |
| • | ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. |
A total of approximately 19 billion ordinary shares, including those underlying ADSs, representing approximately 87% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of August 4, 2021, the record date, were present in person or by proxy at the AGM. The results of the votes are as follows:
| For | Against | Abstain | |||||||||||||||||
| Resolutions | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||||||||||
| Election of Directors | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph C. TSAI (Group I) | 13,897,560,308 | 73.4 | % | 4,976,533,404 | 26.3 | % | 53,116,236 | 0.3 | % | ||||||||||
| J. Michael EVANS (Group I) | 15,429,058,182 | 81.5 | % | 3,444,337,350 | 18.2 | % | 53,814,416 | 0.3 | % | ||||||||||
| E. Börje EKHOLM (Group I) | 15,804,430,590 | 83.5 | % | 3,109,508,486 | 16.4 | % | 13,270,872 | 0.1 | % | ||||||||||
| Ratification of appointment of | |||||||||||||||||||
| PricewaterhouseCoopers as | |||||||||||||||||||
| Independent Registered Public | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2022 | 18,192,965,177 | 96.1 | % | 723,380,095 | 3.8 | % | 10,999,276 | 0.1 | % | ||||||||||
Daniel Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, 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 585 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.