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Alibaba Prices $10.2B Hong Kong Share Placement at Discount

8/25/2026

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Alibaba Group Holding priced a $10.2 billion Hong Kong share placement at HK$112.70, an 8.4% discount.
CFO Toby Xu reported net cash of $30.7 billion excluding debt and $46.5 billion including long-term maturities.
CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba Cloud AI-related capital expenditures should break even within three years.
Sovereign wealth funds and long-only institutions bought over 40% of the placement, showing confidence in Alibaba’s AI plan.

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Google went public on August 19 2004, selling 19.6 million shares at $85 and raising $1.67 billion, the first large internet-company IPO. Its success prompted regulators to scrutinize later tech listings across multiple markets; in March 2024 France fined Google about $270 million for undisclosed significant AI-training use of news content under French law highlighting regulatory focus on AI.

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Alibaba Group Holding priced a $10.2 billion Hong Kong share placement at HK$112.70, an 8.4% discount.
CFO Toby Xu reported net cash of $30.7 billion excluding debt and $46.5 billion including long-term maturities.
CEO Eddie Wu said Alibaba Cloud AI-related capital expenditures should break even within three years.
Sovereign wealth funds and long-only institutions bought over 40% of the placement, showing confidence in Alibaba’s AI plan.

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