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Segment information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Segment information |
Schedule of each segment's revenue, income from operations and adjusted EBITA |
|  | Year ended March 31, 2015 |
|  | Core commerce |  | Cloud computing |  | Digital media and entertainment |  | Innovation initiatives and others |  | Total segments |  | Unallocated (i) |  | Consolidated |
|  | (in millions of RMB, except percentages) |
Revenue |  |  | 69,536 |  |  | 1,271 |  |  | 2,191 |  |  | 3,206 |  |  | 76,204 |  |  | — |  |  | 76,204 |
Income (Loss) from operations |  |  | 40,194 |  |  | (1,923 | ) |  | (2,993 | ) |  | (5,549 | ) |  | 29,729 |  |  | (6,594 | ) |  | 23,135 |
Add: share-based compensation expense |  |  | 4,391 |  |  | 813 |  |  | 425 |  |  | 3,460 |  |  | 9,089 |  |  | 3,939 |  |  | 13,028 |
Add: amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 279 |  |  | 20 |  |  | 1,107 |  |  | 472 |  |  | 1,878 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 2,089 |
Add: impairment of goodwill |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 175 |  |  | 175 |
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Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | 44,864 |  |  | (1,090 | ) |  | (1,461 | ) |  | (1,617 | ) |  | 40,696 |  |  | (2,269 | ) |  |  |
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Adjusted EBITA margin |  |  | 65 | % |  | (86 | )% |  | (67 | )% |  | (50 | )% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Year ended March 31, 2016 |
|  | Core commerce |  | Cloud computing |  | Digital media and entertainment |  | Innovation initiatives and others |  | Total segments |  | Unallocated (i) |  | Consolidated |
|  | (in millions of RMB, except percentages) |
Revenue |  |  | 92,335 |  |  | 3,019 |  |  | 3,972 |  |  | 1,817 |  |  | 101,143 |  |  | — |  |  | 101,143 |
Income (Loss) from operations |  |  | 51,153 |  |  | (2,605 | ) |  | (4,112 | ) |  | (7,216 | ) |  | 37,220 |  |  | (8,118 | ) |  | 29,102 |
Add: share-based compensation expense |  |  | 6,224 |  |  | 1,349 |  |  | 981 |  |  | 3,092 |  |  | 11,646 |  |  | 4,436 |  |  | 16,082 |
Add: amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 659 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1,321 |  |  | 657 |  |  | 2,641 |  |  | 290 |  |  | 2,931 |
Add: impairment of goodwill |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 455 |  |  | 455 |
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Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | 58,036 |  |  | (1,252 | ) |  | (1,810 | ) |  | (3,467 | ) |  | 51,507 |  |  | (2,937 | ) |  |  |
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Adjusted EBITA margin |  |  | 63 | % |  | (41 | )% |  | (46 | )% |  | (191 | )% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Year ended March 31, 2017 |
|  | Core commerce |  | Cloud computing |  | Digital media and entertainment |  | Innovation initiatives and others |  | Total segments |  | Unallocated (i) |  | Consolidated |
|  | (in millions of RMB, except percentages) |
Revenue |  |  | 133,880 |  |  | 6,663 |  |  | 14,733 |  |  | 2,997 |  |  | 158,273 |  |  | — |  |  | 158,273 |
Income (Loss) from operations |  |  | 74,180 |  |  | (1,681 | ) |  | (9,882 | ) |  | (6,798 | ) |  | 55,819 |  |  | (7,764 | ) |  | 48,055 |
Add: share-based compensation expense |  |  | 5,994 |  |  | 1,201 |  |  | 1,454 |  |  | 3,017 |  |  | 11,666 |  |  | 4,329 |  |  | 15,995 |
Add: amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 2,258 |  |  | 4 |  |  | 1,886 |  |  | 656 |  |  | 4,804 |  |  | 318 |  |  | 5,122 |
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Adjusted EBITA (ii) |  |  | 82,432 |  |  | (476 | ) |  | (6,542 | ) |  | (3,125 | ) |  | 72,289 |  |  | (3,117 | ) |  |  |
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Adjusted EBITA margin |  |  | 62 | % |  | (7 | )% |  | (44 | )% |  | (104 | )% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of reconciliation from the adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income |
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Total Segments Adjusted EBITA |  |  | 40,696 |  |  | 51,507 |  |  | 72,289 |
Unallocated (i) |  |  | (2,269 | ) |  | (2,937 | ) |  | (3,117 | )
Share-based compensation expense |  |  | (13,028 | ) |  | (16,082 | ) |  | (15,995 | )
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | (2,089 | ) |  | (2,931 | ) |  | (5,122 | )
Impairment of goodwill |  |  | (175 | ) |  | (455 | ) |  | — |
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Consolidated income from operations |  |  | 23,135 |  |  | 29,102 |  |  | 48,055 |
Interest and investment income, net |  |  | 9,455 |  |  | 52,254 |  |  | 8,559 |
Interest expenses |  |  | (2,750 | ) |  | (1,946 | ) |  | (2,671 | )
Other income, net |  |  | 2,486 |  |  | 2,058 |  |  | 6,086 |
Income tax expenses |  |  | (6,416 | ) |  | (8,449 | ) |  | (13,776 | )
Share of results of equity investees |  |  | (1,590 | ) |  | (1,730 | ) |  | (5,027 | )
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Consolidated net income |  |  | 24,320 |  |  | 71,289 |  |  | 41,226 |
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Schedule of depreciation and amortization expenses of property and equipment and land use rights by segment |
|  | Year ended March 31, |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Core commerce |  |  | 1,177 |  |  | 1,696 |  |  | 2,124 |
Cloud computing |  |  | 596 |  |  | 1,116 |  |  | 1,438 |
Digital media and entertainment |  |  | 132 |  |  | 316 |  |  | 752 |
Innovation initiatives and others |  |  | 166 |  |  | 333 |  |  | 407 |
Unallocated (i) |  |  | 255 |  |  | 309 |  |  | 563 |
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Total depreciation and amortization expenses of property and equipment and land use rights |  |  | 2,326 |  |  | 3,770 |  |  | 5,284 |
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(i) | Unallocated expenses are primarily related to corporate administrative costs and other miscellaneous items that are not allocated to individual segments.
(ii) | Adjusted EBITA represents net income before (i) interest and investment income, net, other income, net, interest expense, income tax expenses and share of results of equity investees, and (ii) certain non-cash expenses, consisting of share-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets and impairment of goodwill, which are not reflective of the Company's core operating performance.

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