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Segment information | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Segment information |
Segment information | 26. Segment information The Company presents segment information after elimination of inter-company transactions. In general, revenue, cost of revenue and operating expenses are directly attributable, or are allocated, to each segment. The Company allocates costs and expenses that are not directly attributable to a specific segment, such as those that support infrastructure across different segments, to different segments mainly on the basis of usage, revenue or headcount, depending on the nature of the relevant costs and expenses. The Company does not allocate assets to its segments as the CODM does not evaluate the performance of segments using asset information. The following tables present the summary of each segment's revenue, income from operations and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization ("Adjusted EBITA") which is considered as a segment operating performance measure, for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017:
|  | 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 | )% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
The following table presents the reconciliation from the Adjusted EBITA to the consolidated net income for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017:
|  | 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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The following table presents the total depreciation and amortization expenses of property and equipment and land use rights by segment for the years ended March 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017:
|  | 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.
Details of the Company's revenue by segment are set out in Note 5. As substantially all of the Company's long-lived assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of the Company's revenue is derived from within the PRC, no geographical information is presented.

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