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Significant mergers and acquisitions and investments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Sun Art Retail Group Limited |
Acquisition |
Schedule of the allocation of the purchase price as of the date of acquisition | ​
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​ |  | Amounts
​ |  | (in millions of RMB)
Net assets acquired (i) |  | 49,672
Amortizable intangible assets (ii) |  | ​
Trade names, trademarks and domain names |  | 11,500
Non-compete agreements |  | 4,700
Developed technology and patents |  | 615
User base and customer relationships |  | 47
Goodwill (Note 17) |  | 13,474
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (9,629)
Noncontrolling interests (iii) |  | (23,684)
​ |  | 46,695
​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Amounts
​ |  | (in millions of RMB)
Total purchase price is comprised of: |  |
‑ cash consideration |  | 24,136
‑ fair value of previously held equity interests |  | 22,559
​ |  | 46,695
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| (i) | Net assets acquired primarily included property and equipment of RMB 27,333 million, operating lease right-of-use assets relating to land use rights of RMB 22,997 million, payables and accruals for cost of revenue of RMB 14,681 million, short-term investments of RMB 14,387 million, customer advances of RMB 11,082 million and inventories of RMB 9,341 million as of the date of acquisition.
| (ii) | Acquired amortizable intangible assets had estimated amortization periods not exceeding 13 years and a weighted-average amortization period of 11.8 years.
| (iii) | Fair value of the noncontrolling interests was estimated with reference to the market price per share as of the acquisition date.
Koala |
Acquisition |
Schedule of the allocation of the purchase price as of the date of acquisition |
​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Amounts
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Net assets acquired (i) |  | 1,621
Amortizable intangible assets (ii) |  |
Trade names, trademarks and domain names |  | 2,531
User base and customer relationships |  | 1,297
Non-compete agreements |  | 1,040
Developed technology and patents |  | 394
Goodwill |  | 6,781
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (338)
​ |  | 13,326
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​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Amounts
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Total purchase price is comprised of: |  |
- cash consideration |  | 10,025
- share consideration | ​ | 2,252
- contingent consideration (iii) |  | 1,049
​ |  | 13,326
​
| (i) | Net assets acquired primarily included inventories of RMB 1,943 million as of the date of acquisition.
| (ii) | Acquired amortizable intangible assets had estimated amortization periods not exceeding 13 years and a weighted-average amortization period of 8.5 years.
| (iii) | Contingent consideration primarily includes cash consideration that is contingently payable upon the satisfaction of certain non-compete provisions by the selling equity holders, and will not exceed RMB 846 million.
Other acquisitions, summarized |
Acquisition |
Schedule of the allocation of the purchase price as of the date of acquisition | ​
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​ | ​ | Year ended March 31,
​ |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2022
​ | ​ | (in millions of RMB)
Net assets (liabilities) |  | 846 |  | (106) |  | 852
Identifiable intangible assets |  | 364 |  | 3,888 |  | 1,000
Deferred tax liabilities |  | (53) |  | (195) |  | (170)
​ |  | 1,157 |  | 3,587 |  | 1,682
Noncontrolling interests and mezzanine equity |  | (998) |  | (3,310) |  | (1,884)
Net identifiable assets (liabilities) |  | 159 |  | 277 |  | (202)
Goodwill |  | 7,840 |  | 4,105 |  | 3,283
Total purchase consideration |  | 7,999 |  | 4,382 |  | 3,081
Fair value of previously held equity interests |  | (2,215) |  | (2,434) |  | (31)
Purchase consideration settled |  | (5,146) |  | (1,794) |  | (2,671)
Deferred consideration as of year end |  | 638 |  | 154 |  | 379
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Total purchase consideration is comprised of: | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
- cash consideration |  | 5,784 |  | 875 |  | 3,050
- non-cash consideration | ​ | — | ​ | 1,073 | ​ | —
- fair value of previously held equity interests |  | 2,215 |  | 2,434 |  | 31
​ |  | 7,999 |  | 4,382 |  | 3,081

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