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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-123758
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231206
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231206

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001577552
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			K3

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36614
		FILM NUMBER:		231468342

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26/F TOWER ONE
		STREET 2:		TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET
		CITY:			CAUSEWAY BAY
		STATE:			K3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		852-2215-5100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		26/F TOWER ONE
		STREET 2:		TIMES SQUARE, 1 MATHESON STREET
		CITY:			CAUSEWAY BAY
		STATE:			K3
		ZIP:			00000
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Report of Foreign Private Issuer&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13a-16 or 15d-16 Under&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>December&nbsp;6, 2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Commission File Number: 001-36614</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Alibaba Group Holding Limited</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s name)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Hong Kong S.A.R.&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>People&rsquo;s Republic of China&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBITS</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><A HREF="tm2332213d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 &ndash; Announcement &ndash; Dividend Distribution Logistics</A></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><B>ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Date: December&nbsp;6, 2023</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Kevin Jinwei ZHANG</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Name:</TD>
    <TD>Kevin Jinwei ZHANG</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Title:</TD>
    <TD>Company Secretary &nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Dividend Distribution Logistics</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">As we announced on November&nbsp;16, 2023, Alibaba Group Holding Limited
(NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988 (HKD Counter) and 89988 (RMB Counter), &ldquo;Alibaba Group&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) declared its
first annual dividend for fiscal year 2023 in the amount of US$0.125 per ordinary share or US$1.00 per ADS, payable in U.S. dollars, to
holders of its ordinary shares and holders of its ADSs.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We would like to remind holders of our ordinary shares and ADSs the
following logistics for the distribution of dividend.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 78%">The dividend is payable to holders of the Company&rsquo;s ordinary shares and holders of the Company&rsquo;s ADSs as of the close of business on December&nbsp;21, 2023, Hong Kong Time and New York Time, respectively. <B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>To Holders of Ordinary Shares</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>For most of our shareholders who hold ordinary shares through Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS) or shareholders whose ordinary shares are already directly registered on the Company&rsquo;s Cayman share register or Hong Kong share register, no further action is required from you. <BR>
<BR>
 For any person who has acquired ordinary shares through private transactions or otherwise obtained the shares outside The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (&ldquo;Hong Kong Stock Exchange&rdquo;) and has not yet registered on the Company&rsquo;s share register, in order to qualify for the dividend, you need to submit all valid documents for the transfers of shares accompanied by the relevant share certificates to either (i)&nbsp;the Company&rsquo;s Hong Kong Share Registrar, Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited, at Shops 1712-1716, 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen&rsquo;s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong, or (ii)&nbsp;the Company&rsquo;s Principal Share Registrar, Maples Fund Services (Cayman) Limited, c/o Maples Fund Services (Asia) Limited, at 16/F, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, respectively, in each case not later than 4:30 p.m.&nbsp;on December&nbsp;21, 2023, Hong Kong Time. <B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>To Holders of ADSs</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The dividend to be paid to the holders of the Company&rsquo;s ADSs through the depositary bank will be subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, including the fees and expenses payable thereunder. The Company&rsquo;s depositary bank has posted and will post additional announcements related to the dividend on its website. <B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Temporary Suspension of Conversion between Ordinary Shares and ADSs </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Per standard operations of the Company&rsquo;s depositary bank, to fix the holders of ordinary shares and holders of ADSs who will be entitled to the dividend, conversion between the Company&rsquo;s ADSs and ordinary shares will be suspended between the close of business on December&nbsp;15, 2023, New York Time and close of business on December&nbsp;21, 2023, New York Time. &nbsp; <B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 78%">Trading of our ordinary shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and
    trading of our ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange will not be affected by the suspension of conversions between the Company&rsquo;s ADSs
    and ordinary shares.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Payment Date</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The payment date is expected to be on or around January&nbsp;11, 2024 for holders of ordinary shares and on or around January&nbsp;18, 2024 for holders of ADSs.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">December&nbsp;6, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>SAFE
HARBOR STATEMENTS</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This announcement contains forward-looking statements, including statements
on shareholders&rsquo; return on investments. These statements are made under the &ldquo;safe harbor&rdquo; provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as &ldquo;may,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;will,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;future,&rdquo; &ldquo;aim,&rdquo; &ldquo;estimate,&rdquo; &ldquo;intend,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;seek,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo; &ldquo;potential,&rdquo; &ldquo;continue,&rdquo; &ldquo;ongoing,&rdquo;
 &ldquo;target,&rdquo; &ldquo;guidance,&rdquo; &ldquo;is/are likely to&rdquo; and similar statements. Alibaba Group may also make forward-looking
statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in announcements made on the website of the Hong Kong
Stock Exchange in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third
parties. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. All information provided in this announcement is as of the date of this
announcement and are based on assumptions that Alibaba Group believes to be reasonable as of this date, and Alibaba Group does not undertake
any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.</P>

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