HANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“Alibaba”) (NYSE:BABA) today announced the pricing of an underwritten registered public offering of US$7.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes, consisting of:
US$700,000,000 2.800% notes due 2023 at an issue price per note of 99.853%;
US$2,550,000,000 3.400% notes due 2027 at an issue price per note of 99.396%;
US$1,000,000,000 4.000% notes due 2037 at an issue price per note of 99.863%;
US$1,750,000,000 4.200% notes due 2047 at an issue price per note of 99.831%; and
US$1,000,000,000 4.400% notes due 2057 at an issue price per note of 99.813% (collectively, the “notes”).
The offering is expected to close on December 6, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
Alibaba plans to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. An automatic shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) relating to the offering of debt securities was filed with the SEC on November 24, 2017 and became effective upon filing. The offering of the notes will be made only by means of a prospectus included in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the final prospectus, when available.
This press release contains information about the pending offering of the notes, and there can be no assurance that the offering will be completed.
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