ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED c/o 26/F Tower 1, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel : (852) 2215-5100 Fax : (852) 2215-5200 |
September 18, 2017
VIA EDGAR
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Mail Stop: 4628
Attention: Cecilia Blye, Chief, Office of Global Security Risk
Jennifer Hardy, Special Counsel
Re: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2017
Filed June 15, 2017
File No. 1-36614
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are submitting this letter in response to your correspondence dated September 7, 2017 (the “September 7 Letter”) concerning the above-referenced annual report on Form 20-F that Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the “Company”) filed with the Commission on July 15, 2017.
In the September 7 Letter, you requested that the Company respond to the Staff’s comments within 10 business days or advise the Staff when the Company will respond. The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it continues to work on its responses and anticipates that it will require additional time in order to respond fully to your letter.
We are therefore requesting an extension until September 29, 2017 and expect to respond no later than that date.
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In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me at +852-2215-5197 (work) or tim.steinert@alibaba-inc.com or Kevin Zhang at +852-2215-5329 (work) or jw.zhang@alibaba-inc.com.
| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Timothy A. Steinert |
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| Timothy A. Steinert |
| General Counsel and Secretary |
cc: Joseph C. Tsai, Executive Vice Chairman
Daniel Yong Zhang, Chief Executive Officer
Maggie Wei Wu, Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Kennedy, Esq.
Daniel Fertig, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP