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December 31, 2019
CONFIDENTIAL AND VIA EDGAR AND HAND DELIVERY
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: | Andrew Blume, Staff Accountant |
| Jennifer Thompson, Accounting Branch Chief |
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Re: | Alibaba Group Holding Limited Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2019 Filed June 5, 2019 File No. 1-36614 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the “Company”), we are submitting this letter in response to your follow-up correspondence dated December 18, 2019 (the “December 18 Letter”) concerning the above-referenced annual report on Form 20-F that the Company filed with the Commission on June 5, 2019.
In the December 18 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 that it will require additional time in order to respond fully to your letter.
The Company is therefore requesting an extension until January 17, 2020 and expects to respond no later than that date and will endeavor to respond earlier if possible.
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daniel fertig adam C. furber MAKIKO HARUNARI Ian C. Ho anthony d. king celia c.l. lam chris k.h. lin jin hyuk park kathryn king sudol christopher k.s. wong
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| Very truly yours, |
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| /s/ Daniel Fertig |
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| Daniel Fertig |
cc: | Daniel Yong Zhang, Chief Executive Officer |
| Maggie Wei Wu, Chief Financial Officer |
| Timothy A. Steinert, General Counsel and Secretary |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited |