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of Contents](#toc_page)\n\n \n\nUNITED STATES\n\nSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION\n\nWashington, D.C. 20549\n\nFORM 20-F\n\n(Mark One)\n\n \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nOR\n\n\n\nANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\nFor the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026\n\nOR\n\n\n\nTRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nOR\n\n\n\nSHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934\n\nDate of event requiring this shell company report...............\n\nFor the transition period from to\n\nCommission file number 001‑36614\n\nAlibaba Group Holding Limited\n\n(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)\n\nCayman Islands\n\n(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)\n\n26/F Tower One, Times Square\n1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay\nHong Kong S.A.R.\n\nPeople’s 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None\n\nIndicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report: 18,580,374,278 Ordinary Shares\n\nIndicate by check mark if the registrant is a well‑known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.\n\n Yes  No\n\nIf this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.\n\n Yes  No\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.\n\n Yes  No\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S‑T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).\n\n Yes  No\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non‑accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b‑2 of the Exchange Act.\n\nLarge accelerated filer \n\nAccelerated filer \n\nNon‑accelerated filer \n\nEmerging growth company \n\nIf an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act \n\n† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. \n\nIf securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. \n\nIndicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). \n\nIndicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:\n\nU.S. GAAP \n\nInternational Financial Reporting Standards as issued\nby the International Accounting Standards Board \n\nOther \n\nIf “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.\n\n Item 17  Item 18\n\nIf this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b‑2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).\n\n Yes  No\n\n(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS)\n\nIndicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.\n\n Yes  No\n\n \n\n[Table of Contents](#toc_page)\n\n \n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPage\n\n[LETTER FROM OUR CHAIRMAN AND OUR CEO](#letter_from_our_chairman_and_ceo)\n\nii\n\n \n\n \n\n[CONVENTIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20‑F](#conventions_that_apply_to_this_annual)\n\niii\n\n[FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS](#forward_looking_statements)\n\nviii\n\n[PART I](#part_i)"}