Alibaba reports share capital adjustments, repurchases in August

For the month ended August 31, 2025, Alibaba Group Holding Limited reported a total authorized/registered share capital of $100,000, comprising 32 billion ordinary shares with a par value of $0.000003125. The total number of issued ordinary shares decreased to 19,072,631,484 from 19,078,703,484 in the preceding month, reflecting a net decrease of 6,072,000 shares. This reduction was primarily driven by share repurchases.

The company's movements in issued shares include a decrease of 6,190,800 ordinary shares from repurchases and cancellations during the month. Specifically, repurchases occurred on August 14, 2025 (4,822,272 shares at $14.78) and August 29, 2025 (1,368,528 shares at $14.88). Additionally, 667,200 shares were repurchased for cancellation but were not yet cancelled as of month-end.

Outstanding share options under the 2014 Post-IPO Equity Incentive Plan remained at 38,472,000 as of month-end. No new shares were issued from the exercise of options during August 2025. However, 118,800 new shares were issued from restricted share units granted under the 2014 Post-IPO Equity Incentive Plan. The maximum number of ordinary shares that could be issued upon full conversion of Convertible Senior Notes (May 2024) remained at 514,336,000.