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Alibaba Group Holding Limited
阿 里 巴 巴 集 團 控 股 有 限 公 司
(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
(Stock Code: 9988)
VOLUNTARY ANNOUNCEMENT
VOTING RESULTS OF 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
At Alibaba Group Holding Limited's (the "Company") annual general meeting of shareholders held on September 30, 2022 (the "AGM"), the Company's shareholders voted in favor of the following proposals:
- to elect each of Daniel Yong ZHANG, Jerry YANG, Wan Ling MARTELLO and Albert Kong Ping NG to serve as a Group II director for a three-year term, or until their successors are elected or appointed and duly qualified;
- to elect each of Weijian SHAN and Irene Yun-Lien LEE to serve the remaining term of Group I directors (which will end at the Company's 2024 general meeting), or until their successors are elected or appointed and duly qualified; and
- to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.
A total of approximately 17 billion ordinary shares, including those underlying ADSs, representing approximately 82% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of August 3, 2022, the record date, were present in person or by proxy at the AGM.
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The results of the votes are as follows:
For | Against | Abstain | ||||||||||
Resolutions | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||
Election of Directors | ||||||||||||
Daniel Yong ZHANG (Group II) | 16,223,700,067 | 93.1% | 1,098,039,884 | 6.3% | 106,377,026 | 0.6% | ||||||
Jerry YANG (Group II) | 16,556,746,298 | 95.0% | 841,701,514 | 4.8% | 29,669,165 | 0.2% | ||||||
Wan Ling MARTELLO (Group II) | 17,291,056,080 | 99.2% | 115,476,424 | 0.7% | 21,584,473 | 0.1% | ||||||
Weijian SHAN (Group I) | 17,366,931,459 | 99.6% | 39,286,945 | 0.2% | 21,898,573 | 0.1% | ||||||
Irene Yun-Lien LEE (Group I) | 16,310,951,766 | 93.6% | 1,095,682,694 | 6.3% | 21,482,517 | 0.1% | ||||||
Albert Kong Ping NG (Group II) | 17,092,193,371 | 98.1% | 314,303,693 | 1.8% | 21,619,913 | 0.1% | ||||||
Ratification of appointment | ||||||||||||
of PricewaterhouseCoopers | ||||||||||||
as Independent Registered | ||||||||||||
Public Accounting Firm for | ||||||||||||
Fiscal Year 2023 | 16,376,015,999 | 94.0% | 1,028,764,757 | 5.9% | 23,336,221 | 0.1% |
The Company was granted a discretionary proxy by Citibank, N.A., the depositary of the ADSs, pursuant to the Deposit Agreement governing the ADSs, to vote the ordinary shares underlying approximately 577 million ADSs for which no voting instructions were given by the holders. The Company designated Daniel Zhang, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who exercised the discretionary proxy on behalf of the Company to vote in favor of each of the proposals submitted for shareholder approval at the AGM.
By order of the Board
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Kevin Jinwei ZHANG
Secretary
Hong Kong, September 30, 2022
As at the date of this announcement, our board of directors comprises Mr. Daniel Yong ZHANG as the chairman, Mr. Joseph C. TSAI, Mr. J. Michael EVANS, Ms. Maggie Wei WU, and Mr. Kabir MISRA as directors, and Mr. Walter Teh Ming KWAUK, Mr. Jerry YANG, Ms. Wan Ling MARTELLO, Mr. Weijian SHAN, Ms. Irene Yun-Lien LEE and Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG as independent directors.
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