During the quarter ended June 30, 2024, we repurchased a total of 613 million ordinary shares (equivalent to 77 million ADSs) for a total of US$5.8 billion, including the repurchase of approximately 14.8 million ADSs at US$80.80 per ADS through privately negotiated transactions concurrently with the pricing of our convertible senior notes offering on May 23, 2024. These purchases were made in both the U.S. and Hong Kong markets under our share repurchase program.
As of June 30, 2024, we had 19,024 million ordinary shares (equivalent to 2,378 million ADSs) outstanding, a net decrease of 445 million ordinary shares compared to March 31, 2024, or a 2.3% net reduction in our outstanding shares after accounting for shares issued under our ESOP.
Historical repurchases and total shares outstanding are set forth in the table below:
The remaining amount of Board authorization for our share repurchase program, which is effective through March 2027, was US$26.1 billion as of June 30, 2024.
By order of the Board
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Kevin Jinwei ZHANG
Secretary
Hong Kong, July 2, 2024
As at the date of this announcement, our board of directors comprises Mr. Joseph C. TSAI as the chairman, Mr. Eddie Yongming WU, Mr. J. Michael EVANS and Ms. Maggie Wei WU as directors, and Mr. Jerry YANG, Ms. Wan Ling MARTELLO, Mr. Weijian SHAN, Ms. Irene Yun-Lien LEE, Mr. Albert Kong Ping NG and Mr. Kabir MISRA as independent directors.
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