SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 9, 2015

Commission File Number: 001-36614

Alibaba Group Holding Limited

(Registrant’s name)

c/o Alibaba Group Services Limited

26/F Tower One, Times Square

1 Matheson Street

Causeway Bay

Hong Kong

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.:

Form 20-F x Form 40-F o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K on paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o No x

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- .

This Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K and the attached exhibit 99.1, other than the information available at Alibaba Group Holding Limited’s (the “Company”) business websites referenced therein under About Alibaba Group and the information under Additional Information about the Transaction, shall be incorporated by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-4, as amended and supplemented (registration no. 333-206575), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from the date on which this Report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

EXHIBITS

Exhibit 99.1 — Press Release — Alibaba Group and Youku Tudou Enter into Definitive Merger Agreement

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Date: November 9, 2015	By:	/s/ Timothy A. Steinert
	Name:	Timothy A. Steinert
	Title:	General Counsel and Secretary

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