{
  "id": 2920447,
  "title": "Alibaba sets price in US$10.2b billion new share offer, drops 10% on market open",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/alibaba-sets-price-in-us-10-2b-billion-new-share-offer-drops-10-on",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T01:59:29.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3365003/alibaba-sets-price-us102-billion-new-share-offer-fuel-ai-expansion"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Alibaba Group Holding has priced its new share offering at HK$112.70 per share, aiming to raise HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) through the issuance of 710 million shares. This move marks one of the largest AI-focused fundraising efforts by a Chinese technology firm. The offer represents an 8.4% discount to the stock's closing price in Hong Kong on Friday and a 3.6% discount to the previous Friday's closing price of its New York-listed shares, according to a company filing. Alibaba, which owns the South China Morning Post, issued the 710 million shares, accounting for approximately 3.7% of its total outstanding shares of 19.17 billion. Following the market opening on Monday, shares of the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant experienced a decline of over 10%. The company announced the share sale on Sunday, stating its intent to utilize the HK$80 billion proceeds for bolstering its AI capabilities and expanding its global AI leadership. Several banks had pre-launched expressions of interest exceeding the deal size, driven by strong interest from sovereign wealth funds and global long-only investors, as per a familiar source. In a recent quarter, Alibaba reported a 45% year-over-year increase in revenue for its cloud and AI businesses, with capital expenditure growing by 75% to 67.7 billion yuan (US$10 billion) from the previous year.",
  "summary": "Alibaba Group Holding has set the offer price for its new share placement at HK$112.70 each to raise HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion), issuing 710 million shares in one of the largest artificial intelligence-dedicated fundraising efforts by a Chinese technology firm. The price represented an 8.4 per cent discount to the stock’s closing price in Hong Kong on Friday and a 3.6 per cent discount to…",
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        "title": "Alibaba launches HK$80 billion share placement",
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        "outlet": "SCMP Tech",
        "title": "Alibaba sets price in US$10.2b billion new share offer, drops 10% on market open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/alibaba-sets-price-in-us-10-2b-billion-new-share-offer-drops-10-on-2920486",
        "published": "2026-08-24T01:59:29.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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