BABA Outlines Independent Financing and IPO for All Divisions Except Taobao Tmall Biz
$BABA-W (09988.HK)$ held a conference call at 8am this morning to brief on the new organization and governance structure.
Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang said that after Alibaba's reorganization into the six divisions, each division will be an independent operating company, meaning that Alibaba's role as a holding company will be more of an asset and capital operator rather than a business operator.
CFO Toby Xu said the six divisions will be able to seek independent financing, including IPO. All division except Taobao Tmall Business will seek independent financing and IPO at the appropriate time, and that the group will continue to evaluate these companies after the IPO and decide whether to remain under the control of the parent company.
Xu said Alibaba will continue to evaluate share buyback programs and monetize less strategic investments in its portfolio to improve its capital structure.
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Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang said that after Alibaba's reorganization into the six divisions, each division will be an independent operating company, meaning that Alibaba's role as a holding company will be more of an asset and capital operator rather than a business operator.
CFO Toby Xu said the six divisions will be able to seek independent financing, including IPO. All division except Taobao Tmall Business will seek independent financing and IPO at the appropriate time, and that the group will continue to evaluate these companies after the IPO and decide whether to remain under the control of the parent company.
Xu said Alibaba will continue to evaluate share buyback programs and monetize less strategic investments in its portfolio to improve its capital structure.
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warrior-sailormoon : If holding baba shares will we able to get IPO shares from the respectives 6 unit business individually?
Macdonell J warrior-sailormoon : It depends where those potential IPO's wld be listed. If it's listed on NYSE, then the shareholders wld most likely get free shares of the listed IPOs. If it's only listed in HKSE, then most likely those shareholders who have no access to HKSE wld get cash in lieu instead.
warrior-sailormoon Macdonell J : Thank you Macdonell J
Hav a good day
Kuries OP Macdonell J :