Alibaba Group Holding completed a record HK$80 billion ($10.2 billion) primary placement of 710 million new Hong Kong-listed shares at HK$112.70 each, with settlement scheduled for Aug. 26, 2026. The offering was priced at an 8.4% discount to the previous Hong Kong close and drew roughly $28 billion in demand, including long-only and sovereign investors. Alibaba said all net proceeds would support its full-stack AI strategy, including chips, computing infrastructure, data centers and model development. The deal expands the share count by about 3.6% to 3.7% and is subject to a 90-day restriction on further company share sales. Alibaba shares fell as much as 10.5% after pricing before recovering, while the company’s June-quarter net profit dropped 75% as capital expenditure surged. Chairman Joe Tsai and Chief Executive Officer Eddie Wu bought shares after the decline.