The US media quoted people familiar with the matter. The international e -commerce department under the Chinese e -commerce giant Alibaba plans to go to the United States for the first public fundraising (IPO). The international e -commerce department responded that there was no listing plan.
Bloomberg Society on Thursday (May 4) quoted people familiar with the matter that Alibaba was exploring the spin -off of its international digital commercial groups to the United States for listing to stimulate related business growth.Platform Lazada, Europe and South America's B2C platform Aliexpress.
People familiar with the matter said that the commercial group is discussing the listing plan with investment banks or preparing for listing next year.The relevant plan is still in the preliminary stage, and the listing scale is not determined.The market has different valuations on the International Digital Commercial Group. Morgan Stanley gave a valuation of US $ 29 billion (Same Same, S $ 38.5 billion) in March, and CICC's valuation was about US $ 39 billion.
Alibaba US stocks have risen more than 5%in the pre -market trading in New York, but after the international digital commercial group said that "there is no listing plan", the increase was narrowed and reported to $ 82.34, rising nearly 1.1%nearly 1.1%Essence
Alibaba announced in March that it plans to divide six major business groups with a scale of $ 220 billion, and each business may have independent financing and listing.Zhang Yong, chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, said at the time that he would consider gradually decentralizing some business, but did not specify the timetable for the listing of major businesses.
The market has reportedly reported that Alibaba studied the logistics company Cainiao Group and the fresh food platform Hema Xiansheng, but Cainiao responded that "there is no clear planning and timetable at present,"It is said that "there is no more evaluation of market rumors for the time being."
Alibaba reported that Lazada was split and listed last year, raising at least 1 billion US dollars, but eventually shelved due to differences in valuations.