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According to the complaint, Alibaba is an online and mobile commerce company. Alibaba owns a 33% equity interest in Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. (“Ant Group”), a financial technology company that is best known for operating Alipay, one of the largest mobile and online payments platforms.  On July 20, 2020, Ant Group announced that it had begun the process of a concurrent initial public offering (“IPO”) on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges. 

The Class Period commences on October 21, 2020 when Alibaba filed a Form 6-K with the SEC. Attached as an exhibit to the Form 6-K was a statement entitled “Ant Group has announced its arrangements for initial public offering and listing.”  On October 26, 2020, Ant Group priced its IPO and was set to raise $34.5 billion, making it the largest public offering in history. However, on November 2, 2020, Financial Times reported that Chinese regulators had met with Ant Group’s controller Jack Ma, executive chairman Eric Jing, and Chief Executive Officer Simon Hu and that although regulators did not provide details, “the Chinese word used to describe the interview – yuetan – generally indicates a dressing down by authorities.” The article also included a statement from Ant Group that it will “implement the meeting opinions in depth.”

Then, on November 3, 2020, Ant Group’s IPO was suspended. Ant Group issued a statement, which stated, in part, “that it was notified by the relevant regulators in the PRC today that its proposed A share listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR board is suspended as Ant Group may not meet listing qualifications or disclosure requirements due to material matters relating to the regulatory interview of its ultimate controller, executive chairman and chief executive officer by the relevant regulators and the recent changes in the Fintech regulatory environment.”

Following this news, Alibaba’s share price fell $25.27, or 8%, to close at $285.57 per share on November 3, 2020.

The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, the defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Ant Group did not meet listing qualifications or disclosure requirements for certain material matters; (2) certain impending changes in the Fintech regulatory environment would impact Ant Group’s business; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Ant Group’s IPO was reasonably likely to be suspended; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the defendants’ positive statements about Alibaba’s business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.

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