Reuters: Private Equity: Alibaba in talks to raise $2.3 bln equity for Yahoo deal-sources

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Alibaba in talks to raise $2.3 bln equity for Yahoo deal-sources May 21st 2012, 06:15 SINGAPORE/HONG KONG | Mon May 21, 2012 2:15am EDT SINGAPORE/HONG KONG May 21 (Reuters) - Chinese Internet firm Alibaba Group is in talks with existing shareholders, including Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings, to raise about $2.3 billion in equity to partly finance its deal with Yahoo Inc., two sources said. Entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing. Alibaba is looking to raise about a third of the $7.1 billion through issuance of equity to shareholders, one of the sources told Reuters. A second source also confirmed the talks, but said Temasek has not made a final decision on the investment. Alibaba was not immediately available to comment and a Temasek spokesman declined to comment. Temasek bought Alibaba Group shares from the Chinese company's employees in September 2011 in a tender offer in which DST Global, Silver Lake and Yunfeng Capital also participated.

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