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Alibaba to invest USD 1.2 billion in video site Youku Tudou

2014-04-28 12:33:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba has agreed to buy USD 1.22 billion of shares in the Chinese online video platform Youku Tudou. Alibaba is partnering with investment group Yunfeng Capital to buy around 720 million shares in Youku Tudou. This includes 707 million new Class A shares and almost 14 million existing shares, at a price of USD 1.6944 per share. Alibaba will hold 16.5 percent and Yunfeng 2.0 percent in the company after the deal. In addition, Alibaba CEO Jonathan Lu will join Youku Tudou's board of directors upon completion of the transaction. 

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