Joint Statement from Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Inc. Regarding Alipay

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & HONG KONG - Monday, May 16th 2011 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Alibaba Group issued the following statement regarding Alipay:

“Alibaba Group, and its major stockholders Yahoo! Inc. and Softbank Corporation, are engaged in and committed to productive negotiations to resolve the outstanding issues related to Alipay in a manner that serves the interests of all shareholders as soon as possible.”

About Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group is a global e-commerce leader and the largest e-commerce company in China. Since it was founded in 1999, Alibaba Group has grown to include the following core businesses: Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688; 1688.HK), Alibaba Group's flagship company and the world's leading B2B e-commerce company; Taobao, China's largest online retail website and a one-stop platform for shopping, socializing and information sharing; Alibaba Cloud Computing, a developer of advanced data-centric cloud computing services; and China Yahoo!, one of China's leading Internet portals.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the premier digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. And Yahoo!’s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.com) or the company’s blog, Yodel Anecdotal (yodel.yahoo.com).

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Contacts

Alibaba Group

John W. Spelich

+852 2215 5129

johnspelich@hk.alibaba-inc.com



Yahoo!

Media Contact:

Dana Lengkeek

415-994-4008

danal@yahoo-inc.com



Investor Contact:

Cathy La Rocca

408-349-5188

cathy@yahoo-inc.com