BABA [Alibaba] S-8:
[] [Our Ref RDS/604743-000013/7471116v1 Direct tel +852 3046 2971 Email richard.spooner@maplesandcalder.com Alibaba Group Holding Limited c/o Alibaba Group Services Limited 26/F Tower One, Times Square 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay Hong Kong 3 October 2014 Dear Sirs Alibaba Group Holding Limited (the Company) Registration Statement Shares Plan As Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, we have examined the corporate authorisations of] [CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated June 16, 2014 relating to the financial statements of Alibaba Group Holding Limited which appears in Amendment No.7 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1/A (No. 333-195736) of Alibaba Group Holding Limited. Hong Kong,]