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Yahoo Files to Spin Off Alibaba Stake Into Company Called Aabaco

Yahoo! Inc. filed to spin off its shares in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. into a company to be called Aabaco Holdings Inc., a move still set for the fourth quarter.

Bloomberg

19 July 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Yahoo! Inc. filed to spin off its shares in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. into a company to be called Aabaco Holdings Inc., a move still set for the fourth quarter.

The new entity will be independently traded and hold about 15 percent of Alibaba ownership interest, or 384 million shares, Yahoo said in a statement Friday. The new company will include Yahoo’s small-business service.

Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer, trying to drive a turnaround, has benefited from the stake in Alibaba, the largest e-commerce company in China. Yahoo announced in January that it planned to spin off its stake.

Following Friday’s announcement, shares of Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo surged as much as 1.8 percent in extended New York trading after closing at $39.68.

By Brian Womack; editors: Jillian Ward, Dan Reichl, Stephen West.

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