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Bank borrowings (Tables) - Bank borrowings | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Bank borrowings |
Analysis of bank borrowings |
|  | As of March 31 |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
US$4.0 billion syndicated loan denominated in US$ (i) |  |  | — |  |  | 27,346 |
Long-term borrowings (ii) |  |  | 1,871 |  |  | 3,613 |
Short-term borrowings (iii) |  |  | 4,304 |  |  | 5,948 |
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|  |  | 6,175 |  |  | 36,907 |
Less: current portion |  |  | (4,304 | ) |  | (5,948 | )
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Non-current portion |  |  | 1,871 |  |  | 30,959 |
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(i) | During the year ended March 31, 2017, the Company completed the drawdown of a five-year US$4.0 billion syndicated loan, which was entered into with a group of eight lead arrangers. The loan has a five-year bullet maturity and is priced at 110 basis points over LIBOR. The related floating interest payments are hedged by certain interest rate swap contracts entered into by the Company. The proceeds of the loan were used for general corporate and working capital purposes (including acquisitions).
(ii) | As of March 31, 2016 and 2017, the Company had long-term borrowings from banks with weighted average interest rates of approximately 4.9% and 4.6%, respectively. Other loans are collateralized by a pledge of certain land use rights, buildings and leasehold improvements, bank deposits and construction in progress in the PRC with carrying values of RMB3,583 million and RMB6,680 million as of March 31, 2016 and 2017, respectively. Such borrowings are all denominated in RMB.
(iii) | As of March 31, 2016 and 2017, the Company had short-term borrowings from banks which were repayable within one year or on demand and charged at interest rates ranging from 4.0% to 7.1% and 1.7% to 4.8% per annum, respectively. Such borrowings are denominated in RMB or US$.
Schedule of borrowings under the credit facilities are due |
|  | Principal amounts |
|  | (in millions of RMB) |
Within 1 year |  |  | 5,948 |
Between 1 to 2 years |  |  | 1,229 |
Between 2 to 3 years |  |  | 1,459 |
Between 3 to 4 years |  |  | 254 |
Between 4 to 5 years |  |  | 27,350 |
Beyond 5 years |  |  | 667 |
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|  |  | 36,907 |
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