Gain on sale of development properties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Gain On Sale Of Development Properties [Abstract]

19.	Gain on sale of development properties

Gain on sale of development properties for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023 were RMB767 million, RMB1,379 million and RMB2,283

million, respectively, which were mainly derived from disposals of logistics facilities to REIT and several private funds, which can be mainly classified into core funds and development fund (collectively, “Property Funds”). The overview of the major funds are listed below.

Core funds

In 2018, the Group established JD Property to manage the expanding logistics facilities and other real estate properties.

Over the course of

the years, JD Property established several

phases of

core funds (the “Core Funds”) together with certain third-party investor(s). JD Property serves as the general partner and committed 10%-20% of the total capital of each core fund as the limited partner, and the third-party investor(s) committed the remaining 80%-90%.

Furthermore, the Group entered into definitive agreements with each of the Core Funds, pursuant to which the Group will dispose of certain modern logistics facilities to the Core Funds, and concurrently lease back these completed facilities for operational purposes with an initial lease term of 4 to 10 years. The annual rent for the completed facilities is set at fair market rent for the initial lease term and will be adjusted based on the growth rate of fair market rent at the beginning of each subsequent 5 years’ period. The Group may choose to renew the lease upon the expiry of the initial lease agreement if the adjusted rental rate is acceptable. The lease back transaction is accounted for under ASC 842 as operating lease, and the ROU assets and operating lease liabilities were recorded accordingly. The Core Funds used leverage to finance the purchase, and the closing of the purchase is subject to certain conditions, including the availability of debt financing.

The investment committee of each of the Core Funds, which comprises the representatives from JD Property and the third-party investor(s), oversees the key operations of each fund, respectively. Given the control over the Core Funds is shared between JD Property and the third-party investor(s), JD Property does not consolidate the Core Funds and investments in the Core Funds are accounted for using the equity method as JD Property obtained significant influence by the rights to nominate no more than half of the members of each investment committee.

The closing conditions for each asset group of completed logistics facilities were considered met when each of the Core Funds signed definitive facility agreements with bank consortium to finance the purchase, respectively. As of each respective

year-end,

all or

certain of

logistics facilities under asset groups related to different core funds have been completed and satisfied hand-over condition. Therefore, the Group recorded disposal gain related to the Core Funds of RMB637million, RMB1,289 million and RMB1,764 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023, respectively, which represent the excess of cash consideration of the net assets, including the consideration received and expected to receive, over the carrying value of the net assets disposed as of the disposal date.

Development fund

In 2020, JD Property entered into definitive agreements to establish another logistics investment fund, the Development Fund, together with certain third-party investors to replicate the successful experience of the Core Funds. The Development Fund planned to acquire some of JD Property’s uncompleted modern logistics facilities. JD Property serves as general partner and committed 40% of the total capital of the Development Fund as a limited partner, and the third-party investors committed the remaining 60%.

The investment committee of Development Fund, which comprises the representatives from JD Property and the third-party investors, oversees the key operations of the fund. Given the control over the Development Fund is shared between JD Property and third-party investors, JD Property does not consolidate the Development Fund and investments in the Development Fund is accounted for using the equity method as JD Property obtained significant influence by the rights to nominate no more than half of the members of investment committee.

In December 2020, the Group entered into definitive agreements with the Development Fund to sell certain of its uncompleted modern logistics facilities, and will concurrently lease back such facilities for operational purposes when completed. The Group had disposed all logistics facilities and recorded disposal gain of

RMB112

million in 2021.

REIT

In December 2022, the Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) jointly established by the Company, JD Property and Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd., became the first of its kind in the private sector in China that received formal approval from China’s Securities Regulatory Commission. On February 8, 2023, the REIT was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and raised proceeds for over RMB1.7 billion. The Company subscribed 34% of the units issued by the REIT amounted to RMB597 million and accounted for the investments in the REIT using the equity method as the Company obtained significant influence but no power to control the key activities determined in the general meeting of the REIT.

In February 2023, the Company

transferred

certain logistics facilities to the REIT and recorded a disposal gain of RMB519 million, which represents the difference between cash consideration and the carrying value of the net assets for the asset groups disposed and concurrently leased back all these logistic facilities for operational purpose with an initial lease term of 5 to 6 years. Upon the disposal, the logistics facilities leased back from the REIT were accounted for under ASC 842 as operating lease, and the

right-of-use

assets and operating lease liabilities were recorded accordingly.