v3.22.1

Notes Payable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Summary of Company Issued and Publicly Sold Unsecured Senior Notes

The Company issued and publicly sold unsecured senior notes, and the details of the tranches are shown below:

		Issue date		Principal amount (US$ million)				Mature date		Effective interest rate
2022 Ten-year Notes		November 28, 2012			750			November 28, 2022			3.59	%
2020 Notes		June 30, 2015			750			June 30, 2020			3.13	% *
2025 Ten-year Notes		June 30, 2015			500			June 30, 2025			4.22	%
2022 Five-year Notes		July 6, 2017			900			July 6, 2022			3.08	%
2027 Ten-year Notes		July 6, 2017			600			July 6, 2027			3.73	%
2023 Notes		March 29, 2018			1,000			September 29, 2023			3.99	%
2028 March Notes		March 29, 2018			500			March 29, 2028			4.50	%
2024 Notes		November 14, 2018			600			May 14, 2024			4.51	%
2024 Notes		December 10, 2018			250			May 14, 2024			4.54	%
2028 November Notes		November 14, 2018			400			November 14, 2028			4.99	%
2025 Five-year Notes		April 7, 2020			600			April 7, 2025			3.22	%
2030 April Notes		April 7, 2020			400			April 7, 2030			3.54	%
2026 Notes		October 9, 2020			650			April 9, 2026			1.81	%
2030 October Notes		October 9, 2020			300			October 9, 2030			2.43	%
2027 Five-year Notes		August 23, 2021			300			February 23,2027			1.73	%
2031 Notes		August 23, 2021			700			August 23, 2031			2.49	%

* The 2020 Notes were fully repaid when they became due.

Principal Amount and Unamortized Discount and Debt Issuance Costs

The principal amount and unamortized discount and debt issuance costs as of December 31, 2020 and 2021 were as follows:

		As of December 31,
		2020				2021				2021
		RMB				RMB				US$
		(In millions)
Principal amount			48,638				53,848				8,450
Unamortized discount and debt issuance costs			(230	)			(223	)			(36	)
			48,408				53,625				8,414

Long Term Loans Principal Repayments

The following table summarizes the aggregate required repayments of the principal amounts of the Company’s long-term debts (including the notes payable and long-term loans (Note 12) but excluding convertible senior notes (Note 14), in the succeeding five years and thereafter:

		RMB				US$
		(In millions)
For the years ending December 31,
2022			10,517				1,650
2023			6,374				1,000
2024			5,417				850
2025			7,010				1,100
2026			16,887				2,650
Thereafter			20,392				3,200

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