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Short-term borrowings and long-term debt
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Short-term borrowings and long-term debt
11. Short-term borrowings and long-term debt

Short-term borrowings are comprised of the following:

 

     Yen in millions  
     March 31  
     2017      2018  

Unsecured loans:

     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 7.29%

     64,046     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 3.95%

        64,480  

Secured loans:

     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.00%

     20,000     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.12%

        27  

Repurchase agreement:

     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.01%

     310,609     

with a weighted-average interest rate of 0.18%

        335,586  

Secured call money:

     

with a weighted-average interest rate of (0.08)%

     70,000     

with a weighted-average interest rate of (0.07)%

        96,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     464,655        496,093  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2018, a certain subsidiary in the Financial Services segment pledged securities investments with a book value of 267,538 million yen as collateral for 335,586 million yen of short-term repurchase agreements. The repurchase agreement provides for net settlement upon a termination event.

At March 31, 2018, a certain subsidiary in the Financial Services segment pledged marketable securities and securities investments with a book value of 119,213 million yen as collateral for 96,000 million yen of secured call money.

In addition, certain subsidiaries in the Financial Services segment pledged marketable securities and securities investments with an aggregate book value of 9,618 million yen as collateral for cash settlements, variation margins of futures markets and certain other purposes.

 

Long-term debt is comprised of the following:

 

     Yen in millions  
     March 31  
     2017      2018  

Unsecured loans, representing obligations principally to banks:

     

Due 2017 to 2024, with interest rates ranging from 0.24% to 5.10% per annum

     63,248     

Due 2018 to 2024, with interest rates ranging from 0.01% to 5.10% per annum

        49,454  

Unsecured 0.43% bonds, due 2018

     10,000     

Unsecured 0.86% bonds, due 2018

     150,000        150,000  

Unsecured 2.00% bonds, due 2018

     16,300        16,300  

Unsecured 0.05% bonds, due 2019

     69,793        69,879  

Unsecured 2.07% bonds, due 2019

     50,000        50,000  

Unsecured 0.23% bonds, due 2021

     89,670        89,744  

Unsecured 0.11% bonds, due 2022

        10,000  

Unsecured 1.41% bonds, due 2022

     10,000        10,000  

Unsecured 0.28% bonds, due 2023

     15,000        15,000  

Unsecured 0.22% bonds, due 2025

        10,000  

Unsecured 0.42% bonds, due 2026

     24,887        24,899  

Unsecured zero coupon convertible bonds, due 2022

     120,000        119,976  

Secured 0.00% loans, due 2019 to 2020

     70,000     

Secured 0.00% loans, due 2019 to 2022

        170,002  

Capital lease obligations and other:

     

Due 2017 to 2027, with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 8.90% per annum

     34,224     

Due 2018 to 2047, with interest rates ranging from 0.36% to 11.88% per annum

        52,929  

Guarantee deposits received

     11,764        10,790  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     734,886        848,973  

Less — Portion due within one year

     53,424        225,522  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     681,462        623,451  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

At March 31, 2018, a certain subsidiary in the Financial Services segment pledged marketable securities and securities investments with a book value of 38,375 million yen and housing loans with a book value of 306,589 million yen as collateral for a 170,000 million yen long-term secured loan.

In March 2012, Sony executed a 1,365 million U.S. dollar unsecured bank loan with a group of lenders having six to ten year maturity terms in connection with Sony’s acquisition of Ericsson’s 50% equity interest in Sony Ericsson. This bank loan utilizes the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Facility, which was established to facilitate overseas mergers and acquisitions by Japanese companies as a countermeasure against yen appreciation. The terms of this U.S. dollar loan require accelerated repayment of the entire outstanding balance if Sony Corporation or its wholly-owned subsidiaries discontinue the business of mobile devices featuring telephone functionality. In March 2016, Sony repaid 682 million U.S. dollars of the 1,365 million U.S. dollars. In September 2016, Sony repaid the remaining 683 million U.S. dollars.

On July 21, 2015, Sony issued 120,000 million yen of 130% callable unsecured zero coupon convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights due 2022 (the “Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds”). The bondholders are entitled to stock acquisition rights effective from September 1, 2015 to September 28, 2022. The initial conversion price is 5,008 yen per common share. In addition to the standard anti-dilution provisions, the conversion price is reduced for a certain period before an early redemption triggered upon the occurrence of certain corporate events including a merger, corporate split and delisting event. The reduced amount of the conversion price will be determined by a formula that is based on the effective date of the reduction and Sony’s common stock price. The reduced conversion price ranges from 3,526.5 yen to 5,008.0 yen per common share. The conversion price is also adjusted for dividends in excess of 25 yen per common share per fiscal year. Sony has the option to redeem all of the Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds outstanding at 100% of the principal amount after July 21, 2020, if the closing sales price per share of Sony’s common stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is 130% or more of the conversion price of the Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds for 20 consecutive trading days. Sony was not required to bifurcate any of the embedded features contained in the Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds for accounting purposes. There are no significant adverse debt covenants under the Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds.

In September 2016, Sony issued unsecured straight bonds in the aggregate principal amount of 200,000 million yen. The proceeds from the issuance of the bonds have been applied to the repayment of borrowings and debt.

There are no significant adverse debt covenants or cross-default provisions related to the other short-term borrowings and long-term debt.

Aggregate amounts of annual maturities of long-term debt are as follows:

 

Fiscal year ending March 31

   Yen in millions  

2019

     225,522  

2020

     155,490  

2021

     58,620  

2022

     204,428  

2023

     16,437  

Later fiscal years

     188,476  
  

 

 

 

Total

     848,973  
  

 

 

 

At March 31, 2018, Sony had unused committed lines of credit amounting to 459,860 million yen and can generally borrow up to 180 days from the banks with whom Sony has committed line contracts. Furthermore, at March 31, 2018, Sony has commercial paper programs totaling 818,720 million yen. Sony can issue commercial paper for a period generally not in excess of 270 days up to the size of the programs.