Long-term Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

The components of long-term debt, including the effects of issuance costs and issuance discounts, are as follows:


	As of September 30, 2021		As of December 31, 2020

	(in millions)
Outstanding debt principal balances:

3.450% senior notes due 2021	$	—	$	140
3.950% senior notes due 2022	244		244
0.550% senior notes due 2023	750		—
0.750% senior callable notes due 2024	750		—
0.250% convertible senior notes due 2025	1,323		1,323
1.125% senior notes due 2026	750		—
4.450% senior notes due 2026	500		500
5.625% senior notes due 2027	179		—
7.200% senior notes due 2028	241		241
4.125% senior notes due 2028	138		—
1.900% senior notes due 2030	1,100		1,100
2.150% senior notes due 2031	1,000		—
	6,975		3,548
Issuance costs and discounts, net	(46)		(248)
Total debt	6,929		3,300
Less current portion of long-term debt	244		140
Long-term debt	$	6,685	$	3,160

Credit facility. The Company maintains a revolving corporate credit facility (the "Credit Facility") with a syndicate of financial institutions and has aggregate loan commitments of $2.0 billion. On January 12, 2021, Pioneer entered into the First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Amendment") with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto. The primary changes attributable to the Amendment were to increase the aggregate loan commitments from $1.5 billion to $2.0 billion, extend the maturity of the Credit Facility to January 12, 2026 and to nominally adjust the drawn and undrawn pricing. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility and was in compliance with its debt covenants.

Assumption of DoublePoint notes and payoff of DoublePoint credit facility. In connection with the completion of the DoublePoint Acquisition, the Company assumed DoublePoint's outstanding senior notes of $650 million in aggregate principal amount (with a fair value of $735 million) and DoublePoint's credit facility with an outstanding balance of $240 million. The Company repaid and terminated the DoublePoint credit facility agreement on May 4, 2021.

Assumption of Parsley notes and payoff of Parsley credit facility. In connection with the completion of the Parsley Acquisition, the Company assumed Parsley's outstanding senior notes of $2.7 billion in aggregate principal amount (with a fair value of $2.8 billion) and Parsley's credit facility with an outstanding balance of $397 million. The Company repaid and terminated the Parsley credit facility agreement on January 12, 2021.

Senior notes. In May 2021, the Company issued $750 million of 0.550% senior notes that will mature May 15, 2023 (the "May 2021 Senior Notes Offering"). The Company received proceeds, net of $4 million of issuance costs and discounts, of $746 million. Interest on the notes will be payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The senior notes are unsecured obligations ranking equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company.

The Company used $731 million of the proceeds from the May 2021 Senior Notes Offering to redeem DoublePoint's 7.750% senior notes due 2025. Associated with the redemption, the Company recognized a $3 million gain on the early extinguishment of debt. See Note 14 for additional information.

In January 2021, the Company issued $750 million of 0.750% senior callable notes that will mature January 15, 2024, $750 million of 1.125% senior notes that will mature January 15, 2026 and $1.0 billion of 2.150% senior notes that will mature January 15, 2031 (the "January 2021 Senior Notes Offering"). The Company received proceeds, net of $24 million of issuance costs and discounts, of $2.5 billion. Interest on each of the new notes will be payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The senior notes are unsecured obligations ranking equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company.

The Company used the proceeds from the January 2021 Senior Notes Offering to pay (i) $1.6 billion to redeem Parsley's 5.250% senior notes due 2025, Parsley's 5.375% senior notes due 2025 and Jagged Peak's 5.875% senior notes due 2026 and (ii) $852 million to purchase a portion of Parsley's 5.625% senior notes due 2027 and Parsley's 4.125% senior notes due 2028 pursuant to a cash tender offer. In connection with the tender offers, the Company also obtained the requisite consents from holders of Parsley's 5.625% senior notes due 2027 and 4.125% senior notes due 2028 to amend the indentures pursuant to which the notes were issued to, among other things, (i) eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and related provisions and certain events of default contained in each indenture and (ii) shorten the minimum notice requirement for optional redemptions to three days. Associated with the redemption and tenders, the Company recognized a $5 million loss on the early extinguishment of debt. See Note 14 for additional information.

The Company's 3.450% senior notes, with a debt principal balance of $140 million, matured and were repaid in January 2021. The Company funded the repayment with cash on hand.

The Company's 3.950% senior notes, with a debt principal balance of $244 million, will mature in July 2022. The 3.950% senior notes are recorded in the current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021.

Convertible senior notes. In May 2020, the Company issued $1.3 billion principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2025. The Convertible Notes bear a fixed interest rate of 0.250% per year, with interest payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The Convertible Notes will mature on May 15, 2025, unless earlier redeemed, repurchased or converted. The Convertible Notes are unsecured obligations ranking equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company.

The Convertible Notes are convertible into shares of the Company's common stock at an adjusted conversion rate of 9.2055 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes (subject to further adjustment pursuant to the terms of the notes indenture, the "Conversion Rate"), which represents an adjusted conversion price of $108.63 per share (subject to further adjustment pursuant to the terms of the notes indenture, the "Conversion Price"). Upon conversion, the Convertible Notes will be settled in cash, shares of the Company's common stock or a combination thereof, at the Company's election.

Holders of the Convertible Notes may convert their notes at their option prior to February 15, 2025 under the following circumstances:

•during the quarter following any quarter during which the last reported sales price of the Company's common stock for at least 20 of the last 30 consecutive trading days of such quarter exceeds 130 percent of the Conversion Price;

•during the five-day period following any five consecutive trading day period when the trading price of the Convertible Notes is less than 98 percent of the price of the Company's common stock times the Conversion Rate;

•upon notice of redemption by the Company; or

•upon the occurrence of specified corporate events, including certain consolidations or mergers.

On or after February 15, 2025, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert their notes at any time. The Company may not redeem the Convertible Notes prior to May 20, 2023, and after such date, may redeem the Convertible Notes only if the last reported sale price of the Company's common stock has been at least 130 percent of the Conversion Price for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the notice of redemption. The redemption price is equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

During the last 30 consecutive trading days of the third quarter of 2021, the last reported sales prices of the Company's common stock exceeded 130 percent of the Conversion Price for at least 20 trading days, causing the Convertible Notes to become convertible at the option of the holders during the three month period ending December 31, 2021. As of September 30, 2021, if converted by the holder, the Company intends to settle the Convertible Notes in cash with cash on hand or through borrowings under its Credit Facility. The Company reserves its right under the notes indenture to elect to settle the Convertible Notes in shares of the Company's common stock or a combination of cash and common stock.

The Company early adopted ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2021. Upon issuance of the Convertible Notes in May 2020, the Company bifurcated the debt and equity components of the Convertible Notes between long-term debt and additional paid-in capital in its consolidated balance sheet. The amount recorded to additional paid-in capital represented a debt discount that was being amortized to interest expense over the life of the Convertible Notes. As part of the adoption of ASU 2020-06, the Company (i) reversed the debt discount and related deferred income tax liability recorded to additional paid-in capital of $230 million and $50 million, respectively, (ii) recorded a cumulative effect of the adoption of ASU 2020-06 of $22 million to retained earnings, representing the reversal of the $28 million debt discount that was amortized to interest expense, net of an associated deferred income tax impact of $6 million, in 2020 and (iii) recorded the respective offsets for items (i) and (ii) above, representing the unamortized debt discount attributable to the Convertible Notes of $202 million to long-term debt and the associated deferred tax impact of $44 million to deferred income tax liabilities. See Note 2 for additional information.

As of September 30, 2021, the Convertible Notes had an outstanding principal balance of $1.3 billion and unamortized issuance costs of $17 million. The effective interest rate related to interest expense to be recorded over the life of the Convertible Notes is 0.6 percent. See Note 2 for additional information regarding the effect of the early adoption of ASU 2020-06 on the debt discount on the Company's Convertible Notes.

The interest costs recognized on the Convertible Notes, are as follows:


	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020

	(in millions)
Contractual coupon interest	$	1	$	1	$	3	$	1
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	1		12		3		19
	$	2	$	13	$	6	$	20

Capped call transactions. In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with certain financial institution counterparties (the "Capped Call"), the purpose of which was to reduce the potential dilution to the Company's common stock upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and/or offset any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted notes, with such reduction and offset subject to a capped price. The Capped Call transactions have an adjusted strike price of $108.63 per share of common stock and an adjusted capped price of $154.59 per share of common stock. The net costs of $113 million incurred to purchase the Capped Call transactions were recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital.