Südzucker AG: Südzucker with successful Corporate Bond pricing
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Mannheim (pta034/28.05.2026/16:36 UTC+2)
Südzucker AG successfully priced a EUR 400 million bond via its wholly-owned Dutch subsidiary Südzucker International Finance B.V. on 28 May 2026. Guaranteed by Südzucker AG, the senior bond has a maturity of five years and a coupon of 4.375 per cent. Following settlement, the bond shall be listed on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The new bond was sold exclusively to institutional investors.
The proceeds from the issuance are intended to be used for general corporate purposes, including the refinancing of the sustainability bond maturing in October 2027. In connection with the new issuance, a tender offer for the outstanding sustainability bond was launched on 26 May 2026.
The bond placement was supported by Deutsche Bank, LBBW and UniCredit acting as Global Coordinators and Dealer Managers for the tender offer. Bank of America, DZ Bank and SEB additionally acted as Joint Bookrunners for the new issuance.
Südzucker AG
Maximilianstraße 10
68165 Mannheim, Germany
Financial Press:
Dr Wolfgang Kraus
Phone: +49 621 421-205
public.relations@suedzucker.de
Investor Relations:
Andreas Rothe
Phone: +49 621 421-240
investor.relations@suedzucker.de
About the Südzucker Group
Südzucker is a major player in the food industry with its sugar, special products, starch and fruit segments, and Europe's leading ethanol producer with its CropEnergies segment.
In the traditional sugar business, the group is Europe's number one supplier of sugar products, with 21 sugar factories and two refineries, extending from France in the west via Belgium, Germany and Austria, through to Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia, and Moldova in the east. The special products segment, with its consumer-oriented functional ingredients for food and animal feed (BENEO), chilled/frozen products (Freiberger) and portion packs (PortionPack Group), operates in dynamic growth markets. Südzucker's CropEnergies segment is Europe's leading producer of renewable ethanol, with production sites in Germany, Belgium, France and Great Britain. Other products in this segment are protein food and animal feed products as well as biogenic carbon dioxide. Through its fruit segment, the group is the global market leader in fruit preparations for the dairy industry and the world's leading manufacturer (and supplier) of apple and berry juice concentrates.
In 2025/26, the group employed about 18,200 persons and generated revenues of about EUR 8.4 billion.
Important notice
The securities referred to herein will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any U.S. State security laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the U.S. Securities Act or to, or for the benefit of, U.S. persons. The tender offer referenced herein is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, e-mail, facsimile transmission, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of a national securities exchange of the United States and the tender offer cannot be accepted by any such use, means, instrumentality or facility or from within the United States.
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| Emitter: |
Südzucker AG Maximilianstraße 10 68165 Mannheim Germany |
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| Contact Person: | Andreas Rothe | |
| Phone: | +49 621 - 421-240 | |
| E-Mail: | investor.relations@suedzucker.de | |
| Website: | www.suedzuckergroup.com | |
| ISIN(s): | DE0007297004 (Share) XS2550868801 (Bond) XS2970728205 (Bond) XS3071332293 (Bond) | |
| Stock Exchange(s): | Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate BSX; Free Market in Hannover |