Südzucker AG: Südzucker successfully taps existing 2025/32 corporate bond by EUR 75 million

Mannheim (pta020/17.03.2026/13:56 UTC+1)

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Südzucker AG has successfully placed a tap issue of its existing 2025/32 corporate bond. The notes were issued via its wholly owned Dutch subsidiary Südzucker International Finance B.V. and are guaranteed by Südzucker AG. The bond, maturing in 2032, is identified by ISIN XS2970728205.

Key transaction details:

• Additional volume: EUR 75 million
• Total volume after tap: EUR 575 million
• Coupon: 4.125% p.a.
• Maturity: 29 January 2032
• ISIN Code: XS3321013313

The new notes are identical to the original tranche and will be fungible with the existing bond immediately following technical settlement. The proceeds from the new issue will be used for general corporate purposes, including the financing of next debt maturities.

The tap issue was successfully placed with institutional investors. The strong interest reflects the market's confidence in Südzucker's long-term financial strategy. The new notes will be traded on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

The transaction was managed by BNP PARIBAS acting as sole bookrunner.

Further details about the bond are available here.

Südzucker AG
Maximilianstraße 10
68165 Mannheim, Germany

Investor Relations:
Andreas Rothe
Phone: +49 621 421-240
investor.relations@suedzucker.de

Financial Press:
Dr Wolfgang Kraus
Phone: +49 621 421-205
public.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. The starch segment comprises AGRANA's starch and ethanol activities. The group's fruit segment operates globally, is the world market leader for fruit preparations for dairies and is a leading supplier of fruit juice concentrates in Europe.

In 2024/25, the group employed about 19,300 persons and generated revenues of about EUR 9.7 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
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 (Regulated Market); Free Market in Hannover