{"id":38417,"date":"2026-07-17T02:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=7409e38ed6ba05062bcdcc718102dd66"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:36:00","slug":"merz-completes-inaugural-e450-million-schuldschein-loan-issuance-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=38417","title":{"rendered":"Merz Completes Inaugural \u20ac450 Million Schuldschein Loan Issuance"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li>\n<b>Debut transaction more than three times oversubscribed<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AlmuthSteinkuehler?src=hash\" >#AlmuthSteinkuehler<\/a>--The Merz Group has successfully completed its first-ever Schuldschein loan issuance, placing a total volume of \u20ac450 million in the debt capital market \u2013 a multiple of three relating to the launch volume. The debut transaction was significantly oversubscribed and attracted strong interest from all investor groups. The proceeds were settled and paid out today.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854157\/5\/Dr.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854157\/22\/Dr.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854157\/5\/Dr.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854157\/21\/Dr.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854170\/4\/Logo.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854170\/22\/Logo.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854170\/4\/Logo.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260716926041\/en\/2854170\/21\/Logo.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\nThe transaction comprises both fixed- and floating-rate tranches with maturities of three, five, seven, and ten years. Around 50 German and international investors participated, representing a broad range of institutions, including private banks, German federal state-owned banks, public savings banks, cooperative banks, pension funds and occupational pension institutions.<\/p><p>\nWith the successful placement, Merz has further diversified its funding base by complementing its existing syndicated financing arrangements with an additional source of long-term capital. The transaction also broadens the company\u2019s investor base and enhances the diversification and resilience of its overall financing structure.<\/p><p>\nThe transaction was arranged by BNP Paribas and DZ BANK. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader acted as legal counsel to Merz Pharma Group.<\/p><p>\n<b>Dr. Almuth Steink\u00fchler, Chief Financial Officer Merz Group:<\/b><\/p><p>\n<i>\u201c<!-- no quote -->The strong demand for our inaugural Schuldschein loan reflects investors\u2019 confidence in Merz Group\u2019s financial strength, long-term growth prospects, and strategic direction. By successfully accessing the Schuldschein market, we have further diversified our funding sources, strengthened our financial flexibility and created a solid foundation to support the group\u2019s future organic and inorganic growth.\u201d<\/i><\/p><p>\n<b>Karsten Kabas, Senior Vice President Group Treasury, Insurance &amp; Financial Investments Merz Group:<\/b><\/p><p>\n<i>\u201c<!-- no quote -->We are particularly pleased that our debut transaction not only generated exceptionally strong demand but also enabled us to achieve a credit spread of less than 100 basis points on the five-year benchmark tranche. In addition, we successfully attracted investors for a ten-year tranche, underscoring the market\u2019s confidence in Merz as a long-term borrower.\u201d<\/i><\/p><p>\n<b>About Merz Group<\/b><\/p><p>\nFounded in 1908, Merz Group is a family-owned company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. The group comprises seven companies, including its three largest businesses: Merz Aesthetics, one of the world's leading providers of aesthetic medicine products and treatments; Merz Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on neurological disorders; and Merz Lifecare, a provider of over-the-counter healthcare products with well-known brands such as tetesept, Merz Spezial, SOS, and Zirkulin. With these brands, Merz Lifecare is one of the market leaders in the German-speaking region.<\/p><p>\nMerz Group employs more than 5,500 people worldwide and generated approximately \u20ac2.5 billion in revenue in the last fiscal year.<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\n<b>Media Contact:<\/b><br\/>Jesko Giessen\n<br\/>Head of Group Communications\n<br\/>Merz Group\n<br\/>office: +49 69 1503 2581 | mobile: + 49 1511 6480 378\n<br\/>merz.com | Eckenheimer Landstra\u00dfe 100, 60318 Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debut transaction more than three times oversubscribed<br \/>\nFRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;#AlmuthSteinkuehler&#8211;The Merz Group has successfully completed its first-ever Schuldschein loan issuance, placing a total volume of \u20ac450 million in th&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38419,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38417\/revisions\/38419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}