Hero AG successfully issues Swiss Franc Senior Unsecured Bond
Lenzburg, 1 October 2026 – Hero AG has successfully placed a CHF 100 million Senior Unsecured Bond with a 2.934% Coupon on the Swiss Franc primary bond market.
The CHF 100 million Senior Unsecured Bond (ISIN CH1606711476) is due in June 2032 and bears a fixed interest of 2.934% per annum. The proceeds of the transaction will be used to refinance the existing CHF 135 million Senior Unsecured Bond maturing on 28 October 2026 as well as for general corporate purposes. The security will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) and UBS acted as joint lead managers, while Bank J. Safra Sarasin AG and Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft acted as co-managers.
About Hero Group
The Hero Group is a multinational food company focused on branded nutritional food products. The company was founded in 1886 in Lenzburg, Switzerland, where its headquarters are still located today. Hero's operates in three categories: Better Snacking, Naturally Good Food and Others, which includes our Baby & Toddler Milk platform and regional Specialties.
The Group is a house of brands and includes Hero, Corny, Beech-Nut, Schwartau, Semper, Freche Freunde, Organix, Deliciously Ella, Sunar, Vitrac, Baby Gourmet, Queensberry, Pinati, The Gut Stuff, and Casa de Mateus in its portfolio. In 2025, the Group generated revenues of CHF 1.18 billion.