Mar 05, 2026 (MarketLine via COMTEX) --
Ahold Delhaize priced an ae800 million dual-tranche EUR transaction.
The two maturities include a €300 million 2-year Floating Rate Note (FRN) tranche and a €500 million 8-year Green tranche.
Today's transaction includes the third Green Bond priced by Ahold Delhaize following issuances in 2023 and 2024 and extends Ahold Delhaize's longstanding track record in sustainable finance, of which details can be found here. These sustainability financings reinforce the continued alignment of the company's funding to its Growing Together strategy and Healthy Communities & Planet strategic priority.
Green tranche
The Green bond proceeds will be applied to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, new or existing Eligible Green Projects, in accordance with the recently updated Green Finance Framework dated March 2026.
Proceeds will fund Eligible Green Projects in Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Clean Transportation, and Pollution Prevention & Control, advancing Ahold Delhaize's healthy communities and planet strategic priority and accelerating value chain decarbonization (including by shifting to non-fossil derived fuels, lowering energy consumption, increasing renewable energy and driving more efficient transport in own brands' operations).
The Green Finance Framework and the related Second Party Opinion, obtained from Sustainable Fitch, are available here.
Pricing of dual-tranche issuance
The 2-year FRN tranche is priced at 3-month Euribor + 35 bps, and the 8-year tranche is priced at MS+ 90 bps and carries an annual coupon of 3.625 per cent. The notes will settle on March 12, 2026 and shall be listed on Euronext Dublin. BNP PARIBAS, BofA Securities (Sustainability Structuring Coordinator), ING, J.P. Morgan, and Rabobank acted as Joint Bookrunners.
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