[6-K] Sanofi Current Report (Foreign Issuer)
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Sanofi has successfully priced an offering of €2.3 billion of notes, issued in three tranches under its Euro Medium Term Note programme. This debt financing provides the company with additional funding through the bond market.
Sanofi intends to use the net proceeds from the notes for general corporate purposes, giving it flexibility to support its operations, investments, or balance sheet needs as management decides over time.
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Insights
Sanofi raises €2.3 billion in multi-tranche notes for general corporate purposes.
Sanofi has priced €2.3 billion of notes across three tranches under its Euro Medium Term Note programme. Using a bond issuance allows the company to access institutional debt markets rather than issuing new equity.
The net proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes, which can include refinancing existing obligations, funding operations, or supporting investments. The transaction is arranged by a syndicate led by Citigroup, HSBC, and J.P. Morgan, indicating broad bank support.
Overall, this looks like a standard large-scale financing move for a major biopharma group, with the detailed impact on leverage and interest expense depending on final maturities and coupons, which are not specified in the excerpt.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April 2026
Commission File Number: 001-31368
SANOFI
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
46, avenue de la Grande Armée, 75017 Paris, FRANCE
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
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In April 2026, Sanofi published the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 which is incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release dated April 24, 2026: Sanofi successfully prices 2.3 billion of bond issue | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: April 29, 2026 | SANOFI |
| By | /s/ Alexandra Roger |
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| Name: Alexandra Roger Title: Head of Legal Corporate & Finance |
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Exhibit 99.1
| Press Release |
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Sanofi successfully prices 2.3 billion of bond issue
Paris, April 24, 2026 - Sanofi announces that it has successfully priced its offering of €2.3 billion of notes across 3 tranches:
| - | €1,000 million fixed-rate notes, due May 2029, bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.000% |
| - | €650 million fixed-rate notes, due May 2033, bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.375% |
| - | €650 million fixed-rate notes, due May 2037, bearing interest at an annual rate of 3.750% |
The notes are being issued under Sanofi’s Euro Medium Term Note programme.
Sanofi intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes.
The transaction has been led by Citigroup, HSBC, and J.P. Morgan as global coordinators, and Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets, and Unicredit, all as joint lead managers.
About Sanofi
Sanofi is an R&D driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. We apply our deep understanding of the immune system to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world, with an innovative pipeline that could benefit millions more. Our team is guided by one purpose: we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives; this inspires us to drive progress and deliver positive impact for our people and the communities we serve, by addressing the most urgent healthcare, environmental, and societal challenges of our time.
Sanofi is listed on EURONEXT: SAN and NASDAQ: SNY
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Investor Relations
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Yun Li | +33 6 84 00 90 72 | yun.li3@sanofi.com
Disclaimer
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. This is neither an advertisement and not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of June 14, 2017 (as amended, the “Prospectus Regulation”), nor a prospectus within the meaning of the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2024, and has not been approved, filed, or reviewed by any regulatory authority of the EEA or the United Kingdom.
The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (“EEA”) RETAIL INVESTORS – The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold, or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold, or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the EEA. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (“MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended or superseded the “Insurance Distribution Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors (as defined above) in the EEA has been or will be prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any such retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.
PROHIBITION OF SALES TO UNITED KINGDOM (“UK”) RETAIL INVESTORS –The Notes are not intended to be offered, sold, or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold, or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the UK. For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is not a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (the “EUWA”). Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the “UK PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors (as defined above) in the UK has been or will be prepared and therefore offering or selling the Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
This communication is only being distributed to and is only directed at (i) persons who are outside the United Kingdom or (ii) persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters related to investments and who are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”) or (iii) high net worth companies, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iv) persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) may otherwise lawfully be communicated or cause to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The Notes are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.
Notes have only been offered or sold and will only be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in France to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) as referred to in Article L.411-2 1° of the French Code monétaire et financier and defined in Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation, and the Base Prospectus, any Final Terms or any other offering material relating to the Notes have only been distributed or caused to be distributed and will only be distributed or caused to be distributed in France to such qualified investors.
Sanofi forward-looking statements
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