Disc brake for a utility vehicle having a brake calliper, which straddles a brake disc, takes the form of a sliding calliper, is fastened to a positionally static brake carrier and has a central opening over the brake disc; two brake pads, which are arranged in the brake calliper, are able to move in opposite directions and each have a pad-carrier plate to which is fastened a friction pad, it being possible to press an action- or application-side brake pad against the brake disc by means of an application device via at least one brake plunger, wherein the brake pads can be introduced through the central opening into associated pad shafts and removed back out therefrom; and at least one resetting device by means of which the brake calliper can be reset following the displacement and release of the brake due to braking, this resetting device having a spreading device that engages with the opposing brake pads, acts the same manner against the corresponding direction of application and has resilient spreading elements, which are designed as four spring arms that engage with the corresponding pad-carrier plate, the spreading device being arranged in the central opening, wherein the spring arms are designed in a wire-like manner, wherein the spring arms are connected using a retaining tie which is mounted on the brake carrier, - wherein the spring arms have ends which are in each case designed as a fastening portion bent downwards, wherein each fastening portion is received in a receiving hole of each single end region of a pad-carrier plate from the top, such that the spreading device transfers its spreading forces in this manner between each fastening portion in the associated receiving hole onto the respective pad-carrier plates, characterised in that the retaining tie is attached to the two brake carrier horns of one of the pad shafts, - the retaining tie is wire-like and is designed in a C-shaped contour, - the retaining tie comprises a central portion in a central region of the opening, wherein a middle portion adjoins on the central portion on each side which runs respectively in an arc in the direction of the application section through an end leg to the respective brake carrier horn, wherein each end leg is bent downwards by approximately 90° to in each case one fastening portion and wherein each fastening portion is fastened in a hole of each single brake carrier horn of the pad shaft of the action-side brake pad and therewith forms the holder for the holding arc with the spreading device in the brake carrier. - wherein the spring arms have ends which are in each case designed as a fastening portion bent downwards, wherein each fastening portion is received in a receiving hole of each single end region of a pad-carrier plate from the top, such that the spreading device transfers its spreading forces in this manner between each fastening portion in the associated receiving hole onto the respective pad-carrier plates, characterised in that the retaining tie is attached to the two brake carrier horns of one of the pad shafts, - the retaining tie is wire-like and is designed in a C-shaped contour, - the retaining tie comprises a central portion in a central region of the opening, wherein a middle portion adjoins on the central portion on each side which runs respectively in an arc in the direction of the application section through an end leg to the respective brake carrier horn, wherein each end leg is bent downwards by approximately 90° to in each case one fastening portion and wherein each fastening portion is fastened in a hole of each single brake carrier horn of the pad shaft of the action-side brake pad and therewith forms the holder for the holding arc with the spreading device in the brake carrier.