High Yield Calendar: $2.58 billion deals being marketed

AUG. 9 WEEK

ROCK HOLDINGS, INC. (PARENT OF QUICKEN LOANS AND TITLE SOURCE): $300 million senior secured notes due 2015 (/B/); Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.; Rule 144A for life; non-callable for three years; to fund a dividend and for general corporate purposes; San Diego-based online lender; roadshow started Aug. 3; pricing expected Aug. 9.

TURBO BETA PLC (KCA DEUTAG DRILLING GROUP LTD.): $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2018 (Caa2/CCC); Goldman Sachs & Co. (global coordinator), HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland (joint books), Natixis Bleichroeder (co); Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for four years; proceeds, together with equity injection from shareholders, to refinance mezzanine debt; Turbo Beta is the owner of KCA Deutag, an oil and gas services company based in Aberdeen, Scotland, formerly known as Abbot Group Ltd.; price talk 13½% area.

DIAMOND RESORTS CORP.: $425 million senior secured notes due 2018; Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Guggenheim Securities (joint); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years (special call: 10% of issue callable annually at 103.0 during the non-call period); to refinance bank debt; Las Vegas-based timeshare and vacation ownership company; pricing expected early Aug 9 week.

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $305 million senior unsecured notes due 2018; Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. (joint); Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for four years; also $925 million credit facility; to fund acquisition of Odyssey HealthCare Inc., and refinance existing debt; Gentiva is an Atlanta-based home health care provider; launches Aug. 4, roadshow begins Aug. 5 in New York; pricing expected Aug. 11.

COTT BEVERAGES INC. (COTT CORP.): $375 million senior notes due 2018; Deutsche Bank Securities, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley (joint), Barclays Capital (co); Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for four years; to fund a portion of the acquisition of Cliffstar Corp.; Cott Corp. is a Mississauga, Ont.-based non-alcoholic beverage company; expected to price Aug. 11.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: $675 million first-lien senior secured notes (B2/B-) due 2015, non-callable for three years, and due 2017, non-callable for four years, tranche sizes to be determined; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities (joint), Barclays Capital Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.; Rule 144A with registration rights/Regulation S; to repay bank debt, to fund redemption of the 10½% senior notes due 2013, to provide working capital and for general corporate purposes; Milton, Ga.-based stored electrical-energy solutions company; investor call 11 a.m. ET on Aug. 9; pricing expected Aug 9 week.

EXPECTED AUGUST BUSINESS

CHEMTURA CORP.: $750 million senior notes; Citigroup, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs & Co.; to fund exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy (filed for bankruptcy on March 18, 2009); Middlebury, Conn.-based manufacturer and seller of specialty chemicals and polymer products; expected to launch Aug. 9 week.

CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP.: $1.6 billion minimum high-yield notes; Credit Suisse plus others; to help fund tender offers for 7% senior notes due 2014, 6 5/8% senior notes due 2016 and 6¼% senior notes due 2018; natural gas company based in Oklahoma City; expected Aug. 9 week.

MULTIPLAN INC.: $675 million senior unsecured notes due 2018 (Caa1/CCC+); Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse; also $1.375 billion new credit facility; to help fund the buyout by BC Partners and Silver Lake from the Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; New York-based provider of health care cost management solutions; expected to come market during Aug. 9 week.

WARNER CHILCOTT PLC: High-yield bonds, via Bank of America Merrill Lynch plus others, as part of $2.25 billion of debt financing to fund a $2.15 billion dividend to shareholders, to be paid before the end of the third quarter of 2010; also credit facility, led by JPMorgan, to launch Aug. 3; Ireland-based specialty pharmaceutical company; expected pre-Labor Day business.

ON THE HORIZON

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.: New high-yield bonds as part of approximately $1 billion in bank and bond debt financing to fund the $1.365 billion acquisition of Bresnan Communications, expected to close late 2010 or early 2011; Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup are the lead banks on the debt; Cablevision is a Bethpage, N.Y.-based telecommunications, media and entertainment company.

EVERTEC: $225 million notes; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley; also $400 million credit facility which launches at a Aug. 5 bank meeting; to help fund Apollo Management LP's acquisition of 51% of Evertec from Popular Inc., expected to close third quarter of 2010; San Juan, Puerto Rico-based transaction processing company, serving the Caribbean and Latin America.

GENON ENERGY: $1.4 billion senior notes and $500 million term loan; to refinance $1.2 billion of debt at Mirant Corp. and $650 million of debt at RRI Energy Inc., in connection with the merger of Mirant and RRI, expected to close by the end of 2010; GenOn will be a Houston-based power producer.

GRIFOLS SA: $1.1 billion high-yield notes; also $3.4 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB) via Deutsche Bank, Nomura, BBVA, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Morgan Stanley, expected to launch during July 2010; to help fund the company's acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.; Grifols is a Barcelona, Spain-based health care company and producer of plasma protein therapies. Talecris is a Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based biotherapeutics products company.

HAWKEYE GROWTH LLC (HAWKEYE RENEWABLES): Up to $150 million first-lien notes; PrinceRidge Group; proceeds, along with cash on hand, to refinance debt; Ames, Iowa-based ethanol producer.

NBTY INC.: $900 million of senior unsecured notes; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with Barclays Capital Inc. and Credit Suisse; also new credit facility; to help fund the $3.8 billion LBO of the company by the Carlyle Group, expected to close by the end of 2010; Ronkonkoma, N.Y.-based manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements.

RADIO ONE, INC.: $100 million senior notes due 2017 (Caa2/CCC+); to finance the purchase of an increased stake in TV One; also new $400 million credit facility, via Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Lanham, Md.-based radio broadcaster targeting African American audiences in urban communities.

ROADSHOWS

Started Aug. 3: ROCK HOLDINGS, INC. (PARENT OF QUICKEN LOANS AND TITLE SOURCE) $300 million; Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Pricing expected early Aug. 9 week: DIAMOND RESORTS CORP. $425 million; Credit Suisse, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Guggenheim Securities.

Launches Aug. 4: GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC. $305 million; Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.

Pricing Aug. 11: COTT BEVERAGES INC. (COTT CORP.) $375 million; Deutsche Bank Securities, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley.

Starts Aug. 9: EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $675 million; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities.

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