High Yield Calendar: $3.63 billion deals being marketed

AUG. 9 WEEK

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $305 million senior unsecured notes due 2018 (B2/B-); 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; price talk 11¼% to 11½%; books close end of day Wednesday; pricing Thursday morning.

COTT BEVERAGES INC. (COTT CORP.): $375 million senior notes due 2018 (B3/B/); 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., and general corporate purposes; Cott Corp. is a Mississauga, Ont.-based non-alcoholic beverage company; price talk 8% area; pricing expected Thursday.

MPH MERGER SUB CORP. (to be merged with an into MULTIPLAN INC.): $675 million senior unsecured notes due 2018 (Caa1/CCC+); Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital Inc.; Rule 144A for life; non-callable for four years; 101% poison put; to help fund the buyout by BC Partners and Silver Lake; New York-based provider of health care cost management services; price talk 9 ¾% area; pricing Thursday morning.

NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME CO., INC.: $250 million senior notes due 2018 (Caa1/B+/); Bank of America Merrill Lynch (books), PNC Capital Markets, KeyBank Capital Markets, Banco Santander, RBS Securities Inc. (co's); Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to repay debt; privately held, vertically integrated construction materials supplier and traffic safety services provider; price talk 9 ¾% area; books close 4 p.m. ET on Thursday.

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 10½% senior notes due 2013, to provide working capital and for general corporate purposes; Milton, Ga.-based stored electrical-energy services company; investor call 11 a.m. ET on Aug. 9; pricing expected Aug 9 week.

PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC.: $150 million senior unsecured notes due 2017 (Caa1/B); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (books), Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Agricole CIB, Wells Fargo Securities, Credit Suisse, Howard Weil, Johnson Rice & Co., Stifel Nicolaus Weisel (co's), Capital One Southcoast, Global Hunter Securities, Pritchard Capital Partners, Simmons & Co. (jr. co's); SEC registered; non-callable for four years; to fund tender for 10 3/8% senior notes due 2012; Lafayette, La.-based independent energy exploration and production company; roadshow Aug. 9-11; pricing expected Aug. 12.

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA, LLC and TV HOLDINGS FINANCE, INC.: $450 million senior secured first-lien notes due 2017 (/B/); JP Morgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs & Co. (joint), Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities (co's); Rule 144A/Regulation S for life; non-callable for four years; to repay bank debt; Livonia, Mich.-based supplier of automotive metal structural components and assemblies.

CHEMTURA CORP.: $450 million senior notes due 2018; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co.; Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years (Treasuries plus 50 bps make-whole); three-year 35% equity clawback; 101% poison put; to repay and replace the existing debtor-in-possession facility, repay certain other debt, and to make certain payments including transaction fees and expenses (filed for bankruptcy on March 18, 2009); Middlebury, Conn.-based manufacturer and seller of specialty chemicals and polymer products; expected to price mid to late 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.

EXPECTED AUGUST BUSINESS

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.

GRAHAM PACKAGING CO. INC.: New high-yield bonds; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; also new bank debt under accordion feature of existing credit facility; to fund $568 million acquisition of Liquid Container LP, expected to close before the end of 2010; York, Pa.-based packaging company.

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.

RAAM GLOBAL ENERGY CO.: $200 million senior notes due 2015 (Caa2/B-); non-callable for three years; to repay bank debt and for general corporate purposes; Lexington, Ky.-based oil and gas company.

ROADSHOWS

Launched 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.

Aug. 9 - 11: PETROQUEST ENERGY, INC. $150 million; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Pricing Aug. 12: NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME CO., INC. $250 million; Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Aug. 9 - 12: MPH MERGER SUB CORP. (MULTIPLAN INC.): $675 million; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Barclays Capital Inc.

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