High Yield Calendar: No deals being marketed

Feb. 24 Week

KERNIOS TECH GROUP SAS €335 million senior secured notes due 2021 in two tranches: €200 million minimum fixed-rate notes, callable after three years a par plus 50% of the coupon, and a to-be-determined amount of floating-rate notes, callable after one year at 101; Goldman Sachs International (sole books), Mizuho Securities (co); Rule 144A and Regulation S; to finance the acquisition of Kerneos by Astorg Partners; Paris-based manufacturer and supplier of calcium aluminate cements; roadshow Feb. 24-27.

On The Horizon

ACTUANT ELECTRICAL: $60 million senior subordinated notes; also $150 million credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets and NXT Capital; to help fund the buyout of the company by Sentinel Capital Partners from Actuant Corp.; Actuant Electrical is a Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based provider of products for the retail do-it-yourself, marine, industrial OEM and wholesale electrical markets.

AERCAP HOLDINGS NV: Long-term bonds, approximately 40% secured and 60% unsecured; also $1 billion revolver; UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup Global Markets; to fund its purchase of International Lease Finance Corp. from American International Group Inc., expected to close during the second quarter of 2014; AerCap is a Netherlands-based aircraft leasing company. ILFC is a Los Angeles-based commercial aircraft lessor.

ALBEA: $150 million five-year senior secured PIK toggle notes (expected ratings Caa2/CCC+); JPMorgan, BofA Merrill Lynch (joint); non-callable for one year; to fund a dividend; Gennevilliers, France-based personal care products company.

BUENA VISTA GAMING AUTHORITY: $220 million eight-year senior secured notes; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch (joint); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; callable in four years at par plus 50% of the coupon; annual mandatory redemption offer of 50% of available funds starting at 103; 101% poison put; to fund construction of the Buenavue Casino; Ione, Calif.-based tribal gaming firm.

ENTEGRIS INC.: $360 million of senior notes and $545 million senior secured credit facility, in a financing being led by Goldman Sachs & Co.; to help fund its acquisition of ATMI Inc., expected to close in the second quarter of 2014; Entegris is a Billerica, Mass.-based provider of products for purifying, protecting and transporting critical materials used in processing and manufacturing in semiconductor and other high-tech industries.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $1.9 billion senior notes backed by bridge; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; to fund the acquisition of AT&T Inc.'s wireline business and statewide fiber network in Connecticut; Stamford, Conn.-based wireline telecommunications provider; expected during the second or third quarter of 2014.

FTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.: $400 million secured notes to repay term loan; company is soliciting consents from holders of its 7 1/8% notes due 2018 to amendments to the indenture governing the notes; BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are the solicitation agents; provider of well completion services for the oil and gas industry with corporate offices in Fort Worth and Cisco, Texas.

GOOD SAM ENTERPRISES LLC: New high-yield notes; to fund the tender for the 11½% senior secured notes due 2016, via dealer manager Goldman Sachs & Co., early deadline Nov. 19; Lincolnshire, Ill.-based specialty retailer of RV-related products and a member-based direct marketing organization targeting recreational vehicle owners and outdoor enthusiasts.

IONA ENERGY CO. (UK) LTD. (IONA ENERGY INC.): $250 million to $300 million callable senior secured bonds; Pareto Securities; to refinance credit facility, of which approximately $139 million is drawn, and to partially retire its existing structured energy derivative transaction, also to fund the delivery of its Orlando and Kells projects to first oil, as well as mature and accelerate its other pipeline of development opportunities; Calgary, Alta.-based oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on oil and gas development in the United Kingdom's North Sea.

JARDEN CORP.: $795 million bonds and bank loans, sizes to be determined; to help fund its acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments LLC from Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1.75 billion in cash; Jarden is a Rye, N.Y.-based provider of consumer products; Yankee Candle is a South Deerfield, Mass.-based designer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of scented candles.

JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS INC.: Commitment for $400 million senior secured bridge loan; also $500 million ABL revolving credit facility; Goldman Sachs Bank USA is lead bank; proceeds to help fund acquisition of Everest Holdings LLC, parent company of the Eddie Bauer brand, from Golden Gate Capital for $564 million in cash and about 4.7 million new shares of common stock of Jos. A. Bank; Hampstead, Md.-based designer, manufacturer and retailer of men's tailored and casual clothing, sportswear, footwear and accessories.

NINE WEST HOLDINGS INC.: $455 million senior unsecured bridge loan or senior notes; also $720 million credit facility scheduled to launch Feb. 14, including a $470 million term loan led by Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Jefferies Finance LLC and MCS Capital Markets LLC and $250 million asset-based revolver led by Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch; to help fund the buyout of parent company Jones Group Inc. by Sycamore Partners; marketer and wholesaler of apparel, footwear and accessories.

ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS: $1.15 billion high-yield notes backed by a bridge loan led by Goldman Sachs & Co., Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS and Nomura; also $2.175 billion term loan B and $1.025 billion equity; to help fund the buyout of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics by the Carlyle Group from Johnson & Johnson; Raritan, N.J.-based provider medical diagnostic testing services; expected second-quarter 2014 business.

SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC.: $175 million senior secured notes due 2019; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; non-callable for three years; to pre-fund development of vacation ownership inventory, to refinance a portion of the company's existing debt, to pay a dividend to the sponsor; Dallas-based resort operator.

VISANT CORP.: Up to $100 million senior notes and $260 million credit facility; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; to help fund its acquisition of American Achievement Group Holding Corp., expected to close no later than the second quarter of 2014; Visant is an Armonk, N.Y.-based marketing and publishing company. Jostens is a Minneapolis-based yearbook and scholastic affinity company.

WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE CO. (WRECO): $800 million new senior unsecured notes; to help fund the merger with TRI Pointe Homes in a transaction valued at about $2.7 billion, anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2014 (a portion of the proceeds to be paid to Weyerhaeuser at closing); homebuilding subsidiary of Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser Co.

Roadshow

KERNIOS €335 million; Goldman Sachs.

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