Investment Grade Calendar

On The Horizon

ATMOS ENERGY CORP.: $350 million of 30-year unsecured notes, to refinance $250 million of 5.125% senior notes due January 2013; distributes, transmits, stores natural gas, based in Dallas.

EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO.: $3.5 billion debt financing, including term loan and public debt, to help fund $4.7 billion acquisition of Solution Inc., Kingsport, Tenn.-based maker of chemicals, fibers and plastics.

ENTERGY CORP.: $575 million of bonds, in connection with merger of electric transmission business with ITC Holdings Corp.; transmission subsidiaries Entergy Transco Subs to borrow additional $1.2 billion from capital markets, to pay down debt; Dallas-based integrated energy company.

KELLOGG CO.: $2 billion in short-term, long-term debt; to help pay for acquisition of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Pringles assets; Battle Creek, Mich.-based food and cereal company.

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP: Longer-term debt, to increase liquidity following acquisition of BP's Canadian natural gas business and liquefied petroleum gas business, finalizing 2012 capital program; Houston-based company that transport, stores and markets crude oil, refined products and other natural gas-related petroleum products.

2012

DOMINION RESOURCES INC.: $1.6 billion to $2 billion, issuance split between Dominion and Virginia Electric & Power Co., $1.5 billion used to replace maturing debt; Richmond, Va.-based power and energy company.

ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION TEXAS, LLC: Debt issuances in 2012; to fund expansion plans; subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., an energy producer based in Des Moines.

KERN RIVER: Plans to issue debt in early 2012; to finance the capital costs of its Apex Expansion project that began in October; subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., an energy producer based in Des Moines.

PEPCO HOLDINGS INC.: Plans utility long-term debt issuance of $350 million to $450 million in 2012; diversified energy company based in Washington, D.C.

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