Private Placement Calendar

By August 19

DAVIS + HENDERSON CORP.: About $244 million of senior secured guaranteed notes; proceeds will help fund acquisition of Harland Financial Solutions for about $1.2 billion in cash; Toronto-based provider of business services to customers who offer checking accounts, credit card accounts and lending and leasing products.

Upcoming Closings

August 15

MARCUS CORP.: $50 million of 4.02% senior notes due Aug. 14, 2025; proceeds to reduce borrowings under revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes; Milwaukee-based owner of movie theaters and hotels.

August 30

EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.: $100 million of 3.8% senior notes due Aug. 30, 2025; principal payments due as follows: $30 million on Aug. 30, 2020, $50 million on Aug. 30, 2023 and $20 million on Aug. 30, 2025; Jackson, Miss.-based self-administered equity real estate investment trust.

September 16

MADISON GAS AND ELECTRIC CO.: $30 million of 3.09% senior notes, series C, due Sept. 15, 2023 and $15 million of 3.29% senior notes, series D, due Sept. 15, 2026; proceeds to be used for financing the Columbia Energy Center project; make-whole call option at Treasuries plus 50 basis points; purchasers include Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and American United Life Insurance Co.; subsidiary of MGE Energy, Inc., a Madison, Wis.-based public utility holding company.

September

UNITED DRUG PLC: $170 million (€131 million) loan note issue; maturities of 10 and 12 years; weighted average fixed annual interest rate of 3.7%; proceeds to repay bank facilities and existing loan note maturities in 2014 and to support future growth; a Dublin-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, distributor and wholesaler.

November

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP.: $75 million of 3.66% senior notes and about €38 million of 3.06% senior notes maturing in 2023; proceeds for future liquidity needs and for debt repayment; purchasers include New York Life Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Prudential Insurance Co. of America; Milwaukee-based manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances.

December 5

VECTREN UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.: $150 million of 10-year 3.72% senior notes; proceeds to refinance existing debt that matures in 2013 and for general corporate purposes; subsidiary of Vectren Corp., an Evansville, Ind.-based energy holding company.

December 17

CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.: $50 million of 3.75% series B notes due Dec. 18, 2028; annual mandatory principal prepayments required beginning in 2022; make-whole call option at Treasuries plus 50 basis points; proceeds to be used to construct, remodel and acquire stores and for other working capital purposes; purchasers include Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Farmers Insurance Exchange, Mid Century Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corp., ING USA Annuity and Life Insurance Co., Reliastar Life Insurance Co., ING Life Insurance and Annuity Co., Reliastar Life Insurance Co. of New York, Security Life Of Denver Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., General American Life Insurance Co. and Union Fidelity Life Insurance Co.; Ankeny, Iowa-based convenience store operator.

December

QUESTAR GAS CO.: $90 million of 30-year 4.78% notes and $60 million of 35-year 4.83% notes; proceeds to refinance debt and for general corporate purposes; Salt Lake City-based public utility.

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