Bank Loan Calendar: $11.5595 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

ADVANCED COMPUTER SOFTWARE GROUP: Bank meeting Jan. 14; new senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley (left on first-lien) and Goldman Sachs (left on second-lien); $50 million revolver; £320.5 million U.S. dollar-equivalent first-lien term loan; £128 million U.S. dollar-equivalent second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Vista Funds; U.K.-based provider of software and IT services.

ALLIANT HOLDINGS: Conference call Jan. 14; $360 million add-on first-lien term loan; Macquarie and KKR Capital; fund acquisitions; Newport Beach, Calif., specialty insurance brokerage firm.

CURO HEALTH SERVICES: $545 million senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and SunTrust; $45 million revolver; $380 million first-lien term loan; $120 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee; Mooresville, N.C., provider of home health care and hospice services.

DIGITAL RIVER INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 21; $345 million senior secured credit facility; Macquarie; $10 million revolver; $255 million first-lien term loan; $80 million second-lien term loan that was pre-sold; help fund buyout by Siris Capital Group LLC; Minneapolis-based provider of commerce as a service.

DYNACAST INTERNATIONAL: Bank meeting Jan. 12; $700 million of term loans; JPMorgan, Barclays and Macquarie; $530 million seven-year first-lien term loan; $170 million eight-year second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Partners Group; Charlotte, N.C., manufacturer of small, highly complex metal components.

EXACT HOLDING N.V.: Bank meeting Jan. 12; $460 million of term loans; RBC (left on first-lien), Deutsche Bank (left on second-lien) and ING; $335 million seven-year first-lien term loan; $125 million eight-year second-lien term loan; also €30 million revolver; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Netherlands-based vendor of on-premise and true-cloud accounting, CRM and ERP software for businesses.

NELLSON NUTRACEUTICAL LLC: Bank meeting Jan. 13; $368 million senior credit facility; GE Capital, BMO, RBC and Madison Capital; $55 million five-year revolver (B); $240 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B); $73 million second-lien term loan (CCC+) that is privately placed; fund acquisition of Le Groupe Mulitbar Inc. and refinance existing debt; Irwindale, Calif., nutritional diet protein energy diabetic medical bar and powder manufacturer.

PLATFORM SPECIALTY PRODUCTS CORP.: Bank meeting Jan. 12; $1.1 billion U.S. dollar and euro incremental covenant-light term loan due June 7, 2020; Barclays, Credit Suisse, UBS and Nomura; help fund acquisition of Arysta LifeScience Ltd.; Miami-based specialty chemicals company.

SIG COMBIBLOC GROUP AG: Bank meeting in New York and London in week of Jan. 19; new U.S. and euro credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Credit Agricole, Mizuho, Nomura, Rabobank, RBC, RBS and UniCredit; help fund buyout by Onex Corp.; Switzerland-based supplier of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food.

Upcoming Closings

ACCUVANT: $425 million of term loans; Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale; $300 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $125 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund merger with FishNet Security; provider of information security services.

AMERICAN TIRE DISTRIBUTORS INC.: $140 million covenant-light secured term loan due June 1, 2018 talked at Libor plus 475 bps, step-down to Libor plus 450 bps at total net leverage of 4x, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 hard call until March 28, 2015; Bank of America; help fund redemption of 11½% senior subordinated notes due 2018 and general corporate purposes; Huntersville, N.C., replacement tire distributor.

ANGUS CHEMICAL CO.: $570 million credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank; $65 million revolver; $355 million U.S. term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $150 million euro-equivalent term loan talked at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Golden Gate Capital from The Dow Chemical Co.; Buffalo Grove, Ill., manufacturer and distributor of nitroalkanes and their derivatives.

ASCEND LEARNING: $40 million add-on first-lien term loan due July 31, 2019 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½; Bank of America, GE Capital and Barclays; fund acquisition of a U.S. based medical education management services provider; Burlington, Mass., and Leawood, Kan., provider of technology-based learning services focused on student training and testing results in health care and other vocational fields.

ASCENSUS INC.: $87 million of add-on term loans; BMO; $72 million add-on first-lien term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $15 million add-on second-lien term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; fund a dividend; Dresher, Pa., retirement plan services provider.

CARIBOU COFFEE CO.: $375 million credit facility; Rabobank; $275 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $100 million six-year term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; back recently completed acquisition of Einstein Noah Restaurant Group Inc. and refinance existing debt; Minneapolis-based branded coffee company.

CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA LLC: $195 million credit facility; Barclays; $25 million revolver; $170 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Wendel Group; Auburn, Ala., designer and producer of desiccant plastic vials for the diabetes test strip market.

GENERAL COMMUNICATION INC.: $275 million seven-year covenant-light term B (Ba2/BB+) at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; SunTrust, Bank of America and Credit Agricole; help fund the acquisition of Alaska Communications’ wireless subscriber base and its 33% interest in its partnership in the Alaska Wireless Network LLC; Anchorage-based telecommunications provider.

GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE TRAINING LLC: $245 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Macquarie and ING; $20 million revolver (B+); $175 million six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $50 million seven-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Rhone Capital LLC from MidOcean Partners; Cary, N.C., provider of IT and business skills training.

HOOVER CONTAINER SOLUTIONS: $195 million credit facility (B2/B); Macquarie; $30 million revolver; $165 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by First Reserve; Houston-based provider of chemical tanks, cargo carrying units and related products and services.

IMPAX LABORATORIES INC.: $485 million senior secured credit facility (B1/BBB-); Barclays, RBC and Wells Fargo; $50 million five-year revolver; $435 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund the acquisitions of Tower Holdings Inc. and Lineage Therapeutics Inc.; Hayward, Calif., technology-based specialty pharmaceutical company.

IPC CORP.: $925 million credit facility; Barclays and Credit Suisse; $25 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $555 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $345 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/B-) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Centerbridge Partners LP from Silver Lake Partners; Jersey City, N.J., provider of mission-critical network services and trading communication technology to the financial markets community.

KAUFMAN HALL & ASSOCIATES LLC: $170 million credit facility; Barclays and SunTrust; $20 million five-year revolver; $150 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners; Skokie, Ill., consulting firm and provider of software, serving U.S. not-for-profit health care providers.

LIBERTY CABLEVISION OF PUERTO RICO LLC: $257.5 million of tack-on term loans; Credit Suisse and Scotia Bank; $225 million tack-on first-lien term loan due Jan. 7, 2022 at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call for six months; $32.5 million tack-on second-lien term loan due July 7, 2023 at Libor plus 675 bps, 1% Libor floor, hard call 102 through July 2015, 101; fund acquisition of Choice Cable TV; cable TV service provider in Puerto Rico.

MIRION TECHNOLOGIES LLC: $315 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, RBC and HSBC; $35 million five-year revolver (B); $280 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, step-down to Libor plus 450 bps based on net leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Charterhouse Equity Partners LLC from American Capital; provider of radiation detection products.

PARIS PRESENTS INC.: $137 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $15 million five-year revolver; $92 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $30 million seven-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; help fund recently completed buyout by Wasserstein & Co. LP, Ontario Pension Board and Northwestern Mutual from Mason Wells; Gurnee, Ill., provider of branded cosmetic and bath accessories.

PEET’S COFFEE & TEA INC.: $300 million revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; Rabobank, Bank of America and Wells Fargo; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; specialty coffee and tea company.

PRESIDIO HOLDINGS INC.: $650 million credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse, Barclays, Citigroup, RBC and Goldman Sachs; $50 million revolver; $600 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC from American Securities LLC; New York-based IT infrastructure services provider.

STONEWALL GAS GATHERING LLC: Closing expected on Jan. 22; $350 million seven-year senior secured term B (B) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call one, 101 soft call for one year; Citigroup, BMO and Bank of America; fund the construction costs and construction period debt service associated with the development of the Stonewall Gas system; critical gas gathering pipeline system in the Southwest Marcellus shale that is being developed by M3 Midstream LLC.

TASC INC.: Expected closing in February; $645 million of incremental debt; Barclays (left on first-lien) and Jefferies (left on second-lien); $60 million incremental revolver (Ba3/B+) due May 23, 2019; $435 million incremental first-lien term loan (Ba3/B+) due May 23, 2020 talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, non-callable until May 23, 2015, then 101 hard call for one year; $150 million incremental second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due May 23, 2021 talked at a fixed-rate of 12%, OID 98, non-callable until May 23, 2015, then hard call of 105, 102.5; refinance debt and fund a cash dividend with acquisition by Engility Holdings Inc.; Chantilly, Va., pure-play government services contractor.

VINE OIL & GAS LP: $850 million of term loans; Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Credit Suisse, Societe Generale and Natixis; $500 million seven-year first-priority term B (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 675 bps to 700 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; $350 million 7½-year second-priority term C (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 875 bps to 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 90, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund the acquisition of the Haynesville assets of SWEPI LP and Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc., affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc; exploration and production company.

WESTMORELAND COAL CO.: $50 million add-on senior secured term loan; BMO; back recently completed acquisition of Buckingham Coal Co. LLC; Englewood, Colo., coal company.

On The Horizon

ACADIA HEALTHCARE CO. INC.: Up to $580 million senior secured term B; Bank of America and Jefferies; help fund acquisition of CRC Health Group Inc.; Franklin, Tenn.-based provider of inpatient behavioral health care services.

CAMBRIAN COAL CORP.: New debt financing; help fund acquisition of TECO Coal from TECO Energy Inc.; coal company.

DOLLAR TREE INC.: $6.65 billion credit facility; JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, RBC, U.S. Bank, PNC, TD Bank, Capital One, Regions Bank, Citizens Bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, SunTrust, Sumitomo Mitsui, HSBC, Fifth Third and The Huntington National Bank; $1.25 billion revolver; $5.4 billion term loan; help fund acquisition of Family Dollar Stores Inc.; Chesapeake, Va., discount store operator.

ENDO INTERNATIONAL: $500 million incremental term B; Citigroup; help fund acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Dublin-based specialty health care company.

ENVIVA PARTNERS LP: $215 million five-year senior secured credit facility; $40 million revolver expected at Libor plus 375 bps; $175 million term loan expected at Libor plus 375 bps; refinance existing debt and make a distribution to the sponsor in connection with initial public offering of common units; Bethesda, Md., supplier of utility-grade wood pellets to power generators.

GFI HOLDCO INC.: $320 million of term loans; Jefferies; $225 million five-year senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 850 bps, stepping down by 200 bps after second-lien repayment, 1% Libor floor, call protection 103, 102, 101; up to $95 million six-year second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 1,250 bps, stepping up to Libor plus 1,500 bps after one year, 1% Libor floor, 101 call protection for one year; fund acquisition of GFI Group’s wholesale brokerage and clearing businesses; New York-based provider of trading technologies and support services.

GREATLAND CONNECTIONS INC.: New term loans and revolver; help fund acquisition of about 2.5 million customers from Comcast/Time Warner Cable; newly formed cable company.

KREMERS URBAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Advent International and Avista Capital Partners from UCB SA; Princeton, N.J., specialty generic pharmaceuticals company.

PASHA GROUP: New debt financing; fund acquisition of Horizon Lines Inc.’s Hawaii trade lane business; San Rafael, Calif., logistics and transportation company.

PETSMART INC.: $5.05 billion credit facility; Citigroup, Nomura, Jefferies, Barclays and Deutsche Bank; $750 million senior secured ABL facility; $4.3 billion of term loans; help fund buyout by a consortium led by BC Partners Inc.; Phoenix, Ariz., specialty pet retailer.

PRIMARY ENERGY RECYCLING CORP.: $215 million senior credit facility; Investec USA; help fund buyout by Fortistar LLC; Oak Brook, Ill., clean energy company that generates revenue from capturing and recycling recoverable heat and byproduct fuels from industrial processes.

RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY: $1.625 billion senior secured first-lien credit facility; Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC and Teachers’ Private Capital; San Francisco-based technology company that specializes in improving the performance of networks and networked applications.

SELECT FAMILY OF STAFFING COS.: New credit facility; Credit Suisse and RBC; help fund merger with EmployBridge; Atlanta-based staffing company.

TTM TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $1.265 billion senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Barclays; $150 million five-year asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; $1.115 billion seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Viasystems Group Inc., refinance some debt and general corporate purposes; Costa Mesa, Calif., printed circuit board manufacturer.

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