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Published on 5/5/2015 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $41.7492 billion deals being marketed

May Bank Meetings

ACCUVANT INC./FISHNET SECURITY INC.: Conference call May 6; $170 million in incremental term loans; Jefferies; $100 million incremental first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor; $70 million incremental second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor; fund a distribution to shareholders; provider of information security services and solutions.

ENERGIZER SPINCO INC.: Bank meeting May 6; $650 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $250 million five-year revolver; $400 million seven-year term B; help fund spin-off from Energizer Holdings Inc.; St. Louis-based manufacturer and marketer of batteries and lighting products.

INFILTRATOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATED LLC: Bank meeting May 7; $345 million in term loans; Deutsche Bank, RBC and Nomura; $230 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan; $115 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan; help fund buyout by Teachers’ Private Capital; expected close late May; provider of engineered plastic chambers, synthetic aggregate leachfields, tanks and accessories for the onsite wastewater and stormwater industries.

PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATES: Bank meeting May 7; $175 million credit facility; GE Capital; $25 million five-year revolver; $105 million six-year first-lien term loan; $45 million seven-year second-lien term loan; refinance existing debt; Exton, Pa., provider of outpatient rehabilitation services and orthotics and prosthetics services.

PRESIDIO INC.: Conference call May 6; $575 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due February 2022 talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; repricing; New York-based IT infrastructure solutions provider.

RANPAK HOLDINGS INC.: Conference call May 6; $232 million first-lien term loan due October 2021 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Macquarie; also €157 million first-lien term loan due October 2021 talked at Euribor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Concord Township, Ohio, manufacturer of paper-based systems for protective packaging needs.

SALIENT PARTNERS LP: Bank meeting May 6; $175 million credit facility (BB-); Macquarie; $15 million revolver; $160 million term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt and fund the acquisition of Forward Management LLC; Houston-based investment management firm.

Upcoming Closings

A. SCHULMAN INC.: Roughly $1 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); JPMorgan; $300 million five-year revolver; $200 million five-year term A; $350 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; €145 million seven-year term B talked at Euribor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 0.75% floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Citadel Plastics Holdings Inc. from HGGC and Charlesbank Capital Partners; Akron, Ohio, supplier of high-performance plastic compounds, powders and resins.

ACRISURE: $410 million term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; also new revolver; refinance existing debt and fund an acquisition; Caledonia, Mich., retail insurance brokerage.

AIR CANADA: Expected close May 11 week; $510 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup; $210 million revolver due Sept. 26, 2018; $300 million term B due Sept. 26, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Montreal-based airline company.

ARCADE MARKETING/BIOPLAN: $388 million in term loans; Goldman Sachs (left on first-lien), Credit Suisse (left on second-lien), Barclays and Deutsche Bank; $283 million first-lien term loan due Sept. 23, 2021 at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call through Sept. 23, 2015; $105 million second-lien term loan due Sept. 23, 2022 at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 93, call protection 103 through Sept. 23, 2015, 102, 101; sell-down of debt that funded in 2014 with merger of Bioplan and Arcade Marketing; provider of sampling and packaging solutions for the fragrance, cosmetics and skincare segments.

ARIA ENERGY OPERATING LLC: $270 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B); Barclays, RBC, M&T Bank and Comerica; $70 million five-year revolver; $200 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; working capital requirements and general corporate purposes, refinance existing debt, put cash on the balance sheet and fund a distribution to the sponsor; Novi, Mich., owner, operator, and developer of long-lived energy projects.

BLACK KNIGHT INFOSERV LCC: $1.6 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB); JPMorgan; $400 million five-year revolver; $800 million five-year term A; $400 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; repay some of the mirror loan and intercompany loans from Fidelity National Financial Inc.; Jacksonville, Fla., provider of integrated technology, services, data and analytics.

BLACKHAWK MINING: $360 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank; $60 million ABL revolver; $300 million five-year senior secured term B (Caa1/B) talked at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call for six months, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Lexington, Ky., coal mining company.

CHEMOURS CO.: $2.5 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BBB-); JPMorgan and Credit Suisse; $1 billion revolver; $1.5 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call; help fund spinoff from EI DuPont de Nemours & Co.; performance chemicals company.

COMPUSEARCH: $181 million credit facility; SunTrust; $15 million revolver; $115 million six-year first-lien term B at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¾, 101 soft call protection for six months; $51 million 6.5-year second-lien term loan that was privately placed; help fund buyout by ABRY Partners; Dulles, Va., provider of software and services that advance commerce and collaboration among government agencies and contractors.

DELACHAUX: €70 million incremental covenant-light term loan due October 2021 talked at Euribor plus 400 bps; Deutsche Bank; repay some U.S. term loan B-2 debt; also repricing U.S. dollar covenant-light term B-2 talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing euro covenant-light term loan B-1 due October 2021 talked at Euribor plus 400 bps; French industrial company.

DJO FINANCE LLC: $1.205 billion credit facility; Macquarie and Natixis; $150 million asset-based revolver; $1.035 billion first-lien term loan (Ba3) due June 2020 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; $20 million delayed-draw term loan (Ba3) due June 2020 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½; help refinance existing debt; Vista, Calif., provider of medical device solutions.

ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY INC.: $535 million credit facility (B2/B); Jefferies and Citizens Capital; $45 million revolver; $490 million term B at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of PHT Corp. and fund a dividend; Philadelphia-based provider of patient-centric endpoint data collection services for use in clinical drug development.

GOLD STANDARD BAKING: $139 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $30 million revolver; $109 million term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, leverage-based step-down to Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Tricor Pacific Capital from Arbor Investments; Chicago-based baked goods supplier.

GROCERY OUTLET INC. (GOBP HOLDINGS INC.): Roughly $449 million senior secured first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank; repricing; Emeryville, Calif.-based grocery store operator.

HORIZON GLOBAL CORP.: $315 million credit facility; JPMorgan, BMO and Wells Fargo; $100 million asset-based revolver; $215 million seven-year term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; fund a cash distribution to TriMas Corp. in connection with spin-off; Bloomfield Hills, Mich., manufacturer and distributor of towing, trailer and cargo management products for the automotive market.

HORIZON PHARMA INC.: Expected close May 7; $400 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (Ba2/BB-) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and Jefferies; help fund acquisition of Hyperion Therapeutics Inc. and to refinance existing debt; Dublin-based specialty biopharmaceutical company.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHERS INC.: $500 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (B1/BB/BB+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of the Educational Technology and Services business of Scholastic Corp. and replace an existing term loan; Boston-based provider of pre-K–12 education content, services and technology solutions.

INTEGRA TELECOM HOLDINGS INC.: Expected close May 12; roughly $796 million in term loans; Morgan Stanley; roughly $673 million 5.25-year senior secured first-lien term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; $123 million 5.75-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99½, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing loans; provider of telecommunications services.

J. JILL: $290 million credit facility; Jefferies and Macquarie; $40 million asset-based revolver; $250 million seven-year term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP from Arcapita and Golden Gate Capital; Quincy, Mass., fashion retailer of women’s apparel, accessories and footwear.

JBS USA LLC: Roughly $901 million of term loans; JPMorgan; roughly $493 million term loan due in 2020 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; roughly $408 million term loan due in 2022 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Greeley, Colo., beef, pork and lamb processing company.

LEARNING CARE GROUP: $317 million term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs; repricing; Novi, Mich., provider of early education and childcare services.

LEIGHTON SERVICES (LS DECO LLC): A$900 million-equivalent senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Barclays, Credit Agricole, ANZ and Goldman Sachs; A$100 million five-year revolver; A$800 million-equivalent seven-year covenant-light term B, roughly $350 million tranche at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months, roughly A$353.7 million tranche at BBSY plus 550 bps, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; fund recently completed 50:50 investment partnership with Leighton Holdings and Apollo Global Management LLC for Leighton’s merged operations and maintenance services businesses, and fund a letter-of-credit cash collateral facility; provider of industrial and civil services across telecom, roads, water, power, utilities and environmental sectors.

LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC.: $2 billion senior secured term B (NA/NA/BB+) due 2022 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99¾ to par, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America and Citigroup; repricing; Broomfield, Colo., provider of communications services.

METALDYNE LLC: €200 million to €250 million senior secured covenant-light term loan B due October 2021 talked at Euribor plus 300 bps, 1% floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs; repay a portion of the existing U.S. dollar term loan; also repricing existing U.S. senior secured covenant-light talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Plymouth, Mich., manufacturer of highly engineered metal-based components for engine, transmission and driveline applications in the automotive and light truck markets.

MJ ACQUISITION CORP.: $700 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $50 million five-year revolver (Ba3/BB-); $450 million seven-year term B (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; $200 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) already placed at Libor plus 800 bps, 1% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of Concentra Inc. by MJ Acquisition, a joint venture between Select Medical Holdings Corp. and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; health-care company.

NATIONAL SURGICAL HEALTHCARE INC.: $405 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); JPMorgan; $40 million revolver; $365 million seven-year covenant-light term B (including $50 million delayed-draw) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; fund acquisition of a majority interest in Optim Healthcare and for general corporate purposes; Chicago-based owner and operator of surgical hospitals and surgery centers.

NEP/NCP HOLDCO INC.: $75 million incremental second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) due July 22, 2020 at Libor plus 875 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98½, call protection 102, 101, with 101 IPO carve-out; Barclays; help fund acquisition of Mediatec Group, fund a separate bolt-on acquisition and repay some revolver debt; Pittsburgh-based provider of outsourced teleproduction services critical to the delivery of live sports and entertainment events.

PENTON MEDIA INC.: $514 million term loan (including $60 million add-on) (B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; GE Capital; support acquisitions and reprice existing term loan; New York-based tradeshow and professional information services company.

PETSMART INC.: $4.3 billion senior secured covenant-light term B due March 10, 2022 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Citigroup; repricing; Phoenix-based specialty pet retailer.

PHYSIO-CONTROL INTERNATIONAL INC.: Expected close June 5; $480 million in senior secured term loans; Citigroup, Jefferies, RBC and HSBC; $350 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term B (B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $130 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 875 bps to 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Redmond, Wash., developer, manufacturer, seller and servicer of external defibrillator/monitors and emergency medical response products and services.

PRESTIGE BRANDS INC.: Expected close May 8; $852.5 million term B-3 due Sept. 3, 2021 (B1/BB) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99¾, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and Citigroup; amend and reprice existing term B-1 and term B-2; Tarrytown, N.Y., provider of over-the-counter health-care and household consumer products.

PRIMESOURCE BUILDING PRODUCTS (PRISO ACQUISITION CORP.): $655 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, BMO, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Nomura; $300 million ABL revolver; $355 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B2/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Platinum Equity LLC from Itochu; Dallas-based two-step building products distributor.

PRO MACH INC.: $377.1 million term loan due October 2021 talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs; repricing; Loveland, Ohio, provider of integrated packaging and processing products and solutions for food, beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and other diverse companies.

PSAV PRESENTATION SERVICES: $165 million add-on term loan B (B1) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Macquarie; fund a dividend; Long Beach, Calif., provider of audio visual equipment and event technology support to the hotel, conference and event industry.

QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP.: $1.95 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB+); JPMorgan, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, MUFG and PNC Bank; $500 million five-year revolver; $850 million five-year term A; $600 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; help refinance existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; Durham, N.C., provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services.

SCRIPT RELIEF LLC: Expected close May 15; $205 million seven-year senior secured first-lien covenant-light term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Citigroup; fund a dividend; New York-based provider of pharmacy discount cards.

SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: Expected close in July; $205 million incremental covenant-light term B-2 due April 2020 at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas; fund acquisition of JPay Inc.; Dallas-based provider of advanced inmate communications, investigative technologies and information management solutions to the corrections industry.

SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES BV: $990.1 million of term B debt due Oct. 14, 2021 talked at Libor plus 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½ to 99¾, 101 soft call; Morgan Stanley and Barclays; repricing and extension of 2019 loan maturity; supplier of sensing, electrical protection, control and power management services.

SIG COMBIBLOC GROUP AG (ONEX WIZARD ACQUISITION): Expected close May 13; $1.225 billion covenant-light term loan due March 13, 2022 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Barclays; also €1.05 billion covenant-light term loan due March 13, 2022 talked at Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call; repricing of existing term loans; Switzerland-based supplier of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages and food.

SMART & FINAL STORES INC.: Roughly $595 million senior secured term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; repricing; Commerce, Calif., warehouse-style, no-membership-fee, multi-format retailer serving households and smaller businesses.

STAPLES INC.: $5.75 billion credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and HSBC; $3 billion five-year asset-based revolver; $2.75 billion six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (Baa2/BBB) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Office Depot Inc.; Framingham, Mass., retailer of office supplies.

STERIGENICS INTERNATIONAL: $1.2 billion credit facility (B1/B); JPMorgan; $150 million five-year revolver; $1.05 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½, 101 soft call for six months; help fund recapitalization with Warburg Pincus and GTCR; Oak Brook, Ill., provider of contract sterilization, gamma technologies and medical isotopes.

TOUCHTUNES INTERACTIVE NETWORKS INC.: $257.5 million credit facility; Citizens Bank and Societe Generale; $25 million revolver (B1/B+); $170 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $62.5 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 825 bps to 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Searchlight Capital Partners LP; New York-based in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform.

TRANSDIGM INC.: $450 million first-lien covenant-light tack-on term D (B) due June 2021 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5 to 99.75, 101 soft call through June; Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Barclays, RBC, Credit Agricole and HSBC; help fund the acquisition of Pexco LLC’s aerospace business and replenish cash on the balance sheet; Cleveland-based designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components.

TTM TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $950 million in term loans; JPMorgan and Barclays; $850 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 96.5, 101 soft call; $100 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1); help fund acquisition of Viasystems Group Inc. and refinance some debt; Costa Mesa, Calif., printed circuit board manufacturer.

VERESEN MIDSTREAM LP: $575 million term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; RBC, TD and HSBC; repricing; midstream energy company.

W&T OFFSHORE INC.: $300 million five-year second-lien term loan (B+) at 9%, OID 99, non-call two; Morgan Stanley, TD Securities, Wells Fargo, Scotiabank, Natixis, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs; repay a reserve-based facility; Houston-based oil and natural gas producer.

WASH MULTIFAMILY LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC: Expected close mid-May; $685 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Natixis; $60 million five-year revolver; $505 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 325 bps, 25 bps step-down at 3.75x net first-lien leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¾, 101 soft call for six months; $120 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 700 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¼, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by EQT Infrastructure II Fund from CHS Capital LLC; El Segundo, Calif., provider of common room laundry services to multifamily apartments and universities.

ZAYO GROUP LLC: Expected close May 6; roughly $1.65 billion six-year senior secured covenant-light term loan B (Ba2) at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¾, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, RBC, SunTrust and JPMorgan; repricing and amendment of existing term loan; Boulder, Colo., provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services.

On The Horizon

AGROFRESH: $425 million term B; BMO; help fund acquisition by Boulevard Acquisition Corp. from the Dow Chemical Co.; post‐harvest specialty chemical business.

AMERICAN GAMING SYSTEMS: $250 million in term loans; Jefferies and Macquarie; help fund acquisition of Cadillac Jack Inc. from Amaya Inc.; Las Vegas-based manufacturer and operator of gaming machines.

ARRIS GROUP INC.: $800 million incremental five-year term A-1; Bank of America; help fund acquisition of Pace plc; Suwanee, Ga., IP, video and broadband technology company.

BLUE COAT SYSTEMS INC.: New debt financing; Jefferies; help fund buyout by Bain Capital from Thoma Bravo LLC; Sunnyvale, Calif., web security company.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC.: $1.35 billion credit facility; $800 million ABL revolver estimated pricing at Libor plus 150 bps; $550 million term B estimated pricing at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of ProBuild Holdings LLC; Dallas-based supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction.

COMMSCOPE INC.: $1.5 billion seven-year senior secured covenant-light incremental term loan expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo; help fund the acquisition of TE Connectivity’s Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses; Hickory, N.C., provider of infrastructure services for communication networks.

ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS: $200 million asset-based revolver; Morgan Stanley, PNC and Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of Command Transportation LLC; Chicago-based provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services.

GREAT WOLF RESORTS INC.: New debt financing; JPMorgan and Citigroup; help fund buyout by Centerbridge Partners LP from Apollo Global Management LLC; Madison, Wis., indoor water park resort operator.

INFORMATICA CORP.: $2.025 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBC and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $1.875 billion term loan; help fund buyout by Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Redwood City, Calif., provider of enterprise data integration software and services.

KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING CORP.: $600 million add-on term loan; Bank of America, Barclays and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of Victory Packaging/Golden State Container; Northbrook, Ill., producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products and a kraft paper producer.

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.

LIFE TIME FITNESS INC.: $1.947 billion credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, BMO, RBC, Macquarie, Nomura, Mizuho and U.S. Bank; $250 million revolver; $1.697 billion first-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Leonard Green & Partners and TPG; Chanhassen, Minn., operator of sports, professional fitness, family recreation and spa destinations.

LIGHTOWER FIBER NETWORKS/FIBERTECH NETWORKS: New debt financing; JPMorgan; help fund merger of the companies; owner and operator of high-performance, fiber-based network.

NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION INC.: New debt financing; Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and HSBC; help fund acquisition of six schools from Meritas LLC; Hong Kong-based operator of premium schools.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV: $7 billion of senior secured bank debt; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $3.25 billion five-year covenant-light term B-1 expected at Libor plus 325 bps, step-down to Libor plus 300 bps at 2x consolidated net leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $3.25 billion seven-year covenant-light term B-2 expected at Libor plus 350 bps, step-down to Libor plus 325 bps at 2x consolidated net leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $500 million five-year super-priority revolver expected at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.; Eindhoven, Netherlands, maker of semiconductors.

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.: New debt financing; Bank of China and China Merchants Bank; help fund buyout by Hua Capital Management Co. Ltd., Citic Capital Holdings Ltd. and GoldStone Investment Co. Ltd.; Santa Clara, Calif., developer of advanced digital imaging solutions.

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

PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP: $550 million add-on term loan; Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, BMO and Macquarie; also upsizing existing ABL credit facility; help fund acquisition of 11 distribution centers from US Foods; Richmond, Va., foodservice distributor.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: $2.63 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $2.08 billion term B-1; $400 million term B-2; help fund acquisition of Advent Software Inc.; Windsor, Conn., provider of financial services software and software-enabled services.

STAMPS.COM: $165 million secured credit facility; Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan; $82.5 million term loan; $82.5 million revolver; help fund acquisition of Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid Inc.; El Segundo, Calif., provider of Internet-based postage services.

SUMMIT MATERIALS: $385 million senior secured incremental term loan due 2019; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of a 1.2 million short ton capacity Davenport, Iowa cement plant and seven cement distribution terminals from Lafarge North America; Denver-based construction materials company.

TI AUTOMOTIVE: New debt financing; help fund buyout by Bain Capital; Auburn Hills, Mich., provider of fluid storage, carrying and delivery systems to automotive manufacturers.

ZEP INC.: New debt financing; Jefferies and KeyBanc; help fund buyout by New Mountain Capital LLC; Atlanta-based consumable chemical packaged goods company.


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