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Published on 6/7/2016 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $76.8268 billion deals being marketed

June Bank Meetings

EXAMWORKS GROUP INC.: Bank meeting June 8; $920 million credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and SunTrust; $150 million five-year revolver; $770 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan; help fund buyout by Leonard Green & Partners LP; Atlanta-based provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, bill reviews, Medicare compliance, case management and related services.

EXTREME REACH INC.: Bank meeting June 9; amended and restated credit facility; SunTrust; provide flexibility; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.

LINDEN COGENERATION (EFS COGEN HOLDINGS I LLC): Bank meeting June 8; $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citigroup and MUFG; $125 million revolver; $1 billion first-lien term B; recapitalize the borrower in connection with Ares EIF’s acquisition, refinance existing debt and fund a debt service reserve account; owner of a natural gas-fired combined-cycle cogeneration project in Linden, N.J.

NORTHSTAR TRAVEL GROUP: Bank meeting June 9; $85 million credit facility; Macquarie; $12 million revolver; $73 million term loan; back recently completed buyout by Wasserstein Partners; Secaucus, N.J., provider of business-to-business information, content, events, data, research, custom content and software dedicated to the travel and meeting industries.

POMEROY GROUP: Bank meeting June 9; $280 million credit facility; Natixis; $40 million revolver; $240 million first-lien term loan; help fund the merger of Pomeroy and Tolt Solutions; provider of IT infrastructure solutions and managed services.

PRIME SECURITY SERVICES BORROWER LLC: Conference call June 8; $2.772 billion in term loans; Barclays, Deutsche Bank and RBC; $1.092 billion first-lien term loan due 2021; $1.555 billion first-lien term loan due 2022; $125 million incremental first-lien term loan due 2022; repricing and repay some second-lien term loan debt; security services company.

STRATEGIC PARTNERS: Bank meeting June 9; $370 million credit facility; UBS, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; $45 million revolver; $325 million first-lien term loan; help fund buyout by New Mountain Capital; Chatsworth, Calif., designer and manufacturer of medical apparel and footwear and school uniforms.

VERTAFORE INC.: Bank meeting June 8; $1.2 billion credit facility (B2/B-); Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Mizuho; $100 million five-year revolver; $1.1 billion seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners from TPG Capital; Bothell, Wash., provider of software and information to the insurance distribution channel.

Upcoming Closings

ABB/CON-CISE OPTICAL GROUP LLC: $610 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Capital One, Deutsche Bank and RBC; $100 million five-year revolver (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps; $350 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5 to 99, 101 soft call for six months; $160 million privately placed eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+); refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Coral Springs, Fla. optical distributor.

ACELITY LP INC.: $2.176 billion in term loans; Bank of America; $1.903 billion extended term E-1 due November 2020 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; $273 million euro-equivalent extended term E-1 due November 2020 talked at Euribor plus 425 bps, 1% floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; extending loans from May 4, 2018; San Antonio, Texas, advanced wound care and regenerative medicine company.

AFFINITY GAMING: $375 million credit facility (B1/BB-); Credit Suisse, Macquarie and Fifth Third; $300 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $75 million revolver; refinance existing debt; Las Vegas-based casino owner and operator.

ALBANY MOLECULAR RESEARCH INC.: $230 million add-on senior secured term loan due July 2021 at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan and Barclays; help fund acquisition of Prime European Therapeuticals SpA (Euticals); Albany, N.Y., drug discovery services and manufacturing company.

ALLIEDUNIVERSAL (USAGM HOLDCO LLC): $1.68 billion of new loans (B2/B+); Credit Suisse, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, RBC and Societe Generale; $170 million add-on revolver; $1.26 billion incremental first-lien term loan due July 28, 2022 talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $250 million delayed-draw first-lien term loan due July 28, 2022 talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund the merger of AlliedBarton Security Services and Universal Services of America and fund potential add-on acquisitions; provider of security services.

ALLNEX: $698.2 million (split between $398.2 million B-2 tranche, and $300 million B-3 tranche) and €730 million covenant-light first-lien seven-year term B (B1/B+) at Libor/Euribor plus 425 bps, 0.75% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Barclays and ING; help fund the acquisition of Nuplex Industries Ltd., refinance existing debt and working capital purposes; Belgium-based supplier of resins and additives for architectural, industrial, protective, automotive and special purpose coatings and inks.

ALORICA INC.: $1.12 billion credit facility (B1/BB); Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Bank of the West, BNP Paribas and Wells Fargo; $450 million six-year first-lien term B (B1/BB) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $225 million revolver; $445 million term A; help fund acquisition of Expert Global Solutions from One Equity Partners; Irvine, Calif., provider of services, including customer relationship management and back office support.

AMERICOLD REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP: $385 million add-on first-lien term loan due December 2022 talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5; JPMorgan; refinance CMBS debt, fund an acquisition and general corporate purposes; Atlanta-based provider of temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics to the food industry.

AVANTOR PERFORMANCE MATERIALS: $885 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Jefferies and KeyBanc; $50 million revolver (B1/B); $670 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $165 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 950 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a shareholder dividend; Center Valley, Pa., life sciences company focused on the development of specialty performance materials.

BERRY PLASTICS: $2.914 billion in term loans; Citigroup, Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo; $1.019 billion covenant-light term E due January 2021 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $1.895 billion covenant-light term F due October 2022 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, step-down to Libor plus 250 bps when net first-lien leverage is less than 3x, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; reprice existing term E and term F; Evansville, Ind., manufacturer and marketer of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials.

BOB’S DISCOUNT FURNITURE INC.: $190 million add-on first-lien term loan (B2) due February 2021 talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; RBC; repay second-lien term loan and fund a distribution to shareholders; Manchester, Conn., retailer of furniture and bedding.

CHEFS’ WAREHOUSE INC.: $405 million credit facility; Jefferies, BMO, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; $75 million ABL revolver; $330 million six-year term loan (including $50 million delayed-draw tranche) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, general corporate purposes and potential acquisitions; Ridgefield, Conn., distributor of specialty food products.

CIBT HOLDINGS INC.: Expected closing June 10; $327 million senior credit facility; Antares; $20 million five-year revolver; $20 million equivalent GBP six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $20 million equivalent euro six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $40 million 18-month delayed-draw, six-year final maturity, term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $227 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund add-on acquisitions; McLean, Va., provider of travel document processing services.

CINEMARK USA INC.: $664 million covenant-light term B due May 8, 2022 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; repricing; Plano, Texas, motion picture exhibitor.

CISION: $1.47 billion in term loans; Deutsche Bank, Barclays and RBC; $1.1 billion seven-year term B (B1/B+) at Libor/Euribor plus 600 bps, 1% floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; $370 million privately placed second-lien term loan at Libor plus 950 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97.25; help fund acquisition of PR Newswire from UBM plc; Chicago-based media intelligence company.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (DTZ): $250 million add-on first-lien term loan due 2021 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 99.5; UBS; general corporate purposes; real estate services firm.

CVENT INC.: $600 million in term loans; Goldman Sachs, Antares Capital, Jefferies and RBC; $375 million seven-year senior secured first-lien term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $225 million privately placed second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC); help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; Tysons Corner, Va., cloud-based enterprise event management company.

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.: $450 million five-year term B (Ba3) at Libor plus 550 bps, 25 bps step-down at less than 3x net total leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; Bank of America, Barclays and Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of Broadcom Corp.’s internet of things business; San Jose, Calif., manufacturer of mixed-signal integrated circuits.

DELL INTERNATIONAL LLC: $17.575 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and RBC; $5 billion seven-year term B (Baa3/BBB-/BBB-) at Libor plus 325 bps, 25 bps step-down at 1x first-lien net leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $3.15 billion five-year revolver (Baa3/BBB-) at Libor plus 200 bps; $3.7 billion term A-1 (BBB) due Dec. 31, 2018 at Libor plus 200 bps; $3.925 billion five-year term A-2 (Baa3/BBB-) at Libor plus 225 bps; $1.8 billion term A-3 (Baa3/BBB-) due Dec. 31, 2018; help fund acquisition of EMC Corp.; Round Rock, Texas, technology and services company.

ENNIS-FLINT: $689 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Antares and Jefferies; $75 million revolver (B1/B-); $442 million seven-year senior secured first-lien term B (B1/B-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $172 million privately placed second-lien term loan (CCC); help fund buyout by Olympus Partners; Thomasville, N.C., pavement marking company.

EZE SOFTWARE GROUP LLC: $115 million incremental first-lien covenant-light term B-2 (B1/B+) due April 4, 2020 at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Deutsche Bank; fund a dividend; Boston-based provider of investment technology to support the front, middle and back office.

FERRARA CANDY CO. HOLDINGS INC.: $500 million seven-year senior secured first-lien covenant-light term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. confectionery and candy manufacturer.

FORTERRA (STARDUST FINANCE HOLDINGS INC.): $270 million incremental covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2) due March 13, 2022 talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; fund a distribution to shareholders; Irving, Texas, manufacturer of drainage and water transmission pipe and products.

GENERATION BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.: $310 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Barclays and ING; $50 million ABL revolver; $180 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $80 million 6.5-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by AEA Investors; designer and provider of lighting fixtures.

GLOBAL HEALTHCARE EXCHANGE LLC: $416 million term B (including $43 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID on add-on 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; SunTrust; fund an acquisition and repricing; Louisville, Colo., provider of health-care supply chain solutions.

HARLAND CLARKE HOLDINGS CORP.: $800 million term B-5 (B1/BB-) due December 2019 talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, Macquarie and PNC’ refinance term B-2 and some term B-3; San Antonio, Texas, provider of media delivery, payment solutions and marketing services.

HERTZ CORP.: $2.4 billion credit facility (Ba1/BB); Barclays, Credit Agricole, Bank of America, BMO, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and RBC; $1.7 billion revolver; $700 million term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; replace asset-based revolver and refinance existing debt in connection with spinoff of equipment rental business; Estero, Fla., car rental company.

J.C. PENNEY CO. INC.: Up to $2 billion seven-year term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance real estate term loan; Plano, Texas, apparel and home furnishings retailers.

J.D. POWER: $565 million credit facility; Credit Suisse; $35 million revolver; $410 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $120 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition by XIO Group from McGraw Hill Financial Inc.; Costa Mesa, Calif., consumer data and analytics company.

KINDRED HEALTHCARE INC.: $200 million add-on term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; pay down ABL revolver; Louisville, Ky., health care services company.

LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC./ABACUS INNOVATIONS CORP.: $3.281 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BBB-); Citigroup, MUFG, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Scotiabank and Wells Fargo; $1.131 billion seven-year term B at Abacus at Libor plus 275 bps, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; $750 million five-year revolver at Leidos talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $690 million five-year term A at Leidos talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $400 million three-year term A at Abacus talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $310 million five-year term A at Abacus talked at Libor plus 225 bps; pay a special dividend to Leidos stockholders and make a special cash payment to Lockheed Martin Corp. in connection with merger of Leidos with Lockheed’s realigned information systems and global solutions business (Abacus); Reston, Va., provider of technology and sector expertise to customers in national security, health and engineering.

LIFE TIME FITNESS INC. (LTF MERGER SUB INC.): $100 million incremental covenant-light term B due June 2022 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.625 area; Deutsche Bank; repay revolver debt and to add cash to the balance sheet; Chanhassen, Minn., operator of sports, professional fitness, family recreation and spa destinations.

MICROSEMI CORP.: $1.104 billion of senior secured term loans (BB); Morgan Stanley; $250 million incremental term A due Jan. 15, 2021 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, OID 99.625; $854 million covenant-light term B due Jan. 15, 2023 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; pay down term B debt and reprice term B; Aliso Viejo, Calif., provider of semiconductor solutions.

MI WINDOWS AND DOORS LLC: $220 million senior credit facility; M&T Bank; $35 million asset-based revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps; $185 million term A talked at Libor plus 500 bps; help fund buyout by management of portion of the company it does not own from ShoreView Industries; Gratz, Pa., supplier of vinyl and aluminum windows and doors.

MONTREIGN OPERATING CO. LLC: $400 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 850 bps to 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call three, 102, 101; Credit Suisse; fund the development of the Montreign Resort Casino in the Hudson Valley region in NY.

MULTIPLAN INC.: $3.57 billion credit facility (B1/B+); Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citigroup and UBS; $100 million five-year revolver; $3.47 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps when consolidated first-lien debt to consolidated EBITDA is 4.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Hellman & Friedman from Starr Investment Holdings LLC and Partners Group; New York-based provider of healthcare cost management solutions.

NEXEO SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS LLC: $1.23 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Jefferies and Deutsche Bank; $655 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B3/B) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $575 million ABL revolver; refinance debt with acquisition by WL Ross Holdings Corp.; Houston-based distributor of chemicals and plastics and provider of environmental services.

NRG ENERGY INC.: Expected close June 20 week; $1.9 billion seven-year senior secured covenant-light term B (BB+) talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; refinance existing term B due 2018; Princeton, N.J., and Houston-based wholesale power generation company.

PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES INC.: Expected close on or before June 17; $2.518 billion of senior secured term loans; Citigroup, Barclays, RBC, Credit Suisse, Nomura and Macquarie; $1.82 billion term B-1 due Jan. 26, 2023 talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 25 bps step down when first-lien leverage is 4x, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call until January 2017; $698 million term B-2 due Jan. 26, 2023 talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 25 bps step down when first-lien leverage is 4x, 101 soft call until January 2017; repricing; San Diego-based specialty retailer of pet food, supplies and services.

POLYONE CORP.: Expected close June 13 week; $548.6 million senior secured covenant-light term B due Nov. 12, 2022 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; repricing; Avon Lake, Ohio, provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions.

PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS INC.: $650 million term B (Ba3/B) talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance notes, pay down revolver and fund acquisitions; Los Angeles-based provider of healthcare and physician services.

RADNET MANAGEMENT INC.: $585 million credit facility (Ba3/B); Barclays; $100 million five-year revolver; $485 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing first-lien term loan, pay down revolver and repay some second-lien term loan debt; Los Angeles-based owner and operator of outpatient diagnostic imaging centers.

SAMSONITE: $2.425 billion senior credit facility (Ba2/BBB-); Morgan Stanley, HSBC, SunTrust, MUFG, Barclays, Citizens Capital, ING, Fifth Third and Bank of China; $500 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.25 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $675 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Tumi Holding Inc. and refinance existing bank debt; Hong Kong-based manufacturer of bags and luggage.

SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: Roughly $545 million term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo; repricing; Grand Prairie, Texas, regional theme park company.

SRS DISTRIBUTION INC.: $257 million of term loans; Barclays (left on first-lien) and UBS (left on second-lien); $127 million incremental first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/B) due Aug. 25, 2022 talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $130 million second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due Feb. 25, 2023 talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund a dividend; McKinney, Texas, roofing distributor.

ST. GEORGE’S UNIVERSITY: $600 million six-year senior secured term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; repay existing debt, fund a distribution to shareholders and fund strategic initiatives; Grenada, West Indies educational institution, providing students medical, veterinary and liberal arts graduate and undergraduate degrees.

TRANSDIGM INC.: $1.7 million seven-year covenant-light term F (including $450 million delayed-draw) (B) at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.25, 101 repricing protection; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of ILC Holdings Inc., general corporate purposes and repay some term C debt; Cleveland-based designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components.

US FOODS INC.: Expected close on or before June 30; $2.3 billion seven-year senior secured covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.25, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, BMO, Natixis, Wells Fargo, ING, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; refinance existing debt; Chicago-based broadline foodservice distributor.

VENCORE: $785 million in term loans; UBS; $515 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) due Nov. 23, 2019 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.25, 101 soft call; $270 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due May 23, 2020 talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97.5 to 98, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Chantilly, Va., provider of information solutions, engineering and analysis to the U.S. Intelligence Community, Department of Defense and Federal/Civilian Agencies.

VERISK HEALTH (VCVH HOLDING CORP.): $455 million senior secured credit facility; UBS; $40 million five-year revolver (B1/B-); $315 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B-) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $100 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) at Libor plus 925 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Veritas from Verisk Analytics Inc.; Waltham, Mass., healthcare services company.

VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES CORP.: Term loans; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Jefferies, Barclays and Citigroup; term B-1 at Libor plus 562.5 bps, 1% Libor floor; second-out term B-2 at Libor plus 762.5 bps, 1% Libor floor; euro term B at Euribor plus 562.5 bps, 1% floor; sell-down of loans that funded for buyout by the Carlyle Group from Symantec Corp.; Mountain View, Calif., provider of storage and server management software solutions.

VERSO CORP.: $575 million credit facility; Barclays, Citigroup and Credit Suisse leading term loan; Wells Fargo and Barclays leading revolver; $225 million six-year term B (B2) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $350 million five-year ABL revolver at Libor plus 125 bps to 200 bps based on excess availability; help fund emergence from Chapter 11; Memphis-based producer of printing and specialty papers and pulp.

VICTORY CAPITAL OPERATING LLC: Expected close June 30; $135 million add-on term loan due Oct. 31, 2021 at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; RBC; help fund the acquisition of RS Investments from Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America; also increasing existing term loan pricing to match the add-on; Brooklyn, Ohio, asset management firm.

WEST CORP.: $1.52 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB); Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $470 million seven-year term B-12 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $750 million term A-2 talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $300 million revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Omaha, Neb.-based technology-driven communication services provider.

WESTERN REFINING INC.: $500 million seven-year incremental covenant-light term B-2 (B1) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98; Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, UBS and Wells Fargo; help fund the acquisition of all of the outstanding common units of Northern Tier Energy LP that it does not already own; El Paso, Texas, independent refining and marketing company.

WORLD KITCHEN: $275 million seven-year senior secured term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and BMO; help fund acquisition by GP Investments; Rosemont, Ill., manufacturer and marketer of bakeware, dinnerware, kitchen and household tools, cookware, storage and cutlery products.

ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES: $825 million senior secured term B (BB-) due June 2021 at Libor plus 500 bps, step-down to Libor plus 475 bps at net first-lien leverage of 2.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; refinance existing debt; Chicago-based manufacturer of industrial steel pipe and tubular products.

On The Horizon

AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC.: $325 million incremental senior secured term B due Dec. 15, 2022 expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; help fund acquisition of Carmike Cinemas Inc.; Leawood, Kan., movie exhibitor.

AMQUIP CRANE RENTAL/MAXIM CRANE WORKS LP: New debt financing; JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Jefferies; help fund merger following buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC of AmQuip from Clearlake Capital Group LP and Maxim from Platinum Equity; provider of lifting services.

ARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS LLC: $575 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank; $75 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 400 bps; $500 million seven-year covenant-light term loan expected at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 350 bps at 2x first-lien leverage, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of XenoPort Inc.; Atlanta-based pharmaceutical company.

CARDCONNECT CORP.: $170 million senior secured credit facility; $30 million revolver five-year revolver led by BMO at Libor plus 200 bps to 350 bps based on total leverage; $100 million five-year first-lien term loan led by BMO at Libor plus 200 bps to 350 bps based on total leverage; $40 million six-year senior secured second-lien term loan committed by Babson Capital at Libor plus 950 bps, 1% Libor floor, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition by FinTech Acquisition Corp.; King of Prussia, Pa., payment processing and technology solutions provider.

COHERENT INC.: $850 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays and Bank of America; $100 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 425 bps; $375 million seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $375 million-equivalent euro denominated seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc.; Santa Clara, Calif., provider of lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers.

DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR: $2.1 billion seven-year covenant-light term loan (Ba2/BB) expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor; Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Atmel Corp.; London-based provider of highly integrated standard and custom mixed-signal integrated circuits.

DYNEGY INC./ENERGY CAPITAL PARTNERS JOINT VENTURE: Up to $1.85 billion secured term loan; help fund acquisition of ENGIE’s United States fossil portfolio in connection with formation of joint venture; portfolio consists of 8,731 megawatts of generation capacity located in ERCOT, PJM, and ISO-New England.

FIRSTLIGHT FIBER: New debt financing; TD Securities and Citizens Bank; help fund buyout by Oak Hill Capital Partners from Riverside Partners; Albany, N.Y., fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider.

FORMFACTOR INC.: $150 million five-year senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 200 bps; HSBC, MUFG, Comerica Bank and Silicon Valley Bank; help fund acquisition of Cascade Microtech Inc.; Livermore, Calif., provider of wafer test technologies and expertise.

HIGH RIDGE BRANDS: New debt financing; BMO, HSBC, ING, Natixis, Bank of Ireland, Jefferies and Societe Generale; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from Brynwood Partners; Stamford, Conn., personal care products company.

KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS INC.: $500 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays; $150 million revolver; $350 million in term loans; help fund acquisition by JAB Beech Inc.; Winston-Salem, N.C., specialty retailer and wholesaler of sweet treats and complementary products.

LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.14 billion in senior term loans; Bank of China and China CITIC Bank; also $443 million in term loans at Parent; help fund buyout by a consortium of investors led by Apex Technology Co. Ltd. and PAG Asia Capital; Lexington, Ky., creator of enterprise software, hardware and services that remove the inefficiencies of information silos and disconnected processes.

MITEL NETWORKS CORP.: $1.085 billion credit facility; Bank of America; $1.05 billion six-year term loan expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $35 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 500 bps; help fund acquisition of Polycom Inc. and refinance credit facilities; Kanata, Ont., provider of cloud- and premises-based unified communications software solutions.

MTS SYSTEMS CORP.: $490 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; $100 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 400 bps; $390 million seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of PCB Group Inc.; Eden Prairie, Minn., supplier of high-performance test systems and position sensors.

NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP INC.: $3.295 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3); Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, SunTrust, Barclays and Wells Fargo; $175 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 325 bps; $270 million five-year term A expected at Libor plus 325 bps; $2.85 billion seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; also $250 million 18-month senior secured short-term term facility expected at Libor plus 325 bps; help fund acquisition of Media General Inc.; Irving, Texas, diversified media company.

NEW FLYER INDUSTRIES INC.: $825 million four-year senior secured credit facility; Bank of Nova Scotia and BMO; $343 million revolver; $482 million term loan; fund acquisition of Motor Coach Industries International Inc. from KPS Capital Partners LP and refinance existing credit facilities; Winnipeg-based manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses.

NICE SYSTEMS: New debt financing; JPMorgan and RBC; help fund acquisition of inContact Inc.; Israel-based provider of software solutions.

PATTERSON MEDICAL: New debt financing; Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Citigroup; help fund acquisition of Performance Health from Gridiron Capital; Warrenville, Ill., distributor of rehabilitation, sports medicine and assistive patient products.

PCI PHARMA SERVICES: New debt financing; Jefferies; help fund buyout by Partners Group from Frazier Healthcare Partners; Philadelphia-based pharmaceutical services provider.

QUINTILES IMS HOLDINGS INC.: Up to $1.25 billion in senior secured incremental term loans; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; up to $400 million incremental term A; up to $850 million incremental term B; refinance bank debt at Quintiles Transnational Holdings Inc. in connection with merger with IMS Health Holdings Inc.; information and technology-enabled healthcare service provider.

TALEN ENERGY CORP.: $250 million secured term loan; Goldman Sachs, RBC, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and MUFG; help fund buyout by Riverstone Holdings LLC; Allentown, Pa., competitive energy and power generation company.

VISION SOLUTIONS INC.: New credit facility; Antares Capital; help fund buyout by Clearlake Capital Group LP from Thoma Bravo LLC; Irvine, Calif., data protection, high availability and cloud migration software provider.


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