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Published on 11/16/2010 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $36.69725 billion deals being marketed

NOVEMBER BANK MEETINGS

AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC: Bank meeting Nov. 17; $205 million five-year credit facility; GE Capital; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, 1.5% fee; $155 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, 1.5% fee; refinancing and recapitalization; Hauppauge, N.Y., generic pharmaceuticals company.

APPLIED SYSTEMS INC.: Bank meeting Nov. 18; $485 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and JPMorgan; $30 million revolver; $280 million first-lien term loan; $175 million second-lien term loan; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; University Park, Ill., provider of insurance agency management systems.

AUTOTRADER.COM: Bank meeting Nov. 17; $950 million credit facility (Ba3); Wells Fargo; $150 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $200 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $600 million six-year term B whispered in the Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99 area; fund the acquisition of Kelley Blue Book, CDMdata and CDM Dealer Services; Atlanta-based automotive marketplace and consumer information website.

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: Bank meeting Nov. 17; $625 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, BMO Capital, Goldman Sachs and PNC Bank; $325 million five-year revolver; $300 million six-year term loan B (BB+); help fund its acquisition of Griffin Industries Inc.; Irving, Texas, provider of rendering, recycling and recovery services to the food industry.

MACTEC INC.: Bank meeting Nov. 18; $130 million five-year senior credit facility; GE Capital and Bank of America; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $110 million term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Atlanta-based consulting firm providing engineering, environmental and construction services.

SUNQUEST INFORMATION SYSTEMS: $600 million first- and second-lien credit facility; Jefferies; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend payment; Tucson, Ariz., provider of health care diagnostic information technology and outreach services.

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP.: $200 million senior secured term loan (B2/BB-); Bank of America and Deutsche Bank; refinance existing term loans; Holmdel, N.J., provider of communications services.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ABITIBIBOWATER INC.: $600 million four-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 75 bps unused fee; Citigroup, Barclays and JPMorgan; exit financing; Montreal-based producer of newsprint, commercial printing papers, market pulp and wood products.

ALLEN SYSTEMS GROUP INC.: $105 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Bank of America; $80 million term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; $25 million revolver; help refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Naples, Fla., enterprise software provider.

ALLIED SPECIALTY VEHICLES INC.: $250 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $100 million five-year asset-based revolver; $150 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps; 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98; recapitalization; manufacturer of specialty vehicles.

AMERICAN GILSONITE CO.: $102 million credit facility; GE Capital and KeyBank; $6 million revolver talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 98; $96 million term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 98; dividend recapitalization; Bonanza, Utah, miner and processor of Gilsonite.

AMSCAN HOLDINGS INC.: $675 million seven-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; refinance existing term loan and fund a cash dividend; Elmsford, N.Y., designer, manufacturer and distributor of decorated party goods and party accessories.

ARIZONA CHEMICAL INC.: $520 million credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman Sachs; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor; $470 million term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund American Securities' purchase of a controlling interest from Rhone Capital; Jacksonville, Fla., biorefiner of pine chemicals.

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC.: $1.05 billion senior secured credit facility (B1/BB-); Bank of America, Barclays and JPMorgan; $250 million five-year revolver; $250 million five-year term A; $550 million 61/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2; help fund a special cash dividend and refinance existing bank debt; Lancaster, Pa., designer and manufacturer of floors, ceilings and cabinets.

ASCEND LEARNING: $400 million credit facility; Bank of America, GE Capital and Barclays; $40 million revolver; $260 million first-lien term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $100 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps to 900 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and replace some equity with debt; Stilwell, Kan., provider of technology-based learning services focused on student training and testing results in health care and other vocational fields.

ATLANTIC BROADBAND FINANCE LLC: $600 million senior secured credit facility (B+); Credit Suisse and SunTrust; $575 million five-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $25 million four-year revolver; refinance bank debt, fund a dividend and redeem preferred stock; Quincy, Mass., cable provider.

BHI ENERGY: $137 million credit facility; GE Capital and BNP Paribas; $40 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $97 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund buyout by Harvest Partners from Berkshire Partners LLC and Summit Partners LLC; Plymouth, Mass., provider of technical and professional project and staffing services to the nuclear, wind, hydroelectric, fossil, industrial and government energy markets.

BRISTOW GROUP INC.: $375 million five-year secured credit facility; SunTrust; $175 million revolver at Libor plus 237.5 bps; $200 million term loan at Libor plus 237.5 bps; Houston-based provider of helicopter services.

BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORP.: $1 billion term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; help repay an existing term loan, redeem notes, make a distribution to the equity holders and for general corporate purposes; Burlington, N.J.-based discount retailer.

CLUBCORP: $360 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Citigroup; $50 million five-year revolver; $310 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; repay existing debt; Dallas-based owner and operator of golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs, and resorts.

CONN'S INC.: $100 million senior secured second-lien term loan due in 2014 expected at Libor plus 1,150 bps, 3% Libor floor, call protection 105, 103, 102, 101; GA Capital; refinance existing debt; Beaumont, Texas, specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, furniture, mattresses, computers, and lawn and garden products.

DUNKIN' BRANDS INC.: $1.35 billion senior credit facility (B1/B+); Barclays, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $1.25 billion term B at Libor plus 425 bps, steps to Libor plus 400 bps and Libor plus 375 bps based on leverage, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; repay securitization debt and fund a dividend; Canton, Mass.-based parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins.

ENDO PHARMACEUTICALS HOLDINGS INC.: $900 million five-year credit facility; JPMorgan and RBC; $400 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $500 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund acquisition of Qualitest Pharmaceuticals; Chadds Ford, Pa., specialty health care services company.

EURO-PRO HOLDINGS: $100 million add-on to second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps to 900 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98 area; JPMorgan; refinance debt and fund a dividend to management; West Newton, Mass., household appliance company.

FIBERTECH NETWORKS: $260 million credit facility (B2/B); TD Securities; $25 million revolver; $235 million term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund buyout by Court Square Capital Partners from Nautic Partners and Ridgemont Equity Partners; Rochester, N.Y., provider of fiber optic bandwidth services.

FIFTH THIRD PROCESSING SOLUTIONS LLC: $1.925 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America; $150 million revolver (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $1.575 billion six-year first-lien term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $200 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B2/B-) at Libor plus 675 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99, soft call 102, 101; help fund acquisition of National Processing Co. and refinance debt; Cincinnati-based provider of payment transaction processing and acceptance services.

GAVILON LLC: $900 million term loan (Ba3/BB+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; BNP Paribas, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; also may upsize asset-based revolver to $2.25 billion to $2.5 billion from $1.7 billion; help fund the acquisition of DeBruce Cos.; Omaha, Neb., commodity management firm.

GENON ENERGY: $1.7 billion credit facility (B2/BB-); JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $700 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $1 billion revolver at Libor plus 350 bps, 75 bps unused fee; help fund creation through merger of Mirant Corp. and RRI Energy Inc.; Houston-based power producer.

GLOBAL AUTOCARE (VIKING ACQUISITION INC.): $350 million credit facility (Ba3/B+); JPMorgan, Natixis, and RBC; $300 million term loan at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $50 million revolver; help fund buyout of global auto care business by Avista Capital Partners from Clorox Co.; manufacturer, marketer and distributor of automotive aftermarket appearance and performance auto-care products.

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS INC.: $1.45 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); Bank of America and SunTrust; $650 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $250 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $550 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99, 101 soft call; fund acquisition of LJVH Holdings Inc. (Van Houtte) from Littlejohn & Co. LLC and refinance existing debt; Waterbury, Vt., specialty coffee company.

GREENFIELD SOUTH POWER CORP.: $335 million term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 94, non-call two, 104, 102, 101; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; help fund construction of a natural gas-fired combined cycle electricity generating facility in Mississauga, Ont.

GRIFOLS: $3.4 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB); Deutsche Bank, Nomura, BBVA, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Morgan Stanley; $300 million revolver; $1.5 billion term A at Libor plus 375 bps/Euribor plus 400 bps; $1.3 billion six-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; €220 million six-year term B at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.; Barcelona, Spain-based health care company and producer of plasma protein therapies.

GT SOLAR INTERNATIONAL INC.: $200 million three-year senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 425 bps, OID 98; $125 million term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, OID 98; replace cash on hand that's used to fund purchase of common stock; Merrimack, N.H.-based provider of polysilicon production technology, and sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and other specialty markets.

GYMBOREE CORP.: $1.045 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America leading revolver, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley leading term B; $820 million seven-year term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $213 million five-year tranche A revolver expected at Libor plus 250 bps, 62.5 bps commitment fee; $12 million first-in, last-out five-year tranche A-1 revolver expected at Libor plus 400 bps, 62.5 bps commitment fee; help fund buyout by Bain Capital Partners LLC; San Francisco-based specialty retailer.

HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP INC.: $425 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Bank of America, Jefferies, Oppenheimer, SunTrust and RBC; $100 million revolver; $325 million term B at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; help fund the acquisition of Accelerated Care Plus and refinance existing bank debt; Austin, Texas, provider of orthotic and prosthetic patient care services.

HARBOURVEST PARTNERS LLC: $550 million term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; Credit Suisse; recapitalization; Boston-based investment firm that provides private equity services to institutional clients.

HEALTHCARE PARTNERS MEDICAL GROUP: $585 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; Bank of America, JPMorgan and SunTrust; refinance existing debt; Torrance, Calif., medical group.

HEARTHSIDE FOOD SOLUTIONS: $280 million senior secured credit facility; Rabobank, GE Capital and Bank of America; $35 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 2.25% Libor floor; $245 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 2.25% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund the acquisition of Consolidated Biscuit Co. and the cereal division of Golden Temple of Oregon; Downers Grove, Ill., manufacturer of specialty food products.

HILEX POLY CO.: $135 million five-year term B (B3/B) at Libor plus 925 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97, call protection 104, 102; Deutsche Bank and GE Capital; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Hartsville, S.C., producer of recycled content plastic bags and recycler of plastic bags and film.

ILLUMINATION AND DETECTION SOLUTIONS: $215 million credit facility; UBS and Credit Suisse; $15 million revolver at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $200 million term loan at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by Veritas Capital from PerkinElmer Inc.; provider of custom-designed specialty lighting and sensor components, subsystems and integrated products.

INTERNET BRANDS INC.: $190 million five-year senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, BMO, GE Capital, RBC and Wells Fargo; $35 million revolver at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, 75 bps commitment fee; $50 million term A at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $105 million term B at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; help fund buyout by Hellman & Friedman LLC; El Segundo, Calif., internet media company.

LANTIQ: $210 million credit facility (BB-); Deutsche Bank and Barclays; $190 million five-year term B at Libor plus 700 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97, call protection 102, 101; $20 million revolver; refinance all equity capital structure; Neubiberg, Germany, provider of broadband and voice telephony semiconductor services.

LESLIE'S POOLMART INC.: $380 million credit facility; Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs; $70 million revolver; $310 million seven-year term loan (B+) at Libor plus 450 bps, step-down to Libor plus 425 bps at less than 4.5x leverage, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and pay off a shareholder that is exiting the investor group; Phoenix-based retailer of swimming pool supplies and related products.

LIGHTOWER FIBER NETWORKS: $230 million five-year credit facility; GE Capital and SunTrust; $40 million revolver at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 991/2; $190 million term A at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 991/2; fund the acquisition of Lexent Metro Connect; Boxborough, Mass., metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider.

LINEAGE POWER: $135 million term loan talked at 10% all-in; Wells Fargo; refinance existing debt; Plano, Texas, producer of hardware and software for power conversion.

LYON COUNTY RESORT & CASINO: $75 million in term loans; Wells Fargo and Jefferies; $50 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 2% Libor floor; $25 million second-lien term loan at 15%; help fund the construction of the Larchwood, Iowa hotel/casino.

MAILSOUTH: $130 million credit facility; GE Capital; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 981/2; $110 million term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 981/2; help fund buyout by Court Square Capital Partners from New Mountain Capital; Helena, Ala., provider of shared mail services.

MLM INFORMATION SERVICES LLC: $165 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; $150 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $15 million five-year revolver; dividend recapitalization; New York-based provider of corporate tax software products.

NATIONAL VISION INC.: $200 million term loan; JPMorgan and Societe Generale; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Lawrenceville, Ga., provider of optical products and services.

NORTHLAND COMMUNICATIONS: $110 million credit facility; GE Capital; $15 million 51/2-year revolver talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 98; $95 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 98; refinance existing debt; cable company.

OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC.: Expected close Dec. 1; $200 million term B (Ba2/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps at 2.75x net total leverage, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan; help fund the acquisition of Eliokem International SAS and repay an existing term loan; Fairlawn, Ohio, provider of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals, and decorative and functional surfaces.

PAXTON MEDIA GROUP LLC: $240 million credit facility (B2/B+); Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank; $10 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps; $20 million three-year term A talked at Libor plus 450 bps; $210 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98; refinance existing debt; Paducah, Ky., newspaper and television company.

PELICAN PRODUCTS INC.: $435 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and GE Capital; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $405 million term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt; Torrance, Calif., designer and manufacturer of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases.

PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES INC.: $1.475 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $1.225 billion term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $250 million ABL revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 275 bps, unused fee 37.5 bps to 62.5 bps, based on availability; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; San Diego-based specialty retailer of pet food, supplies and services.

PIPER JAFFRAY COS.: $150 million three-year credit facility; SunTrust and U.S. Bank; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $100 million term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; Minneapolis-based investment bank and institutional securities firm.

PRECISION DRILLING CORP.: $550 million senior secured revolver due in 2013; refinance existing debt; Calgary, Alberta, provider of energy services to the oil and gas industry.

PRESIDIO INC.: $300 million term B (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance debt, pay a dividend to shareholders and for general corporate purposes; Greenbelt, Md., provider of professional and managed IT services.

RACE POINT POWER: $370 million seven-year term loan (Ba2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Barclays and Credit Suisse; refinance existing debt, for acquisition financing and to fund a dividend payment; owner of power plants.

RBS WORLDPAY: £970 million secured credit facility (Ba2/BB); Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, RBS and UBS; £235 million seven-year U.S. dollar equivalent term B-2 at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; £75 million six-year revolver; £75 million six-year capital expenditures facility; £160 million six-year term A; £325 million seven-year term B-1 at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; £100 million seven-year euro equivalent term B-3 at Euribor plus 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund acquisition by Advent International and Bain Capital from RBS Group; provider of global payment processing services.

RENAL ADVANTAGE: $400 million credit facility; Barclays and Bank of America; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $350 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund merger with Liberty Dialysis; Brentwood, Tenn., provider of dialysis services.

REVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LLC: $1.272 billion credit facility; JPMorgan; $800 million first-lien loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98; $472 million second-lien loan talked at 12.5%; fund the construction of a casino and hotel in Atlantic City, N.J.; gaming and entertainment company.

ROYALL & CO.: $103.25 million five-year senior secured credit facility; GE Capital; $10 million revolver at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $93.25 million term loan at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; dividend recapitalization; Richmond, Va., direct marketing company focused on working with colleges and universities to achieve their enrollment and financial goals.

RURAL/METRO CORP.: $355 million secured credit facility (B1/B+); RBC; $270 million term loan at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $85 million revolver at Libor plus 450 bps, 75 bps unused fee; refinance existing debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of medical ambulance response services.

SHERIDAN HOLDINGS INC.: $160 million incremental first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 375 bps, no Libor floor, OID 95; Credit Suisse and Jefferies; fund acquisitions and repay revolver borrowings; Sunrise, Fla., provider of physician services to hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities.

SI ORGANIZATION: $340 million credit facility (Ba3/B+); JPMorgan, Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $300 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $40 million five-year revolver; help fund Veritas Capital's acquisition of Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Enterprise Integration Group; Valley Forge, Pa., provider of mission-critical systems engineering and integration services and modeling, simulation, analysis and risk mitigation services to the U.S. intelligence community.

SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $950 million incremental first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; repay first-and second-lien term loan debt; Dallas-based regional theme park company.

SMILE BRANDS GROUP INC.: $275 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $35 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $240 million term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund buyout by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe from Freeman Spogli & Co.; Irvine, Calif., dental support services organization.

SPORTS AUTHORITY INC.: $300 seven-year covenant light term loan (B3/B-) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97, 102, 101 soft call; Bank of America and JPMorgan; refinance existing debt; Englewood, Colo., sporting goods retailer.

TRANSDIGM GROUP INC.: Expected close Nov. 24; $1.2 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Credit Suisse, UBS, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; $900 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $300 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 50 bps unused fee, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings Inc., repay some term loan and refinance revolver; Cleveland-based designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components.

VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIC: $253 million senior secured credit facility; GE Capital and SunTrust; $40 million revolver; $213 million term B talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund acquisition of NightHawk Radiology Holdings Inc.; Eden Prairie, Minn., radiology practice and developer of radiologist workflow technology.

ON THE HORIZON

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES INC.: $550 million senior secured asset-based revolver; Wells Fargo Capital Finance; help fund buyout by Platinum Equity; Jeffersonville, Ind., inland marine transportation and service company.

ASHLAND DISTRIBUTION: New debt financing; Bank of America; help fund buyout by TPG Capital from Ashland Inc.; chemical distribution company.

ATKORE INTERNATIONAL: New revolver; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS; refinance debt in connection with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC's acquisition of a 51% interest in the company from Tyco International Ltd.; Harvey, Ill., manufacturer of galvanized steel tubing, sprinkler pipe, steel and flexible non-metallic conduit, pre-wired armored and metal clad electrical cables, cable tray, strut and metal framing systems.

BEAZER HOMES USA INC.: $275 million cash-secured seven-year credit facility; Citigroup and Deutsche Bank; Atlanta-based single-family homebuilder.

BUMBLE BEE FOODS LP: New credit facility; JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays Capital and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Lion Capital LLP from Centre Partners Management LLC; San Diego-based supplier of shelf-stable seafood.

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.: $840 million credit facility; Citigroup, Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse and UBS; $75 million revolver; $765 million term loan; help fund acquisition of Bresnan Communications; Bethpage, N.Y., telecommunications, media and entertainment company.

CINEDIGM DIGITAL CINEMA CORP.: Up to $86 million senior credit facility; Societe Generale and Natixis; revolver; term loan; support up to 2,100 digital cinema system conversions; Morristown, N.J., company that transforms movie theaters into digital and networked entertainment centers.

COMMSCOPE INC.: $400 million senior secured asset-based revolver; JPMorgan; help fund buyout by the Carlyle Group; Hickory, N.C., provider of infrastructure services for communication networks.

DYNAMEX INC.: $100 million senior secured credit facility; PNC; $60 million term loan; $40 million revolver; help fund merger with DashNow Holding Corp.; Dallas-based provider of delivery and logistics services.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1.075 billion five-year credit facility; Bank of America; $1 billion secured term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 2% Libor floor; $75 million revolver at Libor plus 450 bps, 75 bps unused fee; exit financing; Charlotte, N.C., provider of communications services.

FILMYARD HOLDINGS LLC: $408 million seven-year senior secured term loan (Ba3); Barclays and Jefferies; help fund the acquisition of Miramax Films by Ron Tutor, Tom Barrack, Colony Capital LLC and other individuals from Walt Disney Co.; New York-based film company.

FRAC TECH SERVICES LLC: $200 million four-year senior secured revolver; replace existing revolver; Cisco, Texas, oilfield service company.

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC.: $500 million credit facility; JPMorgan; six-year term loan; five-year revolver; exit financing; Los Angeles-based motion picture, television, home video and theatrical production and distribution company.

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.: $200 million secured credit facility; Wells Fargo; New York-based finance real estate investment trust.

OIL STATES INTERNATIONAL INC.: $900 million five-year senior secured credit facility; Wells Fargo; $400 million U.S. revolver; $200 million Canadian revolver; $200 million U.S. term loan; $100 million Canadian term loan; help fund acquisition of the MAC Services Group Ltd.; Houston-based diversified oilfield services company.

SENECA GAMING CORP.: $225 million five-year senior secured credit facility (BB); Bank of America; $175 million term loan at Libor plus 125 bps to 275 bps based on leverage; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 125 bps to 275 bps based on leverage; refinance revolver and purchase notes; Niagara Falls, N.Y., owner, developer and operator of gaming operations.

SEVAN DRILLING AS: $530 million limited recourse secured term loan; DVB Group Merchant Bank P and NIBC Bank; replace the existing debt of the Sevan Driller rig; Norway-based owner, operator and licenser of FPSOs and drilling units.

SWIFT HOLDINGS CORP.: New senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo; revolver; term loan; refinance existing debt in connection with IPO; Phoenix transportation services company and truckload carrier.

SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES: New debt financing; Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by the Carlyle Group; Tampa, Fla., provider of technology and business services for the telecommunications industry.

VERTIS HOLDINGS INC.: $600 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley leading term loan, GE Capital leading revolver; $425 million term loan (B3); $175 million revolver; refinance existing debt; Baltimore-based marketing communications company.

W.R. GRACE & CO.: $1 billion exit facility, including a $200 million revolver; Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank; Columbia, Md., specialty chemicals company.


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