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Published on 7/22/2010 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $25.4284 billion deals being marketed

JULY BANK MEETINGS

AIRVANA INC.: Bank meeting July 29; $330 million senior secured term loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98; Jefferies, Societe Generale and Macquarie; refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Chelmsford, Mass., provider of mobile broadband network infrastructure products.

ALLSCRIPTS: Retail meeting possibly July 26 week (pro rata launched July 8); $720 million credit facility (Ba2/BBB-); JPMorgan, Barclays and UBS; $250 million term B; $150 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $320 million term A talked at Libor plus 325 bps; fund the buyback of shares from Misys plc; Chicago-based provider of software, services, information and connectivity products to physicians and other health care providers.

BOURLAND & LEVERICH SUPPLY CO. LLC: Bank meeting July 27; $200 million senior secured credit facility; Jefferies; $75 million four-year ABL revolver; $125 million five-year term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps to 900 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98; help fund the acquisition of the company by Jefferies Capital Partners; Pampa, Texas, distributor of oil country tubular goods.

GRIFOLS: $3.4 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB); Deutsche Bank, Nomura, BBVA, BNP Paribas, HSBC and Morgan Stanley; $300 million revolver; $750 million term A talked at Libor plus 375 bps; $2.35 billion term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps; help fund acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.; Spain-based health care company and producer of plasma protein therapies.

HIGH SIERRA ENERGY LP: Bank meeting expected late July 19 week or early July 26 week; $150 million senior secured term loan (B2); Credit Suisse; refinance existing debt, finance the purchase of remaining equity interests in Anticline Disposal LLC and general corporate purposes; Denver-based holding company focused on the natural resources industry.

NTELOS INC.: Conference call July 23; $125 million incremental term loan; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of One Communications Corp.'s FiberNet business; expected close mid-August; Waynesboro, Va., provider of wireless and wireline communications services.

AUGUST BANK MEETINGS

CONCHO RESOURCES INC.: $800 revolver million add-on; JPMorgan and Bank of America; help fund the acquisition of all the oil and gas assets of Marbob Energy Corp.; Midland, Texas, oil and natural gas company.

GENCO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS INC.: Bank meeting expected early August; $450 million credit facility; PNC Bank and Wells Fargo; help fund its acquisition of ATC Technology Corp.; Pittsburgh-based third-party provider of logistics services.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS CORP.: Expected close by July 29; $200 million unsecured term loan A-2 due March 2012 talked at Libor plus 250 bps; BMO and SunTrust; refinance existing debt; Dallas-based provider of loyalty and marketing services.

ALTEGRITY INC.: $550 million term loan add-on (B+) due in 2015 talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Kroll Inc.; Falls Church, Va., screening and security services company.

AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR CO.: $290 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98; $120 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98; $150 million second-lien term loan (convertible into equity upon emergence) talked at 1% cash plus 14% PIK; first-lien is six-month DIP financing, converting into 41/2-year exit facility; Cedar Knolls, N.J., producer of shaving, medical and industrial blades.

BLOUNT INTERNATIONAL INC.: $425 million amended and restated credit facility (Ba3/BB-); GE Capital; $75 million revolver due in August 2015 talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $75 million delayed-draw term loan due in August 2016 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $275 million term B due in August 2016 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt; Portland, Ore., manufacturer of equipment, accessories and replacement parts for the forestry, garden and construction industries.

BRYANT & STRATTON COLLEGE: $220 million five-year senior secured credit facility; GE Capital and Bank of America; $40 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $180 million term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; refinance existing senior and mezzanine debt and fund a dividend; for-profit provider of post-secondary education.

CEDAR FAIR LP: $1.45 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB-); JPMorgan, KeyBanc Capital, UBS and Fifth Third Bank; $1.15 billion six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; $300 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps; refinance existing bank debt; expected closed July 29; Sandusky, Ohio, regional amusement-resort operator.

CENTERPLATE INC.: $314 million credit facility (B3/B+); Macquarie, UBS and BMO; $70 million revolver; $50 million term A; $194 million term B talked at Libor plus 625 bps to 675 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend payment; Stamford, Conn., provider of food and beverage concessions, high-end catering and merchandise services.

CUNNINGHAM LINDSEY GROUP LTD.: $230 million credit facility; Bank of America and BMO; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $200 million term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; refinance existing debt, fund an acquisition and make a small dividend payment; Schaumburg, Ill., provider of independent insurance claims services.

ENERGYSOLUTIONS INC.: $685 million senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Citigroup; $125 million revolver; $560 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor; OID 98 to 981/2; refinance existing debt; Salt Lake City-based provider of nuclear services.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC.: $750 million three-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Citigroup and Wells Fargo; refinance existing credit facility; St. Louis-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services.

FAIRMOUNT MINERALS LTD: $775 million senior secured credit facility (B1/BB); Barclays, KeyBanc Capital, Bank of America and PNC; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps; $150 million term A talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $550 million term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98 to 981/2; fund acquisition by American Securities from Kirtland Capital; Chardon, Ohio, producer of industrial sand.

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $925 million senior credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Bank of America, Barclays, GE Capital and SunTrust; $600 million term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $125 million revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $200 million term A talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund acquisition of Odyssey HealthCare Inc. and refinance existing debt; Atlanta-based home health care provider.

GEO GROUP INC.: $750 million credit facility (Ba3/BB+); BNP Paribas; $400 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million five-year delayed-draw term A talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $200 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund acquisition of Cornell Cos. Inc. and refinance existing debt; Boca Raton, Fla., prison operator.

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.

INTERACTIVE DATA CORP.: $1.46 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse and UBS; $1.3 billion term loan at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call; $160 million revolver; help fund buyout by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus; Bedford, Mass., provider of financial market data.

INVENTIV HEALTH INC.: Expected early August close; $600 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Citigroup, Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; $525 million term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $75 million revolver; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP; Somerset, N.J., provider of end-to-end clinical development, launch and commercialization services to the pharmaceutical and health care industries.

K2 PURE SOLUTIONS: $115 million five-year term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 95, non-call one, 102, 101; Credit Suisse and Canaccord Genuity; help fund construction of a bleach plant in Pittsburg, Ca.; manufacturer of water purification and disinfection products.

KENAN ADVANTAGE GROUP: $450 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); KeyBanc Capital Markets; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 983/4; $250 million term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98; $125 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund buyout by Goldman Sachs from Littlejohn & Co. and refinance existing debt; North Canton, Ohio, logistics and liquid bulk transportation services provider to the fuels, chemical and food end-markets.

MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS: $675 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); SunTrust, Wells Fargo, US Bank and RBC; $350 million 61/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $125 million 51/2-year revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $200 million 51/2-year term A talked at Libor plus 400 bps; fund a distribution to the partnership, refinance debt and general corporate purposes; Minneapolis-based cable multiple system operator.

OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC: $350 million senior secured term loan (B1/B/BB-) at Libor plus 700 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Barclays and Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Barclays Bank plc's HomEq Servicing; West Palm Beach, Fla., provider of residential and commercial loan servicing, special servicing and asset management services.

PSC LLC: $240 million credit facility; RBC and Jefferies; $175 million six-year term B at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 98; $65 million five-year revolver (already syndicated); help fund buyout by Lindsay Goldberg from Odysseus Holdings and Arrowhead Holdings; Houston-based provider of hazardous waste management, industrial cleaning, and logistics services.

RADIO ONE INC.: $400 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Deutsche Bank; $50 million revolver; $350 million term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing credit facility; Lanham, Md., diversified media company.

RAVE HOLDINGS LLC: $95 million senior secured five-year credit facility; Societe Generale, American Securities and SunTrust; $10 million revolver at Libor plus 450 bps, 75 bps unused fee, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; $85 million term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; recapitalization; Dallas-based motion picture exhibitor.

RCN CABLE: $600 million credit facility (B1/B); SunTrust, GE Capital and Societe Generale; $40 million five-year revolver, 2% Libor floor; $560 million six-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; help fund buyout of RCN Corp. by ABRY Partners; Herndon, Va., broadband services provider.

RCN METRO FIBER: $265 million credit facility (B2/B); SunTrust; $25 million five-year revolver; $240 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund buyout of RCN Corp. by ABRY Partners; Herndon, Va., broadband services provider.

SAVVIS INC.: $625 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and SunTrust; $75 million revolver due in 2014 talked at Libor plus 450 bps; $550 million term loan due in 2016 talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund the purchase of convertibles; Town & Country, Mo., provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT services.

SOFTLAYER TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $230 million credit facility (B2/B); Deutsche Bank and SunTrust; $20 million revolver; $20 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; $190 million term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund acquisition of a majority stake by GI Partners; Plano, Texas, provider of on-demand data center and hosting services.

SONICWALL INC.: $275 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $15 million revolver (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 625 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97; $155 million 51/2-year first-lien term loan (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 625 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call; $105 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 97, non-call one, 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; San Jose, Calif., provider of IT security and data backup and recovery services.

SOPHOS PLC: $324.4 million senior secured credit facility (B2/B+); RBC and HSBC; $20 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 450 bps; $75 million six-year euro equivalent term A at Libor plus 450 bps; $204.4 million six-year term B at Libor plus 575 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; $25 million six-year euro equivalent term B at Euribor plus 575 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Boston-based IT security and data protection firm.

TI AUTOMOTIVE: $250 million credit facility; Citigroup leading term loan, Citi and UBS on revolver; $200 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 2% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $50 million four-year asset based revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; refinance existing debt; provider of fluid storage, carrying and delivery technology to automotive manufacturers.

UNIVERSAL FIBER SYSTEMS LLC: New credit facility; BNP Paribas; refinance existing bank and mezzanine debt; Bristol, Va., manufacturer of high-performance, specialty synthetic fibers.

UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $3.45 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank; $800 million revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $1.05 billion term A at Libor plus 325 bps; $1.6 billion term B at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Psychiatric Solutions Inc.; King of Prussia, Pa., owner and operator of acute care hospitals and behavioral health care facilities and schools.

U.S. GAS & ELECTRIC INC.: $125 million second-lien term loan talked at 10% to 11% cash plus 3% to 4% PIK, for pricing in the 14% area, OID 98; Macquarie Capital; refinance existing debt and back the acquisition of a similar company; provider of energy supply to commercial and residential consumers.

VERTAFORE INC.: $625 million senior credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Barclays; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.75% Libor floor; $550 million term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98; help fund buyout by TPG Capital from Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity; Bothell, Wash., provider of software and information to the insurance distribution channel.

VISION SOLUTIONS INC.: $255 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Jefferies; $240 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; $15 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 96; help fund acquisition of Double-Take Software Inc.; Irvine, Calif., provider of disaster recovery and system management services for IBM Power Systems.

ON THE HORIZON

BRAVO BRIO RESTAURANT GROUP INC.: New senior credit facility; revolver; term loan; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; in connection with IPO; Columbus, Ohio, owner and operator of Italian restaurants.

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.: New credit facility; Bank of America and Citigroup; help fund acquisition of Bresnan Communications; Bethpage, N.Y., telecommunications, media and entertainment company.

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.2 billion five-year credit facility (Ba1/BBB-); JPMorgan and Bank of America; $950 million term A expected at Libor plus 275 based on leverage; $250 million revolver expected at Libor plus 275 based on leverage, 25 bps to 50 bps commitment fee; help fund acquisition of WuXi PharmaTech Inc.; Wilmington, Mass., provider of research models and associated services and of preclinical drug development services.

EVERTEC: $400 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America and Morgan Stanley; $350 million term loan; $50 million revolver; help fund acquisition of 51% interest by Apollo Management LP from Popular Inc.; processor of banking transactions.

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.

GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LTD.: $353 million in term loans; $253 million senior secured term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; $100 million senior term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund the acquisition of 13 vessels from Bourbon SA and five vessels from Metrostar Management Corp.; New York-based transporter of iron ore, coal, grain, steel products and other drybulk cargoes.

GENON ENERGY: New credit facility; revolver; $500 million term loan; help fund creation through merger of Mirant Corp. and RRI Energy Inc.; Houston-based power producer.

GRIFFON CORP.: $650 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs leading term loan; $500 million term loan; $150 million asset-based facility; help fund acquisition of Ames True Temper Inc. from Castle Harlan Inc.; New York-based manufacturing company.

MULTIPLAN INC.: New credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America and Credit Suisse; revolver; term loan; help fund buyout by BC Partners and Silver Lake; New York-based provider of health care cost management services.

NBTY INC.: $1.7 billion senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $200 million revolver; $1.5 billion term loan; help fund buyout by the Carlyle Group; Ronkonkoma, N.Y., manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements.

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

SABRA HEALTH CARE REIT INC.: New credit facility; help refinance existing debt in connection with spin-off from Sun Healthcare Group Inc.; owner of property.

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.

SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.: New credit facility; help refinance existing debt in connection with spinoff; provider of nursing, rehabilitative and related specialty health care services.

SWIFT HOLDINGS CORP.: New senior secured credit facility; revolver; term loan; refinance existing debt in connection with IPO; Phoenix, Ariz., transportation services company and truckload carrier.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $3.022 billion senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Jefferies; $250 million 41/2-year revolver expected at Libor plus 450 bps, 75 bps commitment fee; $500 million five-year term A expected at Libor plus 450 bps; up to $1.972 billion six-year term B expected at Libor plus 475, 1.75% Libor floor; $300 million delayed-draw six-year term B expected at Libor plus 475, 1.75% Libor floor, 75 bps ticking fee; help fund merger with Biovail Corp.; Mississauga, Ont., specialty pharmaceutical company.

VERTIS HOLDING INC.: $600 million in new first-lien debt (B3) and $200 million senior secured asset-based revolver; GE Capital left lead on 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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