Bank Loan Calendar: $20.869 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

CARDONE INDUSTRIES: Bank meeting expected early January; $300 million credit facility; RBC, BMO and Mizuho; $50 million revolver; $250 million term loan; help fund buyout of the company's North American operations by TPG Capital LP; Philadelphia-based automotive remanufacturing company.

STERLING INFOSYSTEMS INC.: Bank meeting targeted for Jan. 5; $180 million credit facility; GE Capital and RBS Citizens; $20 million revolver; $160 million term loan; refinance existing debt and fund an acquisition; New York-based background screening company.

Upcoming Closings

99 CENTS ONLY STORES: $675 million credit facility; RBC, BMO and Deutsche Bank; $150 million five-year ABL revolver; $525 million seven-year term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 550 basis points, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; City of Commerce, Calif., operator of extreme value retail stores.

AFFYMETRIX INC.: $190 million five-year senior secured credit facility; GE Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and CIT; $170 million term A talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund purchase of eBioscience Holding Co. Inc. and for general corporate purposes; Santa Clara, Calif., provider of technology used by pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies and research institutes.

A. M. CASTLE & CO.: $100 million four-year senior secured asset-based revolver; Jefferies and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of Tube Supply Inc. and refinance existing debt; Oak Brook, Ill., distributor of specialty metal and plastic products, value-added services and supply chain services.

ARIZONA CHEMICAL INC.: $810 million credit facility (B+); Goldman Sachs; $60 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $750 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97, soft call 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Jacksonville, Fla., supplier of pine chemicals to the adhesives, inks and coatings and oleochemicals markets.

CAPITAL SAFETY: $420 million senior secured credit facility (B); UBS, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho and KKR Capital; $45 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 525 bps, OID 98; $375 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP from Arle Capital Partners; Red Wing, Minn., provider of fall protection equipment.

COLFAX CORP.: $2.1 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Deutsche Bank and HSBC; $300 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $200 million five-year term loan A-1 tranche at Libor plus 300 bps; $700 million term A-2 tranche at Libor plus 300 bps; $900 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Charter International plc; Fulton, Md., supplier of fluid-handling products.

CORRECTIONS CORP. OF AMERICA: $750 million revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; Wells Fargo, Bank of America, JPMorgan and SunTrust; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Nashville, Tenn., owner and operator of partnership correction and detention facilities.

DELUXE ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES GROUP INC.: $600 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Natixis; $100 million five-year ABL revolver; $500 million 51/2-year term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Los Angeles-based entertainment services provider.

ENDURANCE INTERNATIONAL GROUP: $400 million credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse; $50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $350 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 971/2, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Warburg Pincus and GS Capital Partners from Accel-KKR; Burlington, Mass., provider of web hosting and online services.

FIDELITY NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES INC.: $1.565 billion of new term loans; JPMorgan and Bank of America; $1.25 billion term B due July 2016 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 repricing call protection for 18 months; $315 million add-on term A-2 due July 2014; refinance existing term loan borrowings; Jacksonville, Fla., banking and payments technology services provider.

HIGH LINER FOODS INC.: $250 million term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; RBC and BMO; also increasing existing asset-based credit facility to $180 million from $120 million; help fund acquisition of Icelandic Group's U.S. subsidiary and Asian procurement operations and refinance existing debt; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, frozen seafood company.

HMS HOLDINGS CORP.: Expected close Dec. 12 week; $450 million credit facility; Citigroup; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $350 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund purchase of HealthDataInsights Inc.; New York-based coordinator of benefits and program integrity services for health care payers.

HOFFMASTER GROUP INC.: $334 million credit facility; GE Capital, Jefferies and Macquarie; $35 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $235 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $64 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 975 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98; help fund buyout by Metalmark Capital from Kohlberg & Co.; Oshkosh, Wis., producer of specialty disposable tabletop products.

KRONOS INC.: $370 million incremental first-lien term B due December 2018 talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Jefferies and Deutsche Bank; fund a dividend; also amending and extending existing credit facility; Chelmsford, Mass., provider of workforce management software.

LIGHTOWER FIBER NETWORKS: $150 million incremental term A talked at Libor plus 450 bps; GE Capital and SunTrust; fund a dividend; Boxborough, Mass., metro fiber network and bandwidth service provider.

LIN TELEVISION CORP.: $260 million seven-year term B (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2; JPMorgan; redeem notes; Providence, R.I., television and digital media company.

LIQUI-BOX: $105 million credit facility; BNP Paribas and BMO; $20 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $85 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund buyout by the Sterling Group from DuPont; manufacturer of bag and box flexible packaging for the beverage, dairy and foodservice markets.

LORD & TAYLOR: $450 million term loan (Ba3/BB) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse; refinance CMBS; New York-based upscale, specialty-retail department store chain.

MILK SPECIALTIES GLOBAL: $230 million credit facility; RBC; $25 million revolver (B2/B+); $145 million first-lien term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98; $60 million second-lien term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 1,050 bps, 1.5% floor, OID 96 to 97, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund buyout by HM Capital from Stonehenge Partners Inc.; Carpentersville, Ill., manufacturer of nutrition products.

MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $155 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); RBC; $5 million revolver at Libor plus 700 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 971/2; $150 million term loan at Libor plus 700 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 971/2; help fund buyout by Sterling Partners; Ottawa, Ont., intellectual property company.

NCO GROUP INC.: $870 million credit facility (B1/B); Barclays, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and RBS; $120 million revolver talked at Libor plus 625 bps; $750 million term loan talked at Libor plus 625 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 96 to 97, 101 soft call; back acquisition and merger of APAC Customer Services Inc. and refinance existing debt; Horsham, Pa., provider of business process outsourcing services.

NPC INTERNATIONAL INC.: $475 million credit facility (Ba3/B); Barclays and Goldman Sachs; $375 million term loan at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 525 bps; help fund buyout by Olympus Partners; Overland Park, Kan., Pizza Hut franchisee.

NUVEEN INVESTMENTS: $280 million add-on term loan (B) due May 13, 2017 at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS and Wells Fargo; fund acquisition of a 60% stake in Gresham Investment Management LLC; Chicago-based provider of investment services.

OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP.: Expected close Feb. 1; $200 million incremental senior secured term loan due Sept. 1, 2016 at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; Barclays; for general corporate purposes, including financing for acquisitions of Saxon Capital Holdings LLC from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and a mortgage servicing portfolio from J.P. Morgan; Atlanta-based provider of residential and commercial loan servicing, special servicing and asset-management services.

PHOENIX SERVICES LLC: $245 million credit facility (Ba3); BNP Paribas; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $60 million five-year euro equivalent term loan talked at Euribor plus 550 bps, OID 98; $140 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $15 million six-year delayed-draw term loan available for three months talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund acquisition of Gagneraud Industries and refinance existing debt; Kennett Square, Pa., provider of steel mill services.

PREFERRED SANDS LLC: $430 million five-year credit facility (B2/BB-); Barclays, KeyBanc and JPMorgan; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps, OID 99; $175 million term A talked at Libor plus 450 bps, OID 99; $225 million term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98 to 981/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, make a small acquisition and buy out some minority investors; Radnor, Pa., provider of silica sand products.

SAMSON INVESTMENT CO.: $2.25 billion revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, BMO, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, RBC and Mizuho; help fund buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, Natural Gas Partners, Crestview Partners and Itochu Corp.; Tulsa, Okla., exploration and production company.

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC.: $530 million of incremental term loans (Ba1/BB+); JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank; $250 million incremental term A due March 2016 talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $280 million incremental term B due October 2016 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2; help fund acquisitions of Four Points Media Group LLC from Cerberus Capital Management LP, and Freedom Communications' broadcast assets; Hunt Valley, Md., television broadcasting company.

SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: Expected close mid-December; $1.15 billion credit facility (B1/BB+); Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; $200 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $250 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $700 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing credit facility; Grand Prairie, Texas, theme park company.

SOPHIA LP (SUNGARD HIGHER EDUCATION/DATATEL INC.): $1.195 billion credit facility (B+); Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan; $1.07 billion 61/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $125 million revolver; help fund buyout of SunGard Higher Education by Hellman & Friedman LLC and merger with Datatel Inc.; provider of software, technology products and services to the higher education community.

TENSAR INTERNATIONAL CORP. INC.: $300 million credit facility; Barclays; $25 million four-year ABL revolver grid-based pricing ranging from Libor plus 250 bps to 300 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $200 million five-year first-lien term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 call protection; $75 million 51/2-year second-lien term C (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 1,200 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 96, non-call one, 102, 101; refinance existing capital structure; Atlanta-based provider of specialty products and engineering services.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million incremental term A due April 2016 at Libor plus 275 bps; Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of iNova; Mississauga, Ont., specialty pharmaceutical company.

VERIFONE SYSTEMS INC.: $1.6 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Barclays and RBC; $350 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $1 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $250 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund purchase of Point from Nordic Capital and refinance existing debt; San Jose, Calif., secure electronic payment services company.

On The Horizon

ACCO BRANDS CORP.: New debt financing; help fund merger with MeadWestvaco Corp.'s Consumer & Office Products business and refinance existing debt; Lincolnshire, Ill., office supply manufacturer.

AMERICAN DENTAL PARTNERS INC.: $256 million senior secured credit facility; KeyBanc, CIT and NXT; $36 million revolver; $220 million term loan; help fund buyout by JLL Partners Inc.; Wakefield, Mass., business partner to dental group practices.

BLUE COAT SYSTEMS INC.: $465 million senior secured credit facility; Jefferies; $50 million revolver; $415 million term loan; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of web security and WAN optimization services.

CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS INC.: New term loan; help fund acquisition of Aptuit LLC's clinical trial supplies business; Somerset, N.J., provider of advanced technologies, and development, manufacturing, and packaging services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health care companies.

CONVERGEX HOLDINGS LLC: New credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup; term loan; revolver; help fund buyout by CVC Capital Partners from GTCR; New York-based technology company providing mission-critical proprietary software products and technology-enabled services to asset managers and financial intermediaries.

COSTAR GROUP INC.: $465 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $415 million seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; $50 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund acquisition of LoopNet Inc.; Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate information company.

CVR ENERGY INC.: $150 million ABL facility add-on; Deutsche Bank, Barclays, RBS and SunTrust; help fund acquisition of Gary-Williams Energy Corp.; Sugar Land, Texas-based refiner and marketer of transportation fuels.

NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME CO. INC.: New credit facility; refinance existing bank debt; New Enterprise, Pa., construction materials supplier and heavy/highway construction contractor.

PLAINS OFFSHORE OPERATIONS INC.: $300 million revolver at Libor plus 150 bps to 250 bps based on utilization, 37.5 bps to 50 bps unused fee; in connection with purchase by EIG Global Energy Partners of 20% equity stake from Plains Exploration & Production Co.; holder of an oil-focused Gulf of Mexico portfolio.

ROUNDY'S INC.: New senior credit facility; revolver; maybe term loans; in connection with IPO; refinance existing bank debt; Milwaukee, Wis., supermarket chain.

SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING: $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; UBS; $75 million revolver; $1.05 billion term loan; help fund purchase of EMI Music Publishing by Sony Corp. of America, the Estate of Michael Jackson, Mubadala Development Co. PJSC, Jynwel Capital Ltd., GSO Capital Partners LP and David Geffen from Citigroup Inc.; New York-based owner and administrator of copyrights by artists.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $125 million senior secured revolver; Bank of America; refinance existing credit facility and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Windsor, Conn., provider of investment and financial software-enabled services.

SYNOPSYS INC.: New debt financing; help fund purchase of Magma Design Automation Inc.; Mountain View, Calif., provider of software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems.

TRONOX INC.: $550 million of new financing; Goldman Sachs; refinance term loan in connection with acquisition of Exxaro Resources Ltd.'s mineral sands operations; Oklahoma City-based producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigment.

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.: $3 billion senior unsecured credit facility; Bank of America; $500 million revolver; $2.5 billion five-year term loan; help fund acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies from Hitachi Ltd., refinance existing bank debt and for general corporate purposes; Irvine, Calif., designer and producer of hard drives and solid state drives.

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

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