Bank Loan Calendar

January Bank Meetings

DSM PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/PATHEON INC.: Bank meeting expected first week of January; $1.35 billion credit facility; UBS, JPMorgan, Jefferies, KeyBanc and Morgan Stanley; $200 million five-year revolver; $1.15 billion seven-year term B, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund purchase of Patheon by JLL Partners and Royal DSM and merger with DSM Pharmaceutical Products to create a new company; contract development and manufacturing organization for the pharmaceutical industry.

Upcoming Closings

ACTUANT ELECTRICAL: $150 million credit facility; RBC and NXT Capital; $20 million five-year revolver; $130 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Sentinel Capital Partners from Actuant Corp.; Menomonee Falls, Wis., provider of products for the retail do-it-yourself, marine, industrial OEM and wholesale electrical markets.

ADVANTAGE SALES AND MARKETING INC.: $225 million tack-on first-lien covenant-light term loan due December 2017 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call through February 2014; Credit Suisse; purchase remainder of Waypoint LLC and general corporate purposes; Irvine, Calif., sales and marketing agency.

AFFINITY GAMING: $191.7 million first-lien term loan due Nov. 9, 2017 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; repricing; Las Vegas-based gaming company.

AKORN INC.: $675 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank; $600 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $75 million five-year ABL revolver; help fund acquisition of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc.; Lake Forest, Ill.-based niche pharmaceutical company.

ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS (VIOLIN NEWCO LTD.): $190 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, HSBC and ING; $40 million five-year revolver; $150 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by New Mountain Capital LLC; London-based talent acquisition and management business.

ALLIANT HOLDINGS I LLC: Expected close Dec. 20; roughly $800 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and KKR Capital; $100 million revolver due Dec. 20, 2017 at Libor plus 300 bps; roughly $700 million term B due Dec. 20, 2019 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Newport Beach, Calif., specialty insurance brokerage firm.

ALTISOURCE SOLUTIONS SARL: Expected close Dec. 9; $397.5 million senior secured covenant-light term B due Nov. 27, 2020 talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, JPMorgan and Citigroup; repricing and extension; Luxembourg-based provider of services principally related to real estate and mortgage portfolio management, asset recovery and customer relationship management.

AMC NETWORKS INC.: $1.98 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BBB-); Bank of America; $500 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $1.48 billion six-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund acquisition of Chellomedia from Liberty Global and refinance existing debt; New York-based owner and operator of brands in cable television.

AMERICAN GAMING SYSTEMS: $180 million credit facility (B3/B+); Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Nomura and Credit Suisse; $25 million revolver; $155 million term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Apollo; Las Vegas-based manufacturer and operator of gaming machines.

AMR CORP.: $1.9 billion DIP/exit financing term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor; Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; repricing; Fort Worth, Texas, airline company.

ANCESTRY.COM: Expected close Dec. 30; roughly $622.1 million of senior secured term loans; Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Goldman Sachs and HSBC; about $487.1 million term B-1 due Dec. 28, 2018 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $135 million term B-2 due May 15, 2018 talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Provo, Utah, online family history resource.

ANSWERS CORP.: $295 million credit facility; SunTrust and Silicon Valley Bank; $20 million revolver; $175 million seven-year first-lien term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $100 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund an acquisition; St. Louis-based wiki-based search engine company for consumers and provides subscription-based SAAS services to enterprise companies and retailers.

ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.: $205 million five-year term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; refinance existing debt; Walnut Creek, Calif., provider of technology and document-related services.

ARCH COAL INC.: $300 million add-on covenant-light term B (NA/B+/BB-) due May 16, 2018 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Bank of America; help redeem notes; St Louis-based coal producer.

ARDAGH GROUP: $675 million equivalent six-year senior secured term B (Ba3/B+), U.S. piece talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months, euro piece talked 25 bps wide of the U.S. loan, 1% floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; repay notes; Dublin-based supplier of glass and metal packaging.

ASCENSUS INC.: $307 million credit facility; BMO and Golub Capital; $15 million revolver (B1/B+); $200 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $92 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; fund the acquisition of Sallie Mae's 529 college savings plan administrator, Upromise Investments, and refinance existing debt; Dresher, Pa., retirement plan services provider.

BENNU OIL & GAS LLC: $393 million five-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 900 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, par for six months, non-call one, 102, 101; Credit Suisse; fund exit from bankruptcy, general corporate purposes and repay certain net profit interests; oil and gas exploration and production company in the Gulf of Mexico.

BLUE BUFFALO CO. LTD.: Expected close Dec. 9; $396 million senior secured term B due Aug. 8, 2019 at Libor plus 300 bps, 25 bps step-down when consolidated total leverage is below 2x, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; repricing; Wilton, Conn., pet food company.

BLUESTEM BRANDS INC.: $225 million term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; Wells Fargo and Bank of America; fund a dividend; Eden Prairie, Minn., online retailer of a broad selection of name brand and private label general merchandise serving low- to middle-income consumers.

BRICKMAN GROUP: Expected close Dec. 18; $1.08 billion senior credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, RBC, Mizuho, KKR, Macquarie, Sumitomo and UBS; $735 million seven-year first-lien term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $235 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps to 675 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; $110 million revolver (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps; help fund buyout by KKR from Leonard Green & Partners LP and other shareholders; Rockville, Md., provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services.

CHESAPEAKE SERVICES LTD./MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC.: $452 million U.S. bank debt; Barclays and Credit Suisse; $122 million incremental term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4; $50 million revolver due Aug. 15, 2018 talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $280 million rollover term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4; also £50mm multicurrency revolver due Sept. 30, 2019 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, £145 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, and €172.6 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% floor; help fund merger of the two companies; U.K.-based manufacturer of consumer packaging.

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1 billion term loan (Caa1/CCC+/CCC) due July 2019 talked at Libor plus 750 bps; Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo; extend term B and term C debt; San Antonio-based media and entertainment company.

CONFIE SEGUROS: $405 million credit facility; RBC and GE Capital; $75 million revolver due 2017; $330 million first-lien term loan due 2018 talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; California-based provider of personal insurance.

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC.: $985 million credit facility (BB-); Wells Fargo; $75 million five-year revolver; $910 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; Mattoon, Ill., rural local exchange company providing voice, data and video services.

CROSBY WORLDWIDE LTD.: $715 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, UBS, KKR Capital, Deutsche Bank, Mizuho and HSBC; $65 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $560 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 4.5x net leverage,1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call for six months; $90 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, hard call 102, 101; help fund buyout by KKR; Tulsa, Okla., provider of products for lifting and rigging applications.

CROWN HOLDINGS INC.: $2.3 billion U.S. credit facility (Baa1/BBB-); Citigroup, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, RBS, Santander and Wells Fargo; $1.2 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps, $800 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 175 bps; $300 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 200 bps; also €400 million five-year term A (Baa1) talked at Euribor plus 175 bps; help fund acquisition of Mivisa Envases SAU; Philadelphia-based manufacturer of packaging products.

CSC SERVICEWORKS INC. (COINMACH): $495 million add-on term B (B) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Mac-Gray Corp.; Plainview, N.Y., provider of multi-family housing and commercial laundry and air vending services.

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.: $2.225 billion credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $200 million five-year revolver; $2.025 billion seven-year term loan; refinance existing bank debt; Atlanta-based radio broadcaster.

DEL MONTE FOODS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC.: $1.32 billion credit facility; Citigroup (left lead on first-lien), Morgan Stanley (left lead on second-lien) and KKR; $350 million ABL revolver; $710 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $260 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Del Monte Foods' consumer food business by Del Monte Pacific Ltd.; fruit and vegetable and packaged goods company.

ENDO HEALTH SOLUTIONS: $2.225 billion senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank and RBC; $750 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $1.1 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $375 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½ area,101 soft call for six months; refinance some existing debt and fund repurchase of convertible notes in connection with acquisition of Paladin Labs Inc.; Malvern, Pa., specialty health care company.

FILTRATION GROUP CORP.: $895 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and BMO; $75 million five-year revolver (B1/B+); $605 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, step-down to Libor plus 325 bps when first-lien leverage is less than 4x, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $215 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Porex Corp. from Aurora Capital Group; Chicago-based developer, designer and manufacturer of liquid, air and fluid filtration products.

GENERATION BRANDS: $270 million of term loans; Wells Fargo; $160 million 41/2-year first-lien term B talked at 8%, including OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $70 million five-year second-lien term loan talked at 12¼%, including OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; $40 million six-year holdco term loan talked at 16¾%, including 6% PIK and OID 97, call protection T+50, 108, 104, 102; refinance existing debt; lighting company.

GLENCOE PRINCIPAL HOLDINGS: $200 million credit facility; Macquarie; $25 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $130 million five-year first-lien term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $45 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing subsidiary debt, acquire certain outstanding equity interests held by third parties and fund a distribution to sponsor Glencoe Capital; Co-borrowers are subsidiaries Dixie Chemical, a Pasadena, Texas-based manufacturer of high-purity chemicals, complex compounds and chemical intermediates, Child Development Schools, a Columbus, Ga.-based for-profit preschool education and early care provider, and Polyair Corp., a Toronto-based manufacturer and marketer of protective packaging products.

GLOBALLOGIC: $185 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); RBC and Credit Suisse; $25 million five-year revolver; $160 million 51/2-year term B at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; fund buyout by ODSA Topco Ltd., a company backed by Apax Partners; full-lifecycle product development services company.

GROSVENOR CAPITAL MANGEMENT HOLDINGS LLLP: $510 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, BMO and JPMorgan; $50 million five-year revolver; $460 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; fund the acquisition of the Customized Fund Investment Group from Credit Suisse Group AG; Chicago-based private equity and alternate investments fund-of-funds manager.

HEARTLAND DENTAL CARE LLC: $557 million first-lien term B (including $160 million incremental) (B1/B) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ on new money, 101 soft call for six months; RBC, BMO and Jefferies; fund acquisition of My Dentist Holdings LLC and repricing; Effingham, Ill., provider of office support services to dental offices.

HOSTWAY CORP.: $117.5 million credit facility; Societe Generale; $15 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 475 bps; $77.5 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $25 million seven-year second-lien term loan (placed separately) at Libor plus 875 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; help fund buyout by Littlejohn & Co.; Chicago-based provider of hosting services for RGUs.

HYDROCHEM: $300 million senior credit facility; GE Capital; $50 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, OID 99; $250 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; fund the acquisition of Inland Industrial Services Group LLC from Strength Capital Partners LLC and refinance existing debt; provider of industrial cleaning services for the petrochemical production, oil refining, power generation, metals and pulp and paper industries.

ION MEDIA NETWORKS INC.: $795 million credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $75 million five-year revolver; $720 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; television broadcast network.

KENAN ADVANTAGE GROUP: Amended and restated credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Keybanc; help back the already completed acquisition of RTL- Westcan Group; North Canton, Ohio, tank truck transporter and logistics provider.

KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC.: $275 million add-on term loans; Credit Suisse and UBS; $225 million add-on first-lien term loan (B2/B-) due May 23, 2019 at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 971/2, 101 soft call through May 2014; $50 million add-on second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC) due Nov. 23, 2019 talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103 through May 2014, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Chemtura Corp.'s consumer products business; Toronto-based contract and private label manufacturers of consumer, institutional and industrial products.

LAS VEGAS SANDS LLC: $3.25 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BBB-/BBB-); Barclays, Citigroup, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Scotia; $750 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $2.5 billion seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; repay existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; Las Vegas-based developer and operator of integrated resorts.

LINDEN COGENERATION POWER COMPLEX (EFS COGEN HOLDINGS I LLC): Expected close Dec. 17; $925 million senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Barclays, Citigroup and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi; $100 million five-year revolver; $825 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, make a distribution to GE in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in the borrower by Highstar, support project-level letter-of-credit requirements and fund a debt service reserve account; Linden, N.J.-based 942MW cogeneration facility.

MANITOWOC CO. INC.: $200 million seven-year term loan (Ba1/BB) talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing bank debt and general corporate purposes; Manitowoc, Wis., manufacturer and seller of cranes and related products and foodservice equipment.

MCGRAW-HILL SCHOOL EDUCATION: $200 million term B (B2/BB) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; BMO; fund a dividend; New York-based digital learning company.

MEDICAL SPECIALTIES DISTRIBUTORS LLC: $170 million credit facility (B3/B); Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas; $30 million revolver; $140 million six-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by New Mountain Capital; Stoughton, Mass., distributor of home infusion equipment and supplies.

MURRAY ENERGY CORP.: $1.62 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank; $200 million ABL revolver; $1.02 billion six-year first-lien term loan B (B1/BB-) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $400 million seven-year second-lien term loan (already placed) (Caa1/B-) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, non-call four years; help fund the acquisition of Consolidation Coal Co. from Consol Energy Inc.; St. Clairsville, Ohio, coal company.

NEWGISTICS: $105 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $20 million five-year revolver; $85 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by Littlejohn; Austin, Texas, provider of end-to-end e-commerce services.

NICE-PAK PRODUCTS: $230 million senior secured credit facility; RBC; $60 million five-year asset-based revolver talked with a grid of Libor plus 150 bps to 200 bps based on availability, 37.5 bps unused fee; $170 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Orangeburg, N.Y., manufacturer of wet wipes for baby and health care applications.

NORTH ATLANTIC TRADING CO. INC.: $255 million in term loans; Wells Fargo and Jefferies; $165 million six-year first-lien term B (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $90 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC) talked at Libor plus 1,050 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Louisville, Ky., manufacturer and marketer of tobacco products.

NPC INTERNATIONAL INC.: $468 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays and Goldman Sachs; $100 million revolver due Dec. 28, 2017; roughly $368 million term loan due Dec. 28, 2018 talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; amend and restate, and reprice existing credit facility; Overland Park, Kan., Pizza Hut franchisee.

NXP: Expected close Dec. 10; $400 million covenant-light term D (BB) due January 2020 at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank; refinance/reprice existing term C; Eindhoven, Netherlands, maker of semiconductors.

NYDJ APPAREL LLC: $162.5 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley; $12.5 million revolver; $150 million term loan talked at Libor plus 575 bps to 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Crestview Partners and Maybrook Capital Partners from Falconhead Capital; Los Angeles-based jeans company.

ONE CALL CARE MANAGEMENT: $395 million add-on first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps when first-lien senior secured leverage is 4.25 x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Morgan Stanley, Jefferies and Guggenheim; help fund the acquisition of Align Networks from General Atlantic and the Riverside Co.; Parsippany, N.J., provider of specialized cost containment services to the workers' compensation industry.

OPEN TEXT CORP.: $800 million seven-year senior secured term B (BBB) talked at Libor plus 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and RBC: help fund acquisition of GXS Group Inc.; Ontario-based provider of enterprise information management software.

PATRIOT COAL CORP.: Expected close Dec. 18; $576 million five-year credit facility; Barclays and Deutsche Bank; $125 million asset-based revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $250 million first-lien second-out term loan (B3) at Libor plus 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, hard call 102, 101; $201 million first-lien, first-out five-year letter-of-credit facility; help fund exit from bankruptcy; St. Louis-based miner, producer and seller of thermal coal.

PELICAN PRODUCTS INC.: $376 million credit facility; Credit Suisse; $30 million revolver; $346 million first-lien term loan due June 2018 talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing bank debt; Torrance, Calif., designer and manufacturer of advanced lighting systems and virtually indestructible cases.

RAVEN POWER FINANCE LLC: $350 million term B (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; refinance existing debt, fund a distribution and general corporate purposes; Austin, Texas, power company.

SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.: $1.35 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB); Jefferies; includes $150 million five-year revolver; $1.2 billion six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Santarus Inc.; Raleigh, N.C.-based developer and marketer of prescription pharmaceutical products and medical devices for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases.

SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES BV: $375.3 million senior secured term B due May 12, 2019 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; repricing and extension; Attleboro, Mass., designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls.

SHERIDAN PRODUCTION PARTNERS: $800 million term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, UBS and RBC; pay down revolver debt; Houston-based oil and gas production company.

SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.: $250 million term loan (BB/BB+) due September 2019 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99¾ to 99.88, 101 soft call through March 2014; Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; also €200 million term loan talked at Euribor plus 300 bps, 1% floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; refinance U.S. term B; Madison, Wis., consumer products company.

SURVEY SAMPLING INC.: $180 million senior credit facility; GE Capital; $20 million revolver; $160 million term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; also getting $53 million second-lien tranche that has been fully placed with existing junior capital provider; Shelton, Conn., provider of global data collection services used to conduct survey research.

TNT CRANE & RIGGING INC.: $645 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and RBC; $75 million five-year revolver (B1); $400 million seven-year first-lien term B (B1) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $170 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 92, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund buyout by First Reserve and management from Odyssey Investment Partners; Houston-based provider of lifting services and equipment.

TRIBUNE CO.: $4.1 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB+); JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; $300 million five-year revolver; $3.8 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Local TV Holdings LLC from Oak Hill Capital Partners and refinance existing debt; Chicago-based multimedia company.

TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $315 million credit facility (B2/BB+); Credit Suisse and UBS; $15 million five-year revolver; $300 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund the acquisition of Lumiere Place Casino, HoteLumiere, and the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis from Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.; Las Vegas-based gaming and entertainment company.

USI INSURANCE SERVICES: $1.1. billion covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, RBC and UBS; repricing; Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., insurance broker.

VANTAGE ENERGY LLC: $200 million five-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 675 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call one, 101; Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo; repay revolver debt and general corporate purposes; Englewood, Colo., oil and gas exploration company.

WALKER & DUNLOP: $175 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo; general corporate purposes; Bethesda, Md., provider of commercial real estate financial services.

WALTER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP.: $1.625 billion credit facility (B+); Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays RBS and UBS; $125 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 375 bps; $1.5 billion seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing bank debt and general corporate purposes; expected close Dec. 19; Tampa, Fla., asset manager, mortgage servicer and originator.

WESTERN REFINING INC.: $550 million seven-year senior secured term B (B1/BB-) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Bank of America and UBS; fund already completed acquisition of ACON Investments' and TPG's ownership interests in Northern Tier Energy LP; El Paso, Texas, refining and marketing company.

WINDSOR FOODS: $450 million credit facility; BMO, Bank of America and JPMorgan; $100 million ABL revolver; $350 million covenant-light term B (B2/B+); refinance existing debt; Houston-based manufacturer of frozen foods.

WTG HOLDINGS: $655 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, RBC, UBS and Goldman Sachs; $75 million revolver (B+); $475 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $105 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by AEA Investors LP from Siemens; provider of services for treating and processing municipal and industrial water and wastewater and related activities.

On The Horizon

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES INC.: $2.175 billion five-year senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor; Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Capital One; help fund merger with Cole Real Estate Investments Inc. and refinance debt of the acquired company; New York-based real estate investment company.

ANAREN INC.: $235 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $20 million revolver; $145 million first-lien term loan; $70 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Veritas Capital; Syracuse, N.Y.-based designer, developer, manufacturer and seller of highly integrated microwave components, assemblies and subsystems for the wireless communications, satellite communications and defense electronics markets.

APOLLO TYRES: $500 million asset-based revolver; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; India-based tire company.

ARDMORE SHIPPING CORP.: Up to $235 million credit facility; for unfunded expenditure on the vessels on order in the company's initial fleet and to purchase its expansion fleet; in connection with IPO; Ireland-based provider of seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals.

CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND: $1 billion five-year senior secured credit facility; BMO and Scotia Bank; $400 million revolver expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $600 million term loan expected at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund the acquisition of General Chemical Holding Co. and refinance existing debt; Toronto-based operator of a diversified business providing industrial chemicals and services.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $2.26 billion of senior secured term loans; Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $750 million 2016 term loan; $1.51 billion of 2020/2021 term loans; help fund purchase of Health Management Associates Inc.; Nashville, Tenn., hospital company.

CTP TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS LLC: Up to $150 million asset-based revolver; SunTrust; help fund buyout by American Industrial Partners from Carlisle Cos. Inc.; manufacturer and distributor of bias-ply and radial tires, stamped and roll-formed steel wheels and tire and wheel assemblies to non-automotive customers, and power transmission belts and related components to industrial customers.

EXTREME REACH INC.: New debt; JPMorgan and SunTrust; help fund acquisition of the TV business of Digital Generation Inc.; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.

GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.: $235 million five-year senior secured credit facility; Highbridge Principal Strategies; $30 million revolver; $205 million first-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Wasserstein & Co.; Hauppauge, N.Y., communications services provider.

JOHN DEERE LANDSCAPES: New credit facility; UBS, ING, HSBC and Natixis; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from Deere & Co.; Alpharetta, Ga., distributor of landscaping products.

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.: Up to $200 million senior secured revolver; American AgCredit FLCA, CoBank, Farm Credit Services of America PCA and AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; help fund acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.; Nashville-based manufacturer of engineered wood building materials.

MITEL NETWORKS CORP.: $405 million credit facility; Jefferies and TD Securities; $355 million six-year term loan expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $50 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 50 bps unused fee; help fund acquisition of Aastra Technologies Ltd. and refinance an existing credit facility; Kanata, Ont., provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software.

NCR CORP.: Incremental senior secured term loans; JPMorgan, Bank of America, RBC, SunTrust and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of Digital Insight Corp.; Duluth, Ga., consumer transaction technologies company.

VISANT CORP.: $260 million senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of American Achievement Group Holding Corp.; Armonk, N.Y., marketing and publishing company.

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