Bank Loan Calendar: $62.2525 billion deals being marketed

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 at Libor plus 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 (B1) 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.

AFGLOBAL CORP.: $150 million of add-on term loans; Deutsche Bank, UBS, Goldman Sachs, RBC and BNP Paribas; $100 million add-on first-lien term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $50 million add-on second-lien term loan (B-) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; fund an acquisition, repay revolver debt and general corporate purposes; Houston-based manufacturer of highly engineered products, subassemblies and integrated systems for the oil and gas, midstream, downstream, power generation, aerospace, transportation and industrial markets.

AIR MEDICAL HOLDINGS INC.: $313.1 million term B (including $55 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, offer price 99½ to par on add-on, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; repricing and repay some notes; San Antonio, Texas, provider of community-based air ambulance services.

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.

ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.: $1.737 billion term C due Jan. 30, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse; repricing; Paris-based telecommunications services and equipment 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.

ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS INC.: Expected close Dec. 27; $500 million add-on senior secured covenant-light term B-3 due Aug. 23, 2019 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call protection until Feb. 26, 2014; Citigroup; refinance some existing term debt; Indianapolis-based automatic transmission company.

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.

AMERICAN ROCK SALT: $292.5 million covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; RBS; repricing; Retsof, N.Y., salt mine operator.

AMR CORP.: $1.9 billion DIP/exit financing term loan (Ba2) 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 five-year first-lien term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $100 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 925 bps to 950 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: Expected close Dec. 17; $675 million-equivalent six-year senior secured term B (Ba3/B+), $500 million piece at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months, €130 million piece at Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; repay notes; Dublin-based supplier of glass and metal packaging.

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.

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) at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 4x first-lien leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $235 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, call protection 102, 101; $110 million revolver (B1/B) at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund buyout by KKR from Leonard Green & Partners LP and other shareholders; Rockville, Md., provider of landscape maintenance and snow removal services.

CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND: $1 billion five-year senior secured credit facility; BMO and Scotia Bank; $400 million revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $600 million term loan talked 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.

CHESAPEAKE SERVICES LTD./MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC.: $452 million U.S. bank debt (B1/B+); 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.

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC: Expected close Dec. 23; $2.933 billion senior secured term B due May 24, 2017 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% to 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; repricing; Auburn Hills, Mich., automotive company.

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: Expected close Dec. 16; $1.3 billion term E (Caa1/CCC+/CCC) due July 2019 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.

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 CASTLE OPERATING CO.: $500 million incremental term B due Jan. 31, 2021 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/4; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and RBS; repay revolver debt; Houston-based owner, operator and leaser of towers and other infrastructure for wireless communications.

CROWN HOLDINGS INC.: $2.362 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 at Libor plus 175 bps, $800 million five-year term A at Libor plus 175 bps; $362 million six-year Farm Credit tranche at Libor plus 200 bps; also €700 million five-year term A (Baa1) at Euribor plus 175 bps; help fund acquisition of Mivisa Envases SAU; Philadelphia-based manufacturer of packaging products.

CUMULUS MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.: $2.225 billion credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $200 million five-year revolver; $2.025 billion seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; refinance existing bank debt; Atlanta-based radio broadcaster.

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.2 billion term B debt (Ba2); JPMorgan, BMO and Goldman Sachs; $600 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $600 million seven-year covenant-light euro equivalent term B talked at Euribor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 0.75% floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Vion Ingredients from Vion Holding N.V.; Irving, Texas, provider of rendering, recycling and recovery services to the food industry.

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.

EDMENTUM INC.: $221 million first-lien term loan (Ba3) due May 2018 talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse and Jefferies; repricing; Minneapolis-based provider of online curriculum.

ENDO HEALTH SOLUTIONS: $2.275 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1); Deutsche Bank and RBC; $750 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $1.1 billion five-year term A at Libor plus 200 bps; $425 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 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.

EQUIPOWER RESOURCES HOLDINGS LLC: $125 million add-on term C due Dec. 31, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays, Credit Agricole and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; fund the acquisition of Richland-Stryker assets and fund incremental amounts required for the debt service reserve account; Hartford, Conn., competitive power generation company owned by Energy Capital Partners LLC.

EXTREME REACH INC.: $495 million credit facility; JPMorgan and SunTrust; $30 million five-year revolver (Ba2/BB-); $350 million six-year first-lien term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $115 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps to 925 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of the TV business of Digital Generation Inc.; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.

FCI: $300 million six-year covenant-light term B (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, HSBC and JPMorgan; fund a dividend; manufacturer of connectors for use in electronic, micro-connector, electrical and automotive applications.

FOUR SEASONS HOTELS AND RESORTS: Expected close Dec. 30; $750 million senior secured first-lien covenant-light term loan due June 27, 2020 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; repricing; Toronto-based luxury hotels company.

GCA SERVICES GROUP INC.: $340 million first-lien covenant-light term loan (including $30 million tack-on) due Nov. 1, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ on tack-on, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; repricing and prepay some second-lien term loan debt; Cleveland-based provider of custodial services.

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.

HILLMAN GROUP INC.: $386.4 million term B due May 28, 2017 talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; repricing; Cincinnati-based distributor of fasteners, key duplication systems, engraved tags and related hardware items.

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 (B2/B); 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.

INFOR: $2.54 billion of term loans; Bank of America, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, RBC and KKR Capital; $1 billion term B-4 due April 5, 2018 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $1.54 billion term B-5 due June 3, 2020 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance term B-2; New York-based provider of business software.

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.

IPREO HOLDINGS LLC: $168 million term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; RBC; repricing; New York-based capital markets and corporate analytics firm.

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.

LAUREATE EDUCATION INC.: $150 million add-on senior secured covenant-light term B due June 16, 2018 talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call until April 3, 2014; Citigroup, Barclays, BMO, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, KKR and Morgan Stanley; repay revolver dent and add cash to the balance sheet; Baltimore-based provider of higher educational services.

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) at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; 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.

MOXIE PATRIOT LLC: $585 million in term loans (B+); Goldman Sachs, Ares Capital and Union Bank; $200 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps to 625 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call 2½ years, then 102, 101; $385 million term B talked at Libor plus 600 bps to 625 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call 2½ years, then 102, 101; help fund construction of Patriot power plant in Lycoming County, Pa.

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.: Expected close Dec. 13; $478 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays and Goldman Sachs; $110 million revolver due Dec. 28, 2017 at Libor plus 300 bps; roughly $368 million term loan due Dec. 28, 2018 at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; amend and restate, and reprice existing credit facility; Overland Park, Kan., Pizza Hut franchisee.

NSG HOLDINGS LLC: $197 million term loan talked at Libor plus275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; BNP Paribas; repricing; Houston-based power generation company.

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.

OMNITRACS INC.: $205 million incremental term loans; RBC, Credit Suisse and Guggenheim; $155 million add-on first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, step-down to Libor plus 350 bps when total net leverage is 4.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ to 993/4; $50 million add-on second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 775 bps, step-down to Libor plus 750 bps when total net leverage is 4.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ to 993/4; help fund the acquisition of Roadnet Technologies Inc.; San Diego-based provider of satellite and terrestrial-based connectivity and position location solutions to transportation and logistics companies.

ONE CALL CARE MANAGEMENT: $395 million add-on first-lien term loan at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps when first-lien senior secured leverage is 4.25x, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/4; 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 at Libor plus 500 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.

POLYMER GROUP INC.: Expected close Dec. 20; $295 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Citigroup, Barclays, RBC and HSBC; repay bridge loan used for Fiberweb plc acquisition; Charlotte, N.C., producer of engineered materials with a focus on nonwoven products.

PROTECTION ONE INC.: $100 million incremental term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; fund growth and general corporate purposes; Romeoville, Ill., alarm and security services provider.

RAVAGO HOLDINGS AMERICA: $250 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo; refinance existing debt; provider of distribution, resale, compounding and recycling service for plastic and elastomeric raw materials.

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.

REDPRAIRIE (RP CROWN PARENT LLC): $1.439 billion first-lien covenant-light term loan due Dec. 21, 2018 talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; repricing; Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of supply chain software services.

REMINGTON OUTDOOR CO.: $175 million add-on covenant-light term loan (Ba3) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; Bank of America; fund share repurchase and add cash to the balance sheet; Madison, N.C., designer and manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and related products.

SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.: $1.35 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB); Jefferies, Fifth Third, PNC, SunTrust and SMBC; includes $150 million five-year revolver; $1.2 billion six-year term loan at Libor plus 325 bps, step-down to Libor plus 300 bps when leverage is less than 3.75x, 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.

SAMSON INVESTMENT CO.: $750 million senior secured covenant-light term loan due Sept. 25, 2018 talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse and Bank of America; reprice and downsize existing term loan; Tulsa, Okla., private exploration and production company.

SESAC: $233 million first-lien term loan at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Jefferies; repricing; Nashville, Tenn.-based performing rights organization.

SHERIDAN HOLDINGS INC.: $555 million of term loans; Credit Suisse, Barclays and UBS; $85 million tack-on first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) due June 2018 at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $70 million delayed-draw first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) due June 2018 at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $400 million second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due December 2021 at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; pay a dividend, fund an acquisition and refinance existing debt; Sunrise, Fla., provider of outsourced health care services.

SHERIDAN PRODUCTION PARTNERS: $800 million term loan (B2) 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.

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

SMART & FINAL HOLDINGS CORP.: $715.8 million term B (including $140 million add-on) due November 2019 talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¾ on add-on, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Commerce, Calif., warehouse-style, no membership fee, multi-format retailer serving households and smaller businesses.

SPANSION LLC: Expected close Dec. 18; $300 million six-year senior secured term B (including $84 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, add-on OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Barclays; repricing and refinance notes; Sunnyvale, Calif., semiconductor device company.

SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.: $215 million term loan (BB/BB+) due September 2019 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call through March 2014; Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; also €225 million term loan talked at Euribor plus 300 bps, 1% floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call for six months; refinance U.S. term B; Madison, Wis., consumer products company.

THERAKOS INC.: $71.5 million of add-on term loans; Bank of America and Jefferies; $46.5 million add-on first-lien term loan due Dec. 27, 2017 talked at Libor plus 625 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2; $25 million add-on second-lien term loan due June 27, 2018 talked at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2; fund a distribution to shareholders; Raritan, N.J., provider of integrated systems for delivering extracorporeal photopheresis, a therapy used to treat niche but serious disease states arising from immune system imbalances.

TRANSUNION CORP.: $145 million incremental covenant-light term loan due February 2019 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of TLO LLC; Chicago-based provider of information management and risk management services.

U.S. RENAL CARE INC.: Roughly $637 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due July 3, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and RBC; repricing; Plano, Texas, developer, acquirer and operator of outpatient treatment centers for persons suffering from chronic kidney failure.

USI INSURANCE SERVICES: $1.1. billion covenant-light term B at Libor plus 325 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.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $3.176 billion term B-series E (BB) due August 2020 talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loan debt; Bridgewater, N.J., specialty pharmaceutical company.

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.

WINDSOR FOODS: $450 million credit facility; BMO, Bank of America and JPMorgan; $100 million ABL revolver; $350 million term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; 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+); $505 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B+) at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $75 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (CCC+) at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 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.

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.

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.

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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