Bank Loan Calendar: $32.1386 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

DSM PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/PATHEON INC.: Bank meeting expected early 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

ADVANTAGE SALES AND MARKETING INC.: $325 million tack-on first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1) due December 2017 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call through February 2014; Credit Suisse; purchase remainder of Waypoint LLC and general corporate purposes; Irvine, Calif., sales and marketing agency.

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 at Libor plus 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.): $200 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, HSBC and ING; $40 million five-year revolver; $160 million six-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 475 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; $650 million add-on senior secured covenant-light term B-3 due Aug. 23, 2019 at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call protection until Feb. 26, 2014; Citigroup; refinance some existing term debt; Indianapolis-based automatic transmission company.

AMERICAN GAMING SYSTEMS: $180 million credit facility (B3/B+); Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Nomura and Credit Suisse; $25 million revolver; $155 million term loan at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Apollo; Las Vegas-based manufacturer and operator of gaming machines.

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 at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $100 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 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.

BERRY PLASTICS CORP.: $1.125 billion seven-year first-lien covenant-light term E (B1/B+) at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse, Citigroup and Barclays; refinance term C; Evansville, Ind., plastic consumer packaging provider.

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 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call through March 30, 2014; $50 million revolver due Aug. 15, 2018 at Libor plus 325 bps; $280 million rollover term B due Sept. 30, 2020 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call through March 30, 2014; also £50mm multicurrency revolver due Sept. 30, 2019 at Libor plus 400 bps, £145 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call through Sept. 30, 2014, and €172.6 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call through Sept. 30, 2014; 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 at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; repricing; Auburn Hills, Mich., automotive company.

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 covenant-light 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 covenant-light 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.: $2.362 billion U.S. credit facility (Baa2/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 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing bank debt; Atlanta-based radio broadcaster.

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.3 billion term B debt (Ba2); JPMorgan, BMO and Goldman Sachs; $600 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; $700 million seven-year covenant-light euro equivalent term B at Euribor plus 275 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.

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: $150 million add-on term C due Dec. 31, 2019 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.

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

HYDROCHEM: $300 million senior credit facility (B2/B); GE Capital; $50 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 99; $250 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 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.

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.

NYDJ APPAREL LLC: $162.5 million credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley; $12.5 million revolver; $150 million term loan at Libor plus 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.

OPEN TEXT CORP.: $800 million seven-year senior secured term B (BBB) at Libor plus 250 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.

P.F. CHANG'S CHINA BISTRO INC.: $305 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo; repricing; Scottsdale, Ariz., owner and operator of two restaurant concepts in the Asian niche.

POLYMER GROUP INC.: Expected close Dec. 20; $295 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (B1/B) at Libor plus 425 bps, step-down to Libor plus 400 bps when net senior secured leverage is below 3.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; 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.

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.

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.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $2.95 billion term B-series E (BB) due August 2020 at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 1.75x secured leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loan debt; Bridgewater, N.J., specialty pharmaceutical company.

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.

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.: $5.1 billion credit facility; $500 million revolver; $4.6 billion seven-year term loan; help fund acquisition of LSI Corp.; Singapore-based designer, developer and supplier of analog semiconductor devices.

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.

HARLAND CLARKE HOLDINGS CORP.: New bank debt; Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Citigroup; if amendment obtained $70 million add-on revolver, $500 million add-on term loan; if amendment not obtained $150 million revolver, $250 million add-on term loan; help fund acquisition of Valassis; San Antonio-based provider of payment, marketing and security services.

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.

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.

PEROXYGENS: New debt financing; Macquarie; help fund buyout by One Equity Partners from FMC Corp.; supplier of Hydrogen Peroxide, persulfate products, peracetic acid and other eco-friendly specialty oxidants.

PHARMEDIUM: New debt financing; JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from Oak Investment Partners and Baird Capital; Lake Forest, Ill., provider of hospital pharmacy-outsourced sterile compounding services.

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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