Bank Loan Calendar: $46.5212 billion deals being marketed

April Bank Meetings

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting April 10; $380 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies; $50 million five-year ABL revolver (BB); $330 million six-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, soft call 102, 101; help fund buyout by H.I.G. Capital; Austell, Ga., manufacturer of recycled paperboard products and packaging.

DOLE FOOD CO. INC.: Bank meeting April 11; $775 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Rabobank and Scotia Capital; $150 million revolver; $500 million term B; $125 million delayed-draw term loan; refinance existing debt; Westlake Village, Calif., fruit and vegetables company.

HARLAND CLARKE HOLDINGS CORP.: Bank meeting April 10; $750 million first-lien covenant-light incremental term loan B-3 due May 2018, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and JPMorgan; refinance non-extended term loan; San Antonio-based provider of payment, marketing and security services.

MMI INTERNATIONAL LTD.: Bank meeting April 10; $230 million senior secured term B; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loan; Singapore-based technology company.

THERMASYS CORP. (API HEAT TRANSFER INC.): Bank meeting April 10; $300 million credit facility; UBS, RBC and GE Capital; $35 million five-year revolver; $265 million six-year first-lien term B; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Buffalo, N.Y., designer and manufacturer of specialty heat exchangers and heat transfer solutions.

TRINET HR CORP.: Conference call April 10; $150 million incremental term loan (B+); Bank of America, KeyBanc, JPMorgan and BMO; fund a dividend and general corporate purposes; San Leandro, Calif., cloud-based provider of on-demand HR services.

XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Bank meeting April 11; $240 million credit facility; Jefferies; $200 million six-year covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, step-down starting Sept. 30 to Libor plus 450 bps if leverage falls below 2x, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $40 million asset-based revolver; refinance existing bank debt; Raleigh, N.C., manufacturer of clothing and roll covers used primarily in the paper production process.

Upcoming Closings

ABC SUPPLY HOLDING CORP.: $2 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and UBS; $750 million ABL revolver; $1.25 billion term B (B1/BB+) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; redeem shares held by minority shareholders; Beloit, Wis., wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, windows and other select exterior building products.

ABILITY NETWORK INC.: $130 million credit facility; GE Capital; $15 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $115 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund merger with Ivans; Minneapolis-based health care technology company.

AFFINIA GROUP INC.: $670 million credit facility (B2/B); JPMorgan; $200 million three-year term B-1 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $470 million seven-year term B-2 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, redeem preferred shares and fund a dividend to shareholders; Ann Arbor, Mich., designer, manufacturer, distributor and marketer of industrial-grade products and services.

CEDAR BAY GENERATING CO. LP: $250 million seven-year senior secured term loan (Ba3/BB) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call six months, 101 soft call 12 months thereafter; Barclays and Morgan Stanley; refinance existing debt, fund a debt service reserve account and repay some subordinated debt; coal-fired power plant in Jacksonville, Fla.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC: $1.5 billion seven-year first-lien term loan (Baa3/BB+/BB+) at Libor plus 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; fund the acquisition of Optimum West from Cablevision Systems Corp.; St. Louis-based provider of cable TV, internet and telecommunications services.

CONVERGEONE: $230 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $20 million five-year revolver (Ba3); $210 million six-year term B (B3) talked at Libor plus 650 bps to 675 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund a distribution to equity holders; Eagan, Minn., designer, implementer and manager of data and communications systems.

COOPER GAY SWETT & CRAWFORD LTD.: Expected closing late in the week of April 8 or early in the week of April 15; $500 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, RBC and Wells Fargo; $75 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $305 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $120 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 700 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; London-based wholesale & reinsurance broker.

COVIS PHARMA HOLDINGS SARL: $230 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; $25 million five-year revolver; $205 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; fund the acquisition of select off-patent drugs; Zug, Switzerland-based specialty pharmaceutical company.

CROWN CASTLE OPERATING CO.: $1.58 billion term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, RBS and Morgan Stanley; repricing; Houston-based owner, operator and leaser of towers and other infrastructure for wireless communications.

CSC HOLDINGS LLC: $1.9 seven-year term loan B (BBB-) talked at Libor plus 275 bps, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Agricole, JPMorgan and Scotia; refinance existing bank debt; Bethpage, N.Y., media and telecommunications company.

DUFF & PHELPS CORP.: $424 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse, Barclays and RBC; $75 million five-year revolver; $349 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Carlyle Group, Stone Point Capital LLC, Pictet & Cie and Edmond de Rothschild Group; New York-based financial advisory and investment banking firm.

DYNEGY INC.: $1.8 billion credit facility (B2/BB-); Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, RBC and UBS; $500 million two-year covenant-light term B-1 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $800 million seven-year covenant-light term B-2 talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $500 million five-year revolver; refinance credit facilities of subsidiaries GasCo and CoalCo; Houston-based energy company.

EQUINOX HOLDINGS INC.: $500 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs; repricing; New York-based exercise and fitness company.

ESSENTIAL POWER LLC: $550.7 million senior secured term loan due Aug. 8, 2019 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; refinance existing term loan; Iselin, N.J., wholesale power generation and marketing company.

EVERTEC GROUP LLC: $800 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $100 million five-year revolver; $300 million five-year term A; $400 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps, step-down to Libor plus 250 bps at 3.5x net senior secured leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; refinance credit facility and notes, and general corporate purposes; Puerto Rico-based full-service transaction processing business.

EVERYWARE GLOBAL INC.: $300 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank and Jefferies on term loan; $250 million first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $50 million ABL revolver; help fund merger with ROI Acquisition Corp.; designer, manufacturer and marketer of tabletop and food preparation products.

FIRST DATA CORP.: $1.008 billion first-lien term loan due September 2018 (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 99 3/8 to 99 5/8; Credit Suisse and KKR Capital; reprice existing term loan due September 2018; Greenwood Village, Colo., provider of electronic commerce and payment services.

HAAS GROUP INTERNATIONAL: $210 million credit facility; Bank of Ireland; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 425 bps, OID 991/4; $180 million term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/4; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; chemical supply chain management services company and a distributor of aerospace chemicals and consumables.

HARDEN HEALTHCARE: $190 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America, CIT and Wells Fargo; $40 million revolver; $150 million term B talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; Austin, Texas, provider of post-acute health care services.

H.J. HEINZ CO.: $11.5 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB/BB+); JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Barclays and Citigroup; $2 billion revolver; $9.5 billion of term debt, split between six-year term B-1 at Libor plus 225 bps, step-down to Libor plus 200 bps at less than 2.1x net first-lien leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call, and a seven-year term B-2 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, step-down to Libor plus 225 bps at less than 2.1x net first-lien leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ to 993/4, 101 soft call for two years; help fund acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital; Pittsburgh-based food product company.

HOSTESS SNACKS: $560 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and UBS; $60 million ABL revolver; $500 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B-) at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call two, 102, 101; fund purchase of the baked snack foods business from Hostess Brands Inc. by Apollo Global Management LLC and Metropoulos & Co. and general corporate purposes; fresh-baked sweet good company.

HUB INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS: Expected close April 24; $1.125 billion term loan (including $297 million add-on) due June 13, 2017 at Libor plus 350 bps, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and RBC; repricing, repaying some existing bank debt and taking out preferred equity; Chicago-based insurance company.

LAUREATE EDUCATION INC.: Expected close April 23; $310 million add-on senior secured term loan B due June 16, 2018 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call until July 18, 2013; Citigroup, Barclays, KKR Capital, JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BMO; refinance notes; Baltimore-based provider of higher educational services.

LIVINGSTON INTERNATIONAL INC.: $535 million credit facility; RBC and Morgan Stanley; $125 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $300 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B); $110 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+); refinance existing bank and bond debt; Toronto-based provider of consulting and trade management services and international freight forwarding.

MCCI MEDICAL: $325 million credit facility; Fifth Third, SunTrust and Wells Fargo; $100 million revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $225 million five-year term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Miami-based operator of medical centers.

MEDIMEDIA USA INC.: $335 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and Wells Fargo; $25 million revolver (B2); $210 million first-lien term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 650 bps to 675 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $100 million second-lien term loan (Caa2) talked at Libor plus 1,050 bps to 1,100 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 97, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Yardley, Pa., specialty health care communications, publishing and medical education company.

MERGE HEALTHCARE: $270 million credit facility (B2/B+); Jefferies; $20 million five-year revolver; $250 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance notes; Chicago-based enterprise imaging-solutions provider focusing on software for the storage and sharing of medical images.

MONEYGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC.: $975 million credit facility (B1/BB-); Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Credit Agricole; $850 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $125 million five-year revolver; refinance notes and existing term loans; Dallas-based provider of money transfer and payment services.

NEENAH ENTERPRISES INC.: $250 million credit facility; GE Capital on term loan, GE and Wells Fargo on revolver; $100 million five-year ABL revolver; $150 million 31/2-year term B (B) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Neenah, Wis., manufacturer and marketer of iron castings and steel forgings.

NEWWAVE COMMUNICATIONS: $221 million credit facility; SunTrust and Goldman Sachs; $15 million revolver (B2/BB-); $140 million first-lien term loan (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; $66 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/B-) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by GTCR from Pamlico Capital; Sikeston, Mo., broadband/cable company.

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC.: $185 million credit facility (B); Jefferies; $10 million revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $175 million term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; repricing; Chicago-based media and lifestyle company.

PLAZE INC.: $272 million credit facility; GE Capital; $25 million revolver ($5 million of which is Canadian) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $179 million term loan ($19.5 million of which is Canadian) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $68 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt; St. Clair, Mo., full-service contract aerosol and liquid packager.

POLYCONCEPT: $540 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $100 million five-year super-priority revolver (Ba2/BB-); $440 million seven-year senior secured term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing credit facility; Netherlands-based promotional products supplier.

RANPAK CORP.: $485 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Barclays; $20 million five-year revolver; $315 million six-year first-lien term B at Libor plus 325 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $150 million seven-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Concord Township, Ohio, producer of protective paper packaging materials and systems.

REGAL CINEMAS CORP.: $988 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due Aug. 23, 2017 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, step-up to Libor plus 300 bps if opco leverage is greater than 3 times, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse; repricing and covenant strip; Knoxville, Tenn., motion picture exhibitor.

RICE DRILLING B LLC: $300 million 51/2-year senior secured second-lien term loan at Libor plus 725 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; Barclays; repay existing debt, redeem convertibles and general corporate purposes; Canonsburg, Pa., natural gas exploration and production company.

SCARLETT'S PEARL CASINO RESORT: $172.5 senior secured credit facility; Jefferies; $10 million priority revolver; $162.5 million term B; fund the construction of Scarlett's Pearl Casino Resort in D'lberville, Miss.

SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES: $540 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas; $50 million five-year revolver (B2); $335 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $155 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2) talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by ABRY Partners; Dallas-based provider of inmate communications services and investigative technologies.

SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA: $750 million seven-year term loan B (Baa3) at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America and Credit Suisse; refinance existing bank debt; Hollywood, Fla.-based Indian tribe that owns and operates gaming and resort facilities throughout Florida.

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKETS, LLC: $685 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; $625 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 25 bps step-down upon completion of an IPO or if leverage declines to a to-be-determined level, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $60 million five-year revolver; fund a dividend and refinance debt; Phoenix-based specialty grocer.

STAR WEST GENERATION LLC: $850 million senor secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Citigroup, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, RBC and Union Bank (only on revolver); $100 million five-year revolver; $750 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt in connection with merger with GWF Energy LLC; Houston-based owner of power generations plants.

STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST INC.: $300 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (BB+) talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse, Citigroup and JPMorgan; fund acquisition of LNR Property and general corporate purposes; Greenwich, Conn.-based commercial real estate finance company.

STEWARD HEALTH CARE SYSTEM LLC; $285 million seven-year term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance ABL debt and pre-fund acquisitions and capital expenditures; Boston-based health care system.

SURGERY CENTER HOLDINGS INC.: $465 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $30 million five-year revolver (B2/B); $315 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $120 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 971/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and return capital to shareholders; Chicago-based operator of ambulatory surgery centers.

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA LLC: Expected close April 17; $420 million seven-year senior secured term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; repay notes; Livonia, Mich., supplier of automotive metal structural components and assemblies.

TRUSTHOUSE SERVICES GROUP: $220 million credit facility; CIT; $25 million five-year revolver; $40 million six-year delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $155 million six-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; fund buyout by Elior; Charlotte, N.C., provider of on-site contract foodservices.

U.S. SHIPPING CORP.: $220 million five-year senior secured term B (B3/B) at Libor plus 775 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call one, 102, 101; UBS and Bank of America; refinance debt; Edison, N.J., provider of long-haul marine transportation services.

UTEX INDUSTRIES INC.: $490 million credit facility; Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and UBS; $50 million five-year revolver (B2/B); $300 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 350 bps, step-down to Libor plus 325 bps at less than 5x leverage, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $140 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Riverstone Holdings LLC from Rhone Capital LLC; Houston-based manufacturer of engineered sealing and other specialty products used in oil and gas drilling and production, power, mining, water treatment and other industrial sectors.

VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD.: $2.755 billion senior secured seven-year term B (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Barclays and Deutsche Bank; also £600 million senior secured seven-year term B (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 375 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition by Liberty Global Inc.; New York-based provider of broadband, television, mobile phone and home phone services.

WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC.: Term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; GE Capital; repricing; Waupaca, Wis., producer of gray and ductile iron castings for the automotive, truck, agriculture, construction, hydraulics and commercial vehicle markets.

WENDY'S INTERNATIONAL: $815 million term loan due May 2019 (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8 to par, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America and Wells Fargo; to refinance existing term loan; Dublin, Ohio, fast food chain.

WILSONART LLC: $725 million covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank; repricing; Temple, Texas, maker of decorative surfaces products.

On The Horizon

COMPUCOM SYSTEMS INC.: New debt financing; Citigroup, JPMorgan, BMO and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP from Court Square Capital Partners; Dallas-based IT services specialist.

DELL INC.: $7.5 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse and RBC; $4 billion 61/2-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor; $1.5 billion five-year covenant-light term C expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor; $2 billion asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 175 bps; help fund buyout by Michael Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer, and Silver Lake Round Rock, Texas, provider of technology and business services.

ERICKSON-AIR CRANE INC.: At least $460 million in debt; $310 million funded debt; minimum $50 million revolver; refinance existing debt and help fund acquisitions of Evergreen Helicopters Inc. from Evergreen International Aviation Inc. and Air Amazonia aerial services business from HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA; Portland, Ore., operator and manufacturer of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter.

GARDNER DENVER INC.: $2.725 senior secured credit facility; UBS, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Mizuho and KKR; $400 million five-year revolver; $1.8 billion seven-year term B; $525 million seven-year euro term B; help fund buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP; Wayne, Pa., manufacturer of industrial compressors, blowers, pumps, loading arms and fuel systems.

GENWORTH WEALTH MANAGEMENT: New credit facility; Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC and Genstar Capital LLC; Richmond, Va., financial security and insurance company.

GETCO HOLDING CO. LLC: $470 million senior secured first-lien credit facility; Jefferies; $20 million four-year revolver expected at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 50 bps unused fee; $450 million 41/2-year term loan expected at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund merger with Knight Capital Group Inc.; Chicago-based buyer and seller of securities.

HOT TOPIC INC.: $75 million ABL credit facility at Libor plus 175 bps; Bank of America and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Sycamore Partners; City of Industry, Calif., mall and web based specialty retailer.

LIBERTY MEDIA CORP.: New loans; help fund purchase of some of Charter Communications Inc.'s shares and warrants; Englewood, Colo., owner of media, communications and entertainment businesses.

MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO. INC.: New five-year credit facility, including term loan; help fund acquisition of Barnes Group Inc.'s North American distribution business; Melville, N.Y.-based distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations supplies to industrial customers.

NIELSEN HOLDINGS NV: New debt financing; JPMorgan; fund acquisition of Arbitron Inc.; New York and Netherlands-based provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy.

PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC. and PROPCO: New credit facilities; in connection with spinoff of Penn National's gaming operating assets and real estate assets; refinance existing debt; Wyomissing, Pa., owner and operator of gaming and racing facilities.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $2.73 billion credit facility; JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; $400 million five-year revolver at Ameristar; $200 million five-year term A at Ameristar; $990 million seven-year term B at Ameristar, expected 1% Libor floor; $410 million five-year revolver at Pinnacle; $730 million seven-year term loan, expected 1% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of Ameristar Casinos Inc.; Las Vegas-based owner and operator of casinos.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP.: $2.6 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Credit Suisse, UBS, JPMorgan, RBS, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and HSBC; $300 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 300 bps; $2.3 billion seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of WMS Industries Inc. and refinance bank debt; New York-based provider of customized, end-to-end gaming services to lottery and gaming organizations.

WARNER MUSIC GROUP CORP.: New senior secured term loan; Credit Suisse, Barclays, UBS, Macquarie and Nomura; fund acquisition of Parlophone Label Group; New York-based music content company.

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