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Published on 5/16/2013 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar

May Bank Meetings

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHERS INC.: $248 million senior secured term loan B due May 22, 2018 (B2//BB+); Citigroup Global Markets (sole arranger), price talk Libor plus 450 to 475 bps with a 1.25% Libor floor at par, 101 soft call for six months; to refinance existing facility; Boston-based publishing company; commitments due May 22.

OXEA: Bank meeting in London on May 17, New York on May 21; $1.048 billion of U.S. term loans; Deutsche Bank (left on first-lien), JPMorgan (left on second-lien), Morgan Stanley and Nomura; $720.5 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan, 101 soft call for six months; $327.5 million seven-year covenant-light second-lien term loan, call protection 102, 101; also €350 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan, 101 soft call for six months; up to €120 million revolver; refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Luxembourg-based chemical company.

Upcoming Closings

AEROFLEX INC.: Roughly $606 million term B due November 2019 talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance existing term B; Plainview, N.Y., provider of microelectronic components and test and measurement equipment.

ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC.: $390 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse, Jefferies, SunTrust and Deutsche Bank; $50 million five-year revolver; $340 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing bank debt; Newport Beach, Calif., provider of advanced outpatient diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy service.

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC.: $500 million senior secured covenant-light term B (Ba1/BB) due May 31, 2020 talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup, PNC, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Wells Fargo, BMO and Goldman Sachs; refinance term A debt and add cash to the balance sheet to fund the repurchase of convertible senior notes due 2015; Abingdon, Va., coal producer.

ALVOGEN PHARMA U.S. INC.: $225 million five-year term B (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, non-call one, 101; Morgan Stanley and Jefferies; refinance existing debt; Pine Brook, N.J., pharmaceuticals company.

ARYSTA LIFESCIENCE CORP.: $1.805 billion credit facility; JPMorgan; $150 million five-year revolver (Ba3); $1.1 billion seven-year first-lien term loan (Ba3) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $555 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) talked in the Libor plus 750 bps area, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Tokyo-based crop protection and life science company.

ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC.: $535 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Barclays, Macquarie Capital and Wells Fargo; $70 million five-year revolver; $465 million seven-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; New York-based owner, operator and investor in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses.

ATLANTIC BROADBAND GROUP LLC: $419 million term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six month; Bank of America; repricing; Quincy, Mass., cable system operator.

BLACKBRUSH TEXSTAR LP: $675 million senior secured term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 650 bps to 700 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; UBS and Credit Suisse; refinance existing debt and pre-fund capital expenditures; San Antonio, Texas, oil and gas company.

BRICKMAN GROUP HOLDINGS INC.: Roughly $537.9 million of term loans; Barclays; roughly $237.9 million term B-2 due Oct. 14, 2016 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 101 soft call for six months; $300 million term B-3 due Sept. 28, 2018 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing and extension; Gaithersburg, Md., commercial landscaping company.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC.: Up to $175 million senior secured ABL revolver; refinance existing credit facility; Dallas-based supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction.

BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY WAREHOUSE CORP.: $871 million term B-2 due February 2017 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance term B-1; Burlington, N.J., discount retailer.

CHARLOTTE RUSSE: $150 million six-year covenant-light term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Jefferies and Macquarie; refinance existing debt; San Diego-based women's apparel company.

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1.5 billion term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due 2018 talked at Libor plus 600 bps; Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo; refinance some term B and C debt; San Antonio, media and entertainment company.

CLONDALKIN GROUP HOLDINGS BV: $490 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; $35 million revolver (B2); $350 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $105 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa2) talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Amsterdam-based provider of packaging products and services.

CNO FINANCIAL GROUP INC.: $631 million of term loans; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; $225 million term B-1 talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $406 million term B-2 talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Carmel, Ind., insurance company.

COINMACH CORP.: $1.195 billion credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, KeyBanc, Credit Suisse and UBS on first-lien, Deutsche Bank on second-lien; $75 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $795 million covenant-light 61/2-year first-lien term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $325 million covenant-light seven-year second-lien term loan that's already spoken for; help fund buyout by Pamplona Capital Management; laundry equipment service provider.

CSM BAKERY SUPPLIES: $1 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, RBC and MCS Capital; $150 million five-year asset-based revolver; $650 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $200 million eight-year second-lien term loan (B3) talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Rhone Capital LLC from CSM nv and refinance existing debt; supplier of bakery products.

DIGITAL CINEMA IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS LLC: $755 million credit facility; Barclays and Credit Suisse; $75 million revolver; $680 million term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps (decreased from 275 bps), 0.75% Libor floor, at par (from 991/2), 101 soft call; refinance existing bank debt; Mahwah, N.J., digital cinema integrator.

ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $405 million credit facility (B2/B+); GE Capital; $30 million five-year revolver; $375 million seven-year covenant-light delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, offer price 99½ to par, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing credit facility and redeem notes; Santa Monica, Calif., diversified Spanish-language media company.

EQUIPOWER RESOURCES HOLDINGS LLC: $610 million senior secured first-lien term C (BB) due December 2018 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; finance the acquisition of two power generation assets from Dominion, repay the existing second-lien term loan, repay existing working capital drawings and fund cash collateral accounts; Hartford, Conn., competitive power generation company that is owned by Energy Capital Partners LLC.

GETTY IMAGES INC.: $1.895 billion covenant-light term B due October 2019 talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and RBC; repricing; Seattle-based creator and distributor of still imagery, video and multimedia products.

GLOBAL CASH ACCESS HOLDINGS INC.: Roughly $117 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank; repricing; Las Vegas-based provider of cash access products and related services.

GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORP. INC.: $885 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS; $40 million revolver (B2/B); $590 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $255 million 71/2-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance an existing term loan and fund a dividend; Mobile, Ala., correctional communications technology company.

GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS: $295 million credit facility (B2/B+); SunTrust and TD Securities; $35 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $260 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; San Marcos, Texas, broadband communications company.

GTA TELEGUAM: $174 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $10 million five-year revolver; $122 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $42 million seven-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Tamuning, Guam, provider of communications services.

HAWAIIAN TELCOM COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $300 million first-lien term loan (B1) due May 2019 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse; refinance existing term loan; Honolulu-based provider of integrated communications services.

HCA INC.: $726 million term A-4 due February 2016 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; refinance term A-3; Nashville-based health care company.

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.

HOYTS: $410 million of term loans; Credit Suisse and UBS; $310 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $100 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; also A$40 million five-year revolver (B1/BB-); refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; cinema exhibitor in Australia.

ION TRADING TECHNOLOGIES SARL: $1.175 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse; $50 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $750 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $375 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 725 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; provider of trading software.

J.C. PENNEY CORP.: $1.75 billion five-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (NA/B/BB-) talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; Goldman Sachs, Barclays, JPMorgan, Bank of America and UBS; for working capital and other general corporate purposes and repay debentures; Plano, Texas, operator of department stores.

KCG HOLDINGS INC.: $555 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Jefferies and Goldman Sachs; $20 million four-year revolver; $535 million 41/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; help fund merger of Getco Holding Co. LLC and Knight Capital Group Inc., and refinance existing debt; Jersey City, N.J., financial services firm.

KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC.: $715 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, UBS, RBC and Scotia Capital; $75 million ABL revolver; $420 million six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $220 million 61/2-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa2/CCC) talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing bank debt; Concord, Ont., manufacturer of retail-branded bleach.

KINDRED HEALTHCARE INC.: $787.5 million term B due June 2018 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loans; Louisville, Ky., health care services company.

LIFECARE HOLDINGS LLC: $230 million credit facility; Credit Suisse (leading term loan) and GE Capital (leading revolver); $200 million 51/2-year first-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $30 million ABL revolver; help fund exit from bankruptcy; Plano, Texas, operator of long-term acute care hospitals.

MURRAY ENERGY CORP.: $350 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $50 million ABL revolver; $300 million term B (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; St. Clairsville, Ohio, coal company.

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE: $1.1 billion five-year credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Deutsche Bank, DnB, Nordea, Barclays, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and UBS; $500 million revolver; $600 million term A; refinance existing debt; Miami-based cruise line operator.

ORCHARD BRANDS: $230 million of term loans; Jefferies and Credit Suisse; $180 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $50 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 875 bps to 900 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Beverly, Mass., multi-channel marketer of apparel and home products.

OTTERBOX: Expected close May 17; $550 million credit facility; Wells Fargo; $150 million three-year ABL revolver at Libor plus 175 bps; $400 million six-year term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of LifeProof; Fort Collins, Colo., producer of protective products for handheld manufacturers, wireless carriers and distributors.

OZBURN-HESSEY HOLDING CO. LLC: $270 million six-year term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for two years; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and GE Capital; refinance existing term loans; Brentwood, Tenn.-based third-party logistics provider.

PACIFIC DRILLING SA: $750 million five-year covenant-light senior secured term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 350 bps (from 400 bps), 1% Libor floor, at 99.50 (from 99.00), 101 soft call; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; refinance existing debt; Luxembourg-based ultra-deepwater drilling contractor.

PACT GROUP (USA) INC.: $925 million seven-year term B (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; also A$100 million five-year revolver; fund a recapitalization; Australia-based supplier of rigid plastic packaging and industrial metal packaging items.

RENTPATH INC.: $470 million credit facility (B2/B); JPMorgan; $45 million five-year revolver; $425 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund a distribution to shareholders; Norcross, Ga., digital marketplace for apartment rentals.

REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS CO.: $915 million of term loans; Deutsche Bank; $447 million term B due 2018 at Libor plus 200 bps, 101 soft call for six months; $468 million term A due 2016 at Libor plus 200 bps; repricing; Kettering, Ohio, provider of software, business forms and supplies, and professional services that support automotive retailing for car dealers and automakers.

SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC.: $300 million credit facility; Credit Suisse on term loan, Bank of America and SunTrust on revolver; $125 million six-year first-lien term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; $175 million ABL revolver; help fund exit from Chapter 11; Greenville, Wis., education company.

SCHRADER INTERNATIONAL: $258.8 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due April 2018 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and Goldman Sachs; repricing and repaying some second-lien term loan debt; manufacturer of tire pressure monitoring systems, valve products and tire hardware and related accessories.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP.: $2.6 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS; $300 million five-year revolver; $2.3 billion seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% to 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; 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.

SELECT MEDICAL CORP.: $620 million term B (BB-) due June 2018 at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loans; Mechanicsburg, Pa., operator of specialty hospitals and outpatient rehabilitation clinics.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: Expected close June 10; $700.1 million in term loans (Ba3/BB); Deutsche Bank; $634.5 million term B-1 due June 2019 at Libor plus 275 bps, step-down to Libor plus 250 bps at 2.75x net senior secured leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $65.6 million term B-2 due June 2019 at Libor plus 275 bps, step-down to Libor plus 250 bps at 2.75x net senior secured leverage, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Windsor, Conn., provider of financial services software and software-enabled services.

SUMMIT BUSINESS MEDIA: $75 million five-year credit facility; GE Capital; $10 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $65 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt; New York-based business-to-business media company.

TEINE ENERGY: Roughly $375 million credit facility; Barclays; $200 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 650 bps to 675 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; C$175 million five-year revolver; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Calgary, Alberta, company focused on acquiring and developing low cost, repeatable, long reserve life index, high netback oil and gas assets.

US AIRWAYS GROUP INC.: $1.6 billion of senior secured term B's (B2/B+/BB+); Citigroup, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $1 billion six-year term B-1 talked at Libor plus 335 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $600 million 31/2-year term B-2 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Tempe, Ariz., airline company.

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.

WADDINGTON GROUP (WNA HOLDINGS INC.): $650 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, RBC, GE Capital and Goldman Sachs; $50 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $350 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; C$100 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; $150 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 800 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; fund acquisition of Par-Pak and refinance existing debt; Covington, Ky., manufacturer of disposable drinkware, dinnerware, servingware, cutlery and custom packaging.

YP LLC: $1.225 billion five-year credit facility; JPMorgan and PNC (on term loan), PNC (on revolver); $450 million ABL revolver; $775 million term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 600 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; provider of local business print, online and mobile directory services.

On The Horizon

AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC: $225 million senior secured covenant-light term loan due April 15, 2018 at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Actient Holdings LLC; Malvern, Pa., specialty biopharmaceutical company.

BIOSCRIP INC.: New senior secured credit facility; SunTrust, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; revolver; roughly $325 million term loan; refinance loan and notes, and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of comprehensive infusion and home care services.

BMC SOFTWARE: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, RBC and Barclays; help fund buyout by Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Insight Venture Partners; Houston-based software company.

CTI FOODS: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P. and Goldman Sachs & Co. from Littlejohn & Co. LLC; Wilder, Idaho, provider of food products to national chain restaurants.

DELL INC.: $7.5 billion credit facility; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Bank of America 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.

EBIX INC.: $600 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; $50 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $400 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 325 bps, step-down to Libor plus 300 bps based on leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $150 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Goldman Sachs & Co.; Atlanta-based supplier of On-Demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance industry.

GARDNER DENVER INC.: $2.725 senior secured credit facility; UBS, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Mizuho, KKR, HSBC and Sumitomo Mitsui; $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.

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.

NATIONAL FINANCIAL PARTNERS CORP.: $851.1 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and UBS; $135 million revolver; $716.1 million term loan; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC; New York-based provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services.

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.

PGT, INC.: $105 million senior secured credit facility: $80 million five-year tranche A term loan that will amortize on a basis of 5% annually and a $25 million five-year revolver that will include a $5 million swing line facility and a $10 million letter of credit facility, pricing based on a leverage ratio, ranging from Libor plus 300 to 350 basis points; to fund a share repurchase and refinance its existing senior secured credit facilities; North Venice, Fla. window and door company.

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.

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC.: New debt financing; help fund purchase of Fisher Communications Inc.; Hunt Valley, Md., television broadcasting company.

TELULAR CORP.: $145 million credit facility; SunTrust; $20 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 450 bps, 50 bps commitments fee; $90 million six-year first-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $35 million seven-year second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 800 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Avista Capital Partners; Chicago-based provider of remote monitoring and asset-tracking services.

TRUE RELIGION APPAREL INC.: New debt financing; Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, UBS and Macquarie; help fund buyout by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP; Vernon, Calif., jeans and jeans-related sportswear company.


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