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Published on 5/21/2013 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $65.6923 billion deals being marketed

May Bank Meetings

ALLFLEX HOLDINGS: Bank meeting May 23; $910 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, RBC and Macquarie; $100 million revolver; $540 million first-lien term loan; $270 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by BC Partners from Electra Partners; Vitré, France, producer of visual and electronic identification tags and other tracking products for livestock and other species.

AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: Bank meeting May 22; $225 million senior secured covenant-light term loan due April 15, 2018 expected 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.: Bank meeting May 23; $325 million senior secured credit facility; SunTrust, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; $75 million revolver; $250 million covenant-light term B; refinance loan and notes, and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of comprehensive infusion and home care services.

CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC: Bank meeting May 22; $150 million six-year term loan; Goldman Sachs; refinance existing debt; West Chester, Ohio, provider of engineering and site services for the residential, commercial and infrastructure markets.

INTERGEN NV: Bank meeting May 28; $1 billion senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank; $500 million term loan; $500 million U.S. and GBP revolvers; help fund notes tender offer, repay existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; power generation firm.

VALLEYCREST COS. LLC: Bank meeting May 22; $265 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B3), 101 soft call; Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo; refinance existing term loan; Calabasas, Calif., provider of landscape maintenance services.

Upcoming Closings

ADVANSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $495 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse; $20 million revolver (B1/B+); $300 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $175 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Santa Monica, Calif., marketing, media and events company.

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.

AIR MEDICAL HOLDINGS LLC: $200 million five-year HoldCo contingent cash pay term loan (Caa1/CCC+), non-call one, 102, 101; Barclays, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; fund a dividend; San Antonio, Texas, provider of community-based air ambulance services.

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.: $625 million senior secured covenant-light term B (Ba1/BB) due May 31, 2020 at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% 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.

ARYSTA LIFESCIENCE CORP.: $1.79 billion credit facility; JPMorgan; $150 million five-year revolver (Ba3/B); $1.15 billion seven-year first-lien term loan (Ba3/B) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $490 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 700 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Tokyo-based crop protection and life science company.

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

AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL LLC: $1 billion term loan due 2019 talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loan; Parsippany, N.J., provider of vehicle rental services.

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.

BLUE COAT SYSTEMS INC.: $700 million credit facility (B2/BB-); Jefferies; $25 million revolver; $675 million six-year covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund recent acquisitions; Sunnyvale, Calif., web security 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.

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC.: $2.5 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $150 million revolver; $1.85 billion six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $500 million 61/2-year second-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing term loan and fund a dividend; Rochester, N.Y., provider of medical and dental imaging products.

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $5 billion term loan (Caa1/CCC+) due 2018 at Libor plus 675 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.

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.

CRESTWOOD HOLDINGS LLC: $365 million term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 625 bps to 650 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; Citigroup; refinance existing debt; Houston-based provider of midstream infrastructure products for the development of shale and unconventional resource basins.

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/B+) 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/CCC+) 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.

CUNNINGHAM LINDSEY GROUP LTD.: $75 million add-on first-lien covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; general corporate purposes; Tampa, Fla., provider of independent loss adjusting and claims management services.

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 at Libor plus 250 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing credit facility and redeem notes; Santa Monica, Calif., diversified Spanish-language media company.

GLOBE ENERGY SERVICES LLC: $350 million six-year covenant-light term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 625 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; Bank of America, Wells Fargo and RBC; refinance existing debt; Snyder, Texas, oilfield services company.

GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS: $295 million credit facility (B2/B+); SunTrust and TD Securities; $35 million five-year revolver; $260 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 350 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.

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.

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

HOYTS: $410 million of term loans; Credit Suisse and UBS; $310 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B1/BB-) at Libor plus 300 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-) at Libor plus 725 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.

INFOR: $685 million seven-year term loan, U.S. tranche talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, offer price 99¾ to par, 101 soft call for six months, euro tranche talked at Euribor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1.25% floor, offer price 99¾ to par, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, RBC and KKR; refinance existing term B-1 and euro term loan; New York-based provider of business software.

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 325 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 700 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.: $2.25 billion five-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B2/B-/BB-) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 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.: $535 million 41/2-year term B (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Jefferies and Goldman Sachs; help fund merger of Getco Holding Co. LLC and Knight Capital Group Inc., and refinance existing debt; Jersey City, N.J., financial services firm.

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.

MEDIACOM BROADBAND GROUP: $450 million term H due January 2021 (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan and Bank of America; refinance existing debt; Middletown, N.Y., cable operator.

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS INC.: $240 million six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse, RBC, UBS and Citigroup; refinance existing term loan; Houston-based manufacturer of metal products for the nonresidential building industry.

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.

NRG ENERGY INC: $2.022 billion term B (including $450 million add-on) due July 1, 2018 talked at Libor plus 200 bps to 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, add-on offered at 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse leading add-on, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, RBS, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial and Union Bank leading repricing; repricing term loan and help fund the redemption of GenOn 2014 unsecured notes and for other general corporate purposes, including financing the Gregory plant acquisition; wholesale power generation company with headquarters in Princeton, N.J., and Houston.

ORBITZ WORLDWIDE INC.: $450 million in term loans; Credit Suisse; $100 million term B due September 2017 talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $350 million term C due March 2019 talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; reprice/refinance existing term loans; Chicago-based online travel agency.

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.

OXEA: $1.049 billion of U.S. term loans; Deutsche Bank (left on first-lien), JPMorgan (left on second-lien), Morgan Stanley and Nomura; $721 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (Ba3/B) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $328 million seven-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; also €200 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (Ba3/B) talked at Euribor plus 375 bps, 1.25% floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; up to €120 million revolver (Ba3/B); refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Luxembourg-based chemical company.

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: Expected close June 3; $750 million five-year covenant-light senior secured term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Barclays; refinance existing debt; Luxembourg-based ultra-deepwater drilling contractor.

PACT GROUP (USA) INC.: $885 million seven-year term B (Ba3/B+) at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% 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.

PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC.: $485 million in term loans; Morgan Stanley and RBC; $375 million six-year first-lien term B (Ba3/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $110 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and preferred stock; Ada, Okla., provider of legal services.

RENTPATH INC.: $445 million credit facility (B2/B); JPMorgan; $45 million five-year revolver; $400 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call for 18 months; refinance existing debt and fund a distribution to shareholders; Norcross, Ga., digital marketplace for apartment rentals.

SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC.: $320 million credit facility; Credit Suisse on term loan, Bank of America and SunTrust on revolver; $145 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.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP.: $2.6 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS; $300 million five-year revolver; $2.3 billion seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 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.

SMART & FINAL HOLDINGS CORP.: $580 million covenant-light first-lien term loan at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; repricing; Commerce, Calif., warehouse-style, no membership fee, multi-format retailer serving households and smaller businesses.

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.

STAR WEST GENERATION LLC: $750 million senior secured term B due March 13, 2020 talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call until March 2014; Citigroup; refinance existing term B; Houston-based power producer.

STONERIVER GROUP LP: $720 million credit facility; Bank of America, JPMorgan, KeyBanc, Credit Suisse, U.S. Bank and MCS Capital; $50 million five-year revolver (B1/B+); $520 million 61/2-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $150 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt, working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes, and fund a distribution to unit holders; Oakland, Calif.-based insurance technology company.

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.

TERVITA CORP.: Roughly $748.1 million senior secured term loan due 2018 talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; RBC, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and TD Bank; repricing; Calgary-based environmental management company for the oil and gas industry.

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1.25 billion covenant-light term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Natixis and Mizuho; refinance existing debt; Los Angeles-based Spanish-language media company.

US AIRWAYS GROUP INC.: Expected close May 22; $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 at Libor plus 325 bps, step-down to Libor plus 300 bps when AMR merger closes, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $600 million 31/2-year term B-2 at Libor plus 250 bps, step-down to Libor plus 225 bps when AMR merger closes, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Tempe, Ariz., airline company.

US FOODS INC.: Expected close early June; $2.1 billion senior secured covenant-light term loan (B-) due March 31, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; refinance existing term loans; Chicago-based broadline foodservice distributor.

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); $375 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; C$100 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $125 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 725 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 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.

WILDHORSE RESOURCES LLC: $325 million six-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; Wells Fargo; fund a dividend and refinance existing debt; Houston-based energy company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Texas and Louisiana.

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

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.

EXPERA SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC: New debt financing; Goldman Sachs and GE Capital; help fund formation by KPS Capital Partners LP through acquisition and merger of Wausau Paper Corp.'s specialty paper business and Packaging Dynamics Corp.'s specialty paper business.

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, UBS, Credit Suisse, MCS Capital and RBC; $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 five-year senior secured credit facility; $80 million term loan A at Libor plus 300 bps to 350 bps based on leverage; $25 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps to 350 bps based on leverage; fund a share repurchase and refinance existing bank debt; 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.

WEBSENSE INC.: $615 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, RBC and Guggenheim Partners; $390 million of first-lien loans; $225 million of second-lien loans; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; San Diego-based provider of web security, email security, mobile security and data loss prevention.


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