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Published on 6/4/2013 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $55.4429 billion deals being marketed

June Bank Meetings

AMF BOWLING CENTERS INC. (BOWLMOR AMF): Bank meeting June 5; $260 million credit facility; Credit Suisse; $30 million five-year revolver; $230 million 53/4-year first-lien term loan, 101 soft call; repay DIP and existing bank debt, and general corporate purposes, in connection with AMF Bowling and Bowlmor merger; Richmond, Va., bowling center operator.

AMR CORP.: Bank meeting June 6; new loan; Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; Fort Worth, Texas, airline company.

DELTEK INC.: Bank meeting June 6; $230 million add-on term loans; Jefferies and RBC; $150 million first-lien add-on covenant-light term loan; $80 million second-lien add-on covenant-light term loan; fund a dividend; Herndon, Va., provider of enterprise software and information for professional services firms and government contractors.

HARGRAY COMMUNICATIONS: Bank meeting June 6; $330 million credit facility; RBC and Credit Suisse; $25 million revolver; $305 million term B; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; provider of triple play data, video and voice services.

HERFF JONES: Bank meeting June 5; $700 million credit facility; Jefferies; $150 million revolver; $550 million term B; fund the acquisition of BSN Sports and refinance existing debt; Indianapolis-based manufacturer and publisher of educational products, recognition awards and graduation-related items.

MERITAS SCHOOLS HOLDINGS LLC: Bank meeting June 5; $245 million credit facility (B3); Credit Suisse and BMO; $30 million five-year revolver; $215 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and for growth capital expenditures; Northbrook, Ill., family of private college-preparatory schools.

NATIONAL FINANCIAL PARTNERS CORP.: Bank meeting June 5; $851.1 million credit facility (B+); 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.

STALLION OILFIELD HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting June 5; $350 million senior secured covenant-light term loan (B3/B), hard call 102, 101; Bank of America and Jefferies; redeem notes, fund a dividend and other corporate purposes; Houston-based provider of well-site support, completion, production and logistics services.

TRAVELPORT LLC: Bank meeting June 5; $1.65 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and UBS; $100 million five-year revolver; $1.55 billion six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps with step-downs, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call protection; refinance existing first-lien bank debt; Atlanta-based provider of transaction processing services to the travel industry.

WALTER ENERGY INC.: Conference call June 5; $1.6 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley; $400 million revolver; $1.2 billion term B; Birmingham, Ala., pure-play metallurgical coal producer.

WEATHER CO.: Bank meeting June 6; $600 million 71/2-year second-lien covenant-light term loan, call protection 102, 101; Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui, Mizuho and Natixis; fund a dividend; Atlanta-based media company devoted to bringing weather news via television, internet and mobile devices.

WEBSENSE INC.: Bank meeting June 6; $615 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, RBC and Guggenheim Partners; $40 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $350 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $225 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; San Diego-based provider of web security, email security, mobile security and data loss prevention.

Upcoming Closings

ABB CONCISE INC.: $275 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor; Bank of America; repricing; Coral Springs, Fla.-based optical distributor.

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.

ALLFLEX HOLDINGS: $910 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, RBC and Macquarie; $100 million revolver; $540 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $270 million eight-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps to 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; 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.

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST CO. LLC: $578 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; $20 million five-year revolver (B2); $300 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $180 million second-lien term loan (Caa1) that was privately placed; $78 million PIK holdco term loan that was privately placed; refinance existing debt; Brooklyn, N.Y., provider of stock transfer and employee plan services.

APPVION: $575 million of new term loans; Jefferies; $375 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; $200 million seven-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance notes; Appleton, Wis., producer of thermal, carbonless and security papers and Encapsys products.

ASURION LLC: $850 million senior secured term B-2 (including $350 million delayed-draw loan) (B+) talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse; refinance term loan due 2017 and general corporate purposes; Nashville-based provider of technology protection services.

AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: $225 million senior secured covenant-light term loan (Ba2/B) due April 15, 2018 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Actient Holdings LLC; Malvern, Pa., specialty biopharmaceutical company.

BEATS ELECTRONICS LLC: $700 million senior secured credit facility (B2/B+); Barclays, Citigroup and JPMorgan; $200 million revolver; $500 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; retire existing debt, fund a distribution to shareholders and for general corporate purposes; Santa Monica, Calif., consumer audio company.

BIOSCRIP INC.: $325 million senior secured credit facility (B2/B); SunTrust, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; $75 million revolver; $250 million covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance loan and notes, and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of comprehensive infusion and home care services.

BLACKPEARL RESOURCES INC.: $350 million six-year senior secured second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 675 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, non-call two, 101; Credit Suisse and RBC; fund the Onion Lake thermal enhanced oil recovery project and general corporate purposes; Calgary-based oil and gas company.

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC.: $2.5 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $150 million revolver (B1/B+); $1.85 billion six-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $500 million 61/2-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/B-) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call one, 103, 102, 101; refinance existing term loan and fund a dividend; Rochester, N.Y., provider of medical and dental imaging products.

CLEARWATER SEAFOODS INC.: Roughly $335 million credit facility (B1/BB-); BMO and GE Capital; C$60 million five-year revolver; C$30 million five-year term A; C$45 million five-year delayed-draw term A; $200 million six-year term B; refinance existing debt and for capital expenditures; Bedford, Nova Scotia, seafood company.

CONTECH ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS LLC: $150 million six-year term loan (B3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs; refinance existing debt; West Chester, Ohio, provider of engineering and site services for the residential, commercial and infrastructure markets.

CONVERGEX GROUP: $175 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $25 million revolver; $150 million five-year term B talked at Libor plus 850 bps, OID 98 to 99, non-call one, 102; refinance existing debt; New York-based provider of global brokerage and trading related services.

CRESTWOOD HOLDINGS LLC: Expected close June 18; $400 million credit facility (B); Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Barclays, Morgan Stanley, RBC, SunTrust and Wells Fargo; $385 million six-year term B at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, soft call 102, 101; $15 million 41/2-year term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes or to fund a dividend; 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; $700 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $150 million eight-year second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Rhone Capital LLC from CSM nv and refinance existing debt; supplier of bakery products.

CTI FOODS HOLDING CO. LLC: $585 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $100 million ABL revolver; $345 million first-lien term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $140 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Goldman Sachs & Co. from Littlejohn & Co. LLC; Wilder, Idaho, provider of food products to national chain restaurants.

CUSTOM ECOLOGY INC.: $130 million credit facility (B3/B-); Credit Suisse; $10 million revolver; $120 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Walker, La., industrial and hazardous waste transporter.

EMERALD EXPOSITIONS HOLDINGS: $520 million credit facility (B2/BB-); Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, RBC and UBS; $430 million term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $90 million five-year revolver; help fund acquisition of Nielsen Expositions by Onex Corp. from Nielsen Holdings N.V.; San Juan Capistrano, Calif., operator of large, business-to-business tradeshows.

EXPERA SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC: $178 million seven-year term B (Caa1/B+) talked at Libor plus525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; 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.

F+W MEDIA INC.: $135 million credit facility; Macquarie; $10 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $125 million term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; community-focused content creator and marketer of products and services for enthusiasts.

FORMULA ONE: $2.18 billion term loan due April 2019, U.S. tranche talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, euro tranche talked at Euribor plus 375 bps, 1% floor, OID 99½ on new money, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs, UBS and RBS; repricing; organizer of the Formula One World Championship (F1) and owner of the commercial rights to F1 motorsports racing.

GENPACT INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America, Credit Agricole, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; $250 million revolver; $875 million term B (including roughly $203.4 million add-on) due Aug. 30, 2019 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99½ on new money, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Hamilton, Bermuda, provider of business process management services.

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.

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.

HARVEY GULF INTERNATIONAL MARINE LLC: $750 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; Bank of America; refinance existing debt and fund the acquisition of vessels; New Orleans-based marine transportation company.

H.J. HEINZ CO.: Expected close June 7; $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.

INTEGRA TELECOM: First-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and SunTrust; repricing; Portland, Ore., fiber-based telecommunications carrier.

INTERGEN NV: $1 billion senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Mitsubishi UFJ, RBC and Citigroup; $500 million term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $500 million U.S. and sterling revolvers; help fund notes tender offer, repay existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; power generation firm.

JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS: Roughly $757.2 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Citigroup and JPMorgan; $200 million revolver due June 2017 (including a $100 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 225 bps; roughly $557.2 million term loan due June 2018 (including a $100 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance an existing credit facility and general corporate purposes; Dublin, Ireland, specialty biopharmaceutical company.

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.

KINETIC CONCEPTS INC.: $1.931 billion of U.S. term loans; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, RBC, UBS and SunTrust; $1.61 billion term C-1 due May 4, 2018 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $321 million term C-2 due Nov. 4, 2016 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; also €247 million term C-1 due May 4, 2018 talked at Euribor plus 375 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; San Antonio-based medical technology company.

LANDESK SOFTWARE: $355 million credit facility (B2); BMO and Credit Suisse; $25 million five-year revolver; $330 million seven-year term B; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; South Jordan, Utah, provider of systems lifecycle management and endpoint security, as well as IT service management products for desktops, servers and mobile devices.

LS POWER (LSP MADISON LLC): $450 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (Ba3/BB+) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; refinance existing term loan, fund a dividend and general corporate purposes; New York-based portfolio of power generating facilities.

MACDERMID INC.: $1.165 billion senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Nomura; $50 million five-year revolver (Ba3/B); $755 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (Ba3/B) at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 53/4x net leverage,1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; $360 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) at Libor plus 675 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and repay preferred equity; Denver-based manufacturer of specialty chemicals to the electronics, industrial, offshore and printing industries.

NAVIOS MARITIME PARTNERS LP: $250 million five-year senior secured term B (Ba3) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and Citigroup; refinance existing credit facility and fund acquisition of new vessels; Piraeus, Greece, owner and operator of tanker vessels.

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: $863 million of U.S. term loans; Deutsche Bank (left on first-lien), JPMorgan (left on second-lien), Morgan Stanley and Nomura; minimum $535 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; $328 million seven-year covenant-light second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps to 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, call protection 102, 101; also up to €450 million 61/2-year covenant-light first-lien term loan talked at Euribor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; up to €120 million revolver; refinance existing debt and pay a dividend; Luxembourg-based chemical company.

PRE-PAID LEGAL SERVICES INC.: $485 million in term loans; Morgan Stanley and RBC; $310 million six-year first-lien term B (B+) at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $175 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B3/B-) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call one, 102, 101; refinance existing debt and preferred stock; Ada, Okla., provider of legal services.

QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC.: $600 million six-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, soft call 102, 101; Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo; refinance notes and general corporate purposes; Fort Worth, Texas, natural gas and oil exploration and production company.

RCN CABLE: $848 million credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse and SunTrust; $40 million revolver; $808 million first-lien term loan due March 2020 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing and amendment; cable provider.

SAPPHIRE POWER HOLDINGS: $380 million credit facility (B+); Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank; $350 million seven-year covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $30 million revolver; refinance existing debt, fund a debt service reserve account and pay a dividend; Austin, Texas, power company.

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/B) 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 at Libor plus 325 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.

SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC.: $1.195 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and MCS Capital; $60 million five-year revolver (B1); $850 million five-year first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% to 1.25% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; $285 million 51/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 1% to 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Memphis, Tenn., provider of claims and productivity management services.

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.

TCW GROUP (CLIPPER ACQUISITIONS CORP.): $354 million term B due February 2020 talked at Libor plus 200 bps to 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America; refinance existing term B; Los Angeles-based asset management firm.

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

VALLEYCREST COS. LLC: $265 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo; refinance existing term loan; Calabasas, Calif., provider of landscape maintenance services.

VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LTD.: Expected close June 7; $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.

VWR FUNDING INC.: $242 million term loan due 2017 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America and Citigroup; also €476 million term loan due 2017 talked at Euribor plus 350 bps, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Radnor, Pa., provider of laboratory supplies, equipment and services.

WAUPACA FOUNDRY INC.: $125 million add-on term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, offer price of 99¾ to par, 101 soft call for six months; GE Capital; fund a dividend; Waupaca, Wis., producer of gray and ductile iron castings for the automotive, truck, agriculture, construction, hydraulics and commercial vehicle markets.

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.

YANKEE CANDLE CO. INC.: $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; Barclays and Bank of America; $175 million five-year amended ABL revolver; $950 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps to 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund a distribution to equity holders and refinance all existing debt; South Deerfield, Mass., designer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of scented candles.

On The Horizon

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP.: $600 million credit facility (Ba2); Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, KeyBank, Macquarie Capital and PNC; $400 million term loan; $200 million revolver; help fund buyout by chief executive officer Zev Weiss and president and chief operating officer Jeffrey Weiss; Cleveland-based greeting card company.

BMC SOFTWARE: $4.55 billion senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse, RBC and Barclays; $350 million five-year revolver; $4.2 billion seven-year term loan; help fund buyout by Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Insight Venture Partners; Houston-based software company.

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.

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.

RUE21 INC.: New debt financing; Bank of America, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Warrendale, Pa., retailer of girls and guys apparel and accessories.

SALESFORCE.COM: $300 million three-year senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 175 bps; Bank of America;o help fund acquisition of ExactTarget; San Francisco-based provider of customer relationship management software.

SERVICE CORP. INTERNATIONAL: $600 million senior term loan; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Stewart Enterprises Inc.; Houston-based provider of deathcare products and services.

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

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC.: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley; help funds purchase by Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd.; Smithfield, Va., food 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.: $535 million senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Jefferies, UBS and Macquarie; $50 million asset-based revolver; $375 million first-lien term loan; $110 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP; Vernon, Calif., jeans and jeans-related sportswear company.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $4.3 billion term loan; Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Bausch + Lomb Holdings Inc.; Laval, Quebec, specialty pharmaceutical company.


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