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Published on 7/18/2013 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $33.3885 billion deals being marketed

July Bank Meetings

FRESENIUS: Bank meeting July 23; $500 million six-year term loan; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and JPMorga; refinance existing debt; Bad Homburg, Germany, provider of dialysis services and products.

SYNAGRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Bank meeting July 25; $280 million credit facility; RBC; $65 million revolver; $215 million term loan; help fund buyout by EQT Infrastructure II; Houston-based recycler of biosolids and other organic residuals.

TATA CHEMICALS NORTH AMERICA: Bank meeting July 22; $340 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $25 million five-year revolver; $315 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Rockaway, N.J., natural soda ash producer.

TIP TRAILER SERVICES: Bank meeting in London on July 23; $150 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/BB+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor; Credit Suisse; also €163 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/BB+) talked at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% floor, and €55 million six-year revolver (B1/BB+) talked at Euribor plus 387.5 bps; help fund buyout by HNA Group Co. Ltd. from GE Capital; European provider of transport equipment leasing and rental services.

Upcoming Closings

ALINTA ENERGY FINANCE PTY LTD.: $1.17 billion ($1.1 billion funded, $70 million delayed-draw) seven-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie; also A$240 million five-year revolver; refinance existing debt; Melbourne, Australia, power company.

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP.: $600 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, KeyBank, Macquarie Capital and PNC; $350 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 325 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $250 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund buyout by chief executive officer Zev Weiss and president and chief operating officer Jeffrey Weiss; Cleveland-based greeting card company.

ATLAS ENERGY LP: $240 million six-year term B (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 600 bps to 625 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of natural gas proved reserves from EP Energy E&P Co. LP; Pittsburgh-based master limited partnership that owns an interest in producing natural gas and oil wells.

BELLISIO FOODS INC.: $345 million credit facility (B1/B); GE Capital; $30 million five-year revolver; $155 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $160 million delayed-draw term loan; refinance existing debt; fund acquisition of Overhill Farms and repay mezzanine debt; Duluth, Minn., food company.

BIOSCRIP INC.: $475 million credit facility (B2); SunTrust, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; $75 million revolver; $250 million covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $150 million delayed-draw covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 525 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; refinance loan and notes, and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Eden Prairie, Minn., provider of comprehensive infusion and home care services.

BLACKHAWK SPECIALTY TOOLS LLC: $101 million credit facility; GE Capital; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $81 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Bain Capital; Houston-based provider of automated top-drive cement heads and related equipment and services as well as cementation products to the oil and gas industry.

CERAMTEC GMBH: €748 million credit facility (Ba3/B); Deutsche Bank, RBC and UBS; €100 million revolver; €324 million seven-year covenant-light euro term B talked at Euribor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% floor, OID 99; €324 million seven-year covenant-light U.S. equivalent term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by Cinven from Rockwood Holdings Inc.; Plochingen, Germany, producer of high-performance advanced ceramics materials and products.

CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP INC.: $265 million six-year term B (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance existing debt, finance an acquisition and pay a dividend; Denver-based financial advisor network.

CHOICE CABLE: $170 million credit facility (B2/B); SunTrust; $15 million revolver; $155 million term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Puerto Rico-based cable operator.

CLEARESULT: $155 million credit facility; Societe Generale and KeyBanc; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor; $85 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; C$15 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $25 million six-year delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; help fund buyout by General Atlantic; Austin, Texas, provider of outsourced energy efficiency optimization services.

CLUBCORP CLUB OPERATIONS INC.: Roughly $350 million credit facility; Citigroup; $50 million revolver; roughly $300 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps, 25 bps step-down after IPO, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing bank debt; Dallas-based owner and operator of golf courses, country clubs, private business and sports clubs, and resorts.

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.

EASTMAN KODAK CO.: $895 million senior secured exit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Barclays; $200 million asset-based revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $420 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $275 million seven-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 825 bps to 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; repay creditors and fund emergence from Chapter 11; Rochester, N.Y., provider of imaging technology products and services to the photographic and graphic communications markets.

FOTOLIA LLC: $300 million of term loans; Goldman Sachs and KKR; $200 million seven-year first-lien term loan (Ba3/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $100 million 71/2-year euro equivalent second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Euribor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 1.25% floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt, fund a dividend and put cash on the balance sheet; New York-based provider of royalty-free images, vectors, illustrations and video footage clips.

GARDNER DENVER INC.: $2.725 senior secured credit facility (B1/B); UBS, Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Mizuho, RBC, Macquarie, HSBC, KKR and Sumitomo Mitsui; $400 million five-year revolver; $1.8 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $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.

GENESISCARE: $245 million seven-year term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; UBS and KKR Capital; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Sydney, Australia, provider of cardiology, radiation oncology and sleep treatments.

GENEX SERVICES INC.: $270 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $25 million revolver (B1/B); $190 million first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $55 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 825 bps to 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt, fund a dividend and general corporate purposes; Wayne, Pa., provider of cost containment and disability management services for the workers comp. industry.

GENWORTH WEALTH MANAGEMENT (AQGEN LIBERTY MANAGEMENT): $255 million credit facility (B2/B); Credit Suisse; $25 million five-year revolver; $230 million first-lien term loan due July 1, 2019 at Libor plus 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Aquiline Capital Partners LLC and Genstar Capital LLC; Richmond, Va., product provider in the wealth management industry.

GREAT WOLF RESORTS INC.: $420 million senior secured credit facility (B3/BB-); Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Goldman Sachs; $100 million five-year revolver; $320 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Madison, Wis., water park resort operator.

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS USA INC.: $1 billion six-year senior secured covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Camarillo, Calif., provider of tools and equipment.

HEMISPHERE MEDIA: Expected close July 30; $175 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Deutsche Bank; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Miami-based Spanish-language media company.

KNOWLEDGE UNIVERSE: $342 million credit facility (B2/B-); BNP Paribas and Bank of America; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $267 million term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing revolver and subordinated notes; Singapore-based education company.

LARCHMONT RESOURCES LLC: $275 million senior secured first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 575 bps to 625 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, soft call 102, 101; Barclays and Jefferies; refinance existing debt; oil and gas company.

LIGHTSQUARED INC.: $3 billion four-year senior secured term B talked at Libor plus 650 bps plus 300 bps PIK, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2, callable at par for one year, then at 102½ in the first quarter of the second year with step-ups by 2½ points each quarter thereafter; Jefferies; fund exit from bankruptcy; Reston, Va., wireless broadband company.

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $225 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, non-call one, 102, 101; JPMorgan; redeem notes; Vancouver, B.C., entertainment company.

MEDIA GENERAL INC.: $960 million credit facility; RBC, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo; $60 million super-priority revolver (Ba1/BB); $35 million delayed-draw term A (B1/BB-) at separate borrower that's spoken for; $865 million delayed-draw term B (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance debt at Media General and New Young Broadcasting Holding Co. Inc. in connection with their merger and pay a cash contribution to Media General's qualified pension plan; Richmond, Va., media company.

MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS: $475 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); SunTrust, RBC, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank and TD Securities; $125 million five-year revolver; $125 million five-year term A; $225 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing credit facility; Sioux Falls, S.D., provider of cable television, digital telephone service and high-speed internet access.

MONITRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $300 million incremental debt (Ba3); Bank of America, Citigroup and Credit Suisse; $225 million term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $75 million add-on revolver; help fund acquisition of Security Networks LLC; Dallas-based home security alarm monitoring company.

NATIONAL SURGICAL HOSPITALS INC.: $187.5 million credit facility (B2/B); BMO, CIT and Sumitomo; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $157.5 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; refinance existing debt; Chicago-based owner, operator and developer of surgical hospitals and surgery centers.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $2.6 billion credit facility (NA/BB+/BB+); JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Barclays, Credit Agricole and UBS; $1 billion five-year revolver; $1.6 billion seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Ameristar Casinos Inc.; Las Vegas-based owner and operator of casinos.

RE/MAX LLC: $230 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance existing bank debt; Denver-based real estate company.

ROYAL ADHESIVES AND SEALANTS: $544 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Madison Capital, Jefferies, Nomura and KeyBanc; $40 million revolver (B1/B); $350 million first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, 101 soft call; $154 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 825 bps to 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; fund acquisition of ADCO Global and refinance existing bank debt; South Bend, Ind., manufacturer and marketer of high performance adhesives, sealants, encapsulants and specialty polymers.

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.

SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA: $1.553 billion seven-year covenant-light term loan (B2) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Barclays, Nomura and UBS; also €150 million revolver and €565 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (B2) talked at Euribor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by BC Partners from EQT Partners and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.; Berlin-based STM publisher.

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INC.: $325 million credit facility; Macquarie and Credit Suisse leading term loans, GE Capital leading revolver; $75 million ABL revolver; $175 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $75 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) that was pre-placed; help fund buyout by Kohlberg & Co.; Waltham, Mass., designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of musical instruments.

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS USA LLC: Expected close July 29; $420 million senior secured term B due April 23, 2020 talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup and JPMorgan; reprice existing term B; Livonia, Mich., supplier of automotive metal structural components and assemblies.

TRIDENTUSA HEALTH SERVICES: $570 million credit facility; Citigroup, GE Capital and RBC; $75 million revolver (B1/B); $340 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $155 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt, fund acquisition of Life Choice Hospice, and monetize existing shareholders for the dilution of their ownership stakes via a new equity infusion; Burbank, Calif., provider of bedside diagnostics services.

TRIPLE POINT GROUP HOLDINGS INC.: $475 million credit facility; Credit Suisse; $40 million revolver (B2); $310 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 951/2, 101 soft call for six months; $125 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa2) at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 94, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Ion Investment Group; Westport, Conn., provider of software for end-to-end commodity management.

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 (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $110 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by TowerBrook Capital Partners LP; Vernon, Calif., jeans and jeans-related sportswear company.

UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE CORP.: $670 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, GE Capital and RBC; $75 million revolver (B2/B); $430 million covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $165 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) that was privately placed; help fund buyout by Leonard Green & Partners LP from OMERS Private Equity; Indianapolis-based provider of outsourced utility locating services.

U.S. SILICA HOLDINGS INC.: $425 million senior secured credit facility (B1/BB-); BNP Paribas; $50 million revolver due July 2018; $375 million term loan due May 2020 at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99½ on new money, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing senior debt; Frederick, Md., producer of ground and unground silica sand, kaolin clay, aplite and related industrial minerals.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $4.05 billion of term loans (Ba1/BB); Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Barclays, RBC and Morgan Stanley; $3.2 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call for six months; $850 million term A due April 2016 at Libor plus 225 bps, OID 981/2; help fund acquisition of Bausch + Lomb Holdings Inc.; Laval, Quebec, specialty pharmaceutical company.

WILLBROS GROUP INC.: $400 million credit facility; JPMorgan leading term B, Bank of America leading revolver; $250 million six-year term B (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 675 bps to 700 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, soft call protection 103, 102, 101; $150 million five-year asset-based revolver (B1); refinance existing credit facility; Houston-based energy infrastructure contractor.

WS PACKAGING GROUP INC.: $276 million credit facility (B1/B+); GE Capital; $40 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2; $236 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; Green Bay, Wis., pressure sensitive label manufacturer.

On The Horizon

APOLLO TYRES: $500 million asset-based revolver; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; India-based tire company.

ARDMORE SHIPPING CORP.: Up to $235 million credit facility; for unfunded expenditure on the vessels on order in the company's initial fleet and to purchase its expansion fleet; in connection with IPO; Ireland-based provider of seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals.

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $1.3 billion seven-year covenant-light term B, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Union Bank; help fund acquisition of SHFL entertainment Inc.; Las Vegas-based gaming company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and operates gaming devices and computerized monitoring, accounting and player-tracking systems for gaming devices.

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.

BOWIE RESOURCES LLC: $491 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank; $35 million revolver; $335 million first-lien term loan; $121 million second-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of Canyon Fuel Co. LLC from Arch Coal Inc.; Louisville, Ky., coal 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.

ENVISION PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by TPG; Twinsburg, Ohio, full-service pharmacy benefit management company.

FIELDWOOD ENERGY LLC: New debt financing; Citigroup, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Apache Corp.'s Gulf of Mexico Shelf business; Houston-based acquirer and developer of conventional oil and gas assets.

GANNETT CO. INC.: New bank debt; help fund acquisition of Belo Corp.; McLean, Va., media and marketing company.

HUBBARD RADIO LLC: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley; fund acquisition of 10 radio stations from Sandusky Radio; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., operator of radio stations.

INTUIT FINANCIAL SERVICES: New debt financing; Jefferies; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo from Intuit Inc.; Woodland Hills, Calif., provider of online and mobile banking software to financial institutions.

KEYNOTE SYSTEMS INC.: $185 million senior secured credit facility; Ares Capital; $10 million revolver; $175 million term loan; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC; San Mateo, Calif., Internet and mobile cloud testing & monitoring company.

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.

OCI PARTNERS LP: $235 million 61/2-year senior secured term B; Bank of America; repay term B-2 in connection with initial public offering of common units; Nederland, Texas, methanol and ammonia company.

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.

PRA INTERNATIONAL: New debt; UBS, Credit Suisse, Jefferies and KKR Capital; help fund buyout by KKR from Genstar Capital LLC; Raleigh, N.C., contract research organization.

RUE21 INC.: $680 million credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $150 million five-year asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps; $530 million senior secured covenant-light seven-year term loan, 1% Libor floor; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Warrendale, Pa., retailer of girls and guys apparel and accessories.

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

TENET HEALTHCARE INC.: $1.8 billion senior secured term loan; Bank of America; help fund acquisition of Vanguard Health Systems Inc.; Dallas-based health care services company.

TRIBUNE CO.: $4.1 billion senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; includes $300 million revolver; help fund acquisition of Local TV Holdings LLC from Oak Hill Capital Partners and refinance existing debt; Chicago-based multimedia company.

XPO LOGISTICS INC.: $195 million in term loans; Credit Suisse; $140 million first-lien term loan; $55 million second-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of 3PD Inc.; Greenwich, Conn., provider of transportation logistics services and expedited transportation services.

ZEST ANCHORS INC.: New debt financing; Deutsche Bank; help fund buyout by Avista Capital Partners from The Jordan Co.; Escondido, Calif., manufacturer and distributor of dental products for the treatment of edentulous patients.


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