Bank Loan Calendar: $18.4922 billion deals being marketed

September Bank Meetings

NINE ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD.: Conference call Sept. 4; U.S.-equivalent A$200 million first-lien term B due Feb. 5, 2020, 0.75% Libor floor; UBS; fund the acquisition of WIN Perth; Australian diversified media and entertainment group.

PRA HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 4; $950 million credit facility (B); UBS, Jefferies, Credit Suisse, KKR Capital and Citigroup; $125 million five-year revolver; $825 million seven-year first-lien term loan; help fund KKR's buyout of PRA International from Genstar Capital LLC and ReSearch Pharmaceutical Services Inc. from Warburg Pincus, and the merger of the two companies; Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of outsourced clinical development services.

QUIKRETE: Bank meeting Sept. 10; $1.62 billion credit facility; Wells Fargo; $200 million ABL revolver; $1.23 billion first-lien term B; $190 million second-lien term loan; fund the acquisition of Custom Building Products Inc. from Kelso & Co.; Atlanta-based manufacturer of packaged concrete and related products.

Upcoming Closings

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $1.1 billion seven-year covenant-light term B (Ba3/BB) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 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: $3.565 billion U.S. senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse, RBC, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Mizuho and Jefferies; $350 million five-year revolver; $2.88 billion seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $335 million seven-year term loan at the euro borrower at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; €500 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Bain Capital, Golden Gate Capital, GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd and Insight Venture Partners; Houston-based software company.

CINCINNATI BELL INC.: $540 million term B due 2020 at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/4, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; repay some 8¼% senior notes due 2017 and general corporate purposes; Cincinnati-based provider of integrated communications services.

DS WATERS OF AMERICA INC.: Expected close Aug. 30; $395 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Jefferies and BMO; $75 million ABL revolver; $320 million first-lien term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Crestview Partners; Atlanta-based direct-to-consumer beverage services provider.

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 (B-) at Libor plus 625 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, hard call 102, 101; $275 million seven-year second-lien term loan (CCC) at Libor plus 950 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 971/2, non-call one, 103, 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.

FAIRMOUNT MINERALS LTD.: Expected close Sept. 3; $1.285 billion senior secured credit facility (B1/BB-); Barclays, KeyBanc, PNC and Wells Fargo; $75 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 991/2; $325 million term B-1 due March 15, 2017 at Libor plus 400 bps, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $885 million six-year term B-2 at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund the acquisition of nearly all of FTS International's sand mining operations, resin-coating plants and distribution terminals, and refinance an existing credit facility; Chesterland, Ohio, producer of industrial sand.

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.

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.

KINETIC CONCEPTS INC.: $350 million add-on term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Systagenix; San Antonio, Texas, medical technology company.

MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT TRIBAL NATION: $275 million term B due June 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 812.5 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99; Bank of America and Wells Fargo; remarketing of loan used for restructuring; Mashantucket, Conn.-based owner of the Foxwoods Resort Casino.

NXT CAPITAL: $150 million seven-year term B (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo, BMO and SunTrust; general corporate purposes; Chicago-based provider of structured financing services.

PHOTONIS USA PENNSYLVANIA INC.: $325 million six-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, call protection 103, 102, 101; Credit Suisse, Societe Generale and ING; refinance existing debt; Lancaster, Pa., manufacturer of vacuum electron devices and associated RF circuits for communications, science, radar, industry & directed energy applications.

REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORP.: $700 million six-year senior secured term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of Colomer Group from CVC Capital Partners; New York-based cosmetics and accessories company.

RUE21 INC.: $683 million credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $150 million five-year asset-based revolver; $533 million senior secured seven-year term B (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Warrendale, Pa., retailer of girls and guys apparel and accessories.

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.

SHINGLE SPRINGS TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY: $230 million six-year term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call two, 102, 101; Bank of America; refinance existing debt; El Dorado County, Calif., overseer of the operations at RedHawk Casino.

SHORELINE ENERGY: $200 million 51/2-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps to 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; Union Bank, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and BMO; fund an acquisition and refinance debt.

SPECTRUM BRANDS INC.: Expected close Sept. 4; $1.15 billion of first-lien covenant-light term loans (B1/B+); Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; $850 million four-year term loan at Libor plus 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $300 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance notes; Madison, Wis., consumer products company.

TELX GROUP: Expected close Oct. 10; $379.2 million of bank debt; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and TD Securities; $20 million add-on revolver; $359.2 million term B repricing at Libor plus 400 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call; New York-based provider of interconnection and colocation facilities.

VANTAGE PIPELINE: $240 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); RBC and TD Securities; $15 million revolver; $225 million term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; fund the construction of the high vapour pressure pipeline carrying ethane from North Dakota to Canada.

YONKERS RACING CORP.: $315 million of new term loans; JPMorgan; $245 million first-lien term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call protection for six months; $70 million second-lien term loan (B3/B-) at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; redeem notes; owner and operator of a gaming and entertainment facility comprised of Empire City Casino and Yonkers Raceway.

On The Horizon

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.: $2.5 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America and JPMorgan; $250 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 250 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; $2.25 billion seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund stock buyback from Vivendi; Santa Monica Calif., interactive entertainment publishing company.

AKORN INC.: $675 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan; $75 million five-year revolver; $600 million seven-year term loan; help fund acquisition of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc.; Lake Forest, Ill.-based niche pharmaceutical company.

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.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $2.26 billion in senior secured term loans; Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $750 million 2016 term loan; $1.51 billion of 2020/2021 term loans; help fund purchase of Health Management Associates Inc.; Nashville, Tenn., hospital company.

CPG INTERNATIONAL INC.: New debt; help fund buyout by Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan from AEA Investors LP; Scranton, Pa., manufacturer of highly engineered low-maintenance building materials.

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: New credit facility (Ba1); JPMorgan; revolver; term A; fund acquisition of Rothsay from Maple Leaf Foods Inc.; Irving, Texas, provider of rendering, recycling and recovery services to the food industry.

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.

DOLE FOOD CO.: $825 million senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Scotia Capital; $150 million five-year ABL revolver expected at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; $675 million seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition by chairman and chief executive officer David H. Murdock; Westlake Village, Calif., fruit and vegetables company.

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.

EXTREME REACH INC.: New debt; JPMorgan and SunTrust; help fund acquisition of the TV business of Digital Generation Inc.; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.

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.

HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD.: New debt financing; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and RBC; help fund buyout by Hellman & Friedman LLC and refinance existing debt; Chicago-based insurance brokerage.

HUDSON'S BAY CO.: Roughly $3.6 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America and RBC; $1.9 billion term B; $950 million ABL revolver; C$750 million ABL revolver; help fund acquisition of Saks Inc. and refinance some debt; Ontario-based operator of department stores.

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

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.

PINNACLE FOODS: $550 million incremental term loan; Bank of America; help fund acquisition of the Wish-Bone salad dressings business from Unilever plc; Parsippany, N.J., manufacturer and distributor of branded packaged foods.

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC.: New debt financing; help fund purchase of Fisher Communications Inc. and/or Perpetual Corporation and Charleston Television LLC; Hunt Valley, Md., television broadcasting company.

SPARTAN STORES: $1 billion five-year senior secured credit facility; Wells Fargo and Bank of America; $900 million revolver; $40 million first-in last-out revolver; $60 million term loan expected at Libor plus 550 bps; refinance debt in connection with merger with Nash Finch Co.; Grand Rapids, Mich., grocery distributor.

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INC.: $360 million credit facility; Bank of America and Deutsche Bank; $75 million five-year asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; $185 million six-year first-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $100 million seven-year second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Paulson & Co. Inc.; Waltham, Mass., musical instruments 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.

TMS INTERNATIONAL CORP.: New debt financing; JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; help fund buyout by certain members of the Pritzker family; Glassport, Pa., provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills.

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.

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