Bank Loan Calendar: $43.0132 billion deals being marketed

September Bank Meetings

ALLEGION U.S. HOLDING CO. INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 11; $1.3 billion credit facility; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, BNP Paribas and Citigroup; $500 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $500 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $300 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; pay a dividend to Ingersoll Rand in connection with spin-off; Dublin, Ireland, provider of security products.

DELL INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 11; $7.5 billion credit facility (NA/NA/BB+); Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse 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.

TOPPS CO. INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 11; $150 million seven-year term loan, 101 soft call; Deutsche Bank and BMO; refinance existing debt; creator and marketer of sports and related cards, entertainment products and distinctive confectionery brands.

Upcoming Closings

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD INC.: $2.75 billion senior secured credit facility (Baa3/BBB); Bank of America and JPMorgan; $250 million five-year revolver; $2.5 billion seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call protection for six months; help fund stock buyback from Vivendi; Santa Monica Calif., interactive entertainment publishing company.

AIR CANADA: $800 million senior secured credit facility (B2/B+/BB); Citigroup, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and TD Securities; $100 million four-year revolver; $700 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance debt; Montreal-based airline company.

ALBERTSON'S LLC: Expected close in October; $300 million incremental senior secured covenant-light term B-2 due March 21, 2019 talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; fund acquisition of United Supermarkets LLC; Idaho-based food and drug retailer.

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.

BELDEN INC.: $650 million credit facility; Wells Fargo and JPMorgan; $400 million ABL revolver; $250 million seven-year covenant-light term B (Baa2) talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; St. Louis-based designer, manufacturer and seller of signal transmission solutions for industrial automation, data centers, broadcast studios and aerospace markets.

BIOMET INC.: $2.982 billion covenant-light term B-2 (B1/BB-) due July 25, 2017 at Libor plus 350 bps, step-down to Libor plus 325 bps at less than 2.25x net secured leverage, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; repay extended euro term B and U.S. term B; Warsaw, Ind., manufacturer of musculoskeletal biomedical devices.

CAPSUGEL HOLDINGS US INC.: $100 million incremental senior secured term loan due Aug. 1, 2018 at Libor plus 250 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; UBS; fund the acquisition of Bend Research Inc.; Morristown, N.J., manufacturer of hard capsules and drug-delivery systems.

CPG INTERNATIONAL INC.: $750 million credit facility; Barclays, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, RBS and UBS; $625 million seven-year term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $125 million five-year ABL revolver; help fund buyout by Ares Management LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan from AEA Investors LP; Scranton, Pa., manufacturer of synthetic building products.

ENVISION PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDINGS INC.: $645 million credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $65 million five-year revolver (B2/B); $405 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $175 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by TPG; Twinsburg, Ohio, full-service pharmacy benefit management company.

FIELDWOOD ENERGY LLC: $3.625 billion credit facility; JPMorgan (left on second-lien), Citigroup (left on first-lien), Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs; $1 billion five-year ABL revolver; $900 million five-year first-lien term loan (Ba2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $1.725 billion seven-year second-lien term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 600 bps to 625 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98 to 99, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Apache Corp.'s Gulf of Mexico shelf business; Houston-based acquirer and developer of conventional oil and gas assets.

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.

FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC.: Expected close Sept. 11; $800 million senior secured term B-5 due Jan. 15, 2021 at Libor plus 375 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Citigroup; redeem notes; Austin, Texas, provider of embedded processing semiconductors.

GO DADDY OPERATING CO. LLC: $100 million incremental senior secured term loan due Dec. 17, 2018 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor; Barclays, KKR and Deutsche Bank; fund potential acquisitions; Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of web hosting and domain names.

HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $2.06 billion credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, RBC, BMO, Macquarie and UBS; $225 million five-year revolver; C$50 million five-year revolver; $1.785 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Hellman & Friedman LLC and refinance existing debt; Chicago-based insurance brokerage.

JARDEN CORP.: $750 million of incremental term loan debt; Barclays, JPMorgan, SunTrust, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; term B due March 31, 2018 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; seven-year term B-1 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments LLC; Rye, N.Y., provider of a diverse range of consumer products.

JBS USA LLC: $400 million seven-year term loan (Ba2/BB) talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; help fund a notes tender offer; Greeley, Colo., beef, pork and lamb processing company.

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.

MILLER HEIMAN: $273 million credit facility (B2/B); GE Capital and BMO; $40 million five-year revolver; $233 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund the acquisition of IPI; Denver-based provider of corporate sales training.

NES GLOBAL TALENT: $260 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and HSBC; $200 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $60 million five-year revolver; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Altrincham, England, provider of staffing services for the oil and gas industry.

NINE ENTERTAINMENT PTY. LTD.: U.S.-equivalent A$200 million first-lien term B due Feb. 5, 2020 at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; UBS; fund the acquisition of WIN Perth; Australian diversified media and entertainment group.

PEABODY ENERGY CORP.: Expected close Sept. 20; $2.7 billion credit facility (Ba1/BB+/BB+); Citigroup, Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, PNC and RBS; $1.2 seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $1.5 billion five-year senior secured revolver; repay term loan debt; St. Louis-based coal producer.

PINNACLE FOODS FINANCE LLC: $525 million incremental term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 250 bps, step-down to Libor plus 225 bps if total net leverage is less than 4.25x, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 98 3/8; Bank of America, Barclays, UBS, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Macquarie; help fund acquisition of the Wish-Bone salad dressings business from Unilever plc; Parsippany, N.J., manufacturer and distributor of branded packaged foods.

PITNEY BOWES MANAGEMENT SERVICES: $365 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and UBS; $50 million five-year revolver (B1/BB-); $215 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1/BB-) talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $100 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 950 bps to 975 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC from Pitney Bowes Inc.; provider of mail and print outsourcing solutions.

PRA HOLDINGS INC.: $950 million credit facility (B1/B); UBS, Jefferies, Credit Suisse, KKR Capital and Citigroup; $125 million five-year revolver; $825 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for one year; 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.

PROPETRO SERVICES INC.: $260 million credit facility (B3); Deutsche Bank and Barclays; $40 million revolver; $220 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 625 bps to 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Midland, Texas, provider of oil and gas well drilling, stimulation, workover and repair services.

QUIKRETE: $1.62 billion credit facility; Wells Fargo; $200 million ABL revolver; $1.23 billion seven-year first-lien term B (B1) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $190 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (B3) talked at Libor plus 700 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; fund the acquisition of Custom Building Products Inc. from Kelso & Co.; Atlanta-based manufacturer of packaged concrete and related products.

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.

SAFE FLEET ACQUISITION CORP.: $152 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $30 million five-year revolver; $122 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; also $48 million seven-year second-lien term loan held by Oaktree Capital; help fund the acquisitions of ROM Corp. and Specialty Manufacturing Inc.; provider of safety oriented components to the emergency vehicle, truck and trailer, utility vehicle, school bus and transit bus end markets.

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.

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.

SPOTLESS HOLDINGS LTD.: $1.05 billion of term loans; Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays; $825 million five-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $225 million 51/2-year second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Australia-based provider of integrated facility management services.

STEINWAY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INC.: $290 million in term loans; Bank of America and Deutsche Bank; $190 million six-year first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $100 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; also expected to get $75 million five-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps unused fee; help fund buyout by Paulson & Co. Inc.; Waltham, Mass., musical instruments 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.

VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL INC.: Expected close Sept. 17; $2.289 billion in term loans (BB); Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and RBC; $995 million term C due Dec. 11, 2019 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $1.294 billion term D due Feb. 13, 2019 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; specialty pharmaceutical company with U.S. headquarters in Bridgewater, N.J.

On The Horizon

AKORN INC.: $675 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan; $600 million seven-year covenant-light term loan expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $75 million five-year ABL revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps, 25 bps unused fee; help fund acquisition of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc.; Lake Forest, Ill.-based niche pharmaceutical company.

ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.: $900 million senior secured loans; Bank of America; fund acquisition of Bushnell Group Holdings Inc.; Arlington, Va., aerospace, defense, and commercial products 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.

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: New credit facility (Ba1/BBB-); 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.

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.

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.

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES INC.: $1.15 billion senior unsecured credit facility; $850 million revolver; $300 million term loan; in connection with spinoff from Penn National Gaming Inc.; refinance existing debt; Wyomissing, Pa., owner and operator of gaming and related facilities.

GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.: $235 million senior secured credit facility; Highbridge Principal Strategies; $30 million revolver; $205 million first-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Wasserstein & Co.; Hauppauge, N.Y., communications services provider.

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.

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.: $430 million six-year senior secured covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor; Goldman Sachs and BMO; help fund acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.; Nashville-based manufacturer of engineered wood building materials.

NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP LTD. INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, RBC and Deutsche Bank; help fund buyout by Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from TPG and Warburg Pincus; Dallas-based luxury 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.

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.

TMS INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $575 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; $175 million asset-based revolver; $400 million term loan; 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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