Bank Loan Calendar: $29.9967 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

1-800 CONTACTS: Bank meeting Jan. 14; $460 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley; $60 million revolver; $400 million first-lien covenant-light term loan; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners from WellPoint; Orem, Utah-based online contact lens retailer.

AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS: Conference call Jan. 9; $2.283 billion covenant-light term loan due Feb. 1, 2020; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Jeffries and SMBC; also €397 million covenant-light term loan due Feb. 1, 2020; repricing; Wilmington, Del., supplier of vehicle and industrial coating systems.

BATS GLOBAL MARKETS INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $550 million credit facility (BB-); Bank of America, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse; $100 million three-year revolver; $450 million six-year term B; refinance existing debt, fund a distribution to BATS shareholders and for general corporate purposes; Kansas City, Mo., operator of securities markets.

JLL/DELTA PATHEON HOLDINGS LP: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $1.35 billion credit facility; UBS, JPMorgan, Jefferies, KeyBanc and Morgan Stanley; $200 million five-year revolver; $1.15 billion seven-year term B, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; help fund purchase of Patheon by JLL Partners and Royal DSM and merger with DSM Pharmaceutical Products to create a new company; contract development and manufacturing organization for the pharmaceutical industry.

KINETIC CONCEPTS INC.: Conference call Jan. 9; term loan; Bank of America; repricing; San Antonio, Texas, medical technology company.

MERGERMARKET USA INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 13; new credit facility; UBS, Mizuho and HSBC; $40 million five-year revolver; U.S. equivalent £150 million seven-year first-lien term loan, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; U.S. equivalent £70 million eight-year second-lien term loan, 1% Libor floor, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by BC Partners from Pearson plc; provider of corporate financial news, intelligence and analysis with headquarters in New York, London and Hong Kong.

NEWPAGE HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting expected Jan. 13 week; $750 million term loan; Credit Suisse, Barclays, UBS and BMO; refinance existing term loan and fund a dividend in connection with purchase by Verso Paper Corp.; Miamisburg, Ohio, producer of printing and specialty papers.

PHILLIPS PET FOOD & SUPPLIES: Bank meeting Jan. 14; $450 million credit facility; Jefferies, Goldman Sachs and BMO; $60 million ABL revolver; $260 million first-lien term loan; $130 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Thomas H. Lee Partners from AEA Investors; Easton, Pa., distributor of pet food and supplies.

PSS COS. INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $245 million credit facility; KeyBanc, Goldman Sachs, ING Capital and SMBC; $40 million revolver; $205 million term B; refinance existing debt and help fund acquisition of Industrial Air Tool; Houston-based distributor of mission-critical MRO consumables to the energy sector.

SOPHOS LTD. (SHIELD FINANCE CO. SARL): Bank meeting Jan. 9; $400 million seven-year covenant-light term loan, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank; refinance existing term loan; IT security and data protection firm that has headquarters in Burlington, Mass., and Oxford, England.

VISKASE COS. INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $275 million seven-year term B (B2), 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; UBS; refinance existing debt; Darien, Ill., producer and seller of cellulosic, fibrous and plastic casings for the processed meat and poultry industry.

W.R. GRACE & CO.: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $1.55 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and HSBC; $400 million five-year revolver; $900 million seven-year term loan; $250 million seven-year final maturity delayed-draw term loan; help fund Chapter 11 exit; Columbia, Md., specialty chemicals company.

YRC WORLDWIDE INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 9; $1.15 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse; $450 million ABL revolver; $700 million five-year senior secured term loan; refinance existing bank debt; Overland Park, Kan., less-than-truckload carrier.

Upcoming Closings

APPLIED SYSTEMS INC.: $1.1 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and UBS; $50 million revolver (B+); $675 million seven-year first-lien covenant light term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $375 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 725 bps to 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Hellman & Friedman LLC from Bain Capital; University Park, Ill., provider of software for the insurance industry.

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS: Expected close Jan. 27 week; $1.225 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo; $425 million five-year revolver; $800 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund a payment to CBS Corp. for the assets in connection with stock IPO; New York-based lessor of advertising space on out-of-home advertising structures and sites.

CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND: $1 billion five-year senior secured credit facility; BMO and Scotia Bank; $400 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $600 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund the acquisition of General Chemical Holding Co. and refinance existing debt; Toronto-based operator of a diversified business providing industrial chemicals and services.

CHESAPEAKE SERVICES LTD./MULTI PACKAGING SOLUTIONS INC.: $452 million U.S. bank debt (B1/B+); Barclays and Credit Suisse; $122 million incremental term B due Sept. 30, 2020 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call through March 30, 2014; $50 million revolver due Aug. 15, 2018 at Libor plus 325 bps; $280 million rollover term B due Sept. 30, 2020 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call through March 30, 2014; also £50mm multicurrency revolver due Sept. 30, 2019 at Libor plus 400 bps, £145 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call through Sept. 30, 2014, and €172.6 million term B due Sept. 30, 2020 at Euribor plus 450 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call through Sept. 30, 2014; help fund merger of the two companies; U.K.-based manufacturer of consumer packaging.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $5.96 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB); Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, RBC, SunTrust, UBS and Wells Fargo; $2.26 billion seven-year term D talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; up to roughly $1.7 billion extended seven-year term C debt talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $1 billion five-year revolver; $1 billion five-year term loan A; help fund purchase of Health Management Associates Inc. and refinance some debt; Nashville, Tenn., hospital company.

CONNOLLY HOLDINGS INC.: $350 million credit facility; RBC, Bank of America and SunTrust; $30 million five-year revolver; $320 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing bank debt; Atlanta-based provider of technology-enabled recovery audit services.

DELTEK INC.: $570.7 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Jefferies; repricing; Herndon, Va., provider of enterprise software and information for professional services firms and government contractors.

DIXIE ELECTRIC LLC (FR DIXIE ACQUISITION CORP.): $320 million credit facility (B3/B+); UBS, Credit Suisse, Macquarie and Societe Generale; $40 million five-year revolver; $280 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by First Reserve from One Rock Capital Partners LLC; Odessa, Texas, provider of electrical infrastructure materials and services to the upstream oil and gas sector.

EMERALD EXPOSITIONS HOLDING INC.: $200 million covenant-light incremental term B (BB-) due June 2020 talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call until June 16, 2014; Bank of America and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of George Little Management LLC; San Juan Capistrano, Calif., operator of large business-to-business tradeshows.

ENDEAVOUR INTERNATIONAL HOLDING: $255 million of senior secured term loans due Nov. 30, 2017; Credit Suisse; $125 million term loan (collateral for letters-of-credit) talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call one; $130 million term loan (procurement facility) talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call one, except for $98 million which can be called at par for six months; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company.

EPICOR SOFTWARE CORP.: Roughly $840 million term loan due May 16, 2018 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, offer price of 99¾ to par, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America; repricing; Dublin, Calif., provider of enterprise business software services.

EXTREME REACH INC.: $495 million credit facility; JPMorgan and SunTrust; $30 million five-year revolver (Ba2/BB-); $350 million six-year first-lien term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $115 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps to 925 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call one, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of the TV business of Digital Generation Inc.; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.

GLENCOE PRINCIPAL HOLDINGS: $200 million credit facility; Macquarie; $25 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $130 million five-year first-lien term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $45 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing subsidiary debt, acquire certain outstanding equity interests held by third parties and fund a distribution to sponsor Glencoe Capital; Co-borrowers are subsidiaries Dixie Chemical, a Pasadena, Texas-based manufacturer of high-purity chemicals, complex compounds and chemical intermediates, Child Development Schools, a Columbus, Ga.-based for-profit preschool education and early care provider, and Polyair Corp., a Toronto-based manufacturer and marketer of protective packaging products.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT PUBLISHERS INC. (HMH HOLDINGS INC.): Expected close Jan. 15; $246 million term B (B1) due May 22, 2018 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Citigroup; repricing; Boston-based publishing company.

INMAR INC.: $505 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas; $50 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $350 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $105 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by ABRY Partners from New Mountain Capital; Winston-Salem, N.C., provider of tech enabled promotion and inventory, logistics and settlement services.

JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PLC: $575 million incremental bank debt; Barclays, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; $175 million incremental revolver due June 12, 2017 talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $400 million incremental term loan due June 12, 2018 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Gentium SpA; Dublin, Ireland, specialty biopharmaceutical company.

MITEL NETWORKS CORP.: $405 million credit facility (Ba3/B+); Jefferies and TD Securities; $355 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $50 million five-year revolver; help fund acquisition of Aastra Technologies Ltd. and refinance an existing credit facility; Kanata, Ont., provider of cloud and premises-based unified communications software.

NATIONAL MENTOR HOLDINGS INC.: $660 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and UBS; $100 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $560 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing senior secured credit facility; Boston-based provider of home and community-based health and human services.

NEP/NCP HOLDCO INC.: $155 million incremental senior secured first-lien term loan (B2/B) due Jan. 22, 2020 talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of GTV Holdings Pty Ltd (Global Television) from Catalyst Investment Managers; Pittsburgh-based provider of outsourced teleproduction services critical to the delivery of live sports and entertainment events.

NICE-PAK PRODUCTS: $230 million senior secured credit facility; RBC; $60 million five-year asset-based revolver talked with a grid of Libor plus 150 bps to 200 bps based on availability, 37.5 bps unused fee; $170 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Orangeburg, N.Y., manufacturer of wet wipes for baby and health care applications.

NORTH ATLANTIC TRADING CO. INC.: $255 million of term loans; Wells Fargo and Jefferies; $165 million six-year first-lien term B (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $90 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC) talked at Libor plus 1,050 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Louisville, Ky., manufacturer and marketer of tobacco products.

PHARMEDIUM: $595 million credit facility; JPMorgan (left on first-lien), Credit Suisse (left on second-lien ) and Morgan Stanley; $75 million revolver; $320 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $200 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from Oak Investment Partners and Baird Capital; Lake Forest, Ill., provider of hospital pharmacy-outsourced sterile compounding services.

PSAV PRESENTATION: $505 million covenant-light term B (B1) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Macquarie; also $180 million second-lien loan (Caa1) already sold; help fund buyout by Goldman Sachs from Kelso & Co.; Long Beach, Calif., provider of audio visual equipment and event technology support to the hotel, conference and event industry.

SEASTAR SOLUTIONS: $225 million credit facility (B2/B); RBC and GE Capital; $25 million revolver; $200 million term 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 American Securities; manufacturer and distributor of marine steering and control systems and engine and drive parts.

SURGERY CENTER HOLDINGS INC.: $70 million add-on second-lien term loan (Caa2) talked at Libor plus 850 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99; JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; fund a dividend; Chicago-based operator of ambulatory surgery centers.

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1.5 billion term C-4 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Natixis and Mizuho; reprice some term C-1 and C-2 debt; Los Angeles-based Spanish-language media company.

US AIRWAYS INC.: $1.6 billion of senior secured term loans; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse and Bank of America; $1 billion term B-1 due May 23, 2019 talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $600 million term B-2 due Nov. 23, 2016 talked at Libor plus 225 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Tempe, Ariz., airline company.

On The Horizon

ANAREN INC.: $235 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $20 million revolver; $145 million first-lien term loan; $70 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Veritas Capital; Syracuse, N.Y.-based designer, developer, manufacturer and seller of highly integrated microwave components, assemblies and subsystems for the wireless communications, satellite communications and defense electronics markets.

ARDEN GROUP INC.: $180 million senior secured credit facility; BMO; $30 million revolver; $150 million term loan; help fund buyout by TPG; Compton, Calif., operator of specialty grocery stores.

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.: $5.1 billion credit facility; $500 million revolver; $4.6 billion seven-year term loan; help fund acquisition of LSI Corp.; Singapore-based designer, developer and supplier of analog semiconductor devices.

BOB'S DISCOUNT FURNITURE: New debt financing; RBC and UBS; help fund buyout by Bain Capital; Manchester, Conn., retailer of furniture and bedding.

CONVERGYS CORP.: $650 million credit facility; Citigroup and Bank of America; $350 million five-year term loan; $300 million revolver; help fund acquisition of Stream Global Services Inc.; Cincinnati-based provider of customer management services.

DEALERTRACK TECHNOLOGIES: $825 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America, Barclays and Wells Fargo; $200 million revolver; $625 million seven-year term loan; help fund acquisition of Dealer.com; Lake Success, N.Y., provider of web-based software and services to the automotive industry.

ENGILITY CORP.: $150 million of incremental senior secured credit facility debt due Aug. 9, 2018; Bank of America; $75 million add-on term loan; $75 million add-on revolver; help fund acquisition of Dynamics Research Corp.; Chantilly, Va.-based pure-play government services contractor.

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

HARLAND CLARKE HOLDINGS CORP.: New bank debt; Credit Suisse, Bank of America and Citigroup; if amendment obtained $70 million add-on revolver, $500 million add-on term loan; if amendment not obtained $150 million revolver, $250 million add-on term loan; help fund acquisition of Valassis; San Antonio-based provider of payment, marketing and security services.

IKARIA INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners; Hampton, N.J., critical care company.

JONES GROUP INC.: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, MCS Capital, KKR, Wells Fargo, Burdale Financial and Bank of America; help fund buyout by Sycamore Partners; New York-based designer, marketer and wholesaler of apparel, footwear, jeanswear, jewelry and handbags.

PEROXYGENS: New debt financing; Macquarie; help fund buyout by One Equity Partners from FMC Corp.; supplier of Hydrogen Peroxide, persulfate products, peracetic acid and other eco-friendly specialty oxidants.

SOUTHWIRE CO.: $1.75 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Wells Fargo, BMO and Macquarie;$1 billion asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps, 30 bps unused fee; $750 million seven-year covenant-light term loan expected at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of Coleman Cable Inc.; Carrollton, Ga., wire and cable producer.

TAMINCO CORP.: New debt financing; help fund acquisition of the formic acid business of Kemira Oyj; Allentown, Pa., producer of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives.

VERINT SYSTEMS INC.: $300 million incremental term loan due Sept. 6, 2019; Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of KANA Software Inc.; Melville, N.Y., provider of actionable intelligence and value-added services.

VISANT CORP.: $260 million senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of American Achievement Group Holding Corp.; Armonk, N.Y., marketing and publishing company.

XPO LOGISTICS INC.: $325 million of senior secured term loans; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of Pacer International Inc. and general corporate purposes; Greenwich, Conn., provider of transportation logistics services.

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