Total amount of deals being marketed: $12.18 billion

JULY:

ORIENTAL TRADING CO. INC.: Bank meeting July 9; $290 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and BNP Paribas; $250 million six-year term B; $40 million six-year revolver; recapitalization; Omaha, Neb. direct marketer of novelties and toys.

PACKAGED ICE INC.: Bank meeting expected July 8; $170 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston, Bear Stearns and CIBC; $35 million five-year revolver; $135 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps; help fund LBO by Trimaran Capital Partners and Bear Stearns Merchant Banking; Dallas packaged ice company.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AK STEEL CORP.: $400 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps, 75 bps commitment fee; Credit Suisse First Boston lead arranger, GE Capital collateral agent; general corporate purposes; Middletown, Ohio producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels.

AMERICAN SEAFOODS GROUP LLC: $300 million credit facility; CIBC; $80 million five-year revolver; $220 million seven-year term B; Both tranches talked at Libor plus 300 bps; secured by intercompany debt, capital stock and certain assets; fund tender for 10 1/8% notes; Seattle producer of seafood products.

BALLY TOTAL FITNESS HOLDING CORP.; Expected close early July; $90 million senior secured revolver (Ba3/B+) via existing bank group; repay all outstanding borrowings under its existing credit facility, including the remaining balance of its existing term loan due November 2004, and to pay related fees and expenses; Chicago fitness center operator.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $200 million term loan add-on (BB-); JPMorgan; Brentwood, Tenn. provider of general hospital healthcare services.

CONMED CORP.: $165 million add-on to term loan B at Libor plus 275 bps (Ba3); JPMorgan; pay off $112.7 million of 9% senior subordinated bonds, fund the $5 million call premium and pay off revolver debt of $47.3 million; Utica, N.Y. medical technology company.

CUMBERLAND FARMS INC.: Expected close mid-July; $325 million credit facility; Transamerica co-lead arranger and administration agent, Fleet co-lead arranger and syndication agent; $150 million five-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million five-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; refinancing, general corporate purposes, working capital; Canton, Mass. convenience store owner and operator.

DaVita Inc.: $1.1 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $115 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $144 million four-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; $842 million six-year term C at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Torrance, Calif. dialysis services company.

DOMINO'S INC.: $735 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $610 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; $125 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; secured by basically all assets; recapitalization; Ann Arbor, Mich. pizza chain.

GLOBAL IMAGING SYSTEMS INC.: $250 million senior secured credit facility (BB-/Ba3); Wachovia; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance existing bank debt; Tampa, Fla. provider of office technology solutions.

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORP./RIVERWOOD HOLDINGS INC.: $1.6 billion credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley syndication agents, all four are equal underwriter leads, Citibank and Credit Suisse First Boston are co-leads; $475 million pro rata (was originally $400 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps and $350 million six-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps); $1.125 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund merger; Atlanta paperboard packaging company.

INAMED CORP.: $100 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America and Union Bank of California; 35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $65 million five-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; refinance existing bank debt; Santa Barbara, Calif. global medical device company.

INFINITY PROPERTY & CASUALTY CORP.: $180 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps (Baa3/BBB); Lehman and Bear Stearns; repay $55 million 10-year note payable to American Financial Group Inc. (ex-parent company), working capital and general corporate purposes; Birmingham, Ala. auto insurance policy provider.

INVERESK RESEARCH GROUP INC.: $150 million credit facility; Wachovia; $75 million three-year revolver; 75 million five-year term loan A; Both priced at Libor plus 175 bps; general corporate purposes; Cary, N.C. provider of drug development services.

LE-NATURE'S INC.: $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps (B+); Wachovia; refinance existing debt; Latrobe, Pa. natural beverages company.

MASSEY ENERGY CO.: Closing June 30 week; $450 million credit facility (Ba1); Citigroup and UBS Investment Bank; $275 million term B at Libor plus 300 bps; $175 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; refinancing; Richmond, Va. coal company.

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.: $1.15 billion senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup; $350 million five-year term A at Libor plus 200 bps; $250 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $550 million eight-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; secured by basically all assets; help fund $2 billion dividend to Merck & Co. Inc. as part of spin-off and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Franklin Lakes, N.J. pharmacy benefits management company.

MERISANT CO.: $310 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston lead arranger and administrative agent, Wachovia syndication agent and Bank One and Fortis co-documentation agents; $35 million 51/2-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; €50 million 51/2-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps; $225 million 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; recapitalization; Chicago tabletop sweetener company.

NELLSON NUTRACEUTICAL INC.: Closing June 30 week; $285 million senior secured credit facility; UBS Investment Bank and Goldman Sachs; $260 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; $25 million revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; help fund the acquisition of Bariatrix Products International Inc.; Irwindale, Calif. nutritional bar and powder manufacturer.

NOVEON INC.: Expected close July 7 week; Term loan B due Dec. 31, 2009 comprised of $470 million and €30 million at Libor plus 275; Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston; repricing of existing B loan; Cleveland specialty chemical company.

PURE FISHING: $145 million credit facility; Wachovia; $35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $110 million 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps; LBO with Whitney & Co. as sponsor; Spirit Lake, Iowa fishing tackle company.

QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP./PHARMA SERVICES HOLDINGS INC.: $425 million credit facility (B1); Citigroup; $75 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $350 million five-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps; help fund LBO; Durham, N.C. provider of product development and commercial development solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

RIDDELL SPORTS GROUP INC.: $80 million credit facility; Wachovia; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 450 bps; $50 million five-year term A at Libor plus 450 bps; to help fund the leveraged buyout with Fenway Partners as the sponsor; designer, manufacturer and marketer of sporting equipment.

ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES GROUP INC.: Expected close around July 23; $535 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs; $100 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $100 million six-year term A at Libor plus 350 bps; $335 million seven-year term loan B at Libor plus 375 bps; recapitalization; Princeton, N.J. chemical company.

TEXAS INDUSTRIES INC.: $200 million asset-based four-year revolver at Libor plus 200 to 275 bps (BB); Bank of America; working capital and general corporate purposes, including repurchasing outstanding senior notes, repaying existing bank debt, repurchasing interests in defined pool of trade receivables and retiring variable-rate industrial development revenue bonds; Dallas maker of cement and structural steel.

THOMAS & BETTS: $175 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba2/BBB-); Wachovia; refinance; Memphis, Tenn. manufacturer of connectors and components for electrical markets.

TRANSDIGM HOLDING CO.: $440 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America lead arrangers, GECC and UBS co-documentation agents; $360 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 375 bps; $80 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; LBO by an affiliate of Warburg Pincus and senior members of management from Odyssey Investment Partners LLC; Richmond Heights, Ohio supplier of proprietary aerospace components.

UNITED STATES STEEL CORP.: $600 million asset based revolver due 2007 at Libor plus 250 bps; JPMorgan and GE Capital; working capital and general corporate purposes; Pittsburgh producer, seller and transporter of steel mill products, coal, coke and taconite pellets.

WACKENHUT CORRECTIONS CORP.: $150 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); BNP Paribas; $100 million term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; to repurchase all common stock held by Group 4 Falck A/S; expected close by end of June; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. correctional and detention facilities company.

WERNER HOLDING CO. INC.: $230 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); JPMorgan and Citigroup; $60 million five-year revolver; $170 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; redeem $150 million of common stock and options from existing holders; Greenville, Pa., operator in the climbing products and extruded products business segments.

WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORP.: $350 million credit facility; Bank of America; $150 million term loan talked at Libor plus 400 to 425 bps; $200 asset-based revolver; Houston manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and fabricated products.

ON THE HORIZON:

KINETIC SYSTEMS, INC.: $150 million credit facility; Bank of Nova Scotia; to pay separation note to Celerity Group, Inc.; Milpitas, Calif. provider of turnkey process systems and operating services.

LOEWS CINEPLEX THEATERS, INC.: Seven-year term loan and five-year revolver; Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch; term loan proceeds to help repay Loews' existing credit facility and facility of its Loeks-Star Theatres subsidiary and for fees and expenses, revolver for general corporate purposes; coming in conjunction with $300 million IPO and notes offering; New York, N.Y. movie theater operator.

MIRANT CORP.: $3.45 billion credit facility; $2.05 billion five-year term loan; $1.1 billion five-year revolver; $300 million secured term loan for Mirant Americas Generation; Libor plus 400 bps, going to Libor plus 450 bps if borrowings aren't reduced by $300 million after three years; Atlanta energy company.

NTELOS INC.: $224.5 million exit financing facility; Wachovia; $50 million term A due July 25, 2007 at Libor plus 325 bps; $99.5 million term B due July 25, 2008 at Libor plus 400 bps; $75 million term C due July 25, 2008 at Libor plus 275 bps; $36 million revolver due July 25, 2007 at Libor plus 325 bps; Waynesboro, Va. digital wireless PCS provider.

THE PENN TRAFFIC CO.: $270 million nine-month revolving DIP at Prime plus 175 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; Fleet; secured by first priority liens on and security interests in the post-petition collateral, working capital and general corporate purposes; Syracuse, N.Y. operator of regional food chains.

WESTPOINT STEVENS INC.: $300 million one-year revolving DIP at Libor plus 275 bps; Bank of America is administrative agent, Wachovia Bank is syndication agent and Banc of America Securities LLC is book manager and sole lead arranger; secured by perfected first priority liens on all unencumbered assets, perfected junior liens on encumbered assets and perfected first priority priming liens on assets; working capital and other general corporate purposes; West Point, Ga. bed and bath home fashions company.

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