Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $13.66 billion

JULY:

DEX MEDIA WEST LLC: Approximately $1.8 billion credit facility; JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Wachovia Securities and Lehman Brothers; help fund LBO by The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe from Qwest Communications Inc.; yellow pages directories business.

EAGLEPICHER INC.: Bank meeting July 17; $275 million credit facility; ABN Amro and UBS; $125 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $150 million six-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; replace existing credit facility; Phoenix manufacturer and marketer of products for space, defense, automotive, filtration, pharmaceutical, environmental and commercial applications.

INFRASOURCE INC.: $180 million credit facility; Barclays Capital; help fund the leveraged buyout of InfraSource by GFI Energy Ventures LLC and Oaktree Capital Management LLC from Exelon Corp.; Aston, Pa. provider of high quality infrastructure services.

KERR GROUP INC.: Bank meeting July 24; $205 million credit facility; Wells Fargo; 175 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $30 million five-year revolver; help finance acquisition of substantially all the operating assets of Setco Inc. and Tubed Products Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of McCormick & Co. Inc.; Lancaster, Pa. provider of specialty plastic closures and containers.

AUGUST:

WABASH NATIONAL CORP.: $250 million credit facility consisting of a three-year asset based revolver and term loan; Fleet Capital; replace existing indebtedness; closing expected during the third quarter; Lafayette, Ind. truck trailer and intermodal equipment company.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AES CORP.: $1 billion credit facility; $750 million five-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps via Citigroup, Bank of America and Deutsche; $250 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps via Citigroup and Union Bank of California; refinance existing debt; Arlington, Va. power company.

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 at Libor plus 300 bps; $220 million seven-year term B split between floating rate and fixed rate tranches, floating rate 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.

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.

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; $325 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $150 million term A at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.125 billion 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.

INERGY PROPANE LLC: $175 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps, 37.5 bps undrawn fee; Wachovia; refinance; Kansas City, Mo. propane 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.

JOSTENS INC.: $650 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche; $125 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $475 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million seven-year delayed draw term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund the leveraged buyout of Jostens by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P. and affiliated funds, each managed by CSFB Private Equity from Investcorp, its co-investors and MidOcean Partners; Minneapolis provider of school related affinity products.

KINETIC CONCEPTS INC.: $580 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley lead arrangers; $100 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $480 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; repay outstanding balance on existing credit facility and redeem 9.625% senior subordinated notes; expected closing mid-August; San Antonio medical device company.

LANGUAGE LINE: $80 million 5 1/2-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps; Wachovia, TD and Fleet; recapitalization; Monterey, Calif. provider of over the phone interpretation services.

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC.: $1.15 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1); 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 seven-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.

MORAN TRANSPORTATION: $175 million senior secured credit facility; Fleet sole lead arranger, Bank of America syndication agent; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $125 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; refinance existing bank debt.

NBTY INC.: Expected close July 24; $375 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Fleet; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $50 million five-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; $225 million six-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund the acquisition of Rexall Sundown Inc.; Bohemia, N.Y. manufacturer, marketer and retailer of nutritional supplements.

ORIENTAL TRADING CO. INC.: $290 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston and BNP Paribas; $250 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $40 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; recapitalization; Omaha, Neb. direct marketer of novelties and toys.

QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP./PHARMA SERVICES HOLDINGS INC.: $390 million credit facility (B1/BB-); Citigroup; $75 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $315 million five-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; help fund LBO; Durham, N.C. provider of product development and commercial development solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

REDDY ICE GROUP INC. (PACKAGED ICE INC.): $170 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston, Bear Stearns and CIBC; $35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $135 million six-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps with step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at a leverage grid of 3.75 times; help fund LBO by Trimaran Capital Partners and Bear Stearns Merchant Banking; Dallas packaged ice company.

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.

TRANSDIGM HOLDING CO.: $375 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America lead arrangers, GECC and UBS co-documentation agents; $295 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 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.

TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC.: $950 million term loan B; JPMorgan; repricing existing facility to Libor plus 300 bps from Libor plus 400 bps; Livonia, Mich. diversified supplier of automotive systems, modules and components.

U.S.I. HOLDINGS CORP.: $135 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Bank of America; $105 million five-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $30 million four-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; repay existing debt and for general corporate purposes; San Francisco, Calif. property & casualty, and employee benefits insurance company.

WESTLAKE CHEMICAL CORP.: $350 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); 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.

ZALE CORP.: $500 million secured revolver; Fleet National Bank administrative agent; secured by inventory; replace existing $225 million unsecured facility; Irving, Tex. specialty retailer of fine jewelry.

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.

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.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

SOLECTRON CORP.: Amendment to credit facility; via Banc of America Securities LLC as joint lead arranger and joint book runner, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP as joint lead arranger, joint book runner and co-syndication agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank as co-syndication agent, Bank of Nova Scotia as documentation agent and Bank of America, NA as administrative agent; dated July 9.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/835541/000089161803003528/f91348exv10w4.txt

WESTERN WIRELESS CORP.: Amendment to credit facility; via Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc. as administrative agent; dated July 9.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930738/000089102003001856/v91378exv99w1.txt

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