Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $13.3591 billion

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.

SEPTEMBER:

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $230 million five-year exit financing facility; Deutsche Bank; $100 million term loan B; $50 million revolver; $80 million letter of credit facility; term loans will repay existing bank debt; expected emergence from chapter 11 in September; Columbia, Md. managed behavioral healthcare company.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC.: $250 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); JPMorgan; $200 million term loan B at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; to repay in full approximately $320.7 million in borrowings under the company's existing credit facility and finance general corporate needs; Anchorage, Alaska telecommunications company.

ALDERWOODS GROUP INC.: $325 million credit facility (B1/BB-) consisting of a $50 million revolver and $275 million term loan B, both at Libor plus 350 basis points; Bank of America; retire notes; Cincinnati-based funeral home operator.

ALLIANCE GAMING CORP.: $375 million credit facility; Bank of America and CIBC; $275 million term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Las Vegas gaming company.

ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES INC.: $250 million term B add-on at Libor plus 325 bps (BB); JPMorgan; offered at par; refinancing; Scottsdale, Ariz. solid waste management company.

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.

AMSTED INDUSTRIES INC.: $525 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Citigroup and Bank of America; $400 million eight-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; $125 million revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; refinancing; Chicago diversified manufacturer of industrial components.

ASSOCIATED MATERIALS INC.: $260 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); UBS Securities and CSFB joint lead arrangers, UBS administrative agent, CSFB syndication agent, CIBC documentation agent; $70 million revolver due April 2007 in line with existing pricing at Libor plus 300 bps with 50 bps commitment fee; $190 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps lower than current pricing; help fund acquisition of Gentek Holdings Inc.; Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio manufacturer and distributor of exterior residential building products.

B&G FOODS INC.: $200 million credit facility (B1); Lehman; $150 million six-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps; $50 million five-year revolver; help support the acquisition of Ortega brand from Nestle Prepared Foods Co.; transaction expected to close by end of September; Parsippany, N.J. food company.

BUILDING MATERIALS HOLDING CORP.: $300 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Wells Fargo sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $125 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; $175 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing credit facility; San Francisco distributor of building materials and services.

DAY INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC.: $187 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); Lehman and Bank One co-lead arrangers, National City documentation agent; $30 million six-year term A talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $20 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $105 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $32 million five-year delayed draw term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps; secured by all tangible and intangible assets; repurchase the company's $100 million 11 1/8% senior unsecured notes due 2005, to repay debt under the existing credit facility and to fund a potential acquisition; Dayton, Ohio marketer products for printing, textile manufacturing and corrugated paper converting.

DEAN FOODS CO.: $2.45 billion credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Wachovia Securities and Bank One; $850 million revolver due 2007 at Libor plus 175 bps; $850 million term A due 2007 at Libor plus 175 bps; $750 million term B due 2008 at Libor plus 200 bps; all tranches pricing being lowered from Libor plus 225 bps; call protection at par ½ for nine months; amending and restating; Houston processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products.

DEX MEDIA WEST LLC: $2.26 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB-/BB-); JPMorgan, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Wachovia Securities and Lehman Brothers; $1.2 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $100 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $960 million six-year term loan A at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund LBO by The Carlyle Group and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe from Qwest Communications Inc.; yellow pages directories business.

FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL INC.: $250 million term B add-on at Libor plus 225 bps; JPMorgan; acquisition financing; Hampton, N.H. manufacturer of scientific instruments, equipment and supplies.

INFRASOURCE INC.: $180 million credit facility; Barclays Capital; $140 million term B at Libor plus 400 bps; $40 million pro rata; help fund leveraged buyout of InfraSource by GFI Energy Ventures LLC and Oaktree Capital Management LLC from Exelon Corp.; Aston, Pa. infrastructure services provider.

INSIGHT COMMUNICATIONS CO. INC.: $225 million term loan B add-on at Libor plus 275 bps (Ba3/BB+); JPMorgan and Bank of America co-lead arrangers and bookrunners, Bank of New York administrative agent, TD and Fleet documentation agents; refinance all of the outstanding debt at its Ohio operating subsidiary, which consists of $140 million of 10% senior notes due 2006, $55.9 million of 12 7/8% senior discount notes due 2008 and a $22.5 million senior credit facility; New York cable television system operator.

JARDEN CORP.: $215 million term loan B (Ba3/B+) due 2008 at Libor plus 300 bps, offered at par; CIBC and Bank of America; help fund the acquisition of Lehigh Consumer Products Corp.; Rye, N.Y. producer of plastics for commercial and consumer markets, metals for home canning products and zinc strips and fabricated products.

KERASOTES THEATERS INC.: repricing $100 million B loan to Libor plus 325 bps from Libor plus 400 bps; Deutsche; Illinois-based movie chain.

THE MEOW MIX CO.: $231 million senior secured credit facility; UBS bookrunner and lead arranger, CIBC syndication agent and co-arranger; $30 million revolver; $176 million first-lien term loan at Libor plus 350 bps; $25 million second lien term loan at Libor plus 650 bps; help fund acquisition of Meow Mix by The Cypress Group LLC from J.W. Childs; Secaucus, N.J. dry cat food company.

MONITRONICS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $325 million credit facility (B1/B+); Fleet administrative agent and co-lead arranger, Bank of America co-lead arranger and syndication agent; $150 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $175 million six-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; refinancing; Dallas provider of monitored security alarm systems.

MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP LLC: $400 million credit facility (Ba1/BB); JPMorgan; $225 million term B; $175 million revolver; both priced at Libor plus 225 bps; refinancing; Augusta, Ga. media company.

PEGASUS MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $440 million credit facility; Bank of America; $400 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps; $40 million revolver; repay existing debt, to support letters of credit and for working capital; Bala Cynwyd, Pa. direct broadcast satellite provider and broadcast television company.

PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $175 million credit facility (B+); Bank of America and Wachovia joint lead arrangers; $50 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $125 million five-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; refinance 9½% senior notes; Atlanta provider of business services to healthcare providers.

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.

REGAL CINEMAS INC.: $523.1 million six-year term loan D at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba2/ BB-); Lehman administrative agent and joint lead arranger, Credit Suisse First Boston syndication agent and joint lead arranger; refinance existing debt; Centennial, Colo. theaters circuit.

SEMINOLE GROUP LP: $350 million senior secured credit facility; Fleet and BNP Paribas joint lead arrangers, Fleet administrative agent, BNP syndication agent; $250 million three-year working capital revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $100 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; Tulsa, Okla. provider of services to crude oil and refined products industry.

SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING INC.: $200 million three-year revolving corporate credit facility; expected to close in the third quarter; general corporate purposes, including joint venture investments, acquisitions and refinancing existing debt; Mclean, Va. provider of senior living services.

TEMPUR WORLD INC.: $135 million add-on to term loan B talked at Libor plus 350 bps (B1/B+); GE and Lehman; refinance existing bank and mezzanine debt, and pay dividend; Lexington, Ky. mattress and pillow company.

UNIFIRST CORP.: $285 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; Fleet sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and administrative agent; acquisition-related facility; Wilmington, Mass. provider of workplace uniforms and protective clothing.

UNIFRAX CORP.: $135 million credit facility (B1/B+); Wachovia; $100 million six-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps; $35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; help fund leveraged buyout by American Securities Partners LP; Niagara Falls, N.Y. producer of high temperature insulation products.

WASTE INDUSTRIES USA INC.: $175 million 3 1/2-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; Fleet administrative agent and lead arranger, Wachovia syndication agent, BB&T documentation agent; refinance an existing $200 million revolver; Raleigh, N.C. solid waste services company.

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $463 million 6 1/2-year term loan B (BB/Ba1) at Libor plus 225 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and the Bank of Nova Scotia lead arrangers; refinance existing debt and help fund tender offer that expires Aug. 18 for $150 million and €100 million 13% senior subordinated notes due 2009, payments to be made Aug. 21; Woodbury, N.Y. provider of weight loss services.

ON THE HORIZON:

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.

PINNACLE FOODS CORP.: Credit facility launching after Labor Day; Deutsche and JPMorgan; acquisition of Pinnacle by JPMorgan Partners, in partnership with C. Dean Metropoulos, from Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc. for $485 million; expected close in fourth quarter 2003; Cherry Hill, N.J. manufacturer and marketer of branded food products.

PRECISION CASTPARTS CORP.: $200 million incremental term loan and $300 million bridge facility, to be taken out by a senior notes offering; Bank of America; help fund the acquisition of SPS Technologies Inc.; also, replacing credit facility with new five-year revolver and term loan; Portland, Ore. manufacturer of complex metal components and products.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

BULL RUN CORP.: Amendment to credit facility, cutting rates, extending maturity, modifying covenants; via Wachovia Bank; dated Aug. 18.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319697/000095014403010240/g84621exv10.txt

FOAMEX LP: Credit facility via Bank of America; dated Aug. 18.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890080/000091290803000078/ex4152boasecurityagt.txt

FOAMEX LP: Credit facility via Silver Point Finance LLC; dated Aug. 18.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/890080/000091290803000078/ex4161spcragt.txt

METAL MANAGEMENT, INC.: Amended and restated credit facility; via Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas; dated Aug. 13.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795665/000095013703004407/c79132exv4w1.txt

NCO GROUP, INC.: New $200 million credit facility; via Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania and Wachovia Bank; dated Aug. 13.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022608/000095011603003632/exh99_2.txt

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