Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $27.384 billion

DECEMBER:

IONICS INC.: Bank meeting December or January; $250 million credit facility; UBS Securities, Bank of America and Fleet; $75 million revolver; $175 million term loan; help support the acquisition of Ecolochem Inc.; closing expected in early 2004; Watertown, Mass. water treatment systems and services company.

NRG ENERGY INC.: Conference call Dec. 8; $1.2 billion exit financing credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers joint lead arrangers; $250 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 425 bps, 100 bps commitment fee; $950 million 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps; Minneapolis energy company.

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO.: $375 million credit facility; $150 million term B led by Credit Suisse First Boston; $225 million revolver co-led by Farm Credit and US Bank; refinance existing facility; Roseburg, Ore. producer of wood products.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AAIPHARMA INC.: $260 million credit facility (B2/BB-); Wachovia, Bank of America and CIBC; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $160 million six-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps; acquisition purposes; Wilmington, N.C. specialty pharmaceutical company.

ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC.: $455 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $105 million term D due Nov. 30, 2006; $350 million term E due Nov. 30, 2007; both priced at Libor plus 200 bps; repay the existing term loan A, term loan A-1, term loan C and term loan C-1; Roanoke, Va. retailer of automotive parts and accessories.

AGCO CORP.: $750 million credit facility (BB+); Rabobank; $450 million term loan B at Libor plus 225 bps split into $300 million U.S. tranche and 150 million euro tranche; $300 million multicurrency revolver; fund acquisition of Valtra Corp. for €600 million ($660 million); Duluth, Ga. manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and parts.

ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC.: $430 million credit facility (Ba2); Scotia Capital, CIBC World Markets and National Bank of Canada; $150 million five-year revolver (available in both Canadian and U.S. dollars) at Libor plus 300 bps; $280 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; also has C$365 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund acquisition of The Circle K Corp. from ConocoPhillips and for working capital purposes; Canadian-based convenience store operator.

AMERCO: $550 million exit financing facility; Wells Fargo Foothill; $350 million five-year term loan A at Libor plus 400 bps; $200 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; expected Chapter 11 emergence in January 2004; Las Vegas company that operates in moving and storage, real estate and insurance.

AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS CO.: $355 million credit facility; Goldman; $30 million first lien revolver (B1/BB-) due Dec. 2008 at Libor plus275 to 300 bps; $100 million first lien term B (B1/BB-) due June 2009 at Libor plus 300 to 325 bps; $225 million second lien term loan (B3/B) at Libor plus 650 to 700 bps with 1.5% Libor floor and offered at 99; refinance bank debt, repay mezzanine debt and pay fees and expenses; Glendale, Calif. image 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.

ANTEON INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $325 million credit facility (Ba3/BB); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers; $200 million five-year revolver at Libor plus225 bps; $125 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinancing; Fairfax, Va. Provider of information technology solutions and systems.

ARGOSY GAMING CO.: Repricing $269 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps from Libor plus 275 bps; can reduce to Libor plus 200 bps if rating upgrade; Wells Fargo; responses due by Dec. 5; Alton, Ill. Owner and operator of riverboat casinos.

ATRIUM COS. INC.: $230 million credit facility (B1/B+); CIBC World Markets and UBS Securities; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $180 million five-year term loan B at Libor plus 275 bps; help support Kenner & Co.'s buyout of the company; Dallas window manufacturer.

BUSINESS LOAN EXPRESS INC.: Expected closing by end of January; $275 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 162.5 bps; Fleet; refinance existing credit facility and for general corporate purposes; New York non-bank small business administration lender.

CARLISLE LEASING INTERNATIONAL: Expected close by year-end; $175 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; Fleet co-lead arranger and administrative agent, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi co-lead arranger and syndication agent; refinancing; Park Ridge, N.J. refrigerated equipment leasing company.

COMMSCOPE INC.: $175 million senior secured credit facility; Wachovia Securities; $110 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $65 million five-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund acquisition of Avaya Inc.'s Connectivity Solutions business; Hickory, N.C. manufacturer of cable products.

DECRANE AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS INC.: $80 million second-lien 4 1/2-year term loan at a 12% cash coupon plus a 3% pay-in-kind coupon due June 30, 2008; Credit Suisse First Boston; pay down some existing bank debt and extend some maturities; El Segundo, Calif. supplier of products and services to business jet and commercial aircraft OEM's.

EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP: $250 million four-year inventory-based revolver (BB); secured by a lien on all inventory and some personal property; replace existing debt; Houston chemical company.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES: $550 million senior secured exit financing facility (Ba3/BB-); Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers; $150 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; $150 million six-year foreign term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; €150 six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; term loan to refinance existing debt, revolver for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; Princeton, N.J. manufacturer of lead acid batteries for the automotive and industrial markets.

GENERAL NUTRITION COS. INC.: $360 million credit facility (B1/B+); Lehman and JPMorgan; $75 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $285 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; help support GNC's leveraged buyout by Apollo Management LP from Royal Numico NV for $750 million; Pittsburgh producer of nutritional supplements.

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP.: $120 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman as joint lead arrangers; $60 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $60 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC from Vectura Holding Co. LLC for $340 million; Oak Brook, Ill. provider of dredging services.

HERCULES INC.: $350 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Wachovia joint lead; $150 million three-year revolver with a 50 bps commitment fee; $200 million 3 1/2-year term B; refinance existing debt; Wilmington, Del. manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals.

HOUSTON NFL HOLDINGS LP: Expected close by end of December; $225 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Societe Generale; $125 million five-year term A at Libor plus 150 bps; $100 million six-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; combined with $125 million being drawn from existing league wide facility will be used to refinance existing debt; ownership group of the Houston Texans football franchise.

INMARSAT VENTURES PLC: $975 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays joint lead arrangers; $75 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million six-year capex facility at Libor plus 250 bps; $400 million six-year term A at Libor plus 250 bps; $200 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; $200 million eight-year term C at Libor plus 350 bps; support acquisition by Grapeclose Ltd., formed by Apax Partners and Permira; London-based provider of mobile satellite communication services.

ITRON INC.: $240 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Bear Stearns sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and syndication agent, Wells Fargo administrative agent; $55 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $185 million term B at Libor plus 225 bps, with step-down to Libor plus 200 bps of leverage falls below 2x; help fund acquisition of Schlumberger's Electricity Metering business; Spokane, Wash. provider of technology for collecting and analyzing electric, gas and water usage data to energy and water industries.

KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CORP.: $260 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $235 million term B at Libor plus 400 bps; $25 million revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; refinancing; San Rafael, Calif. provider of childcare services.

KRATON POLYMERS GROUP: $390 million credit facility (B1/BB-); UBS and Goldman; $60 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $330 million term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; support leveraged buyout by Texas Pacific Group from Ripplewood Holdings LLC; expected close before year-end; Houston specialty chemicals company and producer of styrenic block copolymers.

LAIDLAW INC.: $625 million term B repricing at Libor plus 375 bps from Libor plus 500 bps; removing 2% Libor floor; Credit Suisse First Boston and Citibank; Burlington, Ont. transportation company.

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $350 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $100 million term B at Libor plus 325 bps; $250 million pro rata at Libor plus 275 bps; help support merger with Artisan Entertainment for a purchase price of $160 million in cash plus assumption of Artisan debt; Vancouver-based producer and distributor of film and television entertainment content.

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $230 million five-year exit financing facility (B1); Deutsche Bank; $100 million term loan B; $50 million revolver; $80 million letter of credit facility; all tranches at Libor plus 350 bps; term loans will repay existing bank debt; Columbia, Md. managed behavioral healthcare company.

MARINER HEALTH CARE INC.: $220 million senior credit facility (Ba3/BB-); $135 million term loan; $85 million revolver; repay existing indebtedness, including borrowings under the company's existing credit facility and second priority secured notes, and for general corporate purposes; Atlanta owner and operator of skilled nursing and assisted living facilities as well as long-term acute care hospitals.

MEDIANEWS GROUP INC.: Expected close by year-end; $600 million credit facility; Bank of America and Bank of New York; $350 million revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $250 million term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; refinancing; Denver newspaper company.

MIRANT CORP.: $200 million DIP at Libor plus 350 bps, 75 bps unused fee, due September 2005; General Electric Capital Corp.; can be upsized to $500 million; working capital purposes; Atlanta energy company.

MISSION ENERGY HOLDINGS INTERNATIONAL INC.: Expected close by Dec. 11; $800 million three-year secured term loan at Libor plus 500 bps, 2% Libor floor, offered at 99 1/2; Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan Chase Bank and Lehman Brothers Inc.; secured 65% of the stock of MEC International and notes receivable totaling approximately $286 million at Sept. 30 held by Mission Energy Holdings International and EME UK International LLC; to repay Edison Mission Midwest Holdings' $781 million indebtedness due Dec. 11 and repay indebtedness of a foreign subsidiary under the Coal and CapEx facility; Rosemead, Calif. energy company.

MPS GROUP INC.: $150 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 125 bps; Wachovia; refinance; Jacksonville, Fla. provider of IT and professional staffing services.

NEBRASKA BOOK CO.: $125 million credit facility (B1); JPMorgan; $75 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; secured by substantially all of the assets of Nebraska Book, NBC Acquisition and Specialty Books Inc.; term B help fund a dividend payment of up to $34.5 million to NBC Acquisition Corp., pay some related fees and expenses, and repay approximately $14 million of old debt; revolver working capital and general corporate purposes; Lincoln, Neb. used textbook wholesaler.

NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: Up to $2.2 billion term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; JPMorgan; repricing term loan B, C and D; Reston, Va. wireless communications company.

NEXTEL PARTNERS OPERATING CORP.: $475 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); $100 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $375 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. leading syndicate for the revolver; secured by all the assets of Nextel Partners' subsidiaries; repay borrowings under Nextel Partners' existing $475 million senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes; expected close mid-December; Kirkland, Wash. provider of wireless communications services.

ORIENTAL TRADING CO. INC.: $100 million add-on; $25 million six-year first lien add-on to term loan B via BNP Paribas at Libor plus 300 bps; $75 million seven-year second lien add-on at Libor plus 650 basis points via Credit Suisse First Boston; dividend recapitalization; Omaha, Neb. direct marketer of novelties, toys, party supplies, crafts, gift items, home décor products and garden accents.

ORTHOFIX: $125 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Wachovia Securities; $15 million five-year revolver; $110 million five-year term loan; help fund the acquisition of BREG Inc. for the purchase price of $150 million; Netherlands-based orthopedic company.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC.: $1.3 billion term loans repricing at Libor plus 275 bps from Libor plus 325 bps, consisting of $840 million term B and $460 million term A; Deutsche and Bank of America; Toledo, Ohio manufacturer of packaging products.

OXFORD HEALTH PLANS INC.: $398 million 5.4-year term loan B at Libor plus 225 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers; refinancing; Trumbull, Conn. Healthcare company.

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $150 million five-year term C at Libor plus 250 bps to replace term B priced at Libor plus 350 bps; JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; Cypress, Calif. healthcare company.

PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC.: $400 million term D at Libor plus 250 bps to replace term B; Bear Stearns; Wyomissing, Pa. gaming company.

PETROLEUM HEAT & POWER CO.: $235 million credit facility; Wachovia and Fleet; $150 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 150 bps; $35 million three-year letter of credit at Libor plus 150 bps; $50 million three-year acquisition facility at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance; distributor of home heating oil.

THE PHOENIX COS. INC.: $150 million credit facility; Fleet and Wachovia; $112.5 million revolver; $37.5 million term A; both at Libor plus 175 bps, three-year maturities; refinance existing $100 million credit facility and for general corporate purposes; Hartford, Conn. provider of wealth management products and services.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $290 million credit facility (B1/B+); Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, with Lehman listed on the left and acting as administrative agent and Bear acting as syndication agent; $75 million revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $140 million term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps; $75 million delayed draw term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps with 125 bps commitment fee; refinance; Las Vegas gaming company.

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO.: $700 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 125 bps; Wachovia and JPMorgan; refinance existing debt; Irving, Tex. oil and gas exploration and production company.

PRINTPACK INC.: $250 million term B repricing to Libor plus 225 bps; Bank One; Atlanta flexible packaging converter.

QUINCY NEWSPAPERS INC.: $160 million credit facility; Wachovia; $60 million seven-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $100 million 7 1/2-year term A at Libor plus 200 bps; refinance; Quincy, Ill. media company.

RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.: $400 million term loan add-on (Ba2/BB+); secured by Rainbow Media's 100% ownership interest in AMC, The Independent Film Channel and WE; used by Cablevision to repay a $250 million MGM note maturing in this month and by CSC Holdings to provide temporary additional liquidity; Jericho, N.Y. cable channel owner.

ROPER INDUSTRIES INC.: $625 million senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); JPMorgan, Wachovia and Merrill Lynch; $450 million five-year term B; $175 million three-year revolver; both tranches talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund acquisition of Neptune Technology Group Holdings Inc., retire Roper's existing senior notes and repay its existing revolver; Duluth, Ga. diversified company.

SENSUS METERING SYSTEMS INC.: $340 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs as joint lead arrangers; $265 million term B ($235 million U.S. term loan and $30 million European borrower term loan) talked at Libor plus 300 to 325 bps; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help support the leveraged buyout of Invensys plc metering business; Raleigh, N.C. manufacturer of water, gas, electric and heat meters for the utility industry sponsored by The Resolute Fund LP, a private equity fund managed by The Jordan Co. LP.

SIMMONS CO.: $480 million credit facility (B2/B+); Goldman Sachs and UBS Securities as joint lead arrangers and co-syndication agents, with Goldman listed on the left and acting as sole bookrunner, Deutsche Bank will receive an agent title; $75 million revolver; $405 million term B talked at Libor plus 275 to 300 bps; help support the company's acquisition by Thomas H. Lee Partners, chairman and chief executive officer Charlie Eitel and senior management from Fenway Partners; Atlanta manufacturer and distributor of bedding products.

SOLA INTERNATIONAL INC.: Expected close week of Dec. 10; $225 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); UBS Investment Bank and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, with UBS listed on the left, Union Bank of California administrative agent; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $175 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 250 bps, with step down to Libor plus 225 bps based on leverage; San Diego designer, manufacturer and distributor of plastic and glass eyeglass lenses.

ST. MARYS CEMENT INC.: $325 million senior secured credit facility (B1); Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Canadian four-year revolver for equivalent of US$50 million; Canadian four-year term loan A for equivalent of US$75 million; $200 million six-year term loan B at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance an existing $265 million term loan; Toronto supplier of cement, ready mix and aggregates.

STATION CASINOS INC.: $250 million credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America; $150 million seven-year term loan estimated in the Libor plus 300 to 325 bps range; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt and to fund a $110 million expansion of Green Valley Ranch Station; Las Vegas gaming and entertainment company.

TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE INC.: $800 million credit facility (B1/B/B+); JPMorgan and Deutsche; $400 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $200 million prefunded letter of credit talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; refinancing and for general corporate purposes; Lake Forest, Ill. manufacture of automotive emissions control and ride control products and systems.

TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES LP: $100 million credit facility; Wachovia; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $60 million five-year term A at Libor plus 325 bps; refinance; third party provider of dedicated "closed-loop" transportation services.

TRW AUTOMOTIVE INC.: Repricing $1.36 billion of loans; JPMorgan and Credit Suisse First Boston; $210 million term A repricing to Libor plus 200 bps from Libor plus 300 bps; $1.15 billion term C repricing to Libor plus 250 bps from Libor plus 300 bps; Livonia, Mich. Automotive supplier.

24 HOUR FITNESS WORLDWIDE INC.: $340 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B); JPMorgan and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $65 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $275 million six-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps; refinance existing credit facility; San Ramon, Calif. owner and operator of a fitness center chain.

URS CORP.: $267 million 4.6-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston; refinance; San Francisco engineering firm.

YELLOW-ROADWAY CORP.: $675 million credit facility (Baa3/BBB); Deutsche; $175 million term B at Libor plus 175 bps; $250 million prefunded letter of credit facility at Libor plus 175 bps; $250 million revolver at Libor plus 175 bps; help finance acquisition of Roadway Corp. by Yellow Corp. to create Yellow-Roadway; merger may close Dec. 11; Yellow Corp. is an Overland Park, Kan. less-than-truckload freight hauler. Roadway Corp. is an Akron, Ohio less-than-truckload freight hauler.

ON THE HORIZON:

AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC.: New credit facility with Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch acting as joint lead arrangers; help support leveraged buyout by an affiliate of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC; Richmond, Va. owner and operator of bowling centers, and manufacturer and marketer of bowling and billiards products.

FTD INC.: $150 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS joint lead arrangers; $50 million five-year revolver; $100 million seven-year term loan; help support LBO by Green Equity Investors IV LP, an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners LP; Downers Grove, Ill. floral company.

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.

NORTHWESTERN CORP.: $100 million DIP; Bank One; $100 million 364-day revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; Sioux Falls, S.D. provider of electricity and natural gas.

RESCARE INC.: $135 million senior secured credit facility (B+); $100 million revolver; $35 million term loan; repay existing subordinated indebtedness, including $87 million of convertible subordinated notes due December 2004; Louisville, Ky. provider of residential, therapeutic, job training, educational and support services to populations with special needs.

TYCO INTERNATIONAL LTD: $2.5 billion credit facility (BBB-), three-year revolver and a 364-day revolver; replace existing facility; Bermuda-based diversified manufacturing and service company.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

DJ ORTHOPEDICS LLC: New $130 million senior secured credit facility; Wachovia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Bank of the West and Union Bank of California; dated Nov. 26.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1157972/000110465903027741/a03-5864_1ex10d1.htm

DOLE FOOD CO. INC.: Amendment regarding new term loan C to replace existing term loans; dated Nov. 21.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18169/000089256903002720/a94846exv10w1.txt

MILACRON INC.: Amendment regarding reducing EBITDA requirement and waiving borrowing reduction; dated Nov. 25.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716823/000071682303000074/mz8k120203-exh992.htm

NUI CORP. $405 million credit facility; $255 million at holding company; $$150 million credit facility at NUI Utilities Inc.; dated Nov. 24.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1105192/000095012703001339/exh99_1.txt

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1105192/000095012703001339/exh99_2.txt

SIX FLAGS INC.: Amendment regarding relaxing leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios; dated Nov. 25.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701374/000090951803000939/mv12-2ex10_1.txt

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