Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $10.725 billion

MAY:

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL CORP./RIVERWOOD HOLDINGS INC.: Over $1.5 billion in acquisition financing, including bank and bonds; JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are equal underwriter leads, Citibank and Credit Suisse First Boston are co-leads; Atlanta paperboard packaging company.

INTERFACE INC.: Bank meeting May 15; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps (B2/B+); Wachovia; refinance debt; Atlanta manufacturer, marketer, installer and servicer of products for the commercial and institutional interiors market.

LAIDLAW, INC.: Bank meeting to be determined; $825 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB); Credit Suisse First Boston, Citibank; $300 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $525 million six-year term loan B at Libor plus 350 bps; Chapter 11 exit financing; Burlington, Ont. transportation company.

OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting May 15; $295 million five-year senior secured revolver with price talk of Libor plus 250 bps; SunTrust Capital Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch Capital joint lead arrangers; help fund acquisition of Viewpoint International Inc.; expected close early June; Atlanta manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel.

PACER INTERNATIONAL INC.: Deutsche; refinance existing credit facility and $150 million of notes; Concord, Calif. logistics provider.

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $300 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; $150 million revolver; $150 million term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps; Cypress, Calif. operator of HMOs.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AFFINITY GROUP INC.: $175 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); FleetBoston and CIBC; $35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $140 million six-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; repay existing bank debt, repurchase a portion of the notes at Affinity Group Holding, Inc. and fund a shareholder distribution; Englewood, Colo. direct marketing company.

CB RICHARD ELLIS: $260 million (B1) amended and restated five-year term loan B at Libor plus 425 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston lead arranger; help fund the acquisition of Insignia Financial Group Inc.; Los Angeles real estate services company.

CENTRAL GARDEN & PET CO.: $200 million credit facility (Ba2/BB+); CIBC and SunTrust; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $100 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance existing debt; Lafayette, Calif. distributor of lawn and garden and pet supply products.

EDUCATE INC.: Expected close by June 30; $130 million credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $20 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $110 million 5 1/2-year term loan at Libor plus 425 bps; help fund the acquisition of Sylvan Learning Systems Inc.'s K-12 education operating units; Educate, formed by the equity firm Apollo Management LP, is based in Baltimore.

HAYES LEMMERZ INTERNATIONAL INC.: $575 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Citibank and Lehman Brothers; $450 million six-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps; $125 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; exit financing; Northville, Mich. auto parts maker.

INFOUSA INC.: $145 million credit facility; Bank of America; $45 million revolver; $100 million term loan with price talk around Libor plus 350 bps; refinance existing bank facility; Omaha, Neb. provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services, data processing services, and sales and marketing solutions.

INTERLINE BRANDS INC.: $205 million credit facility (B2/B+); JPMorgan, Credit Suisse First Boston, Wachovia and Fleet; $65 million five-year revolver; $140 million 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps; refinance bank debt and pay mezzanine debt; Jacksonville, Fla. building materials distributor.

JAFRA COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $90 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston administration agent and Merrill Lynch syndication agent; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; $50 million five-year term loan A at Libor plus 400 bps; part of recapitalization; Westlake Village, Calif. direct seller of personal care products.

KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CORP.: $260 million credit facility (Ba3/B+); BNP Paribas; $235 million seven-year term B with price talk of Libor plus 375 bps; $25 million five-year revolver; help fund the acquisition of Aramark Educational Resources from Aramark Corp.; San Rafael, Calif. provider of childcare services.

KOPPERS INDUSTRIES INC.: $175 million credit facility; PNC, NatCity Investments; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $75 million four-year term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; Pittsburgh carbon-compound products maker.

MEDEX INC.: $200 million credit facility (B1/B+); Wachovia and Lehman; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $175 million six-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; help fund Medex and One Equity's leveraged buyout of the Jelco peripheral IV catheter business of Johnson & Johnson; Dublin, Ohio seller of disposable and non-disposable critical care products.

NATIONSRENT INC.: $150 million four-year exit financing revolver; Wachovia, GECC co-arrangers, Wachovia administrative agent and bookrunner, GECC syndication agent; secured by basically all assets; refinance debt, capital expenditures and working capital needs; Fort Lauderdale, Fla. rental company.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC. $1.9 billion credit facility (B1); Deutsche and Bank of America; $650 million four-year revolver and $500 million four-year term A at Libor plus 325 bps; $750 million five-year term B at Libor plus 350; refinance debt; Toledo, Ohio manufacturer of packaging products.

PARKDALE MILLS INC.: $90 million credit facility; Wachovia; $35 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $55 million term A at Libor plus 300 bps; general corporate purposes; Gastonia, N.C. yarn company.

PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $110 million three-year revolver with an interest rate ranging from Libor plus 200 to 275 bps depending on the funded debt to EBITDA and availability; Congress Financial Corp.; help fund the acquisition of Salant Corp., working capital and general corporate purposes; Miami men's clothing 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; Citigroup; anticipated $75 million revolver; anticipated $350 million in term loans; help fund LBO; Durham, N.C. provider of product development and commercial development solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries.

RENT-A-CENTER INC.: $600 million credit facility (BB/Ba2); Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan; $400 million six-year term B price talk at Libor plus 250 -275 bps; $120 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $80 million five-year letter of credit facility at Libor plus 225 bps; refinance existing senior debt; Plano, Texas rent-to-own store operator.

RITE AID CORP.: Expected close by end of May; $2 billion senior secured credit facility due April 2008 (B1/BB); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. joint lead arrangers; $850 million revolver with price talk around Libor plus 350 bps; $1.15 billion term loan with price talk around Libor plus 375 bps; repay the existing $1.37 billion senior secured credit facility due March 2005 and $107 million synthetic lease due March 2005 and to replace existing $500 million revolver; Camp Hill, Pa. drugstore chain.

TRANSMONTAIGNE INC.: $450 million credit facility; UBS Warburg; refinancing; Denver transporter, storer, and marketer of refined petroleum products, chemicals and crude oil.

VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT: Expected close in May; $920 million five-year term loan via JPMorgan and Bank of America; Paris media, entertainment and telecom company will use proceeds to help refinance $1.6 billion bridge facility.

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.

SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.: $100 million nine-month DIP at Libor plus 350 bps; Deutsche lead bank and agent, GE Capital Corp. syndication agent; East Rutherford, N.J. wire and cable manufacturer.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

ALLEGIANCE TELECOM, INC.: Forbearance agreement via General Electric Capital Corp. as administrative agent; dated April 29.

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