Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $11.257 billion

JANUARY:

AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC.: Bank meeting late Jan./early Feb.; 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 of bowling and billiards products.

FTD INC.: Bank meeting end of January, beginning of February; $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.

IONICS INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 15; $250 million credit facility; UBS Securities sole bookrunner, Bank of America documentation agent and Fleet syndication agent; $75 million five-year revolver; $175 million seven-year term loan; help support the acquisition of Ecolochem Inc.; closing expected in early 2004; Watertown, Mass., water treatment systems and services company.

PGT INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 14; $195 million credit facility; UBS sole bookrunner; $25 million five-year revolver; $120 million six-year first lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $50 million 61/2-year second lien term loan talked at Libor plus 650 bps; help support the buyout of PGT by JLL Partners Inc.; Nokomis, Fla., manufacturer of custom windows, doors and patio rooms.

PLY GEM INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting end of January; approximately $325 million credit facility; UBS and Deutsche joint bookrunners, CIBC; help support the company's acquisition by Caxton-Iseman Capital Inc. from Nortek Inc. in a transaction valued at about $570 million; Kearney, Mo., manufacturer and distributor of products for use in the home renovation and construction markets.

FEBRUARY:

GUNDLE/SLT ENVIRONMENTAL INC.: Bank meeting late February/early March; $215 million credit facility; UBS sole bookrunner; help support acquisition by Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC; Houston manufacturer and marketer of geosynthetic lining solutions, products and services.

MULTIPLAN INC.: Bank meeting mid-February; $200 million credit facility; UBS sole bookrunner; $180 million term loan; $20 million revolver; help fund the acquisition of U.S. Health Business, a subsidiary of BCE Emergis Inc., for $213 million in cash; New York healthcare network.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

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 December 2008 at Libor plus 275 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.

BRAND SERVICES INC.: $130 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers; refinancing; Chesterfield, Mo., scaffolding company.

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.

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $90 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; Wachovia and Bank of America; refinance; Richmond, Va., provider of end-to-end integrated graphic communications services.

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.

COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC.: $130 million credit facility (B+); UBS Securities and Bear Stearns joint lead arrangers, with UBS listed on the left, Wachovia documentation agent; $90 million 61/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $40 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help support the company's acquisition by The Cypress Group from Leonard Green & Partners LP and other investors; Palo Alto, Calif., firm that manufactures components for systems used for microwave and radio frequency signals.

CSK AUTO CORP.: $300 million credit facility (B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers; $275 million ($200 million to reprice existing B loan and $75 million to fund tender offer) 5.5-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba2); $25 million revolver add-on; Phoenix retailer of automotive parts and accessories.

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.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC.: $500 million credit facility; $300 million revolver at Libor plus 175 bps and a $200 million term loan B; to help finance acquisition of CuraScript Pharmacy Inc. and CuraScript PBM Services Inc.; St. Louis pharmacy benefits manager.

GIANT EAGLE INC.: $100 million add-on to term B; Citigroup; Libor plus 250 bps; fund acquisition of stores; Pittsburgh grocery store chain.

HERCULES INC.: $350 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Wachovia joint lead; $150 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps with a 50 bps commitment fee; $200 million 31/2-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps (down from existing pricing of Libor plus 325 bps); refinance existing debt; Wilmington, Del., manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals.

INTERLINE BRANDS INC.: $205 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of Nova Scotia joint lead arrangers; $65 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $140 million six-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps; refinance; Jacksonville, Fla., direct marketer and distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products.

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.

JACK IN THE BOX INC.: $475 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Wachovia; $275 million senior secured term loan; amendment of $200 million revolver; refinance existing term loan and redeem notes; San Diego restaurant operator.

LA GRANGE ACQUISITION LP: $450 million credit facility; Wachovia and FleetBoston; $125 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 262.5 bps; $325 million four-year term A at Libor plus 262.5 bps; refinance; energy company.

LENNAR CORP./LNR PROPERTY CORP.: $600 million credit facility; Bank One and Deutsche Bank; $400 million term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; fund the acquisition of The Newhall Land and Farming Co. by an entity owned 50% by Lennar Corp. and 50% by LNR Property Corp.; Lennar is a Miami homebuilder; LNR is a Miami Beach, Fla., real estate investment, finance and management company.

MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $200 million credit facility; SunTrust; $50 million term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $150 million term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund the $160 million cash acquisition price of The Stanley Works' residential entry door business; Mississauga, Ont., building products 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.

RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.: $775 million credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Bank of America, TD Securities and Wachovia; $575 million term C at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; 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.

SHILOH INDUSTRIES INC.: $185 million revolver; replace existing revolver that matures on April 30, 2004; Cleveland manufacturer of first operation blanks, engineered welded blanks, complex stampings and modular assemblies for the automotive and heavy truck industries.

SIX FLAGS INC.: $130 million term B add-on at Libor plus 250 bps; Lehman; redeem $122.5 million principal amount of the 9¾% senior notes due 2007 on Jan. 5; Oklahoma City theme park operator.

TRW AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS CORP.: $1.15 billion credit facility (Ba2); JPMorgan and Credit Suisse First Boston; $350 million term A at Libor plus 200 bps; $800 million term D at Libor plus 250 bps; refinancing; Livonia, Mich. diversified supplier of automotive systems, modules and components.

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

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million credit facility (Ba1/BB); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of Nova Scotia joint lead arrangers; $250 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps commitment fee; $250 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 200 bps; refinance existing debt; Woodbury, N.Y., provider of weight loss services.

ON THE HORIZON:

DUANE READE INC.: Up to $495 million in debt financing; Banc of America Securities LLC; help support the company's acquisition by an affiliate of Oak Hill Capital Partners LP; expected to close in second calendar quarter 2004; New York drugstore chain.

FLEMING COS. INC.: $250 million DIP; GECC Capital Markets Group Inc. lead arranger; $240 million revolver at Libor plus 225 to 275 bps depending on usage; $10 million term B at Libor plus 400 bps; pay down debt; Lewisville, Texas, distributor of consumable goods and supermarket operator.

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 Loews-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.

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.

WARNER MUSIC GROUP: 1Q04 business; new credit facility via Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch; support the company's purchase by an investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Lexa Partners, Bain Capital and Providence Equity Partners from Time Warner Inc. for about $2.6 billion in cash; music company.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

FMC CORP.: Amendment to reprice term loan, modify covenants; dated Dec. 23.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37785/000119312503099699/dex992.htm

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC.: New $230 million exit financing facility; Deutsche Bank; dated Jan. 5.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/19411/000090951804000007/jd1-5ex2_2.txt

ORTHOFIX: New $125 million credit facility; Wachovia; dated Dec. 30.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884624/000094787104000013/ex10-3_010604.txt

RELIANT RESOURCES INC.: Amendment to credit facility terminating senior priority facility, making term loan and revolver repayments and allow asset acquisitions; dated Dec. 29; via Bank of America as administrative agent.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1126294/000095012903006315/h11533exv99w2.txt

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