Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $36.319 billion

APRIL:

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES LLC: Bank meeting mid-April; $175 million five-year revolver; Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and PNC Bank all joint lead and joint books; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Abingdon, Va., coal miner.

AMSCAN HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting April 15; $250 million credit facility (B+); Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP; $50 million revolver; $200 million term loan; help fund merger with AAH Acquisition Corp., a newly-formed corporation affiliated with Berkshire Partners and Weston Presidio; Elmsford, N.Y., decorative party goods company.

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: Bank meeting April 16; $1 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston; $650 million term B; $350 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; refinance the existing credit facility; Indianapolis diversified media company.

NTL CABLE: Bank meeting April 19 week; $300 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley; expected pricing Libor plus 300 basis points; New York City-based cable TV company.

SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES CO.: Bank meeting late-April; $375 million credit facility; UBS; split into first and second lien term loan facilities, of which about $100 million equivalent will be euro denominated; support J.W. Childs Associates LP's acquisition of Sunny Delight and Punica from The Procter & Gamble Co.; Cincinnati juice-based drink businesses.

WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC.: Bank meeting April 15; $210 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanley joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, CSFB administrative agent Morgan Stanley syndication agent; $50 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $160 million five-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; acquisition financing; Tampa, Fla., Medicaid managed care provider.

MAY:

MAAX INC.: New credit facility with U.S. term loan B expected to be over $100 million in size; Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Royal Bank of Canada, with Goldman listed on the left; also Canadian term A and Canadian revolver; support Maax's leveraged buyout by J.W. Childs Associates LP, Borealis Private Equity LP and Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System; Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Quebec-based manufacturer of bathroom products and accessories, spas and kitchen cabinets.

UGS PLM SOLUTIONS: New credit facility via JPMorgan, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; help support acquisition by Bain Capital, Silver Lake Partners and Warburg Pincus from Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Plano, Texas, provider of PLM software and related services.

YONKERS RACEWAY: $185 million term loan; Merrill Lynch; construction financing; Yonkers, N.Y., horse racing track.

JUNE:

THE JEAN COUTU GROUP INC.: New credit facility; Deutsche, National Bank of Canada and Merrill Lynch on the U.S. portion of the credit facility, with Deutsche on the left (National Bank of Canada on left for Canadian portion); fund the Eckerd drugstores acquisition from J.C. Penney Co. Inc. for $2.375 billion; Longueuil, Quebec-based drugstore chain.

WORLDSPAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Expected June timing; New $235 million senior credit facility in connection with IPO; $50 million revolver; $185 million term loan; Atlanta provider of mission-critical transaction processing and information technology services to the travel industry.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ADAMS OUTDOOR: $295 million credit facility; Wachovia; $220 million first lien term B at Libor plus 225 bps (B1/B+); $25 million second lien term loan at Libor plus 350 bps (B2/B-); $50 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps (B1/B+); refinance; Atlanta outdoor advertising company.

ADESA INC.: $500 million credit facility (structure still fluid); UBS and Merrill Lynch, UBS listed on the left; $150 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million five-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; $150 million six-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps (not yet launched); support spin-off from Allete Inc.; Carmel, Ind., operator of used vehicle and auto salvage auctions.

AEARO CORP.: $175 million credit facility (B1/B+); Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns, Deutsche listed on the left; $125 million term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; support Bear Stearns Merchant Banking's acquisition of the company from Vestar Capital for $385 million, including assumed debt of about $210 million; Indianapolis personal protection equipment company.

AMERICAN SAFETY RAZOR CO.: $225 million senior credit facility; UBS; $25 million five-year revolver (B2/B) at Libor plus 350 bps; $150 million seven-year first lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 350 bps; $50 million 71/2-year second lien term loan (B3/CCC+) at Libor plus 650 bps, 102, 101 call protection; refinance existing debt; Verona, Va., manufacturer of personal care consumer products primarily consisting of shaving razors and blades.

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.

ASTORIA ENERGY LLC: $700 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $500 million eight-year first lien term loan at Libor plus 500 bps (Ba3/B+); $200 million second lien term loan at Libor plus 875 bps; construction financing; subsidiary of SCS Energy LLC, a Concord, Mass., electric company.

BLUELINX: $800 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Congress Financial; $700 million asset-based revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $100 million 51/2-year second lien term loan talked around Libor plus 600 to 650 bps; fund acquisition of Georgia-Pacific Corp.'s building products distribution business by this new company formed by Cerberus Capital Management LP.

BOYD GAMING CORP.: $1.5 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB); Bank of America and CIBC; $1 billion revolver; $500 million term B talked at Libor plus 200 bps area; to support merger with Coast Casinos Inc.; Las Vegas gaming company;.

BPL ACQUISITION LP: $100 million term loan (Ba1/BBB-); Goldman Sachs; fund purchase of the owner of Buckeye Partners LP's general partner by Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy & Power Fund II LP; Emmaus, Pa., independent pipeline common carrier of refined petroleum products.

BRISTOL WEST HOLDINGS INC.: $125 million credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arranger, bookrunner and administrative agent, ING joint lead arranger, bookrunner and syndication agent, Bear Stearns and UBS co-documentation agents; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 150 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $35 million six-year term A at Libor plus 150 bps $40 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 200 bps; repay $71.5 million outstanding on three existing term loans; Davie, Fla., non-standard private passenger automobile insurer.

CACI INTERNATIONAL INC.: $550 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Banc of America Securities LLC; $200 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps, 50 bps undrawn fee; $350 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 200 bps; finance $415 million cash acquisition of American Management System Inc.'s Defense and Intelligence Group; Arlington, Va., provider of IT and network solutions.

CARIBBEAN RESTAURANTS INC.: $260 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Wachovia joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, with CSFB administrative agent and Wachovia syndication agent; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps (B2/B+), 50 bps commitment fee; $150 million five-year first lien term loan A at Libor plus 300 bps (B2/B+); $80 million six-year second lien term loan Libor plus 650 bps (B3/B-); dividend recapitalization; operator of Burger Kings in Puerto Rico.

CB RICHARD ELLIS SERVICES: Expected close May 3; $310 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $295 million 51/2-year term C at Libor plus 250 bps; $150 million revolver (expanded from $90 million); term loan C to repay existing term loan B priced at Libor plus 325 bps; Los Angeles real estate services company.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC: $6.5 billion credit facility (B2/B); JPMorgan and Bank of America, with JPMorgan on the left; $1.5 billion revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $2 billion term A talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $3 billion term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps; refinance the bank debt of its subsidiaries, CC VI Operating Co. LLC, Falcon Cable Communications LLC, and CC VIII Operating LLC; St. Louis cable company.

CINEMARK USA INC.: $260 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba3/BB-), stepdown to Libor plus 200 bps tied to leverage; Goldman and Lehman; repay existing term loans and to repurchase or redeem 8½% series B senior subordinated notes due 2008; part of Madison Dearborn LLC recapitalization; Plano, Texas, motion picture exhibitor.

CKE RESTAURANTS INC.: $380 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $230 million institutional paper; refinance existing debt; Santa Barbara, Calif., owner and operator of quick service restaurants.

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $467 million credit facility (B1/B+); Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citigroup administrative agent, CSFB syndication agent, Deutsche Bank documentation agent; $30 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $122 million six-year term A at Libor plus 250 bps; $315 million 71/2-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; acquisition financing; Mattoon, Ill., provider of voice and data communication services.

DAN RIVER INC.: $145 million debtor-in-possession financing facility; Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas, Fleet Capital Corp. syndication agent, Wachovia Bank documentation agent; $110 million revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; $35 million term loan at Libor plus 375 bps; Danville, Va., textile firm.

DEAN FOODS CO.: $300 million term loan C talked at Libor plus 175 bps (Ba1/BBB-); Wachovia and Bank One; pay down the company's revolver and receivables-based facility; Dallas processor and distributor of milk and other dairy products.

EDUCATE INC.: $190 million credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $170 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance; Baltimore operator of Sylvan Learning Systems Inc.'s K-12 businesses.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES: $500 million debtor-in-possession facility due May 15; Deutsche; $133 million revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $367 million term loan at Libor plus 375 bps; Princeton, N.J., manufacturer of lead acid batteries.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES: $600 million senior secured exit financing facility (Ba3/BB-); Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers; six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; six-year foreign term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; six-year euro term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; 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.

FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $1.1 billion senior credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Wachovia, Deutsche and UBS; $750 million term B at Libor plus 225 bps; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $250 million term A at Libor plus 225 bps; help support recapitalization under which Blackstone Communications Partners and Providence Equity Partners will make a significant investment in the firm and enable continued control by descendents of founder R. C. Hoiles; Irvine, Calif., diversified media company.

THE HOLMES GROUP INC.: $420 million credit facility; General Electric Capital Corp. and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, GECC administrative agent and CSFB syndication agent; $75 million five-year revolver (B1/B) at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $240 million first lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 325 bps; $105 million seven-year second lien term loan (B3/CCC+) at Libor plus 700 bps; refinance bank debt and fund tender offer; Milford, Mass., consumer products company.

INVISTA: $1.95 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Deutsche and Credit Suisse First Boston, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $400 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $225 million term A at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.325 billion term B at Libor plus 275 bps; help back the acquisition of Invista by Koch Industries Inc. from DuPont for $4.4 billion in cash; Wilmington, Del., integrated fiber and intermediates business.

IRON MOUNTAIN INC.: $550 million credit facility (B1/BB-); JPMorgan; $350 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $200 million term B at Libor plus 200 bps; refinancing; Boston provider of outsourced records and information management 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.

JARDEN CORP.: $100 million term B add-on (Ba3/B+) and repricing existing B loan at Libor plus 250 bps; CIBC administrative agent, Citigroup syndication agent; help fund the acquisition of United States Playing Card Co. for about $232 million in cash; Rye, N.Y., provider of niche, branded consumer products.

JUNO LIGHTING INC.: $210 million credit facility; Wachovia; $150 million first lien term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; $60 million second lien term loan at Libor plus 575 bps, call protection of 102 in year one and 101 in year two; retire $160 million of long-term debt and pay a $50 to $60 million dividend to its preferred and common stockholders; Des Plaines, Ill., lighting fixtures manufacturer.

KB TOYS INC.: $350 million senior secured DIP; Fleet Retail Group Inc.; $325 million tranche A revolver with a $150 million letter of credit sublimit, at Libor plus 225 to 275 bps depending on availability, unused fee of 37.5 bps; $25 million tranche B revolver at Libor plus 600 bps, unused fee of 75 bps; operating expenses, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; Pittsfield, Mass., toy retailer.

KOCH CELLULOSE LLC: $424 million credit facility (BB); Citigroup and Deutsche, with Citi on the left; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $300 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $74 million prefunded letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 250 bps; purchase two pulp mills from Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Brunswick, Ga., manufacturer and seller of wood pulp.

LUIGINO'S INC.: $205 million credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman Sachs and NatCity; $30 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $175 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance debt and fund a dividend payment; Duluth, Minn., frozen prepared foods company.

MAIDENFORM INC.: $180 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $30 million revolver, $90 million first lien term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps; $60 million second lien term loan talked at Libor pus 650 bps; support Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund LP's acquisition of Maidenform from Oaktree Capital Management; Bayonne, N.J., marketer and manufacturer of intimate apparel.

MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.: $550 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs; $100 five-year revolver at Libor 375 bps (B+), 50 bps commitment fee; $275 million six-year term B at Libor plus 375 bps (B+); $175 million seven-year second lien term loan at Libor plus 850 bps (B-); refinancing; Dearborn, Mich., auto parts company.

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC.: $2.4 billion credit facility; Bank of America and JPMorgan, with Bank of America on the left; $1.6 billion term B talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps; $400 million revolver talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; $400 million term A talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; fund a shareholder distribution and refinance existing debt; Los Angeles entertainment content company.

MIDWEST GENERATION LLC: $900 million credit facility (Ba3/B+); Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers; $700 million seven-year first priority secured institutional term loan at Libor plus 325 bps; $200 million working capital revolver; refinance $693 million of debt due in December owed by its direct parent, Edison Mission Midwest Holdings Co., and to make termination payments under the Collins Station lease in the amount of about $970 million; Chicago electric company.

MUELLER GROUP INC.: $635 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, JPMorgan and Deutsche co-syndication agents; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $535 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 325 bps; recapitalization; Decatur, Ill., maker of fire hydrants and water and gas valves.

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.: $345 million (B3) credit facility; JPMorgan and Credit Suisse First Boston join lead arrangers, with JPMorgan administrative agent; $25 million 31/2-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $320 million 41/2-year term F at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance existing debt; Phoenix semiconductor company.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC.: $1.437 billion credit facility due April 2008 (B1/BB-/B+), split into $170 million U.S. term loan, $382 million European term loan, $385 million European delayed draw term loan; $500 million bridge loan; all priced at Libor plus 300 bps; Citigroup, Deutsche and Bank of America; finance the proposed acquisition of BSN Glasspack SA; Toledo, Ohio, manufacturer of packaging products.

POLYMER GROUP INC.: $475 million credit facility; Citigroup; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps (B2/B+); $225 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps (B2/B+); $200 million second lien term C talked at Libor plus 525 bps (B3/B-); refinance existing debt; North Charleston, S.C., producer of nonwoven materials.

PRECISE TECHNOLOGY INC.: $206 million credit facility; Wachovia; $135 million term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 300 to 350 bps; $51 million second lien term loan (B2/B-) talked around Libor plus 600 bps; $20 million revolver (B1/B+) at Libor plus 300 bps; repurchase subordinated debt and fund small dividend; North Versailles, Pa., contract injection molder.

PRESTIGE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million credit facility; Bank of America and Citigroup; $350 million term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps (B1/B); $100 million second lien term C (B2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 475 bps; $50 million revolver (B1/B); support the acquisition of Prestige by an affiliate of GTCR Golder Rauner LLC from MidOcean Partners; Bonita Springs, Fla., consumer products company.

TELEPAK: $325 million credit facility; Bank of America; $175 million institutional paper; refinance existing debt.

TRANSDIGM HOLDING CO.: $295 million 6.25-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner; refinance; Richmond Heights, Ohio, supplier of highly engineered aircraft components.

TRANSWESTERN PIPELINE: $550 million credit facility (B1); Wachovia and SunTrust; $150 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $400 million five-year term loan B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance; Houston owner and operator of natural gas pipeline systems.

TRUE TEMPER CORP.: $130 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Anteres joint lead arrangers, joint bookrunners; $20 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $110 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; help support LBO by management and Gilbert Global Equity Partners from Cornerstone Equity Investors; Memphis, Tenn., sporting goods manufacturer.

UNITED INDUSTRIES CORP.: $510 million credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America and Citigroup; $385 million term loan, split between $330 million U.S. tranche and $55 million Canadian tranche; $125 million revolver; finance acquisition of the Nu-Gro Corp., redeem preferred stock and redeem subordinated notes; St. Louis consumer lawn and garden care products company.

UNITED STATES SHIPPING LLC: $225 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); CIBC; $25 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; purchase two ships; New York petroleum tanker company.

VULCAN ENERGY CORP.: $175 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps (B1/BB); Fleet sole lead arranger; help fund the acquisition of Plains Resources Inc. with Vulcan Capital as equity sponsor; Plains Resources is a Houston independent energy company.

WARNER MUSIC GROUP: $1.45 billion credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch; $250 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.2 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps, stepdown to 250 bps tied to leverage; 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; New York City-based music company.

WESTERN WIRELESS CORP.: $1.5 billion credit facility; Wachovia and JPMorgan; $300 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million six-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; $1 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance; Bellevue, Wash., provider of wireless communications services.

ON THE HORIZON:

ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $5.5 billion exit financing facility; JPMorgan Chase & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG; $2 billion six-year term A at Libor plus 150 to 225 bps if rated Ba3/BB-, 175 to 250 bps if rated lower; $2.75 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps if rated Ba3/BB-, 275 bps if rated lower; $750 million six-year revolver A at Libor plus 150 to 225 bps if rated Ba3/BB-, 175 to 250 bps if rated lower; $3.3 billion bridge facility; finance cash payments under the proposed Chapter 11 plan of reorganization; Greenwood Village, Colo., cable television company.

ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC: New credit facility via CIBC and Lehman, CIBC on the left as part of Income Deposit Securities sale; revolver and term loan tranches; Ripon, Wis., manufacturer of commercial laundry products.

AIR CANADA: $585 million exit financing facility; General Electric Capital Corp.; $425 million seven-year term A at Libor plus 425 bps; $160 term B due March 31, 2013 at Libor plus 400 bps; secured by most company assets; general corporate purposes; Montreal-based airline.

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $150 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP and GMAC Commercial Finance LLC; $50 million revolver; $100 million term loan; help redeem all $150 million outstanding 9¾% senior notes due 2007 and repay existing bank debt; South Milwaukee, Wis., manufacturer of surface mining equipment.

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 exit financing facility; $240 million revolver; $10 million term B; Lewisville, Texas, distributor of consumable goods and supermarket operator.

HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS LP: $100 million unsecured credit facility in connection with IPO; general partnership purposes, including capital expenditures and acquisitions; Dallas operator of refined product pipelines and distribution terminals.

HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $475 million credit facility; UBS AG; $400 million six-year term loan; $75 million five-year revolver; both at Libor plus 300 bps if rated B1/B+ or higher; help fund merger with an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners LP; Wilsonville, Ore., video chain.

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.: $100 million credit facility; $60 million revolver; up to $40 million in term loans; refinance; close expected in May; Mount Airy, N.C., manufacturer of wire products.

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.

NEWFIELD EXPLORATION CO.: $600 million four-year senior unsecured reserve-based revolver; JPMorgan; replace existing revolver due Jan. 23, 2005; Houston oil and gas company.

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.

POLYPORE INC.: New credit facility (B1) via JPMorgan to support buyout by Warburg Pincus LLC from The InterTech Group Inc. and GTCR Golder Rauner LLC; North Charleston, S.C., developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialized microporous filtration products.

US ONCOLOGY INC.: $550 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank and Citicorp North America Inc.; $100 million revolver; $450 million in term loans; support acquisition by Oiler Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX, LP; Houston cancer-care services company.

VALOR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.: New credit facility via Banc of America Securities LLC and CIBC World Markets Corp. as joint lead arrangers and joint book-managers; revolver and term loan with approximately five-year maturities and no amortization requirements; recapitalization; Texas provider of telecommunication services.

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