Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $28.9635 billion

JUNE:

AMERICAN COAL HOLDING INC.: Bank meeting June 23; $775 million credit facility; Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citi administrative agent, CSFB syndication agent, UBS documentation agent; $425 million term B; help fund acquisition of American Coal by a private equity consortium consisting of First Reserve Corp., The Blackstone Group and American Metals & Coal International from RAG Coal International; Linthicum Heights, Md., coal mine company.

BELDEN & BLAKE CORP.: Approximately $200 million credit facility, Goldman Sachs; revolver; letter-of-credit facility; term loan; to help fund merger with Capital C Energy LLC, an affiliate of Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy & Power Fund II LP; Canton, Ohio, oil and gas producer.

HARBOR FREIGHT TOOLS: Bank meeting June 24; $500 million credit facility; UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, UBS left lead; $60 million five-year revolver; $440 million six-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; dividend recapitalization; Camarillo, Calif., tool and equipment catalog retailer.

HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: Bank meeting end of June/early July; $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.

THE JEAN COUTU GROUP INC.: Bank meeting late June/early July; new credit facility expected at $1.5 billion plus; 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.

MERISANT CO.: Bank meeting June 23; $255 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and RBC joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $35 million five-year revolver; $50 million six-year euro term loan; $170 million six-year term B; recapitalization in connection with IDS offering; Chicago low-calorie sweetener company.

PLAYCORE INC.: Bank meeting June 23; $145 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $15 million five-year revolver; $50 million five-year first-lien term loan; $40 million six-year second-lien term loan; $40 million 61/2-year third-lien term loan; LBO financing; Chattanooga, Tenn. playground equipment manufacturer.

SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.: Bank meeting June 28; $265 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $30 million five-year revolver; $155 million six-year first-lien term loan; $80 million seven-year second-lien term loan; refinance existing debt; Foothill Ranch, Calif., operator of long-term care facilities and a provider of a full continuum of post-acute care services.

JULY:

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $150 million credit facility (BB-); Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP and GMAC Commercial Finance LLC; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps context; $100 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps context; help redeem all $150 million outstanding 9¾% senior notes due 2007 and repay existing bank debt; South Milwaukee, Wis., manufacturer of surface mining equipment.

UNITED INDUSTRIES CORP.: Expected mid-July; new bank debt via Bank of America; help fund $360 million acquisition of United Pet Group Inc.; St. Louis manufacturer and marketer of products for the consumer lawn and garden care and household insect control markets.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ADESA INC.: $525 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); UBS and Merrill Lynch, UBS listed on the left; $150 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $175 million five-year term A at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million six-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; support spinoff from Allete Inc.; Carmel, Ind., operator of used vehicle and auto salvage auctions.

ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC.: $360 million credit facility (BB-); Bank of America and Lehman, with Bank of America left lead; $250 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; amended $110 million revolver; help fund the purchase of Pfizer's surgical ophthalmology business for $450 million in cash; Santa Ana, Calif., developer, manufacturer and marketer of ophthalmic surgical and contact lens care products.

ALLIANCE LAUNDRY SYSTEMS LLC: $185 million credit facility (B2/B); CIBC and Lehman, CIBC on the left; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $135 million term B at Libor plus 300 bps; part of Income Deposit Securities sale; Ripon, Wis., manufacturer of commercial laundry products.

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES LLC: $175 million credit facility (B1/B), $125 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps with 50 bps commitment fee; $50 million five-year synthetic letter of credit facility at Libor plus 275 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and Citibank all joint lead and joint books; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Abingdon, Va., coal miner.

AMERICAN SEAFOODS GROUP LLC: $160 million credit facility due Dec. 31, 2009; CIBC and Wells Fargo; $80 million revolver; $80 million term loan; fund tender for 10 1/8% notes; Seattle producer of seafood products.

AMES TRUE TEMPER INC.: $215 million credit facility (B2); Bank of America; $140 million term B; $75 million pro rata; help fund Castle Harlan's leveraged buyout of the company; Camp Hill, Pa., non-powered lawn and garden tool company.

ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES LLC: $275 million term B at Libor plus 250 bps (B1); Citigroup and Bank of America, Citi listed on the left; acquisition financing; Nashville, Tenn., provider of healthcare services.

ARVINMERITOR INC.: Expected close late June; $900 million four-year senior unsecured revolver (BB+) at Libor plus 150 bps, 30 bps undrawn fee; JPMorgan and Citigroup; replace two existing revolvers; Troy, Mich., supplier of integrated systems, modules and components serving light vehicle, commercial truck, trailer and specialty original equipment manufacturers and aftermarkets.

AUTOCAM CORP.: $100 million credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman and Citigroup; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; also €75 million term loan; fund the acquisition of Autocam by Goldman Sachs Capital Partners LP, Transportation Resource Partners and senior management from Aurora Capital Group for $390 million; Kentwood, Mich., designer and manufacturer of specialty metal alloy components for the transportation and medical device industries.

BWAY CORP.: $255 million credit facility (B1/B+); Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan as joint lead arrangers, with Deutsche listed on the left; $30 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $225 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund the acquisition of North America Packaging Corp. and repay borrowings under the existing $90 million credit agreement; Atlanta manufacturer of steel and plastic containers.

CARIBBEAN RESTAURANTS LLC: $210 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Wachovia joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $180 million five-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; help fund the acquisition of Caribbean Restaurants by Castle Harlan Inc. from Oak Hill Capital Partners for $340 million; operator of Burger Kings in Puerto Rico.

CLEAN HARBORS INC.: $95 million five-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility (B2/BB-) at Libor plus 400 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; refinancing; Braintree, Mass., provider of environmental and hazardous waste management services.

COINSTAR INC.: $300 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); JPMorgan and Lehman, JPMorgan left lead; $50 million revolver; $250 million term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; fund purchase of American Coin Merchandising Inc.; Bellevue, Wash., owner and operator of automated self-service coin-counting machines.

CONSOL ENERGY INC.: $600 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Citigroup and PNC; $400 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $200 million synthetic letter of credit at Libor plus 250 bps, step down to Libor plus 225 bps based on ratings; refinance existing debt; Pittsburgh multi-fuel energy producer and energy services provider.

CYGNUS BUSINESS MEDIA: $220 million credit facility; GE Capital and Union Bank of California; $140 million term B (B3/B) talked in Libor plus 400 bps area; $30 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked in Libor plus 600 bps area; $20 million delayed draw term loan (B3/B); $30 million revolver (B3/B); refinance existing debt; Westport, Conn., publisher of business-to-business media products.

DIRECTED ELECTRONICS INC.: $136 million credit facility (B2/B+); Wachovia and CIBC; $111 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps; $25 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; fund a dividend payment to TriVest Partners and repay some junior notes; Vista, Calif., vehicle security, remote start and car audio manufacturer.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $450 million credit facility (B2/B+) in connection with the initial public offering of Income Deposit Securities; Deutsche left lead, CIBC and Citigroup; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $350 million term B at Libor plus 350 bps; help repay existing credit facility and to fund the repurchase of all outstanding senior notes and senior subordinated notes; Charlotte, N.C., provider of telecommunications services.

FISHER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.1 billion credit facility (Ba2/BBB); Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston; $400 million revolver at Libor plus 125 bps; $250 million term A at Libor plus 125 bps; $150 million term B at Libor plus 150 bps; $300 million delayed draw term A at Libor plus 125 bps; help fund merger between Fisher and Apogent Technologies Inc.; Hampton, N.H. scientific research and laboratory products company.

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.: $2.5 billion credit facility; Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan; $500 million term loan at Libor plus 137.5 basis points, subject to a grid; $2 billion revolver to price inside the term loan; renegotiation of existing $2.2 to $2.3 billion facility due Nov. 3, 2005; Atlanta maker of tissue, packaging, paper, building products, pulp and related chemicals.

HELM HOLDINGS CORP.: $275 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $50 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $185 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; $40 million 61/2-year term C at Libor plus 700 bps; refinance; San Francisco railcar operator.

HORIZON LINES LLC: $275 million credit facility (B2); UBS and Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers, with UBS left lead, and ABN Amro documentation agent; $25 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $250 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund Castle Harlan Inc.'s acquisition of Horizon Lines from The Carlyle Group for $650 million; Charlotte, N.C., container shipping company.

HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC: $1.74 billion credit facility (B1/B); Deutsche Bank and Citigroup, with Deutsche listed on the left; $1.34 billion term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $400 million revolver; refinance term B, C and revolver, and for general corporate purposes; Salt Lake City chemical company.

INTERPOOL INC.: $150 million credit facility; Princeton, N.J.-based company that operates as a lessor of intermodal chassis and intermodal dry freight standard containers.

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.

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.

KEY AUTOMOTIVE: $475 million credit facility; Citigroup and Merrill Lynch Capital, with Citi listed on the left; $75 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $275 million six-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $125 million seven-year second-lien term C at Libor plus 575 bps; dividend recapitalization.

KEYSTONE FOODS LLC: $320 million credit facility; Deutsche lead bank, ING, Rabobank and Scotia agents; $280 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; LBO financing; West Conshohocken, Pa., food products company.

KGEN PARTNERS LLC: $325 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $150 million 7-year term at Libor plus 400 bps; $175 million 7-year second lien term at Libor plus 1175 bps; help fund acquisition of Duke Energy's merchant generation assets in the southeast United States for $475 million.

LANGUAGE LINE: $325 million credit facility (B2/B); Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, with Merrill listed on the left; $285 million term B at Libor plus 425 bps; $40 million revolver at Libor plus 350 bps; help fund Abry Partners LLC's acquisition of the company from Providence Equity Partners; Monterey, Calif., provider of over-the-phone interpretation services.

LYONDELL-CITGO REFINING LP: $550 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers, bookrunners and co-syndication agents, with CSFB administrative agent; $100 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $450 million three-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Houston refiner of heavy crude oil.

MAGNEQUENCH INC.: $175 million senior secured 51/2-year term loan at Libor plus 600 bps; Bear Stearns; refinance existing bank and subordinated debt; Indianapolis supplier of high-energy, permanent magnets and producer of Neodymium magnet materials.

MARK IV INDUSTRIES INC.: $765 million credit facility (B1/BB-); JPMorgan and Bear Stearns, JPMorgan listed on the left as administrative agent, Bear Stearns syndication agent; $150 million six-year revolver with a sublimit available for euro drawings; $100 million six-year U.S. dollar equivalent euro term A; $615 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance; Amherst, N.Y., supplier to the industrial/distribution and automotive OEM markets.

MD BEAUTY: $80 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $15 million revolver; $45 million term A; $20 million second-lien term B; recapitalization purposes; San Francisco specialty cosmetics company.

MEDCATH CORP.: $200 million credit facility (B2); Wachovia and Bank of America; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $100 million five-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps; refinance; Charlotte, N.C. healthcare provider.

MORRIS PUBLISHING GROUP LLC: $225 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $125 million term B at Libor plus 175 bps; $100 million pro rata at Libor plus 150 bps; refinancing; Augusta, Ga., newspaper company.

NICE-PAK PRODUCTS INC.: $100 million term loan at Libor plus 350 bps; Bank of America; Orangeburg, N.Y., wet wipes supplier.

OTIS SPUNKMEYER INC.: $170 million credit facility (B1/B+); Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan; $20 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; $150 million 6.5-year term loan B at Libor plus 375 bps; to refinance existing term loan; San Leandro, Calif., cookie company.

PIERRE FOODS INC.: $190 million credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America and Wachovia; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million six-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund the acquisition of Pierre Foods by an affiliate of Madison Dearborn Capital Partners; Cincinnati producer of cooked beef, pork, chicken, turkey and bakery products for school, foodservice, vending and convenience store markets.

PLAYPOWER INC.: $185 million credit facility; UBS Warburg and The Royal Bank of Scotland, with UBS listed on the left; reprice $125 million term loan at Libor plus 450 bps from Libor plus 425 bps; $35 million term loan add-on at Libor plus 450 bps; reprice $25 million revolver at Libor plus 400 bps from Libor plus 375 bps; add-on to fund the acquisition of The Little Tikes Co.; St. Louis commercial play and recreation equipment manufacturer.

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.

PRIDE OFFSHORE INC.: $800 million credit facility (BB+); Citigroup; $500 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps commitment fee; $300 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 200 bps; refinance; wholly owned subsidiary of Pride International Inc., a Houston provider of contract drilling services.

PRIMARY ENERGY STEEL LLC: $350 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $225 million seven-year first lien term loan at Libor plus 600 bps; $125 million seven-year second lien term loan at Libor plus 900 bps; refinance existing debt; Oak Brook, Ill., developer, owner and operator of power and thermal cogeneration systems onsite at industrial facilities.

RENT-A-CENTER INC.: $600 million senior credit facility; Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan co-lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with Lehman listed on the left; $400 million term loan; $200 million revolver; refinance existing loan and for general corporate purposes; Plano, Texas, operator of rental purchase stores.

RESOLUTION SPECIALTY MATERIALS: $145 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Bear Stearns, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $30 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $115 million term B at Libor plus 300 bps; help finance Apollo Management LP's $215 million acquisition of some businesses and product lines in Eastman Chemical Co.'s coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers and inks segment.

REVLON CONSUMER PRODUCTS CORP.: $910 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup; $750 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 600 to 625 bps (B3/B-), four-year call protection of 105, 103, 102, 101; $160 million five-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 250 bps (B2), 50 bps undrawn fee; refinance bank debt, refinance 12% senior secured notes and pay fees and expenses, tender costs, and accrued interest; closing mid-to-late July; New York manufacturer and seller of cosmetics and skin care, fragrances and personal care products.

RIPPLEWOOD PHOSPHORUS LLC: $165 million senior secured credit facility (B+); UBS Warburg; $25 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $140 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps; help fund Ripplewood Holdings LLC's acquisition of Akzo Nobel's phosphorus chemicals business; Chicago producer of organophosphorus flame retardants and functional fluids.

RIVERSIDE & ROCKY MOUNTAIN PROJECT FUNDING: Expected close June 22; $661.5 million seven-year term loan (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 425 bps, offered at 99 1/2; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; secured by power plants; refinance existing debt and give to Calpine for general corporate purposes; Riverside in Beloit, Wis., and Rocky Mountain in Weld County, Colo., are Calpine Corp.'s 600-megawatt, natural gas-fired power plants.

ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES GROUP INC.: $1.85 billion senior credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and Goldman joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $1.05 billion seven-year term loan B at Libor plus 275 bps; $250 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps and 50 bps commitment fee; $250 million six-year term loan A at Libor plus 250 bps; $300 million eight-year term loan C at Libor plus 300 bps; fund the acquisition of four chemical businesses of Germany based Dynamit Nobel; Princeton, N.J., specialty chemicals and advanced materials company.

SAVERS INC.: $195 million credit facility; CIBC; revolver; first-lien term loan; second-lien term loan; Bellevue, Wash., thrift store operator.

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORP.: Approximately $460 million term loan C repricing to Libor plus 250 bps from Libor plus 275 bps, with stepdown to Libor plus 225 bps when senior leverage is below 1.75x; Bear Stearns; New York provider of services, systems and products to both the instant ticket lottery industry and the pari-mutuel wagering industry.

STEEL DYNAMICS INC.: $225 million senior secured revolver; refinance existing senior secured debt and for working capital and other general corporate purposes; Fort Wayne, Ind., steel manufacturing company.

STILLWATER MINING CO.: $180 million credit facility (Ba3/BB); TD Securities lead arranger and administrative agent; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $140 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps; refinance existing credit facility and for general corporate purposes; Columbus, Mont., developer, extractor, processor and refiner of palladium, platinum and associated metals.

SUNNY DELIGHT BEVERAGES CO.: Close expected July 2; $250 million credit facility; UBS; $40 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps (Ba3/BB-); $175 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps (Ba3/BB-); $35 million second lien term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps (B1/B), call protection of 102 and 101; $75 million U.S. dollar equivalent euro tranche at Libor plus 325 bps (Ba3/BB-); support J.W. Childs Associates LP's acquisition of Sunny Delight and Punica from The Procter & Gamble Co.; Cincinnati juice-based drink businesses.

TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES: $160 million credit facility (B2/B+); Wachovia; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps and $110 million six-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; fund acquisition; provider of dedicated "closed-loop" transportation services.

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS: $150 million seven-year second lien term loan (B2/B); GE Capital; recapitalization involving IDS sale; Greeley, Colo., distributor of crop protection chemicals, seeds and fertilizer.

US ONCOLOGY INC.: $500 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wachovia Bank and Citicorp North America Inc.; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $400 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; support acquisition by Oiler Acquisition Corp., an affiliate of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe IX LP; Houston cancer-care services company.

UTI CORP.: $214 million credit facility (B2/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner, Wachovia syndication agent; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $174 million six-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund acquisition of MedSource Technologies Inc.; Collegeville, Pa., provider of metal and plastic components, assemblies and finished devices to medical device manufacturers.

VALOR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.: $890 million credit facility (B2/B+); Banc of America Securities LLC and CIBC World Markets Corp. joint lead arrangers and joint book-managers; $790 million term loan; $100 million revolver; approximately five-year maturities and no amortization requirements; recapitalization; Texas provider of telecommunication services.

VERIFONE INC.: $292 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $30 million five-year revolver (B1/B+) at Libor plus 275 bps; $180 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 275 bps; $82 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (B3/B-) at Libor plus 700 bps recapitalization; Santa Clara, Calif., supplier of electronic payment equipment.

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.

VUTEK: $140 million credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman Sachs, GECC administrative agent; $125 million term loan talked at Libor plus 325 to 350 bps; $15 million revolver; refinance existing debt; Meredith, N.H., digital inkjet printing technology company.

WORLDSPAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $225 million senior credit facility (BB+) in connection with IPO; Lehman and JPMorgan, with Lehman left lead; $40 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $185 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; Atlanta provider of mission-critical transaction processing and information technology services to the travel industry.

YONKERS RACEWAY: $185 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 375 bps, pricing dropping to Libor plus 325 when construction is completed, 100 bps undrawn fee; Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns co-lead arrangers, Merrill left lead, Bear syndication agent; construction financing; Yonkers, N.Y., horse racing track.

ON THE HORIZON:

ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $8.8 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.

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.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.: $1.45 billion credit facility; JPMorgan, Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $500 million seven-year revolver; $200 million seven-year term A; $750 million seven-year term B; secured by pledges of the stock of some of Blockbuster's direct and indirect subsidiaries; pay a special distribution of $5 per share, or about $905 million, to its stockholders as part of Viacom Inc. split off, pay transaction costs and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Dallas provider of in-home movies and game entertainment.

CARROLS HOLDING CORP.: New credit facility along with IDS offering; Lehman Brothers lead arranger and bookrunner; revolver; term loan; repay existing bank debt and $170 million 9½% senior subordinated notes due 2008; Syracuse, N.Y. operator of 534 restaurants.

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.: Refinancing credit facility; JPMorgan; Atlanta owner and operator of radio stations.

DUANE READE INC.: $570 million in debt financing; Banc of America Securities LLC; help support the company's acquisition by an affiliate of Oak Hill Capital Partners LP; New York drugstore chain.

EYE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA INC.: New credit facility made up of a revolver and a term loan in connection with income units offering via Banc of America Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch & Co.; San Antonio optical retail chain.

FLEMING COS. INC.: $250 million exit financing facility; GECC; $240 million revolver at Libor plus 100 to 250 bps; $10 million term B; Lewisville, Texas, distributor of consumable goods and supermarket operator.

GARTNER INC.: $225 million credit facility; JPMorgan; help fund stock buyback; Stamford, Conn., provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry.

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.

IMCO RECYCLING INC.: New credit facility; Citigroup involved; help fund the merger with Commonwealth Industries Inc.; combined company is expected to be named and its headquarters selected prior to the closing of the transaction; IMCO is an Irving, Texas, recycler of aluminum and zinc. Commonwealth is a Louisville, Ky., manufacturer of aluminum sheet.

MEMEC INC.: New $300 million senior credit facility; revolver (Ba2/BB-); term loan A (Ba2/BB-); term loan B (Ba3/B); in connection with IPO; repay consortium loan debt, repay deep discount bond debt and for general corporate purposes; San Diego semiconductor demand creation distributor servicing the electronics industry.

OMNICARE INC.: $2.4 billion credit facility; JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and SunTrust Capital Markets joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, with JPMorgan listed on the left, JPMorgan and Lehman co-syndication agents, SunTrust administrative agent, and CIBC and Merrill Lynch co-documentation agents; $700 million five-year term loan; $1.1 billion 364-day loan; $600 million five-year revolver; interest rate on the credit facility can range from Libor plus 75 to Libor plus 250 basis points, depending on ratings; commitment fee on the revolver, and the 364-day loan if it not fully drawn at closing, can range from 17.5 basis points to 50 basis points depending on ratings; finance NeighborCare Inc. acquisition, repay debt and pay fees; Covington, Ky., provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly.

OXFORD INDUSTRIES INC.: New senior secured revolver; SunTrust Capital Markets Inc. lead arranger; help finance the acquisition of London-based Ben Sherman Ltd.; Atlanta designer, manufacturer, marketer and wholesaler of consumer apparel products.

PANAMSAT CORP.: New credit facility via Credit Suisse First Boston and Citigroup as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; Bear Stearns and Lehman as co-documentation agents; support LBO by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. from The DirecTV Group Inc. for about $4.3 billion; Wilton, Conn., satellite operator.

RANGE RESOURCES CORP.: New credit facility to refinance existing revolver and Great Lakes Energy Partners LLC's revolver and help fund acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in Great Lakes that it does not already own; Fort Worth, Texas, independent oil and gas company.

RCN CORP.: $460 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $285 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; $25 million five-year letter-of-credit facility at 4%, 50 bps commitment fee; $150 million 71/2-year second-lien facility at Libor plus 800 bps; to fund exit from Chapter 11; Princeton, N.J., communications company.

REFCO GROUP LTD. LLC: New credit facility via Bank of America, Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers, Deutsche documentation agent; help fund Thomas H. Lee Partners acquisition of a major ownership stake in the company; New York diversified financial services organization.

TELEFLEX INC.: $800 to $900 million credit facility; $500 million revolver; $300 to $400 million term loan; finance acquisition of Hudson Respiratory Care Inc. from entities controlled by Freeman Spogli & Co. and management; Limerick, Pa., diversified industrial company.

TRANSCORE HOLDINGS INC.: New credit facility consisting of a revolver and a term loan; help repay existing credit facility, redeem common and preferred stock and make other payments to security holders and employees; Harrisburg, Pa., provider of information technology.

VERIZON HAWAII: New credit facility via JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, with JPMorgan listed on the left; help fund The Carlyle Group's $1.65 billion acquisition of Verizon Hawaii from Verizon Communications Inc.; Hawaii-based telecommunications company.

XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES INC.: New credit facility in connection with IDS offering; CIBC; help repay existing debt; Westborough, Mass., supplier of consumables used in the manufacture of paper.

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