Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $42.1575 billion

JULY:

ALDERWOODS GROUP INC.: Bank meeting July 26 week (possibly July 29); amended credit facility to increase term loan borrowings by $175 million (BB-), increase revolver to $75 million from $50 million, extend term loan maturity; Bank of America; repurchase outstanding 12¼% senior notes due 2009 and repay subordinated loan due 2005; Cincinnati funeral home and cemetery operator.

ALLIANT RESOURCES GROUP INC.: Bank meeting July 28; $205 million credit facility (expected B2/expected B); GE Capital and Calyon, with GE listed on the left; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $175 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps; repay existing debt, redeem preferred stock and pay a dividend; Stamford, Conn., distributor of insurance and financial services products.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: Bank meeting July 28; repricing term loan to Libor plus 175 bps from Libor plus 250 bps; JPMorgan; Brentwood, Tenn., provider of hospital healthcare services.

ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: Bank meeting July 28; $400 million senior secured credit facility (B1); Goldman Sachs and Union Bank of California, with Goldman listed on the left; $150 million 61/2-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 to 225 bps; $250 million 71/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 200 to 225 bps; refinance existing credit facility, general corporate purposes and to fund the potential repurchase Series A preferred stock; Santa Monica, Calif., diversified Spanish-language media company.

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.: Bank meeting July 28; $500 million senior secured funded synthetic letter-of-credit facility due 2007 (B1/B+); JPMorgan; refinance $680 million senior secured U.S. revolver due April 30, 2005; closing in August; Akron, Ohio, tire company.

LAMAR MEDIA CORP.: Bank meeting July 28; $550 million term loan C at Libor plus 175 bps to reprice term B that's at Libor plus 200 bps; JPMorgan; Baton Rouge, La., outdoor advertising company.

NORTEK HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting July 28; $800 million credit facility (B1); UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS left lead; $700 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $100 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund approximately $1.75 billion acquisition of Nortek by Thomas H. Lee Partners in partnership with management; Providence, R.I., manufacturer of residential and commercial building products.

AUGUST:

GARRETT AVIATION SERVICES: Bank meeting expected early August; new credit facility; Lehman Brothers and Citigroup joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with Lehman left lead and administrative agent; help fund The Carlyle Group's acquisition of Garrett from General Electric Co.; Tempe, Ariz., aviation aftermarket service provider.

PLY GEM INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting early August; $161 million credit facility; UBS Securities, Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers, UBS left lead, J.P. Morgan Securities co-manager; $20 million incremental revolver; $141 million incremental term loan; help fund the acquisition of MW Manufacturers Inc. from Investcorp for about $320 million in cash; Kearney, Mo., manufacturer and distributor of products for use in the residential new construction, do-it-yourself and professional renovation markets.

STANDARD AERO: Bank meeting Aug. 2 week; $310 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers joint lead arrangers, with JPMorgan listed on the left, Credit Suisse First Boston documentation agent; $50 million revolver; $260 million term B; help fund The Carlyle Group's acquisition of the Standard Aero division from Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group; provider of turbine engine maintenance, repair and overhaul for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ACCREDO HEALTH INC.: Closing expected early August; $550 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Bank of America; $375 million seven-year term B; $175 million five-year revolver; refinance existing bank debt, fund acquisitions and for general corporate purposes; Memphis, Tenn., provider of specialty retail pharmacy services, clinical services, reimbursement services and delivery services.

ACOSTA SALES CO. INC.: $280 million credit facility; GE Capital and Wachovia, with GE listed on the left; $80 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $200 million six-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; Jacksonville, Fla., sales and marketing agency to the consumer packaged goods industry.

ALION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CORP.: $130 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $100 million five-year term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance existing debt; McLean, Va., global research and development company.

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.

ALLIED SECURITY INC.: Closing expected Aug. 3; $260 million credit facility (B2/B+); Bear Stearns & Co.; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 450 bps; $210 million six-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps, stepdown to Libor plus 400 bps if total leverage below 3.5x; fund acquisition of Barton Protective Services and repay debt; King of Prussia, Pa., private security company.

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, 2008; CIBC and Wells Fargo; $80 million revolver; $80 million term loan; fund tender for 10 1/8% notes; Seattle producer of seafood products.

ARDENT HEALTH SERVICES LLC: $275 million term B at Libor plus 225 bps (B1/B+); Citigroup and Bank of America, Citi listed on the left; acquisition financing; Nashville, Tenn., provider of healthcare services.

ARGOSY GAMING CO.: $675 million credit facility (Ba1/BB); Wells Fargo sole lead arranger; $175 million term B due 2011 at Libor plus 175 bps; $500 million revolver due 2009 at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance and retranche the existing $675 million credit facility; Alton, Ill., owner and operator of casinos.

BERRY PLASTICS CORP.: $516 million term B repricing at Libor plus 225 bps, 25 bps lower than existing pricing; JPMorgan and Goldman, with JPMorgan on the left; Evansville, Ind., maker of injection-molded plastic products.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.: $1.45 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB/BB); JPMorgan, Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $500 million seven-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $200 million seven-year term A at Libor plus 200 bps; $750 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 200 bps; 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.

BORDEN CHEMICAL INC.: $175 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps, 50 bps commitment fee (BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, CSFB left lead, Fleet and Morgan Stanley co-documentation agents; help fund Apollo Management LP's acquisition of the company from BW Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., for about $1.2 billion; Columbus, Ohio, supplier of high-performance resins, adhesives, coatings, and basic chemicals.

BLOUNT INC.: $420.2 million amended and restated credit facility; General Electric Capital Corp.; $125 million five-year revolver (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $5.2 million six-year Canadian term loan (B2/BB) talked at Libor plus 325 to 350 bps; $240 million six-year term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 325 to 350 bps; $50 million 61/2-year non-amortizing second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 550 bps; secured by substantially all domestic assets and stock of some subsidiaries; refinance existing debt; Portland, Ore., international manufacturing and marketing company.

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $150 million senior secured credit facility (BB-); Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP and GMAC Commercial Finance LLC; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help redeem all $150 million outstanding 9¾% senior notes due 2007 and repay existing bank debt; South Milwaukee, Wis., manufacturer of surface mining equipment.

CERADYNE INC.: $160 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Wachovia; $50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $110 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund acquisition of ESK Ceramics; Costa Mesa, Calif., developer, manufacturer and marketer of advanced technical ceramic products and components.

CMS ENERGY CORP.: $300 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; Citigroup and Wachovia, with Citi left lead; general corporate purposes; Jackson, Mich., energy holding company.

COLETO CREEK WLE LP: $460 million credit facility; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, with Citi listed on the left; $205 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba2/BB/BB); $50 million 51/4-year letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 225 bps (Ba2/BB/BB); $55 million 51/4-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps (Ba2/BB/BB); $150 million eight-year second-lien term C at Libor plus 350 bps (Ba3/BB-/BB-); fund the already closed acquisition of Coleto Creek Power Station and nine other Texas power plants by joint-venture partners Sempra Energy Partners and Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy & Power Fund II LP from AEP Texas Central Co; Goliad County, Texas, coal-fired power plant.

CONSUMERS ENERGY CO.: $400 million revolver; Bank One and Barclays; Jackson, Mich., provider of electric and natural gas service.

CROMPTON CORP.: $250 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps (Ba2/BB-); Deutsche and Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche left lead; in connection with tender offer; Middlebury, Conn., producer and marketer of specialty chemicals and polymer products and equipment.

CUMULUS MEDIA INC.: $430.3 million repricing and retranching; JPMorgan; $206.9 million term A at Libor plus 175 bps; $223.4 million institutional term loan at Libor plus 175 bps; Atlanta owner and operator of radio stations.

DAVITA INC.: $1.28 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner; $1.03 billion six-year term B at Libor plus bps; $250 million six-year term C add-on at Libor plus 175 bps; acquisition financing; El Segundo, Calif., provider of dialysis services.

DEAN FOODS CO.: $3 billion credit facility; Wachovia; $750 million term B at Libor plus 175 bps; $1.25 billion five-year term A at Libor plus 125 bps; $1 billion five-year revolver at Libor plus 125 bps; refinance; Dallas food and beverage company.

DOLE FOOD CO. INC.: $150 million six-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 475 bps; Deutsche; construction financing; Westlake Village, Calif., producer and marketer of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and fresh-cut flowers, and packaged foods.

DUANE READE INC.: $155 million six-year term B (B1/B) at Libor plus 325 bps via Bank of America and Credit Suisse First Boston as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, call protection of 102, 101; help fund the company's acquisition by an affiliate of Oak Hill Capital Partners LP; New York drugstore chain.

EMPI INC.: $140 million term B repricing at Libor plus 225 bps, 75 bps lower than existing pricing, in connection with IPO; JPMorgan; St. Paul, Minn., manufacturer and provider of non-invasive medical products for physical rehabilitation.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS: $4.05 billion in credit facilities; Enterprise Products Co. $700 million credit facility via Wachovia, Bank of Nova Scotia and JP Morgan Chase, with Wachovia listed on the left; $300 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $400 million four-year term A at Libor plus 200 bps; Enterprise Products Operating LP $3.35 billion credit facility via Wachovia, Citibank and JP Morgan Chase, with Wachovia listed on the left; $750 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 100 bps; $2.6 billion 364-day revolver at Libor plus 100 bps; acquisition financing; Enterprise Products Co. is an affiliate of Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP that provides processing, fractionation, storage, transportation and terminaling services to producers and consumers of natural gas liquids and other liquid hydrocarbons; Enterprise Operating is an approximately 99% owned subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners LP that provides midstream energy services.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $500 million credit facility (B2/B+) in connection with the initial public offering of Income Deposit Securities; Deutsche left lead, CIBC and Citigroup; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $400 million five-year 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.

FOUNDATION COAL CORP.: $820 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citi administrative agent and left lead, CSFB syndication agent, UBS documentation agent; $470 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 200 bps, with stepdown to Libor plus 175 bps; $350 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; 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.

HELM HOLDING 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.

HERALD MEDIA INC.: $155 million credit facility; Wachovia and CIBC; $25 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $110 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; $20 million 71/2-year second lien at Libor plus 550 bps; refinance; Boston newspaper publisher.

INNOPHOS HOLDINGS: $270 million credit facility; Bear Stearns and UBS, with Bear Stearns listed on the left; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $220 million term loan; help fund Bain Capital's acquisition of Rhodia's North American specialty phosphates business.

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.

INTERTAPE POLYMER GROUP INC.: $275 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); Citigroup; $75 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $200 million term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; repay an existing credit facility and redeem all three series of existing senior secured notes; Bradenton, Fla., developer and manufacturer of specialized polyolefin plastic and paper packaging products.

IRON MOUNTAIN INC.: $200 million term C at Libor plus 175 bps, to reprice term B at Libor plus 200 bps; JPMorgan sole lead; Boston provider of records and information management services.

THE JEAN COUTU GROUP INC.: $1.7 billion credit facility (B1/BB); Deutsche, National Bank of Canada and Merrill Lynch, with Deutsche on the left; $1.1 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; $250 million five-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps; $350 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; fund the Eckerd drugstores acquisition from J.C. Penney Co. Inc. for $2.375 billion; Longueuil, Quebec-based drugstore chain.

J.L. FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE CASTINGS INC.: $470 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $100 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps (B3); $250 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps (B3); $120 million eight-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 700 to 750 bps (Caa1); refinance existing credit facility and to fund tender for 11½% senior subordinated notes due 2009; Sheboygan, Wis., automotive parts supplier.

JOURNAL REGISTER CO.: $1.05 billion senior credit facility (Ba2); JPMorgan; $425 million 71/4-year revolver at Libor plus 125 bps; $275 million 71/4-year term A at Libor plus 125 bps; $350 million eight-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; fund acquisition of 21st Century Newspapers Inc. and refinance debt; Trenton, N.J., newspaper publishing company.

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.

KRANSON INDUSTRIES INC.: $170 million senior secured credit facility; UBS Securities LLC lead arranger, Scotia syndication agent, GE and Antares co-documentation agents; $30 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $140 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund AEA Investors LLC's leveraged buyout of Kranson; St. Louis provider of rigid packaging containers and related components.

LION CHEMICAL CAPITAL LLC, ACI CAPITAL CO. INC.: $85-$90 million credit facility; AmSouth sole lead on revolver, term A; Ableco sole lead on term B; help fund the acquisition of PolyOne Corp.'s elastomers and performance additives business.

LOEWS CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $830 million credit facility (B1/B); Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with Citi listed on the left, Lehman Brothers, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank co-documentation agents; $100 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $100 million delay draw term loan; $630 million seven-year term B at of Libor plus 225 bps; help fund the acquisition of Loews by a corporation formed by Bain Capital, The Carlyle Group and Spectrum Equity Investors for C$2.0 billion from Onex Corp. and Oaktree Capital Management LLC; New York-based movie theater chain.

M/C COMMUNICATIONS LLC: $165 million credit facility; Lehman; $15 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $150 million 61/2-year term loan at Libor plus 350 bps; fund Bain Capital LBO; Boston producer of medical conferences.

MERISANT CO.: $255 million credit facility (B2); Credit Suisse First Boston and RBC joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $35 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $50 million six-year euro term loan at Libor plus 325 bps; $170 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; recapitalization in connection with IDS offering; Chicago low-calorie sweetener company.

MERRILL CORP.: $200 million credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, CSFB left lead; $50 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million five-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; debt repayment; St. Paul, Minn., diversified communication and document service company.

MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL INC.: $165 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Wachovia, with Goldman listed on the left; $15 million five-year first-lien revolver at Libor plus 300 bps (B1/B+); $100 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million eight-year second-lien term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 625 bps; finance a cash dividend to existing shareholders, retire existing debt, fund a special employee bonus pool and provide working capital; San Diego provider of information products, software and e-business solutions for the auto insurance, collision repair, medical claims, and glass replacement industries.

NEBRASKA BOOK CO. INC.: $180 million term loan C at Libor plus 250 bps to replace/reprice $180 million term loan B; JPMorgan; Lincoln, Neb., provider of products and services to the college marketplace.

NEP BROADCASTING LLC: $190 million credit facility; Wachovia sole books, Bank of New York agent; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps (B); $135 million 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps (B1/B); $30 million seven-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 800 bps (B2/CCC+); help fund Apax Partners and Spectrum Equity Investors acquisition of NEP from Wachovia Capital Partners; Pittsburgh provider of outsourced media services.

NES RENTALS HOLDINGS INC.: $275 million six-year second-lien term loan (B3/B), call protection of 102 and 101; Bank of America and Bear Stearns, Bank of America left lead; refinance existing bank debt; Chicago equipment rental company.

NORTHLAND CABLE TELEVISION INC.: New credit facility; refinance existing senior bank debt, redeem all of the company's senior subordinated notes and provide excess borrowing capacity for possible future acquisitions, capital expenditures and working capital; Seattle cable company.

NUI CORP.: $95 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $75 million 10-month senior secured term B to NUI Utilities at Libor plus 475 bps; $20 million 16-month senior unsecured term B to NUI at Libor plus 600 bps; provide liquidity until AGL Resources Inc. merger is completed; Bedminster, N.J., energy company.

PAN AM INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT ACADEMY: $100 million credit facility; CIBC; $10 million first-lien revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $65 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $25 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps; Miami provider of aviation training.

PANAMSAT CORP.: $2.91 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB+); Citigroup and Credit Suisse First Boston as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citi left lead, Bear Stearns, Lehman and Bank of America as co-documentation agents; $250 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $800 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $1.86 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps; support LBO by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. from The DirecTV Group Inc. for about $4.3 billion; Wilton, Conn., satellite operator.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $350 million amended credit facility; Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns, with Lehman listed on the left; increase revolver to $100 million from $75 million; $250 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps, 50% funded and 50% 12 month delay draw with 100 bps unfunded fee; term loan to reprice approximately $200 million existing term loan and help fund Lake Charles project; Las Vegas owner and operator of gaming entertainment facilities.

PLAYCORE INC.: $145 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $15 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 500 bps at opco; $55 million five-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 500 bps at opco; $55 million six-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 950 bps at opco; $20 million 61/2-year third-lien term loan at 18%, split into 5% cash, 13% PIK, at holdco; refinancing; Chattanooga, Tenn., playground equipment manufacturer.

POLYPORE INTERNATIONAL INC.: $413 million term B repricing to Libor plus 225 bps in connection with IPO; JPMorgan and Bear Stearns, JPMorgan left lead; Charlotte, N.C., developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialized microporous filtration products.

PROGRESSIVE MOULDED PRODUCTS LTD: C$415 million credit facility; JPMorgan and CIBC, with JPMorgan left lead; C$50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; U.S. dollar equivalent to C$75 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 300 bps; U.S. dollar equivalent to C$290 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund Thomas H. Lee Partners' acquisition of the company from an ownership group led by Oak Hill Capital Partners; supplier of plastic automotive interior subsystems.

REFCO GROUP LTD. LLC: $875 million credit facility (B1/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers, with CSFB left lead, Deutsche documentation agent; $800 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $75 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; help fund Thomas H. Lee Partners' acquisition of a major stake in the company; New York diversified financial services organization.

REGUS GROUP LLC: $155 million credit facility; Bear Stearns; $25 million four-year revolver; $20 million four-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility; $110 million six-year term B; help fund the acquisition of HQ Global Workplaces Inc.; Chertsey, England-based provider of outsourced offices, meeting rooms and conference and training facilities.

RESOLUTION SPECIALTY MATERIALS: $155 million credit facility (B+); JPMorgan and Bear Stearns, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $125 million term B at Libor plus 275 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.

ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES GROUP INC.: $1.757 billion senior credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS and Goldman joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with CSFB left lead; $985 million seven-year term loan B at Libor plus 250 bps, stepdown to Libor plus 225 bps if leverage below 2.25x; $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; $272 million eight-year euro 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.

THE SCOTTS CO.: $400 million credit facility (Ba1/BB); JPMorgan and Citigroup, JPMorgan listed on the left; $200 million term A talked at Libor plus 125 bps; $200 million term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance existing term B with lower rates and more flexible borrowing covenants; Marysville, Ohio, marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care.

SEALY CORP.: $545 million term B at Libor plus 250 bps to reprice term B that's at Libor plus 275 bps; JPMorgan and Goldman, with JPMorgan on the left; Trinity, N.C. bedding company.

SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.: $275 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $35 million five-year revolver (B1/B) at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $140 million six-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 275 bps (B1/B); $100 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 700 bps (B3/CCC+); refinance existing debt; Foothill Ranch, Calif., operator of long-term care facilities and a provider of post-acute care services.

STANADYNE CORP.: $100 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $35 million five-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 225 bps (B1/BB); $65 million six-year second-lien covenant light term loan at Libor plus 375 bps (B2/B+); help fund a leveraged buyout of the company by an affiliate of Kohlberg & Co. LLC; Windsor, Conn., provider of technology and services for engine components and fuel systems.

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

STOLT-NIELSEN SA: Close expected by end of July; $150 million five-year credit facility; fully underwritten by DnB NOR Bank; secured by a pledge of the Stolthaven Houston and Stolthaven New Orleans terminal-storage assets; prepay an existing $64 million credit facility on Stolthaven Houston, that matures January 2005, and for general corporate purposes; London-based provider of transportation services for bulk liquid chemicals, edible oils, acids, and other specialty liquids.

UGS PLM SOLUTIONS: $500 million term loan repricing at Libor plus 225 bps, 50 bps lower than existing pricing; JPMorgan and Citigroup, with JPMorgan left lead; Plano, Texas, provider of product lifecycle management software and related 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.

UNITED INDUSTRIES CORP.: $235 million term loans; Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan, Bank of America left lead; $160 million term loan add-on at Libor plus 250 bps (B1/B+); $75 million second-lien term loan (B2/B-); 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.

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.

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.

VENETIAN CASINO RESORT: $975 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Goldman Sachs sole lead arranger and bookrunner, syndication agent, Bank of Nova Scotia administrative agent; $125 million revolver due 2009; $90 million 18-month delay draw term A due 2009 with 150 bps unused fee; $105 million six-month delay draw term B due 2011 with 75 bps unused fee, talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps; $655 million term B due 2011 talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps; refinance existing debt and to finance construction of a new hotel; Las Vegas hotel and casino.

WALLACE THEATRES: $155 million credit facility; Wachovia; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps (B2/B); $105 million five-year term A at Libor plus 325 bps (B2/B); $25 million 51/2-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 700 bps (B3/CCC+); refinance; Portland, Ore., motion picture exhibitor.

WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.: $350 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner; $115 million 31/2-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps, 150 bps commitment fee; $235 million four-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Boise, Idaho provider of engineering, construction and environmental services.

WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.: $385 million credit facility (B3); Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $360 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 to 375 bps; refinance; Tulsa, Okla., telecommunications provider to enterprises, carriers and the federal government.

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.

AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $175 million senior secured revolver; JPMorgan and Citigroup, JPMorgan listed on the left; in connection with leveraged buyout by Marquee Holdings Inc., an investment vehicle owned by JPMorgan Partners and Apollo Management LP; Kansas City, Mo., theatrical exhibition company.

BOISE CASCADE LLC: New credit facility; JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers, with JPMorgan listed on the left; help fund acquisition of Boise Cascade Corp.'s paper, forest products and timberland assets for about $3.7 billion; based in Boise, Idaho.

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.

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan listed on the left; $150 million five-year revolver; $350 million five-year term A; help fund acquisition of Inveresk International Group Inc.; Wilmington, Mass., provider of research tools and integrated support services that enable drug discovery and development.

COMSYS HOLDING INC.: Expected close by Sept. 30; $183 million credit facility; Merrill Lynch Capital; asset-based revolver; $15 million two-year senior term loan; senior second-lien term loan; in connection with its merger with Venturi Partners Inc.; repay funded debt; Houston IT staffing and services company.

DANA AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET/CYPRESS: New credit facility to help fund Cypress buyout of Dana Corp.'s aftermarket business for $1.1 billion; Credit Suisse First Boston, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; producer of automotive replacement products.

DEL LABORATORIES INC.: $260 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Bear Stearns joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with JPMorgan listed on the left, JPMorgan Chase Bank administrative agent, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. syndication agent and Deutsche Bank documentation agent; $210 million term B; $50 million revolver; help fund the acquisition of Del Laboratories by DLI Holding Corp., a company jointly owned by affiliates of Kelso & Co. and Church & Dwight Co. Inc. and general corporate purposes; Uniondale, N.Y., manufacturer, marketer and distributor of cosmetics and proprietary over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.

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.

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.

IMCO RECYCLING INC.: New credit facility; 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.

INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES HOLDING CORP.: New credit facility in connection with IDS offering; CIBC and Banc of America joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; revolver; term loan; both with approximately five-year maturities; repay existing bank debt and to fund a tender offer for 9 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2011; Lake Forest, Calif., provider of diagnostic imaging services.

JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORP./STONE CONTAINER CORP.: New revolver; refinance both companies' credit facilities that are due in 2005; Chicago manufacturer of paperboard and paper-based packaging.

KKR/JOSTENS, VON HOFFMAN, ARCADE MARKETING: New credit facility; likely post-Labor Day business; help fund acquisition and creation of one large company; Jostens is Minneapolis provider of yearbooks, class rings and graduation products; Von Hoffman is St. Louis printer of educational textbooks and supplemental materials and direct marketing print services; Arcade is New York printer and manufacturer of sampling products for the fragrance, cosmetics, consumer products, and food and beverage industries.

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.

NEW SKIES SATELLITES NV: Expected third quarter business; new credit facility; Deutsche Bank and ABN Amro, with Deutsche listed on the left; help fund The Blackstone Group's acquisition of the company; Hague, Netherlands-based fixed satellite communications company.

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.

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.

SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES INC.: New credit facility; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Matrics Inc. for $230 million in cash; Holtsville, N.Y., provider of secure mobile information systems.

TEXAS GENCO HOLDINGS INC.: New credit facility likely fourth quarter business; Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley, with Goldman left lead; help fund acquisition by GC Power Acquisition LLC from CenterPoint Energy Inc.; Houston wholesale electric power generating 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.

VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: New credit facility; Bank of America and Citigroup, with Bank of America listed on the left; recapitalization that includes The Blackstone Group; Blackstone purchasing a majority equity interest in the company; Nashville, Tenn., owner and operator of acute care hospitals and related health care services.

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.: $405 million senior secured credit facility in connection with IDS offering; CIBC; $50 million 41/2-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $355 million 41/2-year term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; both tranches can step down to Libor plus 225 or 200 bps based on leverage; help repay existing debt; Westborough, Mass., supplier of consumables used in the manufacture of paper.

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