Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $24.1876 billion

SEPTEMBER:

BELL SPORTS CORP.: Bank meeting Sept. 9; $160 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Wachovia, with Goldman left lead, UBS involved as well; $110 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund Fenway Partners Inc.'s acquisition of the company from GarMark Partners LP, Wachovia Investors Inc. and Chartwell Investors for about $240 million; Irving, Texas, marketer of helmets and accessories for bicycling and other action sports.

COX ENTERPRISES INC./COX COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $10 billion in new senior unsecured credit facilities; Citigroup and Lehman Brothers joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, left lead still to be determined; refinance debt, fund the proposed tender offer for Cox Communications Inc.'s class A common shares and provide for working capital; Cox Enterprises is an Atlanta media company; Cox Communications is an Atlanta cable company.

ENCORE MEDICAL CORP.: New credit facility sized around $150 million made up of about 80% term debt, 20% revolver; Bank of America; help fund acquisition of Empi Inc.; Austin, Texas, orthopedic company.

JOSTENS IH CORP.: Bank meeting Sept. 9; $1.27 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and bookrunner, Deutsche and Bank of America agents; $250 million five-year revolver with 50 bps commitment fee; $150 million six-year term A; $870 million seven-year term B; help fund KKR creation of one large company from Jostens, Von Hoffman and Arcade Marketing; 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.

KNOLL INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 9; $500 million senior secured credit facility (BB-); UBS Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs, with UBS listed on the left; $75 million revolver talked around Libor plus 250 bps; $425 million term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt and fund a modest dividend to existing shareholders; East Greenville, Pa., designer and manufacturer of branded office furniture products and textiles.

RAYCOM MEDIA INC.: Bank meeting Sept. 10; $700 million credit facility; Wachovia; $150 million seven-year revolver at Libor plus 175 bps; $400 million seven-year term A at Libor plus 175 bps; $150 million 71/2-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing debt; Montgomery, Ala., television broadcaster.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AAI.FOSTERGRANT INC.: $115 million credit facility; Bear Stearns sole lead; $15 million five-year revolver; $100 million six-year term B; help fund the acquisition of Magnivision Inc. from American Greetings Corp.; Smithfield, R.I., eyewear and jewelry company.

ADCO GLOBAL INC.: $85 million credit facility; Wachovia; $30 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; $55 million six-year term A at Libor plus 325 bps; dividend recap; Raleigh, N.C., supplier of adhesives and sealants.

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.

AM GENERAL CORP.: $615 million credit facility; Citigroup; $50 million five-year revolver; $400 million seven-year first-lien term loan; $165 million second-lien term C; creating holdco with MacAndrews & Forbes and Renco, under which MacAndrews will obtain a majority ownership in the company from Renco, repay debt; South Bend, Ind., military and special purpose vehicles company.

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.

BRADLEY PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: $100 million credit facility; Wachovia; $25 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $75 million five-year term A at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Fairfield, N.J., specialty pharmaceutical company that acquires, develops and markets prescription and over-the-counter products.

COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO.: $675 million credit facility (B1/B+); JPMorgan and Deutsche, with JPMorgan listed on the left; $150 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $400 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; $125 million supplemental revolver for institutional investors at Libor plus 325 bps; refinance; Troy, Mich., automotive interior components company.

DENNY'S CORP.: $420 million senior secured credit facility; Banc of America Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC joint lead arrangers, with Banc of America listed on the left; $225 million five-year term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 325 bps; $75 million four-year revolver (B2/B) at Libor plus 350 bps; $120 million second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) at Libor plus 512.5 bps; refinance the existing credit facility, refinance a portion of existing senior notes and be available for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes; closing expected in September; Spartanburg, S.C., full-service family restaurant chain.

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.

INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS: $135 million credit facility (B2/B); Societe Generale; $60 million revolver; $75 million term loan; refinance senior secured credit facility and subordinated term loan; Arlington, Va., hotel management company.

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.

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.

OSI GROUP: $700 million credit facility; Bank of America; $250 million revolver; $450 million term loan talked in Libor plus 250 bps context; dividend recap; Aurora, Ill., food processor and distributor.

PIEDMONT HAWTHORNE (GARRETT AVIATION SERVICES): $287 million credit facility; Lehman Brothers and Citigroup joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with Lehman left lead and administrative agent; $60 million revolver (B1/B+) at Libor plus 250 bps; $157 million term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 250 bps, step down to Libor plus 225 bps if leverage below 3.5x; $70 million second-lien term loan (B2/B-) at Libor plus 525 bps; help fund The Carlyle Group's acquisition of Garrett from General Electric Co.; Tempe, Ariz., aviation aftermarket service provider.

RITE AID CORP.: $1.3 billion amended and restated credit facility; Citigroup and JPMorgan, with Citi listed on the left; $850 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 175 bps; $450 million five-year term loan at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing facility; Camp Hill, Pa., drugstore chain.

SYMMETRY MEDICAL INC.: $108.6 million credit facility repricing to Libor plus 350 bps from Libor plus 450 bps; Wachovia; $15 million revolver; $34.2 million term A; $59.4 million term B; Warsaw, Ind., provider of implants and related instruments and cases to orthopedic device manufacturers.

TANDUS GROUP INC.: $81 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $50 million 21/2-year revolver at Libor plus 325 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $31 million 31/2-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance; Dalton, Ga., commercial floorcovering manufacturer.

TITAN CORP.: $480 million credit facility; Wachovia; $135 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $345 million term B at Libor plus 275 bps; refinancing; San Diego technology developer and systems integrator that provides a range of systems solutions and services primarily to government agencies.

UAL CORP.: $500 million DIP increase at Libor plus 500 bps, 3% floor; JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, CIT and GE Capital; Elk Grove Township, Ill., airline carrier.

UNITED AGRI PRODUCTS: $665 million credit facility; $500 million five-year asset-based amended and restated revolver at Libor plus 275 bps via GECC Capital and UBS; $165 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 325 bps via GECC; repurchase senior and senior discount notes in connection with IDS sale; Greeley, Colo., distributor of crop protection chemicals, seeds and fertilizer.

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.

VANGUARD HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $1.05 billion credit facility (B2/B); Bank of America and Citigroup, with Bank of America listed on the left; $250 million revolver; $475 million term B talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; $175 million delayed-draw term loan B talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; $150 million delayed-draw acquisition term loan; 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.

WILTEL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.: $385 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner; $25 million five-year revolver (B2) at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $260 million six-year term B (B2) at Libor plus 350 bps; $100 million 6 1/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) at Libor plus 600 bps; refinance; Tulsa, Okla., telecommunications provider to enterprises, carriers and the federal government.

YELLOW ROADWAY CORP.: $500 million five-year unsecured revolver (Ba1) at Libor plus 125 bps; JPMorgan; refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes; Overland Park, Kan. less-than-truckload trucking company.

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.

BARRATT AMERICAN INC.: New credit facility; Bank of America and Guaranty Bank; revolver; term loans; help finance management's buyout of the company from its corporate parent, Barratt Developments plc; Carlsbad, Calif., builder of single-family homes.

BOISE CASCADE LLC: Post Labor Day business; 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.

BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA: Credit facility via CIBC; help fund expansion plans that will cost about $200 million; Atlantic City, N.J., entertainment resort.

BUFFETS HOLDINGS INC.: Amended credit facility in connection with IDS and senior subordinated notes offerings; Credit Suisse First Boston administrative agent, collateral agent, lead arranger and bookrunner; five-year revolver; five-year letter-of-credit facility; seven-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility; seven-year term loan; refinance all outstanding debt and repurchase common stock, warrants and options from the existing holders; Eagan, Minn., restaurant operator.

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.

THE COOPER COS. INC.: Post-Labor Day event; $750 million credit facility; Key Banc Capital Markets and JPMorgan Chase Bank, with Key Banc listed on the left; $475 million in term loans, including a five-year term A and a seven-year term B; $275 million five-year revolver; help fund the acquisition of Ocular Sciences Inc., refinance existing bank debt, and provide for ongoing working capital and general corporate needs; secured by substantially all assets of the combined Cooper-Ocular entity; Pleasanton, Calif., healthcare products 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.

DRESSER-RAND CO.: New credit facility via Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, with UBS involved as well; help fund First Reserve Corp.'s acquisition of Dresser-Rand from Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. for cash of approximately $1.2 billion; Olean, N.Y., supplier of infrastructure equipment to the energy industry.

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.

GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC.: $6.15 billion credit facility; Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston, Wachovia and Bank of America joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; average interest rate in the Libor plus 225-275 bps range; majority of debt has three-year tenor, some four-year debt; help fund the acquisition of The Rouse Co. and refinance $2 billion of General Growth's unsecured credit; Chicago shopping mall owner.

GRAHAM PACKAGING CO. LP: Likely third quarter business; new credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, Deutsche left lead; help fund the acquisition of Owens-Illinois Inc.'s Plastic Container business for about $1.2 billion; York, Pa., designer, manufacturer and seller of blow-molded plastic containers.

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.

INTELSAT LTD.: Likely late third quarter, early fourth quarter business; new credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers, Deutsche left lead; help fund LBO by Zeus Holdings Ltd.; Pembroke, Bermuda, satellite communications company.

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.

LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS INC.: Post-Labor Day business; $1.725 billion credit facility; Citigroup; $1.325 billion in seven-year term loans talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $400 million revolver; finance the acquisition of Province Healthcare Co., refinance Province Healthcare's existing debt, refinance LifePoint's credit facility and to provide for the ongoing working capital and general corporate needs of LifePoint Hospitals; Brentwood, Tenn., operator of hospitals.

MAXIM CRANE WORKS (ACR MANAGEMENT LLC): $250 to $300 million exit facility with an estimated interest rate of 7%; Pittsburgh crane rental company.

MCI INC.: New $750 million to $1 billion revolver; replace letter-of-credit facilities, support letter-of-credit requirements and increase liquidity; Ashburn, Va., communication company.

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.

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.

U.S. SHIPPING PARTNERS LP: $150 million senior secured credit facility; revolver; term loan; working capital, refinance existing debt, finance the acquisition or construction of additional vessels and general partnership purposes; Edison, N.J., provider of long-haul marine transportation 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.: $455 million senior secured credit facility in connection with IDS offering; CIBC; $100 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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