Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $34.7995 billion

OCTOBER:

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC.: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $500 million credit facility; Citigroup and UBS joint bookrunners, Citi left lead; $250 million five-year revolver estimated around Libor plus 175 to 200 bps; $250 million seven-year term B estimated around Libor plus 175 to 200 bps; help fund the acquisition of coal reserves and operations affiliated with the privately held Nicewonder coal group in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia and refinance existing $175 million revolver; expected close late-October; Abingdon, Va., Appalachian coal producer.

AMERICAN TOWER CORP.: Bank meeting Oct. 5; $2.45 billion credit facilities; $1.3 billion five-year credit facility for American Tower consisting of $750 million term A talked at Libor plus 75 bps, $250 million one-year availability delayed-draw term A talked at Libor plus 75 bps, $300 million revolver talked at Libor plus 75 bps; $1.15 billion five-year credit facility for SpectraSite Inc. consisting of $700 million term A talked at Libor plus 75 bps, $200 million one-year availability delayed-draw term A talked at Libor plus 75 bps, $250 million revolver talked at Libor plus 75 bps; TD Securities and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers, TD left lead on SpectraSite and JPMorgan left lead on American Tower, TD administrative agent on both; refinance existing bank debt and for general corporate purposes; Boston-based wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure company.

BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $300 million credit facility; $100 million five-year asset-based revolver led by Citigroup; $200 million six-year term B led by Goldman Sachs; revolver secured by first lien on accounts receivables and inventory; term loan secured by first lien on capital stock and property, plant and equipment and a second lien on accounts receivables and inventory; refinance existing debt and acquisition consideration; Vernon, Calif., clothing company.

DOANE PET CARE CO.: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $205 million credit facility; Lehman; $50 million revolver; $100 million term loan; $55 million dollar equivalent euro term loan; help fund LBO by Teachers' Private Capital; Brentwood, Tenn.-based manufacturer of private label pet food.

GRAY TELEVISION INC.: Bank meeting Oct. 3 week; up to $600 million senior secured credit facility; Wachovia; fund the acquisition of WSAZ-TV from Emmis Communications Corp. for $186 million; Atlanta-based communications company.

MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS, LP: $500 million credit facility; RBC Capital Markets; $100 million revolver, $400 million term loan; to help fund the acquisition of Javelina Gas Processing and Fractionization facility in south Texas; Denver-based publicly traded master limited partnership active in midstream and transmission; bank meeting Thursday.

ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS INC.: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $825 million senior credit facility; $700 million term loan; $125 million revolver; Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Bear left lead; also $325 million high-yield bonds; repay all existing bank debt, conduct a tender offer and consent solicitation for 8 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and fund a substantial dividend to the existing shareholder; Pewaukee, Wis., food retailer and wholesaler.

SCORPION DRILLING: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $200 million second-lien term loan; Morgan Stanley arranger; Libor plus 500 bps; to fund construction of up to four new jack-up rigs in the Gulf of Mexico; wholly owned subsidiary of Houston-based Scorpion Offshore, an oil and gas exploration and production company.

SHEA CAPITAL: Bank meeting Oct. 6; $750 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $250 million term loan talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $225 million revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps; $275 million "subscription facility" talked at Libor plus 75 bps; develop master-planned communities in Arizona and California.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Expected mid-to-late October; $350 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Wachovia joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan left lead and administrative agent, Wachovia syndication agent, Bank of America documentation agent; $75 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps assuming ratings of B1/B+ or better; $275 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps assuming ratings of B1/B+ or better; help fund The Carlyle Group's acquisition of the company; Windsor, Conn., provider of investment and financial management software and related services.

SWETT & CRAWFORD: Bank meeting Oct. 18; $280 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers; $20 million revolver; $190 million term B; $70 million second-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of the company by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc., Banc of America Capital Investors and Emerald Capital Group Ltd. from Aon Corp.; wholesale insurance brokerage firm.

TARGA RESOURCES INC.: Bank meeting Oct. 5; $2.4 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, with CSFB left lead; $250 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $300 million six-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $700 million two-year asset sale term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $1.15 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps; help acquire Dynegy Inc.'s Midstream natural gas business for $2.35 billion; Houston-based midstream energy company.

TENSAR EARTH TECHNOLOGIES: Bank meeting Oct. 5; $172 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $25 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $147 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund acquisition by Arcapita Inc. from KRG Capital Partners; Atlanta-based provider of technology-driven site solutions for site development of commercial, residential, industrial and municipal properties as well as transportation and environmental infrastructure.

TRIPLE CROWN MEDIA INC.: Expected late-October; $140 million credit facility; Wachovia and Bank of America, Wachovia left lead; $20 million six-year revolver; $90 million six-year first-lien term loan; $30 million seven-year second-lien term loan; back spinoff of Gray Television Inc.'s Newspaper Publishing and Graylink Wireless businesses into newly created Triple Crown and merger of Bull Run Corp. into Triple Crown; fund $40 million distribution to Gray and to refinance all of Bull Run's bank debt and subordinated debt.

TUPPERWARE CORP.: Bank meeting Oct. 5; $975 million credit facility (Ba2); Bank of America; $775 million term loan; $200 million revolver; fund purchase of Sara Lee Corp.'s direct selling business, refinance notes and for general corporate purposes; Orlando, Fla., direct seller of food storage, preparation and serving items.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

AFFINION GROUP (CENDANT MARKETING): $885 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche joint lead arrangers, CSFB left lead; $125 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; $760 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; help fund Apollo Management LP's acquisition of Cendant Corp.'s Marketing Services Division; Norwalk, Conn., direct marketer of membership clubs and insurance products.

AFFINION GROUP (CENDANT MARKETING): $1.37 billion (increased from $885 million) credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche joint lead arrangers, CSFB left lead; $125 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps; $860 million (increased from $760 million) seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps with one-year soft call at 101.0 added (pricing increased to Libor plus 250 bps from 225 bps); also $384 million senior subordinated bridge loan at 10.8%; to help fund Apollo Management LP's acquisition of Cendant Corp.'s Marketing Services Division; Norwalk, Conn., direct marketer of membership clubs and insurance products.

AMERICAN PACIFIC CORP.: $107.5 million credit facility; Wachovia; $10 million five-year revolver (B2); $70 million five-year first-lien term loan (B2); $27.5 million six-year second-lien term loan (Caa1); help fund the acquisition of GenCorp Inc.'s Aerojet Fine Chemicals business; Las Vegas-based specialty chemical company.

AMERICAN SEAFOODS GROUP LLC: $520 million senior secured credit facility (B1/BB-); Bank of America; $75 million six-year revolver; $125 million six-year term A; $180 million seven-year delayed-draw term B available for seven months; $140 million seven-year term B; delayed-draw term loan to fund repayment of 10 1/8% senior subordinated notes due 2010, funded term loans and revolver to refinance and replace existing bank debt; close anticipated in early October; Seattle-based integrated seafood company.

AMERISTAR CASINOS INC.: $1.2 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB+); Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo, with Deutsche left lead; $800 million revolver at Libor plus 100 bps; $400 million term B at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance existing bank debt; Las Vegas-based casino company.

AXLETECH INTERNATIONAL: $265 million credit facility; Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and CIBC, Merrill left lead; $50 million six-year revolver (B2/B+); $130 million seven-year first-lien term B (B2/B+); $85 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-); help fund LBO by The Carlyle Group; Troy, Mich., supplier of axles, brakes and other drivetrain components for off-highway and specialty vehicles to the commercial and military markets.

AUTO EUROPE LLC: $147.5 million credit facility; CIBC; $10 million revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $105 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $32.5 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps; dividend recapitalization; Portland, Maine, distributor of leisure car rental services for Europe bound travelers from North America, Europe and Australia.

BALL CORP.: Multi-currency senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and JPMorgan Securities Inc.; $715 million multi-currency revolver talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; $35 million Canadian revolver talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; £85 million term A talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; €350 million term B talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; C$175 million term C talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; refinance existing senior secured credit facility; Broomfield, Colo., supplier of metal and plastic packaging products, primarily for the beverage and food industries.

CAPELLA HEALTHCARE INC.: $195 million credit facility; Citigroup and Bank of America, Citi left lead; $40 million revolver (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $97 million term B (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $58 million second-lien term C (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 600 bps; help fund the acquisition of some hospitals from HCA Inc.; Brentwood, Tenn., acquirer and builder of acute care hospitals formed by GTCR Golder Rauner LLC and management.

CCS MEDICAL: $480 million credit facility; Wachovia and Bank of America; $50 million revolver (B3/B); $300 million first-lien term loan (B3/B); $130 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+); fund Warburg Pincus' acquisition of CCS and another Florida-based company; Clearwater, Fla., direct-to-consumer provider of medical supplies.

CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS CO.: $200 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $40 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps, 75 bps commitment fee; $60 million seven-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps; $100 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 250 to 275 bps; refinance existing debt; Claysburg, Pa., producer of manufactured housing.

CHART INDUSTRIES INC.: $240 million credit facility (B1/B+); Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, with Citi left lead; $60 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $180 million term B at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund LBO by First Reserve Corp.; Garfield Heights, Ohio, supplier of products and systems for low-temperature and cryogenic applications.

CLEAN EARTH INC.: $122 million credit facility; CIBC; $15 million revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $75 million term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $32 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps; help fund a LBO by Littlejohn & Co.; Hatboro, Pa., provider of solutions for the treatment and disposal of environmentally impacted sites and waste.

COMSYS IT PARTNERS INC.: $100 million senior secured revolver; Wachovia and Merrill Lynch, Wachovia left lead; help repay outstanding debt under existing senior credit facility and second-lien term loan; Houston-based information technology staffing company.

DAVITA INC.: $3.15 billion credit facility (B1/BB-); JPMorgan sole bookrunner, Credit Suisse First Boston involved; $250 million six-year revolver; $250 million six-year term A; $2.65 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps under certain conditions; help fund acquisition of Gambro Healthcare's U.S. assets and refinance existing facility; El Segundo, Calif., provider of dialysis services.

DELTA AIR LINES INC.: $1.7 billion debtor-in-possession financing facility; General Electric Capital Corp. lead arranger and bookrunner, Morgan Stanley co-lead on term loan C; $600 million term A at Libor plus 500 bps; $600 million term B at Libor plus 700 bps; $500 million term C at Libor plus 900 bps; replace about $980 million in secured pre-petition financing and for general corporate purposes; Atlanta-based airline.

EASTMAN KODAK CO.: $2.7 billion credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Citigroup; $1.2 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $1 billion seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $500 million seven-year delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; replace existing $1.225 billion five-year revolver and repay bank debt; Rochester, N.Y., digital imaging products, services and solutions company.

EXPRESS SCRIPTS INC.: $2.2 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Citibank joint lead arrangers; $600 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 75 bps; $1.6 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 75 bps; help fund acquisition of Priority Healthcare Corp.; St. Louis-based independent pharmacy benefits manager.

ISLE OF CAPRI BLACK HAWK LLC: $225 million credit facility (B+); CIBC; $50 million revolver; $175 million term B; refinance existing bank debt; Black Hawk, Colo., hotel casino jointly owned by Isle of Capri Casinos and Nevada Gold & Casinos.

J. CREW GROUP INC.: $295 million seven-year term loan (B+); Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, Goldman left lead; in connection with IPO; redeem preferred stock and notes; New York-based apparel and accessories retailer.

K&F INDUSTRIES INC.: Repricing term loan at Libor plus 200 bps from Libor plus 250 bps; New York-based maker of aircraft components.

LSP-KENDALL ENERGY LLC: $432 million credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers, CSFB left lead; $422 million (increased from $412 million) eight-year term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 200 basis points (flexed in from 275 bps), call protection 103, 101 (restructured from 102, 101); $10 million liquidity facility talked at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance existing debt; owner of an energy generation facility located in Kendall County, Ill.

MARTIN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP: $225 million credit facility; Royal Bank of Canada; $95 million working capital revolver talked in the Libor plus 300 bps area; up to $130 million term loan with an optional $100 million accordion feature talked in the Libor plus 300 bps area; help fund acquisition of Prism Gas Systems I LP and refinance existing bank debt; Kilgore, Texas, provider of marine transportation, terminalling, distribution and midstream logistical services for producers and suppliers of hydrocarbon products and by-products, lubricants and other liquids.

MD BEAUTY INC.: $177.5 million of incremental bank debt, second-lien repricing; BNP Paribas; $86 million first-lien term loan add-on (B1/B) at Libor plus 325 bps; $91.5 million second-lien term loan add-on (B3/CCC+), repricing upsized tranche at Libor plus 700 bps from Libor plus 650 bps; fund a dividend payment; San Francisco personal care company that is a portfolio company of JH Partners and Berkshire Partners.

MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL INC.: Upsizing first-lien term loan to about $135 million from about $87 million (B+), repricing at Libor plus 225 to 250 bps from Libor plus 300 bps; Goldman Sachs and Wachovia, Goldman left lead; repay and terminate second-lien term loan priced at Libor plus 625 bps; San Diego-based provider of information products, software and e-business solutions for the auto insurance, collision repair, medical claims and glass replacement industries.

THE NEIMAN MARCUS GROUP INC.: $2.575 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche; $600 million five-year asset-based revolver (NA/NA/BB-) at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps commitment fee; $1.975 billion 71/2-year term B (B1/B+/B) at Libor plus 250 bps, 101 soft call against voluntary repayments; help fund the approximately $5.1 billion leveraged buyout by Texas Pacific Group and Warburg Pincus LLC; Dallas-based high-end specialty retailer.

NORDIC BIOFUELS OF RAVENNA LLC (ABENGOA BIOENERGY OF RAVENNA): $120 million six-year senior secured term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 325 to 350 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston; build a greenfield ethanol plant in Ravenna, Neb.

PRECISION PARTS INTERNATIONAL LLC: $120 million credit facility; General Electric Capital Corp.; $20 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $100 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps; fund First Atlantic Capital Ltd.'s acquisition of the company from Morgenthaler Partners; Rochester Hills, Mich., designer and manufacturer of high-precision metal components and subassemblies.

PREGIS CORP.: $219 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers joint lead arrangers; $50 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; 50 bps commitment fee; $85 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; $84 million seven-year euro term B-2 at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund AEA Investors LLC's purchase of Pactiv's North American and European protective and flexible packaging businesses.

RELIANT ENERGY INC.: Repricing term loan to Libor plus 200 bps from Libor plus 237.5 bps; Houston-based provider of electricity and energy services.

RENAL ADVANTAGE INC.: $230 million credit facility; Citigroup and Lehman, with Citi left lead; $50 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $180 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; fund acquisition of dialysis centers from DaVita Inc. and Gambro Healthcare; Nashville, Tenn., dialysis center operator.

SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC.: $650 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank bookrunners; JPMorgan and Bank of America co-lead arrangers, JPMorgan administrative agent, Bank of America syndication agent, Deutsche documentation agent; $175 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $325 million term B at Libor plus 225 bps; $150 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; help finance leveraged buyout of the company by Bain Capital Partners LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners; Greenville, Wis., education company.

SWITCH AND DATA MANAGEMENT CO. LLC: $155 million credit facility; Deutsche and BNP Paribas, with Deutsche left lead; $10 million revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $25 million term A talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $75 million term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps; $45 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps; refinance existing debt; Tampa, Fla., provider of exchange and managed infrastructure services.

TEXAS GENCO LLC: Reprice approximately $1.6 billion term loan and $150 million funded letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 175 bps from Libor plus 200 bps; Goldman Sachs; Houston-based wholesale electric power generating company.

THERMAL NORTH AMERICA INC.: $312 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Lehman; $35 million multi-currency revolver (not being syndicated) at Libor plus 175 bps; $30 million eight-year letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 175 bps; $247 million eight-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; fund a dividend payment and refinance existing debt; Boston-based private venture focused on investments in district heating and cooling systems.

TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES LP: $350 million credit facility (B2/B+); Wachovia; $70 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $280 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; fund the purchase of several tuck-in companies in their business; Dallas-based third party provider of dedicated "closed-loop" transportation services.

TUBE CITY IMS LTD.: $65 million add-on to existing first-lien term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; Bear Stearns; also first-lien term loan pricing going to Libor plus 275 bps from Libor plus 250 bps and second-lien term loan pricing going to Libor plus 600 bps from Libor plus 575 bps as grid is added under which pricing jumps up if leverage is more than 31/2x; add-on to fund dividend payment to sponsor; Glassport, Pa., provider of raw materials and services to the steel industry.

TURTLE BAY RESORT: $400 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $275 million five-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 275 bps; $125 million six-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 650 bps; LBO financing; full-service luxury resort on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

U.S. INVESTIGATIONS SERVICES INC.: $430 million credit facility (B2/B+); Lehman; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $400 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance existing debt and to pay a $185 million dividend; Annandale, Pa., provider of security-related services to corporate and government clients.

VENTIV HEALTH INC.: $225 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB-); UBS and Bank of America joint lead arrangers, UBS bookrunner, Bank of America syndication agent; $175 million six-year term B at Libor plus 150 bps; $50 million five-year revolver; fund purchase of inChord Communications Inc. and for general corporate purposes; Somerset, N.J., provider of outsourced clinical, sales, marketing, and compliance solutions for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life sciences industries.

ON THE HORIZON:

AGILENT SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS GROUP: New credit facility; Citigroup and Lehman Brothers, with Citi left lead; total debt commitment for up to $1.725 billion, including $250 million of on-going working capital financing; help fund acquisition by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Silver Lake Partners from Agilent Technologies Inc. for $2.66 billion; semiconductor company.

AMC ENTERTAINMENT INC.: Up to $850 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston; $650 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance senior secured credit facilities at AMC and Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp. in connection with merger; Kansas City, Mo., theatrical exhibition company.

AMERICAN LEISURE HOLDINGS INC.: $111.45 million credit facility; KeyBank; $96.6 million 24-month development and construction loan at Libor plus 275 bps, 100 bps commitment fee; $14.85 million 18-month land loan at Libor plus 310 bps; 100 bps commitment fee; development of The Sonesta Orlando Resort at Tierra del Sol; Saddlebrook, N.J., holding company that develops vacation real estates.

AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORP.: $110 million five-year term loan; Merrill Lynch Capital; help fund acquisition of eight senior living communities from Epoch Senior Living Inc.; secured by the eight communities being purchased; Brentwood, Tenn., national senior living and health care services provider.

AMERIPATH INC.: Approximately $298 million credit facility; Wachovia and Citigroup; $203 million term loan; $95 million revolver; refinance existing credit facility and help fund acquisition of Specialty Laboratories Inc.; Riviera Beach, Fla., provider of physician-based anatomic pathology, dermatopathology and molecular diagnostic services.

ASARCO LLC: $75 million 24-month revolving line of credit debtor-in-possession facility at Libor plus 250 bps; The CIT Group/Business Credit Inc.; Tucson, Ariz., mining company.

BROOKSTONE INC.: $100 million five-year senior secured asset-based revolver at Libor plus 125 to 175 bps; Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP, Bank of America and UBS; help fund LBO by OSIM International, JW Childs Associates LP and Temasek Holdings Ltd., refinance debt and for general corporate purposes; Merrimack, N.H., product developer and specialty retail company.

CROSSTEX ENERGY LP: New senior secured credit facility; Bank of America; refinance existing debt, acquire El Paso Corp.'s South Louisiana properties and provide liquidity; Dallas-based mid-stream natural gas company.

DI GIORGIO CORP.: $120 million revolver with ability for $40 million incremental term loan under certain circumstances; replace existing $90 million revolver; closing in third quarter; Carteret, N.J., food wholesaler and distributor.

THE DOLAN FAMILY GROUP/CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.: $2.8 billion opco senior secured credit facility; Bank of America and Merrill Lynch joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, with Bank of America administrative agent; $600 million six-year term A; $1.7 billion seven-year term B; $500 million revolver; finance proposal to take Cablevision private and refinance Cablevision debt; Bethpage, N.Y., telecom and cable business.

DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC.: New credit facility; Bear Stearns; new revolver; expanding existing term loan by $200 million; help fund acquisition of Engineered Support Systems Inc.; Parsippany, N.J., provider of technology products and services to defense, government intelligence and commercial customers.

EGL INC.: $250 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 150 bps, can range from Libor plus 75 to 225 bps based on leverage; Bank of America; help finance modified Dutch auction self-tender offer of its common stock and refinance existing revolver debt; Houston-based transportation, supply chain management and information services company.

FOAMEX INTERNATIONAL INC.: $320 million 18-month debtor-in-possession financing facility; $240 million revolver from Bank of America at Libor plus 250 bps; $80 million term loan from Silver Point Finance LLC at Libor plus 1,000 bps; repay existing debt and for general corporate purposes; also commitment from Bank of America for exit facility; Linwood, Pa., producer of comfort cushioning and manufacturer of high-performance polymers.

FORMICA CORP.: $350 million credit facility; Bank of America; $50 million revolver; $225 million first-lien term loan of which at least half will be dollar denominated and the remainder will contain a U.K. piece, a Canadian piece and another European piece; $75 million second-lien term loan; dividend payment and buy back some existing bonds; Cincinnati-based designer and manufacturer of surfacing materials.

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE AG: Term B likely launching in the fall (pro rata bank meeting took place June 23); $5 billion senior credit facility; Bank of America and Deutsche Bank, with Bank of America left lead; $1 billion revolver at Libor plus 137.5 bps; $2 billion five-year term A at Libor plus 137.5 bps; $2 billion seven-year term B; finance acquisition of Renal Care Group Inc. for about $3.5 billion, plus the assumption of about $500 million of Renal debt, and refinance Fresenius credit facility; Bad Homburg, Germany, dialysis products and services provider.

FRIEDMAN'S INC.: $125 million five-year revolving exit financing facility; CIT; fund plan of reorganization, for working capital and for general corporate purposes; Savannah, Ga., jewelry retailer.

HEATING OIL PARTNERS LP: $115 million 18-month debtor-in-possession revolver at Libor plus 300 bps to Libor plus 1,000 bps based on utilization; Bank of America; working capital; residential heating oil distributor that is an operating subsidiary of Toronto-based Heating Oil Partners Income Fund.

THE HERTZ CORP.: New credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, with Deutsche left lead; help fund LBO by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc., The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity from Ford Motor Co.; Park Ridge, N.J, vehicle rental company.

INTELSAT LTD.: Commitments for about $2.88 billion in bank debt; Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Deutsche and Lehman joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Citigroup administrative agent, CSFB syndication agent; PanAmSat opco credit facility contains $355.95 million five-year term A at Libor plus 175 to 250 bps based on leverage, $1.6309 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps with step down to Libor plus 200 bps if leverage is less than 4.5:1.0, and $250 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 175 to 250 bps based on leverage; Intelsat opco credit facility contains $344.5 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps if leverage greater than 3.5:1.0 and Libor plus 150 bps if leverage less than or equal to 3.5:1.0, and $300 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 175 bps if leverage greater than 3.5:1.0 and Libor plus 150 bps if leverage less than or equal to 3.5:1.0; finance PanAmSat acquisition, refinance debt and for general corporate purposes; Pembroke, Bermuda, satellite company.

INTERMET CORP.: $265 million exit facility; Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP; up to $170 million five-year first-lien term loan; up to $35 million five-year institutional letter-of-credit facility; up to $60 million five-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; six-year second-lien term loan in an amount to be determined, which will reduce the amount loaned under the first-lien term loan; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Troy, Mich.-based auto parts maker.

KAISER ALUMINUM CORP.: $250 million exit facility; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. lead arranger, sole bookrunner and syndication agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank administrative agent, CIT Group/Business Credit Inc. co-arranger; $200 million five-year revolver; $50 six-year million term loan at Libor plus 550 bps; also $200 million one-year debtor-in-possession facility at Libor plus 225 bps; Houston aluminum company.

LIN TELEVISION CORP.: $500 million credit facility (BB-); $250 million six-year revolver; $250 million six-year delayed-draw term loan; refinance the existing credit facility, fund purchase of five network-affiliated television stations from Emmis Television Broadcasting and for general corporate purposes; Providence, R.I., owner and operator of television stations.

MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.: $650 million seven-year senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Inamed Corp.; Scottsdale, Ariz., specialty pharmaceutical company.

METALS USA INC.: Up to $450 million asset-based revolving credit facility, 50 bps commitment fee; Credit Suisse First Boston sole bookrunner, CSFB and Banc of America Securities LLC joint lead arrangers, Banc of America Securities co-syndication agent; help finance LBO by Apollo Management LP; Houston-based metals processor and distributor.

MIRANT CORP.: up to $1.5 billion exit facility; JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; $1 billion six-year senior secured revolving credit facility at Libor plus 200 bps if rated Ba3 or BB- or higher and Libor plus 225 bps if rated B1 or B+ or lower; up to $500 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 175 bps if rated Ba3 or BB- or higher and Libor plus 200 bps if rated B1 or B+ or lower; also bridge facility of no less than $850 million; fund the $250 million payment to fund intercompany restructuring transactions and help pay $1.35 billion in claims against the consolidated Mirant Americas Generation LLC debtors partially in cash; Atlanta-based power company.

NEW WORLD PASTA CO.: $240 million five-year exit facility; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. and GE Commercial Finance; $35 million revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; $140 million term B at 10% plus additional PIK; $65 million term C at 11% plus additional PIK or cash interest; Harrisburg, Pa., manufacturer and marketer of dry pasta.

OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.: $380 million credit facility; Wachovia; $30 million revolver; $290 million first-lien term loan; $60 million second-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of The Bisys Group Inc.'s Information Services Group; Glastonbury, Conn., provider of integrated, enterprise-wide data processing technologies for banks and credit unions.

PARTY CITY CORP.: New credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Bank of America; help fund LBO by AAH Holdings Corp., a Berkshire Partners LLC and Weston Presidio holding company that owns party goods company Amscan Inc. and replace in part some existing AAH financing; Rockaway, N.J., party goods chain.

PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: New credit facility; Bank of America; includes $50 million revolver; fund acquisition of NDCHealth Corp.; Alpharetta, Ga., provider of connective health care solutions to physicians and hospitals.

SHOPKO STORES INC.: $640 million five-year asset-based revolver from Bank of America at Libor plus 150 to 400 bps, 37.5 bps commitment fee; $65 million five-year senior second-lien term loan from Back Bay Capital at Prime rate plus 625 bps; help fund acquisition by Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison Inc.; Green Bay, Wis., provider of general merchandise and retail health services.

SILICON GRAPHICS INC.: $100 million two-year asset-based credit facility; Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. and Ableco Finance LLC; $50 million revolver; $50 million term loan; replace existing facility and improve liquidity; close expected by end of October; Mountain View, Calif., technology provider.

TAL INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC.: Up to $175 million senior secured revolver, in connection with IPO; refinance existing debt; Purchase, N.Y., lessor of intermodal freight containers.

WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT INC.: $455 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston, National City Bank and Royal Bank of Canada joint lead arrangers; $40 million five-year revolver, 50 bps commitment fee; $300 million five-year term B; $115 million seven-year second-lien term loan; fund the acquisition of Relizon Co.; New York-based full-service print and promotional products provider.

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