Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $35.3165 billion

OCTOBER:

DAY INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC.: Bank meeting Oct. 27; $415 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $25 million revolver (B1/B); $250 million first-lien term loan (B1/B); $140 million second-lien term loan (B2/CCC+); refinance existing debt; Dayton, Ohio, producer and distributor of consumable products for the offset printing and textile industries.

NOVEMBER:

DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Bank meeting in first half of November; 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.

THE HERTZ CORP.: $3.6 billion credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, with Deutsche left lead; $2.1 billion term loan; $1.5 billion asset-based revolver; also $3.5 billion high-yield bonds; to 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; expected to launch week of Oct. 31.

DECEMBER:

SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.: $225 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan; help fund LBO by Onex Corp. from Heritage Partners; Foothill Ranch, Calif., operator of long-term care facilities and a provider of a full continuum of post-acute care services.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ABENGOA BIOENERGY OF RAVENNA (NORDIC BIOFUELS OF RAVENNA LLC): $122 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $80 million 71/2-year term B (B2/B) at Libor plus 425 bps; $42 million eight-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 750 bps; build a greenfield ethanol plant in Ravenna, Neb.

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 TOWER CORP.: $2.45 billion credit facilities; $1.3 billion five-year credit facility (Baa3/BBB) for American Tower consisting of $750 million term A at Libor plus 75 bps, $250 million one-year availability delayed-draw term A at Libor plus 75 bps, $300 million revolver at Libor plus 75 bps; $1.15 billion five-year credit facility (Ba1/BBB) for SpectraSite Inc. consisting of $700 million term A at Libor plus 75 bps, $200 million one-year availability delayed-draw term A at Libor plus 75 bps, $250 million revolver 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.

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.

BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP: $300 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, with Goldman left lead on the term loan, Citi left lead on the revolver; $200 million six-year term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 325 bps; $100 million five-year asset-based revolver (Ba3/BB); 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.

BOART LONGYEAR CO.: $650 million credit facility; $500 million first-lien term loan (B2/B+) and $75 million revolver (B2/B+), both talked at Libor plus 300 basis points, $75 million second lien loan (Caa1/B-), price talk Libor plus 700 basis points; UBS; to fund dividend recapitalization; Gauteng, South Africa, mining company.

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.: Close Oct. 24 week; $200 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston; $40 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 75 bps commitment fee; $60 million seven-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt; Claysburg, Pa., producer of manufactured housing.

CITGO PETROLEUM CORP.: $1.85 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BBB-/BB+); BNP Paribas and JPMorgan Chase Bank; $700 million seven-year term B talked around Libor plus 150 to 175 bps; $1.15 billion five-year revolver talked around Libor plus 150 to 175 bps; fund cash tender offers for $150 million 7 7/8% senior notes due 2006 and $250 million 6% senior notes due 2011, as well as other note redemptions, and refinance existing loan; Houston-based refining and marketing company.

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.

CROWN HOLDINGS INC.: $1.3 billion equivalent credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers; $800 million revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $250 million term loan talked at Libor plus 150 bps; €250 million term loan talked at Euribor plus 150 bps; fund tender for Crown European Holdings SA's notes; Philadelphia-based packaging company.

DELPHI CORP.: $2 billion 24-month debtor-in-possession financing facility; JPMorgan and Citigroup; $1.75 billion revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $250 million term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; fund post-bankruptcy operating expenses, including supplier obligations and employee wages, salaries and benefits; Troy, Mich., supplier of vehicle electronics, transportation components, integrated systems and modules, and other electronic technology to vehicle manufacturers.

DOUGLAS DYNAMCIS LLC: $90 million five-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston; help fund growth initiatives; Johnson City, Tenn. manufacturer of snow and ice removal equipment.

EL POLLO LOCO INC.: $125 million credit facility; Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, with Merrill left lead; $25 million revolver; $100 million term B, price talk Libor plus 275 basis points; help fund LBO by Trimaran Capital Partners from American Securities Capital Partners LP; Irvine, Calif., quick-service restaurant chain specializing in Mexican-style chicken dishes.

GIANT EAGLE INC.: $550 million credit facility; Citigroup; $350 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $200 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance existing debt; Pittsburgh-based grocery chain.

GRAY TELEVISION INC.: $600 million senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Wachovia; fund the acquisition of WSAZ-TV from Emmis Communications Corp. for $186 million; Atlanta-based communications company.

INTERMET CORP.: $285 million exit facility; Goldman Sachs; $100 million first-lien term B; $35 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility; $80 million revolver; $70 million second-lien term loan; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Troy, Mich., auto parts maker.

ISLE OF CAPRI BLACK HAWK LLC: $225 million credit facility (B1/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 (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 225 bps; Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns, Goldman left lead; in connection with IPO; redeem preferred stock and notes; New York-based apparel and accessories retailer.

LIN TELEVISION CORP.: $500 million credit facility (Ba1/BB-); JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, with JPMorgan left lead; $250 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 125 bps; $250 million six-year delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 125 bps; 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.

MARKWEST ENERGY PARTNERS LP: $500 million credit facility; RBC Capital Markets; $100 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $400 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; 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.

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.

THE NASDAQ STOCK MARKET INC.: $800 million credit facility (Ba2/BBB-); JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch, with JPMorgan left lead; $50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $750 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps; help fund purchase of Instinet Group Inc.'s INET electronic marketplace; New York-based provider of securities listing, trading, and information products and services.

NEXTMEDIA OPERATING INC.: $390 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and GE Capital, with Goldman left lead; $50 million revolver (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $240 million term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $100 million second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps; fund tender for $200 million 10¾% senior subordinated notes due 2011, refinance revolver and fund purchase of undisclosed assets; Denver-based diversified out-of-home media company.

OPEN SOLUTIONS INC.: $415 million credit facility; Wachovia; $30 million revolver (B+); $310 million first-lien term loan (B+); $75 million second-lien term loan (B-); 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.

PENHALL INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $160 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank; $55 million revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $105 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 650 to 700 bps; refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes; Anaheim, Calif., specialized concrete cutting and demolition company.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.: $125 million credit facility; Royal Bank of Scotland and General Electric Capital Corp., with RBS left lead; $100 million term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $25 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund LBO by Olympus Partners from Bain Capital; Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., provider of environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering and construction testing services.

QTC MANAGEMENT INC.: $170 million credit facility; UBS and Bear Stearns; $15 million six-year revolver (B2/B) at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 250 bps; $55 million 71/2-year senior second-lien term loan at Libor plus 600 bps; support LBO by Spectrum Equity Investors; outsourced provider of disability evaluations.

QUALITY HOME BRANDS: $185 million credit facility; Bear Stearns; $20 million five-year revolver; $125 million six-year first-lien term loan; $40 million seven-year second-lien term loan; fund acquisition of Sea Gull Holdings by Murray Feiss Import LLC, a Quad-C portfolio company that is based in the Bronx, N.Y., and is a supplier of indoor and outdoor residential lighting products; newly formed lighting company.

RGIS INVENTORY SPECIALISTS: $570 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $70 million revolver (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $350 million term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $150 million second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 600 bps; dividend payment; Auburn Hills, Mich., third-party inventory taker.

RHODES HOMES: $600 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston; $450 million five-year term B (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $150 million 51/2-year second-lien term loan (B1/B-) talked at Libor plus 600 bps, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing debt, fund future development and land acquisition costs and fund an approximately $100 million dividend; Las Vegas-based homebuilder.

RINKER BOAT CO.: $175 million credit facility (B2); JPMorgan and General Electric Capital Corp.; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $155 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps; fund purchase of Godfrey Marine; Syracuse, Ind., boat maker.

ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS INC.: $825 million senior credit facility (B2/B+); Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs, Bear left lead; $700 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $125 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; 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.

SAN JUAN CABLE LLC: $400 million credit facility; Citigroup and JPMorgan; $50 million revolver (B1/B+); $225 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 200 bps, step-down to Libor plus 175 bps depending on leverage; $125 million second-lien term loan (B3/B-) at Libor plus 550 bps; help fund MidOcean Partners and Crestview Partners acquisition of San Juan, Puerto Rico, area cable operations jointly owned by Adelphia Communications Corp. and ML Media Partners LP.

SCORPION DRILLING: $200 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps; Morgan Stanley; 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: $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.

SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS: $585 million credit facility; Bank of America and Royal Bank of Scotland joint leads arrangers, with Bank of America left lead; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $405 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $160 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps, call protection 102, 101; help fund GTCR Golder Rauner LLC's acquisition of Sorenson Communications from the Sorenson family; Salt Lake City-based provider of video relay services and equipment for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

SPX CORP.: $1.66 billion credit facility; JPMorgan; $450 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 87.5 bps; $750 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 87.5 bps; $460 million multi-currency facility at Libor plus 87.5 bps; Charlotte, N.C., provider of cooling technologies and services, flow technology, industrial products and services, and technical products and systems.

SWETT & CRAWFORD: $280 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers; $20 million five-year revolver (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $190 million six-year term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $70 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 700 bps; 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.: $2.5 billion credit facility (Ba3/B+); 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 250 bps; $700 million two-year asset sale term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $1.25 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.

TARGUS GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.: $205 million credit facility (B1/B); Goldman Sachs and UBS, with Goldman left lead; $40 million revolver; $165 million term loan; help fund LBO by Fenway Partners Inc. from Apax Partners LP; Anaheim, Calif., supplier of mobile computing cases and accessories.

TENSAR EARTH TECHNOLOGIES: $172 million credit facility (B2/B-); 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.

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.

TIME WARNER TELECOM HOLDINGS INC.: $200 million term B (B1/B); Wachovia, Morgan Stanley and Lehman, with Wachovia left lead; capital expenditures and to, and after close, help fund the redemption of 9¾% senior notes due 2008; Littleton, Colo., provider of managed network solutions.

TOYS 'R' US INC.: $1.5 billion three-year real estate facility (B2/B-) at Libor plus 275 bps; Deutsche and Bank of America; two one-year extension options with 25 basis point extension fee; repay the majority of a $1.9 billion bridge loan used in the LBO; Wayne, N.J., specialty toy retailer.

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.

TRIPLE CROWN MEDIA INC.: $140 million credit facility; Wachovia and Bank of America, Wachovia left lead; $20 million six-year revolver (B2/B); $90 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2/B); $30 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+); 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.

TUBE CITY IMS LTD.: $65 million add-on to existing first-lien term loan (B1) 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.

TUPPERWARE CORP.: $975 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); 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.

TXOK ACQUISITION INC.: $525 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $325 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $200 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps; back the already completed acquisition of Oneok Inc.'s oil and gas production companies; Dallas-based oil and natural gas acquisition, exploration, exploitation, and development and production company.

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 (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $300 million five-year term B (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $115 million seven-year second-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 700 bps; fund the acquisition of Relizon Co.; New York-based full-service print and promotional products provider.

ON THE HORIZON:

ACCELLENT INC.: New debt financing from JPMorgan; help fund LBO by KKR and refinance existing loan and bonds; Collegeville, Pa., provider of fully integrated contract manufacturing and design services to medical device manufacturers.

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.

AMN HEALTHCARE INC.: $280 million senior secured credit facility (BB-); $205 million six-year term loan; $75 million five-year revolver; help fund purchase of The MHA Group Inc., refinance existing bank debt and for general corporate purposes; San Diego-based health care staffing company.

AMSCAN HOLDINGS CORP.: $540 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Bank of America; $400 million seven-year first-lien term loan; $75 million six-year revolver; $65 million eight-year second-lien term loan; help fund LBO of Rockaway, N.J., party goods chain Party City Corp. by AAH Holdings Corp., a Berkshire Partners LLC and Weston Presidio holding company that owns Amscan, and replace in part some existing AAH financing; Elmsford, N.Y., party goods company.

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.

BAKER TANKS INC.: New credit facility CIBC and Goldman Sachs; help fund LBO by Lightyear Capital LLC from Code Hennessy & Simmons; Seal Beach, Calif., liquid and solid containment equipment rental and leasing 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.

CALUMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS PARTNERS LP: New credit facility; five-year revolver; seven-year first-lien term loan; pre-funded letter of credit facility; 7 1/2-year second-lien term loan; refinance all existing bank debt; Indianapolis-based producer of high-quality, specialty hydrocarbon products.

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.

DEL LABORATORIES INC.: $85 million asset-based revolver; replace $75 million interim revolver that will be used to help repay existing bank debt; expected close by Dec. 31; Uniondale, N.Y., manufacturer, marketer and distributor of cosmetics and proprietary over-the-counter pharmaceuticals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NRG ENERGY INC.: $4.8 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Citigroup; $3.2 billion seven-year term loan at Libor plus 225-250 bps; $600 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 200-225 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $1 billion five-year synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 225-250 bps; help fund acquisition of Texas Genco LLC and refinance existing debt; Princeton, N.J., energy company.

PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $460 million credit facility; Bank of America; $50 million revolver; $410 million term loan; could issue up to $250 million subordinated bonds, will reduce term loan dollar-for-dollar; fund acquisition of NDCHealth Corp.; Alpharetta, Ga., provider of connective health care solutions to physicians and hospitals.

R.H. DONNELLEY CORP.: $503 million term B add-on under Dex West facility at Libor plus 175 bps; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Dex Media; Cary, N.C., Yellow Pages publisher and directional media company.

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.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $350 million senior secured credit facility (B2/B); 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.

TEAM HEALTH INC.: $500 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan, Lehman and Merrill Lynch; help fund LBO by Blackstone; Knoxville, Tenn., provider of outsourced physician staffing and administrative services.

UAL CORP.: Expected early 2006; $3 billion six-year exit facility at Libor plus 450 bps; JPMorgan and Citigroup joint lead arrangers; repay the debtor-in-possession facility, make other required payments and to ensure strong cash balances to conduct post-reorganization operations; expect to exit in February 2006; Elk Grove Township, Ill., airline carrier.

U.S. POWER GENERATING CO. LLC: $900 million credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $50 million revolver; $120 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility; $430 million term loan; $300 million second-lien debt; fund purchase of three New York City power plants from Reliant Energy by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and U.S Power; New York-based electricity generating asset acquisition company.

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