Bank Loan Calendar: $97.7825 billion deals being marketed

MARCH BANK MEETINGS

ADESA INC.: Bank meeting March 22; $1.79 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3); Bear Stearns, UBS, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, with Bear left lead; $300 million revolver; $1.49 billion covenant-light term B; help fund LBO by Kelso & Co., GS Capital Partners, ValueAct Capital and Parthenon Capital and merger with Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc.; Carmel, Ind., provider of wholesale vehicle auctions and used vehicle dealer floorplan financing.

DELTA AIR LINES: Bank meeting targeted for March 26; $2.5 billion exit facility; JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, UBS and Barclays Capital, with JPMorgan left lead on the first lien and Goldman left lead on the second lien; $1 billion revolver; $500 million first-lien term A; $1 billion second-lien term B; repay DIP facility, fund other bankruptcy payments and increase cash balance; Atlanta-based airline.

ITRON INC.: Bank meeting in New York on March 22, London on March 27; $1.2 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3); UBS; $115 million multicurrency revolver; $605 million first-lien term loan; €310 million first-lien term loan; £50 million first-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of Actaris Metering Systems; Liberty Lake, Wash., provider of hardware, software and services to integrate the creation, measurement, collection, management, application and forecasting of data for electric, gas and water utilities.

KINDER MORGAN INC.: $8.6 billion credit facility (Ba2); Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Wachovia and Merrill; $2 billion 61/2-year term A; $2.1 billion seven-year term B; $1.5 billion seven-year term C; $2 billion three-year term D; $1 billion six-year revolver; help fund public-to-private buyout by management and equity investors; Houston-based energy infrastructure provider.

MAGUIRE PROPERTIES INC.: Bank meeting March 28; $825 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, with Credit Suisse sole lead arranger; $625 million 51/2-year term B; $200 million five-year revolver, 50 bps commitment fee; help fund acquisition of all of the properties in Orange County and Downtown Los Angeles that were part of the former Equity Office Properties portfolio from The Blackstone Group; Los Angeles-based real estate investment trust.

OSI RESTAURANT PARTNERS INC.: Expected late March/early April; $1.35 billion senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $1.1 billion seven-year term loan; $250 million six-year revolver; help fund LBO by Bain Capital Partners, LLC, Catterton Partners and company founders Chris T. Sullivan, Robert D. Basham and J. Timothy Gannon; Tampa, Fla., casual dining restaurants company.

SPECTRUM BRANDS INC.: Bank meeting March 21; $1.65 billion six-year credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Bank of America; $1.6 billion term loan; $50 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility; refinance existing credit facility; expected close by March 30; Atlanta-based consumer products company and a supplier of batteries and portable lighting, lawn and garden care products, specialty pet supplies, shaving and grooming and personal care products and household insecticides.

US CABLE OF COASTAL-TEXAS LP: Bank meeting March 21; $120 million credit facility; SunTrust; $10 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps; $110 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps; refinance existing debt; provider of cable television services and high-speed internet services.

APRIL BANK MEETINGS

BONTEN MEDIA GROUP LLC: New credit facility; Lehman; fund acquisition of BlueStone Television LLC, an owner and operator of television stations; Bonten is an affiliate of Diamond Castle Holdings LLC.

COURTSIDE ACQUISITION (AMERICAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS INC.): $115 million senior secured credit facility; BMO Capital Markets; fund acquisition of American Community Newspapers LLC from Spire Capital Partners, LP, Wachovia Capital Partners and senior management, and for general corporate purposes; newspaper publisher.

DRESSER INC.: Bank meeting expected around mid April; new credit facility; Lehman, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and UBS, with Lehman left lead; revolver; first-lien term loan; second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Riverstone Holdings LLC, First Reserve and Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners; Dallas-based provider of highly engineered infrastructure products for the energy industry.

SWIFT TRANSPORTATION CO. INC.: Expected April/May business; $2.975 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Wachovia and JPMorgan; $450 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $1.69 billion seven-year first-lien term B expected at Libor plus 275 bps; $835 million eight-year second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 625 bps, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Jerry Moyes, its largest shareholder and a current director; Phoenix truckload carrier.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS INC.: $700 million senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB); UBS, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, with UBS left lead; $300 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps; $400 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund purchase of IntraLase Corp.; Santa Ana, Calif., developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices for the eyes.

ALERIS INTERNATIONAL INC.: Repricing U.S. and Euro term loan B's lower by 37.5 bps; Deutsche Bank; Beachwood, Ohio, manufacturer of aluminum rolled products and extrusions, aluminum recycling and specification alloy production.

ALLIANCE ONE INTERNATIONAL INC.: $385 million amended and restated credit facility (B1/BB-); Wachovia; $250 million 31/2-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $135 million four-year term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; refinance existing debt; Morrisville, N.C., leaf tobacco company.

ALLIED WASTE INDUSTRIES INC.: $3.17 billion credit facility; JPMorgan and Citigroup, with JPMorgan left lead; $1.575 billion revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps; $1.105 billion term B talked at Libor plus 175 bps, step down to Libor plus 150 bps at 4 1/4x leverage; $490 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility talked at Libor plus 175 bps, step down to Libor plus 150 bps at 4 1/4x leverage; refinance existing debt; Phoenix nonhazardous solid waste management company.

ARAMARK CORP.: Repricing U.S. term B, euro term B and synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 175 bps from Libor plus 212.5 bps, step up to Libor plus 200 bps if senior secured leverage is more than 4.75x, 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs; Philadelphia-based professional services company that provides food, hospitality, facility management services as well as uniform and work apparel.

ASHMORE ENERGY INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $1.5 billion credit facility (Ba3/B+/BB); Credit Suisse and JPMorgan, with Credit Suisse left lead; $500 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $1 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance existing debt; Houston-based natural gas, power distribution and power generation company.

ATTACHMATE CORP.: $775 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and UBS, with Credit Suisse left lead; $20 million revolver (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $480 million first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $275 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 625 bps; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend payment; Seattle-based provider of access and integration software for legacy systems.

BERRY PLASTICS GROUP INC.: $1.6 billion credit facility; $400 million asset-based revolver; $1.2 billion senior secured term B (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 200 bps; Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank joint lead arrangers on term B, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs joint lead arrangers on revolver; in connection with merger with Covalence Specialty Materials Holding Corp.; refinance the outstanding credit facilities at Covalence and Berry; Evansville, Ind., plastic packaging company.

BIORELIANCE CORP.: $155 million senior secured credit facility; UBS; $15 million U.S. revolver; $5 million U.K. revolver; $55 million U.S. term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $40 million U.K. term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $40 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps; help fund its buyout by Avista Capital Partners from Invitrogen Corp.; Rockville, Md., contract service organization providing biological safety testing, toxicology, viral manufacturing and laboratory animal diagnostic services.

BIRDS EYE FOODS INC.: $575 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $125 million revolver; $450 million term loan at Libor plus 175 bps; recapitalization; Rochester, N.Y., processor of frozen vegetable and other food products.

BUILDING MATERIALS CORP. OF AMERICA: $1.9 billion senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan; $975 million seven-year term B (B2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $600 million five-year ABL revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $325 million 71/2-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 575 bps, non-callable for one year then at 101 in year two; fund buyout of ElkCorp; Wayne, N.J., building products company.

CALLON PETROLEUM CO.: $200 million seven-year synthetic revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps area, call protection 102, 101; Merrill Lynch; help fund acquisition of BP Exploration and Production Co.'s 80% working interest in the Entrada Field; Natchez, Miss., explorer, developer, acquirer and operator of oil and gas properties.

CALPINE CORP.: $5 billion two-year debtor-in-possession facility; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Deutsche; $4 billion term loan expected at Libor plus 200 bps if Ba3/BB-, Libor plus 225 bps if B1/B+, Libor plus 275 bps if B2/B or Libor plus 325 bps if B3/B-; $1 billion revolver with 50 bps unused fee expected at Libor plus 200 bps if Ba3/BB-, Libor plus 225 bps if B1/B+, Libor plus 275 bps if B2/B or Libor plus 325 bps if B3/B-; refinance existing DIP facility and repay $2.516 billion of operating subsidiary Calpine Generating Co., LLC's secured pre-bankruptcy debt; San Jose, Calif., power company.

CAMBIUM LEARNING INC.: $158 million credit facility (B2/B); Credit Suisse and Barclays; $30 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $128 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund LBO by Veronis Suhler Stevenson from J.H. Whitney & Co.; Natick, Mass., education company that provides intervention solutions for literacy and mathematics.

CARDINAL HEALTH PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES: $1.76 billion credit facility (B+); Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Bear Stearns, with Morgan Stanley left lead; $350 million revolver; $1.41 billion term loan; help fund The Blackstone Group's acquisition of the Pharmaceutical Technologies and Services business; developer, manufacturer and packager of medication and other products for pharmaceutical and biotech firms.

CARDINAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT CORP.: $125 million credit facility; Bank of America; recapitalization; Concord, N.C., third-party logistics and transportation services firm.

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC.: $2.09 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; $150 million five-year revolver (Ba2/B+) talked at Libor plus 225 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $1.5 billion six-year first-lien term B (Ba2/B+) talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $440 million 61/2-year second-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 600 bps; help fund Onex Corp.'s acquisition of Eastman Kodak Co.'s Rochester, N.Y.-based health group business, which consists of medical, dental and molecular imaging systems businesses.

CARGO HOLDINGS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $215 million credit facility; SunTrust; $115 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $50 million six-year funded term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps based on leverage; $50 million six-year final maturity delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps based on leverage; support the purchase and modification of aircraft; Orlando, Fla., provider of diversified airport-to-airport transportation services, cargo aircraft management and cargo aircraft-related logistical support.

CEBRIDGE CONNECTIONS INC.: $225 million first-lien term B (B1) add-on talked at Libor plus 200 bps (also repricing existing term B at Libor plus 200 bps from Libor plus 225 bps); Goldman; fund the acquisition of assets; St. Louis-based provider of cable television and internet access.

CELANESE CORP.: $3.628 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank; $2.28 billion term B due 2014 talked at Libor plus 175 bps; €400 million term B due 2014 talked at Euribor plus 175 bps; $600 million revolver due 2013 talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $228 million credit-linked revolver letter-of-credit facility due 2014 talked at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing bank and bond debt; Dallas-based hybrid chemical company.

CKE RESTAURANTS INC.: $320 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); BNP Paribas sole lead arranger and bookrunner, Citigroup syndication agent; $200 million revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $120 million term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps; refinance existing debt; Carpinteria, Calif., owner, operator and franchiser of quick-service and fast-casual restaurants.

CLARKE AMERICAN CORP.: $1.9 billion credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns, Citigroup and JPMorgan; $1.8 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; fund M&F Worldwide Corp.'s acquisition of John H. Harland Co.; New York-based producer of licorice products for the tobacco, food, pharmaceutical and confectionery industries.

CONCHO RESOURCES LP: $200 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps; Bank of America; Midland, Texas, oil and gas company.

CONSOLIDATED CONTAINER CO.: $740 million senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Lehman Brothers, with Deutsche left lead; $100 million ABL revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $390 million first-lien term loan (B1/B-) talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $250 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing bank debt, help fund the purchase of notes and for working capital, acquisitions and other corporate purposes; Atlanta-based developer, manufacturer and marketer of rigid plastic containers.

COSMETIC ESSENCE INC.: $157 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $35 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $122 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps; refinance existing debt; Holmdel, N.J., contract manufacturer for the personal care products industry.

DEAN FOODS CO.: $4.8 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Bank of America and Wachovia; $1.5 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $1.5 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $1.8 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 175 bps; pay a one-time special cash dividend to shareholders and refinance existing bank debt; Dallas-based food and beverage company.

DS WATERS HOLDINGS: $300 million holdco term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, call protection 102, 101; General Electric Capital Corp.; secured by stock; fund a dividend payment; Atlanta-based home and office water delivery company.

DYNEGY HOLDINGS INC.: $1.25 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB-/BB); Citigroup and JPMorgan; $750 million revolver due April 2012 talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $500 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility due April 2013 talked at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing bank debt, general corporate purposes and to support activities of subsidiaries; Houston-based electric company.

EDDIE BAUER HOLDINGS INC.: $225 million term B (B2) talked at Libor plus 350 bps area; JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; Seattle-based retailer that sells casual sportswear and accessories.

ENTEGRA POWER GROUP LLC: $480 million credit facility (B3/B+); Lehman, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; $30 million seven-year second-lien synthetic revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps; $450 million seven-year second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps; also $850 million 81/2-year third-lien mezzanine tranche talked at Libor plus 700 bps PIK; repay existing debt; Tampa, Fla., owner and operator of power plants.

EURONET WORLDWIDE INC.: $190 million term loan (Ba2/BB); Bank of America; help fund the acquisition of RIA Envia Inc.; Leawood, Kan., electronic payments provider.

EXCO RESOURCES INC.: $2.35 billion credit facilities; JPMorgan; $750 million revolver talked at Libor plus 125 bps and $250 million term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps at Exco Resources; $1 billion revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps and $350 million term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps at Exco Operating; refinance existing debt and help fund acquisitions of oil and gas properties; Dallas-based independent energy company.

THE EXPLORATION CO.: Expected close by April 2; $205 million credit facility; BMO Capital Markets; $125 million four-year revolver; $80 million five-year second-lien term loan; help fund acquisition of Output Exploration LLC; San Antonio oil and gas enterprise.

F&W PUBLICATIONS INC.: $108 million in loans; JPMorgan; $33 million first-lien term loan add-on talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $75 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps; refinance existing second-lien term loan; Cincinnati-based publisher of special interest magazines and books.

FONTAINEBLEAU LAS VEGAS: $1.85 billion credit facility (B); Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche and Merrill Lynch; $1 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $850 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 175 bps unused fee; fund construction of a hotel and casino project in Las Vegas.

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP.: Repricing term A and term B-1 to Libor plus 175 bps from Libor plus 200 bps with step downs to Libor plus 150 bps at less than 4.6x leverage (step down also being added to term B-2), term B-1 and B-2 have 101 soft call; Citigroup; Atlanta-based manufacturer and marketer of tissue, packaging, paper, building products and related chemicals.

GRAHAM PACKAGING HOLDINGS CO.: $1.875 billion term B (B1) talked at Libor plus 200 bps; Deutsche Bank and Citigroup; repay second-lien term loan and essentially reprice/refinance existing first-lien term B, while stripping covenants; York, Pa., producer of custom high-value-added blow-molded plastic containers.

HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP.: $1.81 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman and UBS, with Credit Suisse left lead; $400 million six-year revolver, 50 bps commitment fee; $1.3 billion covenant-light seven-year term loan at Libor plus 200 bps, step down to Libor plus 175 bps at corporate ratings of B1/B+; $110 million covenant-light seven-year pre-funded synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 200 bps, step down to Libor plus 175 bps at corporate ratings of B1/B+; fund acquisition of Raytheon Aircraft Services, Ltd. by Onex Corp. and GS Capital Partners from Raytheon Corp.; Wichita, Kan., manufacturer of business jet, turboprop, piston aircraft and military training aircraft.

HUNTER FAN CO.: $295 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $60 million revolver (B1/B); $145 million first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 250 bps area; $15 million delayed-draw term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 250 bps area; $75 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 625 bps area; fund LBO by MidOcean Partners; Memphis-based home comfort company that offers ceiling fans, portable fans, air purifiers, humidifiers, thermostats and vaporizers.

IKARIA HOLDINGS: $275 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs, with Credit Suisse left lead; $40 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $235 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 200 bps; fund the combination of Ikaria Inc. and INO Therapeutics by New Mountain Capital, ARCH Venture Partners and Venrock Associates; Clinton, N.J., therapeutic gases and critical care medicine company.

J.G. WENTWORTH LLC: $425 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs, with Deutsche left lead; $325 million first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps; $100 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, call protection 102, 101; repay second-lien term loan and pay a dividend; Bryn Mawr, Pa., company that provides services to individuals who need to access the capital markets by exchanging some or all of their structured settlement or annuity for immediate cash payment.

LAMAR MEDIA CORP.: $900 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $600 million term A talked at Libor plus 100 bps; $300 million term B talked at Libor plus 150 bps; fund a share repurchase and special dividend and refinance existing debt; Baton Rouge, La., provider of outdoor advertising services.

LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORP.: $450 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse; $50 million six-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $75 million seven-year funded term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $325 million seven-year delayed-draw term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund acquisition of Ascent Entertainment Group, Inc. from Liberty Media Corp.; Sioux Falls, S.D.-based provider of interactive TV and broadband solutions to hotels.

LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO.: Repricing term loan to Libor plus 150 bps from Libor plus 175 bps and shifting to covenant-light; JPMorgan; Houston-based independent, publicly traded chemical company.

MACDERMID INC.: $660 million senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, CIBC and RBS; $360 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 200 bps; $250 million euro-equivalent seven-year covenant-light term B at Euribor plus 225 bps; $50 million six-year revolver, 50 bps commitment fee; help fund buyout by Daniel H. Leever, the company's chairman and chief executive officer, and Court Square Capital Partners and Weston Presidio; Denver-based specialty chemical manufacturer.

MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL INC.: $330 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $20 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $190 million first-lien term B at Libor plus 200 bps; $120 million second-lien term loan at Libor plus 525 bps, call protection 102, 101; also $20 million holdco PIK mezzanine loan; help fund LBO by an investment group led by Aurora Capital Group from Hellman & Friedman LLC; expected close in March; San Diego-based provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the automotive insurance claims and collision repair industries.

MR DEFAULT SERVICES: $170 million senior credit facility; RBS Securities; $10 million revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $110 million term B at Libor plus 300 bps, step down to Libor plus 275 bps at less than 4x leverage; $50 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 300 bps, step down to Libor plus 275 bps at less than 4x leverage; refinance exiting debt and fund acquisitions; Roswell, Ga., provider of outsourced foreclosure and bankruptcy processing services.

NES TANKS: $90 million covenant-light second-lien term loan (B3/B-) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, call protection 102, 101; Bank of America and General Electric Capital Corp., with Bank of America left lead; help fund acquisition by Odyssey Investment Partners LLC from NES Rentals Holdings Inc., a Chicago-based aerial and general equipment rental and traffic safety services provider.

ONTARIO TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN: $1.88 billion senior secured credit facility; RBS Securities and RBC Capital Markets; finance acquisition of four North American marine container terminals from Orient Overseas International Ltd., fund capital expenditures and provide working capital to support the operation of the terminal assets.

OSHKOSH TRUCK CORP.: Repricing term B at Libor plus 175 bps from Libor plus 200 bps; Oshkosh, Wis., designer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty commercial, fire and emergency and military vehicles and bodies.

PENTON MEDIA INC.: $150 million holdco PIK loan talked at Libor plus 625 bps to 650 bps, call protection 102, 101; UBS; fund a dividend to shareholders; New York-based business-to-business publisher.

PHILOSOPHY INC.: $285 million senior secured credit facility; Wachovia and Citigroup, with Wachovia left lead; $35 million revolver (B2/B); $225 million first-lien term loan (B2/B); $25 million second-lien term loan; fund acquisition by The Carlyle Group; Phoenix-based skin care, bath & body care, fragrances and color cosmetics company.

PINNACLE FOODS GROUP INC. (PEAK FINANCE LLC): $1.3 billion senior secured credit facility (B2/B-); Lehman and Goldman Sachs, with Lehman left lead; $125 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.175 billion covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund LBO by The Blackstone Group; Cherry Hill, N.J., manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded food products.

PLY GEM INDUSTRIES INC.: $768.5 million amended and restated senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); UBS; $80 million revolver due Feb. 12, 2009 talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $663.7 million covenant-light U.S. first-lien term loan due Aug. 15, 2011 talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $24.8 million covenant-light Canadian first-lien term loan due Aug. 15, 2011 talked at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing facility and repay second-lien term loan; Kearney, Mo., manufacturer and marketer of products for use in the residential new construction, do-it-yourself and professional renovation markets.

PROTECTION ONE INC.: Repricing term loan at Libor plus 225 bps from Libor plus 250 bps; Bear Stearns; Lawrence, Kan., provider of security monitoring services.

RAILAMERICA INC.: $650 million 18-month senior secured credit facility; Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; $25 million revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $625 million term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund already completed LBO by Fortress Investment Group LLC; Boca Raton, Fla., short line and regional rail service provider.

RCN CORP.: $595 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and SocGen; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps to 200 bps; $520 million covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 200 bps to 225 bps; refinance existing first-lien debt, tender for second-lien convertibles and pay a special dividend to shareholders; Herndon, Va., provider of video, data and voice services.

REALOGY CORP.: $4.27 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB); JPMorgan, Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns and Citigroup; $1.45 billion term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps; $1.22 billion delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps that would be available to fund purchases of the company's notes if necessary; $850 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps; $750 million revolver; help fund LBO by Apollo Management, LP; Parsippany, N.J., real estate franchisor.

THE REYNOLDS AND REYNOLDS CO.: Repricing first-lien term loan at Libor plus 200 bps from Libor plus 250 bps; Deutsche left lead; Dayton, Ohio, dealer services company.

SABRE HOLDINGS CORP.: $3.515 billion senior secured credit facility (B1/B+); Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley; $500 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $3.015 billion 71/2-year first-lien term B at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps when secured leverage is less than 4x; back LBO by Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group; Southlake, Texas, retailer of travel products and provider of distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry.

SLEEP INNOVATIONS: $325 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $30 million revolver; $225 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $70 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps; fund an acquisition and refinance existing debt; West Long Branch, N.J., fabricator and marketer of foam bedding, sleep products and accessories.

SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS: $198 million first-lien term loan add-on talked at Libor plus 250 bps (also repricing existing first-lien debt to Libor plus 250 bps from Libor plus 300 bps); Goldman Sachs; repay holdco PIK loan and a portion of second-lien term loan; Salt Lake City-based provider of video relay services and equipment for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

SOUTHERN PINES ENERGY CENTER: $235 million credit facility (B1/BB-); SunTrust; $100 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $135 million term B at Libor plus 187.5 bps; refinance existing construction debt; salt dome gas storage facility in Greene County, Miss.

SUN HEALTHCARE GROUP INC.: $435 million senior secured credit facility (Ba2/B); Credit Suisse, CIBC and UBS; $50 million revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $40 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $55 million delayed-draw term loan talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $290 million term B talked at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund acquisition of Harborside Healthcare Corp.; Irvine, Calif., operator of long-term and post-acute care facilities and provider of therapy, medical staffing, home care and hospice services.

SWETT & CRAWFORD GROUP INC.: $395 million credit facility; Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; $20 million revolver (B2) talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $265 million first-lien term B (B2) talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $110 million second-lien term loan (B3) talked at Libor plus 575 bps to 600 bps, call protection 102, 101; recapitalization that will include paying a dividend to sponsors; Atlanta-based insurance broker.

SYNAGRO TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $540 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Citigroup and Lehman; $100 million revolver (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps; $290 million first-lien term loan (Ba3/B+) talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps; $150 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 550 bps; help fund LBO by The Carlyle Group; Houston-based recycler of biosolids and other organic residuals.

TME: $160 million senior credit facility; RBS Securities and TD Securities, with RBS left lead; $20 million multicurrency revolver; $20 million U.S. first-lien term loan; $75 million equivalent U.K. first-lien term loan; $45 million second-lien term loan; help fund purchase by an undisclosed private equity sponsor; Secaucus, N.J., provider of medical communications, independent medical education and marketing sales support.

TRAVELPORT HOLDING LTD.: $1.1 billion five-year senior unsecured dollar- and euro-denominated PIK loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps for the first 18 months, Libor plus 750 bps for months 19 through 30 and Libor plus 800 bps for months 31 through maturity, OID 99; Credit Suisse and UBS lead arrangers, Lehman co-syndication agent, and Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley additional joint bookrunners; pay a dividend to shareholders; Parsippany, N.J.-based travel distribution services company.

UNIVISION COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $8.2 billion credit facility (Ba3/B/B+); Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Wachovia, RBS Securities and Lehman, with Deutsche left lead; $750 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $7 billion term B at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps if corporate credit rating is Ba3 or total leverage is less than 9.5x; $450 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 225 bps, step down to Libor plus 200 bps if corporate credit rating is Ba3 or total leverage is less than 9.5x; also $500 million second-lien asset-sale bridge loan (B3/NA/B-) at Libor plus 250 bps; help fund LBO by Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Saban Capital Group, delayed draw available for repayment of senior notes; expected close spring 2007; Los Angeles-based Spanish-language media company.

US AIRWAYS GROUP INC.: $1.6 billion term loan (B2/B/BB-) at Libor plus 250 bps; Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; refinance $1.25 billion of senior secured credit facility, refinance $325 million of unsecured debt and raise incremental liquidity; Tempe, Ariz., airline company.

VENETIAN MACAU LTD.: $400 million credit facility upsizing and repricing of revolver, local term loan, funded term loan and delayed-draw term loan to Libor plus 225 bps from Libor plus 275 bps; institutional debt has 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs, Lehman and Citigroup, with Scotia administrative agent; upsizing will be used to make investments in Macau; subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Las Vegas-based hotel, gaming, resort and exhibition/convention company.

VERTAFORE INC.: $545 million credit facility; JPMorgan, Credit Suisse and Wachovia, with JPMorgan left lead on the first-lien, Credit Suisse left lead on the second-lien; $370 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $175 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps; dividend recapitalization; Windsor, Conn., enterprise software and information services provider to the property and casualty insurance industry.

WESTERN GOLDFIELDS INC.: Expected close by March 31; $105 million eight-year term loan at Libor plus 220 bps pre-completion of the project and Libor plus 175 bps post-completion; Investec Bank; develop Mesquite Mine in California and help purchase fleet equipment; Toronto-based gold producer.

WESTERN REFINING INC.: $1.9 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America; $500 million revolver; $1.125 billion term B (B1/BB-) at Libor plus 175 bps; $275 million delayed-draw term loan (B1/BB-) at Libor plus 175 bps, 75 bps unused; help fund acquisition Giant Industries Inc.; El Paso, Texas, independent refiner and marketer.

VISTEON CORP.: $500 million term loan add-on talked at Libor plus 300 bps; JPMorgan and Citigroup; enhance liquidity; Van Buren Township, Mich., automotive parts supplier.

YORK LABEL: $170 million credit facility; General Electric Capital Corp.; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $100 million first-lien term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million second-lien term loan; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Omaha, Neb., printer and converter of custom, pressure-sensitive labels.

ON THE HORIZON

AEROFLEX INC.: New credit facility; JPMorgan and Lehman; help fund buyout by General Atlantic and Francisco Partners; Plainview, N.Y., provider of high technology solutions to the aerospace, defense, cellular and broadband communications markets.

ALLIED HOLDINGS INC.: $315 million senior secured DIP that is convertible into an exit facility; Goldman Sachs; $230 million term loan at Libor plus 350 bps; $50 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 350 bps; $35 million revolver at Libor plus 350 bps, 50 bps undrawn fee; refinance existing DIP; Decatur, Ga., distributor of new and used vehicles.

AMERICAN REAL ESTATE PARTNERS LP: $3.6 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America; $1 billion five-year revolver at Libor plus 150 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $2.6 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund buyout of Lear Corp.; New York-based diversified holding company engaged in a variety of businesses and an affiliate of Carl C. Icahn.

AMERIGROUP CORP.: Up to $600 million five-year senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Wachovia; up to $550 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility; up to $50 million revolver; enable the company to post an irrevocable letter of credit in order to stay the enforcement of the judgment in Tyson versus Amerigroup Illinois Inc., to refinance existing credit facility and for ongoing working capital and general corporate purposes; Virginia Beach, Va., managed health care company.

ASHFORD HOSPITALITY TRUST INC.: $150 million revolver; Wachovia; also potential for new term loan; help fund acquisition of hotel portfolio from CNL Hotels and Resorts and replace existing corporate credit facility; Dallas-based real estate investment trust focused on the hospitality industry.

BELDEN CDT INC.: $125 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 200 bps if corporate family ratings are B1/B+, otherwise Libor plus 225; Wachovia; for ongoing working capital requirements and other corporate purposes; St. Louis-based designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-speed electronic cables, connectivity products and related items.

BIOMET INC.: $4.35 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Wachovia; $3.6 billion 71/2-year term loan; $750 million six-year revolver (asset-based, cash-based or combination thereof); help fund LBO by the Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG; Warsaw, Ind., designer and manufacturer of musculoskeletal medical products.

BROADCAST MEDIA GROUP: New credit facility; UBS sole lead; revolver; first-lien term loan; second-lien term loan; back buyout by Oak Hill Capital Partners from The New York Times Co.; broadcasting company.

BUCYRUS INTERNATIONAL INC.: New cross-border credit facility; Lehman; term loan; revolver; help fund acquisition of DBT GmbH from RAG Coal International; South Milwaukee, Wis., designer and manufacturer of walking draglines, electric rope mining shovels and rotary blasthole drills used by the surface mining industry.

CARITOR INC. (KEANE INC.): $690 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup, UBS and Bank of America; $600 million term loan; $40 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility; $50 million revolver; help fund Caritor's acquisition of Keane; new combined Boston-based IT services company to operate under Keane name.

CATALINA MARKETING CORP.: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley and Lehman; help fund buyout by ValueAct Capital; St. Petersburg, Fla., provider of behavior-based promotional messaging, loyalty programs and direct-to-patient information.

CLAIRE'S STORES INC.: New debt financing; Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers; help fund buyout by Apollo Management, LP; Pembroke Pines, Fla., specialty retailer offering costume jewelry and accessories.

CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $17.375 billion credit facility; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, RBS and Wachovia; $1 billion receivables-backed revolver; $16.375 billion in senior secured bank debt; help fund LBO by Thomas H. Lee Partners, LP and Bain Capital Partners, LLC; San Antonio media and entertainment company specializing in "gone from home" entertainment and information services.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $6.95 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse and Wachovia; help fund acquisition of Triad Hospitals Inc.; Nashville, Tenn., operator of general acute care hospitals in non-urban communities.

CONSUMER SOURCE INC.: $450 million first-lien credit facility; $375 million seven-year senior secured term loan expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $75 million six-year revolver with 50 bps unused fee; also $150 million eight-year second-priority secured loan and/or notes with loan expected at Libor plus approximately 625 bps; fund dividend to Primedia Inc. in connection with spinoff; New York-based publisher and distributor of free real estate and automobile guides.

DIAMOND RESORTS LLC: $415 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $25 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 350 bps if unrated, Libor plus 325 bps at corporate ratings of B2/B and Libor plus 300 bps at corporate ratings of B1/B+, 50 bps commitment fee; $250 million five-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 350 bps if unrated, Libor plus 325 bps at corporate ratings of B2/B and Libor plus 300 bps at corporate ratings of B1/B+; $140 million six-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 750 bps if unrated, Libor plus 725 bps at corporate ratings of B2/B and Libor plus 700 bps at corporate ratings of B1/B+, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Sunterra Corp.; Las Vegas-based developer, manager, marker and seller of vacation ownership properties.

DIRECT GENERAL CORP.: $95 million credit facility; Bear Stearns; $75 million seven-year term loan; $20 million five-year revolver; help fund acquisition by Elara Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Fremont Partners and Texas Pacific Group; Nashville, Tenn., insurance holding company.

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP.: New debt commitment; Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers; help fund LBO by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP; Goodlettsville, Tenn., discount retailer.

DYNEA NORTH AMERICA: $245 million credit facility; UBS; $20 million five-year revolver; $225 million seven-year term loan; help fund acquisition by Teachers' Private Capital from Dynea Chemicals Oy; Mississauga, Ont., manufacturer of adhesive resins and overlay products.

EDUCATE INC.: $290 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $170 million six-year term loan expected at Libor plus 275 bps; $15 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $105 million seven-year second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 550 bps; help back LBO by Christopher Hoehn-Saric, chairman and chief executive officer, Peter Cohen, president and chief operating officer, certain other members of management, Sterling Capital Partners and Citigroup Private Equity; Baltimore, based pre-K-12 education company.

EGL INC.: $960 million senior secured credit facility; Merrill Lynch and Wachovia; $810 million covenant-light seven-year term loan at Libor plus 225 bps; $150 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; also $300 million 71/2-year senior unsecured term loan at 11% from Woodbridge; help fund buyout by chief executive officer and chairman of the board James R. Crane, Centerbridge Partners LP and The Woodbridge Co. Ltd.; Houston-based global transportation, supply chain management and information services company.

ENERGY PARTNERS LTD.: $300 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 100 bps to 250 bps based on utilization; Bank of America; refinance existing credit facility, refinance 8¾% senior notes and fund a self-tender offer for the repurchase of common shares; New Orleans-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company.

ETHANEX ENERGY INC.: New credit facility; WestLB and Morgan Stanley; senior secured construction, term and working capital credit facility; fund construction and operation three 132 million gallons per year ethanol production facilities; Basehor, Kan., renewable energy company.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: Up to $2.08 billion credit facility; Lehman involved; help fund merger with Verizon Communications Inc.'s wireline operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont; Charlotte, N.C., provider of communications services to rural communities.

FEDERAL-MOGUL CORP.: $3.5 billion exit financing credit facility; Citigroup and JPMorgan; $540 million five-year asset-based revolver at Libor plus 150 bps; $828 million senior secured term loan at Libor plus 137.5 bps to 175 bps depending on ratings; $50 million synthetic letter-of-credit facility at Libor plus 137.5 bps to 175 bps depending on ratings; $2.082 billion 60-day delayed-draw senior secured term loan at Libor plus 137.5 bps to 175 bps depending on ratings; refinance DIP facility, to make plan of reorganization payments and for working capital and general corporate purposes; Southfield, Mich., auto parts manufacturer.

FOREST OIL CORP.: $1.4 billion five-year revolver ($1.25 billion U.S., $150 million Canadian); JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Houston Exploration Co.; Denver-based acquirer, explorer, developer and producer of natural gas and liquids.

FOUR SEASONS HOTELS INC.: $950 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup and JPMorgan; $200 million revolver expected at Libor plus 125 bps, 25 bps unused fee; $750 million five-year term loan expected at Libor plus 125 bps; help fund LBO by Cascade Investment, LLC, Kingdom Hotels International, and chairman and chief executive officer Isadore Sharp; Toronto-based manager of luxury hotels and resorts.

GENESIS HEALTHCARE CORP.: $1.525 billion credit facility; $1.3 billion 24-month senior secured first-lien term loan (includes a $100 million capital expenditure line of credit); $225 million five-year secured second-priority term loan; General Electric Capital Corp. leading first-lien, CapitalSource Finance, LLC leading second-lien; help fund buyout by Formation Capital, LLC and JER Partners; Kennett Square, Pa., long-term care provider.

THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. INC.: $615 million five-year ABL revolver; Bank of America; $575 million tranche expected at Libor plus 175 bps; $40 million last out tranche expected at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund purchase of Pathmark Stores Inc.; Montvale, N.J., supermarket chain.

HANDLEMAN CO.: $250 million secured credit facility; refinance existing facility; expected close by April 30; Troy, Mich., category manager and distributor of prerecorded music to retailers.

HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $9 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch; $7 billion seven-year term loan; $2 billion multi-currency six-year revolver; help fund LBO by Texas Pacific Group and Apollo Management, LP; Las Vegas-based provider of branded casino entertainment.

HERCULES OFFSHORE INC.: $900 million senior secured term loan; UBS; help fund acquisition of Todco; Houston-based operator of jackup drilling rigs and liftboats.

HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $795 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners; $595 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million two-year, with seven-year final maturity, delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million six-year multi-currency revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps unused fee; help fund buyout by Apax Partners and Morgan Stanley Principal Investments; Chicago-based insurance broker.

INTEGRA TELECOM INC.: New senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley joint lead arrangers, CIBC co-agent; help fund purchase of Eschelon Telecom, Inc.; Portland, Ore., provider of local, long-distance and Internet services for businesses.

INTERNATIONAL ALUMINUM CORP.: New credit facility; CIBC; help back buyout by Genstar Capital, LLC; Monterey Park, Calif., manufacturer of diversified lines of aluminum and vinyl products.

J-M MANUFACTURING CO. INC.: New secured credit facility; UBS and RBS Securities; help fund acquisition of PW Eagle Inc.; Livingston, N.J., operator of plastic pipe manufacturing facilities.

KCPC HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; help fund buyout of Central Parking Corp. by Kohlberg & Co., Lubert-Adler and Chrysalis Capital Partners; Nashville, Tenn., provider of parking and transportation-related services.

LAUREATE EDUCATION INC.: $1.15 billion senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JPMorgan and Credit Suisse; $650 million seven-year term loan; $100 million seven-year final maturity delayed-draw term loan; $400 million seven-year multi-currency revolver; help fund buyout by Douglas L. Becker, chairman and chief executive officer, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Citigroup Private Equity, S.A.C. Capital Management, LLC, SPG Partners, Bregal Investments, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, Sterling Capital, Makena Capital, Torreal SA and Southern Cross Capital; Baltimore-based provider of higher education.

MYLAN LABORATORIES INC.: $750 million credit facility (Ba1); $450 million term loan (Ba1); additional $300 million revolver; pay down borrowings under the existing revolver; in connection with the common stock and convertible notes offerings; Canonsburg, Pa., pharmaceutical company.

OCEANIA CRUISES INC.: New credit facility; Lehman Brothers and UBS; help fund buyout by Apollo Management LP; Miami-based upper-premium cruise line.

PATHEON INC.: New credit facility; refinance existing facility in connection with an investment by JLL Partners; Mississauga, Ont., provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the pharmaceutical industry.

PHH CORP.: New credit facility; JPMorgan and Lehman; help fund buyout by GE Capital Solutions; Mount Laurel, N.J., outsource provider of mortgage and vehicle fleet management services.

PSYCHIATRIC SOLUTIONS INC.: $250 million term loan add-on; Citigroup and Merrill Lynch; fund acquisition of Horizon Health Corp.; Franklin, Tenn., provider of inpatient behavioral health care services.

RITE AID CORP.: $1.105 billion seven-year senior secured term loan (of which about $680 million will be drawn at close); Citigroup; help fund acquisition of Jean Coutu Group USA Inc.; Camp Hill, Pa., national drugstore chain.

SAFENET INC.: $400 million credit facility; Deutsche and Citigroup co-lead arrangers; $250 million seven-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; $25 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $125 million eight-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 600 bps, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Vector Capital; Belcamp, Md., developer, marketer and seller of hardware and software information security products and services.

SAINT VINCENT CATHOLIC MEDICAL CENTERS: $300 million seven-year exit financing credit facility; General Electric Capital Corp.; $250 million term loan at Libor plus 300 bps; $50 million revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; New York-based metropolitan area health care system.

SEMGROUP ENERGY PARTNERS LP: New five-year credit facility; in connection with IPO of common units; for general partnership purposes; Tulsa, Okla., provider of crude oil gathering, transportation, terminalling and storage services.

THE SERVICEMASTER CO.: New debt financing; Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.; Downers Grove, Ill., provider of services to residential and commercial customers.

SKILLSOFT PLC: $205 million secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; $25 million revolver; $180 million term loan(s); help fund acquisition of NETg from Thomson Corp.; Nashua, N.H., provider of e-learning and performance support solutions.

SMART & FINAL INC.: $325 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse; $150 million asset-based revolver; $175 million term loan; help fund LBO by Apollo Management, LP; City of Commerce, Calif., operator of non-membership warehouse stores for food and foodservice supplies.

SPIRIT FINANCE CORP.: New credit facility; Credit Suisse; help fund buyout by a consortium that includes Macquarie Bank Ltd., Kaupthing Bank hf. and other independent equity participants; Scottsdale, Ariz., real estate investment trust focused on single-tenant, operationally essential real estate.

STATION CASINOS INC.: $500 million revolver; Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan; help fund buyout by Fertitta Colony Partners LLC; Las Vegas-based gaming and entertainment company.

TELESAT: Expected May/June business; $2.179 billion credit facility; Morgan Stanley, UBS and JPMorgan, with Morgan Stanley left lead; C$500 million five-year term A at BA plus 200 bps if B1/B+, otherwise BA plus 225 bps; $1.054 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps if B1/B+, otherwise Libor plus 250 bps; $386 million delayed-draw term B-1; $150 million delayed-draw term B-2; $150 million Canadian equivalent revolver at Libor plus 200 bps if B1/B+, otherwise Libor plus 225 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; help fund acquisition of Telesat Canada by a joint venture company formed by Loral Space & Communications Inc. and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board from BCE Inc.; Ottawa operator of telecommunications satellites.

TXU CORP.: New credit facility; Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley; help fund LBO by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Texas Pacific Group; Dallas-based energy company.

UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $665 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup, Lehman, SunTrust, UBS and Bear Stearns; $100 million seven-year final maturity delayed-draw term loan expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $465 million seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million six-year revolver expected at Libor plus bps; help fund buyout by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; Addison, Texas, owner and operator of short-stay surgical facilities.

USI HOLDINGS CORP.: $625 million senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, with JPMorgan administrative agent; $100 million six-year revolver; $525 million seven-year term loan; help fund LBO by GS Capital Partners; Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., distributor of insurance and financial products and services to businesses.

VERINT SYSTEMS INC.: $675 million senior secured credit facility; Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; $650 million seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $25 million six-year revolver; help fund acquisition of Witness Systems, Inc.; Melville, N.Y., provider of analytic software-based solutions for security and business intelligence.

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