High Yield Calendar: No deals being marketed

Expected January Business

DUPONT PERFORMANCE COATINGS: $1.4 billion notes; Barclays, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Jefferies & Co. Inc.; to fund Carlyle Group's acquisition of DuPont's performance coatings business for $4.9 billion; Wilmington, Del.-based supplier of vehicle and industrial coating systems; bonds expected to launch late in the Jan. 7 week or early in the Jan. 14 week.

MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION: $550 million notes and $1.325 billion credit facilities; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior & Co., Jefferies & Co., UBS Investment Bank, Nomura and BMO Capital Markets Corp. are leading the financing; to fund the acquisition of McGraw-Hill Education by Apollo Global Management LLC from McGraw-Hill Cos.; McGraw-Hill Education is a New York-based digital learning company; expected January business.

On The Horizon

BOMBARDIER INC. $1 billion notes; general corporate purposes; Montreal-based manufacturer of transportation services.

CKX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.: $360 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2019 (/B-/); Goldman Sachs & Co. (left books), Macquarie Group Ltd. (joint books); Rule 144A and Regulation S; non-callable for four years; to fund the purchase of common stock and repay existing credit facility; New York City-based owner and developer of entertainment content.

FTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.: $400 million secured notes to repay term loan; company is soliciting consents from holders of its 7 1/8% notes due 2018 to amendments to the indenture governing the notes, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are the solicitation agents; provider of well completion services for the oil and gas industry with corporate offices in Fort Worth and Cisco, Texas.

GETCO HOLDING CO. LLC: $550 million second-lien notes and $470 million credit facility being led by Jefferies Finance LLC; to fund the merger with Knight Capital Group Inc., expected to close during the second quarter of 2013; Getco is a Chicago-based buyer and seller of securities.

GLOBALIVE WIRELESS MANAGEMENT CORP.: Up to $1 billion equivalent in U.S. dollar- and Canadian dollar-denominated notes; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp.; Rule 144A; to fund expansion of its wireless network and for general corporate purposes; Toronto-based wireless communications services provider.

GREENFIELD ETHANOL INC.: C$175 million of five-year senior second-lien notes (/B+//DBRS: B); Scotia Capital Inc. (lead); Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., Societe Generale (Canada) and TD Securities Inc. (co-managers); non-callable for three years, 101% change-of-control put; equity clawback for up to 35% in first three years; Canada call at 50 bps over Canadian government benchmark; guarantors GreenField Ethanol (Johnstown) Inc.; GreenField Ethanol (Hensall) Inc.; GreenField Hensall LP; GreenField Hensall GP Inc.; Pharmco Products Inc.; Aaper Alcohol and Chemical Co., Aaper Holdings Inc.; GreenField Ethanol of Quebec Inc. and all future restricted subsidiaries of GreenField.; proceeds to repay debt, to terminate existing interest rate swap agreements and for general corporate purposes; Ontario-based GreenField Ethanol is Canada's largest ethanol company.

M&G FINANCE CORP.: $200 million to $300 million senior secured notes due 2019 (expected B3//BB), downsized from $500 million; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (sole); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; non-callable (call protection increased from four years); to finance construction of new PET and PTA production facilities, pay back intercompany debt and fund working capital; Houston-based Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G) produces polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin for packaging applications.

NAL OIL & GAS: C$150 million to C$250 million notes; RBC Capital Markets, BMO Nesbitt Burns; Calgary, Alta., trust acquires interests in Canada's upstream conventional oil and gas industry.

OPI INTERNATIONAL: $160 million first-lien senior secured notes due 2017; Global Hunter Securities; non-callable for three years; to help fund the acquisition of offshore construction vessels and refinance debt; Houston-based services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry.

PETAQUILLA MINERALS LTD.: $210 million senior secured notes due 2017 (Caa1); Global Hunter Securities (sole); non-callable for two years; to refinance debt and to finance capital expenditures related to the Lomero-Poyatos mine in Spain; Vancouver, B.C.-based Petaquilla Copper is a copper exploration company; price talk 12% yield with warrants.

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC.: $315 million senior notes and $2.73 billion credit facility in a financing led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC; to fund the acquisition of Ameristar Casinos Inc., expected to close in the third quarter of 2013; Pinnacle is a Las Vegas-based casino gaming company.

PPG COMMODITY CHEMICALS: $660 million notes and $240 million term loan in connection with its spin-off from PPG Industries and merger with Georgia Gulf Corp., expected early 2013; Barclays and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC have provided the debt commitment; PPG Commodity Chemicals is a producer of chlorine, caustic soda and related chemicals; PPG is Pittsburgh-based coatings and specialty products company.

PVH CORP.: $4.33 billion new debt comprised of senior notes and a credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; notes are backed by a bridge loan commitment; to fund the cash portion of the acquisition of Warnaco Group Inc., expected to close early in 2013, and refinance debt at both companies and provide liquidity going forward; PVH is a Bridgewater, N.J.-based apparel company.

SILVERLEAF RESORTS, INC.: $175 million senior secured notes due 2019; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; non-callable for three years; to pre-fund development of vacation ownership inventory, to refinance a portion of the company's existing debt, to pay a dividend to the sponsor; Dallas-based resort operator.

SPOTTED HAWK DEVELOPMENT LLC: $100 million five-year senior secured notes; Global Hunter Securities (sole books), Knight Capital (co); non-callable for three years; to fund oil production in the Bakken Field Play; New Town, N.D.-based energy exploration and production company.

TDF GROUP (TELEFFUSION DE FRANCE): Euro-denominated high-yield bonds; BNP Paribas expected to be involved; to refinance debt; Paris-based multiple-platform telecommunications company.

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