High Yield Calendar: $1.31 billion deals being marketed

Dec. 16 Week

DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million eight-year senior notes (B1/BB+); Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. (joint); Rule 144A and Regulation S with registrations rights; non-callable for three years; to redeem the 8½% senior notes due 2018, to finance a portion of the acquisition of the Vion Ingredients division of Vion Holding NV and for general corporate purposes; Darling is an Irving, Texas-based provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the food industry; Vion Ingredients is a Son en Breugel, the Netherlands-based developer and producer of specialty ingredients from animal origin for applications in pharmaceuticals, food, feed, pet food, fertilizer and bio-energy; price talk 5½% area; books close 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, pricing thereafter.

GLOBAL SHIP LEASE INC.: $400 million seven-year first-priority secured notes (expected B3/confirmed B); Citigroup Global Markets (sole); Rule 144A and Regulation S; callable after three years at par plus 50% of the coupon; to refinance debt and terminate existing interest rate swaps; London-based containership charter owner; price talk 9½% area; books close 10 a.m. ET Wednesday, except for accounts in California; pricing late Wednesday afternoon.

SIERRA HAMILTON: $110 million five-year senior secured notes (B3/B-); Lazard Capital Markets; Rule 144A for life; non-callable for two years; to refinance debt and fund a small dividend; Houston-based exploration and production company; price talk 12% to 12½%; pricing expected Dec. 16 week.

Expected January Business

CAMAC ENERGY INC.: $300 million senior secured notes due 2018; Arctic Securities; Rule 144A and Regulation S; to further develop the Oyo Field located offshore Nigeria in OML Block 120; Houston-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company; roadshow expected during the Dec. 16 week.

On The Horizon

ACTUANT ELECTRICAL: $60 million senior subordinated notes; also $150 million credit facility led by RBC Capital Markets and NXT Capital, to launch at a Nov. 12 bank meeting; to help fund the buyout of the company by Sentinel Capital Partners from Actuant Corp.; Actuant Electrical is a Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based provider of products for the retail do-it-yourself, marine, industrial OEM and wholesale electrical markets.

AERCAP HOLDINGS NV: Long-term bonds, approximately 40% secured and 60% unsecured; also $1 billion revolver; UBS Investment Bank, Citigroup Global Markets; to fund its purchase of International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) from American International Group Inc., expected to close during the second quarter of 2014; AerCap is a Netherlands-based aircraft leasing company. ILFC is a Los Angeles-based commercial aircraft lessor.

ALBEA: $150 million five-year senior secured PIK toggle notes (expected ratings Caa2/CCC+); JPMorgan, BofA Merrill Lynch (joint); non-callable for one year; to fund a dividend; Gennevilliers, France-based personal care products company.

BUENA VISTA GAMING AUTHORITY: $220 million eight-year senior secured notes; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch (joint); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; callable in four years at par plus 50% of the coupon; annual mandatory redemption offer of 50% of available funds starting at 103; 101% poison put; to fund construction of the Buenavue Casino; Ione, Calif.-based tribal gaming firm.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC. $4.58 billion bridged debt: $2.205 billion senior secured and $2.375 billion senior unsecured; BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; to help fund its acquisition of Health Management Associates Inc., expected to close in the first quarter of 2014; Community Health is a Nashville, Tenn.-based hospital company. Health Management is a Naples, Fla.-based owner and manager of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $1.9 billion unsecured bridge loan expected to be taken out with debt financing in the second or third quarter of 2014; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; to help fund its $2 billion acquisition of AT&T Inc.'s wireline business and statewide fiber network in Connecticut; Stamford, Conn.-based wireline telecommunications provider.

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; BofA 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.

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.

GOOD SAM ENTERPRISES LLC: New high-yield notes; to fund the tender for the 11½% senior secured notes due 2016, via dealer manager Goldman Sachs & Co., early deadline Nov. 19; Lincolnshire, Ill.-based specialty retailer of RV-related products and a member-based direct marketing organization targeting recreational vehicle owners and outdoor enthusiasts.

IONA ENERGY CO. (UK) LTD. (IONA ENERGY INC.): $250 million to $300 million callable senior secured bonds; Pareto Securities; to refinance credit facility, of which approximately $139 million is drawn, and to partially retire its existing structured energy derivative transaction, also to fund the delivery of its Orlando and Kells projects to first oil, as well as mature and accelerate its other pipeline of development opportunities; Calgary, Alta.-based oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on oil and gas development in the United Kingdom's North Sea.

JARDEN CORP.: $795 million bonds and bank loans, sizes to be determined; to help fund its acquisition of Yankee Candle Investments LLC from Madison Dearborn Partners LLC for $1.75 billion in cash, expected to close early in the fourth quarter of 2013; Jarden is a Rye, N.Y.-based provider of consumer products; Yankee Candle is a South Deerfield, Mass.-based designer, manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of scented candles.

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.

ORIONSTONE PTY LTD.: $200 million seven-year secured notes (B3/B); non-callable for three years; Rule 144A for life; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC bookrunner; proceeds to repay debt; Mackay, Australia-based supplier of heavy earthmoving rental equipment to the infrastructure, oil, gas and mining industries; expected September business.

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.

U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.: $250 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2020 (Caa1/B-); Wells Fargo Securities LLC (left books), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (joint books), Regions Securities LLC (co); Rule 144A and Regulation S with registration rights; callable in three years at par plus 75% of the coupon; to repay the existing senior secured credit facility, receivable securitization facility and other debt; Chattanooga, Tenn.-based truckload carrier and a diversified provider of truckload, intermodal and logistics services; price talk 9½% to 9¾%.

VISANT CORP.: Up to $100 million senior notes and $260 million credit facility; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; to help fund its acquisition of American Achievement Group Holding Corp., expected to close no later than the second quarter of 2014; Visant is an Armonk, N.Y.-based marketing and publishing company. Jostens is a Minneapolis-based yearbook and scholastic affinity company.

WEYERHAEUSER REAL ESTATE CO. (WRECO): New senior unsecured notes; to help fund the merger with TRI Pointe Homes in a transaction valued at approximately $2.7 billion, anticipated to close in the second quarter of 2014 (a portion of the proceeds to be paid to Weyerhaeuser at closing); Wreco is the homebuilding subsidiary of Federal Way, Wash.-based Weyerhaeuser Co.

Roadshows

Dec. 11-17: GLOBAL SHIP LEASE $400 million; Citigroup.

Dec. 16 week: CAMAC ENERGY $300 million; Arctic Securities.

Starts Dec. 16: DARLING INTERNATIONAL $500 million; Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, BMO.

Pricing expected during Dec. 16 week: SIERRA HAMILTON $110 million; Lazard.

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