High Yield Calendar

Total amount of high-yield bond offerings being marketed: $3.210 billion and €460 million

WEEK OF AUGUST 9

SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: $190 million senior notes due 2012 (B3/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston, Morgan Stanley (joint); Rule 144A; non-callable for four years; proceeds along with about $20 million in additional capital to purchase equity of Evercom Holdings Inc. and refinance existing debt; Denver-based security services provider; price talk 11%-11¼%.

COLLINS & AIKMAN PRODUCTS CO.: $400 million senior subordinated notes due 2012 (B3/B-); Deutsche Bank Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan; Rule 144A; non-callable for five years (increased from four years); to redeem Products' 11½% senior subordinated notes due 2006.; Troy, Mich.-based manufacturer of plastic interior and exterior automotive trim; price talk 12¾% coupon at a slight discount to yield 13%; pricing Thursday.

CROWN EUROPEAN HOLDINGS SA: €460 million first priority senior secured notes due 2011 (Ba3/BB); Citigroup; Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for life with a make-whole call; to repay senior credit facilities; European subsidiary of Philadelphia-based packaging products supplier Crown Holdings; investor presentations in London only; expected to price Tuesday.

NEWFIELD EXPLORATION CO.: $300 million senior subordinated notes due 2014 (expected ratings Ba3/BB-); Morgan Stanley (books), Wachovia Securities, Barclays Capital, BNY Securities, Banc of America Securities, Calyon Securities, Harris Nesbitt, Royal Bank of Scotland, SG Americas Securities (co's); Rule 144A; non-callable for five years; also public offering of 4.7 million shares of common stock; to fund part of purchase price of acquisition of Inland Resources Inc.; Houston-based independent crude oil and natural gas exploration and production company.

NORCRAFT HOLDINGS LP/NORCRAFT CAPITAL CORP.: $80 million proceeds senior discount notes due 2012 (Caa1/B-); UBS Investment Bank (books), Wachovia Securities (co); Rule 144A; non-callable for four years; to fund a distribution to limited partners; Eagan, Minn. manufacturer, assembler and finisher of kitchen and bathroom cabinetry; roadshow started Aug. 6; pricing Aug. 9 week.

BLOCKBUSTER INC.: $300 million senior subordinated notes due 2012 (B1/B+/B+); JP Morgan, Credit Suisse First Boston, Citigroup; Rule 144A; non-callable for four years; also $1.15 billion credit facility; to pay part of an anticipated special cash distribution to holders of its common stock, expected to be paid prior to spin off by Viacom of its 80% interest in Blockbuster; Dallas provider of in-home movies and games; roadshow started Aug. 5; pricing Aug. 12.

RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES: $800 million: $250 million senior notes due 2012, non-callable for four years and $550 million senior subordinated notes due 2014, non-callable for five years; Banc of America Securities, Bear Stearns & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan; Rule 144A for life; to repay debt and fund a distribution to the parent company; subsidiary of Cablevision, owns American Movie Classics, The Independent Film Channel and Women's Entertainment (WE); roadshow started Aug. 3; pricing expected during Aug. 9 week.

THL BUILDCO INC. (to be merged with and into NORTEK INC.): $625 million of senior subordinated notes due 2014 (B3/B-); UBS Investment Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston (joint), Banc of American Securities, Bear Stearns & Co. (co's); non-callable for five years; to help fund approximately $1.75 billion acquisition of Nortek by THL Buildco (Thomas H. Lee Partners) from Kelso; Providence, R.I. manufacturer and distributor of residential and commercial building, remodeling and indoor control products; roadshow started Aug. 6; pricing mid-to-late Aug. 9 week.

WEEK OF AUGUST 16

SECUNDA INTERNATIONAL LTD.: $125 million senior secured floating-rate notes due 2012 (B2/B); RBC Capital Markets (books), Fortis Securities (co); Rule 144A/Regulations S; non-callable for one year; to refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; secured by first priority lien on twelve vessels and their related assets; Halifax, Nova Scotia-based provider of supply and support services to the offshore oil and gas industry off the east coast of Canada; roadshow started Aug. 3; pricing expected early Aug. 16 week.

MQ ASSOCIATES, INC. (parent of MEDQUEST, INC.): $85 million proceeds senior discount notes due 2012 (Caa1/B-), four-year zero coupon; JP Morgan; Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for four years; dividend to its existing stockholders; offering conditional on amendment to senior credit facility; MedQuest, Inc. is an Alpharetta, Ga.-based operator of outpatient diagnostic imaging centers; roadshow starts Aug. 12; pricing early Aug. 16 week.

PLYGEM INDUSTRIES, INC.: $105 million add-on to 9% senior subordinated notes due Feb. 15, 2012 (B3/B-); UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities, JP Morgan (joint); Rule 144A; callable on Feb. 15, 2008 at 104.5; to partially fund acquisition of MW Manufacturers Inc.; Kearney, Mo. manufacturer of specialty products in the home improvement industry; roadshow started Aug. 10; pricing middle of Aug. 16 week.

STANDARD AERO HOLDINGS: $200 million senior subordinated notes due 2014 (Caa1/B-); JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers; Rule 144A; non-callable for five years; to help fund The Carlyle Group's acquisition of the Standard Aero division from Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group for $670 million; Winnipeg, Manitoba provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul for aircraft engines and industrial gas turbines; roadshow started Aug. 10; pricing middle of Aug. 16 week.

THIRD QUARTER

ROCKWOOD SPECIALTIES INC.: €500-€600 million high yield notes; Credit Suisse First Boston, Goldman Sachs & Co., UBS Investment Bank; to help finance €2.25 billion acquisition of MG Technologies CeramTec, Chemetall, Sachtleben and DNES divisions; Princeton, N.J. chemical manufacturer; transaction expected to close third quarter of 2004.

ENCORE MEDICAL CORP.: $300 million high yield and bank debt (approx. 50/50 split); Banc of America fully committed entire debt financing package; to help fund acquisition of Empi Inc., total value $360 million, consisting of the cash portion and eight million shares of Encore common stock (Empi's majority shareholder, The Carlyle Group, will own approximately 12% of Encore Medical after closing and will be Encore's second largest shareholder behind Galen Partners who owns approximately 19%); transaction expected to close late-September, early-October.

J.L. FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE CASTINGS INC.: $165 million preferred equity securities; Goldman Sachs; part of series of refinancing transactions; up to $50 million may be bought by Onex Corp. and other shareholders; Sheboygan, Wis. maker of aluminum automotive parts; August business.

NEW SKIES SATELLITES NV: $800 million bond and bank financing; Deutsche Bank Securities to lead bond deal; also new equity; to help fund The Blackstone Group's acquisition of the company for $956 million in cash, expected to close late 2004 or early 2005; Hague, Netherlands-based fixed satellite communications company; expected to come to the market in the third quarter of 2004.

ON THE HORIZON

TARRAGON CORP.: $100 million senior notes due 2011; Rule 144A/Regulation S; to repay debt and for general corporate purposes; New York City-based real estate developer.

IMCO RECYCLING: $100 million add-on to 10 3/8% senior secured notes due 2010; to help fund IMCO and Commonwealth merger, including refinancing of Commonwealth 10¾% senior subordinated notes due 2006, and Commonwealth and IMCO bank debt.

GRAHAM PACKAGING CO. LP: High yield bonds and new credit facility; Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co.; to help fund acquisition of Owens-Illinois Inc.'s plastic container business for $1.2 billion; York, Pa. designer, manufacturer and seller of blow-molded plastic containers; closing subject to regulatory approval.

TEXAS GENCO HOLDINGS, INC.: New bonds; also new credit facility via Goldman Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley (same banks expected to lead bond deal); to help fund acquisition of Texas Genco, a wholesale electric power generation company based in Houston, for approximately $3.65 billion in cash; expected fourth quarter business.

ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $3.3 billion 10-year senior unsecured notes; non-callable for five years; part of $8 billion bond and bank loan exit financing from Chapter 11; Deutsche Bank Securities; Greenwood Village, Colo. cable television company.

GLOBAL MOTORSPORT GROUP INC.: $85 million senior secured notes due 2008 (B-); Jefferies & Co.; Rule 144A; non-callable for three years; to repay bank debt; Morgan Hill, Calif. aftermarket supplier of motorcycle parts.

VERIZON HAWAII: New high-yield bonds; also new credit facility to be led by JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers (same banks to lead bond deal, although not necessarily in that order); to fund Carlyle Group's $1.65 billion acquisition of Verizon Hawaii from Verizon Communications Inc.; pending regulatory approvals.

INCOME SECURITIES OFFERINGS IN THE MARKET

ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS GROUP INC.: $400 million income deposit securities: shares of Class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2019; Citigroup, CIBC World Markets, JP Morgan (books), Banc of America Securities, RBC Capital Markets, Jefferies & Co., KeyBanc Capital Markets (co's); proceeds, together with cash on hand, to fund cash payment to existing stockholders and to repay existing credit facility; Anchorage, Alaska provider of fixed line and mobile telecommunications services in Alaska.

ALLIANCE LAUNDRY HOLDINGS INC.: up to $375 million of income deposit securities (IDS) comprised of 20.4 million shares of class A common stock and $116.4 million senior subordinated notes due 2019; also separate offering of $16.2 million senior subordinated notes (Caal/CCC on notes); CIBC World Markets, Lehman Brothers (joint), UBS Investment Bank (co) estimated price $14.00 and $16.00 per IDS; company supplies washers and driers to laundromats.

AMERICAN SEAFOODS CORP.: Income deposit securities and 15-year notes: 34,375,000 million IDSs comprised of shares of class A common stock and $177 million of notes due Sept. 15, 2019, also separate offering of $27.9 million notes due Sept. 15, 2019 (B3 on both note offerings); CIBC World Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co. (leads), UBS Investment Bank (joint lead), Credit Suisse First Boston, RBC Capital Markets, Legg Mason, KeyBanc Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Piper Jaffray, Wells Fargo Securities, Scotia Capital, Morgan Joseph & Co.; to indirectly redeem additional equity from owners of affiliate, American Seafoods, LP.

B&G FOODS HOLDINGS CORP.: approximately $450 million proceeds from sale of 28.4 million Enhanced Income Securities (EIS), representing 28.4 million shares of class A common stock and $196.2 million senior subordinated notes due 2016; Also separate offering of $26.5 million senior subordinated notes due 2016; RBC Capital Markets, Credit Suisse First Boston, Merrill Lynch & Co. (joint books), Lehman Brothers and Piper Jaffray; registered; to repay bank debt, call $220 million 9 5/8% senior subordinated notes due 2007 at 103.208 and repurchase preferred stock and a significant portion of outstanding class B common stock; Parsippany, N.J. manufacturer of food products.

CARROLS HOLDING CORP.: $475 million Enhanced Yield Securities comprised of shares of common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2016 and offerings of shares of common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2016; Lehman Brothers; proceeds, along new credit facility to repay existing bank debt and $170 million 9½% senior subordinated notes due 2008.

COINMACH SERVICE CORP. $400 million: 22 million income deposit securities at approximately $15.00 per IDS (Caa1) comprised of shares of class A common stock and $148.5 million senior secured notes due 2024; also separate $20 million offering of senior secured notes due 2024; Merrill Lynch & Co. (books), Jefferies & Company (lead manager), Deutsche Bank Securities, RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (co's); to redeem part of Coinmach Corp.'s 9% notes, repay bank debt and repurchase class A and class B preferred shares; Plainview, N.Y. supplier of coin and card operated laundry equipment.

DAVCO ACQUISITION HOLDING INC.: $161 million Enhanced Income Securities comprised of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2016, also separate offering of senior subordinated notes due 2016; RBC Capital Markets (books), KeyBanc Capital Markets, Oppenheimer, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey; to repurchase class B common stock from Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd. and affiliates; subsidiary of Crofton, Md.-based DavCo Restaurants Inc., the largest franchisee of Wendy's International, Inc.

EYE CARE CENTERS OF AMERICA: $375 million Income Units comprised of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2014; Banc of America Securities, Merrill Lynch & Co. (books), Citigroup, Lehman Brothers (co's); proceeds along with available cash to repay credit facility, redeem $100 million 9 1/8% senior subordinated notes due 2008 and $50 million subordinated term notes, also redeem all outstanding preferred stock and repurchase common stock from existing shareholders; San Antonio, Tex. prescription optical retail chain owner.

FAIRPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $750 million income deposit securities; includes 42.81 million shares of class A common stock and $209.8 million senior subordinated notes due 2019; also separate offering of $33 million senior subordinated notes due 2019 (CCC+ notes only); CIBC World Markets, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities (books), Banc of America Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston, RBC Capital Markets, UBS Investment Bank, Wachovia Securities (co's); to repay existing credit facility, fund tender for $115.2 million 9½% senior subordinated notes due 2008, $75 million floating-rate notes due 2008, $193 million 12½% senior subordinated notes due 2010, $225 million 11 7/8% senior notes due 2010; Charlotte, N.C. rural local-exchange carrier; expected price of $15.00 to $17.00 per IDS.

INSIGHT HEALTH SERVICES HOLDINGS CORP.: $675 million Income Deposit Securities comprised of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes, also separate senior subordinated notes of the same series; CIBC World Markets, Banc of America Securities; to repay bank debt, fund tender for 9 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2011, establish capital expenditures reserve account and make a payment to InSight's equity investors; Lake Forest, Calif.-based provider of diagnostic imaging and information, treatment and related management services.

IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INC.: $725 million income deposit securities comprised of shares of common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2014, also separate offering of senior subordinated notes due 2014; CIBC World Markets, Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, UBS Investment Bank, Jefferies & Co., Legg Mason, RBC Capital Markets; to repay debt; Newton, Iowa telecommunications company.

MERISANT WORLDWIDE, INC.: $775 million income deposit securities comprised of shares of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2019, also separate offering of senior subordinated notes due 2019; Credit Suisse First Boston, RBC Capital Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co. (joint); to repay bank debt, repurchase discount notes, repurchase senior subordinated notes, repurchase class B common stock, fund payments under existing management incentive plans; formerly known as Tabletop Holdings, Inc., Chicago company markets low calorie tabletop sweeteners.

PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS, INC. $920 million income deposit securities: shares of Class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2019; also a separate offering of senior subordinated notes; Merrill Lynch & Co. Banc of America Securities; also new credit facility; to repay existing credit facility, purchase or redeem all of the 9¼% notes; purchase all senior preferred stock and class B preferred stock and purchase shares of class C common stock; Irvington, N.Y.-based cleaning products company.

RURAL LEC ACQUISITION LLC: $190 million income deposit securities comprised of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2019; CIBC World Markets, RBC Capital Markets; to repay $81.2 million of long-term notes and $18 million Mid-Missouri Holding long-term notes and for general corporate purposes; Oneonta, Ala. provider of telephone services in Alabama and Missouri, plans to change name to Otelco Inc. before offering closes.

TRANSCORE HOLDINGS INC.: $375 million Enhanced Yield Securities comprised of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2016, also separate offering of senior subordinated notes due 2016; Lehman Brothers; proceeds, along with a new credit facility, to repay existing credit facility, redeem common and preferred stock and make other payments to security holders and employees; Harrisburg, Pa. provider of information technology to toll road operators, state departments of transportation, trucking companies and freight brokers.

UAP HOLDING CORP.: $680 million income deposit securities and senior subordinated notes due 2019: $640 million of income deposit securities comprised of 32 million securities to price at approximately $20.00 per security, to include shares of common stock (valued at $11.41 per share), and $275 million of senior subordinated notes due 2019 (valued at $8.59 per note); also separate offering of $39.7 million senior subordinated notes due 2019 (Caa3 on both debt offerings); Credit Suisse First Boston, UBS Investment Bank, CIBC World Markets (joint), Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch & Co (co's); to take out preferred stock owned by ConAgra and stock owned by company executives and Apollo Management V LP; subsidiary of United Agri Products, the former ConAgra agricultural products business.

VALOR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.: $875 million income deposit securities: shares of class A common stock and senior subordinated notes due 2019, also separate offer of senior subordinated notes due 2019 (CCC+ on both debt offerings), notes non-callable for seven years; CIBC World Markets, Merrill Lynch & Co., Lehman Brothers (joint), Banc of America Securities, JP Morgan (co's); to purchase subsidiaries' stock and repay debt; Irving, Tex.-based telecommunications provider.

XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: $1.059 billion of income deposit securities, shares and notes; 40.625 million income deposit securities comprised of 40.625 million shares of class A common stock and $296.6 million senior subordinated notes due 2019; also separate offering of $54 million of senior subordinated notes due 2019; CIBC World Markets (books), Citigroup, Merrill Lynch & Co., Robert W. Baird & Co., Calyon Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Legg Mason (co's); to repay debt, including senior and mezzanine credit facilities and to redeem part of class A common stock; Westborough, Mass. manufacturer of clothing and machinery covers.

ROADSHOWS

Started Aug. 3: SECUNDA INTERNATIONAL LTD. $125 million; RBC Capital Markets

Started Aug. 3: RAINBOW MEDIA ENTERPRISES $800 million; Banc of America Securities, Bear Stearns & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, JP Morgan

Started Aug. 5: BLOCKBUSTER INC. $300 million; JP Morgan, Credit Suisse First Boston, Citigroup

Started Aug. 6: NORCRAFT HOLDINGS LP/NORCRAFT CAPITAL CORP. $80 million; UBS Investment Bank

Started Aug. 6: THL BUILDCO INC. (NORTEK INC.) $625 million; UBS Investment Bank

Started Aug. 10: PLYGEM INDUSTRIES, INC. $105 million add-on; UBS Investment Bank

Started Aug. 10: STANDARD AERO HOLDINGS $200 million; JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers

Aug. 10-12: NEWFIELD EXPLORATION CO. $300 million; Morgan Stanley

Starts Aug. 12: MQ ASSOCIATES, INC. (parent of MEDQUEST, INC.) $85 million; JP Morgan

RECENT SHELF FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

PRIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Symbol: PDE): $500 million shelf filed Aug. 10 for debt securities, preferred stock, common stock and warrants; securities may be issued as convertibles; includes $237.5 million previously registered but unsold; Houston contract drilling company will use proceeds for general corporate purposes.

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