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Published on 4/24/2012 in the Prospect News High Yield Daily.

High Yield Calendar: $4.135 billion and €150 million deals being marketed

April 23 week

ANIXTER INC.: $350 million senior notes due 2019 (expected ratings Ba3/BB); Wells Fargo Securities LLC (left books), Bank of America Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. (joint books), UBS Investment Bank (co); SEC registered; non-callable; to repay accounts receivable securitization, to repay revolver, and for general corporate purposes; Glenview, Ill.-based distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire and cable, fasteners and other small parts; investor call 11:30 a.m. ET Wednesday, pricing Wednesday afternoon.

MBI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.: $250 million senior notes due 2020 (confirmed Caa1/expected B); RBC Capital Markets (left books), Wells Fargo Securities LLC (joint books), Imperial Capital, US Bancorp (joint leads), Fifth Third Securities Inc., Comerica Investments, Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. (co's); Rule 144A and Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; three-year 35% equity clawback; 101% poison put; to repay debt and for general corporate purposes; Belfield, N.D.-based provider of products and services to the energy industry, focused primarily on oil resource plays in the Bakken Field; price talk 9½% area; pricing Wednesday afternoon.

INEOS FINANCE PLC: Approximately $2.2 billion equivalent senior secured notes due 2020 in dollar and euro tranches; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (bill and deliver, joint books), Barclays Capital Inc. (joint books), Goldman Sachs & Co., UBS Securities Inc. (underwriters); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; callable after three years at par plus 75% of coupon; to refinance bank debt; Lyndhurst, England-based chemical company; pricing expected Thursday.

SAF HOLLAND GMBH and SAF HOLLAND USA, INC.: €150 million senior notes due 2017 (non-rated); Commerzbank, UniCredit SpA; to refinance debt; Bessenbach, Germany-based car and truck parts company; price talk 7¼% area; settlement date April 27.

AGS HOLDINGS, LLC and AGS FINANCING CORP. (AMERICAN GAMING SYSTEMS INC.): $150 million senior secured notes due 2017; Credit Suisse (sole); Rule 144A for life; non-callable for 2.5 years; three-year 35% equity clawback; 101% poison put; to refinance existing debt and fund the buyout of the Bluberi Gaming Technologies development agreement; Henderson, Nev.-based provider of equipment and services to the gaming industry; pricing early April 23 week.

PROSPECT MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.: $325 million seven-year senior secured notes; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC Capital Markets (joint); Rule 144A for life; non-callable for three years; proceeds, along with cash on hand, to repay certain of the outstanding debt including the 2014 notes, to make a distribution to Ivy Holdings for the redemption of its 13½% senior redeemable exchangeable cumulative preferred stock, and for general corporate purposes; owner and operator of five community-based hospitals in Los Angeles and a manager of the provision of health care services of HMO enrollees; investor call 9:30 a.m. ET April 20; investor lunch on April 23; pricing late April 23 week.

RADIATION THERAPY SERVICES, INC.: $335 million senior secured second lien notes due 2017; Wells Fargo Securities LLC (left books), Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. (joint books), Imperial Capital (co); Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for two years; to repay debt and general corporate purposes; advanced radiation therapy services provider; pricing later this week.

April 30 week

SABRE HOLDINGS: $400 million senior secured notes due 2019; Goldman Sachs & Co., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Mizuho Securities, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Natixis (joint); Rule 144A and Regulation S; non-callable for three years; to repay portions of outstanding loans due 2014, as part of a proposed amendment and extension of the credit facility, and for general corporate purposes; Southlake, Texas-based travel technology company; roadshow starts April 25; pricing mid-to-late April 30 week.

May 7 week

OPI INTERNATIONAL: $125 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; roadshow started April 24; pricing May 7 week.

On the Horizon

CAPTAIN BIDCO SAS (ASCOMETAL): €300 million senior secured notes due 2020 (expected ratings B3/B-); Bank of America Merrill Lynch (bill and deliver, joint books), Morgan Stanley (joint books); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; non-callable for four years; 101% poison put; to refinance debt used to acquire Ascometal; Courbevoie, France, steel producer.

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; possible business for the first quarter of 2012.

CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC.: $350 million senior notes; to take out bridge loan backing the acquisition of Roseville, Calif.-based communications services provider SureWest Communications; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. is leading the debt financing; Mattoon, Ill.-based communications company; acquisition expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012.

ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY, LP: $3.2 billion high-yield bonds to help complete the $7.9 billion merger of Energy Transfer and Southern Union Co., including repayment of $3.7 billion of Southern Union debt, expected to close in the first quarter of 2012; Energy Transfer is a Dallas-based oil and gas pipeline company.

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; expected during first quarter of 2012.

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; price talk 10% coupon to yield 12% at an issue price of approximately 90.00.

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.

NGPL PIPECO: $600 million senior secured notes; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets LLC (joint); also $675 million credit facility, commitments due May 4; to help fund tender for 6.514% senior notes due 2012, which expires May 11, 2012; Houston-based natural gas transportation and storage company; timing of notes launch to be determined.

PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS LP: $220 million senior notes, backed by a bridge loan led by RBC; proceeds will be used, along with equity, to fund the acquisition of Chief Gathering LLC from Chief E&D Holdings LP for $800 million in cash and $200 million of a new class of limited partner interests; Penn Virginia is a Radnor, Pa.-based owner and manager of coal and natural resource properties, and midstream natural gas gathering and processing businesses.

TRINSEO MATERIALS OPERATING SCA: $450 million six-year senior notes (B3/B), non-callable for three years (structure changed from seven-year non-call-four); Barclays Capital Inc. (left lead), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BMO Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., HSBC; Rule 144A and Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to repay bank debt and for general corporate purposes; diversified chemical company; price talk 12¼% area, including about 3 points of OID; roadshow was in late November 2011; likely business for the first quarter of 2012.

WII COMPONENTS, INC.: New subordinated notes and new credit facility; to fund a tender offer and consent solicitation for its $105.85 million of 10% senior notes due 2012, consent deadline July 7, 2011; St. Cloud, Minn., cabinet manufacturer.

ZAYO GROUP LLC $1.25 billion: $750 million senior secured notes and $500 million senior unsecured notes; also $1.75 billion credit facility; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. and Barclays Capital Inc. (joint), SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc., UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co.; to fund the acquisition of AboveNet Inc., expected to close by the middle of 2012; financing also includes $290 million of equity from GTCR and Charlesbank Capital Partners and cash on hand; Zayo is a Louisville, Colo.-based provider of fiber-based bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation and interconnection services.

Roadshows

Started April 18: MBI ENERGY SERVICES, INC. $250 million; RBC, Wells Fargo.

Pricing April 23 week: RADIATION THERAPY SERVICES, INC. $335 million; Wells Fargo Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc., Barclays Capital Inc.

Pricing late April 23 week: PROSPECT MEDICAL $325 million; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, RBC.

Started April 23: INEOS FINANCE PLC $2.2 billion equivalent; JPMorgan, Barclays.

Started April 24: OPI INTERNATIONAL $125 million; Global Hunter.

Starts April 25: SABRE HOLDINGS $400 million; Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Natixis.


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