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Published on 4/16/2024 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $22.6716 billion deals being marketed

April Lender Calls

AHEAD DB HOLDINGS LLC: Lender call April 17; $614 million term loan due February 2031; RBC; extension of first-lien term loan-1; Chicago-based IT solutions provider of enterprise hardware and software.

PRESS GANEY (AZALEA TOPCO INC.): Lender call April 17; $1.825 billion seven-year term B, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; repay revolver borrowings, first-lien term loans and second-lien notes, and redeem Series A preferred stock; provider of mission-critical experience management solutions for healthcare providers and payors, pharmaceutical companies and other complex industries outside the healthcare industry.

Upcoming Closings

AECOM: $700 million seven-year first-lien term B (Baa3/BBB-) talked at SOFR plus 187.5 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5 to 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; BofA Securities; help refinance existing first-lien credit facilities and add cash to the balance sheet; Dallas-based provider of professional infrastructure consulting services.

AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP.: $800 million 5½-year senior secured term B (B2) talked at SOFR plus 575 bps to 600 bps, 0% floor, OID 98 to 98.5, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; refinance existing first-lien term loan and any revolver borrowings, fund a distribution to shareholders and add cash to the balance sheet; Cleveland-based celebration solutions provider offering greeting cards, gift packaging, party goods, gifting products and digital offerings.

BRAZOS MIDSTREAM (BRAZOS DELEWARE II LLC): $750 million term B due Feb. 11, 2030 (B1/B+) talked at SOFR plus 350 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 99.75 to par for net new money, issue price par for existing money, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; repricing; Fort Worth-based natural-gas and crude-oil midstream company.

BROCK HOLDINGS III LLC: $650 million credit facilities; Deutsche Bank; $500 million six-year first-lien term B (B3/B-) talked at SOFR plus 625 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 97 to 98, 101 soft call for six months; $150 million asset-based revolver; refinance existing capital structure; Houston-based industrial specialty craft services provider of scaffolding, coatings, insulation, painting, abatement, and other soft crafts, as well as mechanical and safety services.

CARNIVAL CORP.: $2.748 billion of term loans (BB+); JPMorgan; $1 billion term loan due 2027 talked at SOFR plus 275 bps, 0.75% floor, OID 99.875 to par, 101 soft call for six months; $1.748 billion term loan due 2028 talked at SOFR plus 275 bps, 0.75% floor, OID 99.875 to par, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Miami-based cruise operator.

CEDAR FAIR: $1 billion term B due 2031 (Ba2/BB+) talked at SOFR plus 250 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, PNC, KeyBanc, Fifth Third, Citizens, HSBC, Texas Capital and Capital One; refinance notes in connection with merger of Cedar Fair and Six Flags Entertainment Corp.; Charlotte, N.C., amusement park operator.

DAVITA INC.: $2.6 billion term B due 2031 talked at SOFR plus 200 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs; refinance existing term B; Denver-based provider of kidney dialysis services.

END-USER COMPUTING (MODENA BUYER LLC): $2.86 billion credit facilities (B2/B); UBS, KKR, Jefferies, Citigroup, Natixis, SMBC and Scotia; $260 million five-year revolver; $2.6 billion seven-year first-lien term loan talked at SOFR plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 0% floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by KKR from Broadcom Inc.; Toledo, Ohio, provider of digital workspace solutions.

FRANKLIN SQUARE HOLDINGS: $700 million seven-year term B (Ba1/BB) talked at SOFR plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term loans and general corporate purposes; Philadelphia-based financial and investment services company.

ISOLVED INC.: Roughly $623.6 million first-lien term loan (including $50 million incremental) due Oct. 14, 2030 at SOFR plus 350 bps, 0% floor, issue price par, 101 soft call for six months; UBS, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and JPMorgan; fund cash to the balance sheet, general corporate purposes and repricing; provider of cloud-based human capital management software.

KINDERCARE LEARNING COS. INC. (KUEHG CORP.): $1.583 billion term B due June 12, 2030 (B2/B/BB) talked at SOFR plus 450 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 99.75 to par for net new money, issue price par for existing money, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays; repricing; Lake Oswego, Ore., provider of private early childhood care and education.

LES SCHWAB TIRE CENTERS: $1.918 billion term B due 2031 (B2/B) at SOFR plus 300 bps, 0% floor, issue price par, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing term B and general corporate purposes; Bend, Ore., tire retail chain.

MASORANGE (LORCA FINCO PLC): €1.5 billion equivalent U.S and euro seven-year covenant-lite term B (including roughly €190 million pre-placement) (Ba3/BB+/BB+); BofA Securities, BNP Paribas, BBVA (on euro only), Natixis (on euro only), Caixa, Credit Agricole, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, ING, Intesa, JPMorgan, Mizuho, Santander, SMBC and Societe Generale; U.S. term B talked at SOFR plus 350 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; euro term B talked at Euribor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help refinance drawn facilities; mobile and fixed telecom company in Spain.

POINTCLICKCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $392 million term B due December 2027 talked at SOFR+CSA plus 300 bps, CSA is 11.448 bps one-month rate, 26.161 bps three-month rate and 42.826 bps six-month rate, 0.75% floor, OID 99.875 to par, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; repricing of incremental term B and combination with existing term B; Canada-based cloud-based health care software provider.

ROCKET SOFTWARE INC.: $880 million add-on term B due November 2028 (B3/B-/BB-) at SOFR plus 475 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; RBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Citigroup, HSBC, Mizuho, SMBC and Goldman Sachs; also, €300 million add-on term B due November 2028 (B3/B-/BB-) at Euribor plus 475 bps, 0% floor, OID 98.63, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of OpenText’s Application Modernization and Connectivity business; Waltham, Mass., provider of enterprise infrastructure software.

SPRING EDUCATION GROUP: $848 million covenant-lite first-lien term loan due October 2030 talked at SOFR plus 400 bps, 0% floor, OID 99.75 for new money, issue price par for existing lenders, 101 soft call for six months; Macquarie; repricing; Campbell, Calif., private pre-K through 12th grade school operator.

THRYV INC.: $350 million five-year term B (B3/B+) talked at SOFR plus 700 bps, 1% floor, OID 98, soft call 102, 101; Citizens; refinance existing debt; Dallas-based software and marketing services company.

TRACE3 (ESCAPE VELOCITY HOLDINGS INC.): $225 million covenant-lite incremental term B due Oct. 8, 2028 (B3/B) at SOFR plus 425 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 99.03, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo, Jefferies, Santander and UBS; fund a shareholder distribution; Irvine, Calif., technology and software focused IT solutions provider.

TRC COS. LLC (ENERGIZE HOLDCO): $105 million incremental first-lien term loan due December 2028 (B3/B) talked at SOFR+CSA plus 375 bps, 0.5% floor, OID 99.25; UBS; partially refinance existing second-lien term loan; Windsor, Conn., tech-enabled consulting firm focused on providing end-to-end engineering, science and technology solutions.

UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC.: $500 million seven-year term loan (B+) talked at SOFR plus 500 bps to 525 bps, 0% floor, OID 97 to 98, call protection 102, 101; JPMorgan; help refinance existing term loan; Providence, R.I., grocery wholesaler.

On The Horizon

AMENTUM: $1.13 billion senior secured incremental first-lien term loan; JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and RBC; fund merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses; Chantilly, Va., engineering and technology solutions provider.

APOTEX PHARMACEUTICAL HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; RBC, Scotia, HSBC and Truist; help fund buyout by SK Capital Partners LP; Toronto-based pharmaceutical company.

CADENT LLC: New debt financing; RBC; help fund acquisition of AdTheorent Holding Co. Inc.; New York-based provider of platform-based converged TV advertising solutions.

COHESITY: New debt financing; JPMorgan; help fund combination with Veritas’ data protection business; San Jose, Calif., AI-powered data security and management company.

DELTA UTILITIES: New debt financing; Jefferies and Scotiabank; help fund acquisition of CenterPoint Energy Inc.’s natural gas distribution operations in Louisiana and Mississippi; New Orleans-based natural gas distribution company.

ENDEAVOR GROUP HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and RBC; help fund buyout by Silver Lake; Beverly Hills, Calif., sports and entertainment company.

EVERI HOLDINGS INC./INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INC. (IGNITE ROTATE LLC): $3.22 billion senior secured credit facilities; Deutsche Bank and Macquarie; $500 million five-year revolver; $2.72 billion seven-year term loan; help fund merger of Everi with International Game Technology plc’s Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses; gaming and fintech company.

FIRST ADVANTAGE CORP.: $2.07 billion credit facilities; BofA Securities, Barclays, BMO, Jefferies and RBC; $250 million five-year revolver; $1.82 billion seven-year senior secured incremental covenant-lite term loan expected at SOFR plus 325 bps, two 25 bps step-downs at first-lien leverage of 0.5x and 1x less than at closing, 0% floor, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Sterling Check Corp., retire existing Sterling debt, and expand and extend existing revolver; Atlanta-based provider of employment background screening, identity and verification solutions.

GLATFELTER CORP.: $1.835 billion senior secured credit facilities; Citigroup and Wells Fargo; $1.585 billion seven-year term loan; $250 million five-year ABL revolver; help fund merger with Berry Global Group Inc.’s health, hygiene and specialties global nonwovens and films business, and repay certain debt of Glatfelter; Charlotte, N.C., supplier of engineered materials.

NUVEI CORP.: $3.15 billion credit facilities; BMO; $600 million revolver; $2.55 billion term loan; help fund buyout by Advent International; Montreal-based technology provider in the payments industry.

PRESIDIO: New debt financing; JPMorgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, RBC, BNP Paribas, UBS and Deutsche Bank; help fund buyout by Clayton Dubilier & Rice from BC Partners; New York-based technology services and solutions provider.

RESIDEO TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $600 million incremental senior secured term loan; BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Snap One Holdings Corp.; Scottsdale, Ariz., manufacturer and developer of technology-driven products and components that provide critical comfort, energy management, and safety and security solutions to homes.


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