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Bank Loan Calendar: $53.3964 billion deals being marketed
November Bank Meetings
ACTUANT ELECTRICAL: Bank meeting Nov. 12; $150 million credit facility; RBC and NXT Capital; $20 million five-year revolver; $130 million six-year term B; help fund buyout by Sentinel Capital Partners from Actuant Corp.; Menomonee Falls, Wis., provider of products for the retail do-it-yourself, marine, industrial OEM and wholesale electrical markets.
E.W. SCRIPPS: Bank meeting Nov. 12; $275 million senior secured credit facility; SunTrust; $75 million five-year revolver; $200 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID likely 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; Cincinnati-based media company.
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORP.: Bank meeting Nov. 8; $350 million senior secured credit facility; Jefferies and PNC; $50 million five-year revolver; $300 million six-year term loan; fund the acquisition of iWeb, refinance existing debt, and working capital and general corporate purposes; Atlanta-based provider of IT Infrastructure services.
NICE-PAK PRODUCTS: Bank meeting Nov. 8; $230 million senior secured credit facility; RBC; $60 million five-year asset-based revolver; $170 million six-year term B; refinance existing debt; Orangeburg, N.Y., manufacturer of wet wipes for baby and health care applications.
Upcoming Closings
ACTIVE NETWORK: $580 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, RBC and BMO; $45 million five-year revolver (B1/B+); $342.5 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $192.5 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; San Diego-based provider of cloud-based activity and participant management services.
AKORN INC.: $675 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank; $600 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $75 million five-year ABL revolver; help fund acquisition of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co. Inc.; Lake Forest, Ill.-based niche pharmaceutical company.
ALLEGION U.S. HOLDING CO. INC.: $1.5 billion credit facility (Ba1/BBB); JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, BNP Paribas and Citigroup; $500 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $500 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $500 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps, step-down to Libor plus 200 bps when gross total leverage is less than 2.5x, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; pay a dividend to Ingersoll Rand in connection with spin-off; Dublin, Ireland, provider of security products.
ALVOGEN PHARMA U.S. INC.: $60 million add-on term B at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-callable through May 2014, 101 through May 2015; Morgan Stanley; fund the acquisition of Naprelan and Furadantin; Pine Brook, N.J., pharmaceuticals company.
AMERICAN BEACON ADVISORS INC.: $170 million six-year term loan (Ba2/BB-) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; refinance existing debt; Fort Worth, Texas, provider of investment advisory services to institutional and retail markets.
ARBY'S (ARG IH CORP.): $370 million credit facility (B3/B); Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo Securities; $35 million five-year revolver; $335 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; fund a dividend; Atlanta-based quick-service sandwich chain.
ASCENSUS INC.: $307 million credit facility; BMO and Golub Capital; $15 million revolver (B1/B+); $200 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; $92 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; fund the acquisition of Sallie Mae's 529 college savings plan administrator, Upromise Investments, and refinance existing debt; Dresher, Pa., retirement plan services provider.
AZURE MIDSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC: $550 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of TGGT Holdings LLC from EXCO Operating Co. LP and BG Group plc; Houston-based midstream gas company.
BALLY TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $1.1 billion seven-year covenant-light term B (Ba3/BB) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and Union Bank; help fund acquisition of SHFL entertainment Inc.; Las Vegas-based gaming company that designs, manufactures, distributes, and operates gaming devices and computerized monitoring, accounting and player-tracking systems for gaming devices.
BASS PRO GROUP LLC: $250 million add-on term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¼ area, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; general corporate purposes, which may include a dividend, and growth of the business; Springfield, Mo., retailer of outdoor sports and recreation products.
BENNU OIL & GAS LLC: $350 million five-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 900 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, par for six months, non-call one, 102, 101; Credit Suisse; fund exit from bankruptcy and general corporate purposes; oil and gas exploration and production company in the Gulf of Mexico.
BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB INC.: $2.1 billion of term loans; Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; $1.45 billion first-lien term loan (B3/B-) due Sept. 26, 2019 talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $650 million second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC) due March 31, 2020 talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 103, 102, 101; refinance existing term loans and fund a dividend; Westborough, Mass., operator of warehouse clubs.
BLACKBOARD INC.: $872 million term B-3 (B+) at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; reprice term B-2; Washington, D.C.-based provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry.
CACI INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.681 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Bank of America, JPMorgan, PNC, RBC, SunTrust and Wells Fargo; $750 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps, 35 bps undrawn fee; $631 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $300 million seven-year term B (not yet launched); fund acquisition of Six3 Systems Inc. from GTCR; Arlington, Va., provider of professional services and information technology to the federal government.
CAMPING WORLD INC.: $525 million term B (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs and Barclays; refinance existing debt; supplier of RV parts, supplies and accessories.
CHG HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC.: First-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs and Barclays; repricing; Salt Lake City-based health care staffing firm.
CHROMAFLO TECHNOLOGIES: $440 million of term loans; Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Madison Capital and KeyBanc; $310 million six-year covenant-light first-lien term B (B2) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $130 million 61/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa2) talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Ashtabula, Ohio, supplier of chemical and pigment dispersions.
CROSBY WORLDWIDE LTD.: $715 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, UBS, KKR Capital, Deutsche Bank, Mizuho and HSBC; $65 million five-year revolver (B1/B); $560 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 4.5x net leverage,1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call for six months; $90 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, hard call 102, 101; help fund buyout by KKR; Tulsa, Okla., provider of products for lifting and rigging applications.
CSC SERVICEWORKS INC. (COINMACH): $460 million add-on term B (B) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 area, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Mac-Gray Corp.; Plainview, N.Y., provider of multi-family housing and commercial laundry and air vending services.
DEL MONTE FOODS CONSUMER PRODUCTS INC.: $1.28 billion credit facility; Citigroup (left lead on first-lien), Morgan Stanley (left lead on second-lien) and KKR; $350 million ABL revolver; $650 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $280 million 71/2-year covenant-light second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98 to 981/2, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Del Monte Foods' consumer food business by Del Monte Pacific Ltd.; fruit and vegetable and packaged goods company.
DREW MARINE: $335 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $50 million revolver (B1/B+); $205 million first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; $80 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; fund acquisition of Drew Marine and ACR Electronics Inc. by the Jordan Co. from J.F. Lehman; Whippany, N.J.-based provider of technical services to the marine industry.
ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY LP: Up to $1.5 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Barclays, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, RBC, RBS and UBS; $900 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call for six months; up to $600 million five-year revolver; refinance existing debt; Dallas-based master limited partnership that owns natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products and crude oil pipelines.
FILTRATION GROUP CORP.: $875 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs and BMO; $75 million five-year revolver (B1/B+); $565 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $235 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Porex Corp. from Aurora Capital Group; Chicago-based developer, designer and manufacturer of liquid, air and fluid filtration products.
FORTESCUE RESOURCES: $4.95 billion senior secured covenant-light term loan (Ba1/BBB-) due June 30, 2019 at Libor plus 325 bps, subject to a leverage-based grid, 1% Libor floor, OID 993/4, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse and JPMorgan; refinance existing term loan; East Perth, Australia, iron ore producer.
GARDA WORLD SECURITY CORP.: Roughly $825 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); RBC, Bank of America, TD Securities and Mizuho; $150 million five-year revolver; $540 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; C$135 million seven-year term B at BA plus 375 bps, 1% floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund the acquisition of G4S Cash Solutions; Montreal, Canada, provider of business and security services.
GATEWAY CASINOS & ENTERTAINMENT LTD.: C$340 million credit facility (Ba3); TD Securities; C$50 million five-year revolver talked at BA plus 375 bps; C$145 million five-year term A talked at BA plus 375 bps; C$145 million six-year term B talked at BA plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% floor, OID 991/4; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Burnaby, B.C., owner of gaming properties.
GENERATION BRANDS: $270 million of term loans; Wells Fargo; $160 million 41/2-year first-lien term B talked at 8%, including OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $70 million five-year second-lien term loan talked at 12¼%, including OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; $40 million six-year holdco term loan talked at 16¾%, including 6% PIK and OID 97, call protection T+50, 108, 104, 102; refinance existing debt; lighting company.
GLENCOE PRINCIPAL HOLDINGS: $200 million credit facility; Macquarie; $25 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $130 million six-year first-lien term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $45 million seven-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing subsidiary debt, acquire certain outstanding equity interests held by third parties and fund a distribution to sponsor Glencoe Capital; Co-borrowers are subsidiaries Dixie Chemical, a Pasadena, Texas-based manufacturer of high-purity chemicals, complex compounds and chemical intermediates, Child Development Schools, a Columbus, Ga.-based for-profit preschool education and early care provider, and Polyair Corp., a Toronto-based manufacturer and marketer of protective packaging products.
GLOBALLOGIC: $185 million senior secured credit facility; RBC and Credit Suisse; $25 million five-year revolver; $160 million 51/2-year term B; fund buyout by ODSA Topco Ltd., a company backed by Apax Partners; full-lifecycle product development services company.
GOLDEN NUGGET INC.: $575 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Jefferies and Deutsche Bank; $75 million five-year revolver; $350 million six-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; $150 million delayed-draw term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt, and acquire from Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. and complete Golden Nugget Lake Charles hotel resort project; hotel and casino operator.
GREENFIELD SPECIALTY ALCOHOLS INC.: Roughly $202 million credit facility (B2/BB); Goldman Sachs and Scotia Capital; $182 million five-year term B talked at Libor plus 600 bps to 625 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, non-call one, 103, 101; C$20 million revolver; refinance existing debt; Canadian-based producer of industrial and beverage alcohol, fuel ethanol and distillers' grains.
HILTON WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.: $8.6 billion credit facility (Ba3/BB); Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; $1 billion revolver; $7.6 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; McLean, Va., hospitality company.
HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS: $160 million add-on term loan (Ba3/B) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99¼ to 991/2; Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC and TD Securities; fund acquisition of Schöttli Group; Bolton, Ont., supplier of injection molding equipment and services to the plastics industry.
KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS INC.: $275 million add-on term loans; Credit Suisse and UBS; $225 million add-on first-lien term loan (B2/B-) due May 23, 2019 at Libor plus 425 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 971/2, 101 soft call through May 2014; $50 million add-on second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC) due Nov. 23, 2019 talked at Libor plus 825 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, call protection 103 through May 2014, 102, 101; help fund acquisition of Chemtura Corp.'s consumer products business; Toronto-based contract and private label manufacturers of consumer, institutional and industrial products.
LESLIE'S POOLMART INC.: $610.5 million term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America; repricing; Phoenix-based retailer of swimming pool supplies and related products.
LINDEN COGENERATION POWER COMPLEX (EFS COGEN HOLDINGS I LLC): $925 million senior secured credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Barclays, Citigroup and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi; $100 million five-year revolver; $825 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 to 991/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, make a distribution to GE in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in the borrower by Highstar, support project-level letter-of-credit requirements and fund a debt service reserve account; Linden, N.J.-based 942MW cogeneration facility.
MAXIM CRANE WORKS HOLDINGS INC.: $325 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 981/2, non-call six months, 102 for 18 months, 101 for a year; JPMorgan; Pittsburgh-based full-service crane rental and sales company.
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES DISTRIBUTORS LLC: $170 million credit facility (B3/B); Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas; $30 million revolver; $140 million six-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by New Mountain Capital; Stoughton, Mass., distributor of home infusion equipment and supplies.
MICROSEMI CORP.: $150 million term B-2 due Feb. 19, 2020 at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Symmetricom Inc.; Aliso Viejo, Calif., provider of semiconductor services.
MOHEGAN TRIBAL GAMING AUTHORITY: $955 million credit facility (B2/B-); RBS, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust, Credit Agricole and Jefferies; $100 million five-year revolver; $125 million five-year term A; $730 million six-year term B at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt; Uncasville, Conn., operator of gaming and entertainment enterprises.
MRC GLOBAL INC. (MCJUNKIN): $794 million covenant-light term loan due November 2019 talked at Libor plus 400 bps, step-down to Libor plus 375 bps at total net leverage of 2.5x, 1% Libor floor, OID 99 7/8, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Barclays, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo; reprice an existing term loan and repay revolver borrowings; Houston-based distributor of pipe, valve, fittings and related products and services to the energy industry.
MURRAY ENERGY CORP.: $1.62 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank; $200 million ABL revolver; $1.02 billion six-year first-lien term loan B talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $400 million seven-year second-lien term loan (already placed) at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor; help fund the acquisition of Consolidation Coal Co. from Consol Energy Inc.; St. Clairsville, Ohio, coal company.
NORCRAFT COS. INC.: $175 million credit facility; RBC and KeyBank; $25 million ABL revolver; $150 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (B2/BB-) at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; in connection with common stock IPO; help redeem notes and purchase at least a nominal interest in Norcraft Cos. LLC; Eagan, Minn., manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom cabinetry.
NORTH ATLANTIC TRADING CO. INC.: $205 million six-year term B; Wells Fargo; refinance second-lien notes; Louisville, Ky., manufacturer and marketer of tobacco products.
NORTHEAST WIND CAPITAL II LLC: Closing expected mid-Nov. 11 week; $320 million seven-year senior secured term B at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, non-call one, 102, 101; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, KeyBanc, Union Bank, CIT Group and ICBC; refinance existing debt; owner of a portfolio of wind projects.
PACIFIC ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS: $400 million credit facility (B2/B+); RBC, RBS and HSBC; $80 million five-year revolver; $320 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing and debt and fund a dividend; Arlington, Va., provider of contract services to U.S. government agencies, international organizations and foreign governments.
PRIME HEALTHCARE: $475 million five-year credit facility; Healthcare Finance Group; $225 million asset-based revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor; $250 million senior secured term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; complete certain targeted acquisitions and working capital purposes; Ontario, Calif., health care system.
PRO MACH INC.: $369.3 million credit facility; Barclays; $314.3 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $55 million revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps; repricing; Loveland, Ohio-based provider of packaging machinery services and related aftermarket products.
RADIOSHACK CORP.: $835 million credit facility; GE Capital, CIT, RBS Citizens and Salus Capital; $535 million five-year ABL revolver talked with a grid of Libor plus 200 bps to 250 bps, based on availability, 50 bps unused fee; $50 million first-in-last-out five-year ABL revolver talked at Libor plus 400 bps; $250 million secured term loan (not being marketed); refinance existing debt; Fort Worth, Texas, retailer of mobile technology products and services, and products related to personal and home technology and power supply needs.
RPI FINANCE TRUST (ROYALTY PHARMA): Term loans (BBB-); Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan; term B-1 talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 101 soft call for six months; term B-2 talked at Libor plus 225 bps to 250 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; term B-3 talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; New York-based acquirer of royalty interests in marketed and late-stage biopharmaceutical products.
SANDY CREEK ENERGY ASSOCIATES LP: $1.202 billion credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, CoBank, Credit Agricole, ING Capital, Union Bank, Natixis, Investec and ICBC; $41 million revolver; $34 million debt service reserve letter-of-credit facility; $102 million senior secured tax exempt letter-of-credit facility; $1.025 billion first-lien term B (Ba3/BB-) at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt, pay swap breakage costs and fund operating reserves; owner of majority of Sandy Creek Energy Station plant.
SERTA SIMMONS HOLDINGS LLC: Expected close Nov. 18 week; $1.28 billion senior secured term B due Oct. 1, 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays; repricing; mattress manufacturer.
SOUTHERN GRAPHICS INC.: $397 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due October 2019 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; refinance an existing term loan; Louisville, Ky., provider of design-to-print graphics services to the consumer products packaging industry.
SPARTAN STORES: $1 billion five-year senior secured credit facility; Wells Fargo and Bank of America; $900 million revolver; $40 million first-in last-out revolver; $60 million term loan expected at Libor plus 550 bps; refinance debt in connection with merger with Nash Finch Co.; Grand Rapids, Mich., grocery distributor.
TEMPLAR ENERGY LLC: Expected close Nov. 25; $1 billion credit facility; Citigroup, Bank of America, Barclays, Morgan Stanley and Natixis; $700 million seven-year covenant-light senior secured second-lien term loan (B3) talked at Libor plus 700 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; $300 million reserve-based revolver; help fund acquisition of oil and gas assets located in the Texas Panhandle Area from Forest Oil Corp.; Oklahoma City-based exploration and production company.
TEREX CORP.: Roughly $343.2 million term loan due April 2017 at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse; also roughly €113.5 million term loan due April 2017 at Euribor plus 325 bps, 0.75% floor, 101 soft call; refinance existing term loans; Westport, Conn., equipment manufacturer.
TNT CRANE & RIGGING INC.: $645 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Macquarie and RBC; $75 million five-year revolver (B1); $400 million seven-year first-lien term B (B1) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $170 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98½ to 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by First Reserve and management from Odyssey Investment Partners; Houston-based provider of lifting services and equipment.
TOWN SPORTS INTERNATIONAL LLC: Expected close mid-November; $370 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+); Deutsche Bank and KeyBanc; $45 million five-year revolver; $325 million seven-year term loan at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 991/2, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing credit facility; expected close mid-November; New York-based owner and operator of fitness clubs.
TRAVEL LEADERS GROUP LLC: $185 million credit facility (B1/BB-); UBS and Jefferies; $15 million five-year revolver; $170 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; fund acquisition of the company; Plymouth, Minn., travel agency company.
TRIBUNE CO.: $4.1 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB+); JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse; $300 million five-year revolver; $3.8 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Local TV Holdings LLC from Oak Hill Capital Partners and refinance existing debt; Chicago-based multimedia company.
WASH MULTIFAMILY LAUNDRY SYSTEMS: Roughly $365 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; GE Capital; repricing; El Segundo, Calif., provider of laundry facilities management services.
WESCO DISTRIBUTION INC.: Roughly $820 million of term loans; Credit Suisse; $685 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due December 2019 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; C$135 million first-lien covenant-light term loan due December 2019 talked at BA plus 350 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing term loans; Pittsburgh-based provider of electrical, industrial and communications MRO and OEM products, construction materials and advanced supply chain management and logistics services.
WILSONART LLC: $160 million add-on term loan due October 2019 at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98; Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and UBS; fund acquisition of Durcon Inc.; Temple, Texas, manufacturer and distributor of high pressure laminates and other engineered surfaces.
WORLD KITCHEN LLC: $62 million add-on term loan (B); BMO; fund a dividend and add cash to the balance sheet; Rosemont, Ill., manufacturer and marketer of bakeware, dinnerware, kitchen and household tools, rangetop cookware and cutlery products.
On The Horizon
AMC NETWORKS INC.: New debt financing; Bank of America; help fund acquisition of Chellomedia from Liberty Global; New York-based owner and operator of brands in cable television.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES INC.: $2.175 billion senior secured term loans; Barclays; help fund merger with Cole Real Estate Investments Inc. and refinance debt of the acquired company; New York-based real estate investment company.
ANAREN INC.: New debt financing; help fund buyout by Veritas Capital; Syracuse, N.Y.-based designer, developer, manufacturer and seller of highly integrated microwave components, assemblies and subsystems for the wireless communications, satellite communications and defense electronics markets.
APOLLO TYRES: $500 million asset-based revolver; Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; India-based tire company.
ARDMORE SHIPPING CORP.: Up to $235 million credit facility; for unfunded expenditure on the vessels on order in the company's initial fleet and to purchase its expansion fleet; in connection with IPO; Ireland-based provider of seaborne transportation of petroleum products and chemicals.
BRAND ENERGY & INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INC.: New credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and UBS; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from First Reserve and merger with an infrastructure business that is being bought from Harsco Corp.; Atlanta-based provider of specialized industrial services to the energy and infrastructure sectors.
COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $2.26 billion of senior secured term loans; Bank of America and Credit Suisse; $750 million 2016 term loan; $1.51 billion of 2020/2021 term loans; help fund purchase of Health Management Associates Inc.; Nashville, Tenn., hospital company.
CROWN HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; Citirgoup; either up to $960 million five-year term A and $700 million seven-year term B, or new senior secured credit facility consisting of $1.2 billion five-year revolver, $1.18 billion five-year term A, €110 million term loan and $700 million seven-year term B; help fund acquisition of Mivisa Envases SAU; Philadelphia-based manufacturer of packaging products.
CTP TRANSPORTATION PRODUCTS LLC: Up to $150 million asset-based revolver; SunTrust; help fund buyout by American Industrial Partners from Carlisle Cos. Inc.; manufacturer and distributor of bias-ply and radial tires, stamped and roll-formed steel wheels and tire and wheel assemblies to non-automotive customers, and power transmission belts and related components to industrial customers.
DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC.: $2.55 billion credit facility; JPMorgan and BMO on revolver, term A, JPMorgan, BMO and Goldman Sachs on term B; $1 billion revolver; $350 million term A; $1.2 billion term B; help fund acquisition of Vion Ingredients from Vion Holding N.V.; Irving, Texas, provider of rendering, recycling and recovery services to the food industry.
ENDO HEALTH SOLUTIONS: $2.6 billion senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank and RBC; $750 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 200 bps, 35 bps unused fee; $1.1 billion five-year term A expected at Libor plus 200 bps; $750 million seven-year term B expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 991/2,101 soft call for six months; refinance some existing debt and fund repurchase of convertible notes in connection with acquisition of Paladin Labs Inc.; Malvern, Pa., specialty health care company.
EXTREME REACH INC.: New debt; JPMorgan and SunTrust; help fund acquisition of the TV business of Digital Generation Inc.; Needham, Mass., video platform for integrated TV, online and mobile advertising.
GLOBECOMM SYSTEMS INC.: $235 million five-year senior secured credit facility; Highbridge Principal Strategies; $30 million revolver; $205 million first-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Wasserstein & Co.; Hauppauge, N.Y., communications services provider.
GREEN PLAINS RENEWABLE ENERGY INC.: About $77 million of term debt; help fund acquisition of two ethanol plants of BioFuel Energy Corp. from an entity composed of its lender group; Omaha, Neb., ethanol producer.
JOHN DEERE LANDSCAPES: New credit facility; UBS, ING, HSBC and Natixis; help fund buyout by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice from Deere & Co.; Alpharetta, Ga., distributor of landscaping products.
LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP.: Up to $200 million senior secured revolver; American AgCredit FLCA, CoBank, Farm Credit Services of America PCA and AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; help fund acquisition of Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.; Nashville-based manufacturer of engineered wood building materials.
OPEN TEXT CORP.: $800 million seven-year senior secured term B, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and RBC: help fund acquisition of GXS Group Inc.; Ontario-based provider of enterprise information management software.
POST HOLDINGS INC.: Up to $200 million in new debt; help fund acquisition of Dakota Growers Pasta Co. Inc. from Viterra Inc.; Battle Creek, Mich., food company.
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS INC.: $300 million five-year senior unsecured revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps to 225 bps, unused fee 25 bps to 37.5 bps, based on leverage; general corporate purposes; Tampa, Fla., provider of managed care services targeted to government-sponsored health care programs.
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