High Yield Calendar: $845 million deals being marketed

In The Market

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. $13.8 billion notes: $6 billion senior secured first-lien notes and $3.5 billion senior unsecured notes; also CCO Holdings LLC $4.3 billion senior unsecured notes; all tranches bridged; also $16.7 billion bank loans; Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS AG and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are the lead banks on the financing; to finance acquisitions of Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks, expected to close by the end of 2015; Charter expects secured bonds and loans to have investment-grade ratings from Fitch and Standard & Poor’s; combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House will create a broadband services and technology company serving 23.9 million customers in 41 states; marketing began July 6; a portion of the notes, at least, expected during July 6 week.

GEORGIA RENEWABLE POWER, INC.: $225 million first-lien senior secured notes due 2022 (Ba3); Seaport Global (sole books); non-callable for three years; 10% annual amortization; 50% cash flow sweep; for general corporate purposes; Albany, Ga.-based renewable power generator; marketed during June 15 week.

MY ALARM CENTER, LLC and MY ALARM CENTER, INC.: $265 million senior secured notes due 2020 (B3); Imperial Capital; Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; callable after two years at par plus 75% of coupon; to refinance debt, to terminate an interest rate swap and for general corporate purposes; Newtown Square, Pa.-based provider of security alarm and home automation solutions for primarily residential households in the United States; roadshow started June 9.

GLOBO PLC (via GLOBO MOBILE INC. subsidiary): $180 million five-year senior secured notes (anticipated ratings B2/B3); Imperial Capital LLC (sole books), ISM Capital LLP (international co-manager); Rule 144A and Regulation S without registration rights; non-callable for the first two years after issue, and would be callable after that at par plus ¾ of the coupon, declining ratably every six months; proceeds to fund further acquisitions that support the company’s international expansion strategy in its key growth markets, repay existing debt, general corporate purposes; London-based international provider of enterprise mobility management, mobile solutions and software as a service; roadshow started June 19.

PETROCELTIC INTERNATIONAL PLC: Up to $175 million of three year senior secured callable bonds; Pareto Securities manager and bookrunner; to refinance up to $50 million of bank debt, to finance development capital expenditures across the asset portfolio and for general corporate purposes; Dublin-based oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on the Middle East, North Africa and the Mediterranean region; debt capital markets source reported on June 29 that the marketing of the deal was an ongoing process.

Expected July Business

ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES INC.: $670 million bonds backed by $495 million opco bridge loan and a $175 million holdco bridge loan; UBS AG left lead; also $1.54 billion credit facility, bank meeting expected in July; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., UBS, Jefferies Finance LLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Nomura and KKR Capital Markets are the leads on the debt; to help fund the purchase of a significant equity interest in the company by Stone Point Capital LLC; Alliant Insurance is a Newport Beach, Calif.-based specialty insurance brokerage firm.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP. $8 billion in bonds; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; to help finance its $10.5 billion purchase of wireline assets from Verizon; Stamford, Conn.-based provider of rural telecommunications services; possible business for the July 6 week (“Game-time decision,” according to a portfolio manager).

On The Horizon

ALBEA BEAUTY HOLDINGS SA: €45 million add-on to 8¾% senior secured notes due Nov. 1, 2019 (expected ratings B2/B); BofA Merrill Lynch (joint books, bill and deliver), JPMorgan (joint books); Rule 144A/Regulation S; callable on Nov. 1, 2015 at 106.563; for general corporate purposes; Gennevilliers, France-based producer of plastic packaging used by the cosmetics industry; original €200 million issue priced at par in October 2012; add-on notes will be fungible with the original notes.

AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: $450 million bridge loan expected to be taken out with senior notes, and $350 million term loan; Jefferies LLC and Barclays are joint lead arrangers on the debt; to help fund the acquisition of Cord Blood Registry from GTCR, expected to close during the third quarter of 2013; AMAG is a Waltham, Mass.-based specialty pharmaceutical company.

AMEC PLC: $1.91 billion bridge facility backing the acquisition of Baar, Switzerland-based engineering conglomerate Foster Wheeler AG, expected to close during the second half of 2014; BofA Merrill Lynch served as exclusive financial adviser to AMEC; multinational consultancy, engineering and project management company based in London.

ASCENA RETAIL GROUP INC.: Possible senior secured or unsecured notes as part of $2.4 billion financing backing the acquisition of ANN Inc., expected to close in the second half of 2015; financing includes a $1.8 billion seven-year senior secured term loan via joint bookrunners Goldman Sachs & Co. and Guggenheim Securities LLC; Ascena is a Mahwah, N.J.-based specialty women's fashion retailer; ANN is a New York-based women’s specialty retail fashion company; financing disclosed in an 8-K filed May 18.

BLACKBOARD INC.: $75 million add-on to 7¾% senior notes due Nov. 15, 2019 (Caa1/CCC+); BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (joint); callable Nov. 15, 2015 at 105.813; to help fund the acquisition of educational website Schoolwires; Blackboard is a Washington, D.C.-based provider of enterprise software applications and related services to the education industry; unofficial price talk 93; original $365 million issue priced at par in October 2013.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC.: $750 million in unsecured notes backed by a bridge, also $1.35 billion credit facility; to help fund its acquisition of ProBuild Holdings LLC, expected to close in the second half of 2015; Citigroup and Deutsche Bank are financial advisers to Builders FirstSource; Credit Suisse is financial adviser to ProBuild; Builders FirstSource is a Dallas-based supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction; ProBuild is a Denver-based supplier of lumber and building materials to professional builders and contractors.

CENTENE CORP. $2.7 billion debt financing, to consist primarily of senior notes, via Wells Fargo, N.A.; proceeds, along with cash, to fund the acquisition of Los Angeles-based publicly traded managed care organization Heath Net, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $6.8 billion, including the assumption of approximately $500 million of debt, expected to close by early 2016; Centene is a diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise.

CIT GROUP INC.: Up to $2 billion of new debt to fund its merger with IMB Holdco LLC, the parent company of OneWest Bank NA, a privately owned regional bank based in Pasadena, Calif.; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is serving as financial adviser to CIT. Bank of America Merrill Lynch is representing IMB; CIT is a New York-based bank holding company.

ENTRANS INTERNATIONAL, LLC and ENTRANS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP.: $250 million senior secured notes due 2020 (B2/B); Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (sole); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; callable after three years at par plus 50% of the coupon; three-year 40% equity clawback; 101% poison put; to refinance debt; Cleveland, Tenn.-based manufacturer of tanker trailers and industrial equipment; roadshow took place in late 2014; price talk 8¾% to 9%, including OID.

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: Debt and/or equity, expected to be comprised mostly of unsecured debt, to fund the acquisition of certain wireline operations from Verizon Communications Inc., expected to close in the first half of 2016; company has received two bridge loans totaling $11.594 billion, via J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., to back the financing; Frontier is a Stamford, Conn.-based wireline telecommunications provider.

KENAN ADVANTAGE GROUP INC.: $405 million bonds; also $1.03 billion bank debt via KeyBanc Capital Markets LLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, expected to launch at a bank meeting during the first half of July; to help fund the buyout of the company by Omers Private Equity from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Centerbridge Partners, expected to close in the third quarter of 2015; North Canton, Ohio-based provider of liquid bulk transportation services to the fuels, chemicals, liquid foods and merchant gas markets.

MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. (Ba1/BBB-): Possible euro-denominated notes offer; Goldman Sachs, Credit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse are the arrangers; Birmingham, Ala.-based real estate investment trust; deal pending market conditions.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC.: $2.25 billion debt financing coming in bonds, with expected blended rate of approximately 5%, and loans with expected blended rate of approximately 4% (initial commitment is for term loans, and a bridge loan to be replaced with bonds); Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is the lead bank on the financing; to fund the acquisition of Vitro, SAB de CV, expected to close by June 2016; Owens-Illinois is a Perrysburg, Ohio-based glass container manufacturer.

TERRAFORM POWER, INC.: New bonds; to help fund acquisition of 460 MW of wind power plants from Invenergy Wind LLC for $2 billion; company will also use cash on hand and $450 million of nonrecourse project debt; Morgan Stanley is lead financial advisor to TerraForm Power, Citi served is joint financial advisor and lead financing structuring agent; closing expected in fourth quarter; clean power company based in Bethesda, Md.

TRAVELPORT LUXCO: $500 million senior unsecured bridge loan, which may be replaced by or exchanged for high-yield bonds; also $2.4 billion credit facility via Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. scheduled to launch at an Aug. 4 bank meeting; to refinance the first- and second-lien term loans and some of the senior floating-rate notes due 2016, 13 7/8% senior notes due 2016, 11 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2016, 11 7/8% dollar senior subordinated notes due 2016 and 10 7/8% senior subordinated euro notes due 2016 issued by Travelport LLC and Travelport Holdings, Inc.; Atlanta-based provider of transaction processing services to the travel industry.

TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.: $350 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2023 (expected ratings Caa1/B-); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays (joint), RBS Securities Inc., HSBC (co’s); Rule 144A and Regulation S; non-callable for three years (special call provision allows the issuer to redeem 10% of the notes annually at 103 during the non-call period); upon release from escrow, proceeds, along with new bank loan, will be used to fund the acquisition of Viasystems Group, Inc. and to repay debt; Costa Mesa, Calif.-based printed circuit board manufacturer; price discussions taking place in the 11s.

WIDEOPENWEST FINANCE LLC: Possible new senior notes offer (credit amendment would clear way for new notes); company is marketing a $1.411 billion term loan repricing launching May 7 via Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; Denver-based provider of data, video and telephony services.

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