Bank Loan Calendar: $16.1649 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

1-800 CONTACTS INC. (CNT HOLDINGS III CORP.): Conference call Jan. 5; $496 million covenant-light first-lien term loan (B1/B) due Jan. 22, 2023 talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; repricing; Draper, Utah, retailer of contact lenses.

BERRY PLASTICS GROUP INC.: Conference call Jan. 5; $500 million seven-year senior secured incremental term I; Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of AEP Industries Inc.; Evansville, Ind., provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials.

DELOS FINANCE SARL: Conference call Jan. 5; Deutsche Bank; subsidiary of AerCap Holdings N.V., a Dublin-based commercial aircraft leasing company.

OPTIV SECURITY: Bank meeting Jan. 5; new credit facility; Jefferies; ABL revolver; covenant-light first-lien term loan; covenant-light second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by KKR from a group of private investors; Denver-based provider of end-to-end cyber security solutions.

PETCO ANIMAL SUPPLIES INC.: Conference call Jan. 5; new loan; Citigroup; San Diego-based specialty retailer of pet food, supplies and services.

SUNGARD PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY: Bank meeting Jan. 5; $435 million credit facility; Antares and Golub; $40 million revolver; $275 million covenant-light first-lien term loan; $120 million covenant-light second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners from Fidelity National Information Services; Lake Mary, Fla., provider of mission-critical software solutions that serve the needs of public administration and public safety officials.

SYNCHRONOSS TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 5; $1.15 billion senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse; $250 million five-year revolver; $900 million seven-year covenant-light term B; help fund acquisition of Intralinks Holdings Inc.; Bridgewater, N.J., provider of managed mobility solutions for Service Providers and Enterprise.

TEAMHEALTH HOLDINGS INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 5; $3 billion senior secured credit facility (B1/B); JPMorgan, Barclays, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley; $400 million revolver; $2.6 billion seven-year term B; help fund buyout by Blackstone; Knoxville, Tenn., physician services organization.

TRAVEL LEADERS GROUP LLC: Bank meeting Jan. 5; $425 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and UBS; $25 million revolver; $400 million first-lien term loan; refinance existing debt, general corporate purposes and fund certain acquisitions; Plymouth, Minn., travel agency company.

Upcoming Closings

BASS PRO GROUP LLC: $3.87 billion in loans (B1/B+); Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, RBC, UBS and Goldman Sachs; $400 million term A; $2.97 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $500 million 1.5-year asset-sale facility at Libor plus 475 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund acquisition of Cabela’s Inc.; Springfield, Mo., outdoor retailer.

FIRST AMERICAN PAYMENTS SYSTEMS: Expected closing Jan. 6; $360 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $40 million revolver (B1/B+); $240 million seven-year first-lien term B (B1/B+) at Libor plus 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; $80 million 7.5-year second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 1,050 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, non-call one, 104, 102; refinance existing debt; Fort Worth, Texas, payments platform.

GTT COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $775 million credit facility; KeyBanc, Credit Suisse and SunTrust; $75 million five-year revolver; $700 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Hibernia Networks; McLean, Va., cloud networking provider.

HEARTHSIDE GROUP HOLDINGS LLC: $600.9 million term B due June 2, 2021 (including $50 million add-on) talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75 for new-money commitments, 101 soft call for six months; Barclays and Goldman Sachs; repricing and pay down revolver; Downers Grove, Ill., manufacturer of grain based food and snack products.

KRATON POLYMERS LLC: Expected closing Jan. 9; $1.278 billion term B (Ba3) due January 2022 at Libor plus 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Nomura; repricing; Houston-based producer of engineered polymers and styrenic block copolymers.

LANDESK SOFTWARE GROUP INC.: $1.1 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies, Golub, Macquarie and Nomura; $75 million five-year revolver (B-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps; $800 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $225 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 900 bps to 925 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Clearlake Capital Group LP from Thoma Bravo and refinance existing debt; Salt Lake City-based user-centered IT management company.

RCN GRANDE (RADIATE HOLDCO LLC): $1.575 billion credit facility (B1/B); Credit Suisse, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $1.425 billion seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisitions of RCN Telecom Services LLC and Grande Communications Networks LLC by TPG Capital, Google Capital and Patriot Media Management from Abry Partners; broadband services provider.

WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS INC.: $600 million add-on term B-6 (NA/NA/BB+) due March 2021 at Libor plus 400 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance debt at EarthLink Holdings Corp. in connection with merger; Little Rock, Ark., provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions.

On The Horizon

AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS INC.: $2.45 billion senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan; $800 million five-year revolver; $100 million five-year term A; $1.55 billion seven-year term B, 0.75% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of Metaldyne Performance Group Inc.; Detroit-based manufacturer and designer of driveline and drivetrain systems and related components and modules, chassis systems, electric drive systems and metal-formed products.

APPLE LEISURE GROUP: New debt financing; Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; help fund buyout by KKR and KSL Capital Partners from Bain Capital Private Equity; Philadelphia-based hospitality company.

BC PARTNERS/MEDINA CAPITAL JOINT VENTURE: New debt financing; Citigroup, JPMorgan, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, HSBC, Macquarie and Citizens; help fund acquisition of 57 data centers from CenturyLink Inc.; secure infrastructure company.

BLUE NILE INC.: $225 million senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $50 million asset-based revolver; $175 million term loan; help fund buyout by Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street LLC; Seattle-based online jeweler.

BROADCOM LTD.: New debt financing; help fund acquisition of Brocade Communications Systems Inc.; San Jose, Calif., and Singapore-based designer, developer and supplier of semiconductor devices.

BROWN JORDAN INTERNATIONAL INC.: New credit facility; Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale; help fund buyout by Littlejohn & Co. LLC; St. Augustine, Fla., manufacturer of indoor and outdoor furniture.

CENTURYLINK: $8 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, MUFG, Barclays, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, RBC, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust, Mizuho, Regions Bank, Fifth Third, Credit Suisse and U.S. Bank; $2 billion revolver estimated at Libor plus 275 bps; $1.5 billion term A estimated at Libor plus 275 bps; $4.5 billion term B estimated at Libor plus 400 bps, 0.75% Libor floor; help fund acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc.; Monroe, La., communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company.

COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP.: $570 million senior secured credit facility; JPMorgan; $75 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 250 bps; $395 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term B expected at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $100 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan expected at Libor plus 825 bps, 1% Libor floor, call protection 102, 101; fund acquisition of STAHL CraneSystems from Konecranes plc and refinance existing bank debt; Getzville, N.Y., designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, technologies and services.

DASEKE INC.: $420 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and UBS on term loan, PNC on revolver; $250 million seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; $100 million delayed draw term loan; $70 million asset-based revolver; help fund acquisition by Hennessy Capital Acquisition Corp. II; Addison, Texas, owner of open deck equipment and an open deck transportation and logistics solutions company.

ELDORADO RESORTS INC.: $1.75 billion credit facility; JPMorgan; $300 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 300 bps; $1.45 billion seven-year covenant-light term B expected at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call protection for six months; help fund acquisition of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.; Reno, Nev., casino entertainment company.

EPIC HEALTH SERVICES: New debt financing; Barclays, BMO and RBC; help fund buyout by Bain Capital Private Equity from Webster Capital; Dallas-based provider of home health care services to medically-fragile children and adults.

GODADDY INC.: $1.377 billion incremental term loan expected at Libor/Euribor plus 275 bps to 300 bps; Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and RBC; help fund acquisition of Host Europe Group from Cinven; Scottsdale, Ariz., provider of web hosting and domain names.

GRIFOLS: $1.7 billion term loan (Ba2/BB); Nomura; help fund acquisition of the Nucleic Acid Testing donor screening unit from Hologic; Barcelona-based healthcare company.

INNOCOR INC.: New debt financing; Barclays, Bank of America and Wells Fargo; help fund buyout by Bain Capital Private Equity from Sun Capital Partners Inc.; Red Bank, N.J., designer and manufacturer of advanced foam products for commercial and retail channels.

LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $325 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse; up to $240 million in first-lien credit facilities; $85 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by H.I.G. Capital LLC; Waltham, Mass., provider of translation, online marketing, global content management and application testing solutions.

LS POWER: $1.715 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, RBC, Barclays and Macquarie; $175 million revolver; $1.54 billion term B; help fund acquisition of generation resources in the Northeastern United States, through its affiliate Helix Generation LLC, from TransCanada Corp.; New York-based developer, owner, operator and investor in power generation and electric transmission infrastructure.

LUMILEDS: New credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas, ING and Rabobank; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC from Royal Philips; supplier of LED components and automotive lighting.

NEUSTAR INC.: $1.75 billion senior secured credit facility; Bank of America, UBS, Jefferies and Angel Island Capital; $1.4 billion first-lien credit facility; $350 million second-lien credit facility; help fund buyout by Golden Gate Capital; Sterling, Va., provider of real-time information services.

ONVOY LLC: $705 million credit facility; Credit Suisse; $25 million revolver; $500 million first-lien term loan; $180 million second-lien term loan; merger with Inteliquent Inc. that will take place in connection with Inteliquent’s buyout by GTCR LLC; Plymouth, Minn., communications enabler.

PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; help fund acquisition of C.B. Fleet Co.; Tarrytown, N.Y., marketer and distributor of over-the-counter and household cleaning products.

SESAC HOLDINGS: New debt financing; Jefferies; help fund buyout by Blackstone from Rizvi Traverse Management; Nashville, Tenn., music rights organization.

TELEFLEX INC.: $750 million senior secured term loan; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Vascular Solutions Inc.; Wayne, Pa., provider of medical technologies.

ZAYO GROUP HOLDINGS INC.: New debt financing; help fund acquisition of Electric Lightwave; Boulder, Colo., provider of communications infrastructure services.

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