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Published on 6/23/2010 in the Prospect News High Yield Daily.

High Yield Calendar: $1.835 billion and €525 million deals being marketed

JUNE 21 WEEK

EC FINANCE PLC (EUROPCAR): €250 million senior secured notes due 2017 (expected ratings B2/B+); JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank Securities (physical books), Credit Agricole CIB, SG CIB (joint books); RBS Securities (co); Rule 144A/Regulation S for life; non-callable for four years; to repay bank debt; Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France-based car rental company; roadshow June 22-24.

HERTZ HOLDINGS NETHERLANDS BV: €275 million senior unsecured notes due 2015 (B1/B); Barclays Capital, JPMorgan (physical books), BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole CIB, Natixis Bleichroeder (joint books); Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for three years; to refinance international fleet debt facilities and Belgian fleet financing facility and for general corporate purposes; Netherlands-based unit of rental car company Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.; roadshow June 22-25

JUNE 28 WEEK

DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC.: $455 million senior unsecured notes due 2017 (/B/); Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (joint); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to help fund the buyout of the company by Cerberus Capital Management LP and to repay debt; Falls Church, Va.-based government services provider in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives; roadshow June 21-28; investor call noon ET June 22.

BANKRATE, INC.: $280 million senior secured notes due 2015 (B2/B); Jefferies & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corp. (joint); Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for three years; to partially finance the acquisition of NetQuote Inc. and the acquisition of CreditCards.com, Inc.; North Palm Beach, Fla.-based internet-based consumer personal finance network; roadshow June 21-30.

CKE RESTAURANTS, INC.: $600 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2018 (B2/B); Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corp. (joint); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to help fund the buyout of the company by Apollo Global Management, and repay all balances under the existing credit facility; CKE Restaurants is a Carpinteria, Calif.-based owner of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's quick-service restaurant chains; investor call 11 a.m. ET June 23; pricing week of June 28.

DAY TO DAY

CEDAR FAIR, LP/CANADA'S WONDERLAND CO./MAGNUM MANAGEMENT CORP.: $500 million senior unsecured notes due 2020 (B2/B-); JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Securities, UBS Investment Bank (joint), KeyBanc Capital Markets, Fifth Third (co's); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for five years; to repay bank debt; Sandusky, Ohio-based owner and operator of amusement parks; day-to-day.

EXPECTED LATE JULY OR EARLY AUGUST

GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $305 million senior unsecured notes due 2018; Barclays Capital Inc. plus others; also $925 million credit facility; to fund acquisition of Odyssey HealthCare Inc., expected to close in third quarter of 2010, and refinance existing debt; Gentiva is an Atlanta-based home health care provider; late July or early August business.

ON THE HORIZON

CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORP.: New high-yield bonds as part of approximately $1 billion in bank and bond debt financing to fund the $1.365 billion acquisition of Bresnan Communications, expected to close late 2010 or early 2011; Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup are the lead banks on the debt; Cablevision is a Bethpage, N.Y.-based telecommunications, media and entertainment company.

CEGEDIM (/BB+/): Bonds expected, size and tenor to be announced following investor meetings mid-to-late May 17 week; Credit Agricole CIB, SG Corporate & Investment Banking; Paris-based health care technology company; roadshow completed.

GENON: Up to $1.9 billion of new senior notes in connection with the formation of GenOn through the merger of Mirant Corp. and RRI Energy Inc., expected to close before 2010 year end; to repay approximately $1.2 billion Mirant debt and $650 million RPI debt; GenOn will be a Houston-based power producer.

HAWKEYE GROWTH LLC (HAWKEYE RENEWABLES): Up to $150 million first-lien notes; PrinceRidge Group; proceeds, along with cash on hand, to refinance debt; Ames, Iowa-based ethanol producer.

INTERACTIVE DATA CORP.: New high-yield bonds and credit facility; Bank of America, Barclays Bank, Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank are the lead banks on the financing; to help fund $3.4 billion buyout by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus, expected to be concluded by the end of the third quarter of 2010; Interactive Data is a Bedford, Mass.-based provider of financial market data.

INVENTIV HEALTH INC.: $275 million senior unsecured notes; also $600 million senior secured credit facility to be led by Citigroup; to fund the acquisition of the company by Thomas H. Lee Partners LP, expected to close in the third quarter of 2010; inVentiv is a Somerset, N.J.-based provider of end-to-end clinical development, launch and commercialization services to the pharmaceutical and health care industries.

RADIO ONE, INC.: $100 million senior notes due 2017 (Caa2/CCC+); to finance the purchase of an increased stake in TV One; also new $400 million credit facility, via Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., launching June 21; Lanham, Md.-based radio broadcaster targeting African American audiences in urban communities.

ROADSHOWS

June 22-24: EC FINANCE PLC (EUROPCAR): €250 million; JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank Securities.

June 22-25: HERTZ HOLDINGS NETHERLANDS BV €275 million; Barclays Capital, JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Natixis Bleichroeder.

June 21-28: DYNCORP INTERNATIONAL INC. $455 million; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

June 21-30: BANKRATE, INC. $280 million; Jefferies & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corp.

Pricing June 28 week: CKE RESTAURANTS, INC. $600 million; Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corp.


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