High Yield Calendar: No deals being marketed

Expected January Business

SAMSON INVESTMENT CO.: $2.25 billion of senior notes to help fund acquisition of company by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP, Natural Gas Partners, Crestview Partners and Itochu Corp.; also $2.25 billion ABL credit facility; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Jefferies & Co. Inc., Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., RBC Capital Markets LLC, Wells Fargo Securities LLC; Tulsa, Okla.-based private exploration and production company; expected to launch during the second week of January.

SOPHIA LP (DATATEL INC./SUNGARD HIGHER EDUCATION): $530 million senior notes (Caa1/CCC+); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC; to help fund the acquisition of SunGard Higher Education by Hellman & Friedman LLC and the concurrent merger with Datatel, for $1.775 billion in cash; SunGard Higher Education is a Malvern, Pa.-based provider of software and services to higher education; Datatel is a Fairfax, Va.-based provider of technology products and services to higher education; expected January business.

PHYSIO-CONTROL: $315 million senior secured notes; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets; to help fund the LBO of the company by Bain Capital from Medtronic Inc.; Redmond, Wash.-based provider of emergency medical response technology for use in the intervention and treatment of cardio-respiratory and other medical emergencies; bonds expected to come to market in early to mid-January.

POLKOMTEL SA: €900 million notes; Deutsche Bank AG, Credit Agricole CIB, Royal Bank of Scotland, SG CIB, PKO Bank Polski; to take out bridge financing backing the $5.5 billion equivalent acquisition of Polkomtel by investor Zygmunt Solorz-Zak; Poland's second-largest mobile-phone company, based in Warsaw; expected early 2012 business.

On the Horizon

ACCO BRANDS CORP.: $1.4 billion in high-yield bonds and bank loans; Barclays Capital Inc., with others expected to emerge; to fund the $860 million acquisition of MeadWestvaco's office supplies business; Acco Brands is a Lincolnshire, Ill.-based office supply manufacturer; expected early 2012 business.

CKX ENTERTAINMENT, INC.: $360 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2019 (/B-/); Goldman Sachs & Co. (left books), Macquarie Group Ltd. (joint books); Rule 144A and Regulation S; non-callable for four years; to fund the purchase of common stock and repay existing credit facility; New York City-based owner and developer of entertainment content; possible business for the first quarter of 2012.

CONVERGEX HOLDINGS LLC: New senior notes, revolver and first-lien term loan; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; to help fund the acquisition of ConvergEx by CVC Capital Partners from GTCR, expected to close Fall 2011 subject to financing and regulatory approval; New York-based technology company providing mission-critical proprietary software products and technology-enabled services to asset managers and financial intermediaries; possible business for the first quarter of 2012.

DIAMOND FOODS INC.: $300 million notes; also $1.75 billion credit facility; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; to help fund merger with Pringles Co., expected to close by the end of 2011; Diamond Foods is a San Francisco-based packaged food company. Pringles is a potato crisp brand.

DNO INTERNATIONAL ASA: $200 million to $300 million senior secured bonds due 2016; Pareto Securities AS, ABG Sundal Collier ASA and Fearnley Fonds ASA; for general corporate purposes; Oslo oil and gas exploration and production company.

ENERGY TRANSFER EQUITY, LP: $3.2 billion high-yield bonds to help complete the $7.9 billion merger of Energy Transfer and Southern Union Co., including repayment of $3.7 billion of Southern Union debt, expected to close in the first quarter of 2012; Energy Transfer is a Dallas-based oil and gas pipeline company.

GREENFIELD ETHANOL INC.: C$175 million of five-year senior second-lien notes (/B+//DBRS: B); Scotia Capital Inc. (lead); Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd., Societe Generale (Canada) and TD Securities Inc. (co-managers); non-callable for three years, 101% change-of-control put; equity clawback for up to 35% in first three years; Canada call at 50 bps over Canadian government benchmark; guarantors GreenField Ethanol (Johnstown) Inc.; GreenField Ethanol (Hensall) Inc.; GreenField Hensall LP; GreenField Hensall GP Inc.; Pharmco Products Inc.; Aaper Alcohol and Chemical Co., Aaper Holdings Inc.; GreenField Ethanol of Quebec Inc. and all future restricted subsidiaries of GreenField.; proceeds to repay debt, to terminate existing interest rate swap agreements and for general corporate purposes; Ontario-based GreenField Ethanol is Canada's largest ethanol company.

M&G FINANCE CORP.: $500 million senior notes due 2018 (expected ratings B3//BB); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (books); Rule 144A and Regulation S for life; non-callable for four years; to fund capital expenditures, to repay debt, to provide liquidity and for working capital; Houston-based Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G) produces polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin for packaging applications.

NAL OIL & GAS: C$150 million to C$250 million notes; RBC Capital Markets, BMO Nesbitt Burns; Calgary, Alta., trust acquires interests in Canada's upstream conventional oil and gas industry.

NEWLEAD HOLDINGS LTD.: $120 million senior secured bonds due 2016; Rule 144A and Regulation S; to finance vessel purchase commitments, to refinance the debt of certain vessels and for general corporate purposes; Piraeus, Greece-based vertically integrated mixed fleet shipping company.

SPIE: Expected €300 million to €400 million notes; Morgan Stanley, HSBC, SG CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Deutsche Bank; proceeds along with approximately €1 billion of bank debt to help fund the LBO of the company by Clayton Dubilier & Rice, Axa Private Equity and Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec from PAI Partners from PAI Partners; France-based mechanical engineering firm; LBO closed on Aug. 30; bridge loan funded as leads await opportunity to sell the bonds.

TAMINCO GROUP HOLDINGS: $350 million high yield bonds and $500 million credit facility; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Nomura; to help fund its acquisition by Apollo Global Management LLC from CVC Capital Partners for about €1.1 billion, expected to close in the first half of 2012; Belgium-based producer of alkylamines and their derivatives.

TRINSEO MATERIALS OPERATING SCA: $450 million six-year senior notes (B3/B), non-callable for three years (structure changed from seven-year non-call-four); Barclays Capital Inc. (left lead), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BMO Securities, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., HSBC; Rule 144A and Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to repay bank debt and for general corporate purposes; diversified chemical company; price talk 12¼% area, including about 3 points of OID; roadshow was in late November 2011; likely business for the first quarter of 2012.

UNITED RENTALS INC.: $2.2 billion in senior secured and unsecured notes; Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo; to help fund the acquisition of RSC Holdings Inc., closing expected in the first half of 2012; United Rentals is a Greenwich, Conn.-based equipment rental company.

WII COMPONENTS, INC.: New subordinated notes and new credit facility; to fund a tender offer and consent solicitation for its $105.85 million of 10% senior notes due 2012, consent deadline July 7, 2011; St. Cloud, Minn., cabinet manufacturer.

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