Bank Loan Calendar

Total amount of deals being marketed: $17.757 billion

JANUARY:

COMMUNICATIONS & POWER INDUSTRIES INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 7; $130 million credit facility; UBS Securities and Bear Stearns joint lead arrangers, with UBS listed on the left, Wachovia documentation agent; $90 million 61/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 350 bps; $40 million six-year revolver; help support the company's acquisition by The Cypress Group from Leonard Green & Partners LP and other investors; Palo Alto, Calif., firm that manufactures components for systems used for microwave and radio frequency signals.

IONICS INC.: Bank meeting mid-January; $250 million credit facility; UBS Securities, Bank of America and Fleet; $75 million revolver; $175 million term loan; help support the acquisition of Ecolochem Inc.; closing expected in early 2004; Watertown, Mass., water treatment systems and services company.

MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORP.: Bank meeting Jan. 5; approximately $200 million credit facility; SunTrust; term A talked around $50 to $100 million at Libor plus 200 bps; term B talked around $100 to $150 million at Libor plus 225 bps; help fund the $160 million cash acquisition price of The Stanley Works' residential entry door business; Mississauga, Ont., building products company.

UPCOMING CLOSINGS

ADVANCE AUTO PARTS INC.: $455 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $105 million term D due Nov. 30, 2006; $350 million term E due Nov. 30, 2007; both priced at Libor plus 200 bps; repay the existing term loan A, term loan A-1, term loan C and term loan C-1; Roanoke, Va., retailer of automotive parts and accessories.

AGCO CORP.: $750 million credit facility (Ba1/BB+); Rabobank; $450 million term loan B at Libor plus 225 bps split into $300 million U.S. tranche and 150 million euro tranche; $300 million multicurrency revolver; fund acquisition of Valtra Corp. for €600 million ($660 million); Duluth, Ga., manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment and parts.

AMERCO: $550 million exit financing facility; Wells Fargo Foothill; $350 million five-year term loan A at Libor plus 400 bps; $200 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; expected Chapter 11 emergence in January 2004; Las Vegas company that operates in moving and storage, real estate and insurance.

AMERICAN REPROGRAPHICS CO.: $355 million credit facility; Goldman; $30 million first lien revolver (B1/BB-) due December 2008 at Libor plus 275 to 300 bps; $100 million first lien term B (B1/BB-) due June 2009 at Libor plus 300 to 325 bps; $225 million second lien term loan (B3/B) at Libor plus 650 to 700 bps with 1.5% Libor floor and offered at 99; refinance bank debt, repay mezzanine debt and pay fees and expenses; Glendale, Calif., image management company.

AMERICAN SEAFOODS GROUP LLC: $300 million credit facility; CIBC; $80 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 300 bps; $220 million seven-year term B split between floating rate and fixed rate tranches, floating rate at Libor plus 300 bps; secured by intercompany debt, capital stock and certain assets; fund tender for 10 1/8% notes; Seattle producer of seafood products.

ANTEON INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $325 million credit facility (Ba3/BB); Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of America joint lead arrangers; $200 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; $125 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinancing; Fairfax, Va., provider of information technology solutions and systems.

BRAND SERVICES INC.: $130 million six-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers; refinancing; Chesterfield, Mo., scaffolding company.

BUSINESS LOAN EXPRESS INC.: Expected closing by end of January; $275 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 162.5 bps; Fleet; refinance existing credit facility and for general corporate purposes; New York non-bank small business administration lender.

CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORP.: $90 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps; Wachovia and Bank of America; refinance; Richmond, Va., provider of end-to-end integrated graphic communications services.

CARLISLE LEASING INTERNATIONAL: Expected close by year-end; $175 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; Fleet co-lead arranger and administrative agent, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi co-lead arranger and syndication agent; refinancing; Park Ridge, N.J., refrigerated equipment leasing company.

COMMSCOPE INC.: $175 million senior secured credit facility; Wachovia Securities; $110 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $65 million five-year term A at Libor plus 275 bps; help fund acquisition of Avaya Inc.'s Connectivity Solutions business; Hickory, N.C., manufacturer of cable products.

CSK AUTO CORP.: $200 million 5.5-year term B at Libor plus 225 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston and JPMorgan joint lead arrangers; refinancing; Phoenix, Ariz., retailer of automotive parts and accessories.

DR. PEPPER/SEVEN UP BOTTLING GROUP INC.: Expected close Dec. 22 week; $855 million credit facility (B1); Deutsche and JPMorgan; $125 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 200 bps; $730 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps; refinancing; Dallas soft drink company.

EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES: $550 million senior secured exit financing facility (Ba3/BB-); Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse First Boston joint lead arrangers; $150 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; $150 million six-year foreign term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; €150 six-year term loan at Libor plus 400 bps; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps; term loan to refinance existing debt, revolver for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; Princeton, N.J., manufacturer of lead acid batteries for the automotive and industrial markets.

GIANT EAGLE INC.: $100 million add-on to term B; Citigroup; fund acquisition of stores; Pittsburgh grocery store chain.

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CORP.: Expected close Dec. 22; $120 million credit facility (B1/B+); Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman as joint lead arrangers; $60 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $60 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC from Vectura Holding Co. LLC for $340 million; Oak Brook, Ill., provider of dredging services.

HERCULES INC.: $350 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Wachovia joint lead; $150 million three-year revolver at Libor plus 275 bps with a 50 bps commitment fee; $200 million 31/2-year term B at Libor plus 250 bps (down from existing pricing of Libor plus 325 bps); refinance existing debt; Wilmington, Del., manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals.

HOUSTON NFL HOLDINGS LP: Expected close by end of December; $225 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Societe Generale; $125 million five-year term A at Libor plus 150 bps; $100 million six-year term B at Libor plus 175 bps; combined with $125 million being drawn from existing league wide facility will be used to refinance existing debt; ownership group of the Houston Texans football franchise.

INMARSAT VENTURES PLC: $975 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays joint lead arrangers; $75 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $100 million six-year capex facility at Libor plus 250 bps; $400 million six-year term A at Libor plus 250 bps; $200 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps; $200 million eight-year term C at Libor plus 350 bps; support acquisition by Grapeclose Ltd., formed by Apax Partners and Permira; London-based provider of mobile satellite communication services.

INTERLINE BRANDS INC.: $205 million credit facility; Credit Suisse Fist Boston and Bank of Nova Scotia joint lead arrangers; $65 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 375 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; $140 million six-year term B at Libor plus 350 bps; refinance; Jacksonville, Fla., direct marketer and distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products.

ITRON INC.: $240 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); Bear Stearns sole lead arranger, sole bookrunner and syndication agent, Wells Fargo administrative agent; $55 million revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $185 million term B at Libor plus 225 bps, with step-down to Libor plus 200 bps of leverage falls below 2x; help fund acquisition of Schlumberger's Electricity Metering business; Spokane, Wash., provider of technology for collecting and analyzing electric, gas and water usage data to energy and water industries.

JACK IN THE BOX INC.: $475 million credit facility (Ba2/BB); Wachovia; $275 million senior secured term loan; amendment of $200 million revolver; refinance existing term loan and redeem notes; San Diego restaurant operator.

KINKO'S INC.: Expected close Dec. 29; $825 million credit facility; JPMorgan and Bank of America; $150 million six-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $675 million seven-year term B at Libor plus 325 bps, soft call of 101 in year one; pay a $530 million dividend to the company's equity partners and to refinance existing debt; Dallas operator of copying and printing centers.

KNOWLEDGE LEARNING CORP.: $260 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $235 million term B at Libor plus 400 bps; $25 million revolver at Libor plus 375 bps; refinancing; San Rafael, Calif., provider of childcare services.

KRATON POLYMERS GROUP: Expected close Dec. 22 week; $420 million credit facility (B1/BB-); UBS and Goldman; $60 million revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; $360 million term loan at Libor plus 250 bps; support leveraged buyout by Texas Pacific Group from Ripplewood Holdings LLC; expected close before year-end; Houston specialty chemicals company and producer of styrenic block copolymers.

LA GRANGE ACQUISITION LP: $450 million credit facility; Wachovia and FleetBoston; $125 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 262.5 bps; $325 million four-year term A at Libor plus 262.5 bps; refinance; energy company.

LENNAR CORP./LNR PROPERTY CORP.: $600 million credit facility; Bank One and Deutsche Bank; $400 million term B at Libor plus 275 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 225 bps; fund the acquisition of The Newhall Land and Farming Co. by an entity owned 50% by Lennar Corp. and 50% by LNR Property Corp.; Lennar is a Miami homebuilder; LNR is a Miami Beach, Fla., real estate investment, finance and management company.

MAGELLAN HEALTH SERVICES INC.: $230 million five-year exit financing facility (B1); Deutsche Bank; $100 million term loan B; $50 million revolver; $80 million letter of credit facility; all tranches at Libor plus 350 bps; term loans will repay existing bank debt; Columbia, Md., managed behavioral healthcare company.

MIRANT CORP.: $200 million DIP at Libor plus 350 bps, 75 bps unused fee, due September 2005; General Electric Capital Corp.; can be upsized to $500 million; working capital purposes; Atlanta energy company.

NEBRASKA BOOK CO.: $125 million credit facility (B1); JPMorgan; $75 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 275 bps; $50 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 275 bps; secured by substantially all of the assets of Nebraska Book, NBC Acquisition and Specialty Books Inc.; term B help fund a dividend payment of up to $34.5 million to NBC Acquisition Corp., pay some related fees and expenses, and repay approximately $14 million of old debt; revolver working capital and general corporate purposes; Lincoln, Neb., used textbook wholesaler.

NRG ENERGY INC.: Expected close by Dec. 23; $1.45 billion exit financing credit facility (B1/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers joint lead arrangers; $250 million four-year revolver at Libor plus 400 bps, 100 bps commitment fee; $1.2 billion 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 400 bps; Minneapolis energy company.

ORIENTAL TRADING CO. INC.: $110 million add-on; $30 million six-year first lien add-on to term loan B via BNP Paribas at Libor plus 275 bps; $80 million seven-year second lien add-on (B2/B-) at Libor plus 600 basis points via Credit Suisse First Boston; dividend recapitalization; Omaha, Neb., direct marketer of novelties, toys, party supplies, crafts, gift items, home décor products and garden accents.

ORTHOFIX: $125 million credit facility (Ba2/BB-); Wachovia Securities; $15 million five-year revolver; $110 million five-year term loan; help fund the acquisition of BREG Inc. for the purchase price of $150 million; Netherlands-based orthopedic company.

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.: $150 million five-year term C at Libor plus 250 bps to replace term B priced at Libor plus 350 bps; JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley; Cypress, Calif., healthcare company.

THE PHOENIX COS. INC.: $150 million credit facility; Fleet and Wachovia; $112.5 million revolver; $37.5 million term A; both at Libor plus 175 bps, three-year maturities; refinance existing $100 million credit facility and for general corporate purposes; Hartford, Conn., provider of wealth management products and services.

PRINTPACK INC.: $250 million term B repricing to Libor plus 225 bps; Bank One; Atlanta flexible packaging converter.

RAINBOW MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.: $775 million credit facility (Ba2/BB+); Bank of America, TD Securities and Wachovia; $575 million term C at Libor plus 225 bps; $200 million revolver at Libor plus 325 bps; secured by Rainbow Media's 100% ownership interest in AMC, The Independent Film Channel and WE; used by Cablevision to repay a $250 million MGM note maturing in this month and by CSC Holdings to provide temporary additional liquidity; Jericho, N.Y., cable channel owner.

ROPER INDUSTRIES INC.: $625 million senior secured credit facility (Ba2/BB+); JPMorgan, Wachovia and Merrill Lynch; $450 million five-year term B; $175 million three-year revolver; both at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund acquisition of Neptune Technology Group Holdings Inc., retire Roper's existing senior notes and repay its existing revolver; Duluth, Ga., diversified company.

SIX FLAGS INC.: $130 million term B add-on at Libor plus 250 bps; Lehman; redeem $122.5 million principal amount of the 9¾% senior notes due 2007; Oklahoma City theme park operator.

SP NEWSPRINT CO.: Expected closing early January; $300 million credit facility (B1/B+); TD Securities; $225 million term B talked at Libor plus 325 to 350 bps, offered at par; $75 million revolver talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 75 bps for $15 million commitment, 50 bps for $10 million commitment; refinance an existing pro rate credit facility; Atlanta newsprint manufacturer.

ST. MARYS CEMENT INC.: $325 million senior secured credit facility (B1); Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Canadian four-year revolver for equivalent of US$50 million; Canadian four-year term loan A for equivalent of US$75 million; $200 million six-year term loan B at Libor plus 300 bps; refinance an existing $265 million term loan; Toronto supplier of cement, ready mix and aggregates.

STATION CASINOS INC.: $250 million credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America; $150 million seven-year term loan estimated in the Libor plus 300 to 325 bps range; $100 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 250 bps; refinance existing debt and to fund a $110 million expansion of Green Valley Ranch Station; Las Vegas gaming and entertainment company.

URS CORP.: $267 million 4.6-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps; Credit Suisse First Boston; refinance; San Francisco engineering firm.

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC.: $500 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and Bank of Nova Scotia joint lead arrangers; $250 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 175 bps, 37.5 bps commitment fee; $250 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 200 bps; refinance existing debt; Woodbury, N.Y., provider of weight loss services.

ON THE HORIZON:

AMF BOWLING WORLDWIDE INC.: First quarter 2004 business; new credit facility with Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch acting as joint lead arrangers; help support leveraged buyout by an affiliate of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC; Richmond, Va., owner and operator of bowling centers and manufacturer of bowling and billiards products.

FLEMING COS. INC.: $250 million DIP; GECC Capital Markets Group Inc. lead arranger; $240 million revolver at Libor plus 225 to 275 bps depending on usage; $10 million term B at Libor plus 400 bps; pay down debt; Lewisville, Texas, distributor of consumable goods and supermarket operator.

FTD INC.: $150 million credit facility; Credit Suisse First Boston and UBS joint lead arrangers; $50 million five-year revolver; $100 million seven-year term loan; help support LBO by Green Equity Investors IV LP, an affiliate of Leonard Green & Partners LP; Downers Grove, Ill., floral company.

LOEWS CINEPLEX THEATERS INC.: Seven-year term loan and five-year revolver; Credit Suisse First Boston and Merrill Lynch; term loan proceeds to help repay Loews' existing credit facility and facility of its Loews-Star Theatres subsidiary and for fees and expenses, revolver for general corporate purposes; coming in conjunction with $300 million IPO and notes offering; New York, N.Y., movie theater operator.

NORTHWESTERN CORP.: $100 million DIP; Bank One; $100 million 364-day revolver at Libor plus 300 bps, 50 bps commitment fee; Sioux Falls, S.D., provider of electricity and natural gas.

PLY GEM INDUSTRIES INC.: New credit facility via UBS; help support the company's acquisition by Caxton-Iseman Capital Inc. from Nortek Inc. in a transaction valued at about $570 million; Kearney, Mo., manufacturer and distributor of products for use in the home renovation and construction markets.

RESCARE INC.: $135 million senior secured credit facility (B+); $100 million revolver; $35 million term loan; repay existing subordinated indebtedness, including $87 million of convertible subordinated notes due December 2004; Louisville, Ky., provider of residential, therapeutic, job training, educational and support services to populations with special needs.

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO.: $375 million credit facility; $150 million term B led by Credit Suisse First Boston; $225 million revolver co-led by Farm Credit and US Bank; refinance existing facility; Roseburg, Ore., producer of wood products.

SOLUTIA INC.: $515 million debtor-in-possession financing facility; Wells Fargo Foothill Inc. administrative agent, Ableco Finance LLC collateral agent, Congress Financial Corp. documentation agent; $50 million term A at prime plus 912.5 basis points with a 13.375% floor; $315 million term B at prime plus 912.5 basis points with a 13.375% floor; $150 million revolver at prime plus 200 basis points with a 6.25% floor; pay pre-petition obligations in full, pay fees and expenses, and fund working capital needs; St. Louis maker and seller of high-performance chemical-based materials.

WARNER MUSIC GROUP: 1Q04 business; new credit facility via Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch; support the company's purchase by an investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Edgar Bronfman Jr.'s Lexa Partners, Bain Capital and Providence Equity Partners from Time Warner Inc. for about $2.6 billion in cash; music company.

FULL DOCUMENTATION FOR RECENT DEALS AND AMENDMENTS:

ALLBRITTON COMMUNICATIONS CO.: Amendment to revolver regarding total leverage ratio; dated Dec. 10.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889156/000088915603000014/exhibit4_8.txt

DILLARD'S INC.: Amended revolver increasing size to $1 billion and extending term; dated Dec. 12.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/28917/000002891703000111/ex10_110103.htm

GULFTERRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP: Amended upsized term loan B; via Credit Lyonnais New York Branch, BNP Paribas and Wachovia Bank NA as documentation agents, Fortis Capital Corp. as

syndication agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank as administrative agent; dated Dec. 1 and Dec. 10.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895040/000095012903006075/h11237exv10wb.txt

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895040/000095012903006075/h11237exv10wc.txt

TRIMAS CORP. Amendment to credit facility, changing rates, commitment fees and leverage ratio; dated Dec. 17.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842633/000095016203001702/trimas8kex10.txt

YELLOW ROADWAY CORP.: New $675 million credit facility; Deutsche; dated Dec. 11.

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/716006/000095013703006398/c81620exv4w1.txt

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