High Yield Calendar

Total amount of high-yield bond offerings being marketed: $1.235 billion

WEEK OF OCT. 24:

K-SEA TRANSPORTATION FINANCE CORP.: $150 million senior unsecured notes due 2012 (B2/B+); Lehman Brothers books, UBS Investment Bank, KeyBank (co's); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable for four years; three-year 35% equity clawback; to repay about $77 million of debt which will be incurred to fund the acquisition of Sea Coast Towing Inc., to repay other debt and for general partnership purposes; wholly owned subsidiary of New York City-based K-Sea Transportation Partners LP, a marine transportation company; roadshow started Oct. 17; pricing expected Oct. 24.

ROUNDY'S SUPERMARKETS INC.: $175 million senior floating-rate notes due 2012 (B3/B-) ($150 million senior subordinated notes due 2013 eliminated); Bear Stearns & Co., Goldman Sachs & Co.; Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for two years; also $825 million credit facility; to help repay existing credit facility, to tender for 8 7/8% senior subordinated notes due 2012 and to fund a $400 million dividend (decreased from $550 million) to principal shareholder Willis Stein & Partners III, LP; Milwaukee wholesale distributor of food and non-food products to Mid-Western supermarkets, also has retail stores in the Midwest; pricing early Oct. 24 week.

NOVA CHEMICALS CORP.: $300 million senior floating-rate notes due 2013 (Ba2/BB+); Citigroup, JP Morgan (books), CIBC World Markets, HSBC, RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital, TD Securities; Rule 144A with registration rights, make-whole call at Treasuries plus 50 basis points for the first two years, then callable at a premium; to repay obligations under its accounts receivable securitization programs and general corporate purposes; Pittsburgh-based producer of commodity plastics and chemicals; expected to price middle of Oct. 24 week following a brief roadshow.

MIDDLETOWN RANCHERIA GAMING ENTERPRISES: $50 million senior unsecured notes due 2012; Jefferies & Co.; Rule 144A for life; to refinance debt and fund a renovation; gaming company owned and operated by the Middletown Rancheria band of Pomo Indians; price talk 12% area.

WEEK OF OCT. 31

CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY $310 million in two parts: $200 million senior notes due 2013, non-callable for four years, and $110 million senior floating-rate notes due 2012, non-callable for two years; Merrill Lynch & Co.; Rule 144A with registration rights; to fund the tender for the 14½% senior notes, repay other debt, fund expansion, and for general corporate purposes; Native American gaming facility near Fresno, Calif.; roadshow starts Oct. 24; pricing Oct. 31 or Nov. 1.

OCTOBER BUSINESS

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $250 million subordinated notes; Wachovia Securities, JP Morgan, Bank of America (joint); Rule 144A; also senior secured credit facility; to fund $982 million LBO of the company by Carlyle Group; Carlyle Group will also contribute equity; Windsor, Conn., company delivers investment and financial management software and related services focused exclusively on the financial services industry; expected October business.

ON THE HORIZON

AMADEUS GLOBAL TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION SA: €1 billion (approximate); Credit Suisse First Boston; to fund the LBO of the company by BC Partners and Cinven; travel reservations firm based in Madrid, Spain; expected during first half of 2005.

BRASKEM SA: $100 million perpetual senior notes (/BB-/BB-); Banco Itau; Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for five years; Sao Paulo, Brazil, petrochemical company.

CROWN HOLDINGS INC.: $1.1 billion senior unsecured notes (B1) and $1.30 billion equivalent credit facility; to fund tender for any and all of Crown European Holdings SA's notes, Citigroup and Lehman Brothers dealer managers and solicitation agents, expires Nov. 16; Philadelphia packaging company.

DOLAN FAMILY GROUP (CABLEVISION): $4.25 billion in a multi-tranche bond offering at the holding company level; also $2.8 billion credit facility at the operating company level via Bank of America and Merrill Lynch; proceeds to be used to take Cablevision Systems Corp. private; pending shareholder approval; Cablevision is a Bethpage, N.Y.-based telecom and cable business.

DACOM CORP.: $300 million notes due 2010 (expected ratings Ba3/BB-); Credit Suisse First Boston; Rule 144A/Regulation S; non-callable for life; to refinance debt; South Korea-based integrated service provider of telecommunications and internet related services.

R.H. DONNELLEY CORP.: $1.842 billion senior notes; DEX MEDIA INC.: $250 million senior notes; to fund the acquisition of Dex Media by R.H. Donnelley; Cary, N.C.-based R.H. Donnelley is a Yellow Pages publisher and directional media company. Englewood, Colo.-based Dex provides print directories and internet-based local search services; expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2006.

DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC. $700 million: $500 million senior notes and $200 million senior subordinated notes; also new bank debt and convertible notes; to help fund its acquisition of Engineered Support Systems Inc., a St. Louis-based diversified supplier of integrated military electronics, support equipment and technical services; committed financing from Bear Stearns & Co.; DRS Technologies is Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of technology products and services to defense, government intelligence and commercial customers; transaction expected to close by March 2006.

HERTZ CORP.: $3 billion bonds; Deutsche Bank Securities, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch; to help fund the approximately $15 billion LBO of the company by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Inc., The Carlyle Group and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity from Ford Motor Co.; Park Ridge, N.J, vehicle rental company; 2006 business.

INTELSAT LTD.'s $7 billion acquisition of PANAMSAT HOLDING CORP.: $4 billion (approximate) minimum: PANAMSAT OPERATING CO. $572.9 million senior notes with the option to issue additional $663.57 million if PanAmSat 9% notes are refinanced, PANAMSAT HOLDING CO. $721.2 million in senior notes with option to issue additional $301.9 million if PanAmSat 10 3/8% notes are refinanced, INTELSAT OPERATING CO. up to $557 million of senior notes, INTELSAT HOLDING CO. up to $1.4155 billion in senior notes; also approximately $2.88 billion aggregate bank debt; financing provided by Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers; PanAmSat is a Wilton, Conn.-based satellite network operator; Intelsat is a Pembroke, Bermuda, satellite communications company; expected to be completed in 2006.

K. WAH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LTD.: $300 million and $500 million global bonds; Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley; owner of Macau's Galaxy casino.

NRG ENERGY INC: $3.6 billion senior unsecured notes via Rule 144A; also $4.8 billion of bank facilities and $1.5 billion of equity or equity-linked securities; commitment for the bank facilities plus a $5.1 billion bridge loan Morgan Stanley, Citigroup; to help finance $5.8 billion acquisition of Houston-based Texas Genco; NRG is a Princeton, N.J.-based independent power producer.

NTL INC./TELEWEST GLOBAL INC.: £1.8 billion high-yield debt; to help fund NTL'S acquisition of Telewest Global, Inc. for about $6 billion; Goldman Sachs advised NTL, Deutsche Bank Securities advised Telewest, the U.K.'s second largest cable provider; expected to close in the first quarter of 2006.

ORCHARD SUPPLY HARDWARE STORES CORP.: expected to issue about $405 million in debt backing Ares Management LLC's purchase of 19.9% of the company's stock from Sears Holdings Corp.; Citigroup and Lehman Brothers financial advisers to Sears; Orchard Supply is a San Jose, Calif., chain of 84 hardware and garden retail stores located throughout California; expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2005.

PER-SE TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $250 million senior subordinated notes; also $460 million credit facility, financing commitment from Bank of America; proceeds in addition to $240 million of Per-Se stock and cash on hand to help fund its acquisition of NDCHealth Corp.; Per-Se is an Alpharetta, Ga., provider of connective health care solutions to physicians and hospitals; transaction expected to be completed late 2005 or early 2006

PETROHAWK ENERGY CORP.: $170 million notes due 2013; BNP Paribas expected bookrunner; non-callable for four years; to back the consolidation of the bank debt of Petrohawk and soon-to-be-acquired Mission Resources Corp.; bank group includes BNP Paribas; Petrohawk is a Houston-based energy company; Mission Resources is a Houston-based independent exploration and production company.

RADNOR HOLDINGS CORP.: $30 million add-on to three-month Libor plus 675 bps senior secured floating-rate notes due April 15, 2009 (existing ratings B3/B); Rule 144A; also $20 million preferred stock; to repay revolver, to provide additional availability to fund growth initiatives in its foodservice packaging business; Radnor, Pa.-based producer of foam packaging and specialty chemical products for the food service, insulation and protective packaging industries; original $70 million priced at par on April 15, 2004 via Lehman Brothers.

TARGUS GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC.: High-yield bonds to support Fenway Partners Inc.'s leveraged buyout of Targus from Apax Partners LP for $382.5 million; Goldman Sachs & Co., UBS Investment Bank; also $205 million credit facility (bank meeting Oct. 25); Anaheim, Calif., supplier of mobile computing cases and accessories.

TRAVELEX GROUP: Sterling-denominated bonds, size of offering to be determined; Deutsche Bank Securities; a consortium led by Apax Partners signed an agreement in February 2005 to acquire a majority stake in Travelex, transaction expected to close in 2005; London-based foreign currency exchange services provider.

VENETIAN MACAU LTD.: $300 million floating-rate notes; Goldman Sachs

WYNN RESORTS (MACAU) SA: $744 million equivalent; Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities

ROADSHOWS

Started Oct. 17: K-SEA TRANSPORTATION FINANCE CORP. $150 million; Lehman Brothers

Starts Oct. 24: CHUKCHANSI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY $310 million; Merrill Lynch

Early Oct. 24 week: NOVA CHEMICALS CORP. $300 million; Citigroup, JP Morgan

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