High Yield Calendar: $2.255 billion deals being marketed

SEPTEMBER 21 WEEK

DELTA AIR LINES INC.: $500 million to $700 million ($500 million announced originally) senior secured notes due 2014 (expected ratings Ba2/BB-); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Investment Bank (joint); Rule 144A for life; proceeds, together with new credit facilities, to repay all senior corporate credit facility, with any remaining proceeds for general corporate purposes; Atlanta-based passenger air carrier; price talk 10% area; books close 2 p.m. ET Tuesday, pricing thereafter.

QVC, INC.: $500 million senior secured notes due 2019 (expected ratings Ba2/BBB/BBB-); Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays Capital Inc. (joint), Calyon Securities, Fortis Investments, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBS Securities Inc. (co's); Rule 144A for life; non-callable for five years; to repay existing term loans; Englewood, Colo.-based television and multimedia retailing company; price talk 7¾% area; pricing expected Sept. 22.

NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC & FINANCE CORP.: $205 million senior secured second-lien notes due 2016 (Ba3/B+/); Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch (joint); Rule 144A for life; non-callable for four years; to refinance unsecured term loan; New York-based utility owner and operator; price talk 11½% area; pricing expected Wednesday.

GEOEYE, INC.: $350 million senior secured notes due 2015 (B1/B+/); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch (joint), Jefferies & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Canaccord Adams, Dougherty & Co., SMH (co's); Rule 144A/Regulation S; to fund tender for $250 million floating-rate senior secured notes due 2012 and for general corporate purposes, which may include funding a portion of the costs of constructing a new high-resolution satellite; Dulles, Va.-based satellite company; roadshow Sept. 18-24.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.: $300 million senior notes due 2017; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. (joint), RBC Capital Markets Corp., Scotia Capital (co's); Rule 144A with registration rights; non-callable for four years; to repay bank debt and general corporate purposes; Wichita, Kan.-based supplier of commercial airplane assemblies and components; pricing during Sept. 21 week.

NEBRASKA BOOK CO. INC.: $200 million senior secured notes due December 2011 (mid single-B ratings expected); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities (joint), Piper Jaffray & Co. (co); Rule 144A/Regulation S with registration rights; non-callable (make-whole at Treasuries plus 50 bps); to repay bank debt; Lincoln, Neb.-based operator of bookstores serving colleges and universities; roadshow Sept. 22-25.

EXPECTED SEPTEMBER BUSINESS

WARNER CHILCOTT PLC: $1.4 billion of senior unsecured notes; bridge loan commitments from JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse; also $2.75 bank loan; to finance the acquisition of Procter & Gamble Co.'s pharmaceuticals business; Warner Chilcott is a Rockaway, N.J.-based specialty pharmaceutical company; expected September business.

INFORMA GLOBAL MARKETS: High-yield notes (Ba2/BB), size to be determined; JPMorgan; London-based real-time capital markets information services provider; expected early September business, pending market conditions.

ON THE HORIZON

CDW CORP.: $1.94 billion notes: $890 million senior unsecured cash-pay notes due 2015 (Caa1/CCC+), $300 million senior unsecured PIK toggle notes due 2015 (Caa1/CCC+) and $750 million senior subordinated notes due 2017 (Caa2/CCC+); J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.; to refinance bridge loan related to LBO; Vernon Hills, Ill., provider of technology products and services.

GENERAL MOLY: $540 million to $700 million debt financing including high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and possibly convertibles; Credit Suisse and Barclays, arrangers; to fund the Mt. Hope molybdenum project, located in central Nevada; also $240 million to $400 million of equity; formerly Idaho General Mines, General Moly is a Lakewood, Colo.-based molybddenum mineral development, exploration and mining company.

RIVERDEEP INTERACTIVE LEARNING USA: $820 million senior subordinated notes; Credit Suisse, Citigroup (joint); proceeds along with $1.87 billion senior bank debt, $750 million mezzanine debt and $1.5 billion equity to fund the acquisition of Houghton Mifflin by Riverdeep from Thomas H. Lee Partners, Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Blackstone Group for $3.4 billion; Riverdeep, based in Dublin, Ireland, is a publisher of interactive products for the consumer and school markets.

STREAM GLOBAL SERVICES, INC.: $200 million senior secured notes due 2014; Rule 144A/Regulation S; contingent on closing of Stream's combination with eTelecare Global Solutions, Inc. and new asset-based revolver; proceeds to refinance debt of Stream and eTelecare and for general corporate purposes; Boston-based business-to-business software services provider.

ROADSHOWS

Started Sept. 16: NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC & FINANCE CORP. $205 million; Barclays Capital Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Starts Sept. 17: DELTA AIR LINES INC. $500 million; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Investment Bank

Sept. 18-24: GEOEYE, INC. $350 million; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Pricing Sept. 21 week: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC. $300 million; Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Barclays Capital Inc.

Sept. 22-25: NEBRASKA BOOK CO. INC. $200 million; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities

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