Bank Loan Calendar: $17.216 billion deals being marketed

January Bank Meetings

CARDONE INDUSTRIES: $300 million credit facility; RBC, BMO and Mizuho; $50 million five-year revolver; $250 million six-year term B; help fund buyout of the company's North American operations by TPG Capital LP; Philadelphia-based automotive remanufacturing company.

ROCKET SOFTWARE INC.: Bank meeting Jan. 20; $430 million credit facility; Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo and Jefferies; $25 million five-year revolver; $300 million six-year first-lien term B, 101 soft call; $105 million seven-year second-lien term loan, non-call one, 103, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Newton, Mass., software development firm.

SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS INC.: Conference call Jan. 19; $400 million five-year credit facility; JPMorgan; $150 million revolver; $250 million term B; refinance existing credit facility, fund share repurchases and for general corporate purposes; expected close mid-February; Plano, Texas, used oil recycling and re-refining, parts cleaning and environmental services company.

VANTAGE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS: Bank meeting Jan. 24; $300 million credit facility; RBC and Fifth Third Securities; $60 million five-year revolver; $240 million six-year term B; back already completed buyout by Jordan Co. from H.I.G. Capital LLC; Chicago-based specialty chemicals company.

Upcoming Closings

AFFYMETRIX INC.: $190 million five-year senior secured credit facility; GE Capital, Silicon Valley Bank and CIT; $170 million term A talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund purchase of eBioscience Holding Co. Inc. and for general corporate purposes; Santa Clara, Calif., provider of technology used by pharmaceutical, diagnostic and biotechnology companies and research institutes.

ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: $400 million five-year credit facility; Bank of America; $200 million term loan talked at Libor plus 137.5 bps, $200 million revolver talked at Libor plus 137.5 bps; help fund acquisition of Enobia Pharma Corp.; Chesire, Conn., biopharmaceutical company.

AMERICAN DENTAL PARTNERS INC.: $241 million senior secured credit facility (B1); KeyBanc, CIT and NXT; $36 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $205 million six-year term B talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; help fund buyout by JLL Partners Inc.; Wakefield, Mass., business partner to dental group practices.

BLUE COAT SYSTEMS INC.: $495 million senior secured credit facility; Jefferies; $50 million revolver; $360 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $85 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 1,000 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97 to 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of web security and WAN optimization services.

CAPITAL SAFETY: Expected close Jan. 19; $470 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B); UBS, Morgan Stanley, Mizuho and KKR Capital; $45 million five-year revolver at Libor plus 500 bps, OID 98; $425 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP from Arle Capital Partners; Red Wing, Minn., provider of fall protection equipment.

CCS CORP.: C$200 million add-on term loan due November 2014 at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 99; Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; refinance revolver borrowings; Calgary, Alta., oil and gas environmental services company.

CKX INC.: $200 million 51/2-year first-lien term loan (B+) talked at 9%; Goldman Sachs and Macquarie; help replace debt used to fund buyout by Apollo Global Management; New York-based owner of entertainment content.

CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL CORP.: $3.1 billion senior secured credit facility (Ba3/B+/BB+); Bank of America (left on term B), RBS (left on revolver and term A) and Morgan Stanley; $1 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 250 bps; $500 million five-year delayed-draw term A available until April 1 talked at Libor plus 250 bps, 50 bps delayed-draw fee; $1.6 billion seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; fund acquisition of NextG Networks Inc. from a group of investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners and refinance existing bank debt; Houston-based owner, operator and leaser of towers and other infrastructure for wireless communications.

ENCOMPASS DIGITAL MEDIA INC.: $280 million credit facility (B3); Macquarie and BMO; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; $250 million 51/2-year term B talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97; help fund buyout by Court Square Capital Partners from Wasserstein & Co. LP; Los Angeles-based digital media services provider.

GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS INC.: $725 million senior secured credit facility (Ba3/BB+); JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; $150 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $250 million five-year term A talked at Libor plus 225 bps; $325 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing bank debt and general corporate purposes; Waukesha, Wis., designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products.

GENESYS: $600 million credit facility (Ba3); Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, RBC and Macquarie; $50 million five-year revolver; $550 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by Permira from Alcatel-Lucent; Daly City, Calif., supplier of contact center technology software.

GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA CO. INC.: $750 million exit facility; JPMorgan and Credit Suisse; $400 million ABL revolver; $350 million term loan talked at Libor plus 700 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; repay DIP and for general corporate purposes; Montvale, N.J., operator of supermarkets.

INFOSPACE INC.: $90 million senior secured loan; RBS Citizens; help fund acquisition of TaxACT; Bellevue, Wash., developer of metasearch products.

KABEL DEUTSCHLAND HOLDING AG: $500 million seven-year senior secured term loan (NA/NA/BB+) talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% to 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and RBS; repay some bank debt; Unterfoehring, Germany, cable operator.

MORTON'S RESTAURANT GROUP INC.: $205 million senior secured credit facility (BB-); Jefferies; $190 million five-year term loan talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 97; $15 million 41/2-year revolver talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 1.5% Libor floor; help fund buyout by Tilman J. Fertitta's wholly owned company Fertitta Morton's Restaurants Inc.; Chicago-based operator of company-owned upscale steakhouses.

NIELSEN CO.: $1.25 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 225 bps; JPMorgan, Citigroup, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, RBC and Wells Fargo; refinance non-extended term A due 2013; New York-based information and media company.

OCWEN FINANCIAL CORP.: Expected close Feb. 1; $200 million incremental senior secured term loan due Sept. 1, 2016 at Libor plus 550 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 981/2; Barclays; for general corporate purposes, including financing for acquisitions of Saxon Capital Holdings LLC from Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings LLC and a mortgage servicing portfolio from J.P. Morgan; Atlanta-based provider of residential and commercial loan servicing, special servicing and asset-management services.

PENNANTPARK INVESTMENT CORP.: $325 million three-year revolver with a one-year term out period talked at Libor plus 275 bps, 50 bps unused fee; SunTrust; refinance existing revolver; New York-based business development company.

PHOENIX SERVICES LLC: $245 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); BNP Paribas; $30 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $45 million five-year euro equivalent term loan talked at Euribor plus 750 bps, 1.5% floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $155 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; $15 million six-year delayed-draw term loan available for three months talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of Gagneraud Industries and refinance existing debt; Kennett Square, Pa., provider of steel mill services.

POST HOLDINGS INC.: $350 million five-year senior secured credit facility (Baa3/BB); Barclays, PNC, SunTrust and Wells Fargo; $175 million revolver talked at Libor plus 200 bps; $175 million term A talked at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund spin-off from Ralcorp Holdings Inc.; St. Louis-based ready-to-eat cereal manufacturer.

PRESTIGE BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.: $670 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and RBC; $50 million five-year asset-based revolver; $620 million seven-year term loan (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 98, 101 soft call; help fund acquisition of 17 over-the-counter GlaxoSmithKline plc brands and refinance existing debt; Irvington, N.Y., marketer of branded consumer products in the over-the-counter health care and household cleaning industries.

SOPHIA LP (SUNGARD HIGHER EDUCATION/DATATEL INC.): $1.2 billion credit facility (B1/B+); Bank of America, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and JPMorgan; $1.075 billion 61/2-year term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 981/2, 101 soft call; $125 million revolver at Libor plus 475 bps; help fund buyout of SunGard Higher Education by Hellman & Friedman LLC and merger with Datatel Inc.; provider of software, technology products and services to the higher education community.

STERLING INFOSYSTEMS INC.: $180 million credit facility (B2/B); GE Capital and RBS Citizens; $20 million revolver talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; $160 million term loan talked at Libor plus 575 bps, 1.5% Libor floor, OID 98; refinance existing debt and fund an acquisition; New York-based background screening company.

SUMMIT MATERIALS LLC: $550 million credit facility (B1/BB-); Bank of America, Citigroup, UBS, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank; $150 million five-year revolver; $400 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt; Washington, D.C.-based company that acquires and grows heavy-side building materials companies.

TAMINCO GROUP HOLDINGS: $650 million senior secured credit facility; Citigroup, Nomura, Credit Suisse, UBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs; $198 million five-year revolver; $452 million seven-year covenant-light term B talked at Libor plus 525 bps area, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 97; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC from CVC Capital Partners; Belgium-based producer of alkylamines and their derivatives.

TENSAR INTERNATIONAL CORP. INC.: $300 million credit facility; Barclays; $25 million four-year ABL revolver grid-based pricing ranging from Libor plus 250 bps to 300 bps, 50 bps unused fee; $200 million five-year first-lien term B (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 775 bps, 1.75% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 call protection; $75 million 51/2-year second-lien term C (Caa1/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 1,200 bps, 1.75% floor, OID 96, non-call one, 102, 101; refinance existing capital structure; Atlanta-based provider of specialty products and engineering services.

THERMASYS CORP.: $142 million five-year credit facility; GE Capital; $30 million revolver talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; $112 million term loan talked at Libor plus 500 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by Wellspring Capital from Sun Capital Partners Inc.; Montgomery, Ala., supplier of highly engineered copper/brass and aluminum heat exchanger components and assemblies.

UNIVERSAL AMERICAN CORP.: $200 million senior secured credit facility; Bank of America; $50 million revolver; $150 million term loan; help fund acquisition of APS Healthcare Inc.; Rye Brook, N.Y., provider of health benefits to people with Medicare.

On The Horizon

ACCO BRANDS CORP.: $845 million senior secured credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America and BMO; $480 million seven-year term B expected at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $190 million seven-year term B at Spinco expected at Libor plus 475 bps, 1.25% Libor floor, 101 soft call; $175 million five-year asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund merger with MeadWestvaco Corp.'s Consumer & Office Products business and refinance existing debt; Lincolnshire, Ill., office supply manufacturer.

BI-LO LLC: $700 million senior secured asset-based revolver; Citigroup and Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc.; Greenville, S.C., operator of supermarkets.

BLACKBAUD INC.: Credit facility expansion and extension, and new syndicated debt; JPMorgan and SunTrust; help fund acquisition of Convio Inc.; Charleston, S.C., provider of software and related services designed for nonprofit organizations.

CABOT MICROELECTRONICS CORP.: $275 million credit facility; $175 million term loan; $100 million revolver; help fund special cash dividend to shareholders; Aurora, Ill., supplier of chemical mechanical planarization consumables to the semiconductor industry.

CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS INC.: New term loan; help fund acquisition of Aptuit LLC's clinical trial supplies business; Somerset, N.J., provider of advanced technologies, and development, manufacturing, and packaging services for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and consumer health care companies.

COSTAR GROUP INC.: $465 million credit facility; JPMorgan; $415 million seven-year term loan expected at Libor plus 350 bps, 1.25% Libor floor; $50 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 300 bps; help fund acquisition of LoopNet Inc.; Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate information company.

FEDERAL SIGNAL CORP.: $315 million credit facility; $215 million term loan; $100 million senior secured asset-based facility; repay existing credit facility and outstanding private placement notes; Oak Brook, Ill., provider of environmental, safety and transportation services.

PLAINS OFFSHORE OPERATIONS INC.: $300 million revolver at Libor plus 150 bps to 250 bps based on utilization, 37.5 bps to 50 bps unused fee; in connection with purchase by EIG Global Energy Partners of 20% equity stake from Plains Exploration & Production Co.; holder of an oil-focused Gulf of Mexico portfolio.

ROUNDY'S INC.: New senior credit facility; five-year revolver; maybe seven-year term loan; in connection with IPO; refinance existing bank debt; Milwaukee, Wis., supermarket chain.

ROUSE PROPERTIES INC.: $483.5 million three-year senior secured credit facility; Wells Fargo, RBC and U.S. Bank; $50 million revolver expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor; $433.5 million term loan expected at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor; refinance debt with spin-off from General Growth Properties Inc.; New York-based regional mall owner.

SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING: $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; UBS; $75 million revolver; $1.05 billion term loan; help fund purchase of EMI Music Publishing by Sony Corp. of America, the Estate of Michael Jackson, Mubadala Development Co. PJSC, Jynwel Capital Ltd., GSO Capital Partners LP and David Geffen from Citigroup Inc.; New York-based owner and administrator of copyrights by artists.

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT LLC: $500 million 41/2-year senior secured term loan at Libor plus 600 bps; JPMorgan, Barclays and Jefferies; was used to refinance an existing term loan in connection with buyout by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Santa Monica, Calif., motion picture studio.

SYNOPSYS INC.: New debt financing; help fund purchase of Magma Design Automation Inc.; Mountain View, Calif., provider of software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems.

TRONOX INC.: $550 million of new financing; Goldman Sachs; refinance term loan in connection with acquisition of Exxaro Resources Ltd.'s mineral sands operations; Oklahoma City-based producer and marketer of titanium dioxide pigment.

VENOCO INC.: New bank borrowings; help fund buyout by Timothy M. Marquez, chairman and chief executive officer; Denver-based energy company.

WCA WASTE CORP.: Bank meeting expected February/March; up to $325 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and Macquarie; $50 million revolver; up to $275 million term loan; refinance debt in connection with buyout by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II; Houston-based non-hazardous solid-waste services company.

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP.: $3 billion senior unsecured credit facility; Bank of America; $500 million revolver; $2.5 billion five-year term loan; help fund acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies from Hitachi Ltd., refinance existing bank debt and for general corporate purposes; Irvine, Calif., designer and producer of hard drives and solid state drives.

W.R. GRACE & CO.: Exit facility, including a $200 million revolver; Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank; Columbia, Md., specialty chemicals company.

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