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Published on 7/10/2015 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $35.125 billion deals being marketed

July Bank Meetings

ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES: $1.54 billion credit facility; Morgan Stanley, UBS, Jefferies, Macquarie, Nomura and KKR; $200 million revolver; $1.34 billion term loan; help fund purchase of a significant equity interest in the company by Stone Point Capital LLC; Newport Beach, Calif., specialty insurance brokerage firm.

ASCENA RETAIL GROUP INC.: Bank meeting July 14; $1.8 billion seven-year senior secured term B (Ba2/BB+); Goldman Sachs and Guggenheim Securities; help fund acquisition of ANN Inc. and refinance certain existing debt; Mahwah, N.J., specialty retailer offering clothing, shoes, and accessories for missy and plus-size women.

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC.: Bank meeting July 14; $1.35 billion credit facility; Deutsche Bank., Citigroup, Credit Suisse, SunTrust and Keybanc; $800 million ABL revolver; $550 million seven-year covenant-light term B, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of ProBuild Holdings LLC; Dallas-based supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction.

C.H.I. OVERHEAD DOORS: Bank meeting July 14; $475 million credit facility; UBS and KKR; $40 million revolver; $300 million seven-year first-lien term loan, 1% Libor floor; $135 million eight-year second-lien term loan, 1% Libor floor; help fund buyout by KKR from Friedman Fleischer & Lowe LLC; Arthur, Ill., manufacturer and marketer of overhead garage doors.

CONSOLIDATED AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING LLC: Bank meeting July 16; $265 million credit facility; Citizens Bank; $25 million five-year revolver; $240 million seven-year covenant-light term loan, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; manufacturer of components principally for the aerospace industry.

EAGLEVIEW TECHNOLOGY CORP.: Bank meeting July 14; $360 million senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley and Nomura; $20 million revolver; $240 million first-lien term loan; $100 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; Bothell, Wash., technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions.

KENAN ADVANTAGE GROUP INC.: Bank meeting July 13; $1.025 billion senior secured credit facility; KeyBanc and Goldman Sachs; $125 million revolver; $750 million term loan; $150 million delayed-draw term loan; help fund buyout by Omers Private Equity from Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Centerbridge Partners; North Canton, Ohio, provider of liquid bulk transportation services to the fuels, chemicals, liquid foods and merchant gas markets.

MEDIAOCEAN LLC: Bank meeting July 14; $335 million credit facility; Macquarie; $20 million five-year revolver (B2/B); $225 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (B2/B); $90 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) that was pre-placed; help fund buyout by Vista Equity Partners; New York-based software company for the advertising sector.

PLZ AEROSCIENCE CORP.: Bank meeting July 13; $345 million senior credit facility; GE Capital; $30 million revolver; $315 million term loan; help fund acquisition by the Pritzker Group; Addison, Ill., manufacturer of specialty aerosol products.

RYAN LLC: Bank meeting July 14; $300 million credit facility (B2); Goldman Sachs and Bank of America; $50 million revolver; $250 million five-year term loan guided at Libor plus 550 bps to 575 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and add cash to the balance sheet; Dallas-based provider of tax services.

Upcoming Closings

AGROFRESH: $450 million credit facility (B2/BB-); BMO, Credit Suisse and Sumitomo; $25 million four-year revolver; $425 million six-year term B at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition by Boulevard Acquisition Corp. from the Dow Chemical Co.; post-harvest specialty chemical business.

AMERILIFE GROUP: $280 million credit facility; SunTrust; $30 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $177.5 million seven-year first-lien term B (B2/B+) at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $72.5 million 7.5-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 875 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC from Reservoir Capital Group and Black Diamond Capital Partners; Clearwater, Fla.-based distributor of insurance services businesses.

BELCAN CORP. (PROPULSION ACQUISITION LLC): $225 million credit facility; Credit Suisse and PNC on term loan, PNC on revolver; $190 million six-year first-lien term loan (B3/B) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call; $35 million ABL revolver; fund buyout by AE Industrial Partners LLC; Cincinnati-based engineering services and technical staffing provider in the aerospace, power generation and industrial markets.

BLUESTEM BRANDS INC.: $280 million incremental first-lien term loan (B2/B+) due Nov. 7, 2020 at Libor plus 750 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley; help fund acquisition of Orchard Brands Corp.; Eden Prairie, Minn., online retailer.

CAMIN CARGO CONTROL: $150 million six-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Citizens Bank; help fund buyout by Metalmark Capital; Linden, N.J., provider of inspection and laboratory testing services to the petroleum industry.

CARECENTRIX INC.: $205 million credit facility (Ba3/B); RBC and Citizens Bank; $30 million five-year revolver; $175 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97.5, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and general corporate purposes; Hartford home health cost containment company.

CGG HOLDING (U.S.) INC.: $350 million six-year senior secured term loan (Ba1) talked at Libor plus 650 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas and RBC; repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes; Paris-based manufacturer of seismic equipment and a provider of geoscience services.

CHELSEA PETROLEUM PRODUCTS I LLC: $1.125 billion senior secured credit facility; Morgan Stanley (left on term B) and BMO (left on revolver); $700 million ABL revolver; $425 million seven-year term B (Ba3/BB-) talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by ArcLight Capital Partners from Cumberland Farms; midstream oil and gas company.

CONSTELLATION BRANDS INC.: Roughly $4.092 billion credit facility; Bank of America; $1.15 billion five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 150 bps; roughly $1.27 billion five-year term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; $1.43 billion five-year European term A talked at Libor plus 150 bps; roughly $242 million six-year term A-1 talked at Libor plus 175 bps; refinance existing debt; Victor, N.Y., wine company.

DASEKE INC.: $250 million term loan (B+) talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; refinance existing debt, help fund an acquisition and general corporate purposes; Addison, Texas, open-deck/specialty transportation company.

DAYTON SUPERIOR CORP.: $185 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; refinance existing term loan and partially pay down ABL borrowings; Miamisburg, Ohio, supplier to the non-residential concrete construction industry.

ELDORADO RESORTS INC.: $575 million credit facility (Ba3/BB-); JPMorgan and Macquarie; $150 million revolver; $425 million term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call; help fund redemption of notes, the acquisition of MGM Resorts International’s 50% interest in the Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno and the assets of Circus Circus Reno, and repay Silver Legacy bank debt; Reno, Nev., casino entertainment company.

ENDO INTERNATIONAL PLC: $3.8 billion in bank debt (Ba1/BB); Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Morgan Stanley; $2.8 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; $1 billion asset-sale bridge loan at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99.75; help fund acquisition of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc.; Dublin specialty pharmaceutical company.

FALCON GROUP HOLDINGS: $250 million five-year term B (Ba3/BB+/BB-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; JPMorgan and Natixis; general corporate purposes; provider of trade finance transactions to corporate clients.

FILTRATION GROUP CORP.: $93 million add-on first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5; Goldman Sachs; fund an acquisition; Chicago-based manufacturer and distributor of filtration products to end markets.

INFORMATICA CORP.: $2.13 billion senior secured credit facility (B2/B); Bank of America; Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBC and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $1.71 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 350 bps, 25 bps step-down at 6.25x net total leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; €250 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Euribor plus 350 bps, 1% floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Redwood City, Calif., provider of enterprise data integration software and services.

JACKSON HEWITT TAX SERVICE: $280 million credit facility; RBC; $30 million first-out revolver (Ba2/B); $250 million five-year term B (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 575 bps to 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Parsippany, N.J., provider of full-service individual federal and state income tax return preparation.

KENDRA SCOTT DESIGNS: $85 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $15 million five-year revolver; $70 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt and fund a dividend; Austin, Texas, jewelry and accessories company.

LIGHTSQUARED: $1.5 billion five-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 875 bps PIK, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, non-call two, 104, 102; Credit Suisse, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley; fund the company’s exit from Chapter 11 and refinance DIP facilities; Reston, Va., wireless communications company.

PEACOCK ENGINEERING: Expected close July 29; $375 million senior credit facility; GE Capital, RBC and BMO; $35 million five-year revolver (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, OID 99.5; $285 million seven-year term loan (B2/B+) talked at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $55 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) that has been privately placed; help fund acquisition of L&L Foods and a recapitalization; Geneva, Ill., contract packager servicing blue-chip consumer packaged goods companies.

PRECYSE SOLUTIONS LLC: Expected close July 28; $130 million credit facility; GE Capital; $20 million five-year revolver talked at Libor plus 475 bps, OID 99; $110 million seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by Pamplona Capital Management; Wayne, Pa., health information management solutions provider.

RAVN ALASKA: $110 million credit facility; BNP Paribas and Keybanc; $15 million five-year revolver; $95 million six-year term loan at Libor plus 450 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by J.F. Lehman & Co.; Anchorage airline company.

RECORDED BOOKS: $160 million credit facility; BNP Paribas; $20 million five-year revolver; $107.5 million six-year first-lien term talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $32.5 million seven-year second-lien term loan at Libor plus 850 bps, 1% Libor floor; help fund buyout by Shamrock Capital from Wasserstein & Co.; Prince Frederick, Md., publisher of unabridged audiobooks and provider of digital content to the library, school and retail markets.

SIVANTOS GROUP: Expected close July 16; $600 million covenant-light term loan due January 2022 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs (left on U.S.), Deutsche Bank (left on euro) and UBS; also €305 million covenant-light term loan due January 2022 at Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, 101 soft call for six months; repricing; Singapore-based manufacturer and wholesaler of hearing aid devices.

STAPLES INC.: $5.75 billion credit facility; Barclays, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and HSBC; $3 billion five-year asset-based revolver; $2.75 billion six-year senior secured covenant-light term B (Baa2/BBB) at Libor plus 275 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 99˝, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Office Depot Inc.; Framingham, Mass., retailer of office supplies.

SUMMIT MATERIALS: $650 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B1/BB) at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Barclays and RBC; help fund acquisition of a 1.2 million short ton capacity Davenport, Iowa, cement plant and seven cement distribution terminals from Lafarge North America, and refinance existing debt; Denver-based construction materials company.

SWIFT ENERGY CO.: $640 million five-year first-lien term loan (B+) talked in the 10.5% fixed-rate area; JPMorgan; repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures; expected close mid-July; Houston-based developer, explorer, acquirer and operator of oil and gas properties.

TOO FACED COSMETICS: $150 million credit facility; KeyBanc and SunTrust; $20 million revolver; $130 million term B at Libor plus 500 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; help fund buyout by General Atlantic from Weston Presidio; Irvine, Calif., cosmetics company.

UNIVERSAL SERVICES OF AMERICA: $1.21 billion credit facility; Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Deutsche and HSBC; $130 million revolver (B2/B); $760 million seven-year first-lien covenant-light term loan (including $50 million delayed-draw) (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $320 million eight-year second-lien covenant-light term loan (including $20 million delayed-draw) (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 775 bps to 800 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; fund acquisition of Universal Services and Guardsmark by Warburg Pincus; provider of manned guarding and related services.

VISTRA GROUP: $750 million credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Jefferies and DBS Bank; $50 million revolver (B1); $515 million seven-year U.S dollar and euro first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor/Euribor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 1% floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $185 million eight-year U.S. dollar and euro second-lien term loan (B2) talked at Libor/Euribor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 1% floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Baring Private Equity Asia from IK Investment Partners; Hong Kong-based provider of company formations, trust, corporate and fund administration services.

On The Horizon

AMAG PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: $350 million senior secured term loan; Jefferies and Barclays; help fund acquisition of Cord Blood Registry from GTCR; Waltham, Mass., specialty pharmaceutical company.

AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (BROADCOM LTD.): $16 billion credit facility; $500 million revolver; $15.5 billion of new term loans; help fund acquisition of Broadcom Corp. and refinance existing debt facilities; semiconductor company.

CAST & CREW ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES: New debt financing; RBC, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Societe Generale; help fund buyout by Silver Lake from ZM Capital; Burbank, Calif., provider of technology-enabled payroll, production accounting and related value-added services to the entertainment industry.

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC.: $16.7 billion incremental senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, UBS and Deutsche Bank; $1.7 billion incremental revolver, $15 billion in incremental term loans; help fund acquisitions of Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks; Stamford, Conn., broadband services and technology company.

EMDEON INC.: Incremental senior secured term loan; help fund acquisition of Altegra Health from Parthenon Capital Partners; Nashville-based provider of health-care revenue and payment cycle management and clinical information exchange solutions.

HESS INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS: $1 billion five-year credit facility; $400 million revolver; $600 million term A; in connection with formation as a joint venture between Hess Corp. and Global Infrastructure Partners; midstream company.

HILL-ROM HOLDINGS INC.: $2.225 billion senior secured credit facility; Goldman Sachs; $500 million revolver; $1 billion term A; $725 million term B; help fund acquisition of Welch Allyn Inc.; Chicago-based medical technology company.

KIK CUSTOM PRODUCTS: New debt financing; Barclays and BMO; help fund buyout by Centerbridge Partners LP from CI Capital Partners; Ontario-based developer and marketer of pool and spa treatment products and a manufacturer of household and personal care products.

KREMERS URBAN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Advent International and Avista Capital Partners from UCB SA; Princeton, N.J., specialty generic pharmaceuticals company.

KUE LLC: New debt financing; Credit Suisse, Barclays and BMO; help fund buyout of Knowledge Universe’s U.S. early-childhood education business by Partners Group; for-profit provider of early childhood education.

LIGHTOWER FIBER NETWORKS/FIBERTECH NETWORKS: New debt financing; JPMorgan; help fund merger of the companies; owner and operator of high-performance, fiber-based network.

LUMENIS LTD.: $160 million credit facility; $140 million in long-term loans; $20 million working capital facility; help fund buyout by XIO Group; Israel-based energy-based medical company for surgical, ophthalmology and aesthetic applications.

LUMILEDS: $1.93 billion credit facility; Bank of China; U.S. dollar and euro term loans; revolver; help fund acquisition of majority interest by GO Scale Capital from Royal Philips; supplier of lighting components to the general illumination, automotive and consumer electronics markets.

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV: $5.64 billion of senior secured bank debt; Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $5.04 billion in five-year covenant-light term B-1 and seven-year covenant-light term B-2 debt; $600 million five-year super-priority revolver expected at Libor plus 200 bps; help fund acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.; Eindhoven, Netherlands, maker of semiconductors.

OM GROUP INC.: $650 million senior secured credit facility; Credit Suisse and Sumitomo; $75 million five-year revolver; $450 million seven-year first-lien term loan; $125 million eight-year second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Apollo Global Management LLC; Cleveland, Ohio, technology-driven diversified industrial company.

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC.: Up to $500 million six-year term loan; Bank of China and China Merchants Bank; help fund buyout by Hua Capital Management Co. Ltd., Citic Capital Holdings Ltd. and GoldStone Investment Co. Ltd.; Santa Clara, Calif., developer of advanced digital imaging solutions.

OWENS-ILLINOIS INC.: New term loans; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Vitro, SAB de CV’s food and beverage glass container business; Perrysburg, Ohio, glass container manufacturer.

PATTERSON MEDICAL: New debt financing; Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Bank of America and Jefferies; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners from Patterson Cos. Inc.; distributor of rehabilitation supplies and non-wheelchair assistive patient products to the physical and occupational therapy markets.

QUALITY DISTRIBUTION INC.: $635 million senior secured credit facility; Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Jefferies, Macquarie and SunTrust; $100 million asset-based revolver; $400 million first-lien term loan; $135 million second-lien term loan; help fund buyout by Apax Partners; Tampa, Fla., logistics and transportation provider.

STAMPS.COM: $165 million secured credit facility; Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan; $82.5 million term loan; $82.5 million revolver; help fund acquisition of Endicia from Newell Rubbermaid Inc.; El Segundo, Calif., provider of internet-based postage services.


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