High Yield Calendar: No deals being marketed

Late February/Early March Business

UNILEVER SPREADS (FLORA FOOD GROUP): €1 billion high-yield notes and €3.9 billion equivalent term loans via Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, KKR Capital Markets, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, Lloyds, Mizuho, RBC, SG CIB, UniCredit, bank meetings Monday in London, Wednesday in New York; to help fund KKR’s acquisition of Unilever’s margarine and spreads business; Unilever is a consumer goods company based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; bonds expected late February/early March business.

On The Horizon

CENTENE CORP.: $1.6 billion bonds; Barclays to be involved; $2.3 billion of new equity, including share consideration, to fund its planned $3.75 billion acquisition of Fidelis Care; Centene is a St. Louis-based managed care and specialty health care services provider; expected during first quarter of 2018.

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS INC.: Up to $720 million senior notes backed by one-year bridge at Libor plus 500 bps with 1% Libor floor, Barclays left lead arranger, JPMorgan joint arranger; also $2.04 billion credit facilities; to fund its acquisition of Spectrum Brands’ Global Battery and Portable Lighting Business, expected to close before the end of 2018; St. Louis-based manufacturer of primary batteries and portable lighting products.

MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC.: $1.5 billion senior notes backed by a bridge loan; Barclays (administrative agent on the bridge), Credit Agricole, Goldman Sachs; also $4.45 billion credit facilities; debt is coming in connection with the merger of McDermott and CB&I, expected to close in the second quarter of 2018; McDermott is a Houston-based engineering and design company, CB&I is a Netherlands-based provider of technology and infrastructure for the energy industry (combined company will be based in Houston); disclosed in 8-K document filed on Dec. 18 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC.: $840 million senior unsecured bridge loan, also $1.14 billion in incremental senior secured term loans; debt commitment from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Fifth Third Bank, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Citizens Bank, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC; to finance the acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., expected to close in the second half of 2018; Penn National is a Wyomissing, Pa.-based owner and manager of gaming and racing facilities and video gaming terminal operations; Pinnacle is a Las Vegas-based owner and operator of gaming entertainment properties.

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP INC.: Commitment for $5.6 billion in debt financing, including a $785 million bridge loan, to help fund acquisition of Tribune Media Co.; expected 50:50 mix of fixed- and floating-rate debt; JPMorgan Chase Bank, RBC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. leads; Hunt Valley, Md.-based television broadcasting company.

SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.: $1.25 billion bridge loan to be taken out with high-yield bonds and/or IPO of common shares, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley; proceeds, along with about $7.15 billion of bank debt, to help fund its acquisition of DST Systems Inc. and to refinance existing debt; SS&C is a Windsor, Conn.-based provider of financial services software and software-enabled services; targeted to close in third quarter of 2018; announced in Jan. 11 press release.

TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES LTD.: Up to $5 billion of bonds expected to come in a high-yield style execution; for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital debt repayment; Jerusalem-based manufacturer of generic drugs; expected late February or early March.

TWINSET SPA: €170 million five-year senior secured floating-rate notes; private; to redeem the €150 million senior Euribor plus 587.5 bps secured floating rate notes due 2019, partially repay a shareholder loan and cancel the existing hedging arrangement; Capri, Italy-based supplier of luxury women's apparel and accessories.

WMIH CORP.: $2.75 billion senior notes backed by bridge loans; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Jefferies LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.; to help fund the acquisition of Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc., expected to close in the second half of 2018, and refinance around $1.9 billion of Nationstar’s existing senior unsecured notes; WMIH is a Seattle-based reinsurance business; announced in Feb. 14 8-K.

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