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Published on 8/1/2018 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Bank Loan Calendar: $55.7395 billion deals being marketed

August Bank Meetings

24-7 INTOUCH: Bank meeting Aug. 7; $370 million senior secured credit facilities; RBC and Credit Suisse; $45 million revolver; $245 million first-lien term loan; $80 million second-lien term loan; provider of technology enabled, omnichannel, outsourced customer care to consumer-facing businesses.

ALION SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY CORP.: Bank meeting Aug. 7; senior secured credit facility; UBS; McLean, Va., research and development, IT and operational services company.

CAPSTONE LOGISTICS: Lender call Aug. 2; $80.5 million add-on senior secured term B (B-); Goldman Sachs; mergers and acquisitions; Norcross, Ga., provider of outsourced supply chain services.

FRONTDOOR: Bank meeting Aug. 2; new loan; JPMorgan; help fund spin-off of ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc.’s American Home Shield business; Memphis, Tenn., provider of home service plans.

Upcoming Closings

ADVISOR GROUP INC.: $700 million credit facilities; Barclays; $100 million five-year revolver; $600 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt, fund acquisition of Signator Investors Inc. and fund a dividend to existing shareholders; Phoenix-based network of independent financial advisory firms.

AIS HOLDCO LLC (AFFINION INSURANCE SOLUTIONS): $450 million credit facilities; Jefferies; $25 million revolver (B2/B); $315 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $110 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 875 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Mill Point Capital from Affinion Group LLC; Franklin, Tenn., business services platform with expertise in the distribution, marketing and administration of a broad range of simplified, guaranteed-issue insurance products.

ALBERTSONS COS. LLC: $1.5 billion five-year asset-based last-out term loan (Ba2/BB-) at Libor plus 300 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Wells Fargo and MUFG; help fund merger with Rite Aid Corp.; Boise, Idaho, food and drug retailer.

ALLEN MEDIA LLC: $500 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 hard call; Deutsche Bank and Jefferies; support the Target Acquisition, repay existing debt, issue a dividend and fund cash to the balance sheet; media, content and technology company.

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS: $800 million credit facilities (B2/B/BB+); RBC, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Deutsche Bank; $150 million revolver; $650 million seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 375 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund strategic minority investment by TPG Capital; beauty company.

APPLOVIN CORP.: $820 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B1/B+) talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5; Bank of America and KKR; help repurchase convertible promissory notes; Palo Alto, Calif., mobile monetization platform that enables performance-based user acquisition campaigns for mobile game and other app developers.

BALL METALPACK: $665 million credit facilities; Goldman Sachs (left on first-lien), Bank of America (left on second-lien), Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Mizuho and Stifel; $125 million five-year ABL revolver; $395 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 450 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $145 million eight-year second-lien term loan (B3/CCC+) at Libor plus 875 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 102, 101; fund formation of the company via a joint venture between Ball Corp. and Platinum Equity Capital Partners; manufacturer of tinplate food and aerosol cans.

BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC.: Expected closing Aug. 13 week; $1.643 billion first-lien term loan due Feb. 3, 2024 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, step-down to Libor plus 275 bps at 3x first-lien net leverage, 0% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Nomura, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank; repricing; Westborough, Mass., operator of warehouse clubs.

BMC SOFTWARE: $4.775 billion equivalent credit facilities (B2/B); Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, KKR, Macquarie, Mizuho and Barclays; $400 million five-year revolver, 0% Libor floor; $3.3 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 425 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; €930 million ($1 billion equivalent) seven-year term B at Euribor plus 475 bps, 0% floor, OID 99, 101 soft call; help fund buyout by KKR from investor group led by Bain Capital Private Equity and Golden Gate Capital; Houston-based provider of software solutions for the digital enterprise.

BOYD CORP.: $1.615 billion of term loans; Goldman Sachs (left on first-lien), JPMorgan (left on second-lien), RBC, Barclays, Citigroup, UBS, KeyBanc, Societe Generale and ING; $1.2 billion seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $415 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking from Genstar Capital; Pleasanton, Calif., provider of highly-engineered thermal management and environmental sealing solutions.

BRACKET INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS CORP.: $815 million credit facilities; Jefferies, Antares and Barclays; $40 million revolver; $545 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps, one step-down, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $230 million privately placed second-lien term loan; help fund the acquisition of CRF Health Group Ltd. from Vitruvian Partners; provider of software and technology-enabled solutions utilized in clinical trials.

BRIGHTVIEW HOLDINGS INC.: $1.297 billion credit facilities; JPMorgan; $260 million five-year revolver; $1.037 billion seven-year term loan talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 25 bps step-down at 3.25x first-lien leverage, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; Plymouth Meeting, Pa., provider of landscape services.

CALIFORNIA CRYOBANK LIFE SCIENCES (GI CHILL ACQUISITION LLC): $612 million credit facilities; Golub; $40 million revolver (B2/B-); $410 million covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B-) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $162 million privately placed second-lien term loan; help fund combination of Cord Blood Registry and California Cryobank and buyout by GI Partners; Los Angeles-based donor reproductive tissue banking and umbilical cord blood/tissue stem cell collection and storage company.

CETERA FINANCIAL GROUP: $1.115 billion credit facilities; UBS, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, SunTrust, Antares and Jefferies; $100 million revolver; $775 million first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 425 bps to 450 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call protection for six months; $240 million second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 825 bps to 850 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Genstar Capital; El Segundo, Calif., network of financial advisors.

CLEARESULT: $660 million credit facilities; Goldman Sachs (left on first-lien), UBS (left on second-lien), Credit Suisse and KeyBanc; $85 million revolver (B1/B); $445 million first-lien term loan (B1/B) at Libor plus 350 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $130 million second-lien term loan (Caa1/CCC+) at Libor plus 725 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.25, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by TPG Growth and The Rise Fund from General Atlantic; Austin, Texas, provider of energy efficiency solutions for utility companies.

COMPASS POWER GENERATION LLC: $744 million senior secured term B due Dec. 20, 2024 talked at Libor plus 325 bps to 350 bps, 1% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley; repricing; 1.2 GW natural gas power portfolio.

COMPUWARE CORP.: $535 million credit facilities; Jefferies, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs; $60 million five-year revolver; $475 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5; repay HoldCo debt in connection with the spin-off of Dynatrace from the existing business; Detroit-based technology performance company.

CONSOLIDATED PRECISION PRODUCTS CORP. (WP CPP HOLDINGS LLC): Expected closing Aug. 6; $439 million of incremental senior secured term loans; Morgan Stanley, Antares, ING and HSBC; $273 million incremental covenant-light first-lien term B (B2/B) due April 2025 at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.75; $166 million incremental covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) due April 2026 at Libor plus 775 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99; fund acquisition of Selmet Inc.; Cleveland-based manufacturer of engineered components and subassemblies primarily for the commercial aerospace, defense and industrial gas turbine markets.

CONVERGINT (GOPHER SUB INC.): $55 million incremental first-lien term loan due Feb. 1, 2025 talked at Libor plus 300 bps, 0.75% Libor floor, OID 98.75; Credit Suisse; repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes; Schaumberg, Ill., service-based security systems integrator.

DYNATRACE: $1.18 billion senior secured credit facilities; Jefferies and Goldman Sachs; $60 million five-year revolver (B1); $950 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1) talked at Libor plus 350 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $170 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa1) talked at Libor plus 750 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101, with IPO proceeds and change of control at 101; refinance debt; Waltham, Mass., digital performance management company.

EAGLEVIEW TECHNOLOGY CORP.: Expected closing late August; $850 million senior secured credit facilities; Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie; $85 million five-year revolver (B2/B+); $535 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term B (B2/B+) at Libor plus 350 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $230 million pre-placed second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+); support significant new equity investment by Clearlake Capital Group LP; Bothell, Wash., provider of aerial imagery and property data analytics.

GGP INC.: $7 billion senior secured credit facilities (Ba3); Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank, RBC, Bank of America, Barclays, HSBC, Sumitomo Mitsui and TD Securities; $1.5 billion revolver; $1.5 billion term A-1; $2 billion term A-2; $2 billion seven-year covenant-light term B at Libor plus 250 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; fund acquisition of all outstanding shares of common stock by Brookfield Property Partners LP; Chicago-based owner, manager, leaser and redeveloper of high-quality retail properties.

GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL HOLDINGS LTD. (AMEX GBT): $250 million seven-year covenant-light term B (BBB-/BBB) talked at Libor plus 275 bps to 300 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs; help fund acquisition of Hogg Robinson Group plc, repurchase some of Hogg Robinson’s debt and general corporate purposes; travel management company.

HERBALIFE NUTRITION LTD.: $600 million seven-year senior secured first-lien term loan (Ba1/BB) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Jefferies and Rabobank; help refinance existing credit facility; Los Angeles-based nutrition and weight management company.

ION TRADING FINANCE LTD.: $2.1 billion equivalent senior secured incremental covenant-light first-lien term loan ($1.32 billion U.S. and €670 million euro) (B) at Libor plus 400 bps/Euribor plus 325 bps, 1% floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; UBS; help fund acquisition of Fidessa Group plc; also increasing pricing on existing term loans to match incremental pricing; software provider of trading, treasury and workflow solutions.

LIGHTSTONE HOLDCO LLC: $300 million incremental covenant-light term B (Ba3) due January 2024 talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Credit Suisse; fund a shareholder distribution; Princeton, N.J., owner of a portfolio of power generation facilities located in the PJM region.

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC.: $500 million seven-year covenant-light term loan (Ba2/BB) talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Oclaro Inc.; Milpitas, Calif., provider of photonics products for optical networking and lasers for industrial and consumer markets.

MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE CORP.: $1.5 billion of credit facilities (Baa3/BBB-); JPMorgan, Bank of America, SunTrust, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse; $600 million five-year revolver; $900 million seven-year term B talked at Libor plus 250 bps to 275 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of ILG; Orlando, Fla., pure-play vacation ownership company.

MITEL: $1.48 billion senior secured credit facilities; Credit Suisse, BMO and TD Securities; $100 million revolver (B2/B); $1.12 billion seven-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) at Libor plus 450 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.75, 101 soft call for six months; $260 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/CCC+) at Libor plus 875 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 98, call protection 103, 102, 101; help fund buyout by Searchlight Capital Partners LP; Ottawa-based provider of communications software solutions.

NAUTILUS POWER LLC: Expected closing late August; $85 million add-on term B due May 16, 2024 at Libor plus 425 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.875; Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs; help fund the acquisition of Rock Springs units 1 & 2 from Old Dominion Electric Cooperative; Massachusetts-based wholesale power generation and marketing company.

NAVEX GLOBAL INC.: $639 million senior secured credit facilities; Morgan Stanley, Antares, Golub and Macquarie; $75 million five-year revolver; $410 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99 to 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $154 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 750 bps to 775 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by BC Partners from Vista Equity Partners and refinance existing debt; Portland, Ore., provider of ethics and compliance software, content and services.

NAVIHEALTH INC.: $525 million credit facilities (B-); Barclays, Morgan Stanley, MUFG, Credit Suisse, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Natixis; $100 million five-year revolver; $425 million seven-year first-lien term loan at Libor plus 500 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 96, 101 soft call; fund a joint investment in the company by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Cardinal Health Inc.; Brentwood, Tenn., manager of post-acute benefits for health plans and a value-based care partner to health systems and providers.

NEWPORT GROUP: $330 million senior secured credit facilities; RBC, SunTrust, Capital One and Fifth Third; $30 million revolver (B2/B); $240 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $60 million privately placed second-lien term loan; fund acquisition of a majority stake by Kelso & Co.; Walnut Creek, Calif., provider of retirement services and consulting services related to retirement plans.

PHI INC.: $600 million three-year term B at Libor plus 750 bps, OID 98.5, non-call one, 102, 101; UBS; redeem notes, pay down and retire revolver, and general corporate purposes; Lafayette, La., provider of helicopter aviation services to the oil and gas sector, and aviation and clinical services to air medical markets.

PLH GROUP: $255 million credit facilities; Barclays and KeyBanc; $80 million 4.5-year ABL revolver; $175 million five-year senior secured first-lien term loan (B2/B+) at Libor plus 600 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 97, 101 soft call; refinance existing debt and fund a distribution to shareholders; Irving, Texas, full service specialty contractor serving the electric power and pipeline industries.

PROFRAC SERVICES LLC: $250 million five-year senior secured term B (B3/B) talked at Libor plus 450 bps, step-ups and step-downs based on total net leverage, 1% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call; Barclays; refinance existing debt, partially repay perpetual preferred stock and general corporate purposes; Fort Worth, Texas, oil and gas services company.

PSAV: $150 million add-on first-lien term loan (B2/B-) due March 2025 at Libor plus 325 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.75, 101 soft call for six months; Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Blackstone Capital; support buyout by Blackstone from Goldman Sachs and Olympus Partners; Long Beach, Calif., event technology provider.

RBMEDIA: $365 million credit facilities; Goldman Sachs, KKR and Morgan Stanley; $30 million revolver; $335 million seven-year first-lien term loan talked at Libor plus 450 bps to 475 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund buyout by KKR from Shamrock Capital; Landover, Md., digital audiobook and related spoken-word content producer.

SI GROUP: $1.925 billion credit facilities; JPMorgan (left on first-lien), HSBC (left on second-lien), Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $250 million five-year revolver (B3/B/BB-); $1.425 billion seven-year first-lien term loan (B3/B/BB-) talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; $250 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/B-/CCC+) talked at Libor plus 800 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 98.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by SK Capital Partners from descendants of W. Howard Wright and combination with Addivant; Schenectady, N.Y., developer and manufacturer of performance additives and intermediates.

SIMPLISAFE INC.: $250 million credit facility; Capital One; help fund acquisition of a controlling stake by Hellman & Friedman; provider of internet-based security services.

SIRVA WORLDWIDE INC.: Expected closing Aug. 2; $610 million credit facilities; Barclays, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America; $60 million five-year revolver (B1/B+); $435 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B1/B+) at Libor plus 550 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 98.5, 101 soft call; $115 million eight-year second-lien term loan (Caa2/B-) at Libor plus 950 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 92.5, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Madison Dearborn Partners from Aurora Resurgence and Equity Group Investments and concurrent acquisition of Team Relocation; Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., relocation and moving service provider.

SUNSOURCE HOLDINGS INC.: $370 million of incremental bank debt; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Natixis, ING and UBS; $75 million incremental ABL revolver; $295 million incremental 6.5-year first-lien term loan (B2/B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 1% Libor floor, OID 98.75; help fund acquisition of United Distribution Group Inc.; Addison, Ill., distributor of fluid power and fluid process components and systems.

TECHNIMARK LLC: $325 million credit facilities; Antares and Credit Suisse; $50 million five-year revolver; $275 million seven-year covenant-light term loan talked at Libor plus 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt; Asheboro, N.C., manufacturer of high-value injection-molded components.

TELENET: €610 million equivalent of term loans; Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, ING, Rabobank, Scotia and Societe Generale; add-on U.S. term AN due August 2026 talked at Libor plus 225 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 98.75 area; add-on euro term AO due December 2027 talked at Euribor plus 250 bps, 0% floor, OID 98 area; fund a dividend payment; Mechelen, Belgium, cable operator.

TENNECO: $4.9 billion credit facilities (Ba2/BB/BB+); JPMorgan and Barclays; $1.5 billion five-year revolver; $1.7 billion five-year term A; $1.7 billion seven-year term B at Libor plus 275 bps, 25 bps step-up if corporate ratings are lower than Ba3/BB-, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, 101 soft call for six months; help fund acquisition of Federal-Mogul from Icahn Enterprises LP and refinance existing debt; Lake Forest, Ill., designer, manufacturer and marketer of ride performance and clean air products and systems for automotive and commercial vehicle original equipment markets and the aftermarket.

TRITECH SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INC./SUPERION INC./APTEAN SOFTWARE LLC: $1.4 billion credit facilities; Antares, Macquarie and SunTrust; $125 million five-year revolver (B); $895 million seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps to 400 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99 to 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $380 million privately placed eight-year second-lien term loan (CCC); help fund merger of the companies; software provider to municipalities and public safety agencies.

TRITON SOLAR US ACQUISITION CO.: $415 million seven-year covenant-light term B (B3/B/BB) talked at Libor plus 525 bps to 550 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 98.5 to 99; Bank of America, Societe Generale, Natixis and Goldman Sachs; help fund buyout by Permira; provider of video infrastructure technology.

VERIFONE SYSTEMS INC.: $2.2 billion senior secured credit facilities; Credit Suisse, Barclays and RBC; $250 million revolver; $1.65 billion seven-year covenant-light first-lien term loan (B1/B) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $300 million eight-year covenant-light second-lien term loan (Caa1/B-) talked at Libor plus 800 bps to 825 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by investor group led Francisco Partners; San Jose, Calif., company that makes secure electronic payment equipment.

VERITEXT CORP.: $495 million senior secured credit facilities; Jefferies, BNP Paribas and Macquarie; $40 million five-year revolver (B); $300 million seven-year first-lien term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; $50 million delayed-draw first-lien term loan (B) talked at Libor plus 375 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5; $105 million eight-year second-lien term loan (CCC+) talked at Libor plus 725 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99, call protection 102, 101; help fund buyout by Leonard Green & Partners LP; provider of deposition and litigation support solutions for law firms and corporations.

VERSCEND TECHNOLOGIES INC.: $3.165 billion seven-year term B (B+) talked at Libor plus 400 bps to 425 bps, 0% Libor floor, OID 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; JPMorgan; help fund acquisition of Cotiviti Holdings Inc.; provider of payment accuracy and analytics-driven solutions.

VIVINT (APX GROUP INC.): $560 million 5.5-year covenant-light term B (B1/B-) talked at Libor plus 475 bps to 500 bps, OID 99 to 99.5, 101 soft call for six months; Bank of America; redeem notes, repay revolver borrowings and general corporate purposes; Provo, Utah, smart home services provider.

On The Horizon

ALLIED UNIVERSAL: New debt; help fund acquisition of U.S. Security Associates; Santa Ana, Calif., contract security services company.

ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION CORP.: $1.64 billion senior secured credit facilities; Goldman Sachs; $300 million revolver; $1.34 billion seven-year term B; help fund combination with four operating companies from Fortive’s Automation and Specialty platform; Braintree, Mass., designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electromechanical power transmission and motion-control products.

COHU INC.: $350 million seven-year senior secured term B; Deutsche Bank; help fund acquisition of Xcerra Corp.; Poway, Calif., supplier of semiconductor test and inspection handlers, micro-electro mechanical system test modules, test contactors and thermal sub-systems.

DANA INC.: New debt financing; Citigroup; fund acquisition of the Drive Systems segment of the Oerlikon Group; Maumee, Ohio, supplier of drivetrain, sealing and thermal-management technologies.

ENVISION HEALTHCARE CORP.: $5.9 billion senior secured credit facilities; Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, UBS, RBC, HSBC and Mizuho; $550 million asset-based revolver expected at Libor plus 150 bps, 0% Libor floor; $300 million five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 0% Libor floor; $5.05 billion seven-year term B expected at Libor plus 300 bps, 0% Libor floor; help fund buyout by KKR; Nashville, Tenn., provider of physician-led services and post-acute care, and ambulatory surgery services.

FOREST CITY REALTY TRUST INC.: $1.6 billion credit facilities; Bank of America, Barclays, BMO, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, RBC and TD; $350 million revolver; $1.25 billion term loan; help fund acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management Inc.; Cleveland-based real estate company.

GRAY TELEVISION INC.: $2.525 billion incremental term loan; Wells Fargo; help fund acquisition of Raycom Media Inc. and refinance certain debt at Raycom; Atlanta-based television broadcast company.

LIFEPOINT HEALTH INC.: New debt financing; Citigroup, Barclays, RBC and Credit Suisse; $800 million asset-based revolver; help fund merger with RCCH HealthCare Partners; Brentwood, Tenn., healthcare provider.

NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS INC./PLY GEM PARENT LLC: $690 million in incremental loans; Credit Suisse and RBC; $475 million incremental term loan; $215 million incremental asset-based revolver; refinance existing NCI bank debt in connection with merger with Ply Gem; Cary, N.C., exterior building products company.

NOVELIS INC.: New debt financing; fund acquisition of Aleris Corp.; Atlanta-based aluminum rolled products and aluminum recycling company.

PCI GAMING AUTHORITY (WIND CREEK HOSPITALITY): New debt financing; Credit Suisse; help fund acquisition of Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa., from Las Vegas Sands Corp.; owner and operator of gaming and entertainment facilities.

PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC.: $1.14 billion in incremental senior secured term loans; Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Fifth Third, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo, Citizens, SunTrust and TD Securities; $387.2 million incremental term A; $752.8 million incremental term B; help fund acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.; Wyomissing, Pa., owner and manager of gaming and racing facilities and video gaming terminal operations.

REFINITIV (THOMSON REUTERS’ FINANCIAL & RISK): New debt financing; JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citigroup; help fund acquisition of a 55% stake by Blackstone, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and GIC; data and financial technology platform.

T-MOBILE USA INC.: $11 billion senior secured credit facilities; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, RBC, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, Credit Agricole, TD Securities and Wells Fargo on revolver; Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and RBC on term loan; $4 billion five-year revolver expected at Libor plus 125 bps, 0% Libor floor; $7 billion seven-year covenant-light term loan expected at Libor plus 175 bps, 0% Libor floor, 101 soft call for six months; refinance existing debt in connection with merger with Sprint Corp. and fund working capital needs; Bellevue, Wash., communications services company.

UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC.: $3.25 billion in bank debt; Goldman Sachs; $2.15 billion senior secured term loan; $1.1 billion incremental ABL revolver; fund acquisition of SuperValu; Providence, R.I.-based wholesale distributor to the natural, organic and specialty food industry.

US FOODS HOLDING CORP.: $1.5 billion seven-year incremental senior secured term loan; JPMorgan and Bank of America; help fund acquisition of SGA’s Food Group of Companies; Rosemont, Ill., food company and foodservice distributor.

VETS FIRST CORP.: New debt financing; fund a special dividend in connection with spinoff of animal health business from Henry Schein Inc. and merger with Vets First Choice; animal health service and technology platform dedicated to supporting the veterinary market.

WEB.COM GROUP INC.: New debt financing; Morgan Stanley, RBC and Macquarie; help fund buyout by Siris Capital Group LLC and refinance existing debt; Jacksonville, Fla., provider of Internet services and online marketing solutions.


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