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Published on 5/3/2005 in the Prospect News Bank Loan Daily.

Analysis of bank loan issuance for April

Total: $25.706 billion in 62 deals

Columns are amount in billions of dollars, count of deals, percentage of total in dollars.

Interest rate margin

Less than 200 bps7.6622329.80%
200 bps1.24884.86%
225 bps3.9551515.39%
250 bps1.23374.80%
275 bps1.26394.91%
300 bps2.225128.66%
325 bps0.16520.64%
350 bps0.20010.78%
375 bps and upwards1.085184.21%
Other6.6702225.95%
Total25.70662
Upsized?
Yes0.84033.27%
No24.86611496.73%
Total25.70662
Flex?
Down0.51041.99%
No25.19611398.02%
Total25.70662
Issue
Revolver9.5705037.23%
Term6.3702524.78%
TLA0.98043.81%
Institutional7.6612329.80%
Second/third/junior lien0.790133.07%
Delayed draw0.33521.30%
Total25.70662
Moody's rating
Ba12.35559.16%
Ba20.10520.41%
Ba35.355720.83%
B12.7301010.62%
B22.6282410.22%
B30.64062.49%
Caa10.24550.95%
NR11.6485845.31%
Total25.70662
Use of proceeds
Acquisition2.16278.41%
Capex0.72522.82%
Dividend/recap5.985523.28%
Exit financing0.50011.95%
GCP3.3951013.21%
LBO3.8551015.00%
Refinance8.2492232.09%
Multiple0.83553.24%
Total25.70662
Industry sector (by SIC code)
Agriculture (0xxx)0.50011.95%
Oil and gas (13xx)5.500221.40%
Construction (15xx)0.92523.60%
Manufacturing (2xxx, 3xxx)7.4601929.02%
Communications (48xx)3.115712.12%
Electric, gas, sanitary services (49xx)1.11564.34%
Wholesale, retail (5xxx)3.2681012.71%
Finance, insurance, real estate (6xxx)0.35011.36%
Services (7xxx)3.4731413.51%
Total25.70662
Criteria

* The tables include dollar-denominated deals offered in the United States reported to Prospect News.

* Deals must be $75 million or bigger for inclusion.

* All loans are leveraged: either the interest rate margin is 150 bps or higher or they are rated speculative-grade by Moody's Investors Service or Standard & Poor's.

* Includes amended and restated loans where the maturity or size is changed but not repricings.

* Offerings are included in the time period in which the bank meeting was held (if available), otherwise the earlier of settlement date or date reported to Prospect News.

* Numeric totals are for the number of deals. Where individual tranches have different features (e.g. interest rate, flex), breakdown is by tranches, otherwise breakdown is by number of deals (e.g. use of proceeds, industry sector).


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