Citi, Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank, as joint lead arrangers, in $1.2 billion senior secured credit facilities for CBS Outdoor Americas (now known as OUTFRONT Media), a provider of out-of-home advertising services, to finance the spin-off of the CBS Outdoor business from CBS Corporation.

• Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, UBS and Barclays, as joint lead arrangers, in the financing for the Carlyle Group's acquisition of Chesapeake Services Limited (U.K.), a manufacturer of packaging products for pharmaceutical and consumer goods, from Irving Place Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management.
• Barclays, as administrative and collateral agent, and Barclays and Credit Suisse, as joint lead arrangers, in $1 billion multicurrency, senior secured credit facilities to finance the merger of equals of Chesapeake (U.K.) (a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group), a manufacturer of packaging products for pharmaceutical and consumer goods, and Multi Packaging Solutions (a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners).

Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan in providing committed bridge financing to Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest producers of meat and poultry, for its $8.55 billion unilaterally binding offer to acquire Hillshire Brands, a leader in branded, convenient foods.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, as lead arrangers and providers, in a $2.9 billion committed bridge facility for Verisk Analytics, Inc., a provider of risk assessment and data analytics services, to finance its £1.85 billion (approximately $2.8 billion) acquisition of Wood Mackenzie (United Kingdom), an energy, metals and mining research and consultancy group.