by Calculated Risk on 6/27/2007 11:22:00 AM

Following the postponement of the U.S. Foodservice debt offering, the WSJ put together a table titled: Ten Horses of the Buyout Apocalypse?

The course of the great leveraged-buyout and corporate-acquisition boom of the early 21st century will be determined in large part by 10 companies. ... The companies have agreed to be bought and will soon be asking credit investors to finance the deals. It’s part of a $200-billion plus tidal wave of financing needs that will crash ashore in the next six months.

The ten companies listed are:
TXU $25.9 Billion
First Data $24B
Alltel $23.2B
Clear Channel $22.1B
Chrylser $20B
Sallie Mae $16.5B
Cablevision $9.2B
Harrah’s Entertainment $9B
Biomet $7B
Alliance Data $6.6B

A nice list of deals to watch.