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MEDASSETS, INC.
100 North Point Center East, Suite 200
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FOR
8.0% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON
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2011, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”).
TENDERS MAY BE
WITHDRAWN PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE
EXPIRATION DATE
Exchange Agent:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
By Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
(612) 667-9825
Attn: Bondholder Communications
For Information or Confirm by telephone:
(800) 344-5128,
Option 0
By Mail, Hand or Courier:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Corporate Trust Services
MAC N9311-110
625 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
In Person by Hand Only:
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
12th
Floor – Northstar East Building
Corporate Trust Services
608 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET
FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated
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2011 (the “Prospectus”) of MedAssets, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company”), and this Letter of
Transmittal which may be amended from time to time (this
“Letter”), which together constitute the
Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to
exchange:
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for each $1,000 in principal amount of its outstanding
8.0% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Initial Notes”),
issued and sold in a transaction exempt from registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, $1,000 in principal
amount of its 8.0% Senior Notes due 2018 (the
“Exchange Notes”); provided that no notes of $2,000 or
less shall be accepted in part.
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The undersigned has completed, executed and delivered this
Letter to indicate the action he, she or it desires to take with
respect to the Exchange Offer.
All holders of Initial Notes who wish to tender their Initial
Notes must, prior to the Expiration Date: (1) complete,
sign, date and mail or otherwise deliver this Letter to the
Exchange Agent, in person or to the address set forth above; and
(2) tender his or her Initial Notes or, if a tender of
Initial Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the
account maintained by the Exchange Agent at The Depository
Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer
Facility”), confirm such book-entry transfer (a
“Book-Entry Confirmation”), in each case in accordance
with the procedures for tendering described in the Instructions
to this Letter. Holders of Initial Notes whose certificates are
not immediately available, or who are unable to deliver their
certificates or Book-Entry Confirmation and all other documents
required by this Letter to be delivered to the Exchange Agent on
or prior to the Expiration Date, must tender their Initial Notes
according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under
the caption “The Exchange Offer—How to Tender” in
the Prospectus. (See Instruction 1).
The Instructions included with this Letter must be followed in
their entirety. Questions and requests for assistance or for
additional copies of the Prospectus or this Letter may be
directed to the Exchange Agent, at the address listed above.
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PLEASE
READ THE ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING
THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL,
CAREFULLY
BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW
Capitalized terms used in this Letter and not defined herein
shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the
Prospectus.
List in Box 1 below the Initial Notes of which you are the
holder. If the space provided in Box 1 is inadequate, list the
certificate numbers and principal amount of Initial Notes on a
separate SIGNED schedule and affix that schedule to this Letter.
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BOX 1 TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL
TENDERING HOLDERS
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PRINCIPAL
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NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
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PRINCIPAL
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CERTIFICATE
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AMOUNT OF
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INITIAL NOTES
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(PLEASE FILL IN IF BLANK)
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NUMBER(S)(1)
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INITIAL NOTES
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TENDERED(2)
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Totals:
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(1) Need not be completed if Initial Notes are being
tendered by book-entry transfer.
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(2) Unless otherwise indicated, the entire principal amount
of Initial Notes represented by a certificate or Book-Entry
Confirmation delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to
have been tendered. In addition, no notes of $2,000 or less
shall be accepted in part.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange
Offer, the undersigned tenders to the Company the principal
amount of Initial Notes indicated above. Subject to, and
effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of the Initial Notes
tendered with this Letter, the undersigned exchanges, assigns
and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company all right,
title and interest in and to the Initial Notes tendered.
The undersigned constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as
his, her or its agent and attorney-in-fact (with full knowledge
that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Company)
with respect to the tendered Initial Notes, with full power of
substitution, to: (a) deliver certificates for such Initial
Notes; (b) deliver Initial Notes and all accompanying
evidence of transfer and authenticity to or upon the order of
the Company upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, as the
undersigned’s agent, of the Exchange Notes to which the
undersigned is entitled upon the acceptance by the Company of
the Initial Notes tendered under the Exchange Offer; and
(c) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights
of beneficial ownership of the Initial Notes, all in accordance
with the terms of the Exchange Offer. The power of attorney
granted in this paragraph shall be deemed irrevocable and
coupled with an interest.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that he, she or
it has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and
transfer the Initial Notes tendered hereby and that the Company
will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear
of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not
subject to any adverse claim. The undersigned will, upon
request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by
the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the
assignment and transfer of the Initial Notes tendered.
The undersigned agrees that acceptance of any tendered Initial
Notes by the Company and the issuance of Exchange Notes in
exchange therefor shall constitute performance in full by the
Company of its obligations under the registration rights
agreement (as described in the Prospectus) and that, upon the
issuance of the Exchange Notes, the Company will have no further
obligations or liabilities thereunder (except in certain limited
circumstances set forth therein). By tendering Initial Notes,
the undersigned certifies that (i) any Exchange Notes
received by the undersigned will be acquired in the ordinary
course of its business, (ii) at the time of commencement of
the Exchange Offer, the undersigned had no arrangements or
understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
of the Initial Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of
the Securities Act, (iii) the undersigned is not an
“affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the
Securities Act, of the Company or if it is an affiliate, the
undersigned will comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent
applicable, (iv) if the undersigned is not a broker-dealer,
it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the
distribution of the Exchange Notes, and (v) if the
undersigned is a broker-dealer, it will receive Exchange Notes
for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however,
by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the
undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an
“underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
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CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE
INITIAL NOTES FOR YOUR OWN ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET
MAKING ACTIVITIES OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES AND WISH TO
RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF
ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
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CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE NOT SUCH A BROKER-DEALER BUT ARE A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR OTHERWISE RECEIVED THE INITIAL
SECURITIES IN A TRANSACTION OR SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS
EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE
PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS
THERETO.
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The undersigned understands that the Company may accept the
undersigned’s tender by delivering written notice of
acceptance to the Exchange Agent, at which time the
undersigned’s right to withdraw such tender will terminate.
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Letter
shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and
every obligation of the undersigned under this Letter shall be
binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, personal
representatives, successors and assigns. Tenders may be
withdrawn only in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the Instructions contained in this Letter.
Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery
Instructions” below, the Exchange Agent will deliver
Exchange Notes (and, if applicable, a certificate for any
Initial Notes not tendered but represented by a certificate also
encompassing Initial Notes which are tendered) to the
undersigned at the address set forth in Box 1.
The undersigned acknowledges that the Exchange Offer is subject
to the more detailed terms set forth in the Prospectus and, in
case of any conflict between the terms of the Prospectus and
this Letter, the Prospectus shall prevail.
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CHECK HERE IF TENDERED INITIAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED
BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE
EXCHANGE AGENT WITH A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE
THE FOLLOWING:
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Name of Tendering Institution:
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Account Number:
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Transaction Code Number:
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CHECK HERE IF TENDERED INITIAL NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED
PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO
THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
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Name(s) of Registered Owner(s):
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Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:
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Window Ticket Number (if available):
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Name of Institution which Guaranteed Delivery:
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PLEASE
READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
BOX 2
PLEASE
SIGN HERE
WHETHER OR NOT INITIAL NOTES ARE BEING
PHYSICALLY TENDERED HEREBY
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(SIGNATURE(S) OF
OWNER(S)
OR AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY)
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(DATE)
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Area Code and Telephone
Number:
This box must be signed by registered holder(s) of Initial Notes
as their name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for Initial Notes,
or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by
endorsement and documents transmitted with this Letter. If
signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian,
officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative
capacity, such person must set forth his or her full title
below. (See Instruction 3)
Name(s):
(PLEASE PRINT)
Capacity:
Address:
(INCLUDE ZIP CODE)
Signature(s)
Guaranteed by
an Eligible Institution:
(If required by Instruction 3)
(AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE)
(TITLE)
(NAME OF FIRM)
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BOX
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PAYOR’S NAME: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
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SUBSTITUTE
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PAYEE INFORMATION (please print or type)
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FORM W-9
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Individual or business name:
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Check appropriate box:
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o Individual/Sole
Proprietor o Corporation o Partnership
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o Other o Exempt
from backup withholding
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Address (number, street and apt. or suite no.):
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City, state and ZIP
code:
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REQUEST FOR
TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND CERTIFICATION
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PART I: TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (“TIN”)
Enter your TIN below. For individuals, your TIN is your
social security number. Sole proprietors may enter either their
social security number or their employer identification number.
If you are a limited liability company that is disregarded as an
entity separate from your owner, enter your owner’s social
security number or employer identification number, as
applicable. For other entities, your TIN is your employer
identification number.
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Social security number:
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DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY INTERNAL
REVENUE
SERVICE
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PART II: CERTIFICATION
Certification Instructions: You must cross out item 2
below if you have been notified by the Internal Revenue Service
(the “IRS”) that you are currently subject to backup
withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on
your tax return. However, if after being notified by the IRS
that you were subject to backup withholding you received another
notification from the IRS that you are no longer subject to
backup withholding, do not cross out item 2.
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Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
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1. The number shown on this
form is my correct TIN or a TIN has not been issued to me and
either (a) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive
a TIN to the appropriate IRS Center or Social
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Security Administration Office, or (b) I intend to mail or
deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if
I do not provide my TIN to the payor, a portion of all
reportable payments made to me by the payor will be withheld
until I provide my TIN to the payor and that, if I do not
provide my TIN to the payor within 60 days of submitting
this Substitute Form W-9, such retained amounts shall be
remitted to the IRS as backup withholding.
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2. I am not subject to
backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup
withholding, (b) I have not been notified by the IRS that I am
subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report
all interest or dividends or (c) the IRS has notified me that I
am no longer subject to backup withholding.
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3. I am a U.S. person
(including a U.S. resident alien).
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THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE DOES NOT REQUIRE YOUR CONSENT TO
ANY PROVISION OF THIS DOCUMENT OTHER THAN THE CERTIFICATIONS
REQUIRED TO AVOID BACKUP WITHHOLDING.
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BOX
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SPECIAL
ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 3 and 4)
To be completed ONLY if certificates for Initial Notes in a
principal amount not exchanged, or Exchange Notes, are to be
issued in the name of someone other than the person whose
signature appears in Box 2, or if Initial Notes delivered by
book-entry transfer which are not accepted for exchange are to
be returned by credit to an account maintained at the Book-Entry
Transfer Facility other than the account indicated above.
Issue and deliver:
(check appropriate boxes)
o Initial
Notes not tendered
o Exchange
Notes, to:
Name(s):
(PLEASE
PRINT)
Address:
Please complete the Substitute
Form W-9
at Box 3
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BOX
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SPECIAL
DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 3 and 4)
To be completed ONLY if certificates for Initial Notes in a
principal amount not exchanged, or Exchange Notes, are to be
sent to someone other than the person whose signature appears in
Box 2 or to an address other than shown in Box 1.
Deliver:
(check appropriate boxes)
o Initial
Notes not tendered
o Exchange
Notes, to:
Name:
(PLEASE
PRINT)
Address:
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INSTRUCTIONS
Forming
Part of the Terms and
Conditions
of the Exchange Offer
1. Delivery of this Letter and Certificates.
Certificates for Initial Notes or a Book-Entry
Confirmation, as the case may be, as well as a properly
completed and duly executed copy of this Letter and any other
documents required by this Letter, must be received by the
Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth herein on or
before the expiration of the Exchange Offer on the Expiration
Date. The method of delivery of this Letter, certificates for
Initial Notes or a Book-Entry Confirmation, as the case may be,
and any other required documents is at the election and risk of
the tendering holder, but except as otherwise provided below,
the delivery will be deemed made when actually received by the
Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, the use of registered
mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is
suggested.
Holders whose Initial Notes are not immediately available or who
cannot deliver their Initial Notes or a Book-Entry Confirmation,
as the case may be, and all other required documents to the
Exchange Agent on or before the Expiration Date may tender their
Initial Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set
forth in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedure:
(i) tender must be made by or through an Eligible
Institution (as defined in the Prospectus under the caption
“The Exchange Offer—How to Tender”);
(ii) prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer on the
Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent must have received from the
Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail
or hand delivery) (x) setting forth the name and address of
the holder, the description of the Initial Notes and the
principal amount of Initial Notes tendered, (y) stating
that the tender is being made thereby and (z) guaranteeing
that, within three business days after the date of execution of
such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, this Letter together with
the certificates representing the Initial Notes or a Book-Entry
Confirmation, as the case may be, and any other documents
required by this Letter will be deposited by the Eligible
Institution with the Exchange Agent; and (iii) this Letter,
the certificates for all tendered Initial Notes or a Book-Entry
Confirmation, as the case may be, as well as all other documents
required by this Letter, must be received by the Exchange Agent
within three business days after the date of execution of such
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided in the Prospectus
under the caption “The Exchange Offer—How to
Tender.”
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including
time of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of tendered Initial
Notes will be determined by the Company, whose determination
will be final and binding. The Company reserves the absolute
right to reject any or all tenders that are not in proper form
or the acceptance of which, in the opinion of the Company’s
counsel, would be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right
to waive any irregularities or defects or conditions of tender
as to particular Initial Notes. All tendering holders, by
execution of this Letter, waive any right to receive notice of
acceptance of their Initial Notes.
Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person
shall be obligated to give notice of defects or irregularities
in any tender, nor shall any of them incur any liability for
failure to give any such notice.
2. Partial Tenders; Withdrawals.
If less than the entire principal amount of any
Initial Note evidenced by a submitted certificate or by a
Book-Entry Confirmation is tendered, the tendering holder must
fill in the principal amount tendered in the fourth column of
Box 1 above, provided, however, that no notes of $2,000 or less
shall be accepted in part. All of the Initial Notes represented
by a certificate or by a
Book-Entry
Confirmation delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to
have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. A certificate for
Initial Notes not tendered will be sent to the holder, unless
otherwise provided in Box 5, as soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date, in the event that less than the entire
principal amount of Initial Notes represented by a submitted
certificate is tendered (or, in the case of Initial Notes
tendered by book-entry transfer, such non-exchanged Initial
Notes will be credited to an account maintained by the holder
with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility).
If not yet accepted, a tender pursuant to the Exchange Offer may
be withdrawn prior to the Expiration Date; or for Book-Entry
Transfer Facility participants, each holder wishing to withdraw
a tender must comply
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with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s operating
procedures for electronic tenders and the Exchange Agent must
receive an electronic notice of withdrawal from the Book-Entry
Transfer Facility, as the case may be. To be effective with
respect to the tender of Initial Notes, a written or facsimile
transmission of notice of withdrawal must: (i) be received
by the Exchange Agent at the address indicated above before the
Company notifies the Exchange Agent that it has accepted the
tender of Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer;
(ii) specify the name of the person named in this Letter as
having tendered the Initial Notes; (iii) contain a
description of the Initial Notes to be withdrawn (including the
certificate numbers shown on the particular certificates
evidencing such Initial Notes and the principal amount, which
must be an authorized denomination, of Initial Notes represented
by such certificates or, in the case of Initial Notes
transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the
account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited);
(iv) a statement that such holder is withdrawing his, her
or its election to have such Initial Notes exchanged;
(v) the name of the registered holder of such Initial
Notes; and (vi) be signed by the holder in the same manner
as the original signature on this Letter (including any required
signature guarantee) or be accompanied by evidence satisfactory
to the Company that the person withdrawing the tender has
succeeded to the beneficial ownership of the Initial Notes being
withdrawn.
3. Signatures on this Letter; Assignments;
Guarantee of Signatures. If this Letter is
signed by the holder(s) of Initial Notes tendered hereby, the
signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the
face of the certificate(s) for such Initial Notes, without
alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
If any of the Initial Notes tendered hereby are owned by two or
more joint owners, all owners must sign this Letter. If any
tendered Initial Notes are held in different names on several
certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit
as many separate copies of this Letter as there are names in
which certificates are held.
If this Letter is signed by the holder of record and
(i) the entire principal amount of the holder’s
Initial Notes are tendered
and/or
(ii) untendered Initial Notes, if any, are to be issued to
the holder of record, then the holder of record need not endorse
any certificates for tendered Initial Notes, nor provide a
separate bond power. In any other case, the holder of record
must transmit a separate bond power with this Letter.
If this Letter or any certificate or assignment is signed by
trustees, executors, administrators, guardians,
attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in
a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so
indicate when signing and proper evidence satisfactory to the
Company of their authority to so act must be submitted, unless
waived by the Company.
Signatures on this Letter must be guaranteed by an Eligible
Institution, unless Initial Notes are tendered: (i) by a
holder who has not completed the Box entitled “Special
Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery
Instructions” on this Letter; or (ii) for the account
of an Eligible Institution. In the event that the signatures in
this Letter or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are
required to be guaranteed, such guarantees must be by an
eligible guarantor institution which is a member of The
Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (STAMP), The New
York Stock Exchanges Medallion Signature Program (MSP) or The
Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (SEMP) (collectively,
“Eligible Institutions”). If Initial Notes are
registered in the name of a person other than the signer of this
Letter, the Initial Notes surrendered for exchange must be
endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer or exchange, in satisfactory form as
determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, duly executed
by the registered holder with the signature thereon guaranteed
by an Eligible Institution.
4. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions.
Tendering holders should indicate, in Box 4 or
5, as applicable, the name and address to which the Exchange
Notes or certificates for Initial Notes not exchanged are to be
issued or sent, if different from the name and address of the
person signing this Letter. In the case of issuance in a
different name, the taxpayer identification number of the person
named must also be indicated. Holders tendering Initial Notes by
book-entry transfer may request that Initial Notes not exchanged
be credited to such account maintained at the Book-Entry
Transfer Facility as such holder may designate.
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Taxpayer Identification Number.
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Under U.S. federal income tax laws, payments made by the
Company on account of Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the
Exchange Offer may be subject to
back-up
withholding (currently at a rate of 28%). In
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order to prevent
back-up
withholding, each tendering holder must provide the Exchange
Agent with his or her correct taxpayer identification number
(“TIN”), which, in the case of a holder who is an
individual, is his or her social security number. If the
Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN, the holder
may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue
Service (“IRS”). In addition, each tendering holder
must complete the “Substitute
Form W-9”
in Box 3 certifying that the TIN provided is correct (or that
the holder is awaiting a TIN) and that: (i) the holder has
not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that he or she
is subject to
back-up
withholding as a result of failure to report all interest or
dividends; (ii) the IRS has notified the holder that he or
she is no longer subject to
back-up
withholding; or (iii) certify in accordance with the
“Substitute
Form W-9”
that such holder is exempt from
back-up
withholding.
Certain holders (including, among others, all corporations and
certain foreign individuals) are exempt from these
back-up
withholding and reporting requirements. To prevent possible
erroneous
back-up
withholding, an exempt U.S. holder must check the
appropriate box under “Payee Information,” enter its
correct TIN in Part I of the Substitute
Form W-9,
and sign and date the form. See the Substitute
Form W-9
in Box 3 for additional instructions. In order for a nonresident
alien or foreign entity to qualify as exempt, such person must
submit a completed IRS
Form W-8BEN
(or other applicable IRS form), signed under penalties of
perjury attesting to such exempt status. Such forms may be
obtained from the Exchange Agent.
If you do not have a TIN, check the box “Applied For”
in Part I of the Substitute
Form W-9
and sign and date the form. If you do not provide your TIN to
the payor within 60 days,
back-up
withholding will begin and continue until you furnish your TIN
to the payor. Note: Checking the “Applied For” box in
Part I of the Substitute
Form W-9
indicates that you have already applied for a TIN or that you
intend to apply for one in the near future.
If you have any questions concerning the Substitute
Form W-9
or any information required therein, please contact the Exchange
Agent, as payor.
6. Transfer Taxes. The Company
will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer
of Initial Notes to it or its order pursuant to the Exchange
Offer. If, however, the Exchange Notes or certificates for
Initial Notes not exchanged are to be delivered to, or are to be
issued in the name of, any person other than the record holder,
or if tendered certificates are recorded in the name of any
person other than the person signing this Letter, or if a
transfer tax is imposed by any reason other than the transfer of
Initial Notes to the Company or its order pursuant to the
Exchange Offer, then the amount of such transfer taxes (whether
imposed on the record holder or any other person) will be
payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of
payment of taxes or exemption from taxes is not submitted with
this Letter, the amount of transfer taxes will be billed
directly to the tendering holder.
Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be
necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the
certificates listed in this Letter.
7. Waiver of Conditions. The
Company reserves the absolute right to amend or waive, in whole
or in part at any time, or from time to time, prior to the
expiration of the Exchange Offer, other than the receipt of
necessary governmental approvals which may be waived after the
expiration of the Exchange Offer, any of the specified
conditions in the Exchange Offer in the case of any Initial
Notes tendered.
8. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates. Any holder whose certificates for
Initial Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed
should contact the Exchange Agent at the address indicated
above, for further instructions.
9. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.
Questions relating to the procedure for
tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the
Prospectus or this Letter, may be directed to the Exchange Agent.
Important: This Letter (together with
certificates representing tendered Initial Notes or a Book-Entry
Confirmation and all other required documents) must be received
by the Exchange Agent, or the guaranteed delivery procedures
must be complied with, on or before the Expiration Date (as
defined in the Prospectus).
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