4. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Instruments of Transfer, Guarantee of Signatures. For purposes of this Letter of Transmittal, the term “registered holder” means an owner of record as well as any DTC participant that has Duke Realty Notes credited to its DTC account. Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a recognized participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed if:
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this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing of DTC as the owner of the Duke Realty Notes and the holder(s) has/have not completed either of the boxes entitled “Special Issuance and Payment Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal; or
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the Duke Realty Notes are tendered for the account of an eligible institution.
An eligible institution is one of the following firms or other entities identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (as the terms are defined in such Rule):
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a bank;
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a broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer, municipal securities broker, government securities dealer or government securities broker;
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a credit union;
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a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or
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a savings institution that is a participant in a Securities Transfer Association recognized program.
If any of the Duke Realty Notes tendered are held by two or more registered holders, all of the registered holders must sign this Letter of Transmittal.
Prologis OP will not accept any alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders. By executing this Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof) or directing DTC to transmit an agent’s message, you waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of your Duke Realty Notes for exchange.
If this Letter of Transmittal or instruments of transfer are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians or attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and, unless waived by Prologis OP, evidence satisfactory to Prologis OP of their authority so to act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.
Beneficial owners whose tendered Duke Realty Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee must contact such broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee if such beneficial owners desire to tender such Duke Realty Notes.
5. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions. If a check is to be issued with respect to the cash due upon exchange for the Duke Realty Notes tendered hereby to a person or to an address other than as indicated in the table entitled “Description of the Duke Realty Notes Tendered and in Respect of Which a Consent is Given,” the signer of this Letter of Transmittal should complete the “Special Issuance and Payment Instructions” and/or “Special Delivery Instructions” boxes on this Letter of Transmittal. All Duke Realty Notes tendered by book-entry transfer and not accepted for exchange will otherwise be returned by crediting the account at DTC designated above for which Duke Realty Notes were delivered.
6. Transfer Taxes. Prologis OP will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer and sale of Duke Realty Notes to Prologis OP in the exchange offers. If transfer taxes are imposed for any other reason, the amount of those transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holders or any other persons, will be payable by the tendering holder.
If satisfactory evidence of payment of or exemption from those transfer taxes is not submitted with this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of those transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering holder and/or withheld from any payments due with respect to the Duke Realty Notes tendered by such holder.
7. U.S. Federal Backup Withholding and Withholding Tax, Tax Identification Number. U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a holder of Duke Realty Notes that is a U.S. person, whose notes are