EXHIBIT 99.5
FORM OF LETTER TO NOMINEES
PULTE CORPORATION
Offer to Exchange
Registered 9 1/2% Notes due 2003
For Any and All Outstanding Unregistered
9 1/2% Notes due 2003
,
2000
To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks Trust Companies and Other
Nominees:
PULTE CORPORATION (the “Company”) is offering, upon and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus,
dated
,
2000 (the “Prospectus”), and the enclosed Letter of
Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), to exchange
(the “Exchange Offer”) its 9 1/2% Notes due
2003 (the “New Notes”) which have been registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for all of its
outstanding unregistered 9 1/2% Notes due 2003 (the
“Original Notes”). The Exchange Offer is being made in
order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in
the Registration Rights Agreement dated April 3, 2000, by
and between the Company and the initial purchasers named therein,
relating to the Original Notes.
We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold
Original Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your
information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold
Original Notes registered in your name or in the name of your
nominee, or who hold Original Notes registered in their own
names, we are enclosing the following documents:
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1. Prospectus dated
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2000; |
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2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the
information of your clients; |
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3. A form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; |
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4. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for
whose accounts you hold Original Notes registered in your name or
the name of your nominee, along with an instruction form for
obtaining such clients’ instructions with respect to the
Exchange Offer; and |
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5. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification
Number on Substitute Form W-9. |
YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUIRED. THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE
AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
,
2000, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (THE “EXPIRATION
DATE”). ORIGINAL NOTES TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE
OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To participate in the Exchange Offer, certificates for Original
Notes, or a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such
Original Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the
Depository Trust Company, together with a duly executed and
properly completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof),
with any required signature guarantees and any other required
documents, should be sent to the Exchange Agent, all in
accordance with the instructions set forth in the Letter of
Transmittal and the Prospectus.
If the registered holder of Original Notes desires to tender, but
such Original Notes are not immediately available, or time will
not permit such holder’s Original Notes or other required
documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the Expiration Date,
or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on
a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the
guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under
“The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures.”
We will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial
banks and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and
expenses incurred by them in forwarding the prospectus and the
related
documents to the beneficial owners of Original Notes held by them
as nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. We will pay or cause to
be paid all transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of Original
Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except as set forth in
Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer, or
requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials, should
be directed to the Exchange Agent at its address and telephone
number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
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Very truly yours, |
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PULTE CORPORATION |
NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE
YOU OR ANY PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE
AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT
OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT
TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN
THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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