EXHIBIT 99.1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
To Tender for Exchange
95/8% Senior Notes due 2013
of
Parker Drilling Company
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated July 18, 2005
THIS OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2005 UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS OF PRIVATE NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
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By Mail:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 2001 Bryan Street, Floor 10 Dallas, TX 75201 Attention: Frank Ivins | | By Facsimile:
(214) 468-6494
Confirm by Telephone:
(800) 275-2048 | | By Hand:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 2001 Bryan Street, Floor 10 Dallas, TX 75201 Attention: Frank Ivins | | By Overnight Courier:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 2001 Bryan Street, Floor 10 Dallas, TX 75201 Attention: Frank Ivins |
DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
HOLDERS WHO WISH TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE EXCHANGE NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) THEIR PRIVATE NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders (“Holders”) of 95/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Private Notes”) of Parker Drilling Company (the “Company”) to receive 95/8% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Exchange Notes”) of the Company if: (i) certificates representing Private Notes are to be physically delivered to the Exchange Agent herewith by such Holder; (ii) tender of Private Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Book-Entry Transfer” in the Prospectus dated July 18, 2005 (the “Prospectus”); or (iii) tender of Private Notes is to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus. All capitalized terms used herein and not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Prospectus.
DTC participants that are accepting the exchange offer as set forth in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”) must transmit their acceptance to DTC which will edit and verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC. DTC will then send an agent’s message to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance. Delivery of the agent’s message by DTC will satisfy the terms of the Exchange Offer as to execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal by the participant identified in the agent’s message. By tendering Private Notes pursuant to the book-entry procedures established by DTC, the participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal as if such participant had signed and physically delivered such document to the Exchange Agent.
Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.
If a Holder wishes to surrender Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and cannot meet the Expiration Date deadline, or cannot deliver the Private Notes, the Letter of Transmittal or any other documentation on time, then the Holder must surrender the Private Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. See Instruction 2.
The undersigned should complete, execute and deliver this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer.
TENDER OF PRIVATE NOTES
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List below the Private Notes to which this Letter of Transmittal relates. The name(s) and address(es) of the registered Holder(s) should be printed, if not already printed below, exactly as they appear on the Private Notes tendered herewith. The Private Notes and the principal amount of Private Notes that the undersigned wishes to tender should be indicated in the appropriate boxes. If the space provided is inadequate, list the certificate number(s) and principal amount(s) on a separately executed schedule and affix the schedule to this Letter of Transmittal.
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DESCRIPTION OF PRIVATE NOTES |
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Instruction 3 | | Certificate Number(s)* | | Represented** | | Tendered** |
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** Unless otherwise specified, the entire aggregate principal amount represented by the Private Notes described above will be deemed to be rendered. See Instruction 4. |
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NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW.
PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to Parker Drilling Company (the “Company”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Prospectus dated July 18, 2005 (the “Prospectus”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in accordance with this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”), the principal amount of Private Notes indicated in the foregoing table entitled “Description of Private Notes” under the column heading “Principal Amount Tendered.”
Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for purchase of the principal amount of Private Notes tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Private Notes tendered hereby. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Company) with respect to such Private Notes, with full powers of substitution and revocation (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (i) present such Private Notes and all evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or transfer ownership of, such Private Notes on the account books maintained by DTC to, or upon the order of, the Company, (ii) present such Private Notes for transfer of ownership on the books of the Company, and (iii) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Private Notes, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer as described in the Prospectus.
The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Private Notes tendered hereby and that the Company will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all security interests, liens, restrictions, charges, encumbrances, conditional sale agreements or other obligations relating to their sale or transfer, and not subject to any adverse claim, when the same are accepted by the Company. The undersigned also warrants that it will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, exchange, assignment and transfer of the Private Notes tendered hereby. The undersigned hereby further represents that any Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Private Notes tendered hereby will have been acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the undersigned, that neither the holder of such Private Notes nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes and that neither the Holder of such Private Notes nor any such other person is an “affiliate”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Company or a broker-dealer tendering the Private Notes acquired directly from the Company for its own account.
The undersigned also acknowledges that this Exchange Offer is being made in reliance on interpretations by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the provisions of the Securities Act), provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders have no arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. The Company, however, does not intend to request the SEC to consider, and the SEC has not considered, the Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action letter, and there can be no assurance that the staff of the SEC would make a similar determination with respect to the Exchange Offer as in other circumstances. If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes and has no arrangement or understanding to participate in a distribution of Exchange Notes. If any Holder is an affiliate of the Company, is engaged in or intends to engage in or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such Holder (i) could not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC and (ii) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Private Notes acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”), it represents that the Private Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-
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making or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to time) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, such Participating Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
The Company has agreed that, subject to the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 21, 2005, among the Company and the initial purchaser, the Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Participating Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of Exchange Notes received in exchange for Private Notes which were acquired by such Participating Broker-Dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities, for a period ending one year after the Expiration Date (subject to extension under certain limited circumstances described in the Prospectus) or, if earlier, when all such Exchange Notes have been disposed of by such Participating Broker-Dealer. In that regard, each Participating Broker-Dealer by tendering such Private Notes and executing this Letter of Transmittal, agrees that, upon receipt of notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event or the discovery of any fact which makes any statement contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which causes the Prospectus to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, such Participating Broker-Dealer will suspend the sale of Exchange Notes pursuant to the Prospectus until the Company has amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented Prospectus to the Participating Broker-Dealer or the Company has given notice that the sale of the Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be. If the Company gives such notice to suspend the sale of the Exchange Notes, it shall extend the one year period referred to above during which Participating Broker-Dealers are entitled to use the Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Notes by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when Participating Broker-Dealers shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to permit resales of the Exchange Notes or to and including the date on which the Company has given notice that the sale of Exchange Notes may be resumed, as the case may be.
The undersigned understands that tenders of Private Notes may be withdrawn by written or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal received by the Exchange Agent at any time prior to the Expiration Date. In the event of a termination of the Exchange Offer, the Private Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be returned to the tendering Holders promptly, at no cost, (or, in the case of Private Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, such Private Notes will be credited to the account maintained at DTC from which such Private Notes were delivered). If the waiver of an unsatisfied condition by the Company constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, the Company will promptly disclose the waiver by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered Holders, and the Company will extend the Exchange Offer to the extent required by law.
The undersigned understands that the tender of Private Notes pursuant to any of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus and in the instructions hereto will constitute the undersigned’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer. The Company’s acceptance for exchange of Private Notes tendered pursuant to any of the procedures described in the Prospectus will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Company in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer. The undersigned recognizes that, under certain circumstances set forth in the prospectus, the Company may not be required to accept for exchange any of the Private Notes tendered hereby.
All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this Letter of Transmittal shall not be affected by, and shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal and legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
The undersigned understands that the delivery and surrender of any Private Notes is not effective, and the risk of loss of the Private Notes does not pass to the Exchange Agent or the Company, until receipt by the Exchange Agent of this Letter of Transmittal, or a manually signed facsimile hereof, properly completed and duly executed, together with all accompanying evidences of authority and any other required documents in form satisfactory to the Company. All questions as to the validity, form, acceptance, withdrawal and eligibility, including time of receipt of surrendered private notes, will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. The
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Company reserves the absolute right to reject any and all Private Notes not properly surrendered, to reject any Private Notes if acceptance of them would, in the opinion of the Company’s counsel, be unlawful and to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of surrender as to particular Private Notes.
Unless waived, the undersigned must cure any defects or irregularities in connection with surrenders of Private Notes on or before the Expiration Date. Although the Company intends to notify Holders of defects or irregularities in connection with surrenders of Private Notes, neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor anyone else will be liable for failure to give such notice. Surrenders of Private Notes will not be deemed to have been made until any defects or irregularities have been cured or waived.
Unless otherwise indicated herein under “Special Issuance Instructions,” the undersigned hereby requests that any Private Notes representing principal amounts not tendered or not accepted for exchange be issued in the name(s) of the undersigned (and in the case of Private Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, by credit to the account of DTC), and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer be issued to the undersigned. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated herein under “Special Delivery Instructions,” the undersigned hereby requests that any Private Notes representing principal amounts not tendered or not accepted for exchange and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer be delivered to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature(s). In the event that the “Special Issuance Instructions” box or the “Special Delivery Instructions” box is, or both are, completed, the undersigned hereby requests that any Private Notes representing principal amounts not tendered or not accepted for purchase be issued in the name(s) of, certificates for such Private Notes be delivered to, and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer be issued in the name(s) of, and be delivered to, the person(s) at the address(es) so indicated, as applicable. The undersigned recognizes that the Company has no obligation pursuant to the “Special Issuance Instructions” box or “Special Delivery Instructions” box to transfer any Private Notes from the name of the registered Holder(s) thereof if the Company does not accept for exchange any of the principal amount of such Private Notes so tendered.
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SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7)
To be completed ONLY if Private Notes in a principal amount not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued in the name of, or Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of, someone other than the person(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) within this Letter of Transmittal or issued to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Private Notes” within this Letter of Transmittal.
o Exchange Notes
(check as applicable)
Name:
(Please Print)
Address:
(Please Print)
(Zip Code)
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)
(See Substitute Form W-9 Herein)
SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 1, 5, 6 and 7)
To be completed ONLY if Private Notes in a principal amount not tendered or not accepted for exchange or Exchange Notes are to be sent to someone other than the person(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) within this Letter of Transmittal or to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Private Notes” within this Letter of Transmittal.
o Exchange Notes
(check as applicable)
Name:
(Please Print)
Address:
(Please Print)
(Zip Code)
(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)
(See Substitute Form W-9 Herein)
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PLEASE SIGN HERE
(To be completed by all tendering Holders of Private Notes
regardless of whether Private Notes are being physically delivered herewith)
This Letter of Transmittal must be signed by the registered Holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for Private Notes or, if tendered by a participant in DTC, exactly as such participant’s name appears on a security position listing as owner of Private Notes, or by the person(s) authorized to become registered Holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title and see Instruction 5.
Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s) or Authorized Signatory
(See Guarantee Requirement Below)
Dated:
Name(s):
(Please Print)
Capacity (Full Title):
Address:
(Including Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone Number:
Tax Identification or Social Security Number:
(Complete Accompanying Substitute Form W-9)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
(IF REQUIRED — SEE INSTRUCTIONS 1 AND 5)
Authorized Signature
Name of Firm
[Place Seal Here]
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INSTRUCTIONS
Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer
1. Signature Guarantees. In the event that signatures on this letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are required to be guaranteed, the guarantee must be made by an Eligible Institution. As used herein and in the Prospectus, “Eligible Institution” means a firm or other entity identified in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as “an eligible guarantor institution,” including (as such terms are defined therein) (1) a bank; (2) a broker, dealer, municipal securities broker or dealer or government securities broker or dealer; (3) a credit union; (4) a national securities exchange, registered securities association or clearing agency; or (5) a savings association. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution unless the Private Notes surrendered hereby are surrendered (i) by a registered Holder of Private Notes that has not completed the box titled “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 5.
2. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Private Notes. This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by Holders if (i) certificates representing Private Notes are to be physically delivered to the Exchange Agent herewith by such Holders; (ii) tender of Private Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Book-Entry Transfer” in the Prospectus, or (iii) tender of Private Notes is to be made according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. All physically delivered Private Notes, or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of all Private Notes delivered electronically, as well as a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile thereof), any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the cover page hereto on or prior to the Expiration Date, or the tendering Holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below.Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.
If a Holder desires to tender Private Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and time will not permit this Letter of Transmittal, certificates representing such Private Notes and all other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent, or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed, on or prior to the Expiration Date, such Holder must tender such Private Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures:
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Any Holder of Exchange Notes who wishes to tender his Exchange Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above must ensure that the Exchange Agent receives the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The Exchange Agent will send a notice of guaranteed delivery upon request if Private Notes are surrendered according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.
The method of delivery of this Letter of Transmittal, the Private Notes and all other required documents, including delivery through DTC, is at the election and risk of the tendering Holder and, except as otherwise provided in this Instruction 2, delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the Exchange Agent. If delivery is by mail, it
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is suggested that the Holder use properly insured, registered mail with return receipt requested, and that the mailing be made sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to permit delivery to the Exchange Agent prior to such date.
No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering Holders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile thereof), waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of their Private Notes for exchange.
3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided herein is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the principal amount represented by Private Notes should be listed on a separate signed schedule attached hereto.
4. Partial Tenders. (Not applicable to Holders who tender by book-entry transfer). If Holders wish to tender less than the entire principal amount evidenced by a Private Note submitted, such Holders must fill in the principal amount that is to be tendered in the “Principal Amount Tendered” column of the box entitled “Description of Private Notes” on page of this Letter of Transmittal. The minimum permitted tender is $1,000 in principal amount of Private Notes. All other tenders must be in integral multiples of $1,000 in principal amount. In the case of a partial tender of Private Notes, as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date, new certificates for the remainder of the Private Notes that were evidenced by such Holder’s old certificates will be sent to such Holder, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal. The entire principal amount that is represented by Private Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered, unless otherwise indicated.
5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal, Instruments of Transfer and Endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered Holder(s) of the Private Notes tendered hereby, the signatures must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificate(s) without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a participant in DTC whose name is shown as the owner of the Private Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond with the name shown on the security position listing as the owner of the Private Notes.
If any of the Private Notes tendered hereby are registered in the name of two or more Holders, all such Holders must sign this Letter of Transmittal. If any of the Private Notes tendered hereby are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates.
If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or bond powers or any Private Note or instrument of transfer is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, agent, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of such person’s authority to so act must be submitted. Unless waived by the Company, such person must submit with this Letter of Transmittal evidence satisfactory to the Company of such person’s authority to act in the particular capacity.
When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered Holder(s) of the Private Notes listed herein and transmitted hereby, no endorsements of Private Notes or separate instruments of transfer are required unless Exchange Notes are to be issued, or Private Notes not tendered or exchanged are to be issued, to a person other than the registered Holder(s), in which case signatures on such Private Notes or instruments of transfer must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed other than by the registered Holder of any Private Notes listed in this Letter of Transmittal, then such Private Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power. The bond power must authorize the party signing this Letter of Transmittal to tender the Private Notes on behalf of the registered Holder and must be signed by the registered Holder as the registered Holder’s name appears on the Private Notes. Signatures on such certificate(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
6. Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions. If certificates for Exchange Notes or unexchanged or untendered Private Notes are to be issued in the name of a person other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal, or if Exchange Notes or such Private Notes are to be sent to someone other than the signer of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown herein, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. All Private Notes tendered by book-entry transfer and not accepted for payment will be returned by crediting the account at DTC designated herein as the account for which such Private Notes were delivered.
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7. Transfer Taxes. The Company will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the transfer of Private Notes to it or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, Exchange Notes and/or substitute Private Notes not exchanged are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the Holder of the Private Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered Private Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the transfer of Private Notes to the Company or its order pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the Holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering Holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering Holder.
Except as provided in this Instruction 7, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Private Notes specified in this Letter of Transmittal.
8. Waiver of Conditions. The conditions of the Exchange Offer may be amended or waived by the Company in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in the Company’s sole discretion in the case of any Private Notes tendered.
9. Substitute Form W-9. Each tendering owner of a Private Note (or other payee) is required to provide the Exchange Agent with a correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), generally the owner’s social security or federal employer identification number, and with certain other information, on Substitute Form W-9, which is provided hereafter under “Important Tax Information,” and to certify that the owner (or other payee) is not subject to backup withholding. Failure to provide the information on the Substitute Form W-9 may subject the tendering owner (or other payee) to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and 28% federal income tax withholding. The box in Part 3 of the Substitute Form W-9 may be checked if the tendering owner (or other payee) has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future. If the box in Part 3 is checked and the Exchange Agent is not provided with a TIN within 60 days of the date on the Substitute Form W-9, the Exchange Agent will withhold 28% until a TIN is provided to the Exchange Agent.
10. Broker-dealers Participating in the Exchange Offer. If no broker-dealer checks the last box on page 7 of this Letter of Transmittal, the Company has no obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to allow the use of the Prospectus for resales of the Exchange Notes by broker-dealers or to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus is a part after the consummation of the Exchange Offer.
11. Irregularities. The Company will determine, in its sole discretion, all questions as to the form of documents, validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for exchange of any tender of Private Notes, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which, or exchange for which, may, in the view of counsel to the Company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the absolute right, subject to applicable law, to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer” or any conditions or irregularity in any tender of Private Notes of any particular Holder whether or not similar conditions or irregularities are waived in the case of other Holders.
The Company’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including this Letter of Transmittal and the instructions hereto) will be final and binding. No tender of Private Notes will be deemed to have been validly made until all irregularities with respect to such tender have been cured or waived. Although the Company intends to notify Holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Private Notes, neither the Company, any employees, agents, affiliates or assigns of the Company, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification.
12. No Conditional Tenders. No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering Holders of Private Notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of their Private Notes for exchange.
13. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Private Notes. Any tendering Holder whose Private Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Exchange Agent at the address indicated on the front of this Letter of Transmittal for further instructions.
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14. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of the Prospectus, this Letter of Transmittal or the notice of guaranteed delivery may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the telephone numbers and location listed on the cover page of this Letter of Transmittal. A Holder or owner may also contact such Holder’s or owner’s broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company or nominee for assistance concerning the Exchange Offer.
15. Incorporation of Letter of Transmittal. This Letter of Transmittal shall be deemed to be incorporated in any tender of Private Notes by any DTC participant effected through procedures established by DTC and, by virtue of such tender, such participant shall be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted this Letter of Transmittal on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of any Private Notes so tendered. By tendering Private Notes pursuant to book-entry procedures established by DTC, the DTC participant agrees to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal as if such participant had signed and physically delivered such document to the Exchange Agent.
IMPORTANT: This Letter of Transmittal (or a facsimile hereof), together with certificates representing the Private Notes and all other required documents or the notice of guaranteed delivery, must be received by the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date.
IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION
Under federal income tax law, an owner of Private Notes whose tendered Private Notes are accepted for exchange is required to provide the Exchange Agent with such owner’s current TIN on Substitute Form W-9 below. If such owner is an individual, the TIN is his or her social security number. If the Exchange Agent is not provided with the correct TIN, the owner or other recipient of Exchange Notes may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, any interest on Exchange Notes paid to such owner or other recipient may be subject to 28% backup withholding tax.
Certain owners of Notes (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. In order for a foreign individual to qualify as an exempt recipient, that owner must submit to the Exchange Agent a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8EXP or W-8IMY (collectively, a “Form W-8”), signed under penalties of perjury attesting to that individual’s exempt status. Failure to provide the information required by Form W-8 may subject the tendering owner (or other payee) to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and 28% federal income tax withholding. A Form W-8 can be obtained from the Exchange Agent.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the federal income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service.
Purpose of Substitute Form W-9
To prevent backup withholding the owner is required to notify the Exchange Agent of the owner’s current TIN (or the TIN of any other payee) by completing the following form, certifying that the TIN provided on Substitute Form W-9 is correct (or that such owner is awaiting a TIN), and that (i) the owner is exempt from withholding, (ii) the owner has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that the owner is subject to backup withholding as a result of failure to report all interest or dividends or (iii) the Internal Revenue Service has notified the owner that the owner is no longer subject to backup withholding. See the enclosed “Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9” for additional instructions.
What Number to Give the Exchange Agent
The Holder is required to give the Exchange Agent the TIN (e.g., social security number or employer identification number) of the owner of the Private Notes. If the Private Notes are registered in more than one name or are not registered in the name of the actual owner consult the enclosed “Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9,” for additional guidance on which number to report.
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SUBSTITUTE Form W-9 | | Part 1 —PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT THE RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW. | | Social Security Number(s) or Employer Identification Number(s) |
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Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service | | Part 2 — Certifications — Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: |
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Payer’s Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”) | | (1) The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me) and
(2) I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup Number (“TIN”) withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (“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.
(3) I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien). |
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NOTE: | FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN A $50 PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28%. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. |
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED THE BOX IN PART 3 OF SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.
CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office, or (2) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number within 60 days of the date in this form, 28% of all reportable cash payments made to me will be withheld until I provide a taxpayer identification number.
Signature: ______________________________ Date: ______________________________
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