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Exhibit 99.4
FORM OF LETTER TO REGISTERED HOLDERS & DEPOSITARY TRUST
LETTER TO REGISTERED HOLDERS &
DEPOSITORY TRUST
REDDY ICE GROUP, INC.
LETTER TO REGISTERED HOLDERS AND
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY PARTICIPANTS
FOR TENDER OF ALL OUTSTANDING
87/8% OLD SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2011
IN EXCHANGE FOR
87/8% NEW SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2011
THAT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2003, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). TENDERS IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To Registered Holders and Depository Trust Company Participants:
We are enclosing herewith the material listed below relating to the offer by Reddy Ice Group, Inc. a Texas corporation, to exchange its 87/8% Old Senior Subordinate Notes due 2011 (the "Old Notes") for a like principal amount of Reddy Ice Group, Inc.'s issued and outstanding 87/8% New Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the "New Notes") which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the prospectus, dated July 17, 2003, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "exchange offer").
Enclosed herewith are copies of the following documents:
- 1.
- Prospectus dated July 17, 2003;
- 2.
- Letter of Transmittal (together with accompanying Substitute Form W-9 Guidelines);
- 3.
- Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;
- 4.
- Letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Old Notes in your name or in the name of your nominee;
- 5.
- Letter that may be sent from your clients to you with such clients' instruction with regard to the exchange offer (included in item 4 above); and
- 6.
- Letter to the holders of Old Notes.
We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the exchange offer will expire on the Expiration Date unless extended. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Old Notes being tendered.
Pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal, each holder of Old Notes will represent to Reddy Ice Group, Inc. that:
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- the New Notes acquired in exchange for Old Notes pursuant to the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Notes, whether or not the holder;
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- the holder is not participating in, and has no arrangement with any person to participate in, the distribution of New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act; and
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- neither the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate" (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of Reddy Ice Group, Inc. or a broker-dealer tendering New Notes acquired directly from Reddy Ice Group, Inc.
If the holder is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes.
The enclosed Letter to Clients contains an authorization by the beneficial owners of the Old Notes for you to make the foregoing representations.
Reddy Ice Group, Inc. will not pay any fee or commission to any broker or dealer or to any other persons (other than the exchange agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of New Notes pursuant to the exchange offer. Reddy Ice Group, Inc. will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes payable on the transfer of Old Notes to it, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 7 of the enclosed Letter of Transmittal.
Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from the exchange agent by calling—.
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REDDY ICE GROUP, INC. |
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