Exhibit 99.03
Instruction to Registered Holder
from Beneficial Owner of
8¼% Senior Notes due 2012
of Portola Packaging, Inc.
To Registered Holder:
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated , 2004 (the “Prospectus”) of Portola Packaging, Inc. (“Portola”), and accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), that together constitute Portola’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange $1,000 in stated amount at maturity of a new series of 8¼% Senior Notes Due 2012 (the “Exchange Notes”) of Portola for each $1,000 in stated amount at maturity of outstanding 8¼% Senior Notes Due 2012 originally issued on January 23, 2004 (the “Outstanding Notes”) of Portola.
This will instruct you, the registered holder, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the Exchange Offer with respect to the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.
The aggregate face amount of the Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned is (fill in amount):
$ of 8¼% Senior Notes Due 2012.
With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you (check appropriate box):
o To TENDER the following Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned (insert stated amount at maturity of Outstanding Notes to be tendered (if any)):
$ of 8¼% Senior Notes Due 2012.
o NOT to TENDER any Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.
If the undersigned instructs you to tender Outstanding Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner, including but not limited to the representations, that (i) the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the undersigned, (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is participating, intends to participate or has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) of such Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not a broker-dealer tendering securities directly acquired from Portola for its own account and (iv) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is an “affiliate” of Portola within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or, if the undersigned is an “affiliate,” that the undersigned will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer (whether or not it is
also an “affiliate”) that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes, it represents that such Outstanding Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, the undersigned is not deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
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