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Exhibit 99.4
Letter to Beneficial Holders Regarding the Offer to Exchange
Any and All Outstanding
12% Series A Senior Secured Notes Due 2008
Series A Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2008
of
ATLANTIC EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION CORP.
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated , 2004
THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2004, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE").
, 2004
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus, dated , 2004, of Atlantic Express Transportation Corp., a New York corporation (the "Company"), and a letter of transmittal, that together constitute the Company's offer to exchange $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its 12% Series B Senior Secured Notes due 2008, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its outstanding 12% Series A Senior Secured Notes due 2008, of which $105,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity is outstanding, and $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its Series B Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2008, which have been registered under the Securities Act, for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its outstanding Series A Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2008, of which $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity is outstanding.
The materials relating to the exchange offer are being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of outstanding notes carried by us for your account or benefit but not registered in your name. A tender of any outstanding notes may only be made by us as the registered holder and pursuant to your instructions. Therefore, we urge beneficial owners of outstanding notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or any other nominee to contact such registered holder promptly if they wish to tender outstanding notes in the exchange offer.
Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender any or all such outstanding notes held by us for your account or benefit pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus and the letter of transmittal. We urge you to read carefully the prospectus and the letter of transmittal and other material provided herewith before instructing us to tender your outstanding notes. THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS FURNISHED TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY AND CANNOT BE USED BY YOU TO EXCHANGE OUTSTANDING NOTES HELD BY US FOR YOUR ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT.
Your instructions to us should be forwarded as promptly as possible in order to permit us to outstanding tender notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the exchange offer.
Your attention is directed to the following:
1. The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 2004, unless extended. Tendered outstanding notes may be withdrawn, subject to the procedures described in the prospectus, at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
2. The outstanding notes will be exchanged for the exchange notes at the rate of $1,000 principal amount at maturity of exchange notes for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of outstanding notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the expiration date. The exchange notes will
bear interest from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid on the outstanding notes or, if no interest has been paid, from April 22, 2004. The form and terms of the exchange notes are identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the outstanding notes, except that the exchange notes have been registered under the Securities Act.
3. Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offer, the Company may terminate or amend the exchange offer as provided in the prospectus and will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange any exchange notes for, any outstanding notes not accepted for exchange prior to such termination.
4. Any transfer taxes applicable to the exchange of the outstanding notes pursuant to the exchange offer will be paid by the Company, except as otherwise provided in the prospectus and in Instruction 8 of the letter of transmittal.
5. Based on an interpretation of the Securities Act by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company believes that exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer in exchange for outstanding notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that the holder:
- (a)
- is acquiring exchange notes in its ordinary course of business;
- (b)
- is not engaging in and does not intend to engage in a distribution of the exchange notes;
- (c)
- is not participating, and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in a distribution of the exchange notes;
- (d)
- is not an "affiliate" of the Company or the guarantors, as such term is defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and
- (e)
- the holder is not acting on behalf of any person who could not truthfully make these statements.
To participate in the exchange offer, holders must represent to the Company that each of these statements is true. If the holder is a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for its own account in exchange for outstanding notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such exchange notes.
If you wish to have us tender any or all of your outstanding notes, please so instruct us by completing and returning to us the form entitled "Instruction to Registered Holders and DTC Participants From Beneficial Owner" that appears below. An envelope to return your instructions is enclosed. If you authorize a tender of your outstanding notes, the entire principal amount at maturity of outstanding notes held for your account will be tendered unless otherwise specified on the instruction form. Your instructions should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf by the Expiration Date.
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