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Baler’s Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9; and
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A return envelope addressed to the Depositary for your use only.
We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 19, 2022, unless the Offer is extended.
The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 23, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Avis, Purchaser and Baler, pursuant to which, as soon as practicable following the time Purchaser accepts for payment Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer and subject to the satisfaction of the Minimum Tender Condition for Merger and the Purchase Condition (each as defined in the Offer to Purchase) being satisfied and satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will merge with and into Baler (the “Merger”), with Baler continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avis. At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share then outstanding (other than Shares that are held by Avis, Purchaser, Baler, or the stockholders of Baler who properly demand appraisal pursuant to Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) in connection with the Merger as described in the Offer to Purchase) will be converted into the right to receive the Offer Price, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes.
After careful consideration, the board of directors of Baler, acting on the recommendation of a special committee of the board of directors of Baler, has: (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger, and the execution, delivery and performance by Baler of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and the Merger; (ii) resolved that the Merger shall be effected under Section 253 of the DGCL; and (iii) recommended that Baler’s stockholders accept the Offer and tender their Shares in the Offer.
For Shares to be properly tendered pursuant to the Offer, (a) the share certificates or confirmation of receipt of such Shares under the procedure for book-entry transfer, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, including any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of book-entry transfers, either such Letter of Transmittal or an Agent’s Message (as defined in Section 11 of the Offer to Purchase) in lieu of such Letter of Transmittal, and any other documents required in the Letter of Transmittal, must be timely received by the Depositary or (b) the tendering stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures, all in accordance with the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal. You may gain some additional time by making use of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
Except as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Purchaser will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or other person for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. Purchaser will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the offering material to their customers. Purchaser will pay all stock transfer taxes applicable to its purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, subject to Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.
You may contact us as Information Agent with questions and requests for assistance, and for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other tender offer materials, at the address and telephone number set forth on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase.
Very truly yours,
D.F. King & Co., Inc.
Nothing contained herein or in the enclosed documents shall render you the agent of Purchaser, Avis, Baler, the Information Agent, or the Depositary or any affiliate of any of them or authorize you or any other person to use any document or make any statement on behalf of any of them in connection with the Offer other than the enclosed documents and the statements contained therein.