EXHIBIT 99.2
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
TO
TENDER 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007
OF
COMMEMORATIVE BRANDS, INC.
As set forth in the Offer to Purchase described below, this instrument or
one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Offer (as defined
below) if certificates for Notes (as defined below) are not immediately
available or the certificates for Notes and all other required documents cannot
be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in
Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase) or if the procedure for delivery by
book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This instrument may
be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile transmission or mail to the
Depositary.
THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:
MARINE MIDLAND BANK
BY HAND OR OVERNIGHT
BY MAIL: BY FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION: DELIVERY:
40 Broadway (212) 658-6425 40 Broadway
New York, New York, 10005 Attn: Corporate Trust New York, New York 10005
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration Attn: Corporate Trust
Administration CONFIRM FACSIMILE BY Administration
TELEPHONE:
(212)
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR
TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH
ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
This form is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a
Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution
under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the
applicable space provided in the signature box in the Letter of Transmittal.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tender(s) to Commemorative Brands, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated , 1997 (the "Offer to Purchase"),
and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, as amended from time to time,
together constitute the "Offer"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
aggregate principal amount of $ of the 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007 (the "Notes") of the Company pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure
set forth in Section of the Offer to Purchase.
Signature(s)....................................................................
Name(s) of Record Holders
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PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT
Principal Amount ...............................................................
Certificate Nos. (If Available)
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Dated ..........................................................................
, 1997
Address(es).....................................................................
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ZIP CODE
Area Code(s) and Tel. No(s) ....................................................
Check one box (if Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer):
/ / The Depository Trust Company
Account Number .................................................................
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GUARANTEE
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a firm which is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union,
savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the
Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange
Medallion Signature Guarantee Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program,
hereby (a) represents that the above named person(s) "own(s)" the Shares and/or
Rights tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Rule 14e-4"), (b) represents that such tender
of Notes complies with Rule 14e-4, (c) guarantees to deliver to the Depositary
either the certificates evidencing all tendered Notes, in proper form for
transfer, or to deliver Notes pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer
into the Depositary's account at the Depository Trust Company (a "Book-Entry
Transfer Facility"), in either case together with the Letter of Transmittal (or
a facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required
signature guarantees or an Agent's Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)
in the case of a book-entry delivery, and any other required documents, all
within three Nasdaq National Market trading days after the date hereof.
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NAME OF
FIRM AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
Name
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ADDRESS PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT
Title
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ZIP
CODE AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
Dated
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AREA CODE AND TEL NO. 1997
NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES SHOULD
BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.