EXHIBIT 99.05
Offer for all Outstanding
13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
in Exchange for
13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
of Intersil Corporation
which Have Been Registered Under
the Securities Act of 1933,
As Amended
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus, dated ______________,
_____ (the "Prospectus"), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal"), relating to the offer (the "Exchange Offer") of Intersil
Corporation (the "Company") to exchange its 13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes
Due 2009, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "New Notes"), for its outstanding 13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes
Due 2009 (the "Existing Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
described in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. The Exchange Offer is
being made in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in
the Registration Rights Agreement dated August 6, 1999, by and among the
Company, Intersil Holding Corporation, as Guarantor, Harris Semiconductor, LLC,
as Guarantor, Harris Semiconductor (Ohio), LLC, as Guarantor, Harris
Semiconductor (Pennsylvania), LLC, as Guarantor, Choice Microsystems, Inc., as
Guarantor, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, J. P. Morgan Securities Inc.
and Salomon Smith Barney Inc.
This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the
Existing Notes carried by us in your account but not registered in your name. A
tender of such Existing Notes may only be made by us as the holder of record and
pursuant to your instructions.
Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on
your behalf the Existing Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the
terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of
Transmittal.
Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in
order to permit us to tender the Existing Notes on your behalf in accordance
with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will expire at
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on _______________, _____, unless extended by the
Company (the "Expiration Date"). Any Existing Notes tendered pursuant to the
Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date.
Your attention is directed to the following:
1. The Exchange Offer is for any and all Existing Notes.
2. The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions set forth in
the Prospectus in the section captioned "The Exchange Offer - Conditions of
the Exchange Offer".
3. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Existing Notes from
the holder to the Company will be paid by the Company, except as otherwise
provided in the Instructions in the Letter of Transmittal.
4. The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
____________, _____, unless extended by the Company.
If you wish to have us tender your Existing Notes, please so instruct us by
completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form on the back of
this letter. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for information only
and may not be used directly by you to tender Existing Notes.
INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed
material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer made by Intersil
Corporation with respect to its Existing Notes.
This will instruct you to tender the Existing Notes held by you for the
account of the undersigned, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.
Please tender the Existing Notes held by you for any account as indicated
below:
Aggregate Principal Amount
of Existing Notes
--------------------------
13 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2009 .....
|_| Please do not tender any Existing Notes
held by you for my account.
Dated:_________________________________, _____ ____________________________
Signature(s)
____________________________
____________________________
Please print name(s) here
____________________________
____________________________
Address(es)
____________________________
Area Code and
Telephone Number
____________________________
Tax Identification or
Social Security Number(s)
None of the Existing Notes held by us for your account will be tendered
unless we receive written instructions from you to do so. Unless specific
contrary instructions are given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon
shall constitute an instruction to us to tender all the Existing Notes held by
us for your account.