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EXHIBIT 99.4
VENTURE HOLDINGS TRUST
VEMCO, INC.
VENTURE INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
VENTURE MOLD & ENGINEERING CORPORATION
VENTURE LEASING COMPANY
VEMCO LEASING, INC.
VENTURE HOLDINGS CORPORATION
VENTURE SERVICE COMPANY
FOR TENDER OF
9 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005
IN EXCHANGE FOR
SERIES B 9 1/2% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2005
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
, 1997, UNLESS EXTENDED (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). NOTES TENDERED
IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION DATE.
To Our Clients:
We are enclosing herewith a Prospectus, dated , 1997, of Venture
Holdings Trust, a grantor trust organized under the laws of the State of
Michigan, Vemco, Inc., Venture Industries Corporation, Venture Mold &
Engineering Corporation, Venture Leasing Company, Vemco Leasing, Inc., Venture
Holdings Corporation and Venture Service Company, each a Michigan corporation
(each an "Issuer" and, together with the Trust, the "Issuers"), and a related
Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer") relating
to the offer by the Issuers, to exchange their Series B 9 1/2% Senior Notes due
2005 (the "Series B Notes"), which have been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") for a like principal amount of their
issued and outstanding 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2005 (the "Original
Notes"), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange
Offer.
The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Original
Notes being tendered.
WE ARE THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF ORIGINAL NOTES HELD BY US FOR YOUR OWN
ACCOUNT. A TENDER OF SUCH ORIGINAL NOTES CAN BE MADE ONLY BY US AS THE RECORD
HOLDER AND PURSUANT TO YOUR INSTRUCTIONS. THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS FURNISHED
TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY AND CANNOT BE USED BY YOU TO TENDER ORIGINAL
NOTES HELD BY US FOR YOUR ACCOUNT.
We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the
Original Notes held by us for your account pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the Exchange Offer. We also request that you confirm that we may, on your
behalf, make the representations contained in the Letter of Transmittal.
Pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal, each holder of Original Notes will
represent to the Issuers that (i) the Series B Notes acquired pursuant to the
Exchange Offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the
undersigned, (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person has an
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution
within the meaning of the Securities Act of such Series B Notes, (iii) if the
undersigned is not a broker-dealer, or is a broker-dealer but will not receive
Series B Notes for its own account in exchange for Original Notes, neither the
undersigned nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to
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participate in the distribution of such Series B Notes and (iv) neither the
undersigned nor any such other person is an "affiliate" of the Issuers 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 Series B Notes for its own account in exchange for Original
Notes, it represents that such Original 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 Series B 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 Series B Notes, the
undersigned is not deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
Very truly yours
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