Exhibit 99.3
CORPORACION DURANGO, S.A., DE C.V.
Offer to Exchange 13 1/8% Senior Notes Due 2006 and 13 1/2% Senior Notes due
2008
of Corporacion Durango, S.A. de C.V.
For Any and All Outstanding
12 5/8% Notes Due 2003 (CUSIP No. 40050MAA4) of
Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V.
(US$250,000,000 Principal Amount Outstanding)
and Solicitation of Consents with respect to Indenture Amendments
THE EXPIRATION DATE OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY
TIME, ON AUGUST 27, 2001, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS THE SAME
MAY BE EXTENDED, THE "EXPIRATION DATE"). TENDERS OF GID NOTES (AS DEFINED
BELOW) IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME ON OR PRIOR TO
AUGUST 27, 2001, BUT NOT THEREAFTER. THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO
EXTEND THE EXCHANGE OFFER AT ANY TIME SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH
APPLICABLE LAW.
CONSENTS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE LATER TO OCCUR OF (I)
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON AUGUST 14, 2001, BY MAKING A VALID
WITHDRAWAL OF THE RELATED TENDERED GID NOTES (SUCH TIME AND DATE, THE
"CONSENT DATE") OR (II) THE TIME AND DATE THAT THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED
CONSENTS TO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM THE HOLDERS OF AT LEAST A
MAJORITY OF THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT OF THE GID NOTES THEN OUTSTANDING. A
WITHDRAWAL OF TENDERED GID NOTES AFTER THE CONSENT DATE WILL NOT
CONSTITUTE A WITHDRAWAL OF A CONSENT.
July 30, 2001
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration are a prospectus and consent solicitation,
dated July 30, 2001 (the "Prospectus") and a related consent and letter of
transmittal (the "Consent and Letter of Transmittal") relating to the (i)
offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Corporacion Durango, S.A. de C.V., a company
organized under the laws of the United Mexican States (the "Company"), to
exchange US$1,030 in principal amount of its 13 1/8% Senior Notes due 2006
(the "2006 Notes") or US$1,030 in principal amount of its 13 1/2% Senior Notes
due 2008 (the "2008 Notes" and, together with the "2006 Notes", the "Exchange
Notes") for US$1,000 in principal amount of the 12 5/8% Notes due 2003 (the
"GID Notes") of Grupo Industrial Durango, S.A. de C.V. ("GID") issued under an
indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of July 25, 1996 between GID and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee, and (ii) the solicitation for consents (the
"Consents") from the holders of the GID Notes to certain proposed amendments
to the Indenture, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Prospectus and Consent and Letter of Transmittal. All capitalized
terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the same meanings ascribed
to them in the Consent and Letter of Transmittal.
The materials relating to the Exchange Offer are being forwarded to you as
the beneficial owner of GID Notes carried by us for your account or benefit
but not registered in your name. A tender of any GID Notes and delivery of the
related consents with respect to any GID Notes may only be made by us as the
registered holder and pursuant to your instructions.
Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender,
and subsequently deliver consents with respect to, any or all of the GID Notes
held by us for your account. We urge you to read carefully the Prospectus and
the Consent and Letter of Transmittal before instructing us to tender your GID
Notes and to provide the related consents with respect to such GID Notes.
Your instructions to us should be forwarded as promptly as possible in order
to permit us to tender GID Notes and provide the related Consents on your
behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange
Offer will expire on the Expiration Date. If you wish to receive the Consent
Payment, we must receive your instruction well in advance of the Consent Date
in order to allow us sufficient time to tender the GID Notes on your behalf
prior to the Consent Date.
Your attention is directed to the following:
1. The Company is offering to issue its Exchange Notes in exchange for
your Grupo Industrial Durango notes, or GID notes, at the exchange rate of
US$1,030 in principal amount of Exchange Notes, for US$1,000 in principal
amount of GID Notes. In addition, if the Company receives your Consent
prior to the Consent Date, the Company will pay you a Consent Payment (as
defined below) equal to US$30 per US$1,000 principal amount of GID Notes
payable as described below.
2. You may select the form of consideration that you will receive for
your GID Notes from the following two options, subject to the limitations
described below:
. new 13 1/8% Senior Notes due 2006; and
. new 13 1/2% Senior Notes due 2008.
The Company is offering to exchange up to a maximum amount of US$50
million in aggregate principal amount of GID Notes for 2006 Notes and
US$200 million in aggregate principal amount of GID Notes for 2008 Notes.
3. You do not have to choose the same option for all the GID Notes that
you tender. You do not have to tender all of your GID Notes to participate
in this Exchange Offer.
4. GID Notes may only be tendered in multiples of US$1,000. Any
fractional principal amount of Exchange Notes which a registered holder is
entitled to receive in the Exchange Offer will be paid in cash.
5. The 2006 Notes will be treated as a single class with the Company's
US$180.0 million of 13 1/8% Senior Notes due 2006 that the Company issued
in February 2001 and will be issued under the same indenture. The CUSIP
number of the 2006 Notes is 21986MAA3. The 2008 Notes will be issued under
an indenture to be entered into between the Company and The Chase Manhattan
Bank as Trustee. A complete description of the Exchange Notes is set forth
in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of the Exchange Notes".
6. The Exchange Offer is for all GID Notes that are outstanding.
7. Either type of the Exchange Notes may be oversubscribed. In the event
of oversubscription, the Company will issue the oversubscribed type of
Exchange Notes on a pro rata basis in exchange for all GID Notes tendered
for the oversubscribed type of Exchange Notes and will issue the other type
of Exchange Notes in exchange for the balance of the tendered GID Notes.
Therefore, you may receive a different type of Exchange Note than that for
which you tendered for a portion of the GID Notes that you tendered.
8. The Exchange Notes will pay interest on February 1 and August 1 of
each year, commencing February 1, 2002. Interest on the Exchange Notes will
accrue from August 1, 2001, irrespective of the settlement date of the
Exchange Offer. Interest on the GID Notes for the period from February 1,
2001 to August 1, 2001 will be paid in cash as scheduled on August 1, 2001.
No separate payment of accrued interest on the GID Notes will be made on
the settlement date of the Exchange Offer.
9. Holders who desire to tender their GID Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Offer are required to consent to the proposed amendments to the GID
Indenture.
10. Holders who desire to tender their GID Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Offer and receive the Consent Payment are required to tender their GID
Notes on or prior to the Consent Date. By tendering their GID Notes,
holders will be deemed to have given their consent to the proposed
amendments.
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11. Holders who tender GID Notes on or prior to the Consent Date will
receive a payment in respect of their Consent to the proposed amendments to
the GID Indenture in an amount equal to US$30 per US$1,000 principal amount
of such holder's GID Notes (the "Consent Payment") if all of the Closing
Conditions (as defined in the below) are satisfied. The Company will pay
the Consent Payment in cash to the extent that the holder receives 2006
Notes or in additional 2008 Notes to the extent that the holder receives
2008 Notes in the Exchange Offer.
12. The Company's obligation to pay for tendered GID Notes and pay the
Consent Payment is subject to certain conditions (the "Closing Conditions")
set forth in the Prospectus under the caption, "The Exchange Offer--
Termination and Conditions" including, among other things, (i) the receipt
of tenders from holders of at least 80% of the outstanding principal amount
of GID Notes in this Exchange Offer and (ii) the absence of certain other
events.
13. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of GID Notes from the
tendering holder to the Company will be paid by the Company, except as
provided in the Prospectus and the instructions to the Consent and Letter
of Transmittal.
14. The exchange of GID Notes for the Exchange Notes will be a taxable
exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but you should see the
discussion in the Prospectus under the caption "United States Federal
Income Taxation" for more information.
If you wish to have us tender and deliver consents with respect to any or
all of your GID Notes withheld by us for your account or benefit pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, please so instruct us by completing, executing and
returning to us the instruction form that appears below. This accompanying
Consent and Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for informational
purposes only and may not be used by you to tender GID Notes held by us and
registered in our name for your account or to deliver Consents.
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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed
material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer by the Company
with respect to its 12 5/8% Notes due 2003.
This will instruct you to tender and to deliver the undersigned's consents
with respect to the principal amount at maturity of GID Notes indicated below
held by you for the account or benefit of the undersigned, pursuant to the
terms of and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Consent
and Letter of Transmittal.
12 5/8% Notes which are to be tendered and for
which consents to the proposed amendments
are to be given:
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To be tendered
and consents
Principal amount at given
maturity: $ ("Yes" or
"No")*
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Total Principal Tendered: $
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* Unless otherwise indicated, "yes" will be assumed. Holders who desire to
tender their
GID Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and receive the Consent Payment are
required to
provide Consents to the proposed amendments with respect to such GID Notes
tendered by
such holders by the Consent Date.
Election as to Form of Consideration
A.[_] Check this box if the undersigned wants to tender all of the
undersigned's GID Notes in exchange for US$1,030 principal amount of
2006 Notes for each US$1,000 principal amount of GID Notes.
B.[_] Check this box if the undersigned wants to tender all of the
undersigned's GID Notes in exchange for US$1,030 principal amount of
2008 Notes for each US$1,000 principal amount of GID Notes.
C.[_] Check this box, and complete the remainder of this section, if the
undersigned holds more than US$1,000 in aggregate principal amount of
GID Notes and wishes to make a mixed election as to form of
consideration.
$ (1) Indicate the principal amount of the undersigned's
GID Notes for which the undersigned elects to
receive only 2006 Notes.
$ (2) Indicate the principal amount of the undersigned's
GID Notes for which the undersigned elects to
receive only 2008 Notes.
Indicate the total principal amount for which the
undersigned is making this mixed election. (This
amount is the total set forth above.)
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(PLEASE SIGN HERE)
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Signature(s)
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Name(s) (Please Print)
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Address
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Zip Code
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Area Code and Telephone No.
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Tax Identification or Social Security No.
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My Account Number with You:
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Dated: , 2001
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